A few years ago my husband，my son and I were traveling to visit my cousins. It was about two or three in the morning，when it became clear that we were lost. The country      seemed to be going on forever, and the farther we traveled, the worse it seemed to get.
Finally we       a truck stop. So we pulled in and I got out of the car for       "Does anybody here know how to find Merridale Road?" I asked.
A very tired waitress looked up and said, "Lady, I haven't got a clue."
Since she was not         , I looked around at the customers．There，sitting nearby, were four of the toughest men I had ever seen in my life. Chains．Black leather. Skulls and crossbones (骷髅).
I immediately thought of my         in the car and what these characters might do to us.
"We know       you're going," one of them said cheerfully. "Not only that，but we'll take you there."
        I could say no, they got up, paid their bill, and were outside on their motorcycles，gesturing,“        us!”
We started to follow them down the dark and quiet country roads. After a few minutes, my son decided it was all         for us. "They're taking us to a       place, and that will be the end," he said           . "I'm never going to see my school or my friends again. How         you do this to me?"
I whispered to my husband，"I don't want to scare Jack, but he's right. I am a bit         . It's dark. The road is getting very lonely. And these people are tough. Maybe I did the       thing."
"No kidding," he replied. "We're just going to have to trust that it's going to be all right."
About an hour later, after         through endless back roads deep in the woods，they       to us to go left. We looked up, and there was the       for Merridale Road. They had put us on the right road after all. And then they         good-bye and disappeared from view. If I've learned anything on this
        journey of mine, it's that around every bend in the road, and at the end of even the darkest tunnel, there's likely to be a company of       .

A．music B．roads C．days D．school

A．found B．called C．missed D．left

A．time B．gas C．water D．directions

A．helpful B．careful C．beautiful D．hopeful

A．maps B．bags C．family D．gifts

A．how B．what C．why D．where

A．If B．Since C．Because D．Before

A．Invite B．Show C．Follow D．Give

A．over B．right C．alone D．around

A．cool B．lonely C．safe D．new

A．uneasily B．cheerfully C．curiously D．uncertainly

A．should B．can C．would D．must

A．annoyed B．excited C．frightened D．amazed

A．same B．bad C．funny D．wrong

A．winding B．looking C．walking D．climbing

A．greeted B．connected C．gestured D．hurried

A．label B．notice C．poster D．sign

A．kissed B．waved C．shook D．blew

A．tiring B．crazy C．interesting D．fancy

A．angels B．friends C．partners D．relatives