I stood there listening to my father shout at top of his voice. The    1    on his face said that one of us had done something wrong.

“   2   one of you did this? ”

We all stared down at the step. There was child’s handwriting in chalk there. I was very  3  . I hoped no one could see it. Would he guess it was me? I was so scared. When he asked me, I   4   , “Not me, Dad. ”

The others denied (否認) it as well. Of course, we all knew that one of us   5  have done it. But as the   6  and the smallest of the three, I just couldn’t find the courage to tell the  7   .

To find out who had written on the  8  , father gave us each a piece of paper and a pencil. “I want each of you to   9  exactly what you see on the step. ”

I tried my best to write the words  10 . I didn’t want Dad to be able to tell it was me.

He gathered up our pieces of paper and looked at them. “ Since  11 of you will

admit(承認) to have done it, then I will punish you all. ” I stood there and said  12 . The last thing I wanted was for Dad to punish me!

“ I  13 it. ” My sister stepped forward and said she had done something she hadn’t. She was punished for a month.

We didn’t talk   14 that day for many years. Not until we were all older and I knew it was safe to finally tell my dad it was really me. I always felt sorry  15  it. That was the last time I let anyone take the blame for me.

1.                A．sound          B．taste           C．look D．feeling

 

2.                A．What          B．Which          C．Who D．Where

 

3.                A．unhappy        B．surprised       C．a(chǎn)ngry D．frightened

 

4.                A．lied            B．said            C．talked    D．told

 

5.                A．can            B．may            C．must D．might

 

6.                A．oldest          B．kindest         C．youngest  D．healthiest

 

7.                A．a(chǎn)nswer         B．story           C．truth D．thing

 

8.                A．step           B．ground         C．floor D．door

 

9.                A．write          B．draw           C．paint D．print

 

10.               A．carefully        B．differently      C．heavily    D．badly

 

11.               A．a(chǎn)ll             B．none          C．neither    D．both

 

12.               A．something      B．a(chǎn)nything        C．everything D．nothing

 

13.               A．did            B．done          C．do   D．doing

 

14.               A．on            B．with           C．to    D．a(chǎn)bout

 

15.               A．because        B．because of      C．though    D．except

 

 

—Who is the ____ performer?

— Sam is．He always makes us laugh．

A．oldest          B．funniest           C．worst

 

In Britain you’re allowed to drive a car when you’re seventeen. You have to get a special two-year driving license before you can start. When you’re learning, someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you aren’t allowed to drive the car on the road alone. You don’t have to go to a driving school --- a friend can teach you. The person with you isn’t allowed to take money for the lesson unless he’s got a teacher’s license.

Before you’re allowed to have a full license, you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your own car, but it has to be fit for the road. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don’t pass the test, you’re allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons! When you’ve passed your test, you don’t have to take it again, and you’re allowed to go on driving as long as you like. Britain’s oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.

Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license. But they didn’t have to take a test until 1935. On the early days of car driving, before 1878, cars weren’t allowed to go faster than four miles an hour, and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.

1.A person can’t take money for driving lessons unless he __________.

A. has learnt to drive in a driving school   

B. has a full driving license

C. has a full license and a teacher’s license

D. is given a special two-year driving license

2.In the driving test, one _______________________.

A. mustn’t drive his car, even though the car is fit for the road   

B. is usually asked to drive on roads for some time

C. has to be examined only in car driving skills

D. must drive around for more than an hour

3.When can I take the driving test again if I don’t pass it?

A. a few years later                               

B. right after the first test 

C. a few weeks later                           

D. never

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. There is no limit (限制)to the age of an old man who drives a car.

B. One can take a driving test again and again until he passes it.

C. There was a speed limit to cars before 1878.

D. A car driver didn’t have to get a limit license until 1935.

5.The best title for the passage is _____________.

A. Driving Licenses in Britain　　             

B. Tests for Britain People 

C. Driving Cars　　　　　　　　                

D. Young Men’s Driving Licenses