When Alice started to cycle home from Jenny’s house, she wasn’t nervous. She was certainly not afraid of the dark. __36_, it was only a 15-minute ride home. But halfway there, she began to wish that she hadn’t been so __37__.
As she rounded a sharp bend, it suddenly __38__ 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 __39__ that she didn’t hear the car which suddenly appeared beside her. She stopped by the road. The big black car also __40__. Slowly, the passenger-window began to slide down. Alice held her breath. In the soft light inside the car, something __41__. Then, the light brightened and Alice was staring at a sweet, grey-haired old lady. “Hello, dear,” said the old lady. “I need __42__. I’m afraid I’m lost. I need to find the nearest airport. I must be there in the next five minutes.”
“Airport? You __43__ are lost,” Alice said. “You need to go back five kilometers __44__ you reach the T-junction. Turn left and __45__ for about another 10 kilometers to the main highway. From there, just follow the __46__ to the airport. But I’m afraid there’s no __47__ you’ll get there in five minutes!”
“Thank you very much, dear,” replied the old lady. “Don’t worry — I’ll __48__ in time.”
The __49__ moved up and the car started off. A little way ahead, it __50__ and with headlights flashing, it drove past Alice. But then, something __51__ happened. The car began changing. First, its color __52__from black to silvery-grey. Then, the wheels began disappearing, but the car continued to move forward, __53__ just above the ground. As the car __54__ into the dark sky, the big red tail-lights grew larger and larger and glowed more and more brightly. With a faint whistling __55__, the car was gone in seconds, leaving Alice shaking her head in disbelief…
36 A However            B  Besides         C  Therefore          D  Otherwise
37 A brave               B  excited          C  curious            D  stubborn
38 A fell                 B  seemed         C  proved            D  grew
39 A aside            B  around                C  forward           D  backward
40 A arrived          B  stopped         C  stayed             D  started
41 A gathered         B  existed          C  dropped           D  moved
42 A help            B  gas            C  rest               D  water
43 A necessarily        B normally           C  basically            D  certainly
44 A if              B  until            C  unless             D  as
45 A drive            B  walk           C  follow            D  march
46 A address          B  signs           C  notices             D  guidance
47 A doubt                 B room             C  time              D  way
48 A have it           B  get it            C  make it            D  finish it
49 A door            B  window        C  headlight           D  wheel
50 A passed           B  rushed          C  turned             D  continued
51 A strange              B  sensitive          C  imaginable         D  horrible
52 A developed             B  appeared         C  spread             D  faded
53 A rolling               B  floating           C  drawing           D  flashing
54 A pointed              B  returned          C  broke             D  rose
55 A tune                B  voice           C  sound             D  tone