17．---I ran into        back of       truck yesterday and damaged my car badly．
---I suppose you were driving too fast．（　　）

A．

the； the

B．

a； a

C．

the； a

D．

a； the

16．There will be a twenty-minute break during the performance，______ people can go to the restroom or buy some snacks．（　　）

A．

that

B．

where

C．

when

D．

which

15．I was on the escalator．There was an old man．He was about five or six people ahead of me．People behind him were all in a hurry and saw him as an obstacle（障碍）．This man was well aware of the challenge．He tried desperately to step aside．
I'll admit it．Sometimes when walking or driving behind an older person I've gotten impatient and upset．
"I'm sorry．Please forgive me!I don't mean to hold you up．"the old man said as he struggled to get off the escalator．
I suddenly saw this in a whole new light．I felt sorry for him．I felt sick to my stomach because this man was apologizing to everyone，when we should have been helping him and calming his fears．
One by one，people zipped around him．By the time I got to him，I asked，"My friend，can I help you with those things？"
Hesitant at first，he finally said，"Well，yes，thank you!"
I placed my hand under his left arm and walked with him a safe distance away from the rush of people．
"So what are you shopping for，sir？"
"0h，just a little something for my neighbor．She's a young mother raising kids on her own．She's always so nice to me．I bought a box of candy for Mother'S Day …"he said，stopping suddenly as he searched his inside pocket of his sport coat．"Do you need something？"I asked．
"Oh，no．Here．I think I have it right here．I always carry them with me．"he said．
Then he took out some business cards and handed me one which read："John A．Pomicter Friend to all，_______．
I said a prayer today and you were the answer．Thank you!"
"That's for you．"he said，"Thanks for stopping to help an old man．"
"My friend，you helped me．I discovered that I was unhappy with the world and I was part of the problem．Now I'll be part of the solution．No more with me!"

56．Why did the old man ask for forgiveness？D
A．People behind him were in a hurry．
B．He was too old to make his way easily．
C．He made the author get impatient and upset．
D．He thought he might be in the way as an obstacle to hold rushing walkers up．
57．What made the author feel sorry for the old man？B
A．Nobody else gave hand to the old man who really needed help．
B．It was the old man who should have been calmed，but kept making an apology to everyone．
C．The old man who did something for a young mother should get help．
D．It was not easy for the old man to get off the escalator．
58．Which can most properly follow the underlined words"Friend to all"to make senseC
A．don't be troublesome     B．ready to help
C．enemy to no one           D．be kind，please
59．In the text，the author tells us one of his experiences mainly to let us learn："A"
A．we should be positive to solve the problem ourselves
B．don't be unhappy with the things and persons that bother you
C．try not be a trouble maker
D．think about ourselves-we will have the day when we are old．

14．A small plane crashed into a hillside five miles east of the city，_______ all four people on board．（　　）

A．

killed

B．

to kill

C．

kills

D．

killing

13．Some people seem easy to understand：their character appears obvious on first meeting．Appearances，however，can be deceptive．For thirty years now I have been studying my fellowmen．I don't know very much about them．I shrug my shoulders when people tell me that their first impressions of a person are always right．I think they must have small insight or great vanity．For my own part I find that the longer I know people，the more they puzzle me．
I read in this morning's paper that Edward Hyde Burton had died．He was a merchant and he had been in business in Japan for many years．Once he gave me a great surprise．Unless I had heard the story from his own lips，I'd never have velieved that he was capable of such an action．He was always neatly and quietly dressed in accordance with his age and position．He didn't talk much，but what he said was sensible．Tou couldn't imagine he'd possible raise his voice in anger．Here was a man who attracted you because you felt in him a real love for his fellows．He'd tell with point a good and spicy story，and in his youth he'd been something of an athete．He was a rich man and he'd made every penny himself．I suppose one thing that made you like him was that he was so weak； he arounsed your instinets（本能）of protection．You felt he couldn't bear to hurt a fly．
    One afternoon Burton told me a"funny"story in a quiet，dry humour：
"There was a namesake（同名人）of mine，who was the best bridge player I ever met．He  seemed to  have a fantastic instinct about the cards．I used to play with him a lot．"
"He was handsome in a way with curly hair and pink-and-white cleeks．Women thought a lot of him．There was no harm in him，he was only wild．Pf course he drank too much．He won a good deal of my money by card-playing．"
"One day he came to me when he went broke．He came to see me in my office and asked me for a job．I asked him how old he was．
"'Thirty-five'，he said．"
"'And what have you been doing hitherto？'I asked him．
"'Well，nothing very much，'he said．
"'I'm afraid I can't do anything for you just yet，'I said．'Come back and see me in another thirty-five years，and I'll see what I can do．'
"He didn't move．He went rather pale．He hesitated for a moment and then he told me that he had had bad luck at cards for some time．He hadn't been willing to stick to bridge，he'd been playing poker，and he'd got trimmed．He hadn't a penny．He'd pawned everything he had．He couldn't pay his hotel bill and they wouldn't give him any more credit．He was down and out．If he couldn't get something to do he'd have to commit suicide．
"I looked at him for a bit．I could see now that he was all to pieces．He'd been drinking more than usual and he looked fifty．The girls wouldn't have thought so much of him if they'd seen him then．
"I got some glimmering of what he was driving at．I've known too many men who were little tin gods at their university．
"Suddenly I had an idea．"Pausing in his story，Burton turned to me．"When I was young I swam over three miles round the beacon（灯塔）and landed at the river of Tarumi．It's rather difficult on account of the currents round the beacon．Well，I told my young fellow about it and I said that if he'd do it I'd give him a job．
"I could see he was rather taken aback．He was not in good condition for sports．He looked at me for a moment and then he nodded．"
"I told him I'd drive round to the river at half past twelve and meet him．
"Done，"he said．
"I wished him good luck and he left me．I had a lot of work to do that morning and I only just managed to the creek at Tarumi at half past twelve．But I needn't have hurried；he never turned up．
"Did he funk it at the last moment？"I asked．
"No，he didn't funk it．He started all right．But of course he'd ruined his constitution by drink．The currents round the beacon were more than he could manage．We didn't get the body for about three days
I didn't say anything for a moment or two．I was a trifle shocked．Then I asked．
"When you made him that offer of a job，did you know he'd be drowned？'
    He looked at me with his kind blue eyes，smiling．"Well，I hadn't got a vacancy in my office at the moment．"

