FormostofthedayconstructionworkerSidneySmithandhisbroth...

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For most of the day construction worker Sidney Smith and his brother in law Joseph Chambers had been 1 along the banks of Lake Waco with little 2 . Chambers suggested they go home, but Smith 　3　　that there were still several hours of daylight 　4 and there was one other place they might try a bit longer before 　5　.

Smith drove his pickup（小貨車）a couple of miles along the　6　road to get to the other side of the lake. This road, in the truest sense, was a path wagging in the heavy 　7　area. Even with the sun still high in the cloudless sky, the 　8　of trees formed a leafy　9　over the road and it suddenly seemed 　10　in the evening.

“A guy could get lost and nobody would ever find him,” said Chambers.

Smith smiled, “We’re 　11　there.” He said. A few seconds later, the smile was 　12　　from his face.

“What the hell is that?”

He braked to a stop. Less than twenty feet away was what appeared to be a 13 .

For several minutes the two men sat in the pickup 　14　to decide whether they had happened to 　15　someone’s bad practical joke or something far more serious. Smith with his brother-in-law got out of the pickup and 　16　walked towards that thing some distance before them.

It was a young man who was already dead. They had got to tell 　17　. Back into the pickup, Smith backed the pickup down the road 　18　he could turn around, then 　19　back. With the dead young man still on his mind, Smith felt as if he was going to be sick. God, how he　20　　they had given up fishing and gone home early.

1．A．playing　　 B．boating　　 C．fishing　　　　 D．walking

2．A．failure　 B．success　 C．disappointment D．interest

3．A．quarreled　 B．argued　　 C．reasoned　 D．shouted

4．A．remaining　　 B．staying　　 C．keeping　　 D．leaving

5．A．starting off　　 B．running out　 C．sending away　 D．giving up

6．A．winding 　　 B．widening　 C．leading　　　 D．blocking

7．A．grassed 　　 B．wooded　　　 C．iced　　　　 D．snowed

8．A．trunks　　　 B．shadow　　 C．shade　　　　 D．shape

9．A．hat　　　　 B．umbrella　 C．sheet　　　 D．overcoat

10．A．foggy　　　 B．late　　 C．early　　 D．rainy

11．A．almost 　　 B．already　　 C．only　　　 D．fairly

12．A．escaped　　 B．lost　　　　 C．gone　　　 D．missed