A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a meeting in Chicago. They had assured their wives that they would be home in plenty of time for Friday night’s dinner. In their rush, with tickets, one of these salesmen happened to kick over a table which held a display of baskets of apples. Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking back, they all managed to reach the plane in time for their boarding.

All but one stopped, took a deep breath and experienced a twinge（刺痛）of sorrow for the girl whose apple stand had been overturned. He told his friends to go on without him, waved goodbye, and told one of them to call his wife when they arrived and explain his taking a later flight. Then he returned to where the apple stand had been overturned. He was glad he did.

The 16-year-old girl was totally blind! She was softly crying, tears running down her face. The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them into the baskets, and helped set the display up once more. As he did this, he noticed that many of them had become damaged; then he set them aside in another basket. When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl, “Here, please take the $20 for the damage we did.” He continued, “I’m sorry for what we did and hope we didn’t spoil your day too badly.”

She nodded with her tears. As the salesman started to walk away, the blind girl called out to him, “Mr. ...”. He stopped, and turned back. She continued, “Thank you very much”.

1.These salesmen were hurrying because they ________.

2.Which of the following is the correct order of what the salesman did?

a. He made an apology to the blind girl.

b. He told his friends to go on without him.

c. He experienced a twinge of sorrow.

d. He returned to the fallen apple stand.

e. He paid the girl $20 for the damage.

3.Which of the following can describe the salesman? 

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

Butch O’Hare was a fighter pilot. One day his entire squadron（中队）was sent on a mission. In the air after taking off, he realized that someone had  36   to fill up the tank. He would not have enough  37   to complete his flight and get back to his ship. His flight  38   told him to return to the carrier (航空母舰).

As he was returning to the mother  39 ,  he saw something that turned his blood  40  . A squadron of Japanese planes was speeding their way toward the  41   fleet（舰队）.The fleet was defenseless. He couldn’t  42   his squadron and brings them back in time to save the fleet. Nor could he   43   the fleet of the coming danger.

There was only one thing to do. He  44   force the Japanese away from the fleet. Laying aside all the thoughts of personal  45 ,  he dove his plane into the formation of Japanese  46  . His plane fired hard as he charged in, attacking one  47   enemy plane and then another. Butch fired at as many planes as possible until all his ammunition（弹药） 48  . Bravely he continued the fighting. He dove at the planes,  49   to hit the enemy planes in hopes of  50   as many enemy planes as possible. 51,  the angry Japanese squadron flew away in another  52  . With a great weight taken off his  53   Butch O’Hare and his damaged fighter came back to the carrier.

The film from the camera on his plane told the  54 . It showed Butch’s daring action to  55   his fleet. He had in fact destroyed five enemy aircraft. He became an American hero.

— I hope you won’t mind my pointing out your mistake.

—  _______.

— Has he finished his report yet?

— I’m not sure. He _______ the report these days.

— When will the new bridge be completed?

— It is said that it _______ by the end of this year.

 _____ in prison for ten years, he seems to be unaware of what has happened outside.

— Did your father catch the train?

— No. The train _______ before we got to the railway station.

 The old man _______ three large houses and a factory before he died. He was quite wealthy.

 Having been stuck in the cave for six days without food or water, the young man lay on the ground, _____.

— Mr. Li is in trouble now.

— You needn’t feel sorry for him. He _____it on himself.