阅读下面的短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　A boy walked along Carver Street，singing a sad song．He walked with his head down．Once he looked up and noticed the sign across the empty street，painted on the side of an old house．On the sign a big woman with yellow hair and a five-mile smile held out a big bottle．“Coca-Cola．Drink Coca-Cola，”the sign said．

　　“Boy！”the silence was cut by a sudden cry．He turned around quickly to see who had called．

　　An old woman was standing at her door．

　　“You boy！Come here this minute．”

　　Slowly the boy 　1　 onto the cold flat stones leading to the old woman's house．When he arrived at her house， she 　2　 out her hand and wrapped（缠住）her 　3　 old fingers around his arm．

　　“Help me inside，boy，”she said，“Help me 　4　 to my bed．What's your name？”

　　“Joseph，”he said．

　　The old woman on the bed tried to 　5　 up，raising herself on her elbow （肘）．Water 　6　 from her eyes and mouth．The sight of her made Joseph feel 　7　．

　　“I'm dying，Joseph．You can see that，can't you？I Want you to write a 　8　 for me．There's paper and pencil on the table there．”

　　Joseph looked down at the 　9　，and then looked out the window．He saw the sign again：“Coca-Cola．Drink Coca-Cola．”

　　“I want my silver pin to 　10　 to my daughter．”

　　Joseph bent his small body over the table and 　11　 the pencil slowly across the paper．

　　“There's my Bible（圣经），”the old woman said，“That's for my daughter，too．I want a 　12　 Christian burial（基督葬礼）with lots of singing．Write that down，too，That's the last 　13　 of a poor old woman．”

　　The boy labored（吃力）over the paper．Again he looked out the window．

　　“Here．Bring it here so I can 　14　 it．”

　　Joseph found the Bible，and，　15　 the paper inside，laid it next to the bed．

　　“　16　 me now，boy，”she sighed．“ I'm tired．”

　　He ran out of the house．

　　A cold wind blew through the 　17　 window，but the old woman on the bed 　18　 nothing．She was dead．The paper in the Bible moved back and forth in the wind．　19　 on the paper were some childish letters．They 　20　 the words：“Coca-Cola．Drink Coca-Cola．”

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阅读下面短文，从每小题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

To: Deborah Lai (English teacher)

Mr. /Mrs. /Ms.: Wong

Telephoned　　Called in　　Wrote a note

To say: His daughter Angela will not be back at school until Thursday because she is sick. He would like to speak to you about the work she is missing. His phone number is 5895337.

Please:

Telephone　　Write a note　　Make time to see

Message taken by: Mrs. Lee

Date：Monday 12 August Time: 9:05 a.m.

1．Angela will be back at school on ________.

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2．Mr. Wong would like the teacher to ________.

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A．return his call

B．write him a letter

C．make an appointment to see him

D．telephone his daughter Angela

3．From this information it is possible to tell that Mr. Wong is a

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A．teacher in a nearby school.

B．man who takes messages at the school

C．father who cares about his daughter's progress

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　　My wife works at the frontline of the battle against SARS. I remembered the date exactly－April 7. Everything 1 that morning. She had breakfast and went to work. Then in the afternoon she phoned to tell me that as one of her patients 2 having SARS, she had to 3 . That was two weeks ago, and we have not seen each other since.

　　On the evening of April 9, I received a short 4 from her:“Five of our nurses have a high fever.” On April 10, she told me that nursing staff that had not had contact with SARS patients 5 the dormitory, a six-story building, each story containing 30 rooms, and that there were hardly any 6 . I could imagine how 7 she felt.

　　On Friday April 11 news came that from the following Monday the emergency wards at her hospital 8 exclusively for SARS cases. She had to make the decision 9 or not to stay.

　　My wife is not 10 in respiratory diseases so there was no particular reason for her to stay. She never hesitated, saying, “It doesn't seem right to leave at this 11 time.”

　　I selfishly said, “I don't agree. I don't want to risk 12 my wife.”

　　She forced a smile and saying, “The elderly woman I 13 has been confirmed as having SARS. I don't have the wind left her.”

