One evening there was great excitement in our village. A __1__ company of actors had arrived, and it was __2__ that they would give their first performance on that night. The play would be given in a stable, one that was __3__ enough to accommodate about a hundred people. At one end of it a stage had already been erected. Lighting was __4__ by four lamps, and a curtain was being hastily fixed up, __5__ two small boys to draw it backwards and forwards. Before seven o’clock every seat was occupied. __6__ who were not __7__ enough to get a place on a bench stood at the back, when still others crowded outside the open door, __8__ at least to hear the story. There were only three actors, a man, a woman and a boy. At a quarter past seven, the stage manager, who was also the __9__ actor, after poking his head several times round the corner of the curtain, decided that the impatient audience __10__ not be kept waiting any longer, so the play began.
1. A) travel B) traveling C) traveled D) to travel 来源：www.examda.com 2. A) announced B) spoken C) talked D) argued
3. A) small B) little C) large D) great
4. A) provided B) supported C) steered D) obtained