One day a man saw an old lady standing by her expensive car, clearly in need of help. So he stopped his old truck and got out. Although he was smiling, the old lady was worried. Was he gong to hurt her? He didn’t look safe.

The man could see that she was frightened, so in his friendliest voice he said, “I’m here to help you, madam. Why don’t you wait in the car where it’s warm? By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson.” Bryan quickly fixed the car and the lady thanked him. Then she asked how much she should pay him.

But Bryan wanted no money. He was just giving a hand to someone in trouble. This was normal for him. He said, “If you really want to repay me, next time you see someone in need, help them and think of me.”

After saying goodbye, the lady continued down the road until she reached a small café where she decided to stop for something to eat. As the pretty waitress took her order, the lady noticed she was nearly eight months pregnant(怀孕). Although the waitress looked tired she was very kind. As the lady was going to pay the $10 bill she remembered Bryan’s words.

She paid with a hundred-dollar bill. But when the waitress returned with the change the lady was gone. On the table she saw a small note. There ware tears in her eyes when she read it: “Somebody once helped me the way I’m helping you. If you want to pay me back, continue being kind to others.” Under the note were nine more $100 bills.

Was the old lady an angel? The waitress was so excited that she called her husband to tell him the news. “Bryan Anderson my dear…you’re not going to believe what just happened…”

1.When the lady saw Bryan, she was worried because she thought_____ .

A. he may hurt her            B. he wasn’t going to stop

C. he couldn’t help her         D. she didn’t have enough money

答案: A

【解析】

2.What can we learn about the old lady from the story?

A. She was never kind to others.

B. She was usually quite careless.

C. She was probably very rich.

D. She was not a very good driver.

答案: C

【解析】

3.The underlined expression “giving a hand to(Paragraph 3)is closest in meaning to “____”.

A. questioning       B. helping         C. hurting         D. calling

答案: B

【解析】

4.The underlined word “it” (Paragraph 5) refers to “____”.

A. the change        B. the bill         C. the note          D. the order

答案: C

【解析】

5.Which of the following shows the relationship between the man, the lady and the waitress?

答案:D

【解析】

While she ________ TV, her husband came back.

1. A.
   was watching
2. B.
   watched
3. C.
   watches
4. D.
   would watch

—It’s not easy _________Mrs White to persuade（劝说）her husband to stop smoking. He never listens to others.
—Really? It’s stubborn ____________ him.

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Mr. and Mrs. Jones don’t often go out     36  , but last Saturday, Mrs. Jones    37___ to her husband, “There is a good    38   tonight. Can we go and see it?”
Mr. Jones was quite    39   about it, so they went and both of them liked the film very much. They came out of     40   at 11 o’clock, got into their   41   and began to drive home. It was quite dark, then Mrs. Jones said to Mr. Jones, “Look! A woman is running along the road very    42   , and a man is running after her. Can you see them?”
Mr. Jones said, “Yes, I can.” He drove the car slowly near the woman and said to her, “Can we     43    you?” “No, thank you,” the woman said, but she didn’t stop     44    . “My husband and I always run home after the film, and the    45   one does the cleaning at home.”