Many years ago, when I was first out of school and working in Danver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Messouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Okiahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register（收款臺）, I said hello to an old couple who were also paying for gas. I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.

I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon after, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery(電池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford shop(a shop selling cars)was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment; so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks, I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank-you, and it meant a lot, he said.

“Thank you”-- two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.

57. The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City___________.

A. to visit a friend               B. to see his parents

C. to pay at the cash register       D. to have more gas for his car

58. The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “___________ ”

A. turned off        B.moved off    C. put up     D. set up

59. What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

A. He had it pulled back to the gas station.

B.The couples sent him a business card.

C. The couple offered to help him.

D. He called his friend for help.

60.By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show__________.

A. how to write a thank-you letter     B. how to deal with car problems

C. the kindheartedness of old people    D. the importance of expressing thanks

 I’m afraid it will cost _________ money.

A. a great many  B.a large amount of   C. a great number of  D. a lot

Rich as he is, he is not particular about____________he eats and drinks.

       A．which       B．what  C．that   D．these

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I was ___53___ excited to be picked to represent Canada. I have been to Pompeii in Italy and am now in China visiting Loulan.

Both places were important commercial cities ___54__ 2,000 years ago. They disappeared and became lost    55   . Pompeii was founded in the 8th century BC and was taken over by the Romans in 89 BC. Pompeii was destroyed __56 _ a volcano, which erupted __57__ covered Pompeii with ash. All the people were buried alive, and so was the city.

Loulan was a stopping point on the famous Silk Road __58__ the East and the West. ___59__ is believed that Loulan was gradually covered by sandstorms and then disappeared under the sand.

There are just a few ruins __60__. Some treasure, such as coins and painted pots, was found, and recently some tombs. I am becoming very interested in ancient civilizations. Maybe I shall become an archaeologist one day.

It was not until nearly a month later____________I received the manager's reply

     A. since            B  when         C. as        D.  that

 Play, often _______ as an activity for young children, is still important in the social development of teenagers.

  A. to see                B. seeing                        C. to be seen         D. seen

Out teacher       his hand on my shoulder and said, “Don’t leave your books     about.”

A. laid, laying    B. lay, lain    C. laid, lying    D. lay ,laying

. ________ he realized it was too late to return home.

A. Not until dark                     B. It was until dark

C. It was not until dark that             D. It was dark that

  It was two years ago in winter when I went with my family to Engadine in Switzerland. The journey by car was pleasant until we reached the bottom of the Julier Pass(尤里爾隘口) when it began to snow.

  Suddenly, the weather became very bad and soon we found ourselves in a storm. On the top of the pass, the visibility(能見度) was almost zero and we had to guess where the crash barrier(防撞護(hù)欄) was. It was terrible, the snow turned into ice and stuck to the windows despite the heating being set at full blast. Several times I had to get out of the car to clear the ice from the windshield(擋風(fēng)玻璃).

  But the way down towards Silvaplana was less stressful and we knew that we would arrive in paradise(樂園). It snowed without interruption the first day of our holidays and not being used to this natural weather, we found it simply magical to watch so much snow falling down on the mountains.

  The following day, in this large, amazing area made up of frozen lakes and rivers between white mountains, we discovered a little hut next to the cross-country ski tracks, close to a farm. There was a fridge in this heated wooden cabin that contained milk, cheese and yoghurts for self-service. There was a list of prices for each item. You took what you wanted, then wrote down the total on a notebook what you had taken and put the money into an open box and if necessary took the change.

  Where else could you find such trust? As I’ve already told you, Engadine is a paradise.

69.The author and his family were caught in a storm when they_______.

A. began the visit to Engadine                     B. were in Silvaplana

C. were passing the Julier Pass                     D. crashed into barriers

70. According to the passage, in the little hut________.

   A. foods were offered to tourists for free           B. tourists had to serve themselves

   C. tourists had to enjoy their own food     D. there were several persons on duty every day

71. What may impress the author most?

   A. The white mountains.                  B. The Julier Pass.

C. The frozen lake .                          D. The little hut.

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