Geoffery Payne talked for the first time about the night when his wife was killed. The judge thought it was he who killed his wife. Now he wrote to a magazine from the prison about what had happened on the night of 13 October, 2007.

I had to stay late at the hospital that night to do an operation. I finally left at about 11 p.m. I drove home slowly because the weather was terrible－ the wind was blowing and it was raining heavily. I was turning into our road when a man suddenly ran in front of my car. I almost hit him but I stopped just in time. I was frightened and the man looked frightened, too. I got out of the car but he ran away before I could ask if he was all right. It was strange.

When I got home, the lights were on but it was very quiet. I called to my wife but there was no answer. Then I remembered that she was out at a concert.

I was still very upset about what had happened on the road, so I made myself a drink. Then I went upstairs to have a bath. I saw that the window in the bedroom was open. This was strange because my wife always locked the doors and windows before she went out. She was afraid of burglars (夜盜者）. When I went to close the window, I found Ellen. She was lying on the floor. There was blood everywhere. I rushed over and felt her pulse but she was dead. I sat on the floor beside her body. I was too frightened to do anything.

When I gained a bit of consciousness, the sky was getting light. I couldn't remember a thing about the night. In the morning I phoned the police. They arrived about half an hour after I phoned them. But it seemed like hours. During that time I tried hard to recall what had happened the night before. I couldn't stop thinking about the man on the road. What was he doing at that time of night in our quiet neighborhood? Why did he look so frightened? Why did he run away?

56.   Geoffrey Payne was a _____.

A. doctor          B. policeman        C. judge           D. taxi driver 

57.   When Payne got home, he found _____.

A. Ellen waiting for him                   B. the bedroom window closed

 C. A burglar in his house                 D. Ellen lying on the floor, blood all over

58.   After he found Ellen dead, Payne _____.

A. called the police at once                B. tried to find out the murderer

 C. called out for help                        D. was so scared that he could do nothing 

59.   In this passage Payne tried to ____.

A. say something about his family

B. show he was very sorry for his wife's death

C. make people believe the man in the road probably killed his wife

School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of anxiety to get home. Sitting at the front makes you stand out like a shiny   36   in a pile of dull pennies.

Janie, the driver, tries to   37   the uncomfortable atmosphere(氣氛) by striking the match of   38   .

I try to mind my manners and   39   listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day,   40  , her conversation was worth listening to.

   “My father’s sick, ” she said to no one in   41  . I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. With a sudden change of attitude and interest, I asked, “What’s wrong with him?”

  42   her eyes wet and her voice tight from fighting the tears, she answered, “Heart trouble.” Her eyes   43   as she continued. “ I’ve already lost my mum,   44   I don’t think I can bear losing him.”

I had no reply. I was   45  . My heart ached for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great   46   my own mother was thrown into   47    my father died.

I saw how hard it was, and still is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to experience that.

Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was   48  her job. She had a whole    world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as anything   49   a driver.

At the moment I felt I was very   50  . I realized I had only thought of people as far as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie  51   she was a bus driver. I had judged her by her job and regarded her as  52  .

For all I know, I’m just another person in   53   else’s world, and may not even be important. I should not have been so selfish and self-centred. Everyone   54   a place to go to, people to see and appointments to  55  . Understanding people is an art.

Madame Curie is a determined woman; she _____ one hardship after another but never gave up.

   A. broke through    B. got through        C. went through       D. looked through  

 Susan managed to climb out of the damaged car, _____ -- not seriously hurt.

   A. regularly        B. apparently        C. doubtfully          D. frequently  

-- Will you go to the party tomorrow evening?

-- No, I am going to a lecture, or at least, I am planning _____.

   A. that             B. to                C. so               D. it          

--What did they do with your car?

-- They repaired its brake and also recommended that I _____ a new tyre.

   A. buy             B. bought            C. would buy        D. must buy    

-- Who do you think will be elected _____ president, Barack Obama or Hillary Cliton?

-- Sorry. You know I have only _____ limited understanding of American politics.

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

--Where have you been?

-- I was caught in the traffic, _____ I could have been here sooner.

   A. however         B. although           C. anyway          D. otherwise    

 They are letting us use their computer, and _____ we are giving them the results of our research.

A. in decline        B. in return           C. by chance       D. by turns    

The problem has     ___ simply because you didn’t follow the instructions in the handbook.

A. raised           B. arisen              C. annoyed         D. arranged