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One evening, Mr. Green was driving in his car along a lonely country road. He had _____ to a bank where he had drawn $ 50. At the loneliest part of the road a man in ____ clothes stopped him and asked for a lift. Mr. Green allowed him _____and drove on. As he talked to the man, he ____that the man had been in ____ for robbery(抢劫) and had broken out of prison that very evening. Mr. Green was very ____ about his 50 dollars.
Suddenly he saw a police car and had a ____ idea. He had just reached a small town where the speed limit was 30 miles per hour. He drove the car as ____ as possible. A moment later, the police car overtook(超过) him and ____ him to stop. Mr. Green ____ to tell the policeman about the escaped robber, but the man put a gun to his_____. The policeman took out a ____ and demanded Mr. Green’s name and ____. Mr. Green asked to be taken to the police station but was ____.
Mr. Green started up his ____ again. As he drove out of the town, the man wanted to ____ “ Thank you for the lift. You’ve been so _____ to me. This is the least I can do for you in ___.” The man handed Mr. Green the ____ , which he stole from the ____ pocket while Mr. Green was being cr
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1.A. driven B. been C. gone D. visited
2.A. dirty B. good C. warm D. beautiful
3.A. out B. off C. down D. in
4.A. told B. said C. learnt D. remembered
5.A. school B. prison C. office D. forest
6.A. happy B. pleased C. excited D. worried
7.A. strange B. bright C. foolish D. sad
8.A. fast B. slowly C. carefully D. soon
9.A. begged B. invited C. ordered D. advised
10.A. hoped B. agreed C. decided D. thought
11.A. face B. head C. pocket D. back
12.A. notebook B. gun C. wallet D. menu
13.A. age B. address C. birth date D. birth place
14.A. refused B. invited C. welcome D. accepted
15.A. idea B. plan C. gun D. car
16.A. get on B. get down C. get out D. get up
17.A. kind B. well C. polite D. bad
18.A. turn B. time C. return D. surprise
19.A. money B. pen C. notebook D. gun
20.A. policeman’s B. driver’s C. prisoner’s D. robber’s[
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I was driving home one evening about 5, stuck in traffic, and the car started to die— I hardly managed to get into a gas station, glad only that I would have a somewhat warm spot to wait for the tow truck(拖车). Before I could make the call, I saw a woman walking out of the “ Quickie Mart” building, then suddenly she slipped(滑倒) on some ice and fell down, so I got out to see if she was okay.
When I got there, it looked like she had been overcome by weep than that she had fallen; she was a young woman who looked exhausted with dark circles under her eyes. She dropped something as I helped her up, and I picked it up and gave it to her. It was a coin.
At that moment, everything came into focus for me: the crying woman, the ancient Suburban packed full of stuff and three kids in the back, and the gas pump(汽油泵) reading $4.95.
I asked her if she was okay and if she needed help, and she just kept saying “I don’t want my kids to see me crying,” so we stood at the other side of the pump from her car. She said she was driving to California for Christmas and that things were very hard for her right now.
I took out my credit card and swiped(刷磁卡) it through the card reader on the pump so that she could fill up her car completely, and I bought 2 big bags of food for her kids in the car who attacked it like wolves. While it was fueling, she asked, “So, are you an angel or something?” I said, “At this time of year, angels are really busy, so sometimes God uses common people.”
It was unbelievable to be part of someone else’s miracle. And of course, you guessed it, when I got in my car it started right away and got me home with no problem. Sometimes, angels fly close enough to you that you can hear the flutter(摆动) of their wings.
1.. Caught in traffic, the author still felt happy because ________.
A. she could fill up her car to get home in time
B. the woman who needed help was waiting there
C. she could find a warm place to wait
D. she could do something for others in the gas station
2.. The young woman cried because________.
A. her situation was very terrible B. her kids wouldn’t listen to her
C. she was too tired D. she fell down and got injured
3.. It can be inferred from the passage that________.
A. the author was driving carelessly on the way home
B. the young woman was interested in long driving
C. the young woman didn’t want to see her kids crying
D. the kids were extremely hungry at that time
4.. According to the passage, we can say that the author ________.
A. was a kind person B. liked to deal with others’ business
C. had no thought for others D. was a real angel
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One night Mr. Lee was driving his wife home from work. She was a staff nurse in a hospital. It was almost midnight and she was quite tired out. She soon fell asleep. Mr Lee looked at her and smiled.
Mr. Lee was a cautious and experienced driver. He knew it was safer to drive slowly on a dark night. After some time he noticed a car following him. It was traveling very fast. Suddenly it overtook his car.
The driver of the car was in a hurry. He did not see the approaching lorry(货车). To avoid hitting it, he swerved his car. It skidded off the road and hit a big tree. The driver and his passenger were injured. They were badly cut by glass splinter from the broken windscreen.
