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Passage Four

One evening Mr. Green was driving home along a lonely country road. He had ￡ 100.00 in his pock et. At the loneliest part of the road, a man asked for a lift (搭车). Mr. Green told him to get into the car and continued his driving. When he talked to the man and learned that the man had been in prison for robbery and had broken out of prison two days before, Mr. Green was very worried.

Suddenly he saw a police-car and had a bright idea. He just reached a small town where the speed limit (限制速度) was 30 miles an hour. But he drove the car as fast as it could go. He looked back and saw that the police-car had begun to chase (追) him. After a mile or so the police-car overtook (赶上) him and ordered him to stop. A policeman got out and came to Mr. Green's car. Mr. Green hoped that he could tell the policeman about the escaped robber, but he felt the man had put a gun against his back. The policeman took out his notebook and pencil, saying he wanted Mr. Green's name and address. Mr. Green asked to be taken to the police station, but the policeman said, "No, you will have to appear at the police station later." Mr. Green had to do as the policeman told him. The policeman wrote his name and address down, put his notebook and pencil back in his pocket and gave Mr. Green a talk about dangerous driving. Then Mr. Green started up his car again and drove on.

Just as he reached the outskirts (郊区) of London, the passenger said, "! want to get off here." Mr. Green stopped the car, the man got out and said, "Thanks for the lift. You've been good to me. This is the least I can do in return (报答)." And he handed Mr. Green the policeman's notebook, which he stole while the policeman was talking to Mr. Green.

46. The man asking for a lift was ______.

A. a robber who robs drivers

B. a policeman who had worked in prison

C. a prisoner who had escaped from prison

D. a stranger with ￡ 100.00 in his pocket

When all the people had assembled, the king, surrounded by his court, (21) a signal. Then a door beneath him opened, and the accused man stepped (22) into the arena. Directly opposite him were two doors, exactly (23) and side by side. It was the duty and the privilege of the (24) on trial to walk directly to these (25) and open one of them. He (26) open either door he pleased; he was subject to no (27) or influence. If he opened the one, there came out of it a hungry tiger, the (28) and most cruel that could be found, which (29) sprang upon him and tore him to pieces as a punishment for his guilt. (30) , if the accused person opened the other door, out of it came a (31) lady, and to this lady he was immediately married, as a reward of his innocence. This was the (32) method of administering justice. Its perfect fairness is obvious. The criminal could (33) know out of which door would come the lady; he opened either he pleased, without having the slightest (34) whether, in the next instant, he was to be devoured or married. So the accused person was instantly (35) if guilty, and, if innocent, he was rewarded on the spot.

21.

A. give

B. gives

C. gave

D. given

B

Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present．On Christmas Eve Paul saw a dirty and poorly-dressed boy walking 26 his shining car．“Is this your car，Paul？”he asked．

Paul told him how he got the car and the boy was 27 ．“You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing？Boy，I wish…” he said, without 28 his sentence．Paul thought the boy wished he had a 29 like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly. “I wish,”the boy went on，“that I could be a brother like that．”

Paul looked at the boy in surprise. He invited him to take a 30 in his car and the boy agreed happily. After a short ride，the boy turned and with his eyes 31 ，said，“Paul，would you mind driving in front of my house？”

Paul smiled a little．He thought the boy wanted to 32 his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong 33 . The boy ran back into his house, and after a short while came back with his disabled brother in his arms.

He 34 him down on the step and pointed to the car. “There she is, Buddy, just like what I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t 35 him a cent. Some day I’m going to give you one just like it.”

26. A. inside B. around C. through D. across

Text 4A writer said yesterday that Richard M. Scrushy, the former chief executive of HealthSouth, paid her through a public relations firm to produce several favorable articles for an Alabama newspaper that he reviewed before publication during his fraud trial last year.

The articles appeared in The Birmingham Times, a black-owned weekly in Birmingham, Ala. Mr. Scrushy was acquitted in June in a six-month trial there on all 36 counts against him, despite testimony from former HealthSouth executives who said he presided over a huge accounting fraud. "I sat in that courtroom for six months, and I did every thing possible to advocate for his cause," Audrey Lewis, the author of the articles, said in a telephone interview. She said she received $10,000 from Mr. Scrushy through the Lewis Group, a public relations firm, and another $1,000 to help buy a computer. "Scrushy promised me a lot more than what I got," she said.

Charles A. Russell, a spokesman for Mr. Scrushy, said he was not aware of an explicit agreement for the Lewis Group to pay Ms. Lewis. The payments to Ms. Lewis were first reported by The Associated Press yesterday. "There's nothing there I think Richard would have any part of," Mr. Russell said.

Mr. Russell said that Mr. Scrushy reviewed the articles before they were published. "Richard thought she was doing a little, 'F.Y.I., here's what I'm writing,' " Mr. Russell said. Ms. Lewis said that Mr. Russell, a prominent Denver-based crisis communications consultant, was also involved in providing her with financial compensation. She said Mr. Russell wrote her a $2,500 personal check at the end of May 2005; Mr. Russell said that was true. "She was looking for freelance community-relations work after the trial," Mr. Russell said.

Ms. Lewis came into Mr. Scrushy's sphere through Believers Temple Church; she attends services and works as an administrator there. She and Rev. Herman Henderson, the pastor, were part of a group that appeared in court with Mr. Scrushy and often prayed with him during breaks. Before and during the trial, in which 11 of the 18 jurors were black, Mr. Scrushy, who is white, forged ties with Birmingham's African-American population. He joined a predominantly black church, and his foundation donated to it and other black congregations.

