Never before has the ________ been faced with such a threat as has happened in the past five decades

　　 A. human race B. people　 C. mankind　　 D. man

　 “I wish Central Bank would be robbed,” George Pickens said to himself. He had been making this wish daily from the time he had started work as a teller(出納)at the bank.

　 Of course, George had a reason for wanting the bank to be robbed. He had a plan. It went like this:

　 If Bank Robber A threatens(威脅)Bank Teller B…

　 What is to prevent Bank Teller B from keeping all the money left and declaring that it was stolen by Bank Robber A?

　 Then one afternoon Bank Robber A, who was wearing a mask, appeared. He rushed to George’s cage with a gun.

　 “All right,” he said, “Hand it over!”

　 George reached into his cashbox(現金箱),took all the bills from top section, and passed them to the robber. The robber turned to leave with the bills.

　 Then, while everyone watched Bank Robber A, Bank Teller B took the bills from the bottom section of the cashbox and put them into his own pockets.

　 The next morning when George arrived at the bank, he was called into Mr Burrows’ office. “George,” the bank president said, “I want you to meet Mr Carruthers, who used to be president of our bank.”

　 “Good morning, George,” said Mr Carruthers. “I was sorry to give you a hard time yesterday, but with so many banks being robbed these days I thought it would be a good idea to prove that our bank can be robbed too. That’s why I played my little game yesterday.”

　 “I don’t understand,” said George. “What game?”

　 The old man laughed. He placed a mask over his face, and said: “All right. Hand it over!” Mr Burrows laughed but George did not.

　 “And the money?” George asked in a small voice.

　 “Don’t worry,” Mr Carruthers said. “I put it all back in your cashbox. We’re just finishing up the audit(算賬)now.”

　 Behind them, the door opened and Mr Bell, the chief auditor(查賬員), put his head into the room. “Mr Burrows,” he said seriously, “may I see you a moment?”

1. The underlined part “Bank Teller B” in the text refers to ____.

　 A. Mr Bell　　　　　　　 B. Mr Carruthers

　 C. George　　　　　　　 D. another teller at the bank

2. How do you think George felt when he was told that the money had all been ut back in his

　 cashbox?

　 A. Happy.　　　　　　　 B. Surprised.

　 C. Puzzled.　　　　　　　　 D. Worried.

3. We may infer that what the chief auditor wanted to tell Mr Burrows at the end of the story was

　 that ____.

　 A. there was no money left

　 B. there was no money lost

　 C. there was still money missing

　 D. there was more money than expected

Shanghai is trying to control ________ number of cars on the road to ensure clean air for ________ 2010 World Expo.

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

—What 　　 part of England do you live in ?

　 —　　　 place called Sally Oak . Do you know it?

　 A.不填；A 　　 B.the ; A　　　 C.a; The 　　　 D.不填；The

In the beginning, he _____ some difficulty in English.

　 A. does have 　 B. did have

　 C. did had 　 D. does has

John may phone tonight. I don’t want to go out _____ he phones.

　 A. as long as 　 B. in case

　 C. in order that 　 D. as that

The frightened thief hid himself in the dark corner of the yard,　　　,staring at the open door. w*w* A.quiet and cold　　　　　　　　　 B.quietly and coldly

C.auiet and coldly　　　　　　　　 D.quietly and cold

─Is there anything you want from the town?

─No, thank you, I would like to get ______.

A. those letters mailed 　　　　　　　　B. to mail these letters 　　

C. those letters mail 　　　　　　　　　D. to mail those letters

— If you don’t like the red coat, take the blue one.

— OK, but do you have ______ size in blue? This one’s a bit tight for me.

A. a big　　　　　　　　　　 B. a bigger

C. the big　　　　　　　　　 D. the bigger

Mr. Stevenson is great to work for—I really couldn't ask for a＿boss.

A. better　　　　　 B. good　　　　　 C. best　　　　　 D. still better