二、完形填空。（共12分，每題1分）

　　A cowboy rode into a town. He fastened his big fine horse to a post outside a rough bar, kicked open the bar door, walked up to the bar and _21   a beer. When he had finished his drink, he went hack outside,   22   to find that someone had stolen his horse.

　　The cowboy    23    into the bar, got his gun out and fired three shots into the ceiling.

　　"Which one of you dirty no-good has  24    my horse?" he shouted, and then he fired three more shots into the bottles behind the bar.

　　"OK, then." he cried, looking very    25   . "I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I'm going to _ 26 _ myself another beer. I'm going to drink my beer and then I'm going to go back outside. If my horse isn't back where I   27   him. I'll have to do what I did   28   the same thing happened in Texas."   29  . When the cowboy had finished his second beer, he went back outside. Sure enough, the thief had brought the horse back and tied it to the post,   30  where the cowboy had left it.

　　The cowboy got back on his horse. The barman went up to him and asked in a nervous voice

　　"Er, before you go, please tell us what exactly   31   in Texas?"

　　"I had to   32   home." said the cowboy.

　　(     )21. A. looked for  B. paid for    C. asked for   D. waited for

　　(     )22. A. only     B. just     C. already   D. ever

　　(     )23.A.went off    B went back   C. went out    D. went up

　　(     )24. A taken    B. hid     C. kept     D.stolen

　　(     )25. A sad     B. cold     C angry     D. son

　　(     )26. A order    B help     C. bring    D. serve

　　(     )27. A left     B. put      C. ca,ed     D. found

　　(     )28. A. that     B. how     C which    D. when

　　(     )29. A surprised  B. afraid   C. interested  D serious

　　(     )30. A. really    B. surely    C. exactly    D. certainly

　　(     )31. A. held    B. killed    C. left     D. happened

　　(     )32. A run     B. walk     C. drive     D. stay