I hitched (钩住) the traveling-can containing the food on to the carrier．I rolled the bicycle the short distance from the house to the road while Edna in a green-and-red dress walked beside me．Mounting the vehicle with the can on the back and Edna on the cross-bar proved a little tricky; but I am rather good with bicycles．I solved the problem by getting on the seat first and keeping the bicycle stationary with one foot resting firmly on the ground．Then Edna climbed on the bar sitting sideways;and I pushed off．The excitement of having her so close within my arms and the perfume of her hair in my nose would have proved overpowering if I'd had much time to consider it．I hadn't．The road to the hospital turned out to be quite hilly, not steep but just enough to take the wind out of one; and with the kind of passenger I had, I didn't care to admit too readily (爽快地) to being tired．So I raced up all the little hillocks until my heart raged like a bonfire (篝火) which was very stupid of me．

　　“You are very strong,” said Edna．

　　“Why?” I said, or rather out of breath, in one enormous expiration (呼气) as I rounded the summit of yet another small hill．

　　“You are eating all the hills like yam (山药)．”

　　“I haven't seen any hill yet,” I replied, getting back some

of my breath as I pedaled (踩自行车踏板) freely down the small, friendly descent that followed．These words were hardly out of my mouth when a stupid sheep and her four or five lambs rushed out of the roadside on my left．I braked sharply．Unfortunately Edna's back was resting on my left arm and prevented me applying the brake on that side effectively．So only the brake on the front wheel performed fully．The bicycle pitched (直冲) forward and crashed on the road．She was thrown farther up the road and as soon as I got up, I rushed to help her to her feet again．Without taking my eyes from the food I murmured that I was very sorry．

　　“It was not your fault,” she said．“It was the stupid sheep．”

　　Then I noticed with the corner of my eyes something that was bending down．I turned then and saw where she had grazed (擦伤) her knee on the road．

　　“Oh dear,” I said, “Edna, I am sorry．”

She left her frock (长袍) which she had held up a little at the knee and came to dust my shoulder where my new white shirt carried a thick patch of indelible (洗不掉的) red-earth．Then she bent down and picked up the traveling-can and began to wipe away the sand, and the spilt soup with green leaves．To my surprise she was crying and saying something like “ My mother will die of hunger today．” Actually I think her crying was probably due to hurt pride because the food lying on the road showed how poor her family was．But I may be wrong．At the time, I was greatly upset．

　　“Can she manage bread and corned (盐腌的) beef?” I asked．“We could buy some outside the hospital．”

　　“I haven't brought any money,” said Edna．

　　“I have some money,” I said, feeling the first breath of relief since the accident happened．“And we could get some disinfectant (消毒剂) for your knee．I'm terribly sorry, my dear．”

1．We can infer that, at the beginning of the passage, the writer had just________．

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A．offered to marry Edna

B．lied to her

C．offered to take some food to her mother in hospital

D．offered to give Edna a lift to visit her mother in hospital

2．The way the writer rode his bicycle over the hills shows that ________．

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A．he was very strong

B．Edna was so attractive that he couldn't concentrate

C．he wanted to impress Edna

D．he was not very observant

3．The accident could probably have been avoided if ________．

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A．he had not braked sharply

B．both brakes had worked properly

C．he had not been so busy admiring Edna

D．he had looked when he was going

4．Why was Edna crying?

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A．She had hurt her knee．

B．She thought that her mother would have to go hungry that day．

C．The food lying on the road showed her family was poor．

D．We cannot be sure．

5．After the accident the writer was________．

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A．sad because of the spoilt food

B．guilty because of Edna's grazed knee

C．worried about what Edna might think of him

D．angry at the stupid sheep

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       阅读下面短文，掌握其大意。然后从26-45各题所给的四个选项（A，B，C，D）中，选出最佳选项。

Alone in the wheel of light at the dining room table, surrounded by an otherwise darkened house, I sat in tears

Finally, I'd   26   in getting both kids to bed．A relatively new single   27   , I had to be both Mommy and Daddy to my two little children．

A   28   divorced man with full custody （管理） of his children, I was   29   to give them as normal and stable a home life as possible．I   30   a happy face for them.

I had risen slowly, gingerly （活跃）, trying to   31   making even the least sound which might start them up again．   32   more songs and more stories．I tiptoed out of their room,   33  the door partway,

and went downstairs.

