________ arriving at reception, guests should sign the visitors’ book.

   A. On                B. While            C. Before           D. Until

A father is very worried about his son.    61   acts like a coward. So his father paid a visit to the master and    62   (ask) him to train his son.

The master said, “I promise I'll be able to train your child     63   a real man in three months.”

Three months later, his father came 64 (pick) the child. The master arranged a match between the child  65 his coach to show the three-month training result.

At Round One, the child 66 (knock) down and fell to the ground. He stood up to meet the challenge. But he was knocked down again, and once again he stood up to fight... this was repeated six times.

The master asked his father, “Do you think your child's  67 (perform)is that of a man?" The father said,¨I feel ashamed for 68    ！ I never expected that he would be so weak after three months  69  (train).”The master said,“I don't agree with you, and I regret that you only see_70   surface of things. You have not seen the courage and perseverance in your son. This is the very spirit of a man！”

   A man went into a restaurant and sat down at a table. He ordered the most expensive dishes. The waiter served the meal. He ate it with great joy. Then a small boy came in and sat at his table.

   The waiter came up and said to the man, “What would your little boy like, sir?”

   “Oh, just an ice cream,” the man told him. Then he stood up and said to the waiter, “I’m just going out to buy a newspaper.”

   He left the restaurant. The waiter gave the boy an ice cream. The boy took it and then stood up and walked to the door. The waiter ran towards him.

   “Excuse me,” he said, “But your father hasn’t come back and he hasn’t paid for his meal or for your ice cream.”

   “He’s not my father,” the boy said. “I don’t know him at all.”

   The waiter was puzzled. “What do you mean?” he asked.

   “The man came up to me in the street ,” the boy said, “He asked me if I liked an ice cream. I told him I did. Then he told me to come into the restaurant at 2 o’clock and sat down at his table. He said he’d give me one.”

27. In the restaurant, the man ordered       .

     A. hamburgers and eggs   B. noodles

     C. the cheapest dishes    D. the most expensive dishes

28. The man said he was going out to       .

     A. get money at the bank       B. buy a newspaper

C. buy cigarettes             D. buy beer

29. The boy told the waiter that        .

A. his ice cream was not good      

B. he had to leave the restaurant

C. the man was not his father      

D. the man would come back to pay the bill

30.________ was clever in the story.

    A. The waiter    B. The man   C. The boy  D. None of them

31 ________ was telling a lie.

A. The waiter     B.The man      C.The boy   D.None of them

Educators claimed that children       to English-speaking environment will learn the language more quickly.

A. should be exposed   B. to be exposed   C. having exposed    D. exposed

I’ve recently discovered that I have a second personality(个性) when I speak English, compared to the original me when I speak Chinese.

Speaking English brings out ____41____ more outgoing, enthusiastic, relaxed and confident side of me. I am also more open ____42____ physical expressions when speaking English, such as hugging, gesturing and using more exaggerated (夸张的)____43____ (face) expressions. I have to say I love this new version of me ____44____ (well).

Similar things happened to my friend when we were traveling in Japan. My friend, a Chinese ____45____(speak) fluent Japanese, showed a more modest and gentle attitude when using Japanese. I think it must have something ____46____ (do) with the fact ___47___ the Japanese use special words and styles to show respect for an older person or a person at a higher position than themselves.

So learning a new language is really worthwhile. We can not only have direct ____48____ (communicate) with people from other countries, but also fully understand ___49___ (we) and explore the different sides of us.

I’ve recently started to learn German. Probably in a few years I ___50___ (see) a more cautious, accurate and hardworking version of myself.

The word “variety” is ______ “kind” __________ meaning.

A. similar to; in     B. similar with; in   

   C. similar with; by    D. similar to; by

   I was always blamed for watching too much cartoons. As I have said goodbye to my teenage, I shift to watching more movies to prove that I was a grown-up. Surprisingly, I found that movies have something in common with cartoons. They are unrealistic.

    Sometimes movies give people hope, including the hope of justice, the hope of tomorrow and almost everything else. A great number of people were once touched by certain movies. From time to time, movies try to deliver some decisive ideas to the audience. In this way, movies do cheer up many people to go on with their lives.

