Lane waited on the bench nearest the bridge, as he had been instructed.. The strong wind blew straight across the river, and he had to put his overcoat closer about him.

He went over his instructions in his mind. The spy would appear at four o’clock. He would talk to Lane for a while, after which he would get up, leaving his newspapers behind. The plans would be found inside.

A distant clock began to strike the hour. As if from nowhere, a man appeared and sat down beside Lane, placing his newspaper on the seat between them. He was thin and middle-aged, and seemed in need of a good meal. He didn’t look like a successful spy, Lane thought. His talk about the weather was uninteresting.

A few minutes later he got up and continued on his way. Lane picked up the paper which lay on the bench, as if he wanted to read the news. He was excited to see the plans, stuck on the center page. At that moment, however, there was a strong gust of wind which lifted the newspaper into the air, like a kite, and blew it into the river.

小题1:Which of the following statement is TRUE?

A．Sitting on the bench, Lane repeated his orders to himself

B．Lane would read about the plans in the newspaper.

C．The man Lane was expecting didn’t arrive on time

D．The man who suddenly appeared was not the one Lane was waiting for.小题2:The spy was going to give Lane some important        .

A．papers

B．information

C．instructions

D．advice小题3:Lane found the spy very         .

A．interesting

B．peculiar

C．ordinary

D．well-fed小题4: The spy left the newspaper        .

A．by the plan

B．by mistake

C．at Lane’s request

D．out of kindness

完成句子。

阅读下列各小题,根据每句后的汉语提示,用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子.

1．The laws ____________________at present to protect the rights of women and children. (revise)

目前,正在修订法律以保护妇女和儿童的权利.

2．The workers ____________________the dismissal if they didn't cooperate. (threaten)

工人们遭到威胁,倘若不合作他们就会被解雇.

3．Only by gaining the support of the majority of the people ____________________the election.

(succeed)

只有得到大多数民众的支持,我们才能赢得选举.

4．According to me, a math teacher, the problem ____________________by my son really reaches

the level of the International Math Olympic Competition. (work)

在我这个数学老师看来,我儿子正在解的那道题的确已达到了国际数学奥林匹克竞赛的水平.

5．In order to get promoted, he tried to make himself ____________________in different kinds of

business. (importance)

为了升职,他努力使自己在各项事务中更加重要.

6．It was your essay's ____________________ that attracted all the experts. (contain)

正是你文章中包含的创新思想吸引了所有的专家.

7．That ____________________ in the 1970s is a problem not worth discussing. (come)

该组织成立于二十世纪七十年代,这个问题不值得讨论.

8．Valuable information ____________________by netizens to discover more secrets and truth of the

relation between the girl and the Chinese Red Cross. (hunt)

网民们正在搜索有价值的信息来找出更多这个女孩与中国红十字会之间关系的秘密和真相.

9．The pipe was fixed and their water supply came back to normal, ____________________. (leave)

水管修好了,他们的水供应恢复正常,这使他们大大松了口气.

10．____________________ their future life, the old couple relaxed themselves and went travelling

around the whole country. (secure)

对未来的生活感到放心,这对老夫妇放松地在全国各地游玩.