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3．A four-year-old boy has become a pen pal of Britain's Queen Elizabeth．Tom Stancombe started exchanging letters with the queen after he set free a balloon，carrying his name and address，at a school party and it landed to the ground of Windsor Castle．
The queen noticed the balloon and asked her perscnla assistant，Angela Kelly，to write a letter on behalf of her．
She wrote，"The queen was delighted to find that your balloon had traveled all the way to the garden at Windsor Castle．"
Tom，who proudly put the letter on his wall，wrote back to say that his great，great grandfather，the artist Petrus Johannes Arundzen，had been commissioned（正式委托）to copy Dutch masters'works on display at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace．
Angela atonce replied that she would contact the Royal Collection to find out what had happened to the art works．She kept her word and two weeks later wrote to Tom to tell him what had happened to the etchings，explaining they now form part of the print collection in the print library．
Angela then asked a favor of Tom．writing，"Would you be able to ask your Mummy and Daddy for me if they know anything more about your great，great grandfather？Royal Collection would love to know more about him．"
Along with his parents，Tom wrote back to fill in all the gaps about Petrus Johannes Arundzen．
Since Tom's parents don't think there will be any more letters exchanged between the pair，they were touched that the queen had taken time to contact them．
Tom's father said，"I don't expect we'll get another one，but I think it's incredible they bothered replying at all"

51．What is Windsor Castle？B
A．A playing ground． B．The queen's home． C．A post office． D．A rose garden．
52．What does the underlined word"etchings in Paragraph 5mean？D
A．Photos． B．Canoons． C．Postcards． D．Paintings
53．Which would be the best title for the text？C
A．A Boy's Good Luck
B．Tom's Special Balloon
C．Four-year-old Boy Beeomes the Queen's Pen Pal
D．A Story at Windsor Castle．

2．I can't believe what he says because he is _______ changing his mind..（　　）

1．The teacher didn't like ______composition written by the new student because it didn't make_______ sense．（　　）

20．As evening was falling，Jane Grace and her husband，Petty，were trucking through northern Kentucky transportation auto parts from Louisville to Detroit for a goods company at dusk，"Petty，wake up!"she shouted．"There's a truck on fire!"
Inside the burning truck，Ronnie Sanders，38，was fighting for his life．He'd been running a heavy load of tractors and forklifts from Georgia to Indianapolis when a van in front of him stopped suddenly in traffic on the icy road．As Ronnie bore down，he could see children in the backseat．The truck's mass would probably protect him from the worst of the impact，but the force of 23tons would likely crush everyone inside the van．
"I figured instead of killing other people，I'd just put the truck in the ditch．"At the bottom，rocks cut a fuel tank，which caught fire．A tree branch destroyed the windshield and knocked Ronnie unconscious．He came to life a couple of minutes later to find the cabin flames and his legs on fire．
Petty dashed to Ronnie，who was hanging headfirst from the passenger door．Ronnie had used his pocket knife to cut himself free from the driver's side seat belt only to get his boot trapped in another one．Petty climbed into the burning cab to free him．
He tried three times to pull Ronnie out before finally freeing him．But Ronnie's legs were still burning，so Petty laid him on the ground，ripped off his own shirt，and beat the flames with it．He'd managed to drag him about 20yards when one of the truck's 150gallon fuel tanks exploded．
Both Petty and Ronnie paid a price for risking their lives for strangers．Ronnie spent two months in the hospital and received skin grafts（移植） on both of his legs．Petty suffered smoke breathing and minor burns，and shrapnel from the fuel tank explosion broke a tooth．
In February，the Graces received a Hero of the Highway award from the Open Road Foundation for rescuing an injured driver．Petty insists Ronnie is the real hero："If he hadn't gone into the ditch，he would have hit that van．It was his decision to drive off the road．"
"I feel pretty good about it，"says Ronnie．"A lot of people could have been hurt．"

56．According to the passage，Ronnie put the truck in the ditch because ofC．
A．the icy road
B．the poor driving skill of the van
C．his concern for others'lives
D．his concern for his own safety
57．When Petty rushed to help，RonnieD．
A．was trapped in his seat           B．was still unconscious
C．was climbing out of the cab        D．was rescuing himself
58．How did Petty put out the flames in Ronnie's legs？D
A．He put out the fire with a tank of water．
B．He put out the fire with a bag of sand．
C．He beat the flames with Ronnie's shirt．
D．He beat the flames with his own shirt．
59．What does the underlined word"shrapnel"in Paragraph 6probably mean？B
A．A wave of the explosion．
B．A small piece of metal．
C．The heat of the explosion．
D．A branch of a tree．
60．Which of the following can be the best title of this passage？C
A．The importance of modesty
B．Important tips of saving people
C．Heroes：Roadside Flames
D．Accidents on the Icy Road．

19．What was it that cost him the job？
________ experience．He was always very nervous．（　　）

18．I heard the voices．but couldn't _____ what they were saying．（　　）

17．A1l horses are animals，_______ not all animals are horses．（　　）

16．She wrote a letter，________ her thanks for his kindness．（　　）

	A．	to express		B．	expressing
	C．	expressed		D．	having expressed

15．The heavy rain made his business ______ a great loss．（　　）

14．We are glad to see the suggestions _____ by the Students'Union have turned out to be working rather well．（　　）

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