Friedrich Dobl, a Yugoslav working in Germany, was fed up with traffic jams. At long weekends and holiday times when he wanted to get him quickly he always found himself behind hundreds of other cars moving slowly along the notorious foreign workers’ route through Germany and Austria.
How easy it all was for police and emergency services. A siren, a flashing light? And like magic everyone was out the way. Going home from work one night he passed a garage. And there in front of him was the answer to his problems. An old ambulance(救护车) was for sale. The red cross had been removed. But not the flashing light, and the siren. He tried the light. It flashed magnificently. He tried the siren. That too sounded impressive. He bought the ambulance and opened up for himself a dream world of motoring. It began early in the morning, all his luggage in the back of the ambulance and motorway in Germany looking reasonably clear. Soon, as always, a long line of traffic appeared ahead. He switched on the flashing light and set off the siren. Cars swiftly slowed and pulled off the fast lane. Other cars stopped and drivers waved him ahead to an open road all his own. In record time he crossed the border into Austria. The big bluff was working. Police even waved him through the confusion caused by an accident.
But then the Yugoslav made his big mistake. Until then he had only stopped for petrol. Now he was driving past a real accident, lights flashing , to late realize that it was not another traffic jam as he assumed. They stopped him, and after hearing the story of his ride across two countries fined him 12. 5 pounds.
【小题1】At long weekends and holidays Friedrich Dobl used to ____.

A.drive home in Germany
B.get caught in terrible traffic jams
C.meet other foreign workers
D.get to the place where he worked by a special quick route
【小题2】Why did he decide to buy the ambulance?
A.because he had always wanted one
B.because he wanted to resell it at a higher price
C.because he liked the siren and the flashing light
D.because he knew that other traffic would get clear of the way for an ambulance.
【小题3】The red cross had been removed ____.
A.but he soon put up a new one
B.because the vehicle did not look like an ambulance any more
C.so he asked the garage to paint another one on
D.but the siren and the flashing light still worked
【小题4】Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A.How to Drive quicklyB.How to Avoid accidents
C.A quick Way Home? By An Ambulance D.A Safe way Home? Non-Stop

Friedrich Dobl, a Yugoslav working in Germany, was fed up with traffic jams. At long weekends and holiday times when he wanted to get him quickly he always found himself behind hundreds of other cars moving slowly along the notorious foreign workers’ route through Germany and Austria.

How easy it all was for police and emergency services. A siren, a flashing light? And like magic everyone was out the way. Going home from work one night he passed a garage. And there in front of him was the answer to his problems. An old ambulance(救护车) was for sale. The red cross had been removed. But not the flashing light, and the siren. He tried the light. It flashed magnificently. He tried the siren. That too sounded impressive. He bought the ambulance and opened up for himself a dream world of motoring. It began early in the morning, all his luggage in the back of the ambulance and motorway in Germany looking reasonably clear. Soon, as always, a long line of traffic appeared ahead. He switched on the flashing light and set off the siren. Cars swiftly slowed and pulled off the fast lane. Other cars stopped and drivers waved him ahead to an open road all his own. In record time he crossed the border into Austria. The big bluff was working. Police even waved him through the confusion caused by an accident.

But then the Yugoslav made his big mistake. Until then he had only stopped for petrol. Now he was driving past a real accident, lights flashing , to late realize that it was not another traffic jam as he assumed. They stopped him, and after hearing the story of his ride across two countries fined him 12. 5 pounds.

1.At long weekends and holidays Friedrich Dobl used to ____.

A.drive home in Germany

B.get caught in terrible traffic jams

C.meet other foreign workers

D.get to the place where he worked by a special quick route

2.Why did he decide to buy the ambulance?

A.because he had always wanted one

B.because he wanted to resell it at a higher price

C.because he liked the siren and the flashing light

D.because he knew that other traffic would get clear of the way for an ambulance.

3.The red cross had been removed ____.

A.but he soon put up a new one

B.because the vehicle did not look like an ambulance any more

C.so he asked the garage to paint another one on

D.but the siren and the flashing light still worked

4.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A.How to Drive quickly

B.How to Avoid accidents

C.A quick Way Home? By An Ambulance

D.A Safe way Home? Non-Stop

 

Mr Robinson had to travel somewhere on business, and as he was in a hurry, he decide to go by air. He liked 36  beside a window when he was  37 ,so when he got onto the plane, he 38  a window seat. He 39 that all of them had already been taken 40 one, and there was a soldier sitting in the seat beside this one. Mr Robinson was 41 that he had not taken the one by the window, but, anyhow, he at once went towards 42 .

When he  43 it, however, he saw that there was a notice on it. It was written 44 ink and said, “This is reserved for proper load balance. Thank you.” Mr Robinson had never seen such a notice in a plane  45 ,but he thought that the plane  46 be carrying something particularly heavy in 47 baggage room which made  48 necessary to have passengers properly balanced, so he walked on and 49 another empty seat, not beside the 50 , to sit in.

Two or three other people tried 51  in the window seat beside the soldier, but they, too, 52 the notice and went on. Then, when the plane was nearly full, a very beautiful girl stepped into the plane. The soldier, who was 53 the passengers coming in, quickly took the notice off the seat beside him-and 54 that way succeeded in  55 the company of the girl during the whole of the trip.

36. A. sitting     B. to sit           C. sat           D. sit

37. A. traveling   B. sitting        C. flying            D. sleeping

38. A. found     B. looked for       C. noticed           D. searched

39. A. found     B. looked for       C. saw             D. observed

40. A. besides    B. except         C. expect          D. except for

41. A. glad       B. pleased         C. surprised         D. surprising

24. A. it         B. one            C. got             D. reached

43. A. get to     B. arrived         C. got            D. reached

44. A. by        B. with             C. in               D. of

45. A. past       B. then           C. ago             D. before

46. A. may      B. must           C. would           D. should

74. A. her           B. plane          C. its              D. it's

48. A. that       B. this          C. it             D. everything

49. A. see           B. seeing          C. finding           D. found

50. A. one       B. window        C. soldier          D. girl

51. A. o sit      B. sitting          C. to seat           D. seating

52. A. watched       B. saw           C. read             D. found

53. A. seeing     B. watching      C. seen           D. watched

54. A. in        B. by           C. on              D. for

55. A. failing     B. having         C. missing       D. helping

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