It seems that there is a set of formula(准则)in movies. We usually see the hero or heroine in the movies suffer a lot in the opening. Gradually and likely, the destination of them always comes to a turning point. So they have to struggle or make some important choices. Then the movie ends up with a happy finale. Or at least the hero finally manages to face his poor life with great courage somehow. However, when audience watch movies in the cinema, most of them just follow the story. Few of them may ask, “Will it happen in the real life？”

Movies are also imitating(模仿) the real life. Thus a movie, just like a novel, can never be the same as the real life. The setting of a movie is so ideal(理想的)that we could hardly find it out in reality. The moviemakers just try their best to persuade the audience to believe the story is true. In a word, it is all just make-believe.$来&源：ziyuanku.com

For quite a long time, I think that the adults’ world is realistic in the opposite way of the children’s cartoon. However, the movies from the adult world turn out to be a made-up thing. At the very moment, I suddenly realize that movies are somewhat of the adult’s fairy tales or cartoons.

To sum up, other than false(假造的)comfort such as movies and tales, we are more in need of the maturity(成熟) of mind, so that we can face our lives bravely and correctly.

24. With time going on, the author shifts to watching more movies because he thinks that_____.

A．they give him hope of justice and tomorrow in life

B．they are for adult and that he is now an adult

C．they help him forget the real world

D．they are similar to cartoons he used to watch

25．Which of the following is true about the type of movies the author mentions?

A．The hero or heroine simply has met no difficulty at all.

B．The hero or heroine is able to deal successfully with any problems.

C．Sometimes there are cartoon characters in the movies.

D．The audience know they are simply foolish stories.

26．The underlined word “make-believe” in Paragraph 4 probably means_____.

A．something imagined to be real

B．something too ideal to believe

C．a happy ending all the audience desire

D．a belief that is based on facts

27．According to the author, which of the following is the side effect (副作用)of the movies?　

A．People may be confused by them.                               

B．Movies can usually improve real life.

C．Film fans just follow the movie stories.                         

D．False comfort may mislead the audience.

When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more__41__ than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him _ 42 _much in repairs that he decided that he had better _43_it.
　　He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly_ 44_ to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so_45_ of them had any desire to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was _46_ when they met one evening, and said, “What's _47_, Dave?”
　　Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may _48_more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's_49_was sensible(合理的),he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read “For sale: small car, uses very little    50   , only two owners. Bargain at 50.”
　　For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no _51_.But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry(询问).A man rang up and said he would like to see him about the car. “All right,” Dave said, feeling   52  . He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be_53_or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I'll _54_my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to _55_ it.”
　　The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, _56_ to wait there for the people who had_57_ his advertisement. Even Dave had to _58_that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸).Then, soon after he had made the car as _59_ as it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave's car and then said, “Have you reported this _60_ to us yet, sir?”
41. A. directly       B. safely               C. properly           D. easily
42. A. so               B. such                 C. very                 D. too
43. A. keep           B. repair                      C. sell                   D. throw
44. A. anxious       B. lucky                C. rich                  D. generous
45. A. some          B. neither              C. none                D. most
46. A. delighted     B. upset                C. calm                D. astonished
47. A. up              B. on                     C. it                     D. that
48. A. learn           B. miss                 C. get                   D. find
49. A. message      B. advice              C. request             D. question
50. A. time            B. money              C. room                D. petrol
51. A. doubt          B. help                  C. trouble             D. answer
52. A. surprised     B. happy              C. proud                D. doubtful
53. A. exact          B. suitable              C. early                D. late
54. A. follow         B. meet                 C. bring                D. introduce
55. A. recognize    B. own                  C. admire              D. test
56. A. happening    B. meaning            C. turning             D. failing
57. A. read            B. remembered      C. answered          D. agreed
58. A. forget         B. show                C. disagree            D. admit
59. A. clean           B. old                    C. expensive          D. safe
60. A. bargain        B. sale                  C. accident            D. result

On the Iraq­Syria border，a pack of wild dogs circled American soldiers for food. The leader of the pack was a gray­and­white dog. The soldiers called him Nubs. Nubs was shaking and    41   able to stand. Marine major Brian Dennis looked closer and saw that there was a knife wound   42   his chest.

