Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end — with commercials thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by (滑过) outside the bus window. Only if you sleep, which is equal to turning the television set off, are you spared the unending cry of “You Need It! Buy It Now!”? 高☆考♂资♀源?网

      The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting, even if you’ve traveled that way before. Usually some things have changed — new houses, new buildings, sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it’s fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly careless or daring, the ride can be as thrilling as a horror story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the right or the left-hand lane? After a while, of course, the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting, but you’ve got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.

     The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know it will soon be over and there’s a kind of expectation and excitement in that. The seat, of course, has become harder as the hours have passed. By now you’ve sat with your legs crossed, with your hands in your lap, with your hands on the arm rests — even with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at the right time. There just no more ways to sit.

The long bus rides and TV shows are alike, because         .

A. they both can offer people with thrilling stories                     

B. they both are boring

C. they both have a beginning, a middle, and an end, with commercials in between              

D. they both force people to sit for a long time

During the whole bus ride, what come to the passengers’ eyes most frequently?

A. Some salty food on the bus.    B. The programs on TV.

C. Advertisements on the road.    D. Trucks on the road.

In order to pass the middle hours of the ride, you can         .

A. read the billboards           B. have something to eat

C. watch TV shows             D. sleep

The purpose of the passage is to         .

A. show how much bus rides differ from TV shows       高☆考♂资♀源?网       

B. teach us how to deal with each period of a long bus ride

C. persuade readers to take a long bus ride              

D. give the author’s opinion on long bus rides

单词拼写(共10小题,满分5分)

This v________ became active last year with a series of eruption.

Motorists are warned to slow down and take extra care in f _______ conditions.

How can a responsible father d ______his wife and two children and be here alone?

To live in a world without you is more painful than any punishment. And no one can r_____ you in my heart.

His writings have been_________ (影响) by his mother.

Your v______ is too small; you need to learn more words.

Why do I always become the t_____ of the thief?

The performance of the host, i_______ to please the audience and draw their attention, was greeted with cold silence, however.

I didn’t dare to speak aloud or even w________ to her what was in my mind.

Even the best doctor in the country can not c_____ him of his disease .

I have repaired much of the equipment. Would you please help me with _______within this week?

the other    B. the others  C. the rest  D. the remaining

_____ made us proud was ______more than 98% of our classmates had been admitted to key universities.

A. What; because                                    B. What; that  

C. That; what                                          D. That; because

   I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me whispered something, but I didn’t understand. So I leaned over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of ink and would not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.

    Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed(解散). As soon as we were alone she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she talked about how important it was to stand on your own two feet and be responsible for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.

    Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated in the test. When she saw me lean over to talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but all she could say was it seemed very very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test. Even if I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated in the test.

The girl wanted to borrow a pen, because ____ .

   A. she had not brought a pen with her         B. she had lost her own on her way to school

   C. there was something wrong with her pen   D. her own had been taken away by someone

The teacher saw all this, so she asked the boy ____ .

   A. to go on writing his paper         B. to stop whispering

   C. to leave the room immediately     D. to stay behind after the exam

The thing(s) emphasized in her talk was(were) ____ .

   A. honesty    B. sense of duty          C. seriousness     D. all of the above

The boy knew everything ____ .

   A. the moment he was asked to stay behind    B.when the teacher started talking about honesty

   C. only some time later                    D. when he was walking out of the room

   My dentist had just pulled out of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while. I tried to say anything , my mouth was full of cotton wool. He knew I collected match boxes and asked me that my collection was growing. He then asked me about my brother and whether I like my the new job in London. I either nodded or made strange noises in answer for the questions. Meanwhile,my tongue was search out the hole where the tooth had once been. Suddenly I felt very worriedly, but still could not say anything. When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool into my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong teeth. 来源：

第一节 单词拼写（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）

     根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在答题卡相应的位置上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式（每空只写一词）

The fall in prices is _______ (有益的) to small businesses.

One of his _______ (雄心) is to become a pilot.

He suffered from a bad cold, _______ (陪伴) by fever.

When the fire got out of control, the captain told the sailors to _______ (放弃) ship.

You had better go now, _______ (要不然) you will miss the train.

His nationality is not a _______ (相关的) point.

Fishing _______ (占据) most of his free time.

The professor wrote a letter _______ (推荐) her for the job.

He showed a lot of _______ (同情) for the homeless girl.

He _______ (拖) us out to a concert on a cold night.

Are the two glasses believed________by Tom??

A. broken                     B. to be broken     C. to break                  D. to have been broken

Can you _____ to carry that heavy box by yourself?

   A. arrange        B. offer                        C. manage                    D. prepare

The city's underground _____ more people than the buses.

   A. brings                 B. sends                       C. fetches                     D. carries