26、现在的科技日新月异，各种发明以及高科技产品成为了我们生活中不可缺少的东西，如电脑、笔记本电脑（laptop）、手机（mobile phone）、MP4、数码相机（digital camera）、数码摄影机（DV）等。请以My favorite invention为题描述你最喜欢的一种发明，并说明理由（理由至少有两个方面）。词数在80词左右。

22、根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词，并将完整单词写在对应题号的横线上。

Paul worked in an office．He didn't have a wife，he didn't have any children，e___1__．And he lived in an old house a___2___．He liked nothing but drinking．He almost spent all of his money on drinks．Sometimes when he was h___3___，he had to borrow some money from his workmates to buy a little food．

one evening he m__4___ a friend of his in the street．The man asked him to have d___5___ in a restaurant．He was so happy that he drank a l___6___．When they left there at midnight．he could h__7___ stand．His friend had to s___8___ a taxi and asked the driver to take him home．Soon they arrived at the door of his house．The d__9___ helped him to get out of the taxi．

“Thank you，sir．” said Paul，“Now I can open the door myself．”

The taxi went away，but he couldn’t put the key i___10___ the keyhole（钥匙孔）．At that time，a policeman came．

“What can I do for you，sir?” asked the policeman．

“Thank you，sir．” said Paul，“The house is circling（旋转）now．If you can make it not move．I can open the door myself．”

20、A year ago，I paid no attention to English idioms（习语），though my teacher mentioned the importance again and again．But soon，the importance of English idioms was shown in a funny experience．

One day，I happened（碰巧）to meet an Englishman on the road with his friend，and soon we began to talk．As l was talking about how l was studying English，the foreigner seemed to be surprised，gently shaking his head，shrugging（耸一耸）his shoulders，saying，“You don't say!” “You don’t say!” I was puzzled．I thought，perhaps this was not a right topic．So I'd better change the topic．I said to him， “Well，shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the way，have you ever been there?” “Certainly．everyone will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it．It is fantastic．” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide．“The Great wall is one of the wonders in the world．We are very proud of it．” Soon I was interrupted（打断）again by his order “You don’t say!”．I couldn’t help（忍不住）asking，“Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well，I didn’t ask you to do so，” he answered in surprise．I said，“Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say’?”

Hearing this，the Englishman laughed to tears．He began to explain，“ ‘You don't say!’ actually means ‘really?’．It is an expression of surprise．Perhaps you don't pay attention to English idioms．” I knew I hadn't understood him．Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions．

1．What does “You don't say!” mean in this passage?

A．Really?                                 B．Please don't say anything．

C．Don't continue to say．                    D．Pardon?

2．The writer didn't understand the Englishman because _________．

A．he didn't listen carefully                               B．he didn't talk about a right topic

C．he didn't know the Great Wall well                D．he didn't pay attention to English idioms

3．The writer realized the important of English idioms _________．

A．the Englishman's friend told him                  B．his teacher said to him

C．he had a funny experience                 D．the Englishman gave him the advice

19、Now we have comfortable buses in New York．I would like to describe to you how comfortable they are．The number of the seats on a bus has been reduced from 44 to 19．

In the beginning，they just changed the normal seats to airplane seats and took off 10 seats on the bus．However，every passenger（乘客）wanted to have a more comfortable seat on the bus when he took long distance trips by bus．Also，the bus manager wanted to get more profits（利润），so they changed the airplane seats to sofas，and the number of the seats becomes 19．

The new buses are coming out，but the prices are going up too．The owners have many ideal which you have probably never thought about before．Now they have bus attendants（服务员） who serve water，snacks，newspapers and towels．

Also，you can change the direction of the sofas so that you can feel more comfortable，and they have a service bell on each sofa．Moreover（而且），some companies play some videos on the bus．In addition，when you take a long distance trip，they provide luxurious buses that have an LCD（液晶彩色显示器）on each seat．That is not the only surprising thing on the bus--they also have three different video channels，and seventy TV games for killing time when you are on the bus．

In a word，we want to be more comfortable when we are on a trip．That is the reason why we have sofas on the buses．Maybe we will have beds on the buses in the future．

1．How many seats did they take off in the beginning?

A．44                       B．19                       C．10                         D．34

2．What does the word “luxurious” mean in the passage?

A．豪华的                B．坚固的                C．明亮的                D．宽敞的

3．They provide TV programs and games on the bus to _________．

A．cut the price of the bus                               B．make the trip not boring

C．get people interested in driving                   D．let the passengers know the latest news

4．What would be the best title for this passage?

A．Fewer seats，more bus fares

B．A comfortable long distance trip

C．Buses，a usable（可用的）form of traveling

D．Comfortable bus seats make travel life good