Ⅲ. 完形填空(20分)

Early one morning, an old woman was carrying a big basket of cabbages(卷心菜)to the market. She hoped to　1　them to the people from town.

The mountain road was narrow(狭窄的)and the old woman was walking　2　, because she did not want to have　3　and lose her cabbages.

Suddenly she　4　a loud bell and a bicycle came round the corner. It passed her and went very fast　5　the hill. The old woman had to jump up to one side of the　6　so quickly that the basket of cabbages nearly fell into the valley(山谷).

She looked up, and saw that a young boy was on the bicycle. He was　7　on without even looking round to see　8　the old woman was all right.

The old woman began to shout, “Come back, young man! You dropped something! ”

When he heard this, the boy stopped the bicycle so suddenly that he　9　fell off his bicycle. Then he turned and began to　10　the bicycle back up to the hill. “What is it? ”he asked, “What did I drop? ”“Little boy, ”the old woman answered, “you dropped your manners. ”

1. A. send　　　  B. sell　　　  C. give　　　  D. take

2. A. carefully   B. clearly   C. politely   D. hardly

3. A. a match        B. a rest

C. an accident        D. a talk

4. A. hit    B. made   C. found   D. heard

5. A. over    B. up    C. to    D. down

6. A. road    B. street   C. town   D. hill

7. A. driving   B. riding   C. running   D. walking

8. A. how    B. why    C. whether   D. when

9. A. usually   B. hardly   C. easily   D. nearly

10. A. carry   B. catch   C. push   D. give