It seems that some people go out of their way to get into trouble．That's more or less what happened the night that Nashville Police Officer Floyd Hyde was on duty．
“I was on the way to a personal—injury accident in West Nashville．As I got onto Highway 40，blue lights and sirens(警笛)going，I fell in behind a gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to take off quickly down the highway．The driver somehow flustered at the sight of me．He was going more than a hundred miles an hour and began passing cars on the shoulder．”
But Hyde couldn’t go after him．Taking care of injured people is always more important than worrying about speeders，so the officer had to stay on his way to the accident．But he did try to keep the Firebird in sight as he drove，hoping another nearby unit would be able to step in and stop the speeding car．As it．turned out，keeping the Firebird in sight was not that difficult．Every turn the Pontiac made was the very turn the officer needed to get to the accident scene．
Hyde followed the Pontiac all the way to his destination。At that point he found another unit had already arrived at the accident scene．His help wasn't needed．Now he was free to try to stop the driver of the Firebird，who by this time had developed something new to panic about．
“Just about that time，”Hyde says，“I saw fire coming out from under that car，with blue smoke and oil going everywhere．He'd blown his engine．Now he had to stop．”
“After I arrested him，I asked him why he was running。He told me he didn't have a driver's license．”
That accident cost the driver of the Firehird plenty-a thousand dollars for the new engine-not to mention the charges for driving without a license，attempting to run away, and dangerous driving．

1.
The meaning of“flustered”in Paragraph 2 is related to
1. A.
  shame
2. B.
  hate
3. C.
  anger
4. D.
  fear
2.
Why did the driver of the Firebird suddenly speed down the highway?
1. A.
  Because he was racing with another driver on the road．
2. B.
  Because he realized he had to hurry to the accident scene．
3. C.
  Because he thought the police officer wanted to stop him．
4. D.
  Because he wanted to overtake other cars on the shoulder．
3.
Which of the following statements is true?
1. A.
  Someone else was taking care of the injured person．
2. B.
  The Pontiac reached its destination at the accident scene．
3. C.
  Hyde knew where he was going by following the right car．
4. D.
  The policeman was running after a speeder on Highway 40．
4.
The driver of the Firebird
1. A.
  took a wrong turn on the way
2. B.
  had some trouble with his car
3. C.
  was stopped by the police officer
4. D.
  paid for the expenses of the accident
5.
What is probably the best title for the article?
1. A.
  Losing His Way?
2. B.
  Going My Way?
3. C.
  Fun All the Way?
4. D.
  Help on the Way?

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　　A poor traveler stopped under the tree to eat the boiled rice and vegetable which he had brought with him．A few meters away, there was a small shop by the side of the road where a woman was frying fish and selling it to travelers．The woman watched the poor traveler carefully, and when he finished his food and began to go, she shouted rudely, “You haven’t paid me for the fried fish!”

　　“But I have not had any fried fish!” he said．

　　“But everyone can see that you enjoyed the smell of my fried fish with your rice and vegetables, ” said the woman．“If you had not smelled the fish, your meal would not have been so pleasant!”

　　Soon a crowd collected, and although they supported the poor traveler, they had to admit that wind was blowing from the shop to the place where he had eaten, and that it had carried the smell of the fried fish to him．

　　Finally, the woman took the poor traveler to a judge, who said, “The woman says that the traveler ate his meal with the smell of her fried fish．The traveler agrees that the wind was blowing from the woman’s shop to the place where he ate his rice and vegetables and that it carried the smell of her fried fish to his nose while he was eating, so he must pay for it．What does your fried fish cost?” he asked the woman．

　　“Twenty-five cents a plate,” she answered, delighted．

　　“Then go outside together, ”said the judge．There the traveler must hold up a twenty-five-cent piece so that its shadow falls on the woman’s hand．The price of the smell of a plate of fried fish is the shadow of twenty-five cents．

(1)

Why did the traveler refuse to pay the woman for the fried fish? Because ________．
[　　]
A．	he was poor
B．	he was rude
C．	he was supported by a crowd
D．	he hadn’t eaten her fried fish at all

(2)

When the judge asked the woman a question, she felt ________．
[　　]
A．	excited
B．	anxious
C．	glad
D．	angry

(3)

Which of the following statements is TRUE?
[　　]
A．	The traveler bought the boiled rice and vegetables and ate them by the side of the road．
B．	The judge had no idea what the woman meant．
C．	In the fifth paragraph, the first “it” has the same meaning as the second “it”．
D．	The woman got nothing but the shadow of twenty-five cents in the end．

(4)

What do you think of the judge after reading the passage?
[　　]
A．	He was foolish．
B．	He was clever．
C．	He was neither foolish nor clever．
D．	He was kind enough to give the woman twenty-five cents．

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　　Edgar felt quite excited at the thought of his first swim of the summer．With the sun shining down so strongly, the sea was certain to be warm enough．He walked quickly along the sea-front towards the steps that led on to the sands．He smiled carefully at the passers．He had just smiled and raised his hat to an elderly lady when a man with a camera caught his arm and stopped him．Edgar heard a little buzzing noise from the camera．

　　“Your photograph, sir, in glorious color in just one moment if you please,”said the man in one breath．

　　Then the buzzing stopped, and he held the photograph in his hand and was waving it to and fro．In a moment he handed it over, and Edgar saw the bright blue splash(色斑)of his shirt half filling the picture．

