While in the army there was nothing I dislike so much as the map reading course, for the simple reason  36   I always feel lost even with a map in my hand. For weeks I had   37  awake at night thinking of the practical  38   I would have to face at the end of the course. At last, the evil day arrived. It was my responsibility to   39    a small band of soldiers back to camp from the middle of  40  .We were driven out in a closed lorry and  41   in a ploughed field with  42  to get back to camp as quickly as possible.

    Well knowing my weakness, the soldiers smiled as they saw me  43   the map and they made a11 sorts of helpful suggestions. I folded the map up，put it in my pocket，and said that we would  44  east. After walking through the cornfield for over an hour we came to a wide stream. I looked at the map   45  . It seemed to be  46  with masses of thin blue lines. But which particular line was this  47  ? In despair，we sat down in the cool  48  and I feel 1ike  49  the map into the water. Fifteen minutes later，a boat passed and I asked the boatman if he could give us a  50  to the nearest village. I  51  that we had been out for a walk and somehow got  52  . The boatman invited us   53  and I felt  54  when he told me that he had helped hundreds of soldiers to pass their map - reading test! Not long afterwards, we  55   that boat and，following the boatman’s instructions, took a bus into the village and get back to camp.

While in the army there was nothing I dislike so much as the map-reading course，for the simple reason that I always feel  1   even with a map in my hand．For weeks I had 2  awake at night thinking of the  3  test I would have to face at the end of the course．4  the evil day arrived．It was my responsibility to lead a small band of soldiers back to camp from the middle of    5  ．We were driven out in a（n）  6   lorry and left in a ploughed field with 7   to get back to camp as quickly as possible．

Well knowing my  8  ，the soldiers smiled as they saw me looking at the map and they made all sorts of helpful suggestions．I folded the map up，put it in my pocket，and said that we would   9  east．After walking through the cornfield for over an hour we came to a wide stream．I looked at the map   10  ．It seemed to be  11  with masses of thin blue lines．But which   12 line was this steam? In despair，we sat down in the cool  13  and I feel 1ike  14  the map into the water．Fifteen minutes later，a boat passed and I asked the boatman if he could give us a  15 to the nearest village．I  16  that we had been out for a walk and 17    got lost．The boatman invited us on  18 and I felt    19   when he told me that he had helped hundreds of soldiers to pass their map-reading test! Not long  20   ,we got off that boat and, following the boatman’s instructions, took a bus into the village and got back to camp．

1．A．stupid                   B．blind                   C．puzzled               D．lost

2．A．suffered                B．lain                     C．slept                   D．1aid

3．A．basic YCY             B．a(chǎn)ctual                  C．practical              D．special

4．A．At last                B．At once               C．As a result           D．After all

5．A．village                   B．downtown           C．nowhere              D．forest

6．A．closed                   B．a(chǎn)dvanced             C．ordinary              D．damaged

7．A．suggestions           B．directions            C．information          D．instructions

8．A．weakness              B．thought               C．task                    D．strength

9．A．head                     B．point                   C．march                 D．guide

10．A．gradually             B．therefore             C．merely                D．a(chǎn)gain

11．A．spread                 B．painted                C．covered               D．separated

12．A．similar                 B．particular             C．correct                D．wonderful

13．A．tent                     B．shadow               C．shore                  D．shade

14．A．tearing                B．throwing             C．striking               D．destroying

15．A．lift                      B．rider                    C．favor                  D．service

16．A．declared              B．pretended            C．a(chǎn)dmitted              D．described

17．A．a(chǎn)ltogether            B．a(chǎn)lmost                 C．possible               D．somehow

18．A．board                  B．boat                    C．purpose               D．platform

19．A．a(chǎn)fraid                  B．foolish                 C．fortunate             D．interested

20．A．a(chǎn)go                     B．1ate                    C．a(chǎn)fterwards           D．a(chǎn)way

       While in the army there was nothing I dislike so much as the map – reading course, for the simple reason  1   I always feel lost even with a map in my hand. For weeks I had   2 awake at night thinking of the practical  3   I would have to face at the end of the course. At last, the evil day arrived. It was my responsibility to   4    a small band of soldiers back to camp from the middle of  5  .We were driven out in a closed lorry and  6   in a ploughed field with  7  to get back to camp as quickly as possible.

    Well knowing my weakness, the soldiers smiled as they saw me  8  the map and they made a11 sorts of helpful suggestions. I folded the map up，put it in my pocket，and said that we would  9  east. After walking through the cornfield for over an hour we came to a wide stream. I looked at the map   10  . It seemed to be  11  with masses of thin blue lines. But which particular line was this  12  ? In despair，we sat down in the cool  13  and I feel 1ike  14  the map into the water. Fifteen minutes later，a boat passed and I asked the boatman if he could give us a  15  to the nearest village. I  16  that we had been out for a walk and somehow got  17 . The boatman invited us  18 and I felt  19  when he told me that he had helped hundreds of soldiers to pass their map - reading test! Not long afterwards, we  20   that boat and，following the boatman’s instructions, took a bus into the village and get back to camp.

1．A．which                   B．why                    C．for which            D．that

2．A．suffered                B．lain                     C．slept                   D.1aid

3．A．experience             B．course                 C．test                     D．march

4．A．lead                      B．drive                   C．help                    D．watch

5．A．village                   B．downtown           C．nowhere              D．forest

6．A．left                       B．worked               C．fought                 D．camped

7．A．suggestions           B．directions            C．information          D．instructions

8．A．looking at              B．folding up            C．picking up           D．putting on

9．A．head                     B．point                   C．find                    D．guide

10．A．instead                B．a(chǎn)nyway               C．a(chǎn)lone                   D．a(chǎn)gain

11．A．spread                 B．painted                C．covered               D．separated

12．A．map                    B．stream                 C．way                    D．field

13．A．tent                     B．shadow               C．shore                  D．shade

14．A．tearing                B．throwing             C．striking               D．destroying

15．A．lift                      B．route                   C．favor                  D．service

16．A．declared              B．pretended            C．a(chǎn)dmitted              D．described

17．A．mad                    B．hungry                C．a(chǎn)ngry                  D．lost

18．A．on board             B．to dinner              C．on duty               D．for sightseeing

19．A．a(chǎn)fraid                  B．foolish                 C．fortunate             D．interested

20．A．took off              B．got on                 C．got off                D．gave up