三. 阅读理解 A

　　Dear editor( 编辑),

　　Can't your newspaper do something about the custom (习惯) of hitchhiking?

　　A short time ago, on a car travel I counted at least 50 people standing beside the road, asking for rides. Many of them were young women.

　　Don't they understand how dangerous it is to get into the car driven by a stranger? How much do they know about the driver? Is he a good driver or not? They know nothing!

　　Many of these young hitchhikers may come from good families. Don't their parents teach them anything about the world? I always taught my children not to talk to strangers. I never let them take rides from people they didn't know.

　　Isn't there enough crime (犯罪) today without asking for trouble by hitchhiking? On the other hand, hitchhiking may bring some traffic trouble. Don't you think what I said is true?

　　A Worried Grandfather

　　( )1. The word "hitchhiking" means .

　　A. waiting for a bus at the bus stop B. driving in a dangerous way

　　C. going on a long way by getting free rides in other people's car

　　D. asking a stranger the ways in a car

　　( )2. The Worried Grandfather .

　　A. doesn't like young women to drive cars

　　B. thinks it is dangerous for a young woman to get into a stranger's car

　　C. likes drivers to be careful and strict in their work

　　D. never lets his children get into other people's car

　　( )3. The Worried Grandfather .

　　A. was hit by a car when he was standing by the road

　　B. is a good driver and often gives free rides to strangers

　　C. is in trouble now and he wants to get some help from the newspaper

　　D. sees much of the world and he is very careful

　　( )4. The Worried Grandfather wrote the letter to tell .

　　A. the newspaper to let its readers know the danger of hitchhiking

　　B. young women never to go on a long travel alone

　　C. young people to listen to their parents at home

　　D. his children not to talk to strangers on the road

　　( )5. What do you think a good editor is going to do after he gets the letter?

　　A. He will either return the letter to the old man or give it to the police station.

　　B. He will write back to the Worried Grandfather and tell him not to hitchhike

　　C. He will ask someone to write something about it in the newspaper.

　　D. He will hold a meeting to tell the drivers to make the traffic trouble less.

　　B

　　A mother and her young son got into a bus in a small city and sat down. The bus conductor(售票员) came to them for their money. The mother said, “I want one ticket to Oxford,” and gave her a shilling (=12 pence).

　　The conductor looked at the small boy for a few seconds and then said to him, “How old are you, young man?”

　　The mother began speaking, but the conductor stopped her, and the boy said, “I’m four years old at home, and two and a half on buses and trains.”

　　The mother took six pence(便士) out of her bag and gave the money to the conductor. The conductor gave her one and a half tickets.

　　根据短文，选择正确答案。

　　( ) 6. One day the mother took a bus _____.

　　A. to a small city B. to get some money C. with her son D. to get a ticket

　　( ) 7. The mother gave the conductor ______ pence in all(总共) that day.

　　A. 12 B. 16 C. 10 D. 18

　　( ) 8. The mother was _____.

　　A. not honest (诚实) B. honest C. very clever D. not clever

　　( )9. The conductor asked _____ how old he was.

　　A. the mother B. the little boy C. the bus driver D. the mother and the son

　　( ) 10. The boy was ______ years old in fact.

　　A. four B. two C. two and a half D. six and a half