And loneliness．I felt as though I were at the   34   of a great sea of loneliness．It all came together and I was at once lost,   35   ．Unexpected, convulsive （突然） sobs overtook me．I sat there,   36   sobbing．

Just then, a pair of little ,   37    went around my middle and a little face peered up at me．I looked down into my five-year-old son's   38   face．

I was    39   to be seen crying by my son．"I'm sorry, Ethan, I didn't know you were still awake．" I don't know why it is, but so many people   40   when they cry and I was no exception．"I didn't mean to cry．I'm sorry．I'm just a little   41   tonight．"

"It's okay．Daddy．It's okay to cry, you're just   42   ．"

I can't express how happy he made me, this little boy, who in the wisdom of innocence, gave me   43   to cry．He seemed to be saying that I didn't have to always be   44   ．that it was occasionally possible to allow myself to feel weak and let out my   45   ．

Somehow, it was possible for me to get to sleep that night, too, Thank you, my son．

26．A．succeeded       B．managed C．failed       D．insisted

27．A．mother    B．worker     C．parent      D．stepfather

28．A．hopelessly       B．recently    C．carelessly        D．shyly

29．A．forced      B．obliged    C．persuaded        D．determined

30．A．put on     B．took on     C．put down  D．took in

31．A．escape      B．stop C．avoid       D．imagine

32．A．speaking out    B．asking for       C．making up       D．insisting on

33．A．locked     B．fixed       C．opened     D．closed

34．A．bottom    B．surface     C．middle     D．side

35．A．covered    B．frightened C．drowned D．disturbed

36．A．loudly     B．eagerly     C．slightly    D．silently

37．A．arms        B．legs   C．hands       D．eyes

38．A ．tearful    B．sympathetic      C．lovely       D．anxious

39．A．surprised  B．embarrassed    C．moved      D．discouraged

40．A．explain    B．complain C．apologize  D．pretend

41．A．worried   B．uneasy      C．tired  D．sad

42．A．a person   B．a male      C．an employee    D．a green hand

43．A．reason      B．limit  C．permission      D．understanding

44．A．experienced     B．strong      C．skilled     D．able

45．A．opinions   B．thoughts   C．words       D．feelings

Mr. Brown, the wife of a famous doctor, was good at cooking. Once the Browns invited some of their friends to lunch. Mrs. Brown thought it was a good chance for her to ___36___ how wonderfully she could cook, so she ___37___ a new way of cooking a fish dish. She was quite pleased with herself when the dish was ___38___. “I have never cooked such ___39___ dish before!” she thought.

   As the dish was very ___40___ she put it near the open window to cool for a few minutes. But, several minutes ___41___ , when she came back ___42___ it, she was shocked to find the neighbor’s cat, Chester, at the dish. She was in time to stop the cat ___43___ it was too late.

   When all the guests sat, the dinner began. The fish dish ___44___ really wonderful and everyone ___45___ it very much. They talked and laughed ___46___ four o’clock.

   At the end of the afternoon, when she was alone again, Mrs. Brown felt ___47___ but also happy. She sat in a chair near a window to have a ___48___. She happened to look down ___49___ the window, and saw something ___50___ a little animal in the garden.

   “Oh, it is Chester. Dear, she is dead! Why? The fish dish must be bad! What will ___51___ to my friends?” she was frightened.

   Immediately she telephoned her husband for ___52___. The doctor told her to telephone ___53___ of the guests to meet him at the hospital as soon as he could.

   Finally the danger was ___54___. Once again, Mrs. Brown was alone in her chair in the sitting room, still tired but no longer happy. Just then the telephone rang; it was her ___55___ who cried, “Oh, Mrs. Brown, Chester is dead. She was killed by a car and someone put it in your garden.”

A. enjoy          B. show                 C. make                D. say

A. did              B. made                C. tried          `      D. found

A. ready             B. gone                 C. missing             D. already

A. an expensive   B. a wonderful       C. a terrible           D. a frightening

A. hot                 B. cold                  C. warm                D. heat

A. early                     B. earlier               C. later                  D. late

A. with               B. to                            C. for                    D. after

A. after               B. before               C. when                D. until

A. tasted             B. was eaten          C. felt                   D. looked

A. ate               B. enjoyed             C. had                   D. ate up

A. at                 B. from                 C. to                         D. till

A. worried        B. sad                   C. tired                 D. sorry

A. bread            B. rest                   C. breath            D. stop

A. through        B. throughout               C. past                  D. out

A. as                 B. seem                 C. to seem             D. like

A. change          B. happen              C. become             D. come

A. thought         B. advice               C. ways                 D. ideas

A. both             B. any                   C. some                 D. each

A. end                     B. away                 C. over                  D. passed

A. husband        B. doctor               C. neighbor           D. guest

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　　Buying the Tickets with the Saved Money.

　　Mr Brown lives in Sydney. His house is about five kilometres 1 his office and the bus can 2 him there. He likes football very much and wants to 3 the football matches. His wife likes to buy nice clothes and 4 her husband give all his wages(工资)to her and he has to do 5 she says. Then she always 6 some fares(车费)back to him. Of course Mr Brown doesn’ t have any money to buy the 7 .

　　One evening he went to watch a football match. He bought a ticket 8 all his money and he 9 to go home 10 foot. When he 11 home, he was tired, but felt 12 . Since then he began to go to work on foot. But he is 13 to tell his wife about it.

　　This morning when he was having breakfast, he 14 a piece of news over the radio: the bus fares were going to 15 in price. He hurried to turn it 16 , but it was too 17 . His wife asked,“What did the radio say?”

　　He had to 18 her all he heard. Then he became sad and said,“What a pity!”

　　“You must be happy, I think,”Said his wife.“You will save some 19 .”

　　“Sorry. I can’t 20 with you,”said Mr Brown.“I’ll watch two matches short a month!”

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