【正文】 3. 詞數(shù) 80100 個 。s work. Then one night the wind cried loudly outside. Jumping out of bed, the farmer took a lamp(燈 ) and rushed next door to the farmhand’s sleeping. He shook the little man and shouted,“ Get up! A storm is ing! Get everything ready before they are blown away! ” The little man lay in bed and said calmly, “No sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows. ” Angry at the answer, the farmer decided to let him go away. He hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his surprise, he discovered that all of the things had been covered with tarpaulins(防水油布 ). The cows were in their houses, the chickens were in the coops, too. Everything was ready for the wind. Nothing could be blown away. The farmer then understood what the little man had meant, so he also went back to his bed to sleep while the wind was still blowing. Can you sleep when the wind blows through your life? The farmhand in this story was able to sleep because he did well in his work and kept the farm safe in the storm. When you’re prepared， you have nothing to fear. 34. It is difficult for the farmer to find people to work on his farm because ______. A. the farm was too far away B. the storms there were so terrible C. they couldn’t make enough money D. it was too hard to work on the farm 35. The underlined sentence “I can sleep when the wind blows.” means ______. A. he enjoyed sleeping when the wind blew B. he was very brave and not afraid of wind C. he would get everything done before the wind blew D. he needed much sleep after working hard on the farm 36． Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage A. The farmer was satisfied with the man’s work in the end. B. The farmer didn’t understand what the man said when he hired(雇用 ) him. C. The man was not experienced in working in that terrible situation. D. The farmer only hired one farmhand for his land. 37. We can learn from the story that ______. A. work hard, and you’ll be successful B. difficulty can make you much stronger C. be brave and calm, and you can do a good job D. be prepared, and you won’t be afraid of anything C Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors (家庭教師 ), cards, special learning centers—in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的 ) school. 5 After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread (鋪開 ) out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening. Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity (好奇心 ). She went to his room and asked, “Son, what was it? Was it the nuns (修女 )?” Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, “No.” “Well then,” she asked again. “WHAT was it?” Little Tommy looked at her and said, “Well, on the first day of school, when I saw the man nailed (釘 ) to the plus sign (加號 ), I knew they weren’t joking.” 38. Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school? A. Because he could eat well there. B. Because he could learn more about nuns. C. Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math. D. Because his parents didn’t want him to learn math any more. 39. “Hitting the books” means “_______” in Chinese. A. 用功 B. 捶書 C. 發(fā)泄 D. 振作 40. The last sentence in the passage shows that _______. A. Tommy felt sorry for the mail B. Tommy was afraid of being nailed C. Tommy didn’t like the plus sign D. Tommy liked playing jokes on others 41. From the passage, we can infer (推斷 ) that _______. A. teachers should be strict with their students B. mistaking might do good sometimes C. a catholic school is much better than other ones D. nuns are good at helping children with their math D A major development to selfdriving cars may change the way we will drive in the future. Google, the leading pany in selfdriving technology, has changed its develop plan. It had 6 driverless cars built by car factories, but now it will start building its own cars. Google has started to build some kinds of experimental electric self driving cars that look like a Smart car or Fiat 500. There is no steering wheel(方向盤 )， gas pedal or brake. The only things a human passenger controls are a red “estop” button (按鈕 ) for fear stops and a start button. The car’s only “friendly” face is designed to make it help people accept selfdriving technology. Google workers took part in a long experiment, in which they used selfdriving cars for their usual