阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16~35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

       My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to pour heavily．When it became lighter．I decided to  16  the rain to get my car．which was parked at my office three streets away．

       My friends  17  that I shouldn't go,  18  I was seven months pregnant (怀孕的) then．I told them that I'd be very  19 ．One of them wanted to come with me but I  20  that she should stay with another friend who needed  21  with her baby．

       I walked out of the hotel and started making my  22  to the car．At the traffic junction (交叉路口), a car  23  and the passenger got off with an umbrella． 24  I knew what was happening, he walked right beside me and told me he'd accompany me to my  25 ．I was very embarrassed and  26 , but he was very persistent (坚持的)．

       During our walk, he kept telling me to walk  27 , as the ground was wet．When we got to the car park．I thanked him and we  28 ．I did not get his name and may not even  29  him now．Did he purposely stop for me? I'll never know．

       So how did I pay it  30 ? I was at home when I  31  two Indian construction workers walking in the heavy rain．They were probably on their way to the construction site near my home, which was a long walk．I went out and  32  them an umbrella．The two men were wet through．They were  33   by my gesture, and I told them they should take the umbrella and keep it．They were very  34  and like me, probably wondered why a stranger was  35  such kindness．

A．carry            B．keep  C．brave       D．collect

A．guessed               B．argued      C．complained     D．promised

A．because               B．though      C．unless      D．if

A．cheerful       B．hopeful     C．careful     D．regretful

A．learned B．insisted     C．begged     D．worried

A．help      B．advice      C．food        D．shelter

A．call       B．change      C．way D．choice

A．disappeared B．left      C．started     D．stopped

A．Before B．Since C．When      D．For

A．home B．station      C．hotel        D．destination

A．agreed        B．declined    C．smiled     D．cried

A．slowly        B．quickly     C．heavily    D．gracefully

A．waited        B．ran    C．parted      D．rested

A．like     B．spot   C．thank       D．recognize

A．up       B．off    C．forward   D．out

A．noticed       B．imagined  C．invited     D．heard

A．made   B．passed      C．bought     D．sold

A．disturbed B．impressed     C．encouraged      D．surprised

A．scared        B．grateful    C．sad   D．anxious

A．appreciating B．repaying   C．accepting        D．offering

--Do you mind if I leave my car here for a minute?
--- ________．

Very far away from the city lived a poor farmer andhis wife. In front of their house was a small dirt road. Very few cars drove onthis road because it was so far from the city. On the dirt road, there was abig hole filled with water. The hole was very deep, but drivers on the roaddidn't know just how deep. Drivers always drove into the hole, but they neverdrove out.

One day, a man in a new car was driving down the road.He saw the hole with the water, but he didn't think it was very deep. He droveinto the hole, but he couldn't drive out. The man saw the farmer on his tractorworking in the field, and he signaled to the farmer. The farmer drove over tothe man in the new car.

“Is there a problem?”asked the farmer.

“Yes,”said the man.“My car is stuck in this hole. Canyou help me?”

“Maybe,”said the farmer.“But I'm very busy.”

“lf you help me, I'll pay you,” said the man.

“OK,”said the farmer. The farmer pulled the car out ofthe hole with his tractor, and the man paid him a lot of money. The man lookedat the farmer and said,“You must. make a lot of money pulling cars out of thishole day and night.”

“Actually, no,”said the farmer.

“Why not?”asked the man.

“The hole is very deep, and a lot of people get stuckand ask for help. But I don't make money day and night because I don't pullcars out at night.”

“At night I'm busy filling the hole with water,”answered the farmer.

1.The reason why few cars drove on the small dirt roadwas that __________ .

A．there was abig and deep hole             B．the couplewas not polite enough

C．it had a longdistance from the city          D．drivers wereafraid of being in the hole

2.According to paragraph 2, we can know about the manin a new car __________ .

A．he justlearned to drive a car              B．it was thefirst time that he passed there

C．he knew howdeep the hole was            D．he knew thefarmer in the field

3.What did the farmer usually do at night?

A．He helpedpull out cars.                  B．He mademoney.

C．He filledwater to the hole                 D．He slept athome.

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为3l-40的相应位置上。

I was on my way to the Taiyetos Mountains. The sun was setting when my car   31  (break) down near a remote and poor village. Cursing my misfortune, I was wondering where I was going to spend the night when I realized that the villagers who had gathered around me were arguing as to 32  should have the honor of receiving me  33 a guest in their house. Finally, I accepted the offer of an old woman who lived alone in a little house. While she was getting me   34   (settle) into a tiny but clean room, the head of the village was tying up his horse to my car to pull it to   35   small town some 20 kilometres away   36   there was a garage.

   I had noticed three hens running free in my hostess's courtyard and that night one of them ended up in a dish on my table.    37   villagers brought me goat's cheese and hone. We drank together and talked   38    (merry) till far into the night.

    When the time came for me to say goodbye to my friends in the village, I wanted to reward the old woman   39   the trouble I had caused   40   .

This is a true story of how my car got stuck in waterand how a stranger helped me during the worst rain storm.

Last Sunday, the sky was grey when I woke up. Theweather report said rain was coming, but I couldn’t stay home just because ofrain.

Around 8:00 am I had a doctor’s appointment. It wasn’training then. At 9:00 I left the doctor’s office to drive to work, and it wasraining hard. I just had to go about 5-6 miles down one main road to get to anearby school, where I could stay until the rain ended. Unfortunately, the roadin front of the school was flooded, and my car stopped in the middle.

“Who is going to save me?” I wondered. I shut off theengine and turned on my flashers (车灯). I called911. They were not helpful. I called my husband, even though he couldn’t comeand help me. I was also very close to a police station. But I never saw evenone police car. I decided to get out of the car, since it was still pouring.

My best decision of the day had been to wear rainboots. I took my umbrella and quickly got out and ran across the street to ashelter.

Before long, a tow truck(拖车) happened to pass by the street. The driver kindlyoffered to help me. At that moment, I really needed car pulled out quickly, soI trusted the stranger. He pulled my car and drove me home. After he haddropped my car off, he also helped me check the engine. He said the engine wasmost likely flooded, but fortunately there was no water inside the car.

Although many years have passed, I still remember thatstormy day and the warm-hearted stranger clearly.

1.How was the weather when the author got up?

A. Rainy.                                B.Cloudy.                    C.Windy.                     D.Sunny.

2.Which of the following is the correct order aboutthe things that the author did?

① Drove towork.                                                  ② Drove to the doctor’s office.

③ Ran to ashelter.                                             ④ Called 911 for help.

A. ②①④③                        B.②③①④                        C.①②④③                        D.①③②④

3.What did the author do after her car had got stuckin the water?

A. She turned off her flashers.

B. She tried to restart the engine.

C. She went to the police station nearby.

D. She got out of her car.

4.How did the stranger help the author?

A. He lent his car to her.                     

B. He pulled her car out of the water.

C. He drove her to school.                  

D. He helped her fix her engine.