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　　“Just a couple of hours,”said Dad,“and we’ll be at our campsite!”The year was 1950 and we were on our family 　　1　　, doing what we usually did together－camping．I 　　2　　 in my corner of the back seat to take a nap．The rhythm of the 　　3　　 car soothed(哄)me into a 　　4　　 sleep．

　　Wham!I 　　5　　 with a start, my face on the floorboard of the back seat．Dad had 　　6　　 the car suddenly．“What happened?”I asked．“Where are we?”“Half an hour from our 　　7　　,”he answered,“and I don't know what the problem is, 　　8　　 all the cars have stopped．I’ll go to see what’s going on．”

　　Dad 　　9　　 out of the car．Mom ,my little brother David and I 　　10　　．“I bet there has been an accident!”David was excited．Mom 　　11　　 her head．She said,“There is 　　12　　 a bear crossing the road．”David bounced up and down in his 　　13　　．That was even better than a(n)　　14　　!

　　Dad came running back to the car．“Come on!”he said very 　　15　　．“Come on, kids!You’ve got to see this!”I jumped out of the car and ran to catch up with him．“What is it, Daddy?”I asked．He smiled and 　　16　　 my hand．“Come and see, Carolyn,”he said．I knew that, 　　17　　 it was, it was good, because my father was 　　18　　 about it．I grabbed his hand and skipped excitedly along beside him．We walked past a dozen parked cars．　　19　　, a group of people stood talking and laughing．

　　Looking in the same direction as everyone else, we saw a mother duck, sleek and proud, walking up the middle of the road, nine little ducklings waddling 　　20　　 her．The babies were marching single file behind their mother, totally ignoring the people and the automobiles．

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阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　One day a man saw an old lady, stranded(被困在)on the side of the road．Despite the dim light, he could see she needed help．So he pulled up in front of her Mercedes and got out．

　　Even with the smile on his face, she was worried．No one had stopped to help for the last hour or so．Was he going to hurt her? He didn't look safe; he looked poor and hungry．“I'm here to help you, ma’am．By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson, ” he said．

　　The car had broken down but it was easily fixed．As he was tightening up the screws(螺丝)on the door, she rolled down the window and began to talk to him．She told him that she was from St．Louis and was only passing through．She couldn't thank him enough for coming to her aid．

　　Anderson just smiled as he closed her trunk(后备箱)．The lady asked how much she owed him．He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance they needed．

　　A few miles down the road the lady saw a small café．The waitress came over and brought a clean towel to wipe her wet hair．She had a sweet smile, one that even being on her feet for the whole day couldn't erase(清除)．The lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant, but she never let the strain(劳累)and aches change her attitude when she served her．

　　The lady finished her meal and paid with a hundred dollar bill．The waitress quickly went to get change for her hundred dollar bill, but the old lady had slipped right out the door．She was gone by the time the waitress came back．The waitress wondered where the lady could be．

　　There was a note on the napkin： “You don't owe me anything．Somebody once helped me out the way I'm helping you．If you really want to pay me back, here is what you do： do not let this chain of love end with you．”

Under the napkin were four more ＄100bills．

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READING COMPREHENSION

　　If cars had wings，they could fly and that just might happen, beginning in 2011．The company Terrafugia, based in Woburn, Massachusetts, says it plans to deliver its car-plane, the Transition, to customers by the end of 2011．

　　“It’s the next ‘wow’ vehicle，”said Terrafugia vice president Richard Gersh．“Anybody can buy a Ferrari, but as we say, Ferraris don’t fly．”

　　The car plane has wings that unfold for flying－a process the company says takes one minute－and fold back up for driving．A runway is still required to take off and land．

　　The Transition is being marketed more as a plane that drives than a car that flies, although it is both．The company has been working with FAA to meet aircraft regulations, and with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to meet vehicle safety regulations．

　　The company is aiming to sell the Transition to private pilots as a more convenient and cheaper way to fly．They say it saves you the trouble from trying to find another mode of transportation to get to and from airports：You drive the car to the airport and then you’re good to go．When you land, you fold up the wings and hit the road．There are no expensive parking fees because you don’t have to store it at an airport－you park it in the garage at home．

　　The car-plane is designed to fly primarily under 10,000 feet．It has a maximum takeoff weight of 1,430 pounds, including fuel and passengers．Terrafugia says the Transition reduces the potential for an accident by allowing pilots to drive under bad weather instead of flying into marginal(临界)conditions．

　　The Transition’s price tag：＄194,000, But there may be additional charges for options like a radio, transponder or GPS．Another option is a full-plane parachute．

　　“If you get into a very awful situation, it is the necessary safety option,” Gersh said．

　　So far, the company has more than 70 orders with deposits．“We’re working very closely with them, but there are still some remaining steps,” Brown said．

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