The death list in a school bus accident that happened on Wednesday morning in the northwest province of Gansu has risen to 20 following the death of one child later Wednesday.

It’s known that the accident happened around 9:40 a.m. in Yulinzi town of Zhengning county, according to a report from the police. The report said five people including four children and their bus driver died just at the moment that the accident happened. While 15 others, their teacher included, were sure to be dead by the afternoon.

It’s reported that another 44 children were injured in the accident and have been sent to hospital. Twelve of the injured are in badly hurt. The truck which caused the accident was carrying coal. Another reason for the accident was the bus itself. The police has blamed(谴责）overloading for the accident, saying that the bus -- a van with nine seats -- was carrying 64 people.

1.Where did the accident happen on a Wednesday morning?

A．In Yushu,Gansu                 

B．In Yulinzi county,Gansu   

C．In Zhengning,Gansu             

D．In Zhengning town,Gansu

2.How many more people did the bus carry than it could be carried in?

A．9             B．15              C．64         D．55

3.What does the underlined word“ovrerloading” mean ?

A. loading on the Internet         

B．carrying much more than usual             

C．carrying coals                  

D．carrying people

After she did a lot of shopping , Mrs. Smith came out of the shop and started to walk to the bus stop. Her bag was so       that she had to rest for a few minutes. She stopped        a new and bright car. It was just at the side of the road. As she stood there, she saw a policeman     _  towards her. "Excuse me, madam," said the policeman.

" Can you read ___          sign over there?"

“Yes, I can,” said Mrs. Smith.  " It      'No Parking'.  

"Right.  Madam.  So __ __ have you parked your car here? I shall have to give you a parking ticket. "

   "But this isn't my car," said Mrs. Smith.

"Isn't it?" said the policeman, and his face turned  red. "I'm very sorry. ___I shall have to put a ticket on the front of the car. " Before he was not able to finish writingthe ticket,       woman had arrived. She kissed the policeman and said, "Hello, dear. I knew I could find you here at this time of' the day. Happy birthday! I         you abirthday present. "

    "Thank you, dear, But what is it? " asked the policeman. “Here it is," His wife pointed at the red car. “A big surprise,?? ___ it?” she continued. “Yes. But you mustn’t  leave it on this road for very long. There's a ‘No Parking' sign over there. "the policeman sighed.

1.A. heavier??????????? B. the heaviest???????? C. heavier and heavier????? D. heavy

2.A. in???????????????? B. by??????????????? C. to???????????????????? D. under

3.A. coming???????????? B. come???????????? C. comes???????????????? D. came

4.A. this??????????????? B. an??????????????? C. that????????????????? D. 不填

5.A. was??????????????? B. said?????????????? C. is??????????????????? D. says

6.A. when?????????????? B. why?????????????? C. how????????????????? D. who\

7.A. Still????? ????????? B. Yet??????????????? C. And????????????????? D. While

8.A. a????????????????? B. other????????????? C. the other????????????? D. another

9.A. buy??????????????? B. will buy??????????? C. have bought????????? D. was buying

10.A. is????? ??????????? B. isn’t???????????? C. was????????????????? D. wasn’t

One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of wheat to town. Suddenly the bag ___ from his horse onto the road. He did not know ____ to do about it because it was ____ heavy for him to lift by himself. He only hoped that someone would soon pass by and_____ him a hand. Just at this moment a man _____ a horse came up to him. But the farmer’s heart ____ when he saw who he was. It was the ___ man living nearby. The farmer had hoped to ask another farmer or a poor man like him to come along and help him. He couldn’t ask such a great man to help him. But to his ____ , the great man got off his horse as soon as he came nearer. He said to the farmer, “I see you_____ help, friend. How good it is that I’m here just at the right time.” Then he took one end of the bag, the farmer took the other end, they together raised it and put it on the horse. “Sir,” asked the farmer, “how can I pay you?” “It’s quite easy.” The great man replied with _____ .“Wherever you see anyone else in trouble, do the same for him.” 

1.A. fall         B. fell          C. falling          D. fallen

2.A. what        B. how         C. that            D. it

3.A. very         B. so          C. quite           D. too

4.A. lend         B. ask         C. borrow         D. gave

5.A. riding       B. ride         C. rode           D. rides

6.A. falls         B. sinks        C. sank           D. rose

7.A. poor        B. great        C. right           D. good

8.A. surprised    B. surprising    C. surprise        D. surprises

9.A. needs       B. need         C. to need.        D. needed

10.A. smiles      B. an smile      C. smile           D. a smile

阅读下面短文，然后根据括号内所给汉语的意思写出单词的正确形式（每空一词）。

 Henry works in a factory. He comes from a poor family and was in school for only four years. He has to do more work, but he’s paid 1       (较少的). He likes to watch football matches very much and 2        (花费)a lot of time on it.

   One evening there was a big football match. He 3       (借)some money from his friend and hurried there. There were a lot of people there. And all the tickets were 4       (卖)out. He 5     (感到)sorry for it. He saw a pole(电线杆)outside the playground and climbed it up quickly. A policeman came and said, “It’s dangerous to stay on it. Come down!”

“Wait a minute, please!” Henry said and just at the moment the policeman 6         (听到) cheers in the playground and asked in a hurry, “Which team has kicked a goal?” “Ours!” “Wonderful! You can stay there but take care,” the policeman said 7         (高兴地) and left. When the match would soon be over, he came back again and asked, “Who’s 8       (赢)?” “Theirs, 3-2.” “Come down,” the policeman said 9         (生气地). “Such a match that we shouldn’t10          (观看) it.”

Henry had to come down. But soon they heard cheers again. The policeman said in a hurry, “Climb up quickly and see who’s kicked a goal!”

Long, long ago there was a very foolish thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal (偷) the bell on his neighbor’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of (抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.
Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbor, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbor came running out. “Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson (教训),”the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.
The foolish thief did not know how the neighbor found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered (感到疑惑).
【小题1】The thief was trying to get         .