In the hospital they tested her politely and allowed her to   13   after carrying out a number of tests on her．As she otherwise seemed to be   14   ．the doctor decided that she was probably suffering from the side effects of some medicine．The woman insisted on being   15   to go home, but when she gave her   16   , it was in a town over a thousand miles from the hospital.

    The police then started to make inquiries (询问)and then   17   that there was already a   18   going on for the woman, whose husband had reported that she had   19   .Her ear had been found with driver’s door open and the engine running．In  front of the car the surface of the road had been completely destroyed-not by an explosion (爆炸)or anything of that kind, but   20   a large, round, white-hot object had burnt through it.

1．A．form     B．shape

   C．situation   D．state

2．A．most expensive    B．largest

   C．nearest          D．most famous

3．A．astonishing    B．funny

   C．moving       D．sad

4．A．walking      B．running

   C．wandering    D．driving

5．A．as          B．since

   C．if           D．when

6．A．falling       B．landing

   C．burning      D．flying

7．A．taken       B．allowed

   C．forced       D．refused

8．A．enter       B．visit

   C．watch       D．clean

9．A．acted as     B．worked as

   C．came from    D．looked like

10．A．noticed     B．seen

    C．understood   D．heard

11．A．see         B．speak

    C．learn        D．work

12．A．his         B．hers

    C．ours        D．theirs

13．A．watch       B．stay

    C．drive        D．leave

14．A．normal      B．nervous

    C．thankful           D．happy

15．A．told        B．allowed

    C．sent        D．driven

16．A．name      B．house

    C．building    D．address

17．A．decided       B．discovered

    C．supposed   D．believed

18．A．discussion   B．movement

    C．search      D．research

19．A．left        B．returned

    C．gone       D．disappeared

20．A．only if      B．only when

    C．as well      D．as if

    Some years ago an American policeman found a woman lying near a lonely road．She did not appear to have an accident, but she was trembling and clearly in a   1   of shock(休克), so he rushed her to the   2   hospital．She began to tell the doctor on duty a story which was   3   in all respects(各方面).She had been   4   alone on a country road   5  she was stopped by a flying saucer (飞碟)   6   in front of her．She had been   7   to leave the car and   8   the flying saucer by creatures which   9   human beings and which could easily make themselves   10   although they could not   11   ．It was as though they could read her thoughts and she   12   .

    In the hospital they tested her politely and allowed her to   13   after carrying out a number of tests on her．As she otherwise seemed to be   14   ．the doctor decided that she was probably suffering from the side effects of some medicine．The woman insisted on being   15   to go home, but when she gave her   16   , it was in a town over a thousand miles from the hospital.

    The police then started to make inquiries (询问)and then   17   that there was already a   18   going on for the woman, whose husband had reported that she had   19   .Her ear had been found with driver’s door open and the engine running．In  front of the car the surface of the road had been completely destroyed-not by an explosion (爆炸)or anything of that kind, but   20   a large, round, white-hot object had burnt through it.

1．A．form

B．shape

C．situation

D．state

2．A．most expensive

B．largest

C．nearest

D．most famous

3．A．astonishing

B．funny

C．moving

D．sad

4．A．walking

B．running

C．wandering

D．driving

5．A．as

B．since

C．if

D．when

6．A．falling

B．landing

C．burning

D．flying

7．A．taken

B．allowed

C．forced

D．refused

8．A．enter

B．visit

C．watch

D．clean

9．A．acted as

B．worked as

C．came from

D．looked like

10．A．noticed

B．seen

C．understood

D．heard

11．A．see

B．speak

C．learn

D．work

12．A．his

B．hers

C．ours

D．theirs

13．A．watch

B．stay

C．drive

D．leave

15．A．normal

B．nervous

C．thankful 

D．happy

15．A．told

B．allowed

C．sent

D．driven

16．A．name

B．house

C．building

D．address

17．A．decided

B．discovered

C．supposed

D．believed

18．A．discussion

B．movement

C．search

D．research

19．A．left

B．returned

C．gone

D．disappeared

20．A．only if

B．only when

C．as well

D．as if

Trudy, an American girl, tried swimming across the English Channel. That was August 6, 1962. Her father had ___1___ her two things. One was not to pull her out of the water ___2___ she asked. The other was to give her a red sports ___3___ if she made it.

In gay spirits Trudy ___4___ out, swimming strongly. All the swimmers started at 7:09 in the morning. Her father and the trainer were going along in a boat beside her. At ten o’clock, rain began falling.

