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D. Dr. Elyck was his assistant 38. The surgeon was late because________. A. he was stopped by a kidnapper B. the weather was rather terrible C. Clense Falls was far away from Albany D. His car was taken away 39. Choose the right order of the events given in the story. a. Dr. Elyck was asked to e to the hospital in Clense Falls. b. Dr. Elyck arrived at the hospital. c. The boy shot himself. d. The boy died. e. The man in an old coat reached the hospital. f. Dr. Elyck was robbed (搶劫 ) of his car. A. c, e, f, a, b, d B. a, c, f, d, b, e C. c, a, f, e, d, b D. a, c, f, e, d, b 40. How did the boy’s father feel at last? A. blue B. angry C. worried D. proud ( C) There are two ways of driving in the world: if the driver’s seat is on the left and cars travel on the right side of the road, it is called “ lefthand driving” , as it is in China, while the other way of driving is called “ righthand driving” , as it is in Britain. Nowadays, around 65% of the world’ s population drives on the right of the road, while the rest is used to driving on the left. Though no one knows the exact reasons, it seems likely that people in ancient times travelled on the left of the road. Roman coins show pictures of horsemen passing on each other’ s right. And righthand people generally got on a horse from the animal’ s left. Obviously, it’ s safer to do this at the left side of the road, and it makes sense (行得通 )for the horse to be ridden on the left. A change happened in the late 1700s. When Napoleon(拿破侖 )conquered(攻占 ) nations, he forced them to travel on the right side of the road, which spread lefthand driving throughout Europe. However, Britain still stuck with the righthand driving rule and countries which were part of the British Empire were made to follow. This is why India, Australia and the former British colonies(前英國(guó)殖民地 ) in Africa continue to drive on the left. One exception(例外 ,除外 )is Egypt, as that country was defeated(打敗 ) by Napoleon before being part of the British Empire. Some countries changed sides until modern times. Sweden only moved to driving on the right in 1967 and Iceland changed the following year. Ghana changed sides in 1974. On September 7, 2020, Samoa became the third country ever to change from lefttorighthand driving for the reason that it made it easier to import (進(jìn)口 ) cheap cars from righthand driving Japan, Australia and New Zealand. So if you want to travel to another country or go on business, make sure you know whether it is leftor righthand driving to avoid unnecessary troubles. 41. Which picture shows the correct driving in Britain? d r i ve r d r i ve r d r i ve r d r i v e r A B C D 42. When did Iceland moved to driving on the right? In ________. D. the late 1700s. 43. In modern times, countries follow the same driving way except __________. A. Australia B. Egypt. C. Sweden D. China of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Sweden changed to drive on the right in 1974. B. People drive on the left side of the road in Egypt. C. People have known the exact reasons for driving on the left. D. Napoleon helped with the spread of lefthand driving. 45. What is the writer’ s purpose for writing this passage? A. To explain the advantages of the two ways of driving. B. To introduce the development of the two ways of driving. C. To plain about the change of the two ways of driving. D. To pare the differences of the two ways of driving. 第Ⅱ部分 非選擇題(共 60分) 四、閱讀表達(dá)。 What D. who。s against the law. A. mustn39。 Until B. How long。 reading B. understanding。 him B. us。 第Ⅰ部分 選擇題(共 60分) 一、選擇填空。 江蘇省興化市顧莊學(xué)區(qū)三校 2017 屆九年級(jí)英語(yǔ)一模網(wǎng)上閱卷適應(yīng)性訓(xùn)練(期中)試題 注意: 1. 本試卷共 8頁(yè),滿分為 120分,考試時(shí)間為 120分鐘。(共 15小題,每小題 1分 ,計(jì) 15分) Yishu came _____first in the second season of Chinese Poetry and she