If you had told her the truth, she ______, but she is now still in the dark.

ry told her he would be back in a few minutes. She had to sit down and wait for a few minutes in the outer office. “I’ll never get this job,” she told herself. For a moment she wanted to run out of the building. Just then, Wilson came through the door and hurried into his office. A few minutes later his secretary took Linda in and introduced her. Linda apologized for being late. Wilson didn’t seem to mind. They chatted casually for a few seconds and then got down to business. He took out her letter of application. “You’ve never worked in radio or television before, have you？” he said. Now she was even more sure that she would not get the job. Wilson asked her a few more questions. To her surprise he seemed impressed with her other qualifications. She was even more surprised when he asked her if she could start soon. “I wonder if you’d mind starting next month？” he asked with a smile.

1.Linda was a few minutes late, so she had to wait for a few minutes in the office. ()

2.Linda thought she would never get this job at first. ()

3.Linda has never worked in radio or television before.()

4. Wilson’s secretary seened impressed with her other qualifi cations.()

5.Wilson asked Linda to start to work the following month.()

,he’d been unemployed，and with winter raging on the chill had finally hit home.Most of his friends had already left the Midwestern town,but he stayed on.After all,he was born here.

It was getting dark and light snow was coming down.He almost didn’t see the old lady,but in the dim light of day,he could see she needed help.He pulled up in front of her car and got out.

Even with a smile on his face,she was worried.Was he going to hurt her？He didn’t look safe;he looked poor and hungry.Joe knew how she felt and said to her,“I’m here to help you,ma’am.Why don’t you wait in the car where it’s warm.”She had a flat tire and Joe set about replacing it immediately.All this put the woman at ease.She then rolled down her window and began to talk to him，telling him that she was from St.Louis and was only passing through.Then the thankful woman asked Joe how much she owed him.But Joe told her that he had been given a hand in the past and if she wished to pay him back,she could give the money to someone who needed her help next time.

A few miles down the road the lady went into a small café.A waitress brought a clean towel to wipe her wet hair.The waitress was nearly eight months pregnant,but she never let the strain and aches change her attitude.The old lady wondered how someone who had so little could be so giving to a stranger.When the waitress came back to give the lady her change from a hundred dollar bill,she found a message on a napkin：“Take this.Someone once helped me out the way I’m helping you now.If you really want to pay me back，here’s what you can do. Don’t let the chain of love end with you.”

That night when she got home from work and climbed into bed，the waitress was thinking about what the lady had written.How could the lady have known that she and her husband needed the money？With the baby due next month,it was going to be hard.Knowing how worried her husband was,she whispered soft and low to him，“Everything’s gonna be alright，I love you，Joe.”

1. Many of Joe’ s friends left because. ()

(A). it was too cold there

(B). it was a lonely town

(C). they had lost their jobs

(D). they were not born there

2. The woman was worried because. ()

(A). she had been attacked

(B). she was poor and hungry

(C). no one offered to help her

(D). she was afraid of Joe’ s looks

3. Joe refused to be paid by the woman because. ()

(A). he did not need the money at all

(B). others had helped him in the past

(C). the woman appeared to be pitiable

(D). it was not difficult to replace a flat tire

4. Which of the following is probably true？ ()

(A). The woman left the cafe when the waitress was getting her change.

(B). The woman knew who the waitress was and decided to help her out.

(C). Joe told the woman that his wife worked in a small cafe not far away.

(D). Joe knew that the woman would go into the cafe and meet the waitress.

5. The best title for the passage is. ()

(A). Acts of Kindness

(B). Sympathetic Hearts

(C). A Lonely Country Road

(D). A Woman from St.Louis

d a lot of things. Everything worked well, but I found one of my husband's socks missing. I looked everywhere for it, but I couldn't find it anywhere. The next morning, I got ready for school as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted them first and then told them what we were going to do that day. When I turned around to write on the blackboard, the class broke out a roar! They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was afraid the headmaster would be into seeing all this. I asked the class to stop, but the more I talked, the more they laughed. I decided to pay no attention to them and I continued to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they roared even more. Finally, the teacher who had the room next to mine came in to see what all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started laughing, too! “Good heavens” I said. “Will someone please tell me what is so funny” “Oh, God, ”said the teacher. “You have a brown sock to the back of your skirt! ” So that's how I found my husband's missing sock. “Oh, well, ” I said to the class. “Let's just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static (静止的) electricity. ”