Dennis couldn’t stand seeing the dog   43   .He and his men immediately treated the wound，and gave Nubs medicine. Nubs   44   but was still in pain. The next day，the team had to   45   .Ten days later，Dennis’s unit was back，and so was Nubs. He was still   46   ，but the men fed him and played with him.

Before long the unit once again   47   an outpost (前哨) 70 miles away. Nubs，slowly but determinedly,    48   them far into the trackless wasteland until the men lost    49   of him. Two days later，beyond Dennis’s    50   ，he saw Nubs just outside the outpost. The dog had tracked him across 70 miles of frozen desert to   51   with the friend who had saved his life. From then on Nubs and the men slept in the same place，and ran around in the same ruins.

Until an order came down from above that they were not    52   to have pets，Dennis   53   to make sure the dog would continue to live the   54   life. So he quickly raised $4,000 from his family and friends to fly Nubs to   55   .

A month later，when Dennis and the dog were   56   in California，at first Nubs didn’t recognize the guy.   57   within minutes，the dog jumped into Dennis’s arms，jumping up again and again to   58    his friend’s face.

A little   59   and concern in the middle of war will not save a violent world. But small stories，like the story of a soldier and a dog，hold a promise of a(n)   60   world.

41.A.mostly         B. certainly       C. hardly      D. never

42.A.in             B. on        C. at        D. behind

43.A.stand     B. starve      C. bleed       D. suffer

44.A.pulled through  B. fell asleep      C. woke up    D. fell down

45.A.leave       B. rest     C. pass     D. remain

46.A.hungry     B. tired    C.dirty    D.weak

47.A.took up        B. took over    C.left for      D.returned from

48.A.watched    B. followed   C.accompanied    D.barked

49.A.touch        B. sight    C.footprint    D.smell

50.A.ability       B.surprise   C.imagination     D.understanding

51.A.part           B. fight    C.meet       D.break

52.A.asked        B. suggested      C.required    D.allowed

53.A.decided       B. agreed   C.accepted    D.proposed

54.A.moving        B. good    C.safe     D.interesting

55.A.London       B. America    C.Iraq     D.Syria

56.A.found        B. interviewed   C.linked    D.reunited

57.A.So         B.And    C.But    D.Though

58.A.lick     B.touch    C.bite     D.clean

59.A.pity     B.mercy    C.care    D.contribution

60.A.equal     B.harmonious  C.prosperous   D.amazing

 --- Mr. Wang is a man of few words, but quick in mind.   

--- ________, you know.

A. A single flower doesn‟t make a spring        B. A great talker is a great liar

C. A light heart lives long                    D. A still tongue makes a wise head

Hank Viscardi was born without legs. He had not legs but stumps(残肢)that could he fitted with a kind of special boots. People stared at him with cruel interest. Children laughed at him and called him ‘Ape Man’ (猿人) because his arms practically dragged on the ground.

Hank went to school like other boys. His grades were good and he needed only eight years to finish his schooling instead of the usual twelve. After graduating from school, he worked his way through college. He swept floors, waited on table, or worked in one of the college offices. During all this busy life, he had been moving around on his stumps. But one day the doctor told him even the stumps were not going to last much longer. He would soon have to use a wheel chair.

Hank felt himself getting cold all over. However, the doctor said there was a chance that he could be fitted with artificial legs (假腿). Finally a leg maker was found and the day came when Hank stood up before the mirror, for the first time he saw himself as he has always wanted to be-a full five feet eight inches tall. By this time he was already 26 years old.

Hank had to learn to use his new legs. Again and again he marched the length of the room, and marched back again. There were times when he fell down on the floor, but he pulled himself up and went back to the endless marching. He went out on the street. He climbed stairs and learned to dance. He built a boat and learned to sail it.

When World War II came, he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job. He took the regular training. He marched and drilled along with the other soldiers. Few knew that he was legless. This was the true story of Hank Viscardi, a man without legs.