Mr. Lee quickly stopped his car by the side of the road. His wife got out of the car to help the injured men. The lorry driver also stopped to lend a helping hand. Mr. Lee immediately drove off to telephone the police.
About twenty- five minutes later, a police car and an ambulance arrived. The injured men were carried into the ambulance and taken to hospital.
The policemen took down details of the accident. Mr. Lee and the lorry driver told them all that they could remember. The policemen thanked them for their help. Mr. and Mrs. Lee then got into their car and continued their journey home.
1.Mrs. Lee fell asleep in the car because_____.
A. she was very tired
B. her husband was driving very slowly
C. it was too late
D. both A and C
2. When the accident happened, the other car was _____.
A. in front of Lee’s car B. behind Lee’s car
C. on the right side of Lee’s car D. on the left side of Lee’s car
3.To avoid hitting it, the driver swerved his car. "Swerved" means_____.
A stopped suddenly B. turned to one side
C. drove faster D. turned around
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Rather than ____his car on the busy road, Mr. Green always prefers____ his bike.
A. drive; to ride B. driving; ride C. to drive; riding D. to drive; ride
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Rather than _____his car on the busy road, Mr Green always prefers____ his bike.
A .drive; to ride B. driving; ride
C .to drive; riding D. to drive; ride
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— Mr Smith was caught in a rainstorm yesterday.
— I have known that, and ______ his new car was completely destroyed.
A.fortunately B.hopefully C.thankfully D.unfortunately
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Two policemen stopped Andrew Kershaw in his sports car one night, because he was speeding in the street of the town. The young man was very drunk. He knew he was in trouble, so he decided to make fun of them. He was a law-student at the university, so he knew the law very well, better than most people.
When the policemen came to his car, Andrew asked one of the policemen to write down in his notebook everything they said. The policeman had to do this because it is the law, although people don’t usually know it. The policeman tested Andrew’s breath and the breathalyser showed that he had too much alcoho1(乙醇）in his blood. This all took a long time because the policeman had to write down everything that he or the policeman said.
In the end, by law, the policeman had to ask Andrew if he wanted to say anything. Andrew decided that he had two things to say and the policemen had to write down. The first thing was “Please don’t hit me again, officer!” And the second thing was :" Does the other officer want ￡5,too?" Of course, the poor policeman had to read this in court, in front of the judge, and he was very embarrassed (难堪). Andrew, who was in court, thought it was very funny, until the judge took away his licence for a year and fined him ￡100, ￡90 for drunk driving, and ￡10 for his rudeness!
1. The policemen stopped Andrew in his car because ______.
A. it was very late B. he was drunk
C. he was driving too fast D. he hardly broke the law
2.The policeman had to write down ______.
A. everything the two policemen said B. everything Andrew said
C. everything they all said D. everything either of them said
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(1) Mr. Brown (the motorist) (驾车人)
At about 9:20 p.m. on October 14th, I was driving along Market road in the direction of Midwick. I wanted to go to Sturham to collect my wife, who had been visiting some friends. I prepared to turn into Sturham Road, which was on my right. In the distance, I saw the lights of a car moving towards me but it was a long way from me. I put out my hand to show that I was going to turn right. Then I started to turn slowly towards Sturham Road. Suddenly there was a loud noise on the passenger’s (near) side of the cars. I stopped the car and got out. A motor-cycle (摩托车) had hit my car. The motor-cyclist had been thrown over the car. He was injured, so I ran to a shop to phone for help.
(2) Mr. Smith (the injured motor-cyclist)
On the evening of October 14th, I was going home along Market Road towards Newtown. I was riding my motor-cycle. I was going slowly because some of the street lights were out and the road was wet and slippery. Just before Sturham Road, a car suddenly drove right across my path. The driver did not flash his light to give a warning. I would not turn in time, so I hit the side of the car. When I woke up, I was lying in a hospital in Market Road.
(3) Mr. Lee (another motor-cyclist)
At about 9:10 p.m. on October 14,I left my home in Midwick. Ten minutes later I was riding my motor-cycle along the Marker Road. I was going to Newtown. There was a motor-cycle about 40 meters in front of me. It was not going very quickly. The man on it was riding near the curb(路边) but I was near the center of the road. The motor-cycle in front of me tried to turn to his right but there was no time. He hit the car and was injured. There was no car going along in front of us or put by the road.
1.Which of these pictures exactly shows the scene of the accident?
X=the place where the motor-cycle hit the car.
(Note: Cars and motor-cycles always keep to the left in England.)
2.Which of these statements about the accident is probably correct?
A. The accident was caused by the carelessness of the first motor-cyclist.
B. The lights of the car moving towards Mr. Brown made him unable to see.
C. Mr. Brown knocked down a motor-cyclist on purpose (故意).
D. Mr. Brown wrongly thought that the lights of two motor-cycles were those of a car.
3.It seems probable from the statements that Mr. Brown ______.
