A few minutes before six o’clock, Mr. Smith began to leave. He was about to start the car when a gunman (持枪者)   36   up from the back seat. He  37   a gun to Mr. Smith’s head,“Drive me to Paris!” he shouted.

　　“All right”Mr. Smith answered. He started the engine (发动机), pulled away from the side of the street and   38   down. Being 81 years old, he knew he could not   39   the gunman. He knew he needed help. Where were the police? As he drove   40   each crossing, he looked up and down the side streets, hoping to meet a police car. But he could see    41    . “Just my luck,” he thought. “If I was   42   too fast, there would be a police car on every corner.”

　　   43    he pushed his foot down on the accelerator(加速器), and the car ran   44  faster. “What are you doing?” shouted the gunman. “Keeping off the police.” Mr. Smith answered. “I thought I saw a police car   45   there.”

　　He ran red lights, drove wrong on one-way streets. On the two-way streets, he drove on the wrong   46    of the road. Not one of the policemen saw him. Again Mr. Smith’s plan was not working. He had to try a    47     plan.

　　He    48   a corner and saw the police station in front. Then he drove his car as fast as he could towards the police gate. The car hit a police motorbike down and stopped. Mr. Smith shouted, “Help! Help!” Then he   49   back to grab the man’s gun. At the same time the policemen heard the   50   and quickly caught the gunman.

　　(    )36.   A. woke       B. sat       C. stood    D. jumped

　　(    )37.   A. brought     B. pointed   C. held     D. carried

　　(    )38.   A. drove       B. left      C. took     D. pushed

　　(    )39.   A. fight        B. lift       C. keep      D. hit

　　(    )40.   A. around    B. over       C. through     D. towards

　　(    )41.   A. somebody  B. anybody   C. everybody   D. nobody

　　(    )42.   A. driving    B. moving    C. getting      D. walking

　　(    )43.   A. Slowly    B. Suddenly   C. Quietly     D. Carefully

　　(    )44.   A. more     B. much      C. very        D. quite

　　(    )45.   A. front      B. near      C. below       D. back

　　(    )46.   A. street     B. way      C. side         D. corner

　　(    )47.   A. new      B. safe      C. hard         D. nice

　　(    )48.   A. found     B. turned     C. stopped at    D. arrived at

　　(    )49.   A. got       B. looked    C. turned       D .came

　　(    )50.   A.  sound    B. man     C. voice       D. noise

   

Hello, everyone! I am your guide（导游）today. First, I’d like to _36_   you something about London（伦敦）before we arrive. As you know, London is the capital（首都）of  37   .It is a very big 38   .The people are friendly and helpful, especially the policemen. They are always glad（乐意的） __39___ tell visitors about the city.

  London is a busy place. People _40__ in offices, banks, or for companies. They are in a hurry all the time.

  London is also a very beautiful city. It has __41__ of parks and gardens. When you ___42__ in London, you should visit the London Museum. It can tell you a lot of interesting __43__. You may also visit many ___44__ places, such as Big Ben, the River Thames and so on.

  Wish you have a good ___45___!

（　　）36. A. talk          B. say        C. tell         　D. speak

（　　）37. A. England      B. America    C. Australia     　D. Canada（加拿大）

（　　）38. A. village       B. city        C. town        　D. country

（　　）39. A. to           B. for         C. of            D. at

（　　）40. A.works        B.work        C.  working      D. to work

（　　）41. A. a lot         B. a lots       C. lot         　 D.much

（　　）42. A. were        B. was       　C. are           D.going to be

（　　）43. A. story        B. storys       C. stories         D.storyes

（　　）44. A.other        B. others      　C. the others      D. another

（　　）45. A. meal        B. time         C.  sleep       　D. rest

　　

阅读理解

　　I was very disappointed (失望) not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday. The notice in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box office in Richland Hills any day between 10:30 a.m. and 3:00 p. m. Since I work from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p. m, the only time I could go to the theatre was during my 45-minute lunch break. Unluckily, the theatre is on the other side of the town, and the bus service (服务) between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes.

　　Last Monday, I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes waiting for the bus. By the time I saw one come around the comer, there was not enough time left to make the trip. So I gave up and went back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday, my luck changed. I got on a bus right away. When I got there, however, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man said he had been waiting in line for over an hour. I knew I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and went hack across the town. By Friday I decided to make the trip by taxi, it was expensive, but I felt the concert would be worth hearing. The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, I quickly found, was that they had already sold all the tickets.

(1) The writer learned ________ that there would be a concert last Friday.

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(2) The writer tried to go to the theatre every day but successfully got there only ________.

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(3) If lucky, the writer could spend about ________ on the trip to the theatre from his office by bus.

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(4) Maybe the word “________” can be used instead of the underlined (划线的) word “relieved”.

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(5) The writer mainly tells us he ________.

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A. enjoyed himself in the theatre

B. was angry at buying the ticket

C. had some trouble with the bus service

D. was sad at missing the concert