It was midnight in Paris and we were rolling toward Avenue Bosguet. As we came to the Pont Alexandra Ⅲ, the taxi slowed down, for the traffic light was red against us, and then, without stopping, we sailed through the red in a sudden burst of speed. The same performance was repeated at the Alma Bridge. As I paid the driver, I asked him why he had driven through two red lights.
“You ought to be ashamed of yourself, breaking the law and endangering your life that way.” I protested.
He looked at me, astonished, “Ashamed of myself? I am a law abiding(守法的) citizen and have no desire to get killed either.” He cut me off before I could protest.
“No, just listen to me before you complain. What did I do? Went through a red light. Well, did you ever stop to consider what a red light is? What it means?”
“Certainly,”I replied. “It’s a stop signal and means the traffic is rolling in the opposite direction.”
“Half-right,”said the driver, “But incomplete. It’s only an automatic(自动的) stop signal. And it does not mean that there is cross traffic. Did you see any cross traffic during our trip? Of course not. I slowed down at the light, looked carefully to the right and to the left. Not another car on the street at this hour. Well, then! What would you have me do? Should I stop like a stupid animal because an automatic, brainless machine turns red every forty seconds? No, sir,”he shouted, “I am a man, not a machine. I have eyes and a brain and judgment, given me by God. Ashamed of myself, you say? I would only be ashamed of myself if I let those blinking lamps do my thinking for me. Good night,sir.”
1.At the Alma Bridge,__________.
A.the writer stopped the taxi and aid the driver
B.the taxi went through a red light again
C.there was a performance the writer had already watched
D.the writer began to criticize the driver
2.To the taxi driver, a red light__________.
A.was not a stop signal
B.should not work at midnight
C.sometimes made mistakes in judgment
D.didn’t always mean that there was cross traffic
3.The main reason the driver dared to drive through the red light was that________________.
A.he found there was no cross traffic there at that time
B.he thought it a shame to be controlled by a machine
C.he knew no other driver would see him at this hour
D.he didn’t trust any brainless machine
4.According to the passage, the driver thought of what he had done was____________.
A.law abiding B.law breaking
C.something to be proud of D.something to be ashamed of
When Omega was born in Uganda, she did two things: Smile and then sing. When Omega was 4 years old, her talent(天赋) for music was recognized, so she became one of the youngest members of the first African Children’s Choir(合唱团). She traveled the world with the choir, and it was from this experience that she grew into a singer today.
Although having a beautiful voice, she had to find other ways besides music to earn a living at first. When she was 16, her parents sent her to the USA to study. Like her mother, Omega wanted to become a doctor and do something meaningful in her country of Uganda.
However, like many artists, music was so much a part of her that she had to choose. With encouragement from her family and friends, she opened her own production company(制作公司) after graduation. Since then, she has been working as an artist. Her songs make people feel good about life. Apart from that, she is also interested in health care and education. Omega is one of those Ugandan females who are showing the world their valuable talents.
1.Her experiences in the Choir helped Omega to ____.
A. burst into song B. recognize her music talent
C. travel the world D. become a singer
2. What is the meaning of the underlined sentence in paragraph three?
A. music was very important to her
B. music took her a lot of time
C. music cost her so much money
D. music was the last thing she would choose
3. We can learn from the passage that Omega is ____.
A. a good teacher B. a famous African artist
C. a kind politician D. a warm-hearted doctor
Last Tuesday I took my two daughters, aged five and seven, to town by car. It began to rain__26__ so I decided I would leave the children in the car__27__ I rushed into a shop. I warned the girls not to __28_ anything and told them I would be __29__ within a few minutes. Then I locked all the doors and left __30__happily looking out of the window.
I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had __31__! I could hardly believe my __32__. The car doors were __33__ locked, the windows tightly shut and on the back seat __34__only two coats. Being____ __35__, I ran to the corner of the street __36__ there was no sign of them. I __37__up to an old lady nearby and asked __38__ she had seen two small girls but she said “No”.
Feeling quite sick with fear, I sat on the driver’s seat, and __39__ to stop trembling(发抖). Suddenly, I __40__ a merry laugh __41__ me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot(车尾行李箱) and __42__ were two very
red-face and _43__ children. They had obviously pulled out the back seat, __44__ behind it and then been unable to push the seat forward again. __45__ tears in my eyes, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.
1.A. heavy B. hard C. big D. hardly
2.A. before B. since C. after D. which
3.A. talk B. reach C. hear D. touch
4.A. away B. out C. back D. along
5.A. them B. her C. herself D. themselves
6.A. discovered B. disappeared C. described D. delivered
7. A. ears B. words C. eyes D. heads
8. A. even B. again C. already D. still
9. A. have B. were C. had D. are
10. A. foolish B. proud C. frightened D. pleased
11.A. where B. which C. that D. when
12. A. arrived B. looked C. rushed D. left
13.A. what B. when C. whether D. how
14. A. tried B. had C. tired D. ought
15.A. felt B. listened C. smelt D. heard
16. A. behind B. over C. before D. with
17. A. outside B. among C. inside D. between
18. A. worried B. excited C. surprised D. interested
19. A. climbed B. flew C. threw D. jumped
20. A. For B. About C. With D. Down
I'm very glad to see that your vocabulary is gradually ________.
A．building up B．turning up C．coming up D．waking up
More than twenty years____________since he came to teach in this school, and every student and every parent_____him.
A.have passed,like B.has passed,likes
C.have passed,likes D.has passed,like
________ thousands of Chinese students，Chuck has vast experience in the Chinese class.
A．Having taught B．Taught
C．Teaching D．To have taught
