There once was a blind man who decided to visit Texas. When he arrived on the plane， he (1)_______ the seats and said， "Wow， these seats are big!" The person next to him answered， "(2)_______ is big in Texas."
When he finally arrived in Texas， he decided to visit a bar. Upon arriving in the bar， he (3)_______ a beer and got a mug (4)_______ between his hands. He exclaimed， "Wow these mugs are big!" The bartender replied， "Everything is big in Texas."
After a (5)_______of beers， the blind man asked the bartender where the (6)_______ was located. The bartender replied， "Second door to the right."
The blind man (7)_______ for the bathroom， but accidentally tripped over and skipped the second door. (8)_______， he entered the third door， which (9)_______ to the swimming pool and fell into the pool by accident. (10)_______ to death， the blind man started shouting， "Don't flush， don't flush!"
1. A. saw B. felt C. took D. touched
2. A. Everything B. Nothing C. Something D. All
3. A. took B. bought C. drank D. ordered
4. A. placed B. lain C. stood D. spread
5. A. few B. amount C. couple D. pair
6. A. bathroom B. living room C. waiting room D. kitchen
7. A. looked B. headed C. went D. searched
8. A. As a result B. In fact C. Instead D. So
9. A. turns B. opens C. gets D. leads
10. A. Starved B. Scared C. Moved D. Frozen
【解題導語】 本文是記敘文，主要講述了一位盲人乘飛機去Texas進行訪問時的.笑話。最後要去廁所時卻掉進了游泳池裏，應了Texas人的一句口頭禪：Everything is big in Texas。
【新詞鏈接】 a couple of 一雙、一對
look for 尋找
lead to… 通往……
1. B felt 是“摸”的意思。
2. A 從第二段最後一句話可以得出此答案。
3. D 是“點菜、要……食品”的意思。
4. A 此處意爲“把啤酒杯放在兩隻手之間”。Placed是過去分詞做get後的賓語補足語。
5. C 只有couple在此表示具體的“量”。A few是“一些”的意思。
6. A 啤酒喝多了應該是找“洗手間”了。
7. A 短語look for意爲“尋找”。
8. C 此處instead 意爲“代替、相反”。
9. D lead to意爲“通往”，get to“到達”，open to“朝……敞開”，turn to 意爲“轉向”。
10. B scared意爲“害怕”，過去分詞短語表示狀態，他以爲是掉進了“這麼大的小便池裏”，當然是“處於害怕的狀態中”。
