Bob: In a book I was reading, some men had to 1 a desert. There was nothing 2 sand they could see. It was so large 3 it seemed to them that it had almost no 4 .
Tom: It 5 be very hot.
Bob: That’s right. 6 hot in a desert. But they rested 7 the day and traveled at night. .
Tom: But there’re no trees or anything like that 8 you to get cool.
Bob: 9 . But they had some tents (帐篷). They 10 when they were going to rest.
Tom: That was a lot of trouble, 11 ?
Bob: Yes. Every night 12 they 13 on the next part of the trip, they had to take the tents 14 . Then they had to put them on their camels. That’s the 15 way you can travel in a desert.
1. A. go B. walk C. cross D. reach
2. A. for B. and C. else D. but
3. A. because B. that C. as D. enough
4. A. end B. water C. people D. animals
5. A. perhaps B. maybe C. sometimes D. must
6. A. It always is B. It’s always C. It never is D. It’s never
7. A. on B. at C. during D. until
8. A. for B. to C. will D. have
9. A. Yes B. No C. All right D. Very good
10. A. put up them B. put them up C. made them D built them
11. A. indeed B. too C. wasn’t it D. wasn’t that
12. A. when B. after C. before D. when
13. A. took B. got C. kept D. set out
14. A. away B. down C. up D. on
15. A. good B. first C. only D. strange