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We all know what it is like to be unable to turn your head because of a cold in the muscles of your neck, or because an unexpected twist has made your neck ache and stiff. Your whole body feels tight. The slightest move makes you jump with pain. Nothing could be worse than a pain in the neck.

That is why we use phrase to describe some people who give you the same feeling. We have all met such people.

One is the man who always seems to be clapping his hands—often at the wrong time—during a performance in the theater. He keeps you from hearing the actors.

Even worse are those who can never arrive before the curtain goes up and play begins. They come hurrying down to your row of seats. You are comfortably settled down, with your hat and heavy coat in your lap. You must stand up to ;et them pass. You are proud of your self—control after they have settled into their seats…Well, what now…Good God, one of them is up again. He forgot to go to the men’s room, and once more you have to stand up, hanging on to your hat and coat to let him pass. Now, that is “a pain in the neck.”

Another, well—known to us all, is the person sitting behind you in the movies. His mouth is full of popcorn;  he is chewing loudly, or talking between bites to friends next to him. None of them remain still. Up and down, back and forth, they go—for another bag of popcorn, or something to drink.

Then, there is the main sitting next to you at a lunch counter smoking a smelly cigar. He wants you to enjoy it too, and blows smoke across you food into your mouth.

We must not forget the man who comes into a bus or subway car and sits down next to you, just as close as you will let him. You are reading the newspaper and he leans over and stretches his rock so that he can read the paper with you. He may even turn the paper to the next page before you are ready for it.

We also call such a person a “rubber neck,” always stretching his neck to where it does not belong, like neighbors who watch all your visitors. They enjoy invading your privacy. People have a strong dislike for rubbernecks. They hate being spied upon.

68．Where can you find this passage?

A．Medicine dictionaries.                          B．Social science books,

C．Kids’ comic books.                              D．Science text books.

69．How do you feel when late comers walk back and forth in front of you in a cinema?

A．Ignored.              B．Bored.                C．Disturbed            D．Relaxed.

70．A “rubber neck” often                  .

A．says bad words behind people.

B．quarrels face to face with neighbors.

C．bargains the price with sales women

D．asks about other people’s business

71．Which of the follow is a “pain on the neck”?

A．Someone who helps you find your seat in a movie theatre.

B．Someone who smokes in a smoking section on a train.

C．Someone who throws trash out of his car window on the highway.

D．Someone who goes to the doctor for his severe pain on the neck.

Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station(加油站) about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.

I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I  received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery(电池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership—a shop selling cars—was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?”I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.

The underlined words“took off”in Paragraph  2 mean         .

  A. turned off          B. moved off      C. put up          D. set up

What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

  A. He had it pulled back to the gas station.

  B. The couple sent him a business card.

  C. The couple offered to help him.

  D. He called his friend for help.

The battery of the author’s car was dead because         .

  A. something went wrong with the lights

  B. his meeting lasted a whole day

  C. he forgot to turn off the lights

  D. he drove too long a distance

By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show         .

  A. how to write a thank-you letter

  B. how to deal with car problems

  C. the kind-heartedness of older people

  D. the importance of expressing thanks

II.阅读理解( 满分34分)

     A couple from Minneapolis decided to go to Florida for a long weekend to warm themselves up during one particularly icy cold winter. They planned to stay at the very same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years ago. They both had jobs, so it was decided that her husband would fly to Florida on a Thursday, and his wife would follow him the next day. Upon arriving as planned, the husband checked into the hotel. There he decided to open his laptop(笔记本电脑) and send his wife an e-mail back in Minneapolis. However, he accidentally left off one letter in her address and sent the e-mail without noticing his error.

In the mean time: In Houston, a woman had just returned from her husband’s burial. He was a minister of many years who had been “called home to glory” following a heart attack. The woman checked her e-mail, expecting message from family and friends. Upon reading the first message, she fainted(昏厥)and fell to the floor. Her son rushed into the room, found his mother on the floor and saw the computer screen which read:

To: My Loving Wife

From: Your Departed Husband

Subject: I’ve arrived!

I’ve just arrived and have been checked in. I see that everything has been prepared for your arrival tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing you then. Hope your journey is as uneventful(平静)as mine was.

P.S. Sure is hot down here.