29. Children laughed at Hank and called him ‘Ape Man’ because ________.

A. he didn’t talk to them                   B. he kept away from them

C. he couldn’t use his arms             D. his arms touched the ground while moving

30. The sentence “he talked the Red Cross into giving him a job” implies that the Red Cross ________.

A. was only glad to give him a job

B. give him a job because he was a good soldier

C. was not willing to give him a job at first

D. gave him a job after he talked to someone whom he knew in the organization

31. When Hank marched and drilled along with the other soldiers, he ________.

A. took some special training

B. did everything the other soldiers did

C. did some of the things the other soldiers did

D. did most of the things the other soldiers did

If you ask any group of teenagers in the UK what they most like to eat, foods like pizzas, curries, pasta, burgers and chips are bound to get a mention — and many young people would probably also list hanging out at the local fast­food restaurant as one of their favorite pastimes (消遣).

But what teenagers like to eat is not necessarily what they should be eating. According to the National Diet and Nutrition Survey, far too many young people in the UK between the ages of 4 and 18 consume too much fat, sugar and salt in their diet and take in too many calories. Meanwhile their intake of starchy carbohydrates (含淀粉的碳水化合物), fibre, iron, vitamins and calcium is too low.

For a growing body, eating foods containing plenty of calcium, such as milk, yoghourt and cheese, is particularly important as calcium is essential for the development of healthy, strong bones. Similarly, foods that are rich in iron are good for young, rapidly developing bodies, so red meat, bread, green vegetables, dried fruit and fortified (营养强化的) breakfast cereals(谷类，麦片） are also recommended.

It is during our teenage years that lifestyle habits can become entrenched (确立的), so it is crucial that young people are educated about what foods are good for them. In 2005, and in an attempt to change eating habits and open teenagers’ minds to new flavors and new tastes, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver launched a “Feed Me Better” campaign. As a part of television series, “Jamie’s School Diners”， he worked with teachers and cooks in a number of schools across the UK to provide more healthy, nutritious school meal options. Although there was initial resistance from some teenagers and parents, the campaign was generally hailed as (被赞为) a huge success and helped to influence governmental policy on nutritional standards for school meals.

No one expects to end the teenage love affair with fast and junk food but, hopefully, if projects like “Feed Me Better” and the Government’s own “Change 4 Life” campaign continue to give out the right messages, more young people will understand the importance of balancing occasional treats with healthier food options.

25．What can we conclude from the first two paragraphs?

A．What British teenagers like to eat is probably what their bodies need.

B．British teenagers need   to take in less calcium.

C．British teenagers eat too much junk food.

    D．British teenagers should reduce their intake of starchy carbohydrates.

26．Young people need calcium and iron ________.

A．to improve their brainpower         B．to build healthy strong bodies

C．to provide energy for their sports  D．to help change their eating habits

27．According to the article, Jamie Oliver launched a campaign at schools to ________.

A．show off his excellent cooking skills

B．teach students how to cook nutritious meals

C．introduce governmental policy on nutritional standards for school meals

D．draw the public’s attention to the importance of nutritious school meals

28．Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the article?

A．Teenagers shouldn’t eat any junk food at all.

B．The government and parents should make efforts to make children understand

   the importance of a healthy diet.

C．It is OK to eat a little bit junk food, as long as you eat healthily most

   of the time.

D．Our eating habits are developed in our teenage years and then influence

   our lifestyle.

About five years ago, an American electrical engineer named Scott Brusaw and his wife Julie came up with the idea of putting solar panels on the ground rather than the roof. Then they began to develop the Solar Roadway specially for a new type of cars-eco-cars. The Solar Roadway is an intelligent road that provides clean renewable energy using power from the sun while providing safer driving conditions, along with power and data delivery. They predict that the Solar Roadway will pay for itself through the generation of electricity along with other forms of income and that the same amount of money that is being used to build and resurface current roads can be used to build the Solar Roadsays.

Each Solar Road Panel measures roughly 4 meters and contains a microprocessor（微处理器）that monitors and controls the panel, while communicating with neighboring panels and the vehicles traveling overhead. The inventors suggest that this provides a communication device every 4 meters on every road which could be used for example to warn drivers of cars which are moving across a centre line and various other speed control problems. The top of the Solar Road panels is made of super-strong glass that would offer vehicles the tractions（抓地力）they need.

According to the inventors, the Solar Roadway creates and carries clean renewable electricity and therefore electric vehicles can be recharged at any conveniently located rest stop, or at any business that has paved Solar Road Panels in their parking lots.