___5___, Trudy trod(踩) water while drinking and eating a chicken leg. Then she started swimming ___6___. The wind was ___7___ and the sea became rougher. Late ___8___ the wind became even worse. The trainer ___9___ it was useless trying to finish. He called to Trudy to ___10___.

“No human being could do it in this weather,” he said. “It’s ___11___ to go on. “however, her father shouted, “Don’t grab her. Let her ___12___. “At seven o’clock the tides(潮水) turned ___13___ her. It was more difficult to move a- head. But Trudy still swam on. She ___14___ victory was possible now, for the English coast was in ___15___.

It was getting dark. A sound could be heard ___16___ the wind；hundreds of car horns(喇叭) were cheering her on. With ___17___ strength, she finished the last 200 yards. At 9:35p. m., Trudy got out of water. She had swum some 35 miles in ___18___ the 21-mile-wide Channel ___19___ a strong storm. But she had made it in 14 hours and 30 minutes. “Well, Pop,” she said to her father. “I ___20___ I get my car this time, don’t I?”

1. A. given     B. refused       C. allowed      D. promised

2. A. as   B. unless C. even if       D. when

3. A. suit B. shoe    C. hat      D. car

4. A. rushed    B. left     C. started D. worked

5. A. At midday     B. In the morning   C. In the evening    D. In the late afternoon

6. A. faster     B. better  C. again  D. across

7. A. stopping B. rising  C. changing    D. increasing

8. A. morning B. afternoon   C. evening      D. night

9. A. thought  B. considered  C. decided      D. felt

10. A. keep up       B. slow down  C. give up      D. take a rest

11. A. difficult       B. stupid C. impossible  D. unnecessary

12. A. go B. decide C. come out    D. go on

13. A. towards       B. with    C. at       D. against

14. A. realized       B. noticed       C. found out   D. thought

15. A. the distance        B. reach  C. sight   D. hand

16. A. over     B. in       C. with    D. from

17. A. fresh    B. greater       C. weakening  D. remaining

18. A. flying   B. swimming  C. crossing     D. passing

19. A. in spite of    B. because of  C. against       D. during

20. A. demand       B. am afraid   C. hope   D. guess

Mother was born in 1887.By the time she was 13, seven more children filled the family’s New York City apartment, and she went to work as a department store messenger girl. The job paid three dollars for a 48-hour week. She walked two miles back and forth each day to save the five-cent bus-fare, and at night went to secondary school and later a city university. Eventually she worked her way up to buyer.

She and my father got married when they were nearly 40. A few years after their marriage, my parents fulfilled their dream of owning a home. To Mother, Buckingham Place, he Venice canals and Shangri-La were all wrapped up in that six-room brick house in the Bronx. Then the Depression (经济大萧条) set in. Father’s pub began to lose money; their savings declined to nothing. Daddy had to let the assistants go and began working 20-hour days and one morning in 1936 he didn’t wake up. Mother was left with three children and a mortgage (抵押贷款)。

Mother bore her grief and carried on. It was impossible to get a job in those times, so Mother came up a solution. A sign, “Furnished Rooms”, was tacked onto our door, beginning a parade of people into our lives for the next five years.

One I remember fell two weeks behind in his rent and tried to tiptoe (踮着脚走) out at dawn. Unfortunately for him, Mother, who was always rearranging things, had moved the furniture the night before, and he tripped (绊) over a repositioned lamp. Mother rushed out to find him sprawled on the floor. “If you didn’t have the money, you should have told me,” she said. “God knows, I can understand that.” He left with two dollars pressed into his hand.

All those things happened long ago but they are always fresh in my mind. And Mother is always in my heart.

1. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

  A. The author’s mother was born in a family with seven children.

  B. The author’s mother was a well-educated and hard-working woman.

  C. The author’s mother never realized her dream of traveling to Europe.

  D. The author’s father died when the author was very young.

2. What was the most probable cause of the author’s father’s death?

  A. Old age.      B. Depression.        C. Overwork       D. Mortgage

3. The person who tried to tiptoe out _____.

  A. paid the rent and left the house

  B. was not wiling to pay the rent though he had money

  C. paid the rent and had only two dollars left

  D. got two dollars instead of paying the rent

4. The author’s mother did the following EXCEPT that ____.

  A. she moved the lamp to another pace one night

  B. she put up an advertisement on the door

  C. she started to work at an early age to earn money

  D. she got up early to stop the person from running away