阅读理解：

    Every weekday morning I take the 8：30 bus to go to my job． I know by sight several people who also ride that bus． Some of the girls work as maids． They get off at each stop in stop in ones ,twos or threes．

   But at one corner something wonderful happens． Before the bus stops, a little dog races out of the nearest house． He doesn't look at two of the maids who get off． But for the third he has a joyful "Hello!" from head to tail his little body wags his happiness． Everyone on the bus watches until the maid and the dog go into the house．

    One day not long ago the maid wasn't on the bus． I wondered if the dog would be waiting for her． Sure enough, he was!

    He stood at the back door of the bus for a minute． I could see his joyful welcome turning into fearful worry． Where was she?

   The driver closed the back door． The dog raced to the front door． It, too, shut in his face．

    Everyone on the bus felt sad． Poor little pup! He looked so unhappy, standing there!

    The driver couldn't stand it ．He opened the door and looked down at the dog． "She didn't come today," he said, in a loud, kind voice．

    A man in a front seat leaned forward． "Maybe she will come tomorrow," he called．

    The dog wagged his tail as if to say "Thank you ．"He watched the bus as we pulled away． Then he turned to trot home alone．

    The next day everyone on the bus was happy to see the maid back again． Yes, the dog was waiting for her．

    The welcome he gave her was even warmer and more delighted than usual． We all smiled at one another． How bright and good the morning suddenly seemed to us．

1．What do those people on the bus usually see at one corner? ______．

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   A．A little dog coming close to the bus when it stops

   B．Two maids get off the moment the bus stops

   C．A dog waiting for someone

   D．a dog greets a maid merrily and follow her into a house

2．One day the maid wasn't on the bus and the dog ______．

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   A．didn't appear

   B．stood waiting at the bus stop till the bus left

   C．went back the moment he found the maid wasn't there

   D．went back the moment he found the maid wasn't there

3．All this made people on the bus ______．

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   A．awfully sorry B．greatly surprised

   C．very bored D．much excited

4．The next day people on the bus were happy, for ______．

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   A．the maid was among them again

   B．she would not take the same bus

   C．she was not on their bus

   D．she was waiting for an empty bus to come

5．We can safely say this story is about ______．

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   A．a magic dog

   B．a young maid that has magic powers

   C．a bus that cam produce magical results

   D．the close relationship between a maid and her dog

B

Senior citizens are permitted to travel cheaply on a bus if they have a special card. Women may get cards when they are sixty.

Mrs. Matthews lives in the country but she went into town once a week to buy food and other things for the house, and she usually went by bus. She always had to pay the full price for her ride.

Then she reached the age of sixty and got her senior citizen’s card, but when she used it for the first time on the bus, it made her feel very old.

The bus driver had often seen her traveling on the bus before, and he notices that she was feeling unhappy, so after she had paid her money, he winked at her and whispered, “Don’t forget to give your mother’s card back to her when you see her again.”

Mrs. Matthews was very happy when she heard this.

40. Senior citizens in the story refer to _____.

A. those who have special cards

B. old people with special cards

C. people who hold high positions in the government

D. those who want to travel cheaply

41. Women over sixty______

A. don’t have to pay for taking buses

B. pay less for their ride if they have a special card

C. have to pay the full price for their ride

D. have to pay their special card

42. Mrs. Matthews felt unhappy on the bus because _______.

A. she still had to pay for the tide.                                B. the card wasn`t hers

C. she felt she was now an old woman                  D. the driver whispered to her

43. The driver whispered to her _______.

A. in order to make her feel younger

B. because he thought that she shouldn’t have borrowed her mother’s card

C. because he wanted her to pay the full amount

D. because he knew her mother was still alive.

________the old man got on the bus．

1. A.
   Supporting the young man
2. B.
   Supported by the young man
3. C.
   Being supported by the young man
4. D.
   To support the young man

Around 5:30 p.m., I was on the bus one day and everybody on the bus was quiet. People had just  36 from work, students had just finished their 37 class and everybody was a little  38  from a long day. It wasn't a particularly good day for me as I was feeling quite tired too. I was just looking outside of the 39 without any specific thought in my mind. It was the same 40  I had seen many times before, people hurrying home.

In front of me, there was a man sitting in the seat who didn't look too clean. 41  he was looking out of the window, the man suddenly 42 to me and pointed at something outside. "Hey, look." He had a big smile on his face. I turned to the  43  he was pointing to and there it was ---- the beautiful Catalina mountains burning with a beautiful  44 . The mountains were coated with bright pink light and shadows. He turned to other people on the bus and told them to look at the mountains. He  45   

" Wow" and " It's so beautiful" again and again. Everybody on the bus  46  the views indeed.

The  47 view also helped me to 48  my long tiring day with a good feeling in my heart. But, more 49  , I was so inspired (鼓舞）to see that this man wanted to 50  the beautiful view with everybody on the bus, total strangers. His 51 act made me accidentally find something that I had lost which I didn't even know I had lost. He made me  52 that I had lost the feelings and the excitement I  53 have everyday. In my daily life, many things had  54  their color and movement. But he 55 me that things are still there ---- they never get lost.

2.A morning        B. important     C. last            D. boring

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21．Come along．There’s________room for another_______few people at the back of the bus．

A．a；a                       B．the；a                    C．\；\                        D．\；a