July 16th was a bad day for Mr. Arthur Johnson. In the morning he got out of his home in Santa Barbara, California. It was the start of his summer holidays and he decided to visit friends at Las Vegas. Then he hoped to go fishing in Lane Mead, 40 km from Las Vegas.
Johnson’s troubles started while he was driving happily across the Mojave Desert. His car went wrong and he tried to repair it. Then, to make things worse, his attempts（尝试）to start the car drained(耗尽) the battery and left it useless. After Johnson had waited for an hour in the hot sun, a Canadian driver, Johnson Williams, stopped and tried to help him. When both men failed, Williams promised to telephone a workshop to ask it to send a truck to pull the car away and repair it.
Johnson left the keys in his car and sat under the large tree. Soon he fell asleep. While he was sleeping ,a repair truck arrived from San Pedro(the nearest town) and pulled his car away. Later on, Johnson woke up and thought that somebody had stolen his car. He started to walk back towards San Pedro but a police car stopped him to find out why he was walking in the desert.
Johnson looked like an wanted man in Los Angels for robbery, so the police detained（拘留）him at San Pedro for the night. The next day, Johnson telephoned his friends in Los Angeles. They drove to San Pedro and made the police believe that Johnson was a harmless salesman, so they set him free（释放）.
1.Johnson was happy when he was driving across the desert because___________.
A.he was going fishing at Los Angeles B.his holidays were just starting
C.he was usually an unlucky man D.his friends were going to visit him
2.How did Williams help Johnson?
A.He asked the police to set him free. B.He managed to repair his car.
C.He drove Johnson into San Pedro D.He arranged to have his car repaired.
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.People were not allowed to walk in the desert.
B.Johnson stayed in the police station for several days.
C.Johnson was connected with a robbery that took place in California.
D.Johnson’s friends in Los Angeles were very helpful.
Mary Donaldson is worried about her 16-year-old daughter, Sophia. Six months ago, Sophia came back from a party, upset（不安） and unhappy. From then on, she thinks of __________but how to lose weight and become beautiful. She__________to eat much and keeps on doing exercise. Sophia had always been a little heavy, so when she decided to go on a diet, Mary encouraged her. She felt that her daughter would look __________ attractive if she lost 10 kilograms. However, Sophia has lost over 20 kilograms until now. Her eating and exercising habits are having a __________effect on her health. She is too thin and is often sick.
Her mother is trying to prevent her from going on a diet and losing weight, but Sophia thinks that she is still too heavy and refuses to start eating as usual. Sophia’s mind is __________ the idea of looking like a model. Every day she goes to a club to do exercise. When she is not there, she spends her time __________like Fashion* Beauty. The models in them are very thin and beautiful. Sophia says, “__________I look like these models, I will be happy and all the boys will like me.”
Mary doesn’t know __________to help her daughter. She feels sorry for having encouraged her at first, because Sophia no longer feels good or pleased with her body. She’s afraid that Sophia will___________ be happy if she keeps comparing herself with the models in the magazines. Mary tries to tell Sophia that true__________comes from within. Common people are not supposed to look like models. The most ordinary(普通的) face becomes beautiful when the person behind it is filled with confidence（自信）, wisdom and the joy of life.
1.A.anything B.something C.nothing D.everything
2.A.refuses B.decides C.begins D.hopes
3.A.less B.more C.the most D.much
4.A.harmless B.healthy C.useful D.harmful
5.A.afraid of B.because of C.full of D.made of
6.
A.reading magazines B.watching fashion shows
C.writing to the newspapers D.seeing new films
7.A.Although B.If C.Because D.So
8.A.when B.where C.how D.how difficult
9.A.almost B.quickly C.never D.obviously
10.A.humour B.ability C.quality D.beauty
—Did you want to know more about Mr. and Mrs. Green?
— Yes. I wanted to know ________________ .
A.how long they had got married B.when did they leave here for Suzhou
C.if they like to keep pets at home D.where they had worked before coming here
—She’s never been sent to England for further study so far, __________ she?
—_________ . She has been abroad three times.
A.hasn’t; No B.has; Yes C.is; Yes D.has; No
—The problems were easy to be solved, weren’t they?
—Yes, but I don’t think _________ in our class could do them..
A.somebody B.anybody C.nobody D.everybody
The hotel was very noisy. ________ , I was so tired from travelling that I slept very well.
A.Instead B.Therefore C.However D.Otherwise
