三、阅读理解(共13小题;每小题2分，满分26分)

A

A taxi hit a truck. A policeman spoke to the taxi driver and to the truck driver. He also spoke to Tom. He was a witness(目击者). This is what they said.

TRUCK DRIVER: I was driving from the airport to Newton. A car crossed the road, so I slowed down. I did not stop. A taxi hit the back of my truck. Nobody was badly hurt but both cars were damaged.

TAXI DRIVER: I was driving behind a truck a few kilometers from Newton. The truck stopped suddenly. The driver did not give me a warning. I was driving very slowly. I could not pass the truck because there were two cars coming near from Newton. My taxi hit the truck, and some glass cut my left hand.

TOM: I was watching the traffic about a kilometer from the airport. A truck was going to Newton. It was not going very quickly. There was a taxi about two hundred meters behind the truck. It was going fast. When the truck slowed down, the taxi hit it. The taxi driver was not looking at the truck. He was looking out of the window at something. My friend saw the accident, too.

Tom's friend spoke to the policeman and agreed with Tom.

(   ) 21.How many people are mentioned(提及) in the story?

A.Three.            B.Four.             C.Five.             D.Six.

(   ) 22.The truck was going______.

A.to Newton                             B.to the police station

C.to the airport                          D.home

(   ) 23.From the story, we know______didn’t tell the truth.

A.the truck driver                        B.Tom

C.the taxi driver                          D.Tom's friend

(   ) 24.In fact, Tom's friend was also a ______ .

A.witness           B.driver            C.policeman         D.cleaner

(   ) 25.What's the best title for this passage?

A.A Taxi Driver                           B.A Traffic Accident

C.A Story of Tom                          D.A Truck Driver

B

Last week Bill went to New York. It was his first time there, and he didn’t know his way around the city. He had a meeting at 10:00, and he wanted to be on time. The meeting was in the Peterson Building on 34th Street, but Bill didn’t know there. Two men stood on the corner. He asked them the way to the Peterson Building.

“Pardon me,” he said, “but can you tell me how to get to the Peterson Building on 34th Street?” “Sure,” answered one of the two men. “You can get there in five minutes. Go to the next corner and turn left. Walk three blocks and there you are.”

But the other man said: “There’s a better way. Get on the bus here at this corner. It stops right near the Peters Building.” “Not Peters,” Bill told them, “Peterson.”

Then the first man said, “Oh, that’s on East 34th , not West 34th. It’s quite a long way from here. You have to take a bus. ”

But the second man told Bill, “No, don’t go there by bus. It’ll take you to the Peterkin Building.” “Peterson. Not Perterkin. “Bill looked at his watch. It was almost ten o’clock.” “Thanks a lot.”  Bill said, “I think I’ll take a taxi.”

As he got into the taxi he saw two men arguing and pointing the different ways. Next time when he wanted to know how to get to a place, he’d ask a policeman!

(   ) 26. Bill went to New York in order to________.

A. go to the cinema       B. have a meeting       C. visit the city     D. go home

(   ) 27. Two men were arguing to each other about________.

A. the way to the Peterson Building         B. the meeting

C. how to get to the meeting              D. taking a bus or train

(   ) 28. Bill finally________.

A. walk to the place              B. didn’t go to the Peterson Building

C. took a taxi                   D. took the subway

(   ) 29. Next time Bill would ask a ________to show him the way to a place.

A. man        B. woman         C. taxi           D. policeman