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A primary school bus driver stopped the bus in a gas station in Ohio because he had to use the bathroom. Instead of turning off the engine (引擎) and taking the key with him, the driver left the bus running. And he forgot to set the brake (制动器) because he was in a hurry. “It was cold outside, and I didn’t want the kids to get cold while I was using the bathroom,” he told a police officer.
The bus slowly started moving away from the gas station. As the bus picked up speed, the kids began shouting and crying. Ten-year-old Jake ran forward to the driver’s seat and held the steering wheel (方向盘). He pressed hard on the brake pedal (踏板) and managed to stop the bus as it came nearer to a river bed. Jake turned off the engine at last. After the police arrived at the scene, they praised Jake for his great effort.
“That is one cool kid,” said the police officer. “I told him he would make a great police officer when he grew up.”
Jake wasn’t impressed with what he had done. “Stopping the bus,” he said, “was easy compared to playing Grand Theft Auto III,” his favorite action video game. The bus driver was taken to the police station. He was at first charged (指控) with “leaving a child alone while motor is running.” The lawyer said he hoped to upgrade the charge because of the number of children (twenty) on the bus.
“Whatever he is charged with,” the police officer said, “I will see that he never drives a bus again.”
小题1:Why didn’t the driver turn off the engine when he went to the bathroom? Because _________.
A.he was in a hurry
B.he forgot to do it
C.he didn’t want the kids to get cold
D.he thought he would be back in a minute
小题2:What is the correct order?  _________
a. The bus started moving.
b. Jake turned off the engine.
c. Jake held the steering wheel.
d. The kids began shouting and crying.
e. Jake ran forward to the driver’s seat.
f. Jake pressed hard on the brake pedal.
A.a-b-c-d-e-fB.a-d-e-c-f-b C.d-a-c-e-f-b D.d-e-a-b-c-f
小题3:What do we know about Jake?   ________
A.He could drive. B.He was eleven years old.
C.He wanted to be a police officer. D.He liked playing Grand Theft Auto III.
小题4:What does the underlined word “upgrade” mean in the fourth paragraph?  __________
A.改变B.取消C.加重D.减轻
小题5:What will most probably happen to the bus driver? He will_______.
A.not be charged
B.face the most serious charge
C.not be allowed to drive a bus again
D.only be charged with “leaving a child alone while motor is running”

小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:C
短文大意:这篇短文重要记述了一位司机为了孩子们感到温暖,没有关掉发动机,就离开了汽车,几乎导致一次事故,最后被一位聪明的小男孩关掉了引擎,救了一车人的故事。
小题1:根据第一段“It was cold outside, and I didn’t want the kids to get cold while I was using the bathroom,” he told a police officer.描述,可知这个司机不想这些孩子们感到冷。故选C。
小题2:根据短文第二段描述,可知首先发生的是汽车开始缓缓移动,最后杰克关掉了引擎。故选B。
小题3:根据短文倒数第二段Jake wasn’t impressed with what he had done. “Stopping the bus,” he said, “was easy compared to playing Grand Theft Auto III,” his favorite action video game. 描述,可知杰克喜欢玩游戏Grand Theft Auto III,故选D。
小题4:联系下文because of the number of children (twenty) on the bus.描述,可知此处指的是加重对这位司机的指控的意思,故选C。
小题5:根据最后一段警察的话,可知这位司机将来在很难再开公交车了。故选C。
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A.场馆B.水族馆C.溜冰场D.台球馆
小题2:Who has the experience of travelling alone?
A.Dong XuB.Nobody
C.Zhu HangjianD.Li Junzhe
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A.watch movies at homeB.play computer games
C.see films in the cinemaD.go to Beijing with his friends
小题4:The three students will be excited about their summer plans because_______.
A.they will go to see the Shanghai ExpoB.they all want to see movies
C.they will play games for daysD.they will travel to Beijing
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The boy asked, "Daddy, how much do you make per hour?" The father was furious at his son's question.
When he said $20 an hour, the little boy asked his father to lend $10 to him. The father was even angrier because he thought the boy just wanted some money to buy a toy. So he didn't answer his son.
The little boy quietly went to his room. After about an hour or so, the man calmed down and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10.
"Maybe I was too hard on you just now," the man went into the room and said. "Here's the $10 you asked for." 
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小题1:How much does the man make if he works 10 hours?
A.$10. B.$20. C.$30.D.$40
小题2:In this passage, the underlined word "furious" means ______.
A.very angry B.quite happy C.too excited D.a little nervous
小题3:At first, the father refused to lend the boy any money because ______.
A.he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself
B.he did not have enough money at that moment
C.he thought the boy would buy something of no use
D.the boy always borrowed money from him
小题4:The boy wanted to buy ______ with twenty dollars.
A.a new book for himself B.a nice present for his father
C.a toy for his own birthday D.an hour of his father's time
小题5:From the passage, we can infer (推断) that the boy's father ______.
A.often played with his son B.spent little time with his son
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Our ancestors might not have played with marbles, but wrinkled fingers could have made it easier for them to climb around in the wet forests and catch fish from rivers, researchers say.
Similarly, our toes also get wrinkled in water. This may have developed from our ancestor’s need to run on wet ground.
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小题1:What does the underlined world “this ” in the third paragraph refer to?
A.Whether fingers have wrinkles after they are put in water.
B.Whether wrinkled fingers can hold things more tightly.
C.Why keeping things in water makes them wrinkled.
D.Why wrinkles help hands hold things more tightly.
小题2:The test shows that ________.
A.winkled hands hold dry things more tightly than dry hands do.
B.dry hands hold dry things more tightly than wrinkled hands do.
C.winkled hands hold wet things more tightly than dry hands do.
D.dry hands hold wet things more tightly than wrinkled hands do.
小题3:What might be the disadvantage of wrinkled fingers?
A.They are too sensitive to be touched.
B.They might be more likely to get hurt.
C.They cannot hold things tightly enough.
D.They are not so sensitive as dry fingers.

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