Mr. Peter Johnson ,aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route—through the boot（行李箱）.

     Mr. Johnson’s car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank．“Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr. Johnson said．“I couldn’t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.”

　　Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot．Then he began his struggle to escape．

　　Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life．It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot．I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came.”

　　It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot．Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench and began to work on the boot lock．Fifteen minutes passed by． “It was the only chance I had．Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in．I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up.”

　　His hands and arms cut and bruised(擦伤), Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates．Huddled in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night．The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch．

66. What is the best title for this newspaper article?

　 A. The Story of Mr. Johnson, A Sweet Salesman

     B. Car Boot Can Serve As The Best Escape Route

C. Driver Escapes Through Car Boot

D. The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident

67. Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?

　 A. The hammer          B. The coin        C. The screw      D. The horn

68. Which statement is true according to the passage?

　 A. Mr. Johnson’s car stood on its boot as it fell down．

     B. Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam．

     C. Mr. Johnson's car accident was partly due to the slippery road．

     D. Mr. Johnson struggled in the pouring mud as he unscrewed the back seat

69. "Finally it gave" （Paragraph 5） means that            ．

     A. Luckily the door was torn away in the end  B. At last the wrench went broken

     C. The lock came open after all his efforts  D. The chance was lost at the last minute

70. It may be inferred from the passage that            .

     A. the ditch was along a quiet country road    B. the accident happened on a clear warm day

     C. the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditch

     D. Mr. Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended

Until 1954 it was thought that no man could run one mile in less than four minutes. As years 31 , the record came closer and closer to four minutes and Roger Bannister, a young English    32  , began to believe he might  33  this almost magic barrier.

It was a cold afternoon on May 6th, 1954, when Bannister knew he had a   34  chance. Bannister had been  35  hard and was very fit, but the weather conditions were a real  36 to him. Describing the   37   later, Bannister said,” On the way to the track the wind blew strongly. As I  38  for the start I glanced at the flag. It moved  39  now. This was the moment when I made my decision.”

“The gun fired. My legs  40  to meet no resistance, as if I was  41  forward by some unknown force. The noise from the faithful  42 gave me greater strength. I felt the  43  of a lifetimes had come.”

“I was driven on by a  44  of fear and pride. My body had long since used up all its energy   45   it went on running just the same. This was the critical moment when my legs were strong enough to carry me over the last few yards as they  46  could have done in previous years. When I leapt at（冲向）the    47  tape, I fell, almost   48  .

“I knew I had done it, even before I  49  the time. The announcement came. ‘Result of the one mile…Time, three minutes…’the test was  50  in the noise of excitement.”

1.                A．passed along     B．passed down     C．went by  D．went over

 

2.                A．coach          B．athlete         C．captain   D．judge

 

3.                A．defeat         B．move          C．beat D．break

 

4.                A．real           B．lucky           C．serious   D．false

 

5.                A．competing      B．training         C．fighting   D．attending

 

6.                A．eagerness       B．pleasure        C．relief D．worry

 

7.                A．accident        B．event          C．issue D．topic

 

8.                A．did up          B．made up        C．put up    D．lined up

 

9.                A．safely          B．heavily         C．thinly D．gently

 

10.               A．seemed        B．used           C．happened D．had

 

11.               A．dragged        B．drawn          C．pulled D．pushed

 

12.               A．mass           B．residents       C．crowd D．team

 

13.               A．moment        B．period         C．while D．date

 

14.               A．concentration   B．collection       C．combination    D．classification

 

15.               A．so             B．but            C．or    D．as

 

16.               A．never          B．ever           C．even D．still

 

17.               A．starting         B．lasting          C．finishing   D．running

 

18.               A．unconcerned    B．unconscious     C．unknown  D．unnoticed

 

19.               A．offered        B．told           C．announced D．heard

 

20.               A．stuck          B．involved        C．lost   D．spread

 

 

　 Mr. Peter Johnson ,aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route—through the boot（行李箱）.

Mr．Johnson’s car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank．“Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr．Johnson said．“I couldn’t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.”

　　Mr．Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot．Then he began his struggle to escape．

　　Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life．It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot．I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came.”

　　It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot．Then Mr．Johnson found a wrench and began to work on the boot lock．Fifteen minutes passed by． “It was the only chance I had．Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in．I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up.”

　　His hands and arms cut and bruised(擦伤), Mr．Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs．Lucy Bates．Huddled in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night．The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch．

56．What is the best title for this newspaper article?

　　 A．The Story of Mr．Johnson, A Sweet Salesman

B．Car Boot Can Serve As The Best Escape Route

C．Driver Escapes Through Car Boot

D．The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident

57．Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr．Johnson?

　　 　A．The hammer． B．The coin．　　　 C．The screw．　 D．The horn．

58．Which statement is true according to the passage?

　　 　A．Mr．Johnson’s car stood on its boot as it fell down．

　　　 B．Mr．Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam．

　　　 C．Mr．Johnson's car accident was partly due to the slippery road．

　　　 D．Mr．Johnson struggled in the pouring mud as he unscrewed the back seat

59．"Finally it gave" （Paragraph 5） means that ____．

　　　 A．Luckily the door was torn away in the end

　　　 B．At last the wrench went broken

　　　 C．The lock came open after all his efforts

　　　 D．The chance was lost at the last minute

60．It may be inferred from the passage that __　　

　　　 A．the ditch was along a quiet country road

　　　 B．the accident happened on a clear warm day

　　　 C．the police helped Mr．Johnson get out of the ditch

　　　 D．Mr．Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended