(D)

Betty is tired and sleepy. She's been driving for nearly twelve hours now. She's on her way to Arizona to spend Christmas with her parents. They have been living in promising to visit them. She tried to fly from San Francisco, but she couldn't get a reservation(预订). She found out that no seat could be got on any flight until January 6. So she decided to drive. At first, she thought she might be able to make the trip in one day, but she knows now that she can't. She's a good driver and, as a matter of fact, probably drives more carefully than a lot of drivers on the road. But she's tired out now, and she knows that's dangerous. She's going to find a hotel and get a good night's sleep. Then she'll get a fresh start in the morning.

68. Betty is driving ________.

69. Betty couldn't get a seat on any flight before January 6th because ______ .

A. she didn't mean to go home

B. the flights are very busy during Christmas time

70. According to the passage we can conclude ________.

A. Betty drives very carefully so she can reach home in one day

B. it is probably easy to get seats on flights after January the 6th

C. Betty got home without any difficulty

D. betty could fly home, but she is afraid that flights are dangerous

71. What does the story imply(暗示)?

(C)

When I was walking down the street the other day, I happened to notice a small brown wallet lying on the ground. I picked it up and opened it to see if I could find out the owner's name. There was nothing inside it except some change and an old photograph--a picture of a woman and a young girl about twelve years old, who looked like the woman's daughter. I put the photograph back and took the wallet to the police station, where I handed it to the desk sergeant. Before I left, the sergeant took down my name and address in case the owner might want to write and thank me.

That evening I went to have dinner with my aunt and uncle. They also invited a young woman so that there would be four people at the table. Her face was familiar. I was quite sure that we had not met before, but I could not remember where I had seen her. While talking, however, the young woman happened to mention that she had lost her wallet that afternoon. All at once I realized where I had seen her. She was the young girl in the photograph, although she was now much older. She was the young girl in the photograph, although she was now much older. She was very surprised, of course, when I was able to describer her wallet to her. Then I explained that I had recognized her from the photograph I had found in the wallet. My uncle insisted on going to the police station immediately to claim the wallet. As the police sergeant handed it over, he said that it was amazing that I had not only found the Wallet, but also the person who had lost it.

64. The wallet which the writer found _____.

65. The writer recognized the young woman because ______.

C. she often had dinner with his aunt and uncle

D. she looked like the girl in the photograph

66. "…to claim the wallet." The underlined word means ______.

67. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?

(B)

When you hear people talk about Washington, D. C. you may want to know what the letters D. C. mean. They mean "District of Columbia." Washington, the capital city of the U. S. A. is in the District of Columbia, not as you might expect, in the State of Washington. Washington State is thousands of miles away on the northwest coast.

Washington, D. C. lies between Virginia and Maryland on the Potomae River. It's about 220 miles south of New York City. The pleasantest and easiest way to get there is by Long distance bus, or by the fast (125-miles-an-hour) train which costs a little more than the bus journey and a little less than flying. Washington is not a city that has grown up by chance as most big cities have done. It was carefully planned as the nation's Capital by a Frenchman, Pierre L' Enant. The city was named after Washington, the much-loved, much-admired, much-respected first president of the United States.

60. The capital city of the U. S. A. got its name from ______.

61. The distance between Washington, D. C. and Washington State is ______ that between New York and Washington, D. C.

62. Which of the following, according to the passage, is Not TRUE?

A. A river flows where Washington, D. C. stands.

B. To travel to Washington by train is pleasant and easy.

C. Like most big cities in the world, Washington, D. C. is very well planned.

D. The word Washington itself could refer to very different things.

63. According to the passage, it would probably cost _____ to travel by bus than by train in the United States.

(A)

Two hundred and eighty Chinese workers were killed and 667 seriously hurt in 29 major industrial accidents during the first three months of this year.

The Department of Labor figures do not include mining accidents.

Of the 280 people killed, 194 died in mine terrible accidents.

However, the number of mining accidents dropped in the first four months of this year. This was explained by new attention by the government to miners' safety.

56. From the passage, we can guess that during the first 4 months of this year, ______.

C. fewer people died in mining

D. fewer people died in major industrial accidents, not including mining ones

57. The number of mining accidents dropped because ______.

A. the government had noticed the mining conditions

B. the government had ordered safety emphasized

C. the miners had their working conditions improved

D. none of the above

58. The report tells us during the first 3 months this year _______.

A. more accidents happened and more workers were killed

B. fewer accidents happened but more workers were killed

C. more accidents happened but fewer workers were killed

D. fewer accidents happened and fewer workers were killed

59. The best title for the report might be ______.

35. -I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time.

-________ .

34. -What's _______ in Australia?

-As we all know, Australia is _________ country.

33. What he said at the meeting _______ for us.

32. It is the first time _______ such an exciting football match.

31. I saw him leave the room an hour ago. He _______ at this time.