单词拼写（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
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【小题1】 After hearing the bad news, he a______         himself to sadness.
【小题2】The police are trained to deal with every situation in a calm and p______  manner.
【小题3】F __________, the traffic wasn’t too bad so I managed to go to the meeting on time.
【小题4】What a ________________(极好的) idea!
【小题5】 The look on his face is ______________(令人害怕的).

Expressions about water are almost as common as water.    【小题1】        
The expression “to be in hot water” is one of them. It is a very old expression. “Hot water” was used five hundred years ago to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of extremely throwing hot water down on enemies attacking a castle. When we are in “hot water”, we are in trouble.    【小题2】    A young boy can be in hot water with his mother if he comes into the house with dirty shoes.
  【小题3】    A company seeks to keep its head above water during economic hard times. A man who loses his job tries to keep his head above water until he finds a new job.
Another common expression, “to hold water”, is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it. If your argument can hold water, it is strong and does not have any holes.  【小题4】   
“Throwing cold water” also is an expression that deals with ideas or proposals. 【小题5】    For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems. But your wife “throws cold water” on the idea, because she says a new car costs too much.

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）

1.He ate the food and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese in his ________ and went away.

2.A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that ______would try to steal the diamonds.

3. Nearly everybody enters for “The Nicest Garden _____” each year, but Joe wins every time.

4. It was the last day of the year and a large_______ of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock.

5. Our clavichord is kept in the living-room. It has __________ to our family for a long time.

6.It is worth your time and patience to get out of the h___________ of smoking.

7.The__________ (政府) should take measures to improve the living conditions of the people.

8.They have planned a tight s_________ of travel, so they need an early start.

9.Excuse me, what is the f___________ to Paris? Is $ 10 enough?

10.The plane was then flying at an a___________ of 8000 feet.

Kristy, 28, a cook in La Gross, often wondered what she’d do in a life-threatening situation. On August 29, she got her answer. While she was driving on a road, a big truck hit its head on a pickup car. The pickup car burst into flames. Kristy rushed out and ran to the pickup. Two farmers, Dean Berhard, 51, and his brother Donald, 44, were inside.

When she got close, Kristy could see the unconscious driver. The other man was under the passenger seat. Kristy says, “The smells were sickening. I was afraid the truck would blow up and kill us all.”

The driver of the big truck was struggling to open the passenger door, so Kristy rushed to the driver’s side. Finally they opened the door. She reached in, seized the driver and , to her horror, felt her hands sink into his chest. She quickly dragged the man to safety on the roadside, then hurried back. As Kristy stared down the ditch (水沟) with the passenger, the pickup blew up. She jumped on top of him and they both rolled to safety.

When the police arrived a while later, Kristy started crying, “I want my mum.” In fact she cried for the next three months.

Today the two farmers, each the father of two children, are good friends with Kristy. To show their deep appreciation, they bought her a ring with nine diamonds —one for each member of their immediate families, and ninth for her.

1.In which order did Kristy do the following things?

a. Carried Dean and Donald to safety

b. Rushed to the pickup

c. Surprised herself

d. Saw the truck hit on the pickup

e. Got out of her car

f. Wondered what she’d do in danger

A．e, d, b, a, c, f                           B．d, e, b, a, f, c

C．f, d, e, b, a, c                           D．f, c, e, d, b, a

2. When coming to save Donald and Dean Bernard, Kristy never thought that she ________.

A．could have any help from others

B．would fail to save both of them

C．might be killed

D．would be tested in a dangerous situation

3. Which of the following best shows Kristy’s true heroism(英雄行为)?

A．She remained calm during and after the accident.

B．She protected herself as well as the two brothers from harm.

C．She put her life “on the line” to save others.

D．She was regarded as a member of Dean’s and Donald’s families.

4. This sentence “The pickup burst into flames.” in the first paragraph means “_____.”

A．The pickup was on fire

B．The pickup started smoking badly

C．A terrifying cry came out of the pickup

D．The pickup was broken into pieces

5. Kristy cried because she _________.

A．was badly wounded

B．had never experienced such a situation

C．was too excited at the result

D．regretted not putting out the fire

One morning Mrs Smith was driving home after she had done shopping. When she drove near a rubbish dump, she noticed a microwave oven(微波炉) not far from the side of the road.“John is a good electrician!”she said to herself.“Perhaps he can repair this. I'll take it home and let him try.”She picked up the oven and put it in the boot of her car. Then she drove on happily. A few kilometers later, she heard the siren (警报器)of a police car behind her. She looked in the driving mirror and saw a policeman waving to her to tell her to pull over and stop.

　Mrs Smith was very puzzled. She slowed down at the side of the road. A traffic policeman got out of the police car and walked up to her.　

“Can I see your driving license and insurance certificate(保险证)，please? ”he asked her. He copied down details of her name, address and the number of the car.“What's wrong, officer?” Mrs Smith asked. The policeman did not reply. He looked in the car and then at the back.      “Open the boot, please.”he said to Mrs Smith.

　Mrs Smith was still puzzled. She opened the boot and pointed to the microwave oven. "I found this old microwave oven a few minutes ago," she said. "I'm just taking it home to see if my husband can repair it." The policeman stared at her for a moment to see if she was telling the truth. "That's not a microwave oven." he said at last. "That's our radar set(雷达装置). It was the start of a speed trap. Do you mind if we have it back?"   Mrs Smith's face turned red. "Oh", she said," I'm very sorry. I wouldn't have touched it if I'd known what it was."

1.Why did Mrs Smith pick up the police's radar set and want to take it home?

A．She had no microwave oven and wanted one.

B．She took it for a waste microwave oven.

C．She saw nobody was looking.

D．She just wanted to steal it.

2.The underlined word "boot" in the third paragraph means_____ .

A．the outer covering for the foot

B．the outer covering for the car

C．the place for luggage at the back of a car

D．the place for metal equipment for protection

3.Choose the right order of the events(事件) given in the passage.

a. The policeman wrote down Mrs Smith's name, address and the car number.

b. Mrs Smith picked up a radar set and put it in the boot of her car.

c. The policeman took back the radar set.

d. Mrs Smith went shopping.

e. A policeman signed Mrs Smith to stop her car.

f. The policeman found the radar set in the boot of Mrs Smith's car.

A．b,d,e,f,c,a         B．d,b,e,f,c,a          C．b,d,e,a,f,c          D．d,b,e,a,f,c