The boss _____ 30 dollars from my salary without any good reason.

A．brought down      B．kept back          C．cut off            D．held up

_____ fire, all safety rules must be kept clear.

A．In place of         B．Instead of         C．In case of          D．In spite of

– Mom, I just can’t fall asleep thinking of the interview tomorrow.

-- _____ You are sure to make it.

A．Don’t worry!      B．Take it easy.        C．Why not?         D．What’s up?

– Do you think the Stars will beat the Bulls?

-- Yes. They have better players, so I _____ them to win.

A．hope             B．prefer            C．expect            D．want

– I thought I asked you to fix the radio.

-- Oh, I’m sorry, Madam. I _____ it right away.

A．am to do                              B．will do

C．was about to do                         D．am going to do

A middle-aged woman came _____ to the bus stop only _____ the bus had gone.

A．to run; to find                          B．running; to find

C．and ran; finding                         D．running; finding

The lawyer seldom wears anything other than a suit _____ the season.

A．whatever         B．wherever         C．whenever         D．however

Don’t mention that at the beginning of the story, or it may _____ the shocking ending.

A．give away         B．give out           C．give up           D．give off

Ricky didn’t help much around the house, so his parents bought him a butler (管家) robot. As soon as it arrived, off it went, cooking, cleaning, and   36  dirty clothes from Ricky’s bedroom   37  . On that first day, when Ricky went to sleep, he had left his bedroom in a   38  . When he woke up the next morning,   39  was perfectly clean and tidy.

But now Ricky couldn’t   40  his favorite T-shirt, nor his favorite toy. However much he searched, the two items didn’t   41  , and the same was starting to happen with other things.   42  the butler robot, Ricky thought of a plan to   43  on it, and finally caught it red-handed (正在作案的), picking up one of his toys to  “ 44 ”  it.

He told his parents that the butler was   45  and asked them to have it   46 . But his parents didn’t believe him at all for they were   47  with the butler for its good service. Ricky kept on telling them how much good stuff the butler was hiding, until one day the butler heard the boy’s   48.  Then it returned some of the boy’s toys and clothes to him.

“Here, sir. I did not know it was   49  you,” said the butler.

“How could it not, you thief?! You’ve been stealing my stuff for weeks!” the boy answered  50.     “The objects were left on the floor;  51  I thought that you did not like them. I am programmed to collect all that is not   52  , and at night I send them to those who can use them. I’m a highly efficient machine,” the bulter said.

Ricky started feeling   53  . Since then, Ricky decided to put real  54  into how he treated his things. He also often bought things and took them to help out those who are  55  -- along with his good friend, the butler of course.

1.                A．tearing up       B．gathering up     C．dressing up    D．sewing up

2.                A．doorway        B．furniture        C．window   D．floor

3.                A．mess           B．row            C．way  D．moment

4.                A．something      B．anything        C．everything D．nothing

5.                A．buy            B．wash           C．try  D．find

6.                A．respond        B．appear         C．come D．function

7.                A．Remembering    B．Understanding   C．Suspecting D．Believing

8.                A．look           B．spy            C．call  D．work

9.                A．fix             B．hide           C．play with  D．tidy away

10.               A．intelligent       B．busy           C．lost   D．broken

11.               A．changed        B．thrown         C．closed D．arrested

12.               A．familiar         B．delighted       C．strict D．friendly

13.               A．complaints      B．quarrels        C．dialogues  D．questions

14.               A．disappointing    B．worrying        C．boring D．bothering

15.               A．honestly        B．calmly          C．shyly D．angrily

16.               A．otherwise       B．besides         C．therefore  D．however

17.               A．paid           B．devoted        C．wasted    D．wanted

18.               A．ashamed       B．nervous        C．hurt  D．puzzled

19.               A．trust           B．respect         C．effort D．care

20.               A．in charge       B．in danger       C．in need   D．in debt

Every day on the road, accidents are caused. They do not only happen. The reason may be easy to see: an overloaded tray, a shelf out of reach, a patch of ice on the road. But more often than not there is a chain of events leading up to the misfortune-frustration, tiredness or just bad temper-that show what the accident really is, a sort of attack on oneself.

Road accidents, for example, happen frequently after a family quarrel, and we all know people who are accident-prone, so often at odds with themselves and the world that they seem to cause accidents for themselves and others.

By definition, an accident is something you cannot predict or avoid, and the idea which used to be current, that the majority of road accidents are caused by a minority of criminally careless drivers, is not supported by insurance statistics. These show that most accidents involve ordinary motorists in a moment of carelessness or thoughtlessness.

It is not always clear, either, what sort of conditions make people more likely to have an accident. For instance, the law requires all factories to take safety actions and most companies have safety committees to make sure the regulations are observed, but still, every day in Britain, some fifty thousand men and women are absent from work due to an accident. These accidents are largely the result of human error or misjudgment-noise and fatigue, boredom or worry are possible factors which contribute to this. Doctors who work in factories have found that those who drink too much, usually people who have a high anxiety level, run three times the normal risk of accidents at work.

1.This passage might be written to         .

A．college students                        B．drivers

C．ordinary citizens                        D．businessmen

2.“Accident-prone” in Paragraph 2 means          .

A．likely to have accidents                   B．injured in accidents

C．likely to die in accidents                  D．responsible for road accidents

3.The passage suggests that           .

A．accidents mostly result from slippery roads

B．accidents are usually caused by psychological factors

C．doctors run three times the normal risk of accidents in factories

D．about 50,000 people lost their lives at work in Britain every day

4.Which of the following is NOT discussed as a factor of accidents in this passage?

A．Mood            B．Carelessness       C．Tiredness         D．Weather

5.What do you think would be the best title for the passage?

A．Accidents and Human                    B．Why accidents happen

C．Human Factors in Accidents               D．How to Prevent Accidents