| A．At 7:15. | B．At 7:40. | C．At 7:50. |
1. Where is the speaker now?
| A．In a classroom. | B．In a hospital. | C．On a plane. |
| A．Make sure that the child’s oxygen mask is on first. |
| B．Make sure that your own mask is on first. |
| C．Make sure that the child can help himself with the mask. |
| A．Make sure you take your luggage with you. |
| B．Put on your oxygen mask at once. |
| C．Find the nearest exit first. |
| A．On the seat. | B．In the passenger’s pocket. | C．In the seat pocket. |
| A．He drove very carefully. |
| B．He drove carelessly and got a traffic ticket. |
| C．He always drove through a lot of traffic. |
1. How did the man feel about buying the car at first?
| A．Excited. | B．Surprised. | C．Dissatisfied. |
| A．One hour. | B．Two hours. | C．Three hours. |
| A．To the beach. | B．To the lake. | C．To the pool. |
| A．He feels that it’s not bad. | B．The distance is a little long. | C．It takes him too much time. |
1. Where does Flight 256 take off?
| A．Seattle. | B．New York. | C．Los Angeles. |
| A．Because of the repairs. | B．Owing to an accident. | C．Due to the bad weather. |
| A．At 10:20 am. | B．At 3:20 pm. | C．At 3:50 pm. |
| A．Watch a safety video. | B．Have a meal. | C．Ask some questions. |
7 . Like all big cities, Paris has a traffic problem: lots of cars, lots of traffic jams and lots of pollution from exhaust fumes. So the city began a project to improve the situation.
Under the Velib project (‘Velib’ comes from velo liberty, or ‘bicycle freedom’) people can take a bicycle, use it for as long as they want, and then leave it at the same or another bicycle station. The first half-hour on the bike is free, but if you don’t return it after 30 minutes, you have to pay. But it’s only €1 a day or €29 a year! The bicycles are heavy (25kg), and they are all gray and have baskets. There are about 20, 000 of them in the city, and around 1, 450 bicycle stations. So there are a lot more Velib stations than the 298 subway stations!
Paris is not the first city to have a project like this. But not everybody thinks it’s a great idea. One Parisian said, “These bicycles are only for short journeys. If people want to travel across the city, they won’t use a bicycle —they’ll still use their cars.”
A city spokesman said, “The bicycle project won’t solve all our traffic problems, of course. But it might help reduce air pollution. Traffic, together with factory fumes, is a big problem. There aren’t any simple answers to traffic problems and pollution in cities. But unless we do something now, there will be more traffic jams and temperatures will continue to rise, so the problems in our environment will get worse. The bikes might help people to lead a healthier life, too.”
1. What can we learn about the Velib project?| A．Its bikes have no baskets. | B．Its bikes are light and colorful. |
| C．It aims to make traveling easier. | D．It owns more stations than the subway. |
| A．Free. | B．€1. | C．€29. | D．€30. |
| A．The cost is rather high. | B．It’s hard to find a Velib station. |
| C．It’s not suitable for a long journey. | D．The distance between two Velib stations is long. |
| A．position. | B．smoke. | C．quality. | D．loss. |
| A．Worried. | B．Positive. | C．Uncaring. | D．Doubtful. |
1. Why are the speakers excited in the beginning?
| A．They park near the shopping mall. |
| B．They are lucky to take the umbrella. |
| C．They find the shopping mall easily. |
| A．Learn Spanish. | B．Do some shopping. | C．Go to the museum. |
| A．By car. | B．On foot. | C．By bike. |
| A．At about 7:50 a.m. | B．At about 8:10 a.m. | C．At about 8:45 a.m. |
10 . It seems that some people go out of their way to get into trouble. That’s more or less what happened the night when Nashville Police Officer Floyd Hyde was on duty.
“I was on the way to a personal-injury accident in West Nashville. As I got onto Highway 40, blue lights and sirens (警笛) going, I fell in behind a gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to take off quickly down the highway. The driver somehow panicked at the sight of me. He was going more than a hundred miles an hour and began passing cars on the shoulder (路肩).”
But Hyde couldn’t go after him. Taking care of injured people is always more important than worrying about speeders, so the officer had to stay on his way to the accident. But he did try to keep the Firebird in sight as he drove, hoping another nearby unit would be able to step in and stop the speeding car. As it turned out, keeping the Firebird in sight was not that difficult. Every turn the Pontiac made was the very turn the officer needed to get to the accident scene.
Hyde followed the Pontiac all the way to his destination (目的地). At that point he found another unit had already arrived at the accident scene. His help wasn’t needed. Now he was free to try to stop the driver of the Firebird, who by this time had developed something new to panic about.
“Just about that time,” Hyde says, “I saw fire coming out from under that car, with blue smoke and oil going everywhere. He’d blown his engine. Now he had to stop.”
“After I arrested him, I asked him why he was running. He told me he didn’t have a driver’s license.”
That accident cost the driver of the Firebird plenty -- a thousand dollars for the new engine --not to mention the charges for driving without a license, attempting to run away, and dangerous driving.
1. Why did the driver of the Firebird suddenly speed down the highway?| A．Because he was racing with another driver on the road. |
| B．Because he realized he had to hurry to the accident scene. |
| C．Because he thought the police officer wanted to stop him. |
| D．Because he wanted to overtake other cars on the shoulder. |
| A．Someone else was taking care of the injured person when Hyde arrive. |
| B．The Pontiac reached its destination at the accident scene. |
| C．Hyde knew where he was going by following the right car. |
| D．The policeman was running after a speeder on Highway 40. |
| A．took a wrong turn on the way |
| B．had some trouble with his car |
| C．was stopped by the police officer |
| D．paid for the expenses of the accident |
| A．Losing His Way? | B．Going My Way? |
| C．Fun All the Way? | D．Help on the Way? |
