恩波：2008年12月英語四級預測試題解析(三)

　　Passage Two

　　Red Cross is an international organization that takes care of people who are in need of help. The Red Cross exists in almost every country around the globe. A man in a Beijing hospital who needs blood, a woman in Turkey who was injured in an earthquake, and a family in Indonesia that lost their home in Tsunami may all be aided by the Red Cross.

　　The idea of forming an organization to help people in need began with Jean Dunant. In 1859, he observed how people were suffering on a battlefield in Paris. He wanted to help the wounded soldiers despite which side they were fighting for. His efforts brought on the Geneva Convention, an international treaty. It protects prisoners of war, the sick and wounded, and other citizens during a war.

　　The Red Cross in the United States was set up by Clara Barton in 1881. Today the American Red Cross provides a lot of services for the public, such as helping people in need, teaching first aid, demonstrating water safety, and providing blood.

　　Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　29.Which of the following is true about the Red Cross?

　　30. Who was the father of the Red Cross?

　　31.What made the father determined to build the Red Cross?

　　Passage Three

　　One winter evening Mr. Blake was driving in his car along an isolated country road. He had been to New York, in which he had withdrawn 10,000 dollars from the bank.

　　He was then going back home with the money, which he had put in his pocket. At the loneliest part of the road a middle-aged man in poor clothes stopped him and asked for a lift. Mr. Blake told him to get into the car and continued on his way. As he talked to the man he learned that he had been in prison for robbery and had escaped out of prison three days ago. Mr. Blake was very worried at the thought of the 10,000 dollars in his pocket.

　　Suddenly he saw a police-car and had a clever idea. He had just reached a small town where the speed limit was 40 miles an hour. He pressed down the accelerator and drove the car as fast as it would go. He looked back and saw the police-car had seen this and had begun to chase him. After a mile or so the police-car overtook him and ordered him to stop.

　　Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

　　32.Where did the story happen?

　　33.Who was the middle-aged man?

　　34.How fast could a car drive in the small town mentioned?

　　35.Why did Mr. Blake drive his car as fast as it could go?