A 24-year-old Los Angeles man was taken to a hospital and then to county prison after leading police on a one-hour freeway chase （追赶） in a stolen SUV. The chase  1   in downtown Los Angeles in front of the Spring Hotel. Most of the chase was  2   , except for an empty   3    of wine that the driver threw at one police vehicle.

When the driver got into downtown,  4    started to happen. He ran over a fire hydrant（水龙头）. The water poured out of the hydrant,  5    all the books in several carts （手推车） that a seller had put outside to   6    customers into his bookstore. The driver   7    turned west onto Grand Avenue and managed to knock into three   8    cars on one side of that street and two cars on the other side. The driver also tried to run over   9   , who was standing in the   10    ordering him to stop.

Turning north, the driver caused a bus to hit its   11   to avoid a crash. The bus was empty, and the bus driver was uninjured．  12   , two police cars that were chasing the SUV   13    different directions were not so   14   . One of them ran into the front of the bus, and the other into the back.  15    the drivers had braked early enough, the damage to their cars was   16   . Both officers continued the chase.

They only went two   17    north to find that the SUV had come to a full stop because it had   8    into a newspaper stand in front of the Spring Hotel. The driver   19    heavily behind the steering wheel（方向盘）. The police   20   the driver with failure to give in to a police officer.

1．A．began                   B．happened             C．ended                  D．resulted

2．A．pleasant                B．common              C．surprising            D．unusual

3．A．tank                      B．box                     C．case                    D．bottle

4．A．things                  B．objects                C．fights                  D．kills

5．A．ruining                 B．separating            C．softening             D．boring

6．A．please                   B．attract                 C．fill                      D．admit

7．A．slowly                  B．carefully              C．hurriedly             D．suddenly

8．A．hidden                  B．broken                C．passing               D．parked

9．A．another driver        B．a passer-by          C．the seller             D．a police officer

10．A．crosswalk           B．police box            C．shop nearby         D．police vehicle

11．A．lights                   B．brakes                 C．engines               D．wheels

12．A．Besides               B．Instead                C．However             D．Therefore

13．A．from                  B．into                     C．under                  D．toward

14．A．proud                  B．lucky                  C．regretful              D．sorry

15．A．Before                 B．Although             C．Because              D．When

16．A．effective              B．serious                C．normal                D．slight

17．A．steps                   B．shops                  C．meters                D．blocks

18．A．rushed                B．entered                C．came                  D．backed

19．A．flew                    B．fell                      C．flowed                D．fled

20．A．provided              B．impressed            C．charged               D．marked

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Life is like potato salad; when it’s shared it becomes a picnic.

When my three children were young, my husband, Roy, and I were very .

 “Can we go on a picnic, Mom?” my six-year-old daughter, Becky   . “Please.”

I had said no so many times in the  months, and I decided the usual Saturday morning chores (日常工作) could wait. To her , I agreed.

I prepared a few sandwiches and a cooler with ice and drinks and called Roy

. My eleven-year-old twin sons put the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some time together as a family.

About the time I got the lunch out on the table, Roy arrived on the .

That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. The meal was filled with

. We felt a closeness that had been hidden by work and school for so many months. Roy and the boys rocks into the lake. Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly on the picnic table, God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.

That night as our went to bed, I kissed their cheeks and realized what a wonderful life I had.

As I walked out of the room it dawned on me that even the busiest could become a picnic when it’s shared with the ones you .

Even though the kids have now grown up and from home, I can still remember how I felt that day while sitting at the picnic table.

Maybe today would be a good time to potato salad, call all of my grown kids, feed some hungry     and skipped a few rocks into the lake. Since life is like potato salad, let’s make it a .

A. old                     B. poor                     C. busy                     D. miserable

A. begged          B. asked                       C. doubted                    D. wondered

A. coming                  B. recent                      C. following                 D. later

A. doubt                    B. disappointment         C. sadness                     D. surprise

A. supplied         B. provided               C. combined                 D. filled

A. off work         B. at home                    C. at work                    D. on business

A. unhappy         B. quality                            C. quantity                   D. sad

A. spread                   B. taken                       C. made                    D. cooked

A. scene                     B. view                        C. event                 D. landscape

A. sadness                B. expectation               C. hope                     D. laughter

A. orders               B. charges                    C. activity                    D. responsibilities

A. missed                 B. took                   C. skipped                    D. left

A. praying              B. praising                    C. thanking                   D. trusting

A. family                B. children                   C. friends                 D. parents

A. lifestyle              B. time                      C. world                   D. family

A. enjoy                   B. own                      C. have                        D. love

A. left alone             B. passed away              C. ran away                  D. moved away

A. supply                 B. cook                       C. watch                       D. plant

A. ducks                  B. children                   C. family                  D. people

A. salad             B. life                       C. picnic                D. hope