Mr. Henderson also said he received payments from Mr. Scrushy in exchange for building support for him among blacks. Mr. Scrushy said in a statement yesterday that his foundation donated money to Mr. Henderson's church, but said the payments were unrelated to his case. "My foundation donated to his church building fund and to a Katrina relief effort that his church sponsored," Mr. Scrushy said. "That's it. Period."

Ms. Lewis, 31, said she was disclosing details about the financial arrangement because Mr. Scrushy still owes her and Mr. Henderson a significant amount of money. Ms. Lewis provided copies of a retainer agreement that Mr. Scrushy signed last April with the Lewis Group, a public relations firm controlled by Jesse J. Lewis Sr., 82 the founder of The Birmingham Times, and a check issued to her in May from the Lewis Group. (Ms Lewis and Mr. Lewis are not related.)

第36题：The word \\\"acquitted\\\" (Line 2, Para. 2) probably means ________.

A. discharged

B. arrested

C. quitted

D. punished

He had some statues in his study. One was a lady ______ nothing but a bath towel.

A: wore

B: wears

C: to wear

D: wearing

One，day，a farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas． The father said，"Look ! There-s a horseshoe (31) ．the ground． Pick it up and put it in your bag． Thomas said，"It wastes my time． His father said (32) but he pieked it up himself． When they went to a near- by town，they had a rest．There the farmer (33) the horseshoe and with the money he bought some strawberries．

The father and the son went on walking． The sun was well up in the (34 ) ,They soon drank up their water，and there wasn't a house or even a tree for them to (35) ．Thomas felt too(36) to walk on At this time，his father gave Thomas a strawberry (37) he quickly ate it． After a while，his father gave him (38) strawberry and once again，his son lost no time in putting it in his mouth．

And so they (39) ,The old farmer gave the strawberries and the son ate them．When Thomas had eaten up all the strawberries，his father said to him，"My dear son，if you picked up that horseshoe，you would have your own strawberries (40 )．Always remember the lesson: lf you don't worry about the little things，you'll find it difficult to do the great things． "

( )31．

A．under

B．on

C．for

D．to

While traveling abroad(在国外), Mr. Jackson Frank ran short of money. So he wrote to his brother, asking for $500. "Send the money by telegram," he wrote, "to the Fisher Bank in P…" After a week he began calling at the Fisher Bank. He showed his passport(护照). "Nothing has come for you," he was told. This went on for two weeks, and Mr. Frank got very worried. He sent a telegram to his brother, asking where the money was. There was no reply, and no money arrived for him.

In the fourth week Mr. Frank was arrested for failing to pay hotel bill. His passport was taken from him. He tried to explain the problem, but no one believed him. He was sent to prison for sixty days. When he came out, he went immediately to the Fisher Bank. The Clerk(职员)he spoke to was a new man. "Have you received $500 for me?" he asked, "My name is Jackson Frank." The clerk checked his books. "Yes, Mr. Jackson, it's here. It came by telegram - let me see - oh, more than two months ago.

"We wondered where you were." He showed Mr. Frank the order. The order(汇单)read: "Pay Mr. Frank Jackson the sum of $500 …"

"But my name is Jackson Frank, not Frank Jackson."

"Oh, that's all right, sir. It was in our books under the letter 'J', but it's your money."

The clerk laughed. "A human mistake, sir! We're all human beings, aren't we? And so we all make mistakes. A family name like Frank sounds strange to me."

Mr frank was silent. He really wanted to hit somebody. At last he said, "A human mistake - is that what you call it? I think some humans need kicking."

1. Jackson didn't just go to his brother and get some money because _____.

A. he was afraid to see his brother

B. he was in prison and was not allowed to go anywhere

C. he was traveling in a foreign country and was far from his brother

D. he knew that his brother had no money

2. A week after he had written to his brother, Jackson began _____.

A. telephoning the bank

B. visiting the bank

C. shouting at the clerks of the bank

D. explaining his problem to the clerks of the bank

3. Jackson was arrested and sent to prison because _____.

A. his brother hadn't sent him any money and he couldn't pay his hotel bill

B. he had spent almost all his money and couldn't pay his hotel bill

C. he had lost all his money and couldn't pay his hotel bill

D. his brother hadn't sent him as much money as he asked for and he couldn't pay his hotel bill

4. Which of the following statements is true? _____

A. The money did not reach the Fisher Bank.

B. The money reached the wrong bank.

C. The money reached the bank after he was arrested.

D. The money reached the bank before he was arrested.

5. The clerks put his name under the wrong letter _____.

A. through carelessness

B. because they were human beings

C. because he had a strange name

D. by pronouncing his name incorrectly

Why did the writer give his flowers to the elderly lady?

A. She told him a nice story. B. She allowed him to pay first.

C. She gave him encouragement. D. She liked flowers very much.

Reading Comprehension

Directions:There are two passages in this part． Each passage is followed by some questionsor unfinished statements． For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D．Youshould decide on the best choice．

Questions 56- 60 are based on Passage One:

Passage One

Mr． Brown was going away for a week．Before he left,he said to his son．“If anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea．”

“OK, Dad．”said his son． But he was afraid his son couldn't remember this, so he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him．His son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then．

Four days passed, but no one came to see his father． The boy thought that there was noman to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening．

The next afternoon, someone knocked at the door． The boy opened it． A man was standing at the door and said,“Where is your father?” The boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper．He could not find it．He suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, “No more． ”

The man was very surprised．He asked, “No more? I met your father last week． When did it happen?”

“Burnt yesterday evening． ”

Mr． Brown told his son that________。

A． he would be away from home for four days

B． he would be back in seven days

C． he would be back in a month

D． he liked a cup of tea