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iding my motorbike along a country road near Chilton on the evening of February 15. I 31 it was about 9:30. It was 32 and I couldn’t see things clearly. So I was driving very 33 , but the road was bad and suddenly my bike 34 a stone, and before I could stop my bike, I was already 35 on the ground. My whole 36 hurt, especially(特別) my left arm. I knew I was bleeding(流血) , and I 37 get up. Luckily I was 38 by a policeman. He made a telephone call and I was taken to the 39 . There I was examined. I had a broken arm and lots of cuts. My arm was put in a cast(石膏繃帶) and my cuts were 40 and bandaged(包扎) . 31. A. told B. said C. guess D. thought 32. A. dark B. far C. long D. later 33. A. fast B. well C. carefully D. carelessly 34. A. kicked B. hit C. beat D. touched 35. A. standing B. sleeping C. waiting D. lying(躺) 36. A. mind B. body C. head D. arm 37. A. couldn’t B. didn’t C. wouldn’t D. might not 38. A. caught B. held C. led D. found 39. A. police station B. village C. doctor D. hospital . stopped B. repaired C. served D. cleaned 四。 (15%) A A young man once went into town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches too long. He went downstairs to the kitchen. His mother and two sisters were washing up the teathings there. “The new trousers are too long,” he said. “They need shortening by about two inches. Could one of you do it for me, please?” His mother and sister were busy and none of them said anything. But as soon as his mother had finished washing up, she went quietly upstairs to her son’s bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches. She came downstairs without saying anything to her daughters. Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’s trousers. She was a kindhearted girl, so she went quietly upstairs without saying anything to anyone, and shortened the trousers by two inches. The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came home she, too, remembered her brother’s trousers. So she ran upstairs and did as her mother and sister had done. You can imagine the look on the young man’s face when he put the trousers on the next morning. 41. The young man’s trousers were ______ for him at first. A. a bit too long B. very good C. not too long D. too short 42. The young man’s mother and sisters didn’t answer because they were busy ______ in the kitchen. A. cooking B. making tea C. washing clothes D. washing cups, glasses and so on 43. His elder sister shortened the trousers ______. A. in the evening B. after lunch C. as soon as she had finished the washing D. after she came back from the cinema 44. The next morning the young man found that the trousers were ______ inches too short for him. A. two B. four C. six D. eight 45. We can imagine that when the young man put the trousers on the next morning, he would feel A. happy B. surprising C. surprised D. thankful B When tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the 18th century, people had different ideas about their use. Some said that tea and coffee were harmful to humans and they could cause people to die. In Sweden(瑞典) , King Gustaf Ⅲ decided to find out whether or not this was true. It happened that there were two brothers in prison at that time. They were twins and were almost exactly alike in every way. They had both been sentenced to death(判處死刑) . The King decided to let them live if one of the men agreed to drink several cups of tea each day and the other several cups of coffee. Both brothers lived many years withou