阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选一个最佳选项。    

    When I was 18 years old, one morning, my father told me to drive him into a town, about 40 miles away. I had just learned to drive，so I  1 with pleasure. When we came to the town, 2 was wrong with the car. Then I took the car to a nearby garage to have it repaired and promised to 3 at 4 p.m. Because I had a few hours to spend, I decided to go to the 4. However I became so interested in the film that I 5 the time. When the film finished, it was 6 o'clock. 

    I was afraid Dad would be  6 and never let me drive again, so I drove back 7  to meet Dad and made an excuse(借口) 8 my being late. I'll never forget his words "I'm disappointed that I feel you have to tell a 9 to me, Jack. I'm angry, not with 10but with myself. I'm not a success as a father  11  I've a son who can not even tell the truth to his own father. I'm going to walk home now and  12 seriously about where I was wrong all these years." 

    Dad began 13 along the road. I begged(乞求) all the way, I 14 behind him for 40 miles, at a speed of 5 miles an hour. It was the most 15 lesson. I have never told a lie to him ever since.

《中学生守则》规定中学生不准吸烟，这是因为吸烟有害身体健康．吸烟吸入有毒害的物质是（　　）

完形填空。通读下面的短文，根据短文内容，从 A、B、C 三个选 项中选出可以填入空白处的正确答案。

Long long ago, there was a beautiful little girl. She was 1because she had no family and no home. She only had her clothes and some bread. But she was very kind.

 A man asked her2she had something to eat. She gave him her3.

A child cried and told her that his 4was very cold. So she gave him her hat.

Then, she met a child with no coat. She gave him her coat.

One day, in the cold5forest, she met another child who

 6her dress. The little girl thought that it was dark and

7could see her, so she gave her dress away. At last, she had almost nothing: no family, nowhere to live, nothing to eat and little to wear.

8, stars fell from the sky. These stars became beautiful pieces of money. With the money, she9a new dress and a coat.

The little girl was rich for the10of her life and she still helped the people in need with her money.

1907年，欧洲各国在海牙召开了第二次和平大会，其主要任务是制定“尽可能人道”

的战争行为准则。从以后十年的历史看，这样的“准则”所起的主要作用是 (　　)