B.Choose the best answer and complete the passage（选择最恰当的选项完成短文）（共12分）
I just returned from a trip to New Jersey. On the way back, I was stopped by a traffic accident. This accident involved a truck carrying a lot of dangerous materials that were leaking out（外漏）. This meant that we weren’t going anywhere for several hours.
After being told by the policeman that we would be sitting there until the cleanup was completed. I got out of the truck to have a rest. Other truck drivers did the same. At one point there were five of us standing by my truck, _____75____.
Another truck with two elderly people inside stopped near us. The man, Joe, let the _____76___ down and asked why no one was moving.
Soon we were all talking with this couple. I said that if I had known about this, I would have bought something to drink, for I was becoming _____77____.The lady, Anna, said that they had plenty of water in the cooler in their truck and offered everyone something to drink. While she was back there, she said that she also had plenty of food and she could make sandwiches for us. While Anna was making the sandwiches, she was singing like a songbird. Being close to70, I guessed, she had a remarkable voice.
When she finished making the sandwiches, I saw a Mississippi license（执照）plate on the truck. I asked what part of Mississippi they were from. Joe said Biloxi. Knowing that Biloxi had been _____78_____ by Humcane Katrina（卡特里娜飓风）, I asked him about the disaster. Joe said that they had lost almost everything. Everything they had was in the truck.
All of us drivers tried unsuccessfully to pay them for their drinks and sandwiches. Joe said that their son was living around Harrisonburg, Virginia and they were going there. There was a home for sale and they were going to start all over there. Starting over _____79_____, we know, would not be easy.
These people lost everything except the pictures and some clothes. These wonderful people lost practically everything they owned and still would not accept any money for their food and drinks. Joe said that it was better to give than to _____80_____.
75. A. complaining B. explaining C. describing D. proving
76. A. door B. button C. window D. hand
77. A. tired B. thirsty C. hungry D. sleepy
78. A. caused B. recycled C. covered D. damaged
79. A. in their truck B. at their age C. with their son D. for their home
80. A. forgive B. forget C. receive D. refuse
B.Choose the best answer and complete the passage（选择最恰当的选项完成短文）（共12分）
Harry Smith is a police officer in the town where he grew up. His town is called Bergen.
Harry has loved living in Bergen since he was a boy. He has never thought of leaving. When it was time for young Harry to ____75____ what job he wanted as an adult, there was never a doubt in his mind. Harry had a desire to help people in his community, and he felt that there was no ____76____ way to meet his desire than to become a police officer.
When Harry is working on duty, he walks around a certain neighborhood. Part of his job is certainly watching out for people trying to cause trouble. ____77____, Harry also says that he thinks he has a much bigger, more important job too. “When I am out in the neighborhood, I have to get to know people and get to be known by them,” he says. “People of Bergen should ____78____ me, and I have to show them that they can.” Harry believes that he needs everyone’s support to do his job well. He says, “We’re all really working together to make sure the area is safe.”
Harry has to catch a bad guy every now and again, though. When he feels there is “probable cause” for him to catch someone in a certain situation, he will take ____79____. Probable cause means that, as a police officer, he feels there is a good reason to believe a person has done something bad. In other words, Harry cannot ____80____ catch anyone he wants. He will have to explain to someone why he did so.
75. A. wake up B. find out C. pick up D. look for
76. A. better B. easier C. harder D. happier
77. A. Instead B. Honestly C. However D. Luckily
78. A. forget B. respect C. remember D. trust
79. A. time B. place C. action D. care
