The great lightening and the t______________ made the little girl cry loudly and seek protection from her mother.

It is easy to know a person by his appearance. However, it’s difficult to know his t_____________.

The United States is full of cars. There are still many families without cars, but some families have two or more. However, cars are used for more than pleasure. They are a necessary part of life.

Cars are used for business. They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city, they have to drive in order to carry their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get supplies.

Sometimes small children must be driven to school. In some cities school buses are used only when children live more than a mile away from the school. When the children are too young to walk too far, their mothers take turns driving them to school. One mother drives on Mondays taking her own children and the neighbors' as well. Another mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesday, and so on. This is called forming a car pool. Men also form car pools, with three or four men taking turns driving to the place where they all work.

More car pools should be formed in order to put fewer cars on the road and use less gas. Too many cars are being driven. Something will have to be done about the use of cars.

51. The United States is filled with cars, but             .

       A. not every family has a car                             B. few families have two cars or even more

       C. every American has a car                              D. every family has a car

52. What's the main idea of the second paragraph?

       A. Workers drive cars to offices and factories   B. Salesmen drive to carry their products.

       C. Farmers drive into cities to get supplies.       D. Cars are widely used.

53. Which statement is true according to the third paragraph?

       A. Small children are driven to school. 

B. All children go to school by bus in some cities.

       C. Mothers drive their children who can't walk to school. 

 D. School buses pick up all children.

54. Mothers form car pools in order that             .

       A. they can drive to school   

B. they can take turns driving their children to school

       C. they reach school quickly  

D. they can drive their children to school in time

55. The traffic in and around cities is a great problem because              .

       A. too many cars are being driven                      B. there are too many car pools

       C. people put fewer cars on the roads                 D. there is less gas

    Henry found work in a bookstore after he finished middle school. He wouldn’t do anything but wanted to get rich. Mr King thought he was too lazy and was going to send him away. Henry was afraid and had to work hard.

    It was a cold morning. It was snowing and there was thin ice on the streets. Few people went to buy the books and the young man had nothing to do. He hated to read, so he watched the traffic. Suddenly he saw a bag fall off a truck and it landed by the other side of the street.

    “It must be full of expensive things, ”Henry said to himself. “I have to get it, or others will take it away. ”

    He went out of the shop and ran across the street. A driver saw him and began to whistle（鸣笛）, but he didn’t hear it and went on running. The man drove aside, hit a big tree and was hurt in the accident. Two weeks later Henry was taken to court（法庭）. A judge asked if he heard the whistle when he was running across the street. He said that something was wrong with his ears and he could hear nothing.

    “But you’ve heard me this time.”said the judge.

    “Oh, I’m sorry. Now I can hear with one ear.”

    “Cover the ear with your hand and listen to me with your deaf（聋的）one. Well, can you hear me? ”

    “No, I can’t. sir. ”

  46. What was Mr. King?

    A. a driver                    B. a doctor          C. a policeman                D. a shopkeeper

  47. Why did Mr. King want to send Henry away?

    A. Because Henry was too lazy.

    B. Because Henry hoped to be rich.

    C. Because Henry finished middle school.

    D. Because Henry sold few books.

  48. The driver was afraid to _______, so he drove aside.

    A. hit Henry                 B. hurt himself        C. fall behind               D. lose the bag

  49. What does the underlined word“judge”mean in Chinese?

    A. 裁判                    B. 律师             C. 法官                    D. 原告

  50. Why did Henry say that he was deaf?

    A. He wanted to have a joke with the judge.

    B. He wanted to get the judge’s help

    C. He wanted to find another piece of work

    D. He didn’t want to pay for the accident.

Anne Frank was born in Germany in 1929. As her family was Jewish, her father found that it was hard for them to continue to live in Germany when the Nazis（纳粹）, who 26____ the Jews very much, came into power in 1933. So they 27____ to Amsterdam, Netherlands when Anne was only four years old. In May, 1940, the Germans occupied（占领） Netherlands and the Jews there were 28_____ to work in certain places. On June 12, 1942, Anne Frank’s parents gave her a small red-and-white-plaid diary 29____ her thirteenth birthday present and on July 6, 1942, her family had to go into hiding. Though they could take very few things with them, Anne brought her diary to her new home, which she called “Secret Annex.” For two years when Anne lived in the Annex, she 30_____ down her thoughts and feelings in her diary. 31_____ of putting down series of facts  32_____ most people do, she wrote about her life with the seven other people in hiding, as 33____ as the war going on around her and her hopes 34____ the future. She 35____ her diary her best friend and talked to it about whatever she wanted to. But unfortunately, on August 4, 1944, the Nazis raided（轰炸） the Secret Annex and Anne was arrested（逮捕） and sent to a concentration camp（集中营）, 36____ she died in March, 1945. Through thick and thin, Anne’s father got her dairy 37_____ in June, 1947 by Contact Publishers, a Dutch firm. Today Anne’s Dairy is available 38____ fifty-five languages and over 24 million copies have been sold.

 This page of diary was written on Thursday 15, June, 1944, in which she wrote about her strong love for nature, which she had hardly been able to see face to face since she began to 39____ from the Nazis. Afraid of being caught, she 40_____ go outdoors and had to stay indoors most of the time. On the night of June 15, she stayed awake 41____ until half past eleven just in order to take a good look at the moon for once by herself. She remembered another time five months ago when the dark rainy evening, the wind, the thundering clouds 42____ her entirely in their 43_____. She was so crazy about everything to 44____ with nature that she would like to 45_____  anything for her freedom, but...... 

 Good friends usually share the same interest and agree _____ most things but sometimes they also disagree _____ each other _____something 

   A. on; with; to         B. to; with; about      C. on; with; on        D. with; with; on

The hostess left the money on the table _____purpose to test the honesty of her maid.

 A. with               B. in                C. on                D. for

 It is thirty years since my father ______ in love with oil painting so that he is a famous painter now.

 A. was               B. fell               C. enjoyed            D. loved

People in ancient times ______ series of important events so that we now have what is called history.

 A. went down        B. kept down          C. set down          D. broke down