摘要:I couldn’t wear my suit last Sunday. It . A. had not cleaned B. was being cleaned C. was not cleaning D. was cleaning

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The air bag is a piece of safety equipment in cars. It was first designed by John W. Hetrick in 1952. Like many inventions, he came up with the idea as a result of an event that had occurred in his life. He says:
“In the spring of 1952, my wife, my seven-year-old daughter, Joan, and I were out for a Sunday drive in our 1948 Chrysler Windsor. About three miles outside Newport we were watching for deer jumping across the road. Suddenly, there was a large rock in our path. I hit the brakes and we went into a ditch(壕沟).
“As I applied the brakes, both my wife and I threw our hands up to keep our daughter from hitting the car. There was soft mud in the ditch, so the car wasn’t damaged, and no one was hurt.”
“During the ride home I couldn’t stop thinking about the accident. I asked myself,‘Why couldn’t some object come out to stop you from striking the inside of the car?’As soon as I got home that night I drew some sketches(草图). Each evening for the following two weeks, I’d add or reduce something from the sketches.”
Hetrick applied an event he had observed while in the Navy to the design of the air bag. He was repairing a torpedo(鱼雷) which had a cloth covering. When the compressed(压缩的) air that was in the torpedo was let out, the covering was suddenly filled with air and was shot to the ceiling.
With this knowledge, he developed his design until he was able to obtain a patent on the invention on August 5, 1952. The idea was similar to the air bag designs of today. Compressed air is stored in a container and when a traffic accident occurs and the car slows down at a rapid enough rate, the air will be released into the air bag. The idea was ingenious, but Hetrick’s air bag never would have functioned properly. It was really a breakthrough, but it would require years and years of designing and testing by some top car designers before it could be used.
【小题1】The car accident Hetrick was involved in ________.

A.damaged his carB.happened in 1948
C.was caused by a deerD.caused no harm to his family
【小题2】Hetrick’s experience in the Navy________.
A.turned out to be dangerousB.was helpful to his invention
C.involved designing torpedoesD.inspired him to design an air bag
【小题3】The underlined word “ingenious” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to _______.
A.creativeB.ridiculousC.crazyD.complex
【小题4】What do we know about the air bag Hetrick designed?
A.It came into use in the 1950s.B.It performed perfectly in car accidents.
C.It prepared the way for air bags nowadays.D.It took Hetrick about two months to develop it.
【小题5】The text is mainly about ____.
A.the great inventor HetrickB.The invention of air bags
C.a terrible car accidentD.road safety in the 1950s

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阅读下面对话,掌握其大意,并根据所给字母的揭示,在标有题号的横线上写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式,使对话通顺。

W=woman   M=man

W: Hi, Phil, can you tell me how it (76) h            ?               _______

M: Sure. I was mountain climbing in New Hampshire in 1982.

Suddenly the (77)w         became really bad. There was            _______

a lot of snow and we couldn’t see anything. We got (78)l        . _______

Well, we spent four days on the mountain. The (79)t                _______

was 20 degrees below zero. We didn’t have any equipment or food.

W: So what happened? I guess (80)s           found you, right?  _______

M: Yes but we were very sick. I couldn’t move my legs because

of the cold. I spent two months in the (81)h          .                 _______

The doctors removed my legs.

W: Right. So you lost your legs, but you want to try your best to stay active.

M: That’s right. In (82)f          , I decided to make some          _______

new legs for myself. I realize that no one has to be physically

disabled. We can use modern (83)t_________  to help.                 _______

W: And you built these great new legs. Can you go

mountain (84)c          again?                                                _______

M: Yes, I can. In fact, these are better than climb shoes. The spring(弹力)

design means they are much more (85)p         .                         _______

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阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)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。

My parents operated a small restaurant in Seattle.It was open twenty-four hours a day, six days a week.And my first real job,when I was six years old,was  21  the diners’ shoes.My father had done it when he was young,so he taught me  22  to do it efficiently,telling me to  23  to reshine the shoes if the customer wasn’t  24  .

Working in the restaurant was a cause of great   25   because I was also working for the good of the family.But my father  26  that I had to meet certain standards to be part of the team.I  27  to be punctual,hard-working,and polite to the  28  .

I was  29  paid for the work I did at the restaurant.One day I made the mistake of advising Dad that he  30  give me $10 a week.He said,“OK.How about you paying me for three meals a day you have here? And  31  the times you bring in your friends for free soft drinks?” He  32  I owed him about $40 a week.

I remember returning to Seattle after being  33  in the US Army for about two years.I had just been promoted to Captain at that time.And full of pride,I walked into my parents’ restaurant,but the  34  thing Dad said was,“How about your  35  up tonight?” I couldn’t  36  my ears! I am an officer in the Army! But it didn’t   37 as far as Dad was concerned,I was just  38   member of the team.I reached for the mop(拖把).Working for Dad has taught me the devotion to a  39  is above all.It has nothing to do with  40  that team is involved in a family restaurant or the US Army.w.w.*w.k.&s.5*u.c.om

A. cleaning             B. shining                     C. removing                 D. keeping

A. why                   B. what                        C. when                       D. how

A. offer                         B. refuse                      C. love                         D. learn

A. interested            B. annoyed                   C. relaxed                  D. satisfied

A. fun                    B. pride                        C. trouble                            D. effort

A. got it right             B. kept it a rule             C. made it clear      D. took it for granted

A. had                    B. tended                      C. hated                       D. managed

A. family                   B. workers                    C. customers                 D. friends

A. never                    B. always                            C. seldom                  D. ever

A. must                    B. should                      C. might                       D. could

A. at                        B. before                      C. around                            D. for

A. worked out       B. found out                 C. put out                     D. thought out

A. alone                   B. away                        C. outside                     D. off

A. usual                   B. last                          C. next                         D. first

A. washing w.w.*w.k.&s.5*u.c.om                                  B. taking                      C. cleaning                   D. moving

A. ignore                 B. follow                      C. believe                  D. understand

A. happen                B. care                         C. go                           D. matter

A. no                       B. other                        C. some                        D. another

A. team                    B. family                      C. leader                      D. restaurant

A. why                    B. whether                    C. when                       D. How

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