That day I was later for school, so Mom offered me a   36 . I sat beside her in our car, daydreaming about my  37 . I’d be graduating from high school in a few months. I’d leave high school behind and do whatever I wanted. What  38 I do? Go to college? Or get a job in an office where I could  39 my way up?

Mom interrupted my thoughts.“Kassandra, do you  40  that?’’She asked just as we were  41  the railroad tracks. She stopped the car on the other side and   42  the window. “It looks like a child.’’  43 ,I saw a small boy walking by himeself. The warning lights on the train tracks flashed  44 .The boy stayed where he was right in the middle of the   45 .The whistle sounded. There’s no  46  that train can stop in time!The boy jumped up and down and   47  at the engineer.

I took off running. My shoes flopped(松动) against my feet as I   48 , so I kicked them off. I ran faster. Stones crunched(发出刺耳的碎裂声) and flew under my   49  feet. The ground shook. God, let me get to him! The train was almost on top of him. I   50 the boy in my arms. Keep running! But something   51  

me. I fell backward, away from the train. I pulled the boy with me onto safe ground. The train barreled(高速行驶)past. The noise was  52 . The wheels were so close that I could have reached out and touched one.

Once the train was out of  53 , I stood up. Mom ran up and hugged me. “Kassandra, I didn’t think you were going to  54 it !’’

I got ready for bed that night  55 looking forward to school the next day. I wanted to enjoy every moment in life.

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Last Sunday, in my return from a weekend in the country, I took a taxi from Waterloo Station to my home in North London. We hadn’t gone very far  1  we had to stop at one of the many traffic lights. Just as the light was changing to  2  a policeman pulled  3  the door of the taxi, jumped in, shouted to the driver,“   4  that blue car in front. It’s been stolen,” and he sat down on the seat beside me. Then he seemed to see me for the first time for he said quickly but5  ,“Sorry sir, but I’ve got to catch that car.”The taxi driver  6  the speed without saying anything. After a few hundred yards the blue car stopped at  7  traffic light and we drew up8  .The policeman got out, ran round to the driver’s door of the blue car, opened it and  9  the driver out. I couldn’t hear what was said, but after a few minutes the policeman  10  to me and I went up to him. He asked me to help him take the car thief to the nearest  11  .The three of us got into the  12  .We drove off  13  the taxi following. I didn’t like sitting next to the  14  ,who was a young, rather tough-looking man, but I had no  15  .  16  it wasn’t far to the police-station. When we got there the policeman took my name and address, thanked me for my  17  and said I could go. So I got back into my taxi and we drove off again. The taxi-driver said18  that that was the second time in a month he had been  19  to he1p the police, and he  20  it wouldn’t happen again.

1.A.until                      B.because                     C.after                         D.before

2.A.orange                   B.yellow                      C.red                           D.green

3.A.out                        B.up                                   C.open                         D.aside

4.A.Follow                   B.Catch                        C.Knock                       D.Watch

5.A.politely                  B.apologically               C.gently                       D.clearly

6.A.increased                B.kept                          C.slowed                      D.removed

7.A.a                           B.the                            C.another                            D.the other

8.A.off                         B.beside                       C.alongside                   D.away

9.A.brought                  B.tried                         C.pulled                       D.spat

10.A.smiled                  B.came                         C.referred                     D.signed

11.A.car-park                B.police-station       C.traffic-light                D.railway-station

12.A.blue taxi               B.stolen car                  C.passing car                D.first taxi

13.A.with                     B.by                                   C.of                             D.in

14.A.thief                     B.driver                       C.policeman                 D.man

15.A.luck                            B.choice                       C.reason                       D.way

16.A.Finally                 B.Naturally                   C.Fortunately                D.Unfortunately

17.A.deed                     B.action                       C.help                          D.words

18.A.happily                 B.angrily                      C.curiously                   D.proudly

19.A.obliged                 B.seen                          C.begged                      D.allowed

20.A.thought                B.guessed                     C.believed                    D.hoped