Mr. King works in a shop and drives a car for the manager. He drives carefully and can keep calm when   16   danger. And he escaped from several accidents. The manager   17   him more and the traffic policemen often speaks highly of him.

Mr. Baker，one of his friends，works in a factory outside the city. It’s far from his house and he has to go to work by bus. As the street is   18   in the morning, sometimes he’s late for the work. His manager warns the young man that he will be sent away   19   he gets to his office on time. He hopes to buy a car，but he hasn’t enough   20  . He decides to buy an old one. One day, he went to the second-hand market and at last he chose a beautiful but cheap car. He said he wanted to try the car，the seller agreed. He   21   Mr King and asked him to help him at once.

Mr. King examined(检查) the car and then drove it away. It was early in the morning and there were few cars in the street. At first he drove slowly and it   22   well. Then he drove fast. And when he reached a crossing，the lights turned   23  . He tried to stop it， but he failed and   24   hit an old woman who was crossing the street. A policeman told him to stop，but the car went on until it hit a big tree by the road.

“Didn’t you hear me？” the policeman asked angrily.

　　“Yes, I did，sir,” said Mr King，“   25   it doesn’t listen to me，can it obey（听从）you？”

1.A. looking        B. reaching     C. facing           D. getting

2.A. gives              B. pays         C. needs        D. believes

3.A. crowded        B. quiet        C. empty        D. full

4.A. until          B. unless           C. when         D. if

5.A. time           B. experience  C. friends          D. money

6.A. called         B. found        C. visited          D. invited

7.A. looked         B. traveled         C. seemed       D. worked

8.A. red                B. green            C. up               D. out

9.A. hardly         B. heavily          C. nearly           D. mostly

10.A. Although     B. Since            C. While        D. For

Mr. King works in a shop and drives a car for the manager. He drives carefully and can keep calm when   16  danger. And he escaped from several accidents. The manager   17  him more and the traffic policemen often speaks highly of him.
Mr. Baker，one of his friends，works in a factory outside the city. It’s far from his house and he has to go to work by bus. As the street is   18  in the morning, sometimes he’s late for the work. His manager warns the young man that he will be sent away   19  he gets to his office on time. He hopes to buy a car，but he hasn’t enough   20 . He decides to buy an old one. One day, he went to the second-hand market and at last he chose a beautiful but cheap car. He said he wanted to try the car，the seller agreed. He   21  Mr King and asked him to help him at once.
Mr. King examined(检查) the car and then drove it away. It was early in the morning and there were few cars in the street. At first he drove slowly and it   22  well. Then he drove fast. And when he reached a crossing，the lights turned   23 . He tried to stop it， but he failed and   24  hit an old woman who was crossing the street. A policeman told him to stop，but the car went on until it hit a big tree by the road.
“Didn’t you hear me？” the policeman asked angrily.
　　“Yes, I did，sir,” said Mr King，“   25  it doesn’t listen to me，can it obey（听从）you？”

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　　A rich American goes into a shop in London. He wants very much 1 a nice-looking watch. He sees a watch and likes it 2 much that he decides to buy it. But the owner of the shop 3 five hundred dollars for it. 4 the American is hesitating, a young man suddenly ones into the shop, takes 5 out of the owner's hand and runs out with it. It all－happens in 6 seconds. When the owner runs out 7 the street, the young man has already 8 among the people. The American goes on. At the next corner, he sees 9 with the stolen watch in his hand. “Do you 10 to buy a fine watch, sir?” he says in a low 11 , “it is only a hundred dollars.”

　　“The young man doesn't know 12 saw him 13 the watch just now.” he thinks. The American pays at once and goes 14 back to his room with the watch. He 15 his friend about the fine watch. His friend 16 a look at the watch and starts 17 immediately. He says, “You are 18 . This watch isn't worth 19 ten dollars. I'm 20 the shop owner and the young man plan all this together.”

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　　Jim is in a drawing class. The teacher is teaching them how to draw mountains. Jim likes to draw, but he isn't good at drawing mountains. He looks at David's drawing. David's mountain is very high. He looks at WeiHua's drawing. Her mountain is ____1____ than David's. Jim then looks at Lin Tao's mountain. His is the _____2____of all. Jim thinks he likes high mountains, but he doesn't know what to draw. He decides to look at some more drawings. Jim looks at Lucy's mountain. Her mountain is small. Lily says, “Look at mine, Jim. ”Lily's mountain is____3_____ than Lucy's. Jim wants to look at one more mountain. He looks at Liz's. Hers is the ____4_____of the three.

Jim looks at the teacher's mountain on the blackboard again. He starts to draw. At the end of the class (课结束之前) the teacher takes out three drawings. He says, “David's drawing is _____5_____ Lily's is ___6____ than David's, but Jim's is the ____7____of all.”

　　阅读理解，根据短文内容选择正确答案.

　　Jim is in a drawing class. The teacher is teaching them how to draw mountains. Jim likes to draw, but he isn't good at drawing mountains. He looks at David's drawing. David's mountain is very high. He looks at Wei Hua's drawing. Her mountain is higher than David's. Jim then looks at Lin Tao's mountain. His is the highest of all. Jim thinks he doesn't like high mountains, but he doesn't know what to draw. He decides to look at some more drawings. Jim looks at Lucy's mountain. Her mountain is small. Lily says, “Look at mine, Jim.” Lily's mountain is smaller than Lucy's. Jim wants to look at one more mountain. He looks at Liz's. Hers is the smallest of the three, Jim looks at the teacher's mountain on the blackboard again. He starts to draw. At the end of the class (在课结束之前) the teacher takes out three drawings. He says, “David's drawing is good. Lily's is better than David's, but Jim's is the best of all.”

　　(1)Jim is ________.

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　　(2)Wei Hua's mountain is ________ than David's.

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　　(3)Lucy's mountain is ________ than Lily's.

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　　(4)________ mountain is the smallest.

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　　(5)________ draws best.

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