While on a walking _21_with his wife， he stopped to talk to a workman. After they had gone on， Mrs. Bussman said that the workman was closely_22_ her husband and even suggested that he might be his brother. Franz laughed _23_ the idea， pointing out that his brother had been killed in _24_ during the war. Though Mrs. Bussman knew this story quite well， she thought that there was a chance in a million that she_25_ be right.

A few days _26_ ， she sent a boy to the workman to ask him if his name was Hans Bussman. Needless to say， the man‘s name was Hans Bussman. And he really was Franz‘s _27_ brother. When the brothers were_28_ ， Hans explained _29_ it was that he was still _30_ .

After having been wounded towards the end of the war， he had been sent to hospital and was _31_ his unit. The hospital had been bombed and Hans had made his way back into Western Germany on foot._32_ ， his unit was lost and all _33_ of him had been destroyed. Hans_34_ to his family house， but the house had been bombed. Guessing that his family had been killed during an air-raid（空袭）。 Hans settled down in a village fifty miles away where he had remained_35_ .

21. A. hour B. way C. tour D. time

22. A. from B. to C. near D. like

23. A. of B. at C. in D. through

24. A. action B. field C. area D. motion

25. A. might B. must C. may D. should

26. A. forward B. later C. lastly D. more

27. A. missed B. long-losing C. long-lost D. losing

28. A. united B. reunited C. gathered D. mated

29. A. which B. what C. where D. how

30. A. alived B. lived C. alive D. live

31. A. settled down B. picked up C. chosen from D. separated from

32. A. Generally B. Hopefully C. Whereas D. Meanwhile

33. A. records B. rewards C. methods D. facts

34. A. returned B. turned C. tried D. completed

35. A. for long B. for ever C. ever since D. soon after /liuxuepaper.com