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1. A light drizzle was ___ as my sister Jill and I ran out of the Methodist Church.

A. fallen B. fell C. falling D. feeling

2. Across the street from the church was a Pan American gas station ______ the Greyhound bus stopped.

A. where B. which C. how D. when

3. It was closed for Christmas, but I noticed a family standing outside the _____ door.

A. locking B. locked C. clock D. blocking

4. They huddled under the narrow overhang in an _____to keep dry.

A. attend B. attempt C. attack D. tempt

5. I wondered briefly why they were there but then forgot about them as I raced to____ Jill.

A. keep on B. keep up with C. keep away D. keep from

6. Once we got home, there was ____ time to enjoy our presents.

A. barely B. almost C. few D. nearly

7. The closer we got to the turnoff for my grandparents' house, ____ the car went.

A. slowly B. slow C. the slower D. the more

8. When my father ______ the service station, I saw that there were five of them.

A. pulled into B. put into C. pulled down D. put up

9. He was very tall and had to stoop slightly to _____ into the car.

A. fear B. clear C. peer D. pipe

10. Jill and I _____at the children, and they ____back at us.

A. started B. star C. starved D. stared

11. That bus isn't going to _____ for several hours, and you're getting wet standing here.

A. come up B. come along C. go away D. come down

12. Once they settled in, my father looked back over his shoulder and asked the children if Santa_____ them yet.

A. find B. found C. has found D. had found

13. "Well, I didn't think so," my father said, ____ at my mother.

A. winked B. winks C. winding D. winking

14. All at once, the three children's faces____, and they began to bounce around in the back seat, laughing and chattering

A. lit up B. light up C. slight D. went up

15. Back in the car, ____ to Winborn, my father asked the man if he had money for bus fare.

A. by the way B. in the way C. on the way D. in a way

16. My father reached into his pocket and ____ two dollars, which was all he had left until his next payday.

A. pulled into B. pulled out C. pulled down D. picked out

17. I've been broke before, and I know ______ when you can't feed your family.

A. what it's like B. which it’s like C. what is it like D. it is like what

18. As we drove away, I watched out the window_______ I could, looking back at the little girl hugging her new doll.

A. only if B. as if C. as though D. as long as

答案： 1C 2A 3B 4B 5B 6A 7C 8A 9C 10.D 11.B 12D 13D 14A 15C 16B 17A 18D