James wrote a play for television about a family who came to England from Pakistan, and the difficulty they had   1   in England. The play was very   2   , and it was bought by an American TV company.

   James was invited to go to New York to   3   the production. He lived in Dulwich, which was an hour’s ride away from Hesthrow Airport. The flight was to leave at 8:30 a.m, 4   he had to be at the airport at about 7:30 in the morning.

   He ordered   5   for 6:30,   6   his alarm clock for 5:45, and went to sleep. Unfortunately he forgot   7   the clock, and it stopped shortly after   8   . Also the driver of the taxi had to work deep into the night and overslept.

   James   9   with the terrible feeling that something was wrong. He   10   his alarm clock. It stood there silently, with the hands   11   ten past twelve. He turn on   12   and discovered that it was   13   ten to nine. He switched on the electric kettle.

   He was just pouring the boiling water into the teapot   14   the nine o’clock pips (报时信号)sounded   15   the radio. The announcer began to read the news… “   16   are coming in of a crash near Heathrow Airport. A Boeing 707 leaving for New York crashed shortly after   17   this morning. Flight number 2234…” James   18   .

   “   19   ,” he said out loud, “If I HADN’T   20   , I would have been on that plane.”

1．A．settled                                                   B．to settle down     

       C．been settled down                                                                D．settling down

2．A．long                      B．interesting            C．successful           D．well

3．A．help for                 B．help with             C．help to                D．help making

4．A．so                        B．therefore             C．for                      D．though

5．A．a taxi                    B．a driver              C．a ticket                D．his breakfast

6．A．offered                 B．fixed                   C．setting                 D．set

7．A．to have winded(上发条)                         B．having winded     

       C．winding                                               D．to wind

8．A．he fell asleep          B．he woke up          C．midnight              D．his work

9．A．dreamed                B．awoke              C．went to sleep       D．lay down

10．A．looked for           B．looked through    C．looked at             D．looked forward to

11．A．pointing at        B．pointing to           C．striking to            D．striking

12．A．the radio              B．the light               C．the TV set           D．the water

13．A．hardly                 B．truly                    C．indeed                 D．in fact

14．A．as                       B．until                    C．while                  D．when

15．A．by                      B．on                       C．above                  D．from

16．A．Words                 B．News                  C．Information         D．Reports

17．A．taking up             B．taking off            C．taking away         D．taking place

18．A．turned pale          B．turned red            C．turned up            D．turned around

19．A．My play              B．My ticket             C．My flight（航班）D．My mum

20．A．made tea             B．slept                    C．woke up              D．overslept（睡过头）

八、完形填空

　　James was a famous writer. Once he wrote a play for a television about a family who came to England from Pakistan, and the problem they had was 1 down in England.

　　The play was 2 and it was bought by an American TV company. And James was invited to go to New York to 3 the production. He lived in Oulwich, 4 is an hour’ s journey 5 Heathrow(an air port in London).The flight was to leave at 8:30 a.m., 6 he had to be a the airport about 7:30 in the morning.

　　He ordered a taxi for 6:30, 7 his alarm clock for 5:45 and went to bed. 8 he forgot to wind the clock,and it stopped shortly after midnight. Also the taxi-driver had to work very late that night and overslept.

　　James woke with the terrible feeling that 9 was wrong.He looked at his alarm clock.It. 10 there there silently with the hands 11 to ten past twelve.He turned on the radio and discovered 12 .He swore（咒骂）quietly and switched on the electric kettle（电壶）.

　　He was just 13 the boiling water into the teapot 14 the nine o’clock pips(报时声) sounded on the radio. The announcer began to read the news.“...reports are coming in o a crash（坠毁）near Heathrow Airport. A Boeing 707 left for New York crashed shortly after after taking 15 this morning. Flight number 2234...” James turned pale.

　　“My flight.”he said out loud. “If I hadn’t overslept, I would have been on that plane.”

1.A.settling B. visiting C. getting D. moving

2.A. surprising success B. surprisingly successful

C. successfully surprising D. successful surprise

3.A. carry out B. help out C. bring out D. help with

4.A. that B. which C. it D. as

5.A. out of B. far from C. away from D. away off

6.A. for B. so C. because D. since

7.A. sets B. being set C. set D. setting

8.A. fortunately B. Luckily C. Unfortunately D. Happily

9.A. he B. it C. anything D. something

10.A. went B. stopped C. struck D. looked

11.A. pointing B. going C. set D. raised

12.A. that it was, in fact, ten o’ clock 

　 B. it was in fact that ten o’ clock

   C. hat it was ,in fact ,ten to nine 

   D. in fact ,that was ten to nine

13.A. putting B. sending C. pouring D. entering

14.A. while B. as C. during D. when

15.A. off B. down C. away D. out