I had been rather proud of myself when my friends and family got the ticket,whether it was for speeding,parking or stop sign violations (违反).It was something that happened to others. But last Friday I joined the club.
I was asked to do a new project last week. On Friday morning on my way to work,I suddenly remembered that I had spent the past six weeks without considering that I had a week’s vacation planned during that time. I was very disappointed with myself for not remembering it. The fact  is that I was not paying enough attention to my driving and I did not come to a complete stop at the stop sign in front of a school. I was so distracted (思想不集中的)that I didn’t even notice I had a policeman on my tail with his lights flashing. Finally I looked in my mirror and caught on.
The policeman was rude and took my papers. Fortunately,I had everything up to date and since I had never had a ticket before,there was nothing for him to do but write me a ticket. While I was sitting there in the seat of “shame”,I felt bad. If I had been that distracted and a child had run onto the road,perhaps I would have not reacted as well as I could have. It was a wake-up call.
People at work asked me if I tried to talk my way out of it. Frankly,it never occurred to me. I felt guilty. Now I no longer have a clean driving record. Please be careful out there,as a moment’s distraction can lead to tragedy.
【小题1】What is this passage mainly about?

A.The writer’s most unforgettable experience.
B.How the writer got her first ticket.
C.An accident caused by the writer.
D.Why the writer is always so careful.
【小题2】We can infer that the underlined part “the club” in Paragraph 1 here refers to ________.
A.people who are crazy about driving cars
B.a club for drivers without much experience
C.people who get tickets for breaking traffic rules
D.a club for people to talk about their driving stories
【小题3】What made the writer unable to focus on her driving?
A.Planning how to spend the vacation.
B.Thinking of the forgotten vacation.
C.Thinking about her work.
D.Missing her children.
【小题4】From the experience,the writer has probably learnt ________.
A.what is really important to her
B.how to deal with policemen
C.to enjoy the small things in life
D.to be much more careful

All it took was a slice of Xinjiang cake to spark heated debates online over China's policy on ethnic(民族的)minorities .
Since Monday, qiegao (cut cake) has been a trending topic on Sina Weibo, China’s main Twitter-like microblogging service.
The cake was a reference to Xinjiang’s famed nut cake, sometimes known by its old Turkic name baklava, a popular pastry across Central Asia and the Middle East. In Xinjiang, they are sold by Uygur vendors(小贩)on tricycles who are known to charge dubious prices depending on the time and season.
The ethnic flare-up started after the Yueyang police from Hunan province posted a message on their official Weibo account. It reported a dispute in Pingjiang county over an overpriced piece of nut cake between a Xinjiang Uygur vendor and a villager named "Ling".
Villager Ling got into a fight with a Uygur due to a misunderstanding. The verbal dispute eventually escalated into a fight and then a mass fight. As a result, two people were injured and Xinjiang nut cakes worth about 160,000 yuan (US$25,000) were destroyed. The total damage was worth 200,000 yuan which included a broken motorcycle and injuries to people. Local police have detained(扣留) Ling. The 16 Uygur sellers were dully compensated and sent back to Xinjiang.
"Yueyang police incident" quickly became one of the most popular topics on Weibo. Yueyang police removed the post shortly after. As of Tuesday night, the topic was still amassing more than 66,000 hits.
The incident is just one of many similar cases of ethnic tensions across China, notably in Xinjiang province, where deeply entrenched social and racial frictions between the dominant ethnic Han Chinese and minority Uygur Muslims occasionally spark violence. Many Uygurs living in major Chinese cities are viewed by locals as thieves, crooks and even terrorists.
【小题1】Which of the following is true?

A.The dispute is between a Xinjiang Uygur vendor and a policeman.
B.Nut cake is a popular pastry across East Asia and the Middle East.
C.The prices of Baklava will change according to the time and season.
D.The demand of the 16 Uygur sellers were refused and they were sent back to Xinjiang.
【小题2】How much did the broken motorcycle cost?
A.160,000 yuan B.200,000 yuan
C.40,000yuanD.We don’t know
【小题3】 What’s the best title of the passage?
A.World's most expensive baklava.
B.Ethnic tensions across China.
C.Pay attention to the Uygurs
D.Misunderstanding caused by a fight
【小题4】 What can we infer from the passage?
A.Yueyang police are afraid of the Xinjiang Uygur vendor
B.It’s not the only ethnic tension across China,
C.Many Uygurs living in major Chinese cities are viewed by locals as thieves, crooks and even terrorists.
D.Villager Ling got into a fight with a Uygur due to a misunderstanding.
【小题5】 Where is this passage probably from?
A.Microblogging.B.Textbook.
C.Newspaper.D.Article.

    There's a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella. At first I couldn't stand it;now I'm used to it.

    I don't know his name. I know he's average in appearance,wears a gray suit,and has a common face. One hot morning,when I was sitting on a tree­shaded bench in Palermo Park,reading the paper,suddenly I felt something touch my head. It was the very same man who now,as I'm writing,keeps striking me with an umbrella.

    On that occasion I turned around filled with anger. He just kept on hitting me. I asked him if he was crazy. He didn't even seem to hear me. Then I threatened to call a policeman. Calmly,cool as a cucumber,he stuck with his task. After a few moments of hesitation,and seeing that he was not about to change his attitude,I stood up and hit him on the nose. The man fell down. But he immediately got back on his feet,obviously with great effort,and without a word again began hitting me on the head with the umbrella. His nose was bleeding and,at that moment,I felt sorry for him. I felt regret for having hit him so hard. After all,the man wasn't exactly hitting me;he was merely tapping me lightly with his umbrella,not causing any pain at all. Of course,those taps were extremely bothersome. As we all know,when a fly lands on your forehead,you don't feel any pain;what you feel is annoyance. Well then,that umbrella was one huge fly that kept landing on my head time after time.

    Convinced that I was dealing with a madman,I tried to escape. But the man followed me,wordlessly continuing to hit me. So I began to run(I should point out many people run as fast as I do). He took off after me,trying to land a blow. The man was out of breath so that I thought,if I continued to force him to run at that speed,he would drop dead right then and there.

1.When the man began to strike the author with an umbrella, the author________.

    A. became angry                     B. called the police

    C. turned around and escaped            D. turned around and fought back

2.The author would most probably agree that the man was ________.

    A. deaf                             B. blind

    C. dead                             D. mad

3.The author felt sorry for the man because________.

    A. the man formed a bad habit of beating others

    B. he hit the man so hard that his nose bled

    C. the man couldn't catch up with him

    D. there was a fly on the man's head

4. It can be learned from the passage that the man ________.

    A. shouted loudly while hitting the author

    B. wanted to tell the author something

    C. ran after the author breathlessly

    D. acted as if he were a fly

 

 

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