三、 閱讀理解（共20小題，滿分40分）

As one approaches  some crossroads, one comes to a sign which says that drivers have to stop when they come to the main road ahead. At other crossroads, drivers have to go slow, but they do not actually have to stop (unless, of course, there is something coming along the main road); and at still others, they do not have either to stop or to go slow, because they are themselves on the main road.

    Mr. Williams, who was always a very careful driver, was driving home from work one evening when he came to a crossroads. It had a “Slow” sign, so he slowed down when he came to  the main road, looked both ways to see that nothing was coming,  and then drove across without stopping completely.

    At once he heard a police whistle, so he pulled in to the side of the road and stopped. A policeman walked over to him with a noteb ook and pencil in his hand and said, “You didn’t stop at the crossing.” “But the sign there doesn’t say “Stop”,” answered Mr. Williams. “It just says “Slow”, and I did go slow.”  The policeman looked around him, and a look of surprise came over his face. Then he put his notebook and pencil away, scratched his head and said, “Well, I’ll be blowed. I am in the wrong street!”

1. Which of the following statements is correct?

A. Stop signs can be found at every crossroads.

B. At crossroads with a “Slow” sign, drivers never have to stop.

C. At crossroads with a “Slow” sign, drivers have to stop and then go slow.

D. At some crossroads, drivers needn’t stop or go slow.

2. What do you think the policeman would do in the end?

A. Fine Mr. Williams.                     B. Take him to the police station.

C. Apologize to Mr. Williams.            D. Give Mr. Williams his notebook and pencil.

3. Which might be the best title for this passage?

A. Signs at the crossroads               B. A careful driver

C. A policeman and a driver            D. Policeman in the wrong street

John H. Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas city in 1918. His father died in an accident when John was six. He was reaching the high school age, but his hometown offered no high school for blacks.

    Fortunately he had a strong-willed (意志堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的) caring mother. John remembered that his mother told him many times, “Son, you can be anything you want really to be if you just believe.”She told him not to depend on others, including his mother. “You have to earn success, ”she said. “All the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard.”

    These words came from a woman with less than a third grade education. She also knew that believing and hard work don’t mean everything. So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son, who was then 15, to Chicago.

    Chicago in 1933 was not the promised land that black southerners were looking for. John’s mother and stepfather could not find work. But here John could go to school, and here he learned the power of words—as an editor of the newspaper and yearbook at Du Sable High School. His wish was to publish a magazine for blacks.

    While others discouraged him, John’s mother offered him more words to live by. “Nothing beats a failure but a try. ”She also let him pawn(典當(dāng))her furniture to get the $ 500 he needed to start the Negro magazine.

    It is natural that difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful. He always keeps his mother’s words in mind.“Son, failure is not in your vocabulary!”

    Now John H. Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America—worth $ 150 million.

1. John’s mother decided to move to Chicago because _____.

    A. his father died when John was very young

    B. life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown

    C. John needed more education badly

    D. there were no schools for Negroes in their hometown

2. John’s mother ________________________.

     A. didn’t believe in or depend on others

     B. thought one could be whatever one wanted to be

     C. believed one would succeed without working hard

     D. thought no one could succeed without working hard

3. The underlined sentence“Nothing beats a failure but a try. ”means _____.

     A. if you try, you would succeed

     B. a failure is difficult to beat, even if you try

     C. a try is always followed by a failure

     D. no failure can be beaten unless you try

4. The story mainly tells us _____.

     A. how John H. Johnson became successful

     B. about the mental (心理的) support John’s mother gave him

     C. about the importance of a good education

     D. about the key to success for blacks

.The businessman asked a much ______ price than ______.

       A.high, expecting          B.higher, expecting

       C.higher, expected         D.more expensive, expected

.It's too noisy here. Take the children ______ it is quiet.

       A.to which     B.where  C.to where      D.which

As we joined the big crowd I got ______ from my friends.

       A.separated     B.spared  C.lost    D.missed

 –Could you tell me the way to ____ Johnsons, please?

--Sorry, we don’t have ____ Johnson here in the village.

 A. the; the    B. the; a  C. /; the D. the; /

Don't be too ______ about things you're not supposed to know.

A．strange            B．a(chǎn)musing           C．curious            D．conscious

After supper she would sit down by the fire , sometimes for _____an hour, thinking of her young and happy days.

     A．a(chǎn)s long as      B．a(chǎn)s soon as      C．a(chǎn)s much as      D．a(chǎn)s many as

Although this movie is based on past events, it is not _____ accurate.

   A. currently     B perfectly     C. historically      D. extremely

A cook will be immediately fired if he is found _________ in the kitchen.

  A. smoke       B. smoking          C. to smoke       D. smoked