When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny’s house, she wasn’t nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark. __, it was only a 15-minute ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that she hadn’t been so ___.
As she rounded a sharp bend, it suddenly ____ cold — very cold. Alice’s breath became puffs of white cloud and her legs were so cold that it became hard to ride.
With her heart beating fast, she struggled so hard to move ___ that she didn’t hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also ____. Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something ____. Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. “Hello, dear,” said the old lady. “I need ____. I’m afraid I’m lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes.”
“Airport? You ____ are lost,” Alice said. “You need to go back five kilometers ____ you reach the T-junction. Turn left and ____ for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway. From there, just follow the ____ to the airport. But I’m afraid there’s no ____ you’ll get there in five minutes!”
“Thank you very much, dear,” replied the old lady. “Don’t worry — I’ll ____ in time.”
The ____ moved up and the car started off. A little way ahead, it ___ and with headlights flashing, it drove past Alice. But then, something ____ happened. The car began changing. First, its color ____from black to silvery-grey. Then, the wheels began disappearing, but the car continued to move forward, ___ just above the ground. As the car ___ into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly. With a faint whistling ___, the car was gone in seconds, leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief…
A However        B Besides       C Therefore       D Otherwise
A brave          B excited       C curious         D stubborn
A fell           B seemed        C proved          D grew
A aside          B around        C forward         D backward
A arrived        B stopped       C stayed          D started
A gathered       B existed       C dropped         D moved
A help           B gas           C rest            D water
A necessarily    B normally      C basically       D certainly
A if             B until         C unless          D as
A drive         B walk          C follow          D march
A address        B signs         C notices         D guidance
A doubt          B room          C time            D way
A have it        B get it        C make it         D finish it
A door           B window        C headlight       D wheel
A passed         B rushed        C turned          D continued
A strange        B sensitive     C imaginable      D horrible
A developed      B appeared      C spread          D faded
A rolling        B floating      C drawing         D flashing
A pointed        B returned      C broke           D rose
A tune           B voice         C sound           D tone