1 . Very far away from the city lived a poor farmer and his wife. In front of their house was a small dirt road. Very few cars drove on this road because it was so far from the city. On the dirt road, there was a big hole filled with water. The hole was very deep, but drivers on the road didn’t know just how deep. Drivers always drove into the hole, but they never drove out.

One day, a man in a new car was driving down the road. He saw the hole with the water, but he didn’t think it was very deep. He drove into the hole, but he couldn’t drive out. The man saw the farmer on his tractor working in the field, and he signaled to the farmer. The farmer drove over to the man in the new car.

“Is there a problem?” asked the farmer.

“Yes,” said the man. “My car is stuck in this hole. Can you help me?”

“Maybe,” said the farmer. “But I’m very busy.”

“If you help me, I’ll pay you,” said the man.

“OK,” said the farmer. The farmer pulled the car out of the hole with his tractor, and the man paid him a lot of money. The man looked at the farmer and said, “You must make a lot of money pulling cars out of this hole day and night.”

“Actually, no,” said the farmer.

“Why not?” asked the man.

“The hole is very deep, and a lot of people get stuck and ask for help. But I don’t make money day and night because I don’t pull cars out at night.”

“At night I’m busy filling the hole with water,” answered the farmer.

1. Why did very few cars drive on the small dirt road?

A．Because the road was dirty.	B．Because it was so far from the city.
C．Because very few people knew the way.	D．Because the drivers knew there was a hole.

2. According to paragraph 2, we can know about the man in a new car __________ .

A．he just learnt to drive a car	B．it was the first time that he passed there
C．he knew how deep the hole was	D．he knew the farmer in the field

3. Which of the following is true according to this passage?

A．Drivers didn’t see there was a hole on the road.

B．The man drove into the hole and never drove out.

C．The farmer was busy filling the hole with water at night.

D．The driver made a lot of money pulling cars out of the hole day and night.

4. What does the underlined word “it” refer to?

A．The road

B．The city

C．The car

D．The man

2 . I get up early _______ I won’t be late.

A．as though

B．so that

C．such that

D．now that

3 . I’ll go to see him when I _______ time.

A．will have

B．am going to have

C．have

D．had

4 . Don’t leave the baby ________ in the room. Go and take care of him now!

A．crying

B．to cry

C．cried

D．cry

5 . The old man enjoys telling us things ________ he experienced when he was young..

A．that

B．who

C．whose

D．whom

6 . 他满心遗憾地看着他的家被拆除，让位给新的购物中心。
With great sorrow, he watched his home being torn down to______________________the new shopping center.

7 . 他的车在半路上抛锚了，这导致他上班迟到了。
His car broke down on the halfway, which resulted in______________________.

8 . 我已受够了驾车带孩子们到处去。
I have______________________driving the kids around.

9 . 约翰能用最简短的语言将自己的观点表达清楚。
John has a way to ______________________ using as few words as possible.

10 . 谈到古典音乐，我们首先想到贝多芬。
______________________ classical music, we first think of Beethoven.