It was a quiet village in which there was a military camp（ 军营）. It was far from the towns and cities and there were some high mountains around. Of course, it was a 46 place for training the new 47 . Mr. White, an officer of forty, was strict with them and he 48 let them leave the camp.
Once Mr. White was ill in bed . He couldn’t 49 and a young officer, Mr. Hunt, began to train the new soldiers 50 him. He knew the young men well and 51 nine soldiers go to the nearest town to have a holiday. But night fell and 52 came back to the camp. He was worried about it and stood 53 . It was five to twelve when Mr. Hunt 54 to go to the town and see what was 55 to the young men. He 56 the car quickly and set off. At that moment the nine soldiers 57 . It seemed that they were all 58 . Of course they found the officer was 59 . “ I’m sorry, sir,” said the first soldier, “ I left the town 60 . But something was wrong with my 61 on my way here. I had to buy a horse and made it run fast. 62 ! It died and I had to run back. ”
And the other 63 soldiers said they were late for the same reason. It was the last soldier’s 64 . He said, “ I’m sorry, sir. I got on the bus on time, but …”
Hearing this, the officer became even angrier and stopped him at once. He shouted, “ If you say something was wrong with your bus, I’ll punish you at once !”
“ No, no, sir,” said the young man . “ My bus was all right, but the dead horses were 65 !
46. | A. safe | B. lonely | C. good | D. quiet |
| A. solders | B. workers | C. farmers | D. doctors |
| A. never | B. sometimes | C. often | D. hardly |
| A. walk | B. talk | C. work | D. stand |
| A. for | B. instead of | C. because of | D. thanks to |
| A. let | B. made | C. had | D. helped |
| A. all | B. few | C. none | D. some |
| A. in the office | B. at the camp | C. at the door | D. at the gate |
| A. decided | B. wanted | C. agreed | D. promised |
| A. going | B. happening | C. coming | D. beginning |
| A. drove | B. started | C. stopped | D. ran |
| A. arrived | B. disappeared | C. came back | D. laughed |
| A. drunk | B. happy | C. hungry | D. full |
| A. story | B. angry | C. sad | D. worried |
| A. at the time | B. for a time | C. at the same time | D. on time |
| A. car | B. taxi | C. train | D. bus |
| A. Bad luck | B. What fun | C. Thank goodness | D. Excuse me |
| A. nine | B. eight | C. seven | D. six |
| A. time | B. chance | C. right | D. turn |
| A. on the way | B. in the way | C. by the way | D. under way |