The inventors say their Solar Roadway has many functions and advantages from main roads to drivewasys, parking lots, bike paths, sidewalks and runways. The Federal Highway Administration has given Brusaw $100,000 to develop the invention and Brusaw hopes to build a smart-road parking lot in the coming spring.

32. In the inventors’ opinion, the Solar Roadway______.

A. is too expensive to build at present

B. costs no more money than current roads

C. can provide as many data as present computers

D. will bring them a large sum of money

33. The underlined word“they”in Paragraph 2 refers to______.

A. the panels         B. the inventors        C. the researchers         D. the vehicles

34. The Solar Roadway includes all the following advantages EXCEPT_______.

A. providing safer driving conditions

B. helping drivers communicate with each other while driving

C. creating and carrying clean renewable electricity

D. warning drivers of various speed control problems

35. What can be the best title for the text?

A. Solar-powered smart road of the future              B. The great changes on the roadway

C. The influence the Solar Roadway has on people        D. The Solar Road-a much faster road

  假设你是李华，你的美国网友Ted最近刚转学，发现难以适应新环境，同时对新学校的交友问题感到烦恼。请用英语给他写一封电子邮件，内容主要包括：

   1. 分享你适应新环境的经历；

   2.就交朋友的方法给他一些建议。

注意：

   1. 词数100左右；

   2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

   3.结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。

Dear Ted,

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  If you follow all these tips, you will definitely make new friends soon.

                                                                           Yours,

                                                                           Li Hua

The world is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted people. We meet them every day. A few days ago, my car was not running well. I pulled it into a garage and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes. He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine. I was amazed. The sad truth is: Great talent is not enough.

I am constantly shocked at how little talented people earn. I heard the other day that less than 5 percent of Americans earn more than $100, 000 a year. A business consultant who specializes in the medical trade was telling me how many doctors and dentists struggle financially. It was this business consultant who gave me the phrase, “They are one skill away from great wealth.”

There is an old saying that goes, “Job means just over broke (破产)' ”. And unfortunately, I would say that the saying applies to millions of people. Because school does not think financial intelligence is intelligence, most workers “live within their means”. They work and they pay the bills. Instead I recommend to young people to seek work for what they will learn, more than what they will earn.

When I ask the classes I teach, “How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald’s?” almost all the students raise their hands. I then ask, “So if most of you can cook a better hamburger, how come McDonald’s makes more money than you?” The answer is obvious: McDonald’s is excellent at business systems. The reason so many talented people are poor is because they focus on bui1ding a better hamburger and know little or nothing about business systems. The world is filled with talented poor people. They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger.

32. The author mentions the mechanic in the first paragraph to show that __________.

A. he has a sharp sense of hearing                  

B. he is ready to help others

C. he is just one of the talented people     

D. he knows little about car repairing

33. The underlined part in the third paragraph can be best replaced by__________.

A. spend more than they can afford

B. live within what they earn

C. live in their own circle 

D. do in their own way

34. Why do talented people earn so little according to the author?

A. They don't work hard enough.          

B. They have no specialized skills.

C. They don't make full use of their talents.  

D. They lack financial intelligence.

35. The main purpose of the author is to tell us___________.

A. why so many talented people are poor

B. what schools should teach students

C. how young people can find a satisfactory job

D. how McDonald's makes much money

.I can’t quite remember __________he started to work as a teacher.

A. that it was when    B. when it was that

C. when was it that    D. that was it when

For centuries, people have wondered about the strange things that they dream about. Some psychologists say that this nighttime activity of the mind has no special meaning. Others, however, think that dreams are an important part of our lives. In fact, many experts believe that dreams can tell us about a person's mind and emotions.

　　Before modern times, many people thought that dreams contained messages from God. It was only in the twentieth century that people started to study dreams in a scientific way.

　　The Austrian psychologist, Sigmund Freud, was probably the first person to study dreams scientifically. He believed that dreams allow people to express the feelings, thoughts, and fears that they are afraid to express in real life.

