43. Which statement is true according to the passage?

A. Mr. Johnson’s car stood on its boot as it fell down.

B. Mr. Johnson could not escape from the door because it was full of sweet jam.

C. Mr. Johnson’s car accident was partly due to the slippery road.

D. Mr. Johnson struggled in the pouring mud as he unscrewed the back seat.

42. Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?

A. The hammer.　　　　　　　　　 　 B. The coin.　　　　 C. The screw. 　　　　　　 　D. The horn.

41. What is the best title for this newspaper article?

A. The Story of Mr. Johnson, A Sweet Salesman

B. Car Boot Can Serve As The Best Escape Route

C. Driver Escapes Through Car Boot

D. The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident

40. In men and women the number of nerves connecting the halves of brain________.

A. is the same　　　　 B. is different 　　C. is zero　　 D. can’t be found out

B

Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, struggled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route -- through the boot(行李箱).

Mr. Johnson’s car had finished up in a ditch at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr. Johnson said. “I couldn’t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.”

Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape.

Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came.”

It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. “It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up.”

His hands and arms cut and bruised(擦伤), Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Huddled in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.

39. Which of the following is true?

A. The left side of brain in boys generally develops better than that in girls.

B. The left side of brain in girls generally develops better than that in boys.

C. Men are better than women in all things.

D. The area in girls used for language skills develops better.

38. According to the article, girls are generally better than boys at ________ in your school.

A. mathematics 　　　　　 B. physics 　　　　　　 C. English　　 D. chemistry

37. ___________ men and women think differently.

A. Sex makes　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. The different brains make

C. The different experiences make　　 　　　 D. The influences of society make

36. Which of the following is best to outline(概括)the article?

A. Research on the Brain　　　　 　　 B. Differences between Men and Women

C. People’s Different Brains　　　 　　 D. Who Are Better, Boys or Girls

24. A. seldom　　　　 　　 B. hardly　　　　　　　 　　 C. ever　　　　　　　　　 D. never