55．The author believesC．
A．some people are too easy to understand
B．appearance is just opposite to the quality
C．first impressions can be misleading
D．his fellowmen are not understandable
56．For some time，Edward Burton impressed the author most with hisD．
A．age and position                                  
B．wealth and ability
C．sensibility and humor           
D．kindness and weakness
57．The underlined words"he was all to pieces"may meanB．
A．he was mad and wild             
B．he was completely down
C．he was sick and dirty           
D．he was totally drunk
58．We can infer from Burton's story that his namesakesA．
A．never saw through his trick     
B．annoyed him by playing cards
C．could not do any job well       
D．intended to cheat him with a lie
59．We learned from the story that Edward BurtonB．
A．knew the young man would kill himself
B．arranged the end of his namesake's life
C．did much for the poor fellowman
D．killed his card-friend by mistake
60．Edward Burton could be described as a（n）Dperson．
A．innocent      
B．smart         
C．careless      
D．evil．

12．The Australian boy has a good ______ of Chinese and can express himself freely in it．（　　）

A．

power

B．

command

C．

demand

D．

usage

11．The famous coach has guided at least ten runners，but it is a shame that ______ qualified for the final in the national sports meet．（　　）

A．

nobody

B．

little

C．

neither

D．

none

10．I am currently on my year abroad in Germany as part of my high school course．From the beginning of my time here，I've had the chance to meet new people and make lots of new friends．As a girl，I have been open and friendly and have made some great friends in this country．Friends are so important to me that I can't imagine a life without them．
Next week my best friend is moving to Spain with his parents．He doesn't want to leave but has to．All his friends，especially me，don't want him to leave and I feel so bad inside．I just can't stop myself from feeling this way．
We have to say goodbye no matter how we feel，and my group of friends and I will have a farewell party for him．We've made him an album with photos and memories of his time here so that he could take it with him and wouldn't forget us!We wish that he would have a wonderful time and make lots of new friends after settling into his new home．
1、以约30词概括上文的主要内容；
2、以约120词讲述一次"你与好朋友离别"的经历，内容包括：
（1）你与好友为何离别？
（2）离别时的情景；
（3）你如何看待朋友间的离别？
1、作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直
2、作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称．

9．It was fifteen past nine as Marie hurried into the office building where she was going to work．Her bus had inched along through heavy miming traffic，making her a few minutes late for her very first job．She decided to start out half an hour earlier the next day．
Once inside the lobby，she had to stand at the elevators and wait several minutes before she could get on one going to the sixth floor．When she finally reached the office marked"Smith Enterprises"，she knocked at the door nervously and waited．There was no reply．She tapped on the door again，but still there was no answer．From inside the next office，she could hear the sound of voices，so she opened the door and went in．
Although she was sure it was the same office she had been in two weeks before when she had the interview with Mr．Smith，it iooked quite different now．In fact，．t hardly looked like an office at all．The employees were just standing around chatting and smoking．In the front of the room，somebody must have just told a good joke，she thought，because there was a loud burst of laughter as she came in．For a moment she had thought they were laughing at her．
Then one of the men looked at his watch，clapped his hands and said something to the ottxers．Quickly they all went to their desks and，in a matter of seconds，everyone was hard at work．No one paid any attention to Marie．Finally she went up to the man who was sitting at the desk nearest to the door and explained that this was her first day in the office．Hardly looking up from his work，he told her to have a seat and wait for Mr．Smith，who would arrive at any moment．then Marie realized that the day's work in the office began just before Mr．Smith arrived．Later she found out that he lived in Connecticut and came into Manhattan on the same train every morning，arriving in the office at 9：35，so that his staff knew exactly when to start working．

56．Marie could hardly recognize the office she went into asD．
A．she had been there only once  B．Mr．Smith was not m the office
C．nobody was doing any work D．the office seemed different
57．The peopling the office suddenly started working becauseB．
A．their morning break was ended     B．the boss was about to arrive
C．they saw a stranger in the office   D．no one wanted to talk to Marie
58．We can infer from the text that the employees of the enterpriseC．
A．were cold to newcomers
B．were always punctual for work
C．lacked devotion to the company
D．would'start their work by listening to a joke
59．The best title for this text would beA．
A．Punctual Like A Clock        B．A Cold Welcome
C．An Unpunctual Manager          D．Better Late Than Never．

8．advances（　　）

A．

makes

B．

encourages

C．

argues

D．

behaves