题目内容

The Road That Fell In

  A young man and his date were driving home from a party one winter night in 1973. They lived in Swansea, a city in Great Britain. The young people talked quietly on their way home.

  Suddenly, all talk stopped. Something had happened. The road in front of their car had disappeared!

  The front end of the car tipped (倾斜) forward. The driver hit the brakes. The car slid (滑动) for a few seconds. Then the back wheels caught on a patch (一片土地) of road. The car came to a stop. In front, there was no more road. There was only a deep, black pit (坑) .

  At first, the two young people sat frozen. Any move might send the car over the edge. Slowly, they made their way to the doors. They jumped onto safe ground and looked down. The front of the car was hanging over a big, wide hole. The hole seemed to have no bottom.

  The police came and pulled the car back. The young people were safe. What had happened? A few days later, they found out. The road didn't just disappear. It fell into an old coal mine. Many roads in Swansea are built over old coal mines. Heavy weights, like cars, can make the roads fall in.

1.This story is mostly about ________ .

[  ]

A.a party in Swansea

B.driving in the winter

C.a road that disappeared

 

2.A picture of the main idea of this story would show ________ .

[  ]

A.a car in a hole

B.a car at the edge of a pit

C.a policeman in a car

 

3.The young people in the story lived in ________ .

[  ]

A.Swansea

B.a coal mine

C.France

 

4.The back wheels caught on the road and ________ .

[  ]

A.stopped the car

B.pushed the car

C.fell off

 

5.Many roads in Swansea are built on top of ________ .

[  ]

A.water

B.heavy weights

C.coal mines

 

答案:C;B;A;A;C
提示:

1.his date他的女朋友


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we,  leave,  rich,  snow,  when,  say,  remember,  with,  something,  baby
 
On a ___【小题1】___ evening, a rich lady was standing by the road. She was very worried. Her car had broken down. Just then a poor man, Robert, came. He was on his way back home from work as usual.
The lady thought, “Is the man going to help me? He looks very cold and hungry. ” But to her surprise, he stopped and said __【小题2】___ a smile, “What’s wrong, madam?” The lady told him what was happening.
After forty minutes, the car was at last fixed by Robert. The lady wanted to pay him. “No, that’s ___【小题3】___, madam. ” he said, “I was just helping someone in need. If you really want to pay me back, I hope ___【小题4】___ you see someone in trouble, you can give him a hand. ” A few minutes later, the lady saw a shabby (破旧的)house by the road. She ___【小题5】___ Robert’s words, so she stopped. The hostess(女主人) warmly asked her in. The lady could see that was not a ___【小题6】___ family and they needed help. When the hostess was making tea in the kitchen, the lady ___【小题7】___ 500 dollars on the table and went away quietly. Robert came home later than before, thinking how hard their life was. Their ___【小题8】___ was to be born the next month but there wasn’t enough money. His wife went up to him, gave him a kiss and ___【小题9】___softly, “Don’t worry, dear! Everything’s going to be all right. A stranger has helped us out. ”
Let’s always be ready to help others because helping others is helping ___【小题10】____.

“Last week was Road Safety Week at Jason’s school. All the students had to take part in a talk on road safety which was given by a police officer. The following is what the police officer said. ”“Most traffic accidents shouldn’t happen. They happen because people are careless. A frequent  cause of traffic accidents is speed. Some people drive too quickly. This means that if they have to stop suddenly, they cannot stop quickly enough to avoid (避免)hitting other vehicles (车辆)or people. You need to remember this when you are crossing the street or walking along the sidewalk. ”

“It’s not only drivers who cause accidents, however. People on foot-pedestrians, and bicycle riders often cause accidents, too. Pedestrians sometimes walk out into the street without looking. You should always look on both sides before stepping into the street. ” “Do any of you ride a bike? Bicycle riders can cause accidents by changing directions suddenly or without warning other road users. Before you turn left, for example, you should check behind you to make sure there aren’t any cars, trucks or buses coming. You should show with your left hand to tell that you want to turn left. You should not turn until the street is clear. ”

“The rules of the road are very simple. If we learn them and obey (遵守)them, we should not have accidents any more. ”

1.The main idea of the story is _______.

A. obeying the rules of the road can keep you from having accidents

B. it was Road Safety Week at Jason’s school

C. it’s not only drivers who cause traffic accidents

D. some people have accidents because they drive too quickly

2.Why do most traffic accidents happen?

A. Because people stop their cars suddenly.

B. Because people don’t know the rules.

C. Because people don’t care if they have an accident.

D. Because people are careless.

3.How can bicycle riders cause accidents?

A. By crossing the road without warning other road users.

B. By turning suddenly or without warning other road users.

C. By making sure there aren’t any cars coming.

D. By showing suddenly or without warning other road users.

4.The word “frequent”in the passage means ____ in Chinese.

A. 频繁的   B. 偶尔的   C. 所有的   D. 罕见的

5.Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

A. Road Safety Week      B. A Talk on Safety

C. Safety First           D. Safety and Accidents

 

Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a distance of about 80 miles. It was late, I was late, and I was driving 31_________.

At one point along an open highway, I came to a crossroads with a traffic light. I was 32_________ on the road by now, but as I came near the light, it turned 33_________, and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right, and behind me. Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of headlights, 34_________ there I sat, waiting for the light to 35_________, the only human being, for at least a mile in any 36_________.

I started wondering why I 37_________ to run the light. I was not afraid of being caught, because there was 38_________ no policeman anywhere around and there certainly would have been no 39_________ in going through it.

Much later that 40_________, after I’d met with a group in Lewisburg and had climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why I’d stopped for that light 41_________ me. I think I stopped 42_________ it’s part of a contract(契约) we all have with each other. It’ s not only the law, but it’s an agreement we have, and we trust each other to follow 43_________: we don’t go through red lights.

We do 44_________ we say we’ll do. We show up when we say we’ll show up.

I was so 45_________ of myself for stopping for that red light. And as no one would ever have known what a good person I was on the road from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, I had to tell s someone.

1.                A.fast            B.slowly          C.carefully  D.hard

 

2.                A.late            B.alone          C.worried  D.afraid

 

3.                A.green          B.yellow          C.red  D.dark

 

4.                A.and            B.or             C.so   D.but

 

5.                A.return         B.change         C.start D.continue

 

6.                A.attention       B.background      C.direction  D.information

 

7.                A.refused        B.decided        C.prepared D.forgot

 

8.                A.hardly          B.luckily          C.usually   D.clearly

 

9.                A.danger         B.excuse         C.space    D.energy

 

10.               A.moment        B.night           C.afternoon  D.morning

 

11.               A.depended on    B.looked forward to C.stayed away from    D.came back to

 

12.               A.though         B.unless          C.because   D.until

 

13.               A.me            B.it             C.him  D.us

 

14.               A.what           B.how           C.why  D.that

 

15.               A.tired           B.ready          C.proud D.sorry

 

 

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