My brother got his first job at__________age of 30.

A．It was not until; then

B．It is not until; when

C．It is until; that

D．It was not until; that

a long time, and he's living in a new house now. I'm going to drive there and see him this afternoon."

He took his brother's address, got into his car and started out. He drove for a long time, but he didn't find the house __22__ he stopped and asked somebody to help him.

"Go straight __23__ this road for two miles(英里)," the man said, "then turn left, and then take the second road on the right."

Mr. Parker went straight along the road and turned left after two miles, but then he got lost again. He drove for __24__ mile, and at last he saw a road on his right and stopped. A woman was coming __25__ him, so he said to her, "Excuse me, is this the second road on the right？"

21)、

A.so

B.for

C.towards

D.along

E.another

22)、

A.so

B.for

C.towards

D.along

E.another

23)、

A.so

B.for

C.towards

D.along

E.another

24)、

A.so

B.for

C.towards

D.along

E.another

25)、

A.so

B.for

C.towards

D.along

E.another

Passage One

Shortly after the war, my brother and I were invited to spend a few days' holiday with an uncle who had just returned from abroad. He rented a cottage in the country, although he rarely spent much time there. The cottage, however, had no comfortable furniture in it, many of the windows were broken and the roof leaked, making the whole house damp.

On our first evening, we sat around the fire after supper listening to the stories our uncle had had to tell of his many adventures in distant countries. I was so tired after the long train journey that I would have preferred to go to bed, but I could not bear to miss any of my uncle's exciting tales.

He was just in the middle of describing a rather terrifying experience he had, when there was a loud crash from the bedroom above, the one where my brother and I were going to sleep.

"It sounds as if the roof has fallen in!" shouted my uncle, with a loud laugh.

When we got to the top of the stairs and opened the bedroom door, a strange sight met our eyes. A large part of the ceiling had collapsed (坍塌), falling right on to the pillow of my bed. I was glad that I had stayed up late to listen to my uncle's stories, otherwise I should certainly have been seriously injured, perhaps killed.

That night we all slept on the floor of the sitting room downstairs not wishing to risk our lives by sleeping under a roof which might at any moment collapse on our heads. We left for London the very next morning and my uncle gave up his cottage in the country. This was not the kind of adventure he cared for, either!

What does the writer say about his uncle during the war？

A．He had a lot of adventures.

B．He fought as a soldier.

C．He made a lot of money.

D．He enjoyed many of his adventures.

A.asleep

B.sleep

C.slept

D.losleep

I()up my brother from the school this afternoon.

A、got

B、picked

C、took

______ children has his brother got？

A.How many

B.How much

C.How about

D.How old

sent. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking around the shiny new car, admiring it. “Is this your car, Mister？” he asked.

Paul nodded. “My brother gave it to me for Christmas.” The boy was astounded. “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn’t cost you nothing？ Boy, I wish….” He hesitated. Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the lad said jarred Paul all the way down to his heels.

“I wish,” the boy went on, “that I could be a brother like that.”

Paul looked at the boy in astonishment, then impulsively he added, “Would you like to take a ride in my automobile？”

“Oh yes, I’d love that.”

After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes aglow, said, “Mister, would you mind driving in front of my house？”

Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the lad wante d. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong again. “Will you stop where those two steps are？” the boy asked.

He ran up the steps. Then in a little while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him and pointed to the car.

“There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m gonna give you one just like it…, then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows that I’ve been trying to tell you about.”

Paul got out and lifted the lad to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride. That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus meant when he had said: “It is more blessed to give….”

1、The boy was astounded.

A、He was very surprised

B、He was so surprised that he was shocked

C、He was extremely surprised

D、The car was so beautiful that he felt excited

2、Paul looked at the boy…, then impulsively he added, “….”

A、 he did this without planning and thinking

B、he did this with careful thinking

C、he was impelled by his brother to do this

D、he was forced by his mother to do this

3、The boy was not coming fast because ().

A、he was coming down the steps

B、he wanted to sit down on the steps

C、he wanted to see the car clearly

D、he was carrying his crippled brother

4、He…squeezed up against him and pointed to the car.

A、moved closer and touched him

B、held him tightly in his arms

C、pushed him nearer to the car

D、pulled him closer and supported him

5、…the three of them began a memorable holiday ride.

A、easy to remember

B、likely to be noticeable

C、worth remembering

D、likely to be seen

A.did I

B.had I

C.I had

D.I did

My brother tried his best to think, but nothing stirred in his memory. (英译汉)