—Well, Randy is not quite ready to make a decision yet.

—So, ______, we have to wait, right?

A. in other words     B. on the other hand      C. in particular     D. above all

第四节 阅读理解（共20小题。每小题2分，满分40分）

It is well-known that fatigue driving(疲劳驾驶)is very dangerous．A device that stops drivers from falling asleep at the wheel is about to undergo testing at Department of Transport laboratories and could go on sale within 12 months．   

    The device is a kind of system, which is called Driver Alert，and it aims to reduce deadly road accidents by 20％—40％that are caused by tiredness．Airline pilots can also use it to reduce the 30％ of all pilot-error accidents that are related to fatigue．

    Driver Alert is based on a computerized wristband．The device，worn by drivers or pilots，gives out a sound about every four minutes during a car journey．After each sound the driver must respond by squeezing the steering wheel．A sensor in the wristband detects this pressing action and measures the time between the sound and the driver’s response．

    Driver’s response time is directly related to tiredness．Usually, a watchful driver would take about 400 milliseconds to respond，but once that falls to more than 500 milliseconds, it suggests that the driver is getting sleepy．   

    In such cases the device gives out more regular and louder sounds，showing that the driver should open a window or stop for a rest．If the driver’s response continues to slow down，the sounds become more frequent until a nonstop alarm warns that the driver must stop as soon as possible．

    The device has been delivered to the department’s laboratories for testing．If these tests, scheduled for six months’ time，are successful，the makers will bring the product to market within about a year．

1．According to the text，Driver Alert ________

  A．aims to reduce tiredness-related accidents   B．has been on sale for12 months

C．has gone through testing at laboratories      D．aims to prevent drivers from sleeping

2．How should a driver respond to the sounds from Driver Alert?

    A．By sounding a warning．           B．By checking the driving time．

C．By touching the wrist band．      D．By pressing the steering wheel．

3．We Can learn from the text that the driver needs to stop for a break when his response time is ________.

    A．about 400 milliseconds              B．over 4 seconds   

    C．below 500 milliseconds              D．about 4 minutes

4．What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

   A．The device is expected to be marketed in about one year．

   B．The device will go through the tests soon．

   C．The tests have been scheduled for six months．

   D．All the drivers will soon use the Driver Alert．

Last week when I was sitting in my office, I heard an elderly lady talking on the phone about her husband. Her husband’s name was Ed. He dropped her off for her doctor’s appointment and was going to park the car and wait for her. She was so upset that she started to cry. I knew I should take action.

The lady told me her name was Helen and she called the restaurant she and her husband were going to have lunch at after her appointment to see if he was waiting for her there. She explained that she thought her husband parked the car in the parking lot and waited for her in the car but she didn’t find him there so she returned to see if he entered the medical building, but Ed was not there either. She regretted making her husband park the car alone since some signs of Alzheimer’ (早老性痴呆症)had appeared in his behavior. I asked a few nurses to help look for Ed inside and out side the medical building according to Helen’s description. Then I offered to drive Helen to the restaurant to see if Ed was waiting for her there.

On arriving at the parking lot of the restaurant, Helen began to search for Ed’s car but she failed, which suggested Ed wasn’t there. We decided to have a talk with the manager before we returned to the hospital. On our way to the manager’s office, I received a call from a nurse, who said they had found Ed. What a relief(安慰)! But we still needed to go on searching since he forgot where he parked his car! Fortunately, we didn’t have much difficulty finding it.

As I waved goodbye to the couple, I thought, “This is true love in life. The love is not romantic but it stays with us all the time.”

1.  What did Helen do after she found Ed was missing?

A. She called the police.     B. She turned to the author.

C. She called the restaurant.  D. She searched for him everywhere.

2.  We learn from this passage that Ed              .

A. went to the restaurant himself     B. might have developed Alzheimer’s

C. visited his friend in the hospital    D. worried about his wife very much

3.  When did the author know that Ed was found?

A. After the author and Helen returned from the restaurant.

B. While the author and Helen were on their way to the restaurant.

C. Before the author and Helen found the manager of the restaurant.

D. When the author and Helen arrived at the parking lot of the restaurant.

4.  What can we infer from the passage?

A. The author was Helen’s friend.    B. The author had seen Ed before.

C. The author went to see his doctor.  D. The author worked in the hospital.

第二节：书面表达(满分30分)

    最近，李越被评为你们班的“每周之星”。请你根据她的事迹(在上周六下午，不顾天气炎热，为班级选购歌咏比赛服装)，用英语为班级板报写一篇l00一120个词的短文。你的文章应包括下列要点：

    1．李越的事迹及其对同学的影响；        2．你的评论。

    注意：1．文章的标题和开头已给出(不计词数)。

2．参考词汇： singing contest 歌咏比赛

Costume   服装

Star Student of the Week

Li Yue has been awarded the title of "Star Student of the Week" for what she did for our class._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

. It is uncertain __ side effect the medicine will bring about, although about two thousand patients have taken it.

  A. that                B. what             C. how              D. whether

Wind power is an ancient source of energy ___________ we may return in the near future.

A. on which         B. by which          C. to which          D. from which

Many words associated with life in the West are Spanish ______ origin.

a. on b. in c. at d. from

It is just three o’clock p.m. The plane just _____ five minutes ago.

a. took off b. took up c. took out d. took in

The mother scolded the boy ______ not cleaning up his room.

a. to b. with c. at d. for

.Mary is _______ her face ready for the party.

a. clearing up b. holding up c. keeping up d. making up