Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California's Santa Na Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles form home. I couldn't reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I figured I'd just head east.
A bus pulled up, and I asked the driver how far she was going. "Four more lights," she said. There was another bus I could take form there. This clearly was going to be a long night.
She dropped me off at the end of her route and told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus pulled up. There was no lighted number above its wind-shield. It was out of service. But the door opened, and I was surprised to find that it was the same driver.
"I just can't leave you here, "she said. "This isn't the nicest place. I'll give you a ride home."
“You’ll drive me home in the bus?” I asked, perplexed(迷惑的).
“No, I’ll take you in my car,” she said.
“It’s a long way,” I protested(抗議).
“Come on,”she said. “I have nothing else to do.”
As we drove from the station in her car, she began telling me a story. A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good Samaritan picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I’m just passing the favor along.”she said.
When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn’t hear of it. “That would not make it a  favor,” she said. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along.”
小題1:The writer thought that he would have a long night because
A．it world be long before he could take another bus
B．no driver would give him a ride
C．he didn’t know the routes
D．he perhaps would have to take a taxi
小題2:Judging from its context, the place where the writer waited for the second bus was     .
A．very quiet and peacefulB．dark without street lights
C．neither clean nor beautifulD．a(chǎn) little unsafe
小題3:The writer wanted to take a taxi home at the end of the route because         .
A．no bus would come
B．a(chǎn) taxi ride would be more comfortable
C．he became impatient and a bit worried
D．he knew the driver would never return
小題4:The bus driver drove the writer home later because       .
A．she happened to go in the same direction
B．she wanted to do something good for other people
C．her brother told her to do so
D．she wanted to earn more money
小題5:The bus driver hoped that the writer         .
A．world do as she didB．would keep her in memory
C．would give the money to othersD．would do her a favor

小題1:A
小題1:D
小題1:C
小題1:B
小題1:A
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小題1:From the second paragraph, we know that Ellington ____________.
A．could sing as well as he played the piano
B．preferred mature audiences to young adults
C．had a natural talent for musical composition
D．learnt to play musical instrument from very young age
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A．Ellington was very popular at parties in the Washington area.
B．Ellington took the responsibility for a band for a long time.
C．Ellington did live radio broadcasts in New York City.
D．Ellington continually developed new material.
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A．Ellington’s career took off overnight
B．Ellington loves touring around the world
C．Ellington could compose a wide variety of songs
D．Ellington had a great effect on the world of music
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a. Ellington joined a five-piece group of musicians in Washington.
b. Ellington’s orchestra played at the Cotton Club.
c. Ellington and his orchestra gained a national reputation.
d. Ellington began playing the piano at high school parties.
e. Ellington’s orchestra went on concert tours.
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“Sir, I’m sorry. I should have said that beauty doesn’t matter, or something like that.”
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A．Friendly.B．Sociable.C．Busy.D．Changeable
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A．Because Jane had intended to kill him with a knife.
B．Because Jane had intended to be more critical.
C．Because Jane had regretted having a talk with him.
D．Because Jane had said something else to correct herself.
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A．tell her all his troublesB．tell her his life experience
C．change her opinion of himD．change his circumstances
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Two traveling angles stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angles stay in the mansion’s guestroom. Instead the angles were given a small space in the cold basement. As they made their bed in the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angle asked why, the older angle replied, “Things aren’t always what they seem.”
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife. After sharing the little food they had the couple let the angles sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest. When the sun came up the next morning the angles found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in the field. The younger angle was infuriated and asked the older angle how he could have let this happen. “The first man had everything, yet you helped him,” he accused. “The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow die”.
“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angle replied. “when we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn’t find it.”
“Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angle of death came for his wife. I gave him the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem.”
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A．Two Angles Spread Love
B．Things Aren’t Always What They Seem
C．The Rich And The Poor
D．Tales of Angles
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A．a(chǎn)musedB．a(chǎn)ngryC．puzzledD．disappointed
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A．In the home of the wealthy family, the older angle put some gold into a hole in the wall.
B．In the home of the poor family, the older angle killed their cow.
C．The younger angle agreed with what the older angle did at first.
D．The angle of death is in charge of humans’ death.

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