阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

　Nat lived in a small town in England. He always stayed in England for his holidays, but then last year he thought, “I've never been outside this country. All my friends go to Spain, and they like it very much, so this year I'm going to go there too.”

　First he went to Madrid and stayed in a small hotel for a few days. On the first morning he went out for a walk. In England people drive on the left, but in Spain they drive on the right. Nat forgot about this, and while he was crossing a busy street, a bicycle knocked him down. Nat lay on the ground for a few seconds and then he sat up and said, “Where am I?”

　An old man was selling maps at the side of the street, and he at once came to Nat and said, “Map of the city, sir?”

1．The story mainly tells us ______.

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A．Nat lived in a small town in England

B．Nat always stayed in England for his holidays

C．Nat decided to go to Spain to spend his holiday

D．what happened to Nat in Madrid one morning

2．Where is Madrid?

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A．In England.　　　B．In Spain.

C．In France.　　　 D．In Germany.

3．Which of the following statements is not true according to this passage?

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A．It was the first time that Nat had been on holiday.

B．It was the first time that Nat had been to Spain.

C．It was the first time that Nat had been to Madrid.

D．Nat's friends all liked Spain very much.

4．Nat was knocked down by a bicycle because ______.

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A．he knew nothing about the road rules in Spain

B．he didn't know that in Spain people drove on the right

C．he didn't remember any of the road rules in Spain

D．he forgot one important road rule in Spain, which is quite different from that in England

5．The old man who was selling maps came to Nat ______.

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A．in order to see what had happened

B．in order to help Nat to rese to his feet

C．in order to sell his maps

D．in order to teach him a lesson

While waiting to pick up a friend at the airport in Portland, Oregon, I had an experience which occurred merely two feet away from me.

　　　 Trying to locate my friend among the passengers coming through the jet way, I noticed a man walking toward me carrying two light bags. He stopped right next to me to greet his family.

　　　 First he kissed his three children one by one and said, “It’s nice to see you. I missed you so much!” Then he hugged his wife, “I’ve saved the best for last!” giving her the longest, most passionate kiss I ever remember seeing. They stared at each other’s eyes, smiling at one another, while holding both hands. For an instant they reminded me of newlyweds（新婚夫妇）, but I knew by the age of their kids that they couldn’t possibly be.

　　　 Full of admiration, I asked, “Wow! How long have you two been married?” “Being together for fourteen years total, married twelve of those.” He replied, without breaking his gaze from his lovely wife’s face. “Well, then, how long have you been away?” I asked. “Two whole days!” “Two days?” I was astonished. By the intensity (热烈) of the greeting, I had assumed he’d been gone for at least several weeks --- if not months. I knew my expression betrayed me, so I turned away my eyes and said quietly, “I hope my marriage is still that passionate after so long!”

The man suddenly stopped smiling and looked me straight in the eye. With forcefulness he told me something that left me a different person. “Don’t hope, friend…decide!” Then he smiled again, shook my hand and said, “God bless!”

With that, he and his family turned and walked away together.

I was still watching that man and his special family walk just out of sight when my friend came up to me and asked, “What are you looking at?” Without hesitation, and with a curious sense of certainty, I replied, “My future!”

52. The best title of the passage may be _____.　

A. Long Loving Hugs　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. My Future

C. Don’t Hope. Decide D. Love Is Everywhere

53. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The man replied to the author, with his eyes still fixed on his wife’s face.

B. After being away for several weeks, the man missed his family very much.

C. It was fourteen years since the couple had got married.

D. Their three kids reminded the author of newlyweds.

54. By saying “my expression betrayed me” (in Paragraph 4), the author means that ______.

A. he failed to express his ideas to the man

B. the man sensed his real feelings from his expression

C. he didn’t believe in his expression any more

D. his expression was not faithful to him

55. From the passage, we can infer that ______.

A. the experience may be easily forgotten by the author

B. the author will live a passionate life from now on

C. the author will be away from his family and hug them passionately upon his return

D. Americans prefer to save the best for last　

阅读理解

　　It was 3:21 a. m., when nine－year－old Glenn Kreamer awoke to the smell of burning. Except for the cracking(爆裂声) of flames somewhere below there was not a sound in the two－storey house at Baldwin, Long Island.

　　With his father away on night duty at a local factory, Glenn was worried about the safety of his mother, his sister Karen, 14 and his 12－year－old brother Todd. He ran downstairs through the smoke－filled house to push and pull at Karen and Todd until they sat up. Then he helped each one through the house to the safety of the garden. There, his sister and brother, taking short and quick breaths and coughing, collapsed on the lawn.

　　The nine－year－old boy raced back into the house and upstairs to his mother's room. He found it impossible to wake her up. Mrs Kreamer, a victim of the smoke, was unconscious, and there was nobody to help Glenn carry her to the garden. But the boy remained calm and, as a fireman said later, “acted with all the self－control of a trained adult.”

　　On the bedroom telephone, luckily still working, Glenn called his father and, leaving Mr. Kreamer to telephone the fire brigade and ambulance service, got on with the task of saving his mother.

　　First he filled a bucket with water from the bathroom and threw water over his mother and her bed. Then, with a wet cloth around his head he went back to the garden.

　　He could hear the fire engine coming up, but how would the firemen find his mother in the smoke－filled house where flames had almost swallowed up the ground floor?

　　Grasping firmly a ball of string from the garage, Glenn raced back into the house and dashed upstairs to his mother's room. Tying one end of the string to her hand he ran back, laying out the string as he went, through the hall and back out into the garden.

　　Minutes later he was telling fire chief John Coughlan, “The string will lead you to Mother.” Mrs Kreamer was carried to safety as the flames were breaking through her bedroom floor.

1．Why did Glenn run downstairs first?

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A．He wanted to find out what was happening.

B．He was worried about his mother's safety.

C．He wanted to save his sister and his brother.

D．He went to see if his father had come back from work.

2．How did Glenn help the firemen to save his mother?

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A．By throwing water all over her and her bed.

B．By carrying her to safety with his brother.

C．By pushing and pulling at her.

D．By tying a string to her hand.

3．Who called the fire brigade and ambulance service?

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A．Glenn.

B．Glenn's father.

C．Glenn's sister.

D．Glenn's neighbor.

4．What did Glenn do to protect himself?

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A．He put a wet cloth around himself.

B．He threw water all over his head.

C．He hid himself in the bathroom.

D．He rushed out to the lawn.

5．Glenn saved his family because ________.

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A．his father had taught him to do so on the phone

B．he had learned something about the first aid

C．he had dealt with the emergency calmly and wisely

D．he had followed his mother's instruction