17．Now my hometown is not at all a traveler who visited it ten years ago can expect．( )A．tha——青夏教育精英家教网——

17．Now my hometown is not at all _______ a traveler who visited it ten years ago can expect．（　　）

16．My mother through her fine example instilled（慢慢灌输） within me the desire to help others．She taught me to notice those whom others ignore．
The railroad tracks were within a mile of our house．Beggars frequently would knock at the doors in our neighborhood in summer asking for food．They were often turned away．Others simply ignored the knocks．
My mum always went to the door smiling．She would invite them to stay and have something to eat．She would have me open up the card table and carry a chair out onto the covered side porch（走廊）．There was a nice view into the flower gardens，and it was cool even on the hottest days．
She would bring a red and white tablecloth and set the table as carefully as she did for any company．She would pour their coffee and pile their plates with food and dessert．Usually she sent a packed lunch with them when they were ready to go，too．Sometimes she would take the newspapers to those who asked about work．
She listened to those who wanted to talk．She never asked what would lead them to be in this difficult situation．It did not matter．She saw only the need．Some thought she did too much for them．She would say，"In the depression（萧条时期） when my father was searching around for any work to feed us，thoughtful people fed him．I am just repaying their kindness．I cannot offer them money，but I can see they do not leave hungry and discouraged，"My mum was quite a lady．

36．The writer's house was frequently visited by beggars becauseD．
A．they seemed to be very rich
B．his mother was known to be generous
C．they lived near a railway station
D．there was a railway near their house
37．How did the writer's mother treat beggars？C
A．She was on guard against them．
B．She looked down upon them．
C．She respected them equally．
D．She took pride in them．
38．The writer's mother sometimes took out newspapersC．
A．for the beggars to kill the time
B．to teach the beggars how to read
C．to help the beggars who asked about work
D．to help the beggars to find their families
39．Which of the following can make an explanation for the mother's attitude to beggars？A
A．Her father was once helped by others．
B．Her father liked to help beggars．
C．She was once a beggar herself．
D．Her mother taught her to help beggars．

15．But for the help of my English teacher，I _____ the first prize in the English Writing Competition．（　　）

	A．	would not win		B．	would not have won
	C．	would win		D．	would have won

14．If we had taken such effective measures much earlier，the fiver so seriously now．（　　）

	A．	is not polluted		B．	would not be polluted
	C．	had not been polluted		D．	would not have been polluted

13．I ordered pizza and salad．The pizza was nice but salad was disgusting．（　　）

12．---Why did you major in Literature？
---I listened to my mother．She wants me to major in Business．（　　）

11．Napoleon would have taken over the world if he ______ the Battle of Waterloo．（　　）

10．It is the only time in history that two Nobel Prizes to the same person．（　　）

have been given

9．--- potato salad is good．
---I'm very glad you like it．I used special cheese to make it．（　　）

8．After a lot of weightlifting and 25exhausting days training，a 52-year-old woman recently became the first female"gripman"on San Francisco's historic cable cars．
Fannie Barnes passed her written test and completed a final run under the watchful eye of a supervisor，Municipal Railway spokesman Alan Siegel said．
Deep calluses（茧） are already forming at the base of her fingers and there is a hole in her glove．Two other women quit after a single day with injured muscles．"Now they're going to have to change the word from gripman to grip person，just because of me，"Barnes said earlier，"I'm so excited．"
After almost a year of serious workouts，Barns can pull more than 61kilos，only 23kilos less than her body weight．And she'll need the muscle，for this is no modern，push-button technology．Every time a car starts up again after making a stop，the gripman must haul back on a lever controlling a device that grips the cable，which runs continuously at 14kilometers per hour．If the grip slips，so does the car．A second person operates the brakes．
In addition to having to throw her weight around on the job，she's got to throw out some attitude to men who were hard to convince．The city employs 76men in the job．
"A lot of men said mean things to me and didn't want to help train me．But I would like to thank the guys who were against me because they gave me even more inspiration to do it．"she said．
Not all the men were against her．Many of the male colleagues yelled out support as she did her training runs．One of her biggest tests was drizzly December morning．She first went down the Hyde Street Hill，considered the most dangerous incline on the cable car routes．"I had to have the will and I had to believe I could do it，"she said．"It was scary，but as I started going down full grip and felt that I was in control，I knew I was on my way，"Barnes already is a pioneer of sorts．She started working as a cable car conductor six years ago，collecting fares and assisting on the back brake．She is one of only three women to have that job．But she said she always wanted the job up front on the car．（400）

60．What is unusual about Fannie Barnes getting a job as a gripman？B
A．She is the oldest one to work as a grpman．
B．She is the first women to work as a gripman．
C．She is the fattest women to work as a gripman．
D．She is the most suitable one to work as a gripman．
61．What did the 52-year-old woman do when she first began working on the city's cable car？A
A．As a gripman．    B．As a conductor．
C．As a brakeman．    D．As a supervisor．
62．It can be inferred from the passage that Fannie Barnes isB．
A．strong and easy-going      B．strong-willed and self-confident
C．popular and humorous      D．considerate and quick-tempered．

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