A. gave no signal to show that he was turning right
B. failed to give a proper (适当的) signal at that time
C. did not give any signal until he was actually turning
D. flashed his light to show that he was going to turn
4.We would find that Mr. Brown’s car was damaged on its _____ side.
A. left B. right
C. front D. driver’s
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The phrase “live, love and laugh” was one my cousin Roger lived by every day of his life. Even in his sickness, he found the positive in what some would see as a negative situation. He enjoyed life. He loved to laugh and most importantly, he lived life to the absolute fullest. He loved to travel, learning new things about different people and their culture.
Roger was born and raised in Alabama, and he then moved to Buffalo, New York where he lived for many, many years until he relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, his final resting place. Whether his travels were long visits or short visits, large cities or small towns, his favorite souvenir item was T-shirt. Everywhere he went he would buy a T-shirt to remind him of his travels. Every T-shirt he owned had a story behind it that he would share with others.
As long as he was laughing, living and traveling, he was happy. He loved everybody he came in contact with and everybody loved him. The old saying, “He never met a stranger”, definitely applied to Roger and his life.
His last few years of life were in and out of the hospital at least 10~15 days a month, sometimes more. Two weeks before he passed away, I spoke with him on the phone, and even then he managed to tell jokes about life.
I know he left this world happily; he refused to allow anything or anyone to hold him down, even his severe illnesses. He was definitely a model to look up when it comes to not allowing any situation to keep you from moving forward in life.
I will forever miss his smile and his love for life. My cousin Roger knew the true meaning of the phrase “live, love and laugh”.
1.The author believes that Roger _________ .
A. was a foolish man
B. was rich in spirit
C. had a healthy body
D. pretended to be happy
2.We can learn from the text that Roger _________.
A. had few good friends
B. was afraid of his illnesses
C. seldom contacted the author
D. was loved by everyone who knew him
3.What the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
A. To feel pity for Roger.
B. To encourage readers to help others.
C. To encourage readers to be positive all the time.
D. To show that health is the most important thing.
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Rocky Lyons was five years old when his mother, Kelly, was driving along the country road with him. He was asleep on the front seat of their truck, with his feet resting on her lap. As his mom drove carefully down the winding country road, she turned onto a narrow bridge. The truck hit a rock and slid off the road. She attempted to bring it back up onto the road by pressing hard on the gas pedal and turning the steering wheel to the left. But Rocky’s foot got caught between her leg and the steering wheel and she lost control of the truck.
The truck fell into a 20-foot ravine（峡谷）. When it hit bottom, Rocky woke up. “What happened, Mama?” he asked. “Our wheels are pointing toward the sky.”
Kelly was seriously wounded and blinded by blood. “I’ll get you out, Mama,” announced Rocky, who had surprisingly escaped injury. He climbed out from under Kelly, slid through the open window and tried to yank（用力拉）his mother out. But she didn’t move.
“Just let me sleep,” begged Kelly, who was out of consciousness. Rocky insisted, “Mom, you can’t go to sleep.”
Rocky managed to push Kelly out of the truck and told her he’d climb up to the road and stop a car to get help. Fearing that no one would be able to see her little boy in the dark, Kelly refused to let him go alone. Instead they slowly moved up to the road. The pain was so great that Kelly wanted to give up, but Rocky wouldn’t let her.
Rocky kept repeating the inspirational phrase, “I know you can, I know you can.” When they finally reached the road, Rocky broke into tears seeing his mother’s torn face clearly for the first time. Waving his arms and shouting, “Please stop!” the boy stopped a truck. His mother was sent to hospital.
It took 8 hours to rebuild Kelly’s face. She looks quite different today---“I used to have a straight long nose, thin lips and high cheekbones; now I’ve got a flat cheeks and much bigger lips”--- but she has few scars and has recovered from her injuries.
Rocky’s heroics were big news. Everyone was surprised at this little boy’s power. “It’s not like I wanted it to happen,” The boy explained. “ I just did what anyone would have done.” “If it weren’t for Rocky, I’d have died,” said his mother.
1.According to the text, Rocky and Kelly _________ .
A.were lost on a country road
B.had limited time to find their way
C.were involved in a truck accident
D.knew little of what happened to them
2.When he woke up, Rocky ___________ .
A.was frightened by his mother’s blood
B.found his mother had fallen asleep
C.was stuck against the door of the truck
D.found the car was turned over
3.What happened to Kelly at last?
A.She passed away.
B.She survived and recovered from injuries.
C.She became a hero.
D.She had a different life.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A.A Boy and His Mother B.How to Behave Well？
C.I Think I Can D.Nothing is Lost
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