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( ) 1. What kind of people are often killed when crossing the road? A. Young people. B. Older people. C. Little children. D. The old and the young. ( )2. Old people are often killed in traffic accidents because_______. A. they are not able to see B. they are not able to hear C. they walk slowly D. they can39。t see or hear very well ( )3. The children are killed in traffic accidents because_______. A. they like to cross the roads B. they are careless C. they are careful D. they can39。t see or hear very well ( )4. If a car is going very fast, it_______. A. will not stop B. will travel a few metres after it stops C. will move several metres before it stops D. will be easy to stop in a few minutes ( )5. Which of the following is NOT right? A. None of the people know a traveling car can stop in a few metres. B. The only way to cross the roads safely is to look right and left of the ways. C. If the roads are busy, you can39。t cross the roads. D. It39。s not easy to know how fast a car is traveling. ( B) Once there was a piano player in a bar (酒吧 ) . People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song. I don39。t sing, said the man. But the lady told the waiter, I39。m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing! The waiter shouted across the room, Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song! So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully ! He had talent (天賦 ) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a noname piano player in a noname bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the bestknown singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole. You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent. ( )6. The lady asked the player to sing a song because __________. A. she enjoyed his singing B. she knew him very well C. she had paid him for this D. she wanted to have a change ( )7. Nat King Cole succeeded because ___________. A. he caught the chance B. the lady helped him a lot C. he continued to play in the bar D. he stopped playing the piano ( )8. The words sit