18．Baltimore，Maryland September，16th，2014 Dear Editor Can't your newspaper do something about the habit of hitchhiking？ On a recent car trip．I counted at least 50people standing beside the road，asking for rides．Many of them were young girls． Don't they understand how dangerous it is to get into a car driven by a stranger？What do they knowabout the driver's character or ability to drive？Nothing． Many ofthe young hitchhikers probably come from good families．Don't their parents teachthem anything about the world？I always teach my children not to talk to strangers．I never allow them to accept rides from people they didn't know． Isn't there enough crime（犯罪）today without asking for trouble by hitchhiking？ A Worried Grandfather
53．The word"hitchhiking"meansCin Paragraph One． A．to stand by the roadside waiting for a bus B．to drive on the road in a dangerous way C．to travel by getting rides onother people's car D．to get to know strangers beside the road 54．The Worried Grandfather．B A．doesn't like young girls who ask for a ride B．thinks it dangerous for a young Girl to hitchhike C．doesn't like the way some young drivers drive cars D．never allows his children to get into other people's car 55．According to the Worried Grandfather，people who often hitchhike．D A．have never received good education B．don't know good manners C．will probably get into trouble D．all come from very good families 56．The aim of the Worried Grandfather writing the letter to the editor is．A A．to tell the newspaper to warn its readers of the danger of hitchhiking B．to tell the family not to allow their young children to talk to strangers C．to tell young girls never to go on a long journey without parents D．to tell young people to listen to their parents when going on a trip 57．The Worried Grandfather might he a person．C A．who thinks it dangerous for girls to stand beside the road B．who has ever been kidnapped（绑架）by hitchhikers C．who has seen much of the world and is very careful D．who dislikes other people to get rides on his car．
19．On a sunny day，Mother Hen is playing with her chickens on the grass．Later，they are hungry，so Mother Hen takes her children out to look for food．She finds a few grains of wheat（几粒麦子）．So she asks her children to plant them in the garden．But none of her children wants to do it．Mother Hen has to do it herself． A few months later，they get a lot of wheat．She asks her children，"Who would like to take wheat to the shop and get some flour？"But her children don't want to do it．So she takes the wheat to the shop and brings the flour home． After getting home，she asks"Who will make some bread with the flour？"They all say，"I'm not free"．When she makes the bread，she says to her chickens，"Who wants to eat the bread？""I will，"they all say．"No，you can't．You don't want to do anything before I make the bread．You must know‘No pain，no gain．'"She doesn't give any bread to her children．
51．Why do Mother Hen and her children want to look for food？D A．Because they have nothing to do． B．Because Mother Hen doesn't want her children to work． C．Because they want to play out． D．Because they are hungry． 52．A take（s） the wheat to the shop． A．Mother Hen B．The chickens C．Mother Hen and her chickens D．One of Mother Hen's children 53．The underlined （划线） word"flour"means"C"in Chinese． A．饲料 B．大豆 C．面粉 D．玉米 54．Why doesn't Mother Hen give any bread to her children？D A．Because they aren't at home． B．Because she doesn't like them． C．Because they don't want to eat it D．Because they don't do anything． 55．What's the best title （标题） for the passage？B A．The bread B．No pain，no gain C．The wheat C．Mother Hen．
16．Everyone has a family name．In China，the family name is the first name，but in English countries（国家）the family name is the last name．Do you know how English people get their family names？And what do they mean（意味着）？English people usually get their family name in these ways （方式）． Some family names come from the places（地方）of their homes．A man live（住）on or near a hill，his family name may be （可能是） Hill．In England（英国），people's names may be Wood，Lake because they live near the wood or the lake． Some family names come from a person's job（职业）．If a man is a cook，his family name may be Cook． And many people get their family names from their father's family names．If you hear（听到） the name"Jackson"，you can know that he is the son of Jack．
72．In the passage，English people usually haveBways to get their family names． A．two B．three C．four D．five 73．Jack's family name is Cook．His family name may come from theC． A．place B．color C．job D．country 74．A boy's family name is Jackson because he isD． A．Jack's father B．Jack's best friend C．the grandfather of Jack D．the son of Jack 75．The passage mainly talks about（这篇文章主要谈论）Ain English countries． A．family names B．English people C．hills and lakes D．jobs and homes．
