My father waved me goodbye and the bus _1_.My first country journey then began.The man sitting next to me was a road engineer.He said that _2_ by bus was an excellent way to _3_ road for him.We passed many villages on the way and stopped once _4_ to buy cold drinks,_5_ it was very hot.The countryside was brown and dry and there were long _6_ with no people or villages in _7_.We also stopped once at some road works,_8_ made my traveling companion very _9_.
　　Most of us were dozing in the afternoon heat _10_ we were _11_ by a sudden noise which _12_ a shot from a gun.As the bus swerved_突然转向)and then stopped _13 _ the side of the road,I remembered all the horrible stories I had read about bands of robbers who used to attack travelers on _14_ roads like this.Many of _15_ people looked as bewildered and frightened as I _16_.
　　My neighbor,_17_,reassured me.“Nothing _18_,only a _19_ tyre.But we _20_ while he changes the wheel.”
　　1. A. set in B. set off C. set D. set up
　　2. A. traveling B. going C. judging D. coming
　　3. A. investigate B. repair C. explore D. test
　　4. A. and two B. or twice C. or two D. and twice
　　5. A. because B. since C. now that D. when
　　6. A. extensions B. ways C. stretches D. periods
　　7. A. view B. vision C. sight D. eyes
　　8. A. as it B. which C. so that D. thus
　　9. A. upset B. depressed C. calm D. excited
　　10. A. when B. where C. while D. the moment
　　11. A. waken B. awake C. woke D. woken
　　12. A. sounded as B. sounded like C. sounded with D. sound as if
　　13. A. to B. onto C. at D. besides
　　14. A. desert B. deserted C. dessert D. desserted
　　15. A. the other B. other C. another D. the
　　16. A. as I was looked B. as I must have looked
　　C. as I must have been looked D. as I look
　　17. A. therefore B. although C. however D. furthermore
　　18. A. to be worried B. to worry C. to be worried about D. to worry about
　　19. A. flat B. broken C. wrong D. burst
　　20. A. will have been waiting B. will have waited
　　C. shall need wait D. shall have to wait
　　参考答案：
　　1. B　 2. A 　3. D 　4. B 　5. A 　6. C 　7. C 　8. B 　9. D 　10. A
　　11. D 　12. B 　13. C 　14. B 　15. A 　16. B 　17. C 　18. D 　19. D 　20. D
　　参考译文：
　　我父亲挥手向我道别，公共汽车就开走了。我的第一次乡村旅行开始了。坐在我旁边的那个人是个道路工程师。他说乘公共汽车旅行是为他测试道路的一种极好的方式。我们在路上经过许多村庄，停了一两次买冷饮，因为天气很热。乡村是褐色和干燥的，有很长的延伸，没有人或村庄在视线中。我们还停过一次在一些公路上，这使我的旅行同伴非常兴奋。
　　我们中的大多数人在午后的炎热中打瞌睡，这时突然听到一种声音，听起来像是枪声。当公共汽车突然转向，然后停在路边时，我想起了我读过的所有关于一群强盗的可怕故事，这些强盗曾经在这样荒芜的道路上袭击过旅行者。其他许多人看起来和我一样困惑和害怕，就像我看起来一样。
　　然而，我的邻居安慰了我。“没什么好担心的，只是轮胎爆了。但是我们得等一下当他换方向盘的时候。”