The desk is about              ．

A．1.2 meter long    B．long 1.2 meter  C 1.2 meters long   D．1ong 1.2 meters

A．In the long jump, John and Brown jump the same

B．John runs faster than Brown

C．Jack runs faster than Mike

Damin does not require nets or a fishing rod to catch fish．That    1    for him by his twelve cormorants．Cormorants are large，black birds，about a meter long．Their large feet are used to push them  2   through the water．They can dive down25 metres and stay   3   water for up to two minutes．

    A fishing trip often begins in the late afternoon．Damin    4    on his bamboo raft with his birds．When he reaches the right place，he stops．A piece of grass is tied around the neck of each bird   5   it cannot swallow the fish．Then Damin pushes the birds into the water and jumps up and down and bangs the water with his pole．The fish are frightened by this．The cormorants swim down and catch the fish．and bring   6    back to the raft．The fish are then removed from the birds’ mouths by the fisherman and thrown into a big basket．Later，some of the fish are sold，and the rest   7   between Damin's family and the cormorants．

1．A．will do            B．has done              C．is done                 D．was done

2．A．easily                    B．straight                C．soon                    D．quickly

3．A．under                    B．on                       C．in                         D．at

4．A．send out                B．sets off                C．goes out              D．leaves off

5．A．but                        B．and                      C．that                      D．so that

6．A．it                          B．them                    C．him                      D．themselves

7．A．is going to divide                                       B．are going to divide

    C．is divided                                                D．are divided

Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived there, I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.
After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.
When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”
“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.
“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”
I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器).
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a special building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
In the early morning, she suddenly said,” I’m tired. Let’s go now.”
We drove in silence to the address she had given me.
“How much do I pay you?” she asked.
“Nothing.” I said.
“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.
Almost without thinking, I gave her a hug(拥抱). She held on me and said, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”
【小题1】The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ______.