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When people want to relax themselves, they prefer ________ TV or listen to music rather than ________ newspapers.

A．watching; read	B．watching; to read
C．to watch; read	D．to watch; reading

解析试题分析：prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.“宁愿做...而不做...”词结构中要求前后动词都用原形，结合语境可知选C。
考点：固定句式
点评：prefer的用法比较复杂，需要注意的是prefer A to B 与prefer to do sth. rather than do sth.的含义相同，结构不同。解答此类题型需要注意的是后面搭配对象的不同。

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　　Tom was a poor boy．He made a living by cleaning leather(皮革)　　1　　 for others in the street．Tom was also a 　　2　　 boy．One day, a rich man 　　3　　 Miser appeared in front of Tom．

　　He watched his 　　4　　 shoes for a while, and then, looked at Tom．Tom knew this kind of peopl well．They love money but hate to spend it．

　　Tom said, “Let me 　　5　　 your shoes, sir．Only two pence(便土), sir．

　　Mr．Miser shook his head and walked away．

　　Tom thought for a second and then called out, ‘‘I’d like to clean it for nothing．”This time

　　Mr．Miser agreed．And soon one of his shoes was shining brightly．

　　When the rich man put his other shoe on the stool(凳子), Tom said he wouldn’t clean it for Him 　　6　　 he was paid two pence for his work．Mr．Miser was very 　　7　　．He refused to payanything and went away．

　　But to his 　　8　　, the well－cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other one look even dirtier．Mr．Miser looked round．People in the street were 　　9　　 at him．

　　Finallyn the rich man 　　10　　 and gave Tom two pence．In a very short time his two shoes shone brightly．

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We can not live a modern life without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by air. With a plane

one can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.

Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but one can see the country he is traveling through.

Modern trains have comfortable seats and dinning-cars. They make even the longest journey enjo

yable.

Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large luxury liners or river boats

.They are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holi

day.

Many people like to travel by car. They can make their own timetable. They can travel hundred

s of miles a day, just as their wish. They can stop wherever they want to see something interestin

g or to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel. That is why peopl

e choose traveling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business.1.According to the passage, the fastest way of traveling is _______.

A．bycar

B．bytrain

C．byplane

D．bysea

2. If we travel by car, we can _________.

A．enjoythelongestjourney	B．travelonlyfiftymilesaday
C．makeourowntimetable	D．traveltoaveryfarplaceinafewminutes.

3. When people travel on business, they usually take _________.

A．aboatoratrain	B．acaroratrain
C．aplaneoracar	D．atrainoraplane

4. _______ have comfortable seats and dinning-cars.

A．Cars

B．Moderntrains

C．Planes

D．Buses

5.If possible, people like traveling by sea because _______ .

A．itisasfastastrainsandplanes

B．itisapleasantwaytospendaholiday

C．itisverycheap

D．itcanstopwherevertheylike

Bob always took the newspaper to Grandpa White’s home last before heading for home. Grandpa White’s was at the end of the road. Bob liked Grandpa White. He often waited for him near the front gate with sweets or nice cakes. Besides, he often asked Bob about things he was doing—about what he was going to do for the summer and what he liked to do.

The thing that Bob didn’t like about Grandpa was his never-endless stories about his boyhood in California. Bob never asked to hear about Grandpa’s boyhood, but he couldn’t get away.

After grandpa’s wife died in October, Bob could see that Grandpa was lonelier than ever. He would often join Bob halfway along the road and walk along with him as he gave out the papers. Bob didn’t want to complain, but customers were unhappy.

1. When he took the newspapers to Grandpa, Bob would often receive .

A. old newspapers B. sweets or cakes

C. some money D. a paper with questions for him to answer

2. Which do you think is true?

A. Bob lived with Grandpa White.

B. Grandpa didn’t like to read newspapers.

C. Grandpa had many stories about his boyhood.

D. Bob took the newspaper to Grandpa first.

3. Bob could do nothing when .

A. Grandpa began to tell his boyhood

B. the customers got their newspapers late

C. he saw Grandpa feeling lonely

D. grandpa asked him about the things he was doing.

4. The passage mainly tells us that .

A. Bob was still a child B. Grandpa liked to tell stories

C. The customers sometimes got angry D. Lonely people need other peopl

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