. The car ____________ at the present speed u...

. The car ____________  at the present speed until it reaches the foot of the mountain at about nine o'clock tonight.

A. went          B. is going            C. goes            D. will be going

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Cell Phones Are the New Cigarettes

When you get in your car, you reach for it．When you’re at work, you take a break to have a moment alone with it．When you get into a lift, you play with it．

Cigarettes? Cup of coffee? No, it’s the third most addictive thing in modern life, the cell phone．And experts say it is becoming more difficult for many people to curbtheir longing to hug  it more tightly than most of their personal relationships．

With its shiny surface, its smooth and satisfying touch, its air of complexity, the cell phone  connects us to the world even as it disconnects us from people three feet away．In just the past  couple of years, the cell phone has challenged individuals, employers, phone makers and  counselors（顾问）in ways its inventors in the late 1940s never imagined．

The costs are becoming even more evident, and I don’t mean just the monthly bill．Dr．Chris  Knippers, a counselor at the Betty Ford Center in Southern California, reports that the overuse of  cell phones has become a social problem not much different from other harmful addictions: a barrier to one-on-one personal contact, and an escape from reality．

Sounds extreme, but we’ve all witnessed the evidence: The person at a restaurant who talks on the phone through an entire meal, ignoring his kids around the table; the woman who talks on the phone in the car, ignoring her husband; the teen who texts messages all the way home from school, avoiding contact with kids all around him．

Is it just rude, or is it a kind of unhealthiness? And pardon me, but how is this improving the quality of life?

Jim Williams, an industrial sociologist based in Massachusetts, notes that cell-phone addiction is part of a set of symptoms in a widening gulf of personal separation．He points to a study by Duke University researchers that found one-quarter of Americans say they have no one to discuss their most important personal business with．Despite the growing use of phones, e-mail and instant messaging, in other words, Williams says studies show that we don’t have as many friends as our parents. “Just as more information has led to less wisdom, more acquaintances via the Internet and cell phones have produced fewer friends,” he says．

If the cell phone has truly had these effects, it’s because it has become very widespread．Consider that in 1987, there were only 1 million cell phones in use．Today, something like 300 million Americans carry them．They far outnumber wired phones in the United States．

1.Which of the following best explains the title of the passage?

A．Cell phone users smoke less than they used to．

B．Cell phones have become as addictive as cigarettes．

C．More people use cell phones than smoke cigarettes．

D．Using cell phone is just as cool as smoking cigarettes．

2.The underlined word “curb” in Paragraph 2 means ____．

A．rescue           B．ignore            C．develop           D．control

3.The example of a woman talking on the phone in the car supports the idea that ________．

A．women use cell phones more often than men

B．talking on the phone while driving is dangerous

C．cell phones do not necessarily bring people together

D．cell phones make one-on-one personal contact easy

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1.The winning car reached a speed of forty miles an hour -- much faster than___________________.

2.The assistant who served her did not like the way she was dressed. ____________________, he told her that the dress was sold.

3.The tree was planted near the church fifty years ago, but it is only in recent years that it has ________________.

4.…, but when nobody could ____________________, his father got some tea towels and tape from their house.

5.You have three layers of skin which act as ______________________ poisons and the sun’s harmful rays.

6.You’ll find your colleagues very eager to assist you, so you may be able to _____________________ later if you are interested.

7.A footballer was accused of taking money for ______________________ so as to let the other team win.

8.I see!　 Have you ever had ______________________ someone accused your journalists of getting the wrong end of the stick?

9.Never put butter, oil or ointment on burns as they keep the heat in the wounds and _____________________.

10.He slowed the bleeding _____________________ the wounds until the police and ambulance arrived.

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--Who ___ for the accident? The bus driver or the car driver?

--The latter. He was driving at a speed of as high as 120 miles per hour.

A. is to blame　　 B. is blaming

C. will blame　　　 D. is being blamed

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Having drunk too much, Alfred was now driving his car along the country road at the top speed, when an old man walked across the road. Unluckily, the car ran into him and Alfred was filled with fear. But after looking around and thinking there was not a single person who saw the accident, Alfred drove away without picking up the old man to the hospital. The old man was not a fool. He looked up and kept Alfred’s car number in mind. About one month later, they both went to the court. Alfred’s lawyer said, “Alfred is an experienced driver of more than twenty years.”

“If experience can hold water here,” the old man’s lawyer said, “the old man has been walking for over sixty years safely.”

74. From the story we can know that Alfred was ______.

A. dishonest      B. foolish     C. smart     C. honest

75. The expression “hold water” in the last paragraph means ______.

A. carry water     B. be reasonable    C. have good luck   D. get back what is lost

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One ________to the accident said that the car was racing at full speed and that the driver appeared to be drunk.

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The speed ______ Tom drives his car is too high.

A．in which          B．at which           C．at that            D．in what

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Driving a car at high speed along a highway seems to be fun. You need only to follow the bright traffic signs beside the highways and it will take you to where you wish.

But to a London taxi driver, driving is not an easy job. A taxi driver has to have not only good driving skills but also a good knowledge of the city of a London, from the smallest lane to the most popular bar around. He has to be at the service of all kinds of passengers at all times.

A certain London taxi driver told of his job as follows.

During the night it is quite usual for him to stop two or three times for some refreshments (点心). He said. "I never drink when I'm working ---- I would lose my licence."

He normally goes home between 2 and 3 O'clock in the night, There are times he has to stay longer and try to make more runs. He said, "That's the worst thing about working for yourself. If you don't make the money, no one is going to give it to you."

London taxi drivers not only ‘take' but also ‘give' , Every summer hundreds of children from London will go for a day at the sea--- by taxi! Their rides are paid by the taxi drivers, and these fares all go to the ‘London Taxi Fund for Underprivileged Children.' At the sea. they are met by the mayor, and a lunch party is also held in honour of the taxi drivers and the children. After a happy day running around the sea beaches and visiting the market, the children go home again-- by taxi, and free of charge, of course!

1.To be a London driver is not easy because ______.

A. he has to follow the bright traffic signs

B. he has to have good driving skills and know all the places in the city

C. he has to serve all kinds of passengers at all times

D. both B. and C

2.The London taxi drivers _______.

A. work hard because on one would give them money for doing nothing

B. never stop driving in the city

C. only work between 2 and 3 o'clock in the night

D. are very rich

3.The author of the passage says that _______.

A. the taxi driver works longer than is necessary

B. the more runs the taxi driver makes, the more he gets

C. the taxi driver doesn't like to work for others

D. the taxi drivers in the city go to the seaside to attend a party every year.

4.London taxi driver _______.

A. take money because they have to pay for the children's ride

B. go to the sea for a day in the summer

C. pay the fares for the poor children to the sea for a day once every year

D. give the poor children a free ride for a day at the sea once every year

5.The underlined words Underprivileged Children mean children _______.

A. of low income families                            B. who like to travel in taxi

C. who wish to go to sea but have no money      D. from London

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I was close to being killed the other day. A car passed me at______ I thought was a dangerous speed.

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She felt rather _______that she should drive the car at such a________ speed．

A．frightening, frightening     B．frightened, frightened

C．frightening, frightened      D．frightened, frightening

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