【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ives carefully and can keep calm in time of danger. and he escaped from several accidents. the manager pays him more and the traffic policemen often speak 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 traffic is crowded in the morning， sometimes he’s late for the work. his manager warns the young man that he will be sent away unless he gets to his office on time. he hopes to buy a car， but he hasn‘t enough money. he decides to buy an old one. he went to the flea （跳蚤） market and at last he chose a beautiful but cheap car. he said he wanted to have a trial （試驗(yàn)） drive， the seller agreed. he called mr king and asked him to help him.mr king examined the car at first and then drove it away. it was five in the morning and there were few cars in the street. at first he drove slowly and it worked well. then he drove fast. and when he reached a crossing， the lights turned red. he tried to stop it， but he failed and nearly 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， “since it doesn‘t listen to me，can it obey you？”根據(jù)以上短文內(nèi)容，然后從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇最佳選項(xiàng)。1. mr king is paid more because he _______.a. always drives very slowly b. is not afraid of dangerc. had driven for years d. drives very well2. mr baker went to the flea market to _______.a. buy a secondhand car b. have a trial drivec. choose a new car d. sell his old car3. mr king tried to stop the car when _______.a. he saw an old woman crossing the streetb. he saw a big treec. the traffic lights turned redd. the policeman shouted angrily at him4. which of the following is true？a. mr king will be sent away if he keeps being lateb. mr baker can‘t afford to buy an old carc. mr king didn‘t hear the policemand. something was wrong with the car「答案與解析」1. drives carefully and can keep calm in time of danger. and he escaped from several ，mr king drives very well，因此老板付給了他更多的薪水。答案選d.2. baker因?yàn)榻煌〒頂D而經(jīng)常遲到，受到老板的責(zé)罵，所以he hopes to buy a car. 但是他沒有足夠的錢，所以he decided to buy an old one，可見他去跳蚤市場是buy a secondhand car（想買一輛二手車），因此答案選a.3. king試車到了一個(gè)十字路口時(shí)，the light turned red，所以he tried to stop it，因此答案選c.4. king在交警的警告下也沒有停住車，最后撞到了樹上，他的解釋是：it doesn‘t listen to me（車不聽我的話），可見車有問題，所以答案選d.6)in 1995，oseola mccarty gave a present of $150 000 to the university of southern mississippi. she wanted to help poor students. it was a very generous thing to do. but her friends and neighbors were surprised. mccarty was a good woman. she went to church. she was always friendly and helpful. but everyone in her town knew that mccarty was not rich. in fact，she was poor.how did a poor 86yearold woman have so much money？ oseola mccarty was born in 1908 in hattiesburg，mississippi. she had to leave school when she was eight years old to help her family. she took a job washing clothes. she earned only a few dollars a day. oseola washed the clothes by hand. then she hung the clothes to dry. she did this for nearly 80 years. in the 1960s，she bought an automatic washer and dryer. but she gave them away. she did not think they got the clothes clean enough！at that time，many people started to buy their own washers and dryers. mccarty did not have much work， so she started to iron clothes instead.mccarty never married or had children. her life was very simple. she went to work and to church. she read her bible （圣經(jīng)）。she had a blackandwhite television. but she did not watch it very much. it had only one channel.mccarty saved money all her life and eventually had about $250 000. when she was 86，a lawyer helped her make a will. she left money to the church，her relatives，and the university. mccarty just wanted to help others. she did not think she was a special person. but then people found out about her present to the university. she received many honors （榮譽(yù)）。she even flew in an airplane for the first time！oseola mccarty died in 1999. she was a shy and ordinary woman who became famous.根據(jù)以上短文內(nèi)容，然后從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選擇最佳選項(xiàng)。1. oseola mccarty gave $150 000 to the university of southern mississippi _______.a. to help the poor students b. to surprise her friends and neighborsc. to show her generosity d. to be a good and rich woman2. from the story we know _______.a. mccarty was born in a poor family near the university of southern mississippib. everyone was surprised because they thought mccarty had no educationc. washers and dryers brought a change in mccarty‘s lifed. mccarty gave half of her money to the church and her relatives3. which of the following is true？a. mccarty had to work to help her family after school every day.b. mccarty learned to read the bible by herself in the school.c. mccarty made one third of her money by washing and ironing clothes.d. mccarty did not have her own family because she had no husband or children.4. from which of the following can we tell mccarty lived a simple life？a. she worked hard all her life. b. she didn‘t think she was special.c. she didn‘t have many interests. d. she had a tv set with many channels.5. which of the following is true？a. mccarty died at the age of eightysix.b. mccarty did the job of washing for more than eighty years.c. mccarty gave her presents to both universities and churches.d. mccarty was given many honors because of her good deeds.「答案與解析」1. ：she wanted to help poor ，所以答案為a.2. mccarty是一個(gè)poor 86yearold ，可知她的家里也是貧窮的。她出生在hattiesburg， university of southern mississippi不遠(yuǎn)。所以a項(xiàng)是正確的。3. never married or had children. 她一直自己一個(gè)人生活，因此d項(xiàng)是正確的。4. 。她只工作和去教堂，她只讀她的圣經(jīng)，她有一部黑白電視機(jī)但不怎么看，而且它只有一個(gè)頻道。可見她并沒有很多的愛好，所以說她的生活是simple .5. ，死于1999年，享年91歲，所以選項(xiàng)a