Welcome aboard the Luxury Cruise bus to Dallas, Rouge, and Atlanta. We plan to arrive in Dallas at 1:45 this afternoon. There will be a fifteen-minute rest stop at that time. We will give a thirty-minute dinner stop in Rouge at 6:15 for those of you who are continuing on to Atlanta. We should arrive in Atlanta at 1:15 tomorrow morning. Please remember the number of your bus for re-boarding. That number is 3224.

This bus is air-conditioned for your comfort. Please remember that smoking of cigarettes is permitted only in the last six rows, and the smoking of any other material is not allowed, as is the drinking of wine.

56. The passengers will have a fifteen-minute rest stop at the city of ________.

A. Atlanta              B. Rouge                  C. Baton                  D. Dallas

57. Which of the following is permitted in the last six rows?

A. Smoking of cigarettes.                        B. Smoking of any material.

C. Having a thirty-minute dinner.                D. Drinking of wine.

58. The number 3224 should be remembered for ________.

A. telephoning                                  B. writing a letter

C. returning to the bus after a rest stop       D. finding the hotel

59. The bus must be comfortable because ________.

A. there will be a rest stop between the cities

B. smoking of cigarettes is permitted

C. the air-temperature in the bus can be controlled

D. the passages will have a free dinner

60. How long will it take the passengers to go to Atlanta from the city of Rouge?

A. 5 hours        B. 6 hours and a half        C. 17 hours       D. 18 hours

Some time ago I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a whole lot of antique(古董) shops near my home. So I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception (接待). I was quite wrong. The man wouldn’t even look at my chair.

The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth－so I decided that my approach must be wrong.

I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, "Would you like to buy a chair?" He looked it over carefully and said, "Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?" "Twenty pounds," I said. "OK," he said, "I’ll give you twenty pounds." "It’s got a slightly broken leg," I said. "Yes, I saw that, it’s nothing."

Everything was going according to plan and I was getting excited. "What will you do with it?" I asked. "Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done." "I’ll buy it," I said. "What do you mean? You’ve just sold it to me," he said. "Yes, I know but I’ve changed my mind. I am sorry. I’ll give you twenty-seven pounds for it." "You must be crazy," he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. "I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair." "You’re right," I said. "And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, “ Would you mend this chair for me?”. “I wouldn’t have agreed to do it," he said. "We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for five pounds?" He was a very nice man and was greatly amused (感到有趣) by the whole thing.

51. We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer _____.

A. was rather impolite                   B. was warmly received

C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair                                   D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair

52. The underlined word "approach" in the second paragraph means _____.

A. plan for dealing with things                  B. decision to sell things

C. idea of repairing things                      D. way of doing things

53. The expression "the penny dropped" in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper _____.

A. changed his mind                           B. accepted the offer

C. saw the writer’s purpose                    D. decided to help the writer

54. How much did the writer pay?

A. ￡5.                B. ￡7.                   C. ￡20.              D. ￡27.

55. From the text, we can learn that the writer was _____.

A. honest             B. careful               C. smart                D. funny

A couple from Minneapolis decided to go to Florida for a long weekend to warm themselves up during one particularly icy cold winter. They planned to stay at the very same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years ago. They both had jobs, so it was decided that the husband would fly to Florida on a Thursday, and his wife would follow him the next day. Upon arriving as planned, the husband checked into the hotel. There he decided to open his laptop and send his wife an e-mail back in Minneapolis. However, he accidentally left off one letter in her address and sent the e-mail without noticing his error.

In the same time: In Houston, a woman had just returned from her husband’s funeral(葬礼). He was a minister of many years who had been “called home to glory” following a heart attack. The woman checked her e-mail, expecting message from family and friends. Upon reading the first message, she fainted(昏厥)and fell to the floor. Her son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor and saw the computer screen which read:

To: My Loving Wife

From: Your Departed Husband

Subject: I’ve arrived!

I’ve just arrived and have been checked in. I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then. Hope your journey is as uneventful(平静)as mine was.

P.S. Sure is hot down here.