　　The Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, once a student of Freud' s. Jung, however, believed that the purpose of a dream was to communicate a message to the dreamer. He thought people could learn more about themselves by thinking about their dreams. For example, people who dream about falling may learn that they have too high an opinion of themselves. On the other hand, people who dream about being heroes may learn that they think too little of themselves.

Modern-day psychologists continue to develop theories about dreams. For example,　psychologist William Domhoff from UCSC (the University of California, Santa Cruz), believes that dreaming is a mental (精神的) skill that needs time to develop. His research shows that children do not dream as much as adults.

Another psychologist Adam Schneider, also from UCSC, has found that the dreams of men and women are different. For example, the people in men’s dreams are often other men, and the dreams often involve fighting. This is not true of women's dreams.

Can dreams help us understand ourselves? Psychologists continue to try to answer this question in different ways. However, one thing they agree on is this: If you dream that something terrible is going to occur, you shouldn't panic. The dream may have meaning, but it does not mean that some terrible event will actually take place.

32. Before the 1900s, ______.

 A. people considered dreams meaningless

B. there were no scientific studies of dreams

C. psychologists had no idea about dreams

D. dreams were thought to happen only at night

33. We can infer from Carl Jung’s research that _______.

  A. he disagreed with Freud’s idea about dreams

B. dreams are an expression of a person’s wishes

C. he proved that Freud’s idea about dreams was true

D. how people think of themselves is affected by their dreams

 34. Who found a connection between dreams and age?

   A. Carl Jung     B. Adam Schneider   C. Sigmund Freud    D. William Domhoff

 35. What’s the best title for the text?

   A. What’s Dream?                       B. Are Dreams Real?    

C. Famous Dream Psychologists            D. Dreams’ Influences on People’s Life

Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned ___61__ farm, which looked almost abandoned. ___62___ (lucky), he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearly ___63__ other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what ___64__ (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass __65__ it began to rain heavily. While making great efforts to run away, she __66___ (fall) over the hill and died. Then the Johnson tried to make a living_67_ the cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Johnson began to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees __68__ (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children’s clothes, he started growing cotton too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market ___69__ people from the town met regularly. Now it occurred to ___70___ that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.

Maybe ten-­year­-old Elizabeth put it best when she said to her father, “But, Dad, you can’t be healthy if you’re dead.”

Dad, in a hurry to get home before dark so he could go for a run, had forgotten to wear his safety belt—a mistake 75% of the US population makes every day. The big question is why.

There have been many myths about safety belts ever since their first appearance in cars some forty years ago. The following are three of the most common.

Myth Number One：It’s best to be “thrown clear” of a serious accident.

Truth: Sorry, but any accident serious enough to “throw you clear” is also going to be serious enough to give you a very bad landing. And chances are you’ll have traveled through a windshield(挡风玻璃) or door to do it. Studies show that chances of dying after a car accident are twenty ­five times greater in cases where people are “thrown clear”.

Myth Number Two: Safety belts “trap” people in cars that are burning or sinking in water.

Truth: Sorry again, but studies show that people knocked unconscious due to not wearing safety belts have a greater chance of dying in these accidents. People wearing safety belts are usually protected to the point of having a clear head to free themselves from such dangerous situation，not to be trapped in them.

Myth Number Three: Safety belts aren’t needed at speeds of less than 30 miles per hour(mph).

Truth: When two cars traveling at 30 mph hit each other, an unbelted driver would meet the windshield with a force equal to diving head first into the ground from a height of 10 meters.

25. Why did Elizabeth say to her father, “But, Dad, you can’t be healthy if you’re dead.”?

A. He was driving at great speed.        B. He was running across the street.

C. He didn’t have his safety belt on.    D. He didn’t take his medicine on time.

26. According to the text，to be “thrown clear” of a serious accident is very dangerous because you ______.

A. may be knocked down by other cars

B. may get seriously hurt being thrown out of the car

C. may find it impossible to get away from the seat

D. may get caught in the car door

27. Some people prefer to drive without wearing a safety belt because they believe ________.

A. the belt prevents them from escaping in an accident

B. they will be unable to think clearly in an accident

C. they will be caught when help comes

D. cars catch fire easily.

 It is only gradually, with the passing of years, _____ to a clear understanding of their position.

A. that they come   B. do they come        C. that come        D. when they come