Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end with commercials thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window. "Buy Super Clean Toothpaste.” Drink Good Wet Root Beer.” Fill up with Pacific Gas.” Only if you sleep, which is equal to turning the television set off, are you spared the unending cry of "You Need It! Buy It Now!"

The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting, even if you’ve traveled that way before. Usually some things have changed new houses, new buildings, sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it’s fun to try to figure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly reckless （鲁莽的） or daring, the ride can be as thrilling （惊心动魄的） as a suspense story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the right or the left hand lane? After a while, of course, the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting. But you’ve got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops.

The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know it will soon be over and there’s a kind of expectation and excitement in that. The seat of course, has become harder as the hours have passed. By now you’ve sat with your legs crossed, with your hands in your lap, with your hands on the armrests even with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at no more ways to sit.

1.According to the passage, what do the passengers usually see when they are on a long bus trip?

A．Advertisements on the billboards.           B．Films on television.

C．Buses on the road.                      D．Gas stations.

2.What is the purpose of this passage?

A．To explain how bus trips and television shows differ.

B．To persuade you to take a long bus trip.

C．To give the writer’s opinion about long bus trips

D．To describe the billboards along the road.

3.The writer of this passage would probably favor         .

A．bus drivers who aren’t reckless           B．driving alone

C．no billboards along the road               D．a television set on the bus

4.The writer feels long bus rides are like TV shows because           .

A．they both have a beginning, a middle, and an end, with commercials in between

B．the commercials both on TV shows and on billboards along the road are fun

C．the drivers are always reckless on TV shows just as they are on buses

D．both traveling and watching TV are not exciting.

5.The writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are .

A．comfortable       B．exciting           C．tiring             D．boring

I grew up in a small town and the main entertainment was Friday night high school football. It was just a sleepy little town where parents wanted to raise their children away from crime and               of a big city, and where teenagers like me        leaving to find something bigger and better.

All that changed one summer night. My friend Lisa, Martin and Tyler held a party for my eighteenth birthday at Lisa’s house.       they kept handing alcohol to me I was pretty        . I asked Tyler to take me home. With some       , we made it out to his car and drove home. News came next morning. My friend Martin was       in a car accident. That night after Tyler and I left, Martin, who was       more drunk than me, got into his car and        towards the highway to go home. Driving on the wrong side of the road, he never saw the truck coming. The driver didn’t see him       to avoid the car. They hit head on. Martin died immediately, and the driver was thrown       the truck windshield（挡风玻璃）and died a week later.

Whenever I       back on that day, I can’t help thinking that it was my       to drink so much that night.        things would be different. I know Martin       the choice to drink and drive that night, but a part of me will always feel       for what happened.

I may not change the world with my story, but I do hope that by       my story I can make you       that you not only have a responsibility for yourself but also for others. Don’t ever think that your choices are yours       . Every choice is like a stone dropped into         water—each ripple (涟漪) represents someone who your choice       . That’s quite an influence, isn’t it?

1.A. death                           B. fashion                            C. danger                             D. challenge

2.A. succeeded in        B. dreamed of            C. applied for            D. agreed to

3.A. As                            B. While                                 C. When                               D. Although

4.A. lost                         B. drunk                       C. frozen                    D. sleepy

5.A. fun                          B. difficulty                           C. hope                                D. method

6.A. died                    B. injured                            C. killed                                D. hurt

7.A. constantly                   B. frequently                      C. clearly                             D. equally

8.A. headed                        B. walked                             C. pushed                            D. fled

9.A. in trouble                    B. in time                             C. in danger                        D. in place

10.A. above                        B. below                     C. into                                  D. through

11.A. turn                            B. hold                                 C. look                                  D. get

12.A. desire                        B. fault                                 C. right                                 D. chance

13.A. Thus                            B. Nevertheless                   C. Otherwise                        D. Therefore

14.A. faced                         B. avoided                           C. regretted                        D. made

15.A. responsible              B. disappointed                  C. sensitive                          D. embarrassed

16.A. remembering           B. sharing                            C. declaring                         D. stopping

17.A. explain                 B. escape                     C. limit                                  D. realize

18.A. alone                         B. finally                     C. merely                             D. perhaps

19.A. clean                          B. deep                                C. still                                   D. fresh

20.A. affects                       B. inspires                           C. attracts                            D. benefits

She ________ to catch the early train，but she didn’t get up in time.

A．intended                              B．was intended

C．had intended                          D．was intending