It took George quite a while to find a  36  place for his car and in the end he had to leave it in a narrow street,   37   from the dentist’s. As he got out, he glanced at his   38 . His appointment（约会）was at five and he still had twenty minutes to   39  . He crossed into the square and   40   on a bench, partly to   41  the last of the afternoon sun,   42   to calm his nerves （神经）. He hated these visits  43   the dentist（牙医）.

As he sat there, watching the children at play and   44   to the old women talking to each other, he turned around to see a red car like his own come out of the   45   where he had parked. The car gathered speed and was soon   46  of sight. George   47   in his pockets for the keys: They were not there. “My car!” he cried   48   a loud voice, which made several people stare at him. He got up and ran across the   49   and then down the narrow street. His car was not to be seen--but then he discovered it concealed（被隐藏）   50   a large one. He was relieved （使宽慰）to find his   51  , still in his car.

By the time he reached the dentist’s it was already five. “I had rather an odd (奇特的)   52 ,” he said to the dentist to explain his   53  . “I thought my car had been   54  .”

“It’s quite   55   sir,” said the dentist. “As a matter of fact I have only just got here myself.”

One night about nine o’clock, Dr. Eyck, a surgeon, had a phone call from Dr. Haydon at the hospital in Clens Falls. The surgeon was asked to go there at once to operate on a very sick boy who shot himself while playing with a gun.

The doctor was soon on his way to Clens Falls. It was 60 miles away. And it was snowing heavily in the city. The surgeon thought he could get there before 12 o’clock.

A few minutes later, the doctor was stopped by a man in an old black coat. Gun in hand, the man ordered the doctor to get out. Then the man drove the car down the road, leaving the doctor in the falling snow.

It was after 2 o’clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Clens Falls. Dr. Haydon told him that the boy had died an hour before.

The two doctors walked by the door of the hospital waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat with his head in his hands.

“Mr. Cuninghan,” said Dr. Haydon to the man, “This is Dr. Eyck. He is the surgeon who walked all the way from Albany to save your boy.”

1.Dr. Haydon asked Dr. Eyck to come to Clens Falls because _____.

2.The surgeon was late because ________.

3.Choose the right order of the following events given in the story.

a. Dr. Eyck was asked to come to the hospital in Clens Falls.

b. Dr. Eyck arrived at the hospital.

c. The boy shot himself.                    d. The boy died.

e. The man in an old coat reached the hospital.  f. Dr. Eyck was robbed of his car.

4.The boy could have been saved if ______.

He was lucky in the accident, but his car was completely _________.

第三部分　阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

It was getting dark when Lisa was returning from teaching out in a small community. She’d been traveling the same route for over a year and there was seldom traffic on this highway.

Lisa remembered back to her previous experiences. In those days she was constantly picking up strangers on the road. Her family became greatly concerned about her safety, but she continued the practice until the day her sister told her that one of her friends had been shot by a hitchhiker (搭便车者). That was when the family heard the promise, “No more hitchhikers, I promise!”

When she thought back to these things, she suddenly noticed that a car was parked on the road ahead. Then she saw a man waving. He was in trouble, she thought. But suddenly she remembered the promise. She knew this road well and the chances of another car coming along to help were very little. Now as the man ran toward her car she shook with fear, and didn’t know if he was truly in need. She could not leave him here in this storm. The stranger explained that his car was broken. She knew she had to break the promise. She told him to get in. They drove for an hour into the next city and she took him to a telephone box. She waited until he had made a call. When he reported back to her that a family member would soon be there for him, she wished him well and left.

Tears fell on her cheeks as she drove away. It felt as though she had been holding her breath for an hour. “I hope they’ll understand why I had to break my promise.”

56. We can learn from the text that Lisa promised______.

A. not to pick up free riders on her way home

B. not to drive home alone when it was late

C. to help those whose cars were broken

D. to learn from the friend of her sister’s

57. Which of the following can best describe Lisa?

A. Careful and serious         B. Faithful and clever   

C. Kind and helpful           D. Brave and patient

58. What was Lisa’s attitude toward her breaking the promise?

A. It was very serious.          

B. It should be forgiven    

C. She was too nervous to go home.

D. She felt regretful about her mistakes.

59. What would be the best title for the text?

A. Lisa’s adventure             B. An unusual travel     

C. Strangers’ kindness            D. The broken promise

Hidden passengers traveling in ships, trams, or even cars can be a terrible trouble — especially when they are insects. As for this, there is a great    1   between human beings and insects. The    2   take every possible effort to avoid being discovered, while the latter quickly    3   attention to themselves.

We can only show mercy to the    4   man who had to stop his car soon after setting out from a country village to drive to London. Hearing a strange noise from the

   5   of the car, he naturally got out to examine the wheels carefully, but he found nothing wrong, so he    6   his way. Again the noise began,   7   and became even louder. Quickly turning his head, the man saw what appeared to be a great   8      cloud following the car. When he stopped at a village further on, he was told that a queen bee must be hidden in his car as there were thousands of bees    9  .

On learning this, the man drove away as quickly as possible. After an hour's    10  driving, he arrived safely in London, where he parked his car outside a    11   and went in. It was not long before a customer who had seen him arrive    12   in to inform him that his car was    13   with bees. The poor driver was    14   that the best way should be to call a    15  .In a short time the man arrived. He found the unwelcome passenger hidden near the wheels at the back of the car. Very thankful to the driver for this unexpected gift, the bee-keeper took the queen and her thousands of followers home in a large box. 

1.                A．connection      B．difference       C．communication D．similarity

2.                A．passengers      B．insects         C．former   D．first

3.                A．give           B．keep           C．pay  D．draw

4.                A．unfortunate     B．careless        C．unpleasant    D．hopeless

5.                A．front           B．back           C．left  D．right

6.                A．drove          B．continued       C．pushed   D．forced

7.                A．normally        B．gently          C．quietly   D．immediately

8.                A．black          B．beautiful        C．white D．colorful

9.                A．below          B．ahead          C．nearby   D．behind

10.               A．boring         B．careful         C．exciting   D．hard

11.               A．hotel          B．museum        C．hospital   D．school

12.               A．broke          B．moved         C．hurried   D．dropped

13.               A．crowded       B．covered        C．filled D．equipped

14.               A．advised        B．required        C．ordered   D．requested

15.               A．bee-keeper     B．policeman      C．waiter D．repairman