For most of the day construction worker Sidney Smith and his brother – in – law Joseph Chambers had been 21 along the banks of Lake Waco with little 22 . Chambers suggested they go home, but Smith ____ 33 ____that there were still several hours of daylight ____ 24 ____　and there was one other place they might try a bit longer before ____ 25 ____. Smith drove his pickup（小货车）a couple of miles along the____ 26 ____road to get to the other side of the lake. This road, in the truest sense, was a path wagging in the heavy ____ 27 ____area. Even with the sun still high in the cloudless sky, the ____ 28 ____of trees formed a leafy____ 29 ____over the road and it suddenly seemed ____ 30 ____in the evening. “A guy could get lost and nobody would ever find him,” said Chambers. Smith smiled, “We’re ____ 31 ____there.” He said. A few seconds later, the smile was ____ 32 ____　from his face. “What the hell is that?” He braked to a stop. Less than twenty feet away was what appeared to be a 33 . For several minutes the two men sat in the pickup ____ 34 ____to decide whether they had happened to ____ 35 ____someone’s bad practical joke or something far more serious. Smith with his brother-in-law got out of the pickup and ____ 36 ____walked towards that thing some distance before them. It was a young man who was already dead. They had got to tell ____ 37 ____. Back into the pickup, Smith backed the pickup down the road ____ 38 ____he could turn around, then ____ 39 ____back. With the dead young man still on his mind, Smith felt as if he was going to be sick. God, how he____ 40 ____　they had given up fishing and gone home early. 小题1: A．playing B．boating C．fishing D．walking 小题2: A．failure B．success C．disappointment D．interest 小题3: A．quarreled B．argued C．reasoned D．shouted 小题4: A．remaining B．staying C．keeping D．leaving 小题5: A．starting off B．running out C．sending away D．giving up 小题6: A．winding B．widening C．leading D．blocking 小题7: A．grassed B．wooded C．iced D．snowed 小题8: A．trunks B．shadow C．shade D．shape 小题9: A．hat B．umbrella C．sheet D．overcoat 小题10: A．foggy B．late C．early D．rainy 小题11: A．almost B．already C．only D．fairly 小题12: A．escaped B．lost C．gone D．missed 小题13: A．body B．trap C．pile D．stream 小题14: A．talking B．hoping C．wanting D．trying 小题15: A．come across B．turn out C．bring about D．make up 小题16: A．loudly B．quietly C．quickly D．slowly 小题17: A．everybody B．somebody C．anybody D．nobody 小题18: A．until B．before C．after D．when 小题19: A．turned B．ran C．headed D．walked 小题20: A．expected B．hoped C．wished D．prayed