　　I said coldly, “Leave or stay, 14 .”

　　She cried, “That isn't fair!” and hung up.

　　I felt contrite, and 15 to apologize: “Of course I want you to leave, your safety is my prime concern. But I will 16 you in any decision you make. You are a heroine, and I am proud of you.”

　　On April 14, she became one of the five SARS experts at the Beijing People's Hospital 17 Beijing University.

　　Neither of us has become infected. Last night, as we spoke on the telephone she sounded 18 “I am so tired,” she said, “I want to cry.”

　　I comfort her as best as I could, 19 her to put on more clothes as the temperature had dropped. I am her spiritual pillar and she is mine. I am confident that with so many dauntless medical personnel at the front line, SARS is sure to be brought 20 in the near future.

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TELEPHONE MESSAGE

To: Deborah Lai（English teacher）

Mr. /Mrs. /Ms．: Wong

√Telephoned                □Called in                    □Wrote a note

To say: His daughter Angela will not be back at school until Thursday because she is sick．He would like to speak to you about the work she is missing．His phone number is 5895337．

Please:

√Telephone                 □Write a note               □Make t time to see

Message taken by: Mrs. Lee

Date: Monday 12 August   Time; 9:05 a．m．

1．Angela will be back at school on _______．

A．15th August                                   B．12th August

C．Monday                                    D．Wednesday

2．Mr. Wong would like the teacher to _________．

A．return his call                                   B．write him a letter

C．make an appointment to see him                          D．telephone his daughter Angela

3．From this information it is possible to tell that Mr. Wong is a _______．

A．teacher in a nearby school．

B．man who takes messages at the school

C．father who cares about his daughter’s progress

D．hard working business man

A． “Better road design and training hold the key to cycle safety”, the new Transport Secretary said today as he pledged to restore Britain’s safety record. Patrick McLoughlin told Conservative Party Conference that while cycling was enjoying a post-Olympics boom, the number of casualties among cyclists was also rising. “But the number of accidents has gone up too. That means it needs better design and better education too.” Mr McLoughlin said in his first speech as Transport Secretary. 
B.  Cycling in the UK will become safer through “sheer weight of numbers,” the founder of one of the world’s leading cycle brands has said as he backed The Times’s Cyclesafe campaign. Simon Mottram, founder and chief executive of Rapha, has added his support to 40 cross-party MPs who have signed a letter urging David Cameron to use his speech at the Conservative Party Conference to promote measures to make the streets safer for cyclists.
C.  Commuters who cycle to work face an increased danger as the casualty toll during peak hours rose by 10 percent last year. The rate at which cyclists were killed or seriously injured rose sharply last year, official figures showed yesterday.
D.  In future decades, Londoners will look back on the way cyclists jostled with buses and lorries on major roads as an absurd anachronism. Some risks are unavoidable. But other risks survive only because we are too slow to embrace bold solutions. That is the message from designers who are proposing an ambitious plan to create cycle lanes suspended above London’s busiest streets. London is one of the most dangerous places in the world for cycling. “SkyCycle” would remedy that problem by attaching dedicated cycle paths to existing railway viaducts.
E.  Money should be apportioned from the funding for major transport projects, such as the new Forth Crossing, to create a pot of cash for cycling, campaigners have told MSPs. Cycle groups have given warning that not enough money is being put into routes and promotion. They want the Scottish government to take a percentage of the funding allocated to key national projects and create an “active transport” fund to be distributed gradually.
F.  We’d like you to tell us why you love cycling by sending a photo of yourself, a family member or friend with their bike and a note about why it is so brilliant. To take part, instagram your photo with the hashtag #ilovemybike or email it to us at ilovemybike@thetimes.co.uk. We’ll post the best pictures here ilovemybike.tumblr.com.
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【小题1】“Cycle lanes in the sky” answer to traffic danger
【小题2】More cyclists are seriously injured on Britain’s roads
【小题3】Share a picture of you and your bike and help us promote the fun and freedom of cycling
【小题4】“Weight of numbers” will bring safe cycling
【小题5】Transport Secretary calls for better road design and training to help cyclists