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B
  On my walk home one night, I saw a man lying on the ground. One or two people noticed him, but walked on by. I decided to stop and check if he was OK. When I spoke to him, he said some words I couldn’t make out. From his breath it was obvious he was drunk. I tried to speak to him until I got his name — Carlton. I asked him where he lived, and he told me a number and a road name that I recognized. It was only a ten-minute walk from here.
  Part of me wanted to help, but there was also fear arising. He was much bigger than me, six feet three inches or so. In the end I decided to go for it and help him walk home. I got him to his feet, he held onto my shoulders and arm, and we walked slowly to his home. The walk took about forty minutes instead of the usual 10. Every few steps he stopped to pull his trousers back up because he didn’t have a belt. Throughout the walk, I felt a constant anxiety.
   Halfway to his home , he stopped, took out his phone from his pocket and then handed it to me. I asked him why he was doing that, and he said, “To test your loyalty.” That moment struck me. All this time I was worried about what he might do to me. And it meant I didn’t have the ability to empathize (感同身受） with what he was feeling. He was probably feeling the same anxiety. So when he handed me his phone, as a sign of trust, I felt touched and honored at this act of courage. We walked the rest of the way to his home. When we got close, before I got to see the door number, I noticed he recognized his home. When we walked up, sure enough, it was the door number he had told me. I felt a sense of relief. I handed him back his phone, he thanked me and I made my way home, now with a lesson in empathy.
24.How was the author likely to be feeling before helping the man?

A.Curious.

B.Hesitant.

C.Moved.

D.Excited.

25.Why did it take the author and the man forty minutes to complete the ten-minute walk?
  A.They were having an interesting conversation.
  B.The man was attempting to waste time.
  C.The man kept stopping every few steps.
  D.The author was too weak to support the big man.
26.Why did the man hand his phone to the author?
  A.He wanted to show his wealth.
  B.He wanted the author to help him hold his phone.
  C.He wanted to express his gratitude to the author.
  D.He hoped that they could both trust each other.
27.The author created the characters by describing their                  

A.mental activities

B.appearances.

C.conversations.

D.backgrounds.

C
  The history of vacuum cleaners(真空吸尘器） in the UK dates back to the early 1900s.Hubert Cecil Booth started the first vacuum cleaner company in the UK, known as the British Vacuum Cleaner Company. It wasn’t long, however, before William Henry Hoover, who had already experienced success with his vacuum cleaners in America, made headway in the vacuum cleaner market in the UK and became more successful than Booth.
  Hoover’s vacuum cleaners in the UK became such a success that ‘to hoover’ quickly became equal to vacuuming. Some of the earliest domestic vacuum cleaners in the UK used simple reusable cloth bag designs whereby the vacuum cleaner simply collected dust in the bag. Once the bag was full, you could empty and re-attach it to the vacuum cleaner.
  For decades after their introduction,vacuum cleaners in the UK were a luxury item that only the upper class could afford. After World War II，however, they became common among the middle class. This was especially true for vacuum cleaners in the UK, because the popularity of carpets means sweeping is not an easy or effective means of carpet cleaning.
  In 1952, Hoover made the Constellation available to the public for the first time. Hoover designed it so that people could place the vacuum cleaner in the centre of the room and then work around it. After about 20 years of selling these vacuum cleaners in the UK, Hoover stopped the Constellation in 1975.
  Advances to upright and cylinder(气缸） vacuum cleaners in the UK continued, enabling vacuum cleaners to become more efficient and effective. The 1990s saw the introduction of the first bagless domestic vacuum cleaners in the UK. Despite many industry fears consumers would not be prepared to pay the high price, bagless vacuum cleaners became a big success in the UK.
  As for the future, vacuum cleaners in the UK are expected to become even more energy-efficient.
28.What can be inferred from the first paragraph?
  A.Hoover entered the UK vacuum cleaner market before the 1900s.
  B.Hoover’s vacuum cleaners were more advanced than booth’s.
  C.Hoover’s vacuum cleaners were very popular in the UK market.
  D.Vacuum cleaners were invented later in the UK than in America.
29.What was the cloth bag on the earliest domestic vacuum cleaners used for?
  A.Decorating the vacuum cleaners.
  B.Making the vacuum cleaners more efficient.
  C.Lightening the vacuum cleaners.
  D.Collecting dust.
30.What was the most remarkable characteristic of the Constellation?
  A.It was only used by the upper class.
  B.Its design allowed the user to work around it.
  C.It was upright and it had a cylinder added to it.
  D.Its price was extremely high at the time.
31.We can learn form the passage that bagless vacuum cleaners           .
  A.were so popular that they could fulfill all UK customers’ demands
  B.were the most energy-efficient vacuum cleaners.
  C.were not accepted by UK customers
  D.were expensive when they made their first public appearance in the UK
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