Peggy Cardona parked her blue Nissan at a supermarket one day in February 1997. “I’ll come and open the door for you,” she told her four-year-old grandson, Ryan Eshleman, in the back seat.
Before Cardona could even 36 her door, the car moved ahead. “Nana, the car is 37 !” Ryan cried. Cardona jumped into the driver’s seat and reached for the handbrake(手闸), her left leg stepping outside, trying to stop the car. She couldn’t find the brake, and she 38 the car as it moved down the steep slope(陡坡) toward a pond 20 feet away. 39 Ryan cried “Nana!” as the car fell into the pond and the water began pouring in.
“Help!” Cardona cried as the car moved 40 the bank. “My grandson is inside!”
A supermarket clerk, Clint Fountain, 24, jumped down the slope and dived into the cold water.
Reaching the car, Fountain saw Ryan’s terrified face just inches(英寸) 41 the water. “Unlock the door!” Fountain shouted. The boy’s fingers fumbled(未触到) with the lock.
Fountain hit on the back 42 , but the glass wouldn’t break. Another man Dick McClung dived in and handed him a hammer(锤子). Grabbing it, Fountain told the boy to move aside, and broke the glass. His hands went 43 the broken window in the black water and pulled the boy
44 . At that moment the last flash of the blue car 45 under the water.
36. A. close B. open C. touch D. wash
37. A. driving B. missing C. moving D. stopping
38. A. got out of B. got into C. pulled D. drove
39. A. Excited B. Tired C. surprised D. Frightened
40. A. to B. from C. with D. of
41. A. below B. under C. around D. above
42. A. window B. door C. car D. seat
43. A. across B. through C. into D. from
44. A. out of B. away C. out D. safe
45. A. seemed B. happened C. disappeared D. appeared
四、阅读理解(共16小题，计24分)
阅读下列短文，并做每篇后面的题目，从各题A、B、C、D中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
A
“Life is speeding up. Everyone is becoming unwell.” This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unwell person who lived in Rome in AD 53 wrote it.
We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives.
But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?
Picture this: You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the telephone is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done.
Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave us feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps that is because they live simpler lives.
One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons, Benjamin, 10, and Thomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave, computer or mobile phone.
The grandmother, Lyn, said, “The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes.” The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a trendy, been-drinking granny, to one who cooked things.
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