A man was driving at 70 miles in a 40-mile zone, when a   36  came behind him. Right away the man started thinking of   37  to give.

As the policeman came to him, he said, “Hi, officer, I guess you  38  me a little bit over the speed limit. I was in a rush to get   39  , to be with my wife and kids. You know my younger son wasn’t feeling too 40  when I left home this morning. I’m afraid he’s ill.”

The policeman said, “Well, I guess so,” and started   41  something in his notebook. As minutes went by, he could see from the side view mirror, the police-man was   42  writing. When the man was wondering why he hadn’t asked for his driving   43  so far, the policeman came to his window,   44  him a piece of paper, and returned to his car without saying a single word. The man wondered: how much was this   45  going to be? However, the man was   46  it was not a ticket at all and he began to   47  :

“I had a daughter who was   48  by a speeding car at the age of six by a speeding driver. He got a fine, a few months in   49  , and then was free, free to hug his two daughters. I only had one, and now I have to   50  until I get to heaven before I can hug her again. I have tried to   51  that man a thousand times, and I thought I had. Maybe I really did forgive (原谅) him. So pray (祈祷) for me, and be 52  when you drive again. My son is all I have been left with.”

The man was completely   53  and could not move for the next few minutes. When finally he did, he drove   54 , even a few miles   55  the speed limit, praying for forgiveness.

1.                A．truck          B．police car       C．mail car   D．taxi

2.                A．advice         B．information      C．excuses  D．views

3.                A．caught         B．recognized      C．mistook   D．remembered

4.                A．to school       B．home          C．out  D．to hospital

5.                A．healthy         B．happy          C．free D．well

6.                A．looking up       B．looking for       C．listing    D．writing

7.                A．even           B．really          C．still  D．never

8.                A．License(执照）  B．insurance（保险）   C．Journal    D．route

9.                A．sent           B．handed         C．rewarded     D．pushed

10.               A．ticket          B．note           C．paper D．notice

11.               A．surprised.       B．upset          C．angry D．excited

12.               A．laugh          B．read           C．smile D．think

13.               A．hit            B．knocked        C．killed D．trapped

14.               A．fear           B．trouble         C．danger    D．prison

15.               A．escape         B．stay            C．remain    D．wait

16.               A．attack          B．forgive         C．educate   D．support

17.               A．honest         B．thankful        C．patient    D．careful

18.               A．disappointed    B．Shocked        C．nervous   D．frightened

19.               A．quickly         B．fortunately      C．slowly D．rapidly

20.               A．with           B．over           C．to    D．under

I have tried very hard to improve my English. But by no means ___with my progress.

A. the teacher isn’t satisfied  B .is the teacher not satisfied

C. the teacher is satisfied     D. is the teacher satisfied

—I have tried very hard to find a solution to the problem，but in vain.

—Why not consult with Frank? You see，________.

A. great minds think alike

B. two heads are better than one

C. a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

D. it's better to think twice before doing something

（2010??江苏模拟）

I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.

I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.

So here’s what I wanted to tell you today：Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion, the bigger pay-check…

Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.

It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, and something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.

I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.

By telling them this：Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived.

It can be inferred from the passage that_____.

   A. the author is a success in personal life

   B. the author didn’t try her best to work well

   C. the author spent all her time caring for her children

   D. the author likes traveling very much

How did the author form her view of life?

   A. Through social experience.           B. By learning from her friends  

C. Through an unfortunate experience     D. From her children and husband.

By the underlined sentence “ It is so easy to exist instead of to live” in the fifth paragraph, the author really means that people tend to_____.

   A. make a living rather than live a real life

   B. work rather than enjoy life

   C. waste a lot in life

   D. forget the most important lessons in life

What’s the author’s attitude towards work?

   A. Do it well to serve others.

   B. Earn enough money to make life better.

   C. Try your best to get higher position and pay.

   D. Don’t let it affect your real life.

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Tue, 15 Mar 2005

Dear Julia,

Thank you for the Chinese words, I have tried to say them    46  .We have had some snow in February but now the weather is getting warmer. Some festivals in England are Easter and Christmas.

Easter is next week. At Easter we give people chocolate eggs that represents birth.   47  The daffodils are yellow and they look like the sun. At Easter we celebrate the birth of lambs and baby chickens and other animals.   48  Children believe in the Easter bunny, which is a rabbit that goes from house to house delivering chocolate eggs.

49   At Christmas we give people presents and have decorations around the house. Christmas is celebrated because of the birth of Jesus. Children believe in Santa Claus, which is a man who goes from house to house delivering presents to all the children. I can't teach you any English because you are very good at the language already.   50   Hello: Hola; Goodbye: Adios; My name is Helen: Mi llamo Helen; My name is Julia: Mi llamo Julia; Thank you: Gracias.

I am looking forward to your reply.

Best wishes!

Love from Helen

Also we get a lot of flowers in Spring, daffodils and lilies are the  

main flowers for Easter.

Easter is also a time to think about Jesus waking up from the dead. 

C.  So I can tell you a bit of Spanish.

D. Spanish is better than English.

E.  Christmas is in December.

F  but it is quite hard!