Mr. King works in a shop and drives a car for the manager. He drives carefully and can keep calm when   16  danger. And he escaped from several accidents. The manager   17  him more and the traffic policemen often speaks highly of him.
Mr. Baker，one of his friends，works in a factory outside the city. It’s far from his house and he has to go to work by bus. As the street is   18  in the morning, sometimes he’s late for the work. His manager warns the young man that he will be sent away   19  he gets to his office on time. He hopes to buy a car，but he hasn’t enough   20 . He decides to buy an old one. One day, he went to the second-hand market and at last he chose a beautiful but cheap car. He said he wanted to try the car，the seller agreed. He   21  Mr King and asked him to help him at once.
Mr. King examined(检查) the car and then drove it away. It was early in the morning and there were few cars in the street. At first he drove slowly and it   22  well. Then he drove fast. And when he reached a crossing，the lights turned   23 . He tried to stop it， but he failed and   24  hit an old woman who was crossing the street. A policeman told him to stop，but the car went on until it hit a big tree by the road.
“Didn’t you hear me？” the policeman asked angrily.
　　“Yes, I did，sir,” said Mr King，“   25  it doesn’t listen to me，can it obey（听从）you？”

Mr. King works in a shop and drives a car for the manager. He drives carefully and can keep calm when   16   danger. And he escaped from several accidents. The manager   17   him more and the traffic policemen often speaks highly of him.

Mr. Baker，one of his friends，works in a factory outside the city. It’s far from his house and he has to go to work by bus. As the street is   18   in the morning, sometimes he’s late for the work. His manager warns the young man that he will be sent away   19   he gets to his office on time. He hopes to buy a car，but he hasn’t enough   20  . He decides to buy an old one. One day, he went to the second-hand market and at last he chose a beautiful but cheap car. He said he wanted to try the car，the seller agreed. He   21   Mr King and asked him to help him at once.

Mr. King examined(检查) the car and then drove it away. It was early in the morning and there were few cars in the street. At first he drove slowly and it   22   well. Then he drove fast. And when he reached a crossing，the lights turned   23  . He tried to stop it， but he failed and   24   hit an old woman who was crossing the street. A policeman told him to stop，but the car went on until it hit a big tree by the road.

“Didn’t you hear me？” the policeman asked angrily.

　　“Yes, I did，sir,” said Mr King，“   25   it doesn’t listen to me，can it obey（听从）you？”

1.A. looking        B. reaching     C. facing           D. getting

2.A. gives              B. pays         C. needs        D. believes

3.A. crowded        B. quiet        C. empty        D. full

4.A. until          B. unless           C. when         D. if

5.A. time           B. experience  C. friends          D. money

6.A. called         B. found        C. visited          D. invited

7.A. looked         B. traveled         C. seemed       D. worked

8.A. red                B. green            C. up               D. out

9.A. hardly         B. heavily          C. nearly           D. mostly

10.A. Although     B. Since            C. While        D. For

When Mr. Smith retired(退休), he bought a small  21  in a village near the sea. He   22  it and hoped to live a quiet life in this house.

         But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most   23   building in the village. From morning to night there were  24   outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and  25  of them even went into Mr. Smith’s garden. This was too much for Mr. Smith. He decided to ask the visitors to  26  . So he put a notice on the window. The notice said, “If you want  27  your curiosity(好奇心)，come in and look round. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr. Smith was sure that the visitors would   28  coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. Smith had to  29  every day showing them around his house.“I came here to relax not to work   30  a guide（导游）,”he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.

1.A. garden              B. shop                       C. house                     D. school

2.A. liked                   B. hated                     C. sold                         D. built

3.A. big                      B. interesting            C. small                      D. clean

4.A. children             B. students                C. parents                  D. tourists

5.A. no                       B. none                       C. many                      D. much

6.A. come                 B. leave                      C. stay                        D. play

7.A. to satisfy B. satisfy                    C. to satisfying         D. satisfying

8.A. go on                 B. stop                        C. like               D. not

9.A. take          B. cost                        C. spend                     D. pay

10.A. as                 B.of                   C. in                            D. For

When Mr. Smith retired(退休), he bought a small 21 in a village near the sea. He 　22 it and hoped to live a quiet life in this house.

　　　 But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most 　23　 building in the village. From morning to night there were 24　 outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and 25 of them even went into Mr. Smith’s garden. This was too much for Mr. Smith. He decided to ask the visitors to 26 . So he put a notice on the window. The notice said, “If you want 27 your curiosity(好奇心)，come in and look round. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr. Smith was sure that the visitors would 　28 coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. Smith had to 29 every day showing them around his house.“I came here to relax not to work 　30 a guide（导游）,”he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.

　　　 21A. garden　　　　　 B. shop　　　　　　　　 C. house　　　　　　　 D. school

　　　 22A. liked　　　　　　 B. hated　　　　　　　　 C. sold　　　　　　　　 D. built

　　　 23 A. big　　　　　　　 B. interesting　　　　 C. small　　　　　　　　 D. clean

　　　 24 A. children　　　 B. students　　　　　 C. parents　　　　　　 D. tourists

　　　 25 A. no　　　　　　　 B. none　　　　　　　　 C. many　　　　　　　 D. much

　　　 26A. come　　　　　　 B. leave　　　　　　　　 C. stay　　　　　　　　 D. play

　　　 27 A. to satisfy　　　 B. satisfy　　　　　　　 C. to satisfying　　　 D. satisfying

28A. go on　　　　　 B. stop　　　　　　　　 C. like　　 　　　 D. not

29 A. take　　　　　　 B. cost　　　　　　　　 C. spend　　　　　　　 D. pay

　　　 30 A. as 　　　　　　 B.of　　　 　　　 C. in 　　　　　　　　　 D. for