3．According to the passage，it was because that the crash was caused.

A．Holly mistook the gas pedal for the brakes

B．Holly was drinking a soft drink while driving

C．something was wrong with the brakes

D．the family van was parked in the wrong place

答案　A

解析　细节理解题。根据第五段中"...she had confused the brakes and the gas pedal."可知Holly当时误把油门当刹车踩了，故选A。

4．The main purpose of the passage is to inform readers that .

A．it makes no sense to punish the children when they make mistakes

B．love is more important than possessions

C．it is dangerous to let children drive at an early age

D．we should always forgive others' mistakes

答案　B

解析　写作意图题。根据倒数第二段"...I want her to know that I love her a thousand times more than any piece of property."可知爱大于一切，故选B。

Everybody loves to play board games sometimes，but it is surprising to know how long this pastime has been in existence.Some of the earliest board games are over 5,000 years old.The oldest is probably Senet，an Ancient Egyptian game which has been found in burials from before 3000 BC.The game involves an element of luck，and so it was thought by the Ancient Egyptians that those who won the game were protected by God.For this reason，games of Senet were often buried alongside the dead body，to be used on the dangerous journey to the afterlife.The game can also be seen on a number of paintings in tombs.The game board is set out as a grid of three by ten rows，and uses two sets of at least five pawns.The actual rules are unknown，although some historians have proposed rules which were used in the Senet sets available today.

The Royal Game of Ur，also known as the Game of Twenty Squares，is another ancient game which dates back to the First Dynasty of Ur，in 2600 BC Mesopotamia.It was played with two sets of seven counters，one black and one white，and three four­sided dice(骰子)．Although the ancient rules are unknown，a stone tablet has been found which describes a reliable record of how the game