20．Marie and Michael had been dating for some time，and felt fortunate that even though they had different jobs，they were able to talk with each other through their work almost every day．Michael is a police officer，and Marie is a"911"dispatcher（调度员），both working for the same police department．
One day，Marie received a call from Michael who said he was out on the road in his patrol car．
"Marie，would you do me a favor？"
"Sure，"Marie answered，happy to have an excuse to talk to him．
"Could you check a license plate for me？I need to see if this guy has any unpaid warrants（罚单）．"Michael explained．
"Okay，spell it for me．"
Michael phonetically spelled out the license plate，using code names，as all police officers do，so Marie would be sure to get the right letter：
William Ida Lincoln Lincoln
Young Ocean Union
Mary Adam Robert Robert Young
Mary Edward
As she did hundreds of times a day，Marie wrote down the letters on a piece of paper，typed them into her computer，and started to run the license check．At first，she was puzzled．This license plate number was too long，even for a personalized plate．Her coworkers，who were in on Michael's"plan"，finally had to say，"Marie，what do those letters spell？"
This time，Marie read just the first letters of each word out loud：W-I-L-L Y-O-U M-A-R-R-Y M-E？
With a cry of joy，Marie was all smiles as she got back on the phone to Michael，who was obviously not following any imaginary"driver"with the fictitious plates but was anxiously waiting in his patrol car for her response．
"Michael，are you there？"Marie began．"Yes，Marie？"he responded，his voice cracking a bit with nervousness．
"My answer is：yes!"
There was no"copping out"（回避） on this   proposal!

56．Michael asked Marie to check a license plate for him becauseB．
A．he was too busy to check out the identity of the driver himself
B．he wanted to ask her to marry him in this way
C．Michael needed the information urgently
D．Michael didn't have access to a computer at that time
57．According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE？A
A．Marie didn't find the meaning of the letters at first．
B．Michael had difficulty in finding the owner of the license plate．
C．Marie's co-workers intended to play a joke on her．
D．Michael was asking Marie for help．
58．We can learn from the passageD．
A．Marie found the owner of the plate with the help of her coworkers
B．Michael was following a suspicious driver that day
C．Marie was not good at license check
D．Marie understood Michael's intention at last
59．The underlined word"proposal"in the last paragraph probably meansB．
A．suggestion  B．marriage offer   C．plan   D．purpose．

19．Nowadays，most of us live a busy life．What do you do to keep yourself relaxed？Besides spending time with family，having a glass of wine with friends or reading a book，how about a hobby？
   Personally，I'm a collector．I like blue and white pieces the best---blue and white anything﹗Plates，jars，vases，cups，bowls---I love them all．Collecting items is like something you can't get enough of．You get one，and you want to have more．
   I find collecting to be a fun and inspirational hobby．In many ways，it's like a puzzle I'm never tired of solving．I look high and low for new pieces to add to my collection．I can often be found visiting Marshell's，looking over their inexpensive offerings．In fact，I found one of my favorite pieces there．
   I've mixed inexpensive pieces from Marshell's with more expensive finds．A lot of times，it's the piece I'm not looking for that falls into my lap； I find a way to make it part of my blue and white family．What I love about my collection is that when I get inspired，I can move them around the house，mix and match and make things look fresh and new．
Ever since I was a little girl，blue has been my favorite color．I think I got it from my aunt in Mexico．Some of my earliest memories are visiting her in Mexico and sitting on a chair in her kitchen，which had blue and white tiles（瓷砖）from the floor to the ceiling．I would spend countless hours admiring all the beautiful blue and white plates and shiny blue tiles around her kitchen．Once I had a home，I began to build my own blue and white collection．
54．We can infer that in the writer's opinion，A．
A．having a hobby can help us relax
B．reading a book alone is really boring
C．keeping a hobby is not easy for most of people
D．having a glass of wine with friends is not a good idea
55．What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 probably mean？D
A．Collecting things requires a lot of money．
B．People always want less than they need．
C．People may not know what they want to collect．
D．Once you start collecting things，it's hard to stop．
56．If something falls into your lap，it means youC．
A．have been looking for it            
B．don't know what it is
C．get it unexpectedly                
D．like it very much
57．What's the last paragraph mainly about？B
A．When the writer started collecting things．
B．When the writer started liking blue things．
C．What kind of thing the writer collected first．
D．Why the writer liked her aunt's things so much．

18．Popeye the Sailor first became a popular cartoon in the 1930s．The sailor in that cartoon ate lots of spinach to make him strong．People watched him，and they began to buy and eat a lot more spinach．Popeye helped sell 33 percent more spinach than before!Spinach became a necessary part of many people's diets．Even some children who hated the taste began to eat the vegetable．
Many people thought that the iron in spinach made Popeye strong，but this is not true．Spinach does not have any more iron than any other green vegetable．
People only thought spinach had a lot of iron because the people who studied the food made a mistake．In the 1890s，a group of people studied what was inside vegetables．This group said that spinach had ten times more iron than it did．The group wrote the number wrong，and everyone accepted it．
Today，we know that the little iron that is in spinach cannot make a difference in how strong a person is．However，spinach does have something else which the body needs-folic acid．
It is interesting to point out that folic acid can help make a person strong．Maybe it was really the folic acid that made Popeye strong all along．
50．A good title for this reading passage isB．
A．Popeye the Sailor                
B．The Truth About Spinach
C．A Mistake with Numbers            
D．Folic Acid Makes You Strong
51．Why did many people eat spinach after they saw Popeye the Sailor？A
A．They thought spinach made them strong．
B．They thought Popeye was funny．
C．Spinach had a lot of iron．
D．People liked folic acid．
52．A research group told people that spinachD．
A．made Popeye strong              
B．was a green vegetable
C．had less iron than other green vegetables
D．had more iron than other green vegetables
53．The reading passage says that perhaps Popeye got his strength fromB．
A．iron          
B．folic acid      
C．spinach     
D．exercise．

17．We forgave his bad temper because we knew that his son's illness had put him  under greatstress．

16．There is a naturalphenomenon that scientists call the"greenhouse effect"．

15．If you're not satisfied with the car，you canexchange it for another．

14．Theaverage of 4，5and 9is 6．

13．Doing sports is beneficial to our healthmentally and physically．

12．Everyone was surprised that a 3-year-old Chinese boy could speak English so fluently．

11．For the health of people，smoking in the public places has been banned in China since 2011．