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1、【一】An expensive car speeding down the main street of a small town was soon caught up with by a young motorcycle policeman. 1he started to make out the ticket, the woman 2the wheel said3(pride), “ 4you go any further, young man, I think you should know the mayor of this city is a good friend of mine.
2、” The officer did not say a word,5kept writing. “I am also a friend of chief of police Barrens,” continued the woman, getting6(much) angry each moment.Still he kept on writing. “Young man,” she persisted, “I know Judge Lawson and State Senator (参议员) Patton.”7(hand) the ticket to the woman, the offic
3、er asked pleasantly ,“Tell me, do you know Bill Bronson.”“Why, no,” she8 (answer).“Well, that is9man you shouldhave known, ” he said, heading back to his motorcycle, “_10am Bill Bronson.”【二】Several men hit the Sao Paulo Museum of Art just before dawn on December 20th , 2007,and _1_ shocked the autho
4、rities as it took the thieves just three minutes to steal paintings _2_ two world famous artists, Pablo Picasso _3_ Candido Poninari,_4_ are worth millions of dollars. Images from the secret camera show that two men began their action at 509 a. m. ,_5_ the guards in the museum were going through the
5、ir shift change(换岗). They broke through two glass doors,_6_(run) to the museums top floor and grabbed the two paintings from different rooms,somehow _7_(avoid) nearby guards. The alarm never rang,and by 512 a. m. ,they were making their escape. After _8_,the police were interviewing the 30 museum em
6、ployees. “Everything indicates thieves were sent to do it by some wealthy art lover for _9_ own collection. He was not rich enough to buy the paintings,_ / 10_ he was wealthy,” said the lead police officer,Marcos Gomes de Moura.【三】It was a very cold evening, an old man was waiting for a ride across
7、the river. He saw several horsemen pass by but he didnt ask for any help. The wait seemed _1_(end)Then came another rider,the old man _2_(catch) his eye and said, “Sir, would you mind doing me a favor?”Stopping his horse,he replied, “Of course.” Almost _3_(freeze), the old man could not get _4_ the
8、ground. The horseman helped him onto his horse. He took the old man not just across the river,_5_ to his home.“Sir, you didnt even ask the other riders for help, why? What _6_ I had said no and left you there?” the horseman asked.The old man looked at him straight in the eyes and said, “I looked int
9、o their eyes, I found they didnt care,_7_ told me it would be useless, but when I looked into _8_,I saw kindness.”These words touched the rider deeply. “Thank you for _9_ youve said, I hope I will never be too busy to help others.” with that, Thomas Jefferson, the _10_(three) president of the US, tu
10、rned his horse around and went away.【四】The woman often called the First Lady of New York died on August. Brooke Astor was one hundred five years old. The extremely wealthy and famous New Yorker spent much of her life _1_(help)the needy in her beloved city.She was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. S
11、he was the only child of a high level military officer. After two earlier _2_(marry) ,she married Vincent Astor in 1953 again. He came from a family _3_ had been rich for least on hundred years. Among other things, he owed many buildings in New York City. Brooke Astor became one of the _4_(rich)wome
12、n in the world when Vincent Astor died. She also became head of a huge charity organization_ _5_(found) by her husband. He repeatedly had told her she would have fun giving _6_ his money. And apparently she did. Missus Astor gave tens of millions of dollars _7_(main)to places and people in New York
13、City. She said it was the sensible choice because that was _8_ the money had been made. She gave financial support to the citys cultural centers,its poor and disabled as _9_ as to many other smaller charities. When she died, the mayor of New York said the city would not be what it is today _10_ her
14、support.【五】At one point along an open highway,I came to a crossroads with a traffic light. I was alone on the road by now, but _1_ I drove up to the light,it turned red,and I braked to a halt. I looked left, right,and behind me. Nothing,_2_a car,no suggestion of headlights, but there I sat,_3_(wait)
15、 the light to change,the only human being for at least a mile in any direction.I started wondering _4_I refused to run the light. I was not afraid of _5_(catch) by the police, because there was obviously no cop anywhere around and _6_ certainly would have been no danger in going _7_ it.Much later that night,the _8_ question of why Id stopped for that light came back to me. I think I stopped because its part of a contract(合同) we all have with each other. Its not only the law, but its an agreement we have,and we trust each other to honor _9_:We dont go through red lights. Like most of