1. Why did the couple decide to go to Florida for weekend?

       A. To visit their family and friends         B. To escape from the cold winter

       C. To escape from their busy work         D. To attend a friend’s funeral

2. What mistake did the husband make after checking into the hotel?

       A. He checked into a wrong hotel           B. He forget to bring the laptop

       C. He misspelled her wife’s address         D. He forgot to mail his letter

3. The expression “called home to glory” probably suggests that the man had______.

       A. gone back to his hometown            B. called his family to say hello

       C. been awarded an honor               D. died and gone to heaven

4. How did the woman probably feel after reading the e-mail?

       A. Pleased       B. Inspired        C. Frightened          D. Moved

5. Which of the following is true according to the text?

       A. The woman’s husband died of a heart attack

       B. The woman liked to chat with her friends by e-mail

       C. The couple held their wedding in Florida 20 years ago.

       D. His wife wouldn’t go to Florida for his error.

My grandfather was a teacher.He was the headmaster of a school for boys between the ages of thirteen and eighteen.I know that he was a kind and gentle man at heart，because when I was young(and he was old)，he gave me presents，and seated me on his knees，and told me stories，but I believe the boys at his school were afraid of him.

At school，when he walked into a room full of noisy boys，there was silence at once.When he looked at a boy with a certain look in his eyes，that boy went red in the face，and looked down at his shoes.If a boy brought him poor，careless work，which was not the best that boy could do，my grandfather picked up the boy’s book and threw it across the room，shouting，“Do it all again，and bring it back early in the morning！”If the boy was late，or if he forgot to bring the work，he had to do it again and again，and yet again.My grandfather never forgot.

He was a very different man at school from the man I saw day by day in his own home.

41．I know my grandfather was kind and gentle，because________.

A．he was the headmaster of a boys’school

B．he gave me presents and told me stories

C．he told me stories about how kind he was

D．he never scolded me

42．When he looked at a boy in a certain way，that boy________.

A．went red in the face and could not return my grandfather’s look

B．looked back at my grandfather’s red face

C．changed another one

D．went red in the face because his shoes were dirty

43．My grandfather didn’t like to receive________.

A．worse work than he could do himself

B．work that the boys could not do

C．work that was not as good as the boys could do

D．the work that the boys did

44．When he received poor work，my grandfather________.

A．shouted at the boy and threw his work across the room

B．went red in face

C．threw the book on the floor，and shouted across the room

D．threw the book at the boy

45．He was a different man at home because________.

A．he didn’t get angry at school like he did at home

B．he was not as gentle as at home

C．he didn’ t throw books about at school like he did at home

D．he didn’t usually get angry at home

The Worst Part

Mom is usually home on Sunday but this week she was going to a big golf game and I was all alone in the house. I was mad at Mom for divorcing Dad.

I kept looking at the telephone until I couldn’t stand it any longer. I picked up the receiver and dialed Dad’s number over in Bakersfield. I even remembered to dial 1 first because it was long distance. “You promised to phone me this week but you didn’t,” I said, feeling I had to talk to him.

“Take it easy, kid,” he said. “I just didn’t get around to it. I was going to call this evening. The week isn’t over yet.”

I thought about that.

“Something on your mind?” he asked.

“I hoped you would call, so I waited and waited.” Then I was sorry I said it.

“There was heavy snow in the morning,” he said, “I had to chain up on highway 80 and lost time.”

I know putting chains on eight big wheels in the snow is no fun. I felt a little better, as long as we were talking. “How is Bandit?” I asked.

There was a funny silence. For a minute I thought the line was dead. Then I knew something must have happened to my dog.

“Well, kid—”, he began. “My name is Leigh!” I almost yelled. “I’m not just some kid you met on the street!”

“Keep your shirt on, Leigh,” he said. “When I had to stop along with some other truck drivers to put on chains, I left Bandit out of the cab, I thought he would get back … I have sent out a call to CB radio, but I didn’t get an answer yet.” I was about to say I understood when there came the bad part, the really bad part. I heard a boy’s voice say, “Hey, Bill, Mom wants to know when we’re going out to get the pizza?”

We can conclude from the passage that              .

A. Leigh’s mother often went to golf games B. Leigh was a deserted boy

C. Leigh’s dad never had a rest on Sundays     D. Leigh’s father lived in another city

Which is true about Bandit?

A. It was killed by a truck     B. It was let out of the cab and got lost

C. It was frozen to death.      D. It ran off Highway 80 and into the mountain.

The underlined sentence “Keep your shirt on”（last para） probably means “        ”.

A．Cool down    B．Stop talking C．Be quiet    D．Keep warm

The worst part in Leigh’s eyes may be that            .

A. he forgot to go to get the pizza B. his parents got divorced

C. his dad got remarried    D. his dad didn’t love him