Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站)about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

    I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.

    I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

    Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery (电池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership—a shop selling cars — was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

    “Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.

    “Thank you” —two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.

1.Why did the author plan to stop at Oklahoma City?

    (No more than 5 words)                                       (2 marks)

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2.What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

    (No more than 10 words)                                      (2 marks)

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3.Why was the battery of the author’s car dead?

    (No more than 10 words)                                      (3 marks)

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4.What does the author tries to show by telling his own experiences?

    (No more than 12 words)                                      (3 marks)

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(1) Mr. Brown (the motorist)

  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 car. I stopped the car and got out. A motorcycle had hit my car. The motorcyclist had been thrown over the car. He was injured, so I ran to a shop to phone for help.

  (2) Mr. Smith (the injured motorcyclist)

  On the evening of October 14th, I was going home along Market Road towards Newtown. I was riding my motorcycle. I was going slowly because some of the streetlights 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 lights to give a warning. I could 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 motorcyclist)

  At about 9:10 p.m. on October 14th, I left my home in Midwick. Ten minutes later I was riding my motorcycle along Market Road. I was going to Newtown. There was a motorcycle about 40 metres 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 motorcyclist 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.

48.Which of these statements about the accident is probably correct?

  A.Mr. Brown wrongly supposed that the lights of the two motorcycles were those of a car.

  B.The lights of the car moving towards Mr. Brown made him unable to see.

  C.Mr. Brown knocked down a motorcyclist on purpose.

  D.The accident was caused by the carelessness of the first motorcyclist.

49.It seems probable from the statements that Mr. Brown__________.

  A.gave no signal to show that he was turning right

  B.did not give any signal until he was actually turning

  C.failed to give a proper signal at that time

  D.flashed his light to show that he was going to turn

50.We would expect to find that Mr. Brown's car was damaged on its________ side.

  A.front    B.left     C.right     D.driver's

 

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[来源:Z,xx,k.Com]

    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

 

Last night, when I was driving back home, I noticed a hitchhiker(搭便车的人) who was having no luck getting a ride. I rolled down my__ 21  and signed to the man to my car. I asked him where he was   22   and he told me he needed a    23   to his doctor’s office which would close in 15 minutes. I told him to   24   and he gratefully did so.

25   he got in he told me that he was a   26   and went out to sea for weeks at a time. He took medicine for his nerves and  27   to get another prescription(处方) before he left on the boat. He said that he had prayed (祈祷) 28   would stop for him so he could be there before the   29   office closed. With some 30   driving we managed to make it there in about 10   31 . I then asked him how he   32   on getting back home and he said he could walk. “I’ll patiently 33   for you and bring you back,” I told him. He 34   me and said he should only be about 15 minutes.

Afterwards he got back in my   35  and tried his hardest to pay me back: offering me dinner, gas money, even offering to ship me 40 lbs of scallops (海扇贝)! I  36  refused, gave him a smile card and asked him to help someone else the next time he had a  37 . I drove him back to where I had picked him up and  38   one more “thank you” he was on his way.

I feel that the world  39  offers us what we need. In the man’s  40   it was a ride, in mine the chance to help someone else.

1.

A.wheel

B.window

C.engine

D.door

 

2.

A.heading

B.working

C.living

D.studying

 

3.

A.walk

B.talk

C.trip

D.ride

 

4.

A.go out

B.run away

C.get in

D.lie down

 

5.

A.As far as

B.As soon as

C.Even if

D.Just before

 

6.

A.farmer

B.pianist

C.doctor

D.fisherman

 

7.

A.needed

B.stopped

C.agreed

D.preferred

 

8.

A.someone

B.nobody

C.anyone

D.everybody

 

9.

A.teacher’s

B.doctor’s

C.manager’s

D.captain’s

 

10.

A.good

B.normal

C.wrong

D.fast

 

11.

A.days

B.hours

C.minutes

D.weeks

 

12.

A.focused

B.depended

C.turned

D.planned

 

13.

A.look

B.call

C.wait

D.drive

 

14.

A.doubted

B.thanked

C.greeted

D.accepted

 

15.

A.car

B.home

C.office

D.shop

 

16.

A.politely

B.angrily

C.immediately

D.surprisingl

 

17.

A.dream

B.problem

C.chance

D.choice

 

18.

A.before

B.until

C.besides

D.after

 

19.

A.never

B.always

C.sometimes

D.seldom

 

20.

A.opinion

B.way

C.case

D.condition

 

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