The Pope（教皇）arrived at Heathrow Airport and got straight into a car. "I'm rather 36

for a very important meeting, my good man," he told the driver. "Please go as fast as possible." The driver agreed, 37 he couldn't do more than 100 kilometres an hour on that road. The Pope kept asking the driver to go faster. but he failed. It made him 　38 .Then the Pope said, "Look, I really 39 　get to this meeting. It's very important. You sit 40 　and I'll drive."

　 Being a good Catholic（天主教），the driver felt he should do 41 the Pope told him. So they changed their 42　 and went on. The Pope really put his 43　 down and they were doing well over 160 kilometres an hour. But a few kilometers down the road they got pulled over by the police. A policeman came over to the car, looked in and then walked away to call his chief(长官)．

　 “Chief," he said into his radio. “I might have just stopped　 44 really, really important." "Is it the Prime Minister（首相）?”asked the chief. "No," said the policeman, "More important than him." "Well, is it the Queen?" asked the chief. "No, sir," answered the policeman. "More important than her." "Well, who is it then?" asked the chief. "I don't know, sir," said the policeman, "But he has got the Pope 45　 him around."

36. A. waiting　 B. busy　 　C. tired　 　　 D. late

37. A. and　 　 B. so　 　　C. but　 　　　D. or

38. A. pleased　 B. afraid　 C. alone　 　　D. worried

39. A. can　 　　B. have to　 C. mustn't　 　 D. may

40. A. in the back B. in the front　 C. on the floor　 D. in the car

41. A. when　 　B. like　 　C. how　 　　 D. as

42. A. cars　 　 B. clothes　 C. places 　　D. minds

43. A. hand　 　B. foot　 　 C. bag　 　　D. key

44. A. someone　 B. anybody　 C. two persons D. some people

45. A. looking　 B. walking　 C. driving　 　D. turning

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__41__ New Year’s Day, many people eat special food for good luck. In Spain and some Latin—American counties , people __42__ twelve grapes（葡萄）at midnight on New Year’s Eve—one grape __43__ good luck in __44__ month of the new year. Chinese people eat __45__ .Some have coins（硬币）inside. Everyone __46__ to find the coin for luck and money in the new year. Of course they don’t eat the __47__ . Japanese __48__ eat noodles on New Year’s Eve and their birthdays . __49__ may bring them good luck and __50__ life.
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通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选
择最佳选项。
Twelve-year-old Kitty O’Neil asked her coach, “Let me try.” She was already on the swim team, but this was different. One of the divers had not arrived, and Kitty needed much help. Her coach looked 36  at her. She had been practicing dives, but could she really stand up to the competition? Besides, 37  was completely deaf. Many people thought a person who was deaf wouldn’t be able to dive well. However, Kitty 38 , and she won first place at that swimming meet and went on to win the Junior Olympics in the area.
Kitty began diving with Dr. Sammy Lee, a famous coach and former Olympic diving champion. The teenager went to school in the morning and then spent most afternoons diving. It was 39  work, and Kitty often hit the water the wrong way. However, she was able to 40  practicing. While she was diving , Kitty won many gold medals, but she wanted 41 . Perhaps she learned something from her 42 . Kitty lost her hearing at the age of four months. Because she wanted Kitty to lead a normal life, Kitty’s mother went to college to 43  about teaching people who are deaf. Kitty’s mother finally started a school for those who are deaf.
Kitty’s life was 44  but normal, and as an athlete, Kitty was much bettter than others. When she gave up diving, she wanted danger and adventure. She raced cars, boats, and motorcycles. Many of these 45  usually require at least some hearing. For example many racers judge their speed by the sound of the engine. Kitty did it by  46 .
In 1972 she began to learn doing dangerous action for movies and television. Soon she became one of the   47  women in Hollywood. In 1976 Kitty O’Neil also became the fastest woman in the world in a rocket-powered car that went more than 512 miles per hour.