Mr Young worked in a hospital in the capital. He was busy all the time and little time to have a rest. And one day he felt unwell and couldn’t go on w0rking. He decided to spend a week’s holiday in a quiet village where he could go swimming or fishing. He got off at a small railway sta—tion and soon got to the village. He took a room hotel(旅館 )and went to sleep as soon as he had a good meal.
At first Mr.Young enjoyed himself there. He could do everything he wanted and went wherever he liked. Nobody disturbed(打擾)him and knocked at the door at might. But on the fourth day he was in trouble. After lunch it was very hot. He went swimming in the river. Suddenly he saw a beautiful bird in a big tree. He wanted to catch it and walked to it, but it found him and flew away and soon was gone. He began to pick some flowers in the forest and before ling he lost his way .
The sun had gone down and night had fallen before Mr Young found a small restaurant in an—other village. He came in and told them to bring him some bread, two eggs and a glass of tea. Af –ter a while his food was brought. Soon he ate up all the bread and eggs. When he was going to have the tea, he found there was a fly (蒼蠅)in the glass.
“What’s in my tea?”Mr Young called out, “A fly”
“It’s impossible (不可能的),sir,”said the owner or the restaurant, “I had told them to pick all the flies out of your tea before they brought it to you!”
( )55. This story happened in .
A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter
( )56. Mr. Young decided to take his holiday because .
A. he was too tired to go on working . B. he was very busy al the time
C. he was paid a lot of money D. he liked swimming and fishing
( )57. Mr. Young went to the village because .
A. there wasn’t any noise there B. he could swim and fish there
C. nobody could disturb him there D. he could have a good meal there
( )58. Mr. Young went to the village .
A. by bus B. by car C. on foot D. by train
( )59. At first Mr. Young enjoyed himself in the village because .
A. it was very quite there B. he took a good room
C. he could pick some flowers D. he could do every thing he wanted

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Dear sir ,

 I have travel every day from Souk Road to the airport. Two buses travel along the routes: the(路線): the number 49 and the number 16. But by the time the number 16 bus reaches Souk Road, it is always full, so I can’t get on it, I have to wait for the number 49 because sometimes there are empty seats on it.

 The timetable says that there are buses from Souk Road to the airport every ten minutes. If this is true, why do I have to wait half an hour for a bus nearly every day?

 The rules say that if there are empty seats on a bus, the bus must stop at every stop where people are waiting Why do the half-empty buses go straight(一直)past me when I am standing at bus stop?

 The rules say that no bus may carry more than 40 seated passengers and 20 standing passengers. Yesterday I was the first to get off the bus when it reached the airport. I counted the other passengers as they got off. There were 129 people.

 It is clear that our bus companies break the rules and think little of their passengers. Can nothing be done to make your service(服務(wù)) better?

                                                                  Yours

                                                              Tired passenger

1.This passage is __________.

A. a message      B. a talk     C. a story        D. a letter

2.The writer has to take Bus No. 49 because______.

A. it arrives on time          B. it is not always full 

C. it travels faster            D. it has fewer seats on it

3.How long does the writer usually have to wait for a bus?

A. Ten minutes     B. One hour     C. Half an hour    D. Nearly a day

4.The rules say that each bus may carry ________ passengers at most.

A. twenty       B. forty      C. sixty      D. one hundred and twenty-nine

5.From the passage we can see that__________.

A. the bus service was poor     

B. no passengers took their buses

C. no buses except the No. 49 bus passed Souk Road

D. the writer was always the first to get on bus