46. Why did the couple decide to go to Florida for weekend?

A. To visit their family and friends

B. To escape from their busy work

C. To escape from the cold winter

D. To attend a friend’s funeral

47. What mistake did the husband make after checking into the hotel?

A. He checked into a wrong hotel

B. He forget to bring the laptop

C. He forgot to mail his letter

D. He misspelled her wife’s address

48. The expression “called home to glory” probably suggests that the man had           .

A. died and gone to heaven

B. called his family to say hello

C. been awarded an honor

D. gone back to his hometown

49. How did the woman probably feel after reading the e-mail?

A. Pleased       B. Frightened      C. Amazed             D. Moved

50. Which of the following is true according to the text?

A. His wife wouldn’t go to Florida for his error.

B. The woman liked to chat with her friends by e-mail

C. The couple held their wedding in Florida 20 years ago.

D. The woman’s husband died of a heart attack

A farmer went to town to sell his vegetable. But it was snowing that afternoon, and there_26_ few people in the street. So when his vegetable was sold out, it was dark. _27_ his way home, he saw a man _28_ in the snow. He put his basket _29_ and was going to _30  the man to get up. At that time he found  31  was a dead man _32_ that there was _33  blood on the ground. He was _34_ frightened that he ran away _35 ,  _36_ his basket away.

The next _37_ the farmer was sent to the police station. After showing him the basket, an officer asked, “Is this yours?” “Yes,sir.” the farmer answered_38_.

“When did you see the dead man?”

“At about seven yesterday evening.”

“Did you see who _39 him?” the officer brought out a knife and asked, “Have you seen it yet?” “No, sir.”

The officer became angry and told the policeman _40_ him up and _41_ him in prison.

That afternoon the officer went on 42_ the farmer._43 the knife, the officer asked him again, “Now, listen to me! Did you see it yet?” “Yes,sir.”

“Well,” the officer became 44_ and asked, “but when and where?”

“I saw it _45  this morning, sir.”

26. A. had          B. was            C. would have      D. were

27. A. On          B. By             C. In              D. At

28. A. lying        B. lay             C. lied             D. laying

29. A. in the snow   B. on his shoulder   C. on his back    D. on the ground

30. A. make        B. help            C. let              D. hope

31. A. him         B. him just         C. it               D. himself

32. A. even        B. so              C. and             D. /

33. A. a lot        B. much            C. quite a few       D. many

34. A. very        B. much            C. so              D. very much

35. A. in time         B. slowly        C. happily          D. quickly

36. A. without taking   B. not took       C. and took         D. taking

37. A. afternoon       B. morning      C. night            D. evening

38. A. loudly          B. friendly      C. nervously        D. proudly

39. A. killed          B. asked         C. sent            D. helped

40.A. beating         B. beat          C. of beating       D. to beat

41. A. put            B. sent          C. took            D. send

42. A. ask            B. to ask        C. trying           D. to try

43. A. Pointed        B. To point to    C. Pointed to       D. Pointing to

44. A. grey           B. happy         C. angry again     D. silly

45. A. in my basket    B. here       C. near my basket     D. in the snow

 — I am taking the college entrance examination next week.

— ____!

A. Well done   B. Good luck     C. Congratulations  D. Have a good day

 --Hi, Mary!
   -- Oh, it's you. Jack! I ______ you. You look like a star with the glasses.
  A. didn't recognize    B. don't recognize    C. haven't recognized   D. hadn't recognized

 Mr Smith, _____ of the _____ speech, started to read a novel.

A. tired; boring    B. tiring; bored     C. tired; bored   D. tiring; boring

 She thought I was praising her son, _____ as a matter of fact, I was scolding him for his bad behavior at school.

A. while         B. therefore       C. which       D. so that

 _____ no doubt _____ the Amber Room is one of the wonders of the world.

A. It is; that      B. It is; whether     C. There is; that     D. There is; whether

 Although this medicine can cure you ________your illness, it has a bad effect____              you.

A. for; in           B. for; on        C. of; on          D. of; at