2．The boy drove faster than ever on their way home because           ． 1010jiajiao

A．he got nervous 1010jiajiao

B．he wanted to get home as quickly as possible 1010jiajiao

C．he was angry at the girl 1010jiajiao

D．he had noticed something unusual 1010jiajiao

1．The girl didn’t let the boy kiss her because         ． 1010jiajiao

A．she didn’t like it                                       B．he was rude 1010jiajiao

C．she was frightened                                     D．it was dark outside 1010jiajiao

4．Which of the following proverbs will suit the story best?

A．One good turn deserves another．             B．Make hay while the sun shines．

C．Man proposes；God disposes．                   D．Every little thing helps．

B

A boy, who wanted to date his girlfriend，was finally able to borrow his father’s car and decided to drive the girl to a tree-lined road at the edge of town and sit together in the front seat， and talk．And of course，kiss．

By the time they parked，it was already dark．The boy was turning on the radio in search of some romantic music when they heard the news broadcast． 1010jiajiao

“Important announcement，”the man on the radio said．“Please take extra care if you are on the road tonight．A killer has escaped and he is known to be traveling with a stolen knife．’’The boy tried to switch the station．but the girl stopped him．“The killer can be easily identified as his right hand is missing and wears a hook in place of it，”the radio announcer continued． 1010jiajiao

“Wow,” said the girl．“Think we should go home?” The boy laughed．“We are safe out here．Look, I’11 lock the doors．”And so he did．He turned the radio to a station playing slow music and put his arm round his girlfriend’s shoulder, but she pulled it away．“I'm nervous，”she said．“I don’t like the sound of that：a killer with a knife．And here we are on a road with no one else to help us if anything happened．’’ 1010jiajiao

“I’11 protect you，”said the boy, who had his other arm around her by now, and was whispering in her ear．She elbowed him away．“Listen，just take me home right now．I'm not in the mood for this．’’ 1010jiajiao

The boy was offended，but he wasn’t about to sit around making a fool of himself．He put the  key in the ignition and turned it so quickly that the car seemed to scream or something seemed to． 1010jiajiao

“What was that?” gasped the girl．But the boy was so mad at her that he didn’t answer．He  stamped on the gas petal and the car jerked forward．He kept driving much faster than he should without saying a word．When he pulled up in front of the girl’s house，he remembered that she liked it when he got out and came round to open her door for her, so he decided to do that．But when he got to her door, he just stood there，looking at it，frozen in place．There was a long splatter of bright red blood leading from the back bumper of the car all way up to the outside  handle on her door． 1010jiajiao

And swinging there on the handle was a metal hook． 1010jiajiao

3．The underlined word “conventions” can be replaced by        ．

A．meetings              B．hotels                  C．cafes                      D．suites

2．Which of the following statements about the story is NOT true?

A．The story took place at about 1：00 am．

B．The clerk was willing to help those in need．

C．The old couple was too poor to afford a hotel then．

D．The old couple didn’t book a room in advance．

1．The author wrote this passage is to         ．

A．give people a good laugh                          B．cover some facts

C．promote the business of the hotel                 D．deliver a lesson

19.   A. must                    B. might              C. can                   D. should

18.   A. placed           B. put                      C. written            D. laid

17.   A. you                B. us                  C. them                  D. people