　　“Seventy pence, sir,”the man said．“It's the bargain of your holiday．”

　　“Seventy pence,”Edgar repeated, mildly,“for this?”he stared at the photograph．

　　“They're normally eighty-five, sir, but for a single subject I make a cut-price offer．It's the best value you'll get in Chadwell．”“You'll have to make a better offer,”Edgar said．It was a good photo though, he thought, so bright and clear．His hat was held high, and he was smiling broadly to the old lady, whose arm and handbag came into a lower corner．He had had no idea that he was being snapped(快照)．He thought he was really quite a good-looking chap(小伙子)．

　　“That's as good as any studio job that would cost you pounds,”said the cameraman,“it's better in a way because it's so natural．Only seventy pence, sir．”

　　“I've never paid so much for a snap in my life．It simply isn't worth that kind of money．It's not as if I need the thing．Look, I'll give you twenty-five．”

　　“No, I can't do that．Each of these instant colour shot costs me 50P－that's the blank frame(结构), so you see…”

　　“Criminal, criminal,”Edgar broken in．“You want a profit(利润)of forty percent．Well, not at my expense, I'm afraid I'll give you your 50P and that's that．”

　　“Let me see, then．”The man suddenly took the photograph out of Edgar's hand．“I can't waste any more time with you．It's 70P or I keep it．”

　　“Keep it,”Edgar said．He turned, looked out to sea, then walked quickly away．

(1)

Why do you suppose Edgar was in Chadwell?
[　　]
A．	It was his home．
B．	He had gone there on holiday．
C．	He was taking part in the making of a film．
D．	He went there to have his photograph taken．

(2)

Edgar smiled at and raised his hat to the lady because ________
[　　]
A．	He thought he recognized her
B．	he wanted the photograph to be amusing
C．	she was having her photograph taken
D．	he was feeling excited and cheerful．

(3)

What was Edgar's opinion of the photograph?
[　　]
A．	He thought it made him look like a criminal．
B．	He liked it but thought it was too dear．
C．	It annoyed him because he had not expected it．
D．	He thought it was a bargain at the price．

(4)

The cameraman is ________．
[　　]
A．	honest
B．	warm-hearted
C．	necessary
D．	greedy

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　　If you have a watch, don't repair it! I know it for certain. Once I had a beautiful watch. And this watch kept perfect time. But one night it happened that I forgot to wind it up（上发条）. Next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to be set by the exact time. The watchmaker examined my watch and said, “The regulator（调节器）is to be pushed up as your watch is four minutes slow.”

　　I tried to stop him and tried to make him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he did not listen to me and pushed to regulator.

　　My beautiful watch began to gain. It gained faster and faster day by day. By the end of the second month it had left all the clocks and watches of the town far behind.

　　What did I have to do? To take it to another watch maker to be regulated. I expected him to regulate the watch immediately but he asked me to come in a week's time. When at last I took my watch from him it began to slow down. And I began to be late for trains, business appointments（约会）and even missed my dinners.

　　Now I went to the third watchmaker. While I waited for him to repair my poor watch, he took it to pieces and said that he could finish this work in three or four days. I had nothing to do but agree. That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped.

　　So I kept taking my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable（相当长的）period of time.

　　And as a result of it the cleverest man in the world could not tell time by my watch. The thing was getting serious. My watch had cost two hundred dollars originally（原先）but I paid for repair over two thousand. At last I decided to buy another watch, which I did.

(1) His watch gained faster and faster because ______.

[　　]

A．the watchmaker pushed up the regulator

B．the watch wasn't set up by the exact time

C．his watch never kept the perfect time

D．the author didn't follow the watchmaker's advice

(2) How many watchmakers did the author go to altogether?

[　　]

(3) How much did it cost to repair the watch?

[　　]

A．Two hundred dollars.

B．Not mentioned.

C．Over ten times as much as its original value.

D．Less than two thousand.

(4) What do you think the author felt after he had his watch repaired?

[　　]

　　If you have a watch, don't repair it! I know it for certain. Once I had a beautiful watch. And this watch kept perfect time. But one night it happened that I forgot to wind it up（上发条）. Next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to be set by the exact time. The watchmaker examined my watch and said, “The regulator（调节器）is to be pushed up as your watch is four minutes slow.”

　　I tried to stop him and tried to make him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he did not listen to me and pushed to regulator.

　　My beautiful watch began to gain. It gained faster and faster day by day. By the end of the second month it had left all the clocks and watches of the town far behind.

　　What did I have to do? To take it to another watch maker to be regulated. I expected him to regulate the watch immediately but he asked me to come in a week's time. When at last I took my watch from him it began to slow down. And I began to be late for trains, business appointments（约会）and even missed my dinners.

　　Now I went to the third watchmaker. While I waited for him to repair my poor watch, he took it to pieces and said that he could finish this work in three or four days. I had nothing to do but agree. That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped.

　　So I kept taking my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable（相当长的）period of time.

　　And as a result of it the cleverest man in the world could not tell time by my watch. The thing was getting serious. My watch had cost two hundred dollars originally（原先）but I paid for repair over two thousand. At last I decided to buy another watch, which I did.

(1) His watch gained faster and faster because ______.

[　　]

A．the watchmaker pushed up the regulator

B．the watch wasn't set up by the exact time

C．his watch never kept the perfect time

D．the author didn't follow the watchmaker's advice

(2) How many watchmakers did the author go to altogether?

[　　]