21.The writer was a teacher. ()

22.When the writer turned around to write on the blackboard, the class began to laugh loudly. ()

23.She couldn't find one of her husband's socks, because her husband had taken it away. ()

24.The teacher from the next room laughed, because he found a sock on the back of the writer's skirt. ()

25.The students told her about the laughing.()

itable Christmas gift for her father. She wished that he were as easy to please as her mother, who was __1__ satisfied with perfume. Besides, shopping at this time of the year was a most unhappy job. People stepped on your feet, pushed you with their shoulders and almost knocked you over in their hurry in order to __2__ something cheap ahead of you.

Partly to have a rest, Edith paused in front of a counter, where some beautiful ties were on show. "They are __3__ silk," the shop assistant told her with a smile trying to persuade her to buy one. But Edith knew from past experience that her choice of ties hardly ever pleased her father.

She moved on slowly and then, quite by chance, stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered round a counter. She found some fine pipes on sale and the shapes were very beautiful. Edith did not hesitate for long, although her father __4__ smoked a pipe once in a while, she believed this was certainly to please him.

When she got home, with her small but well-chosen present hidden in her handbag, it was time for supper and her parents were already at table. Her mother was in great __5__. "Your father has at last decided to stop smoking," she told her daughter happily. Edith was so surprised that she could not say a single word.

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C.excitement

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ferent (1) foreign names.Once an English lady came to visit me.When I was introduced to her she said, “ Glad to meet you, Miss Ping.” Then she gave me her name card with three words on it:"Betty J.Black.So I said, “Thank you, Miss Betty.” We looked at each other and laughed heartily.Later I found that the English people (2)their family names last and the given names first, while their middle names are not used very much.I explained to her that the Chinese family name comes first, the given name last, so she(3) never call me Miss Ping.She asked if we Chinese had a middle name.I told her we didn't.but people may often find three words

on a Chinese name card.In this case the family name still come first, and the other words after it(4)a two-word given name.it is quite usual in China.My sister is Li Xiaofang.She has two words in her given name instead (5) just one like mine.(完型填空)

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B.From

C.Should

D.of

E.are

A.having told

B.to have told

C.had told

D.to tell

根据以下材料，回答题

A Heroic Woman

The whole of the United States cheered its latest hero， Ashley Smith， with the Federal Bureau of Investigation saying it was planning to give a big reward to her for having a brave heart and wise mind.

__________ （46） She was moving into her apartment in Atlanta， Georgia early on the moming of March 12， when a man followed her to her door and put a gun to her side. "I started walking to my door， and I felt really， really afraid， "she said in a TV interview last week. The man was Brian Nichols，33. He was suspected of killing three people at an Atlanta courthouse （法院） on March 11 and later of killing a federal agent. __________ （47）

Nichols tied Smith up with tape， but released her after she repeatedly begged him not to take her life. "I told him if he hurt me， my little girl wouldn"t have a mummy， "she said. In order to calm the man down， she read to him from "The Purpose-Driven Life"， a best-selling religious book. He asked her to repeat a paragraphabout "what you thought your purpose in life waswhat talents were you given". __________ （48）

"I basically just talked to him and tried to gain his trust， "Smith said.

Smith said she asked Nichols why he chose her. "He said he thought I was an angel sent from God， and we were Christian sister and brother， "she said. "And that he was lost， and that God led him to me to tell him that he had hurt a lot of people." __________ （49） She said Nichols was surprised when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched television coverage （报道） of the police hunt for him."I cannot believe that"s me， "Nichols told the woman. Then， Nichols asked Smith what she thought he should do. She said， "I think you should turn yourself in. If you don"t， lots more people are going to get hurt."

Eventually， he let her go. __________ （50） A US $60，000 reward had been posted for Nichols" capture. Authorities said they did not yet know if Smith would be eligible （有资格的 ） for that money.

回答（46）题 查看材料

A.The local police were searching for him.

B.Smith is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter.

C.Smith tried very hard to kill Nichols.

D.She even cooked breakfast for the man before he allowed her to leave.

E.And the two of them discussed this topic.

F.Then she called the police.

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