The Flying Hat By Shannon Blackman
“The most sidesplitting story I’ve ever read. I couldn’t help laughing after I finished it. Be ready to laugh your heart out.” Willy King, Best Book winner
“It’s a story that makes you smile in your dreams. Blackman’s excellent writing cheers you up.”
The Tide, London
“One of the best-selling books of the year. More than two million copies have been sold.”
The Sunday Reader, New York
“This book has become the talk of the country. The story is making its way into movie theaters. I can’t wait to see it!” Marian Miller, author of Ms. Lilly
1.Who is the writer of The Flying Hat?
A. Marian Miller B. Willy King C. Shannon Blackman D. Ms. Lily
2.Which is said about The Flying Hat?
A. A movie about the story is coming out.
B. People can buy the book all over the world.
C. The writer started the book because of a mistake.
D. The story is about a boy with a magic book.
3.What does sidesplitting mean?
A. Simple. B. Funny. C. Serious. D. Difficult.
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a distance of about 80 miles. It was late, I was late, and I was driving _________.
At one point along an open highway, I came to a crossroads with a traffic light. I was _________ on the road by now, but as I came near the light, it turned _________, and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right, and behind me. Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of headlights, _________ there I sat, waiting for the light to _________, the only human being, for at least a mile in any _________.
I started wondering why I _________ to run the light. I was not afraid of being caught, because there was _________ no policeman anywhere around and there certainly would have been no _________ in going through it.
Much later that _________, after I’d met with a group in Lewisburg and had climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why I’d stopped for that light _________ me. I think I stopped _________ it’s part of a contract(契约) we all have with each other. It’ s not only the law, but it’s an agreement we have, and we trust each other to follow _________: we don’t go through red lights.
We do _________ we say we’ll do. We show up when we say we’ll show up.
I was so _________ of myself for stopping for that red light. And as no one would ever have known what a good person I was on the road from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, I had to tell s someone.
1.A. fast B. slowly C. carefully D. hard
2.A. late B. alone C. worried D. afraid
3.A. green B. yellow C. red D. dark
4.A. and B. or C. so D. but
5.A. return B. change C. start D. continue
6.A. attention B. background C. direction D. information
7.A. refused B. decided C. prepared D. forgot
8.A. hardly B. luckily C. usually D. clearly
9.A. danger B. excuse C. space D. energy
10.A. moment B. night C. afternoon D. morning
11.A. depended on B. looked forward to C. stayed away from D. came back to
12.A. though B. unless C. because D. until
13.A. me B. it C. him D. us
14.A. what B. how C. why D. that
15.A. tired B. ready C. proud D. sorry
which sign shows us to a toilet?
A B C D
He’s never been to the Great Wall, _______?
A. is he B. isn’t he C. hasn’t he D. has he
----There can be no life on the earth without water.
----That’s right. Water _____ everywhere.
A.needs B.is needing C.is needed D.needed
I hate people ___________ talk much but do little.
A. who B. who’s C. whose D. whom
