题目内容
The ______ (nine) month of a year is September.
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Pick up one of these cubes and you probably won’t be able to put it down．How hard（1）_____ it be to rearrange（重新排列）the nine colored squares on each side of the cube? In fact，there are 43×1030 possibilities! It has been 31 years since the cubes were sold in stores around the world．Its（2） _____，however， began years earlier as a simple classroom example．In 1974，Dr．Erno Rubik（3） _____ the“Magic Cube”as he called it． He did this to help his students understand 3-D concepts．This classroom model was quickly changed into a （4） _____ toy．In 1979，Ideal Toys bought the rights（权利）（5） _____ sold it as“Rubik’s Cube”．The invention（6） _____ became a 1980s cultural icon
As time went（7） _____，the cube’s popularity became less，however，it made a comeback with the Internet．Now（8） _____ can go online and find many videos that show ways to solve the cube．Erik Akkersdijk of the Netherlands holds the present world record．He finished it in just 7．08 seconds l
It was a quiet village in which there was a military camp. It was far from the towns and cities and there were some high mountains around. Of course it was a good place for training the new soldiers. But it was difficult for the young men to go outside. Mr. White, an officer of forty, was strict with them and he hardly let them leave the camp.
Once Mr. White was ill in bed. He couldn't work, so a young officer, Mr. Hunt, began to train the new soldiers instead of him. He knew the young men well and let nine soldiers go to the nearest town to have a holiday. But night fell and none came back to the camp. He was worried about it and stood at the gate. It was five to twelve when Mr. Hunt decided to go to the town and see what was happening with the young men. He started the car quickly and set off. At that moment the nine soldiers came back. It seemed they were all drunk. Of course they found the officer was angry.
"I'm sorry, sir," said the first soldier. "I left the town on time. But something was wrong with my bus on my way here. I had to buy a horse and made it run fast. Bad luck! It died and I had to run back."
And the other seven soldiers said they were late for the same reasons. It was the last soldier's turn. He said, "I'm sorry, sir. I got on a bus on time, but…"
Having heard this, the officer became even angrier and stopped him at once. He called out, "If you say something was wrong with your bus, I'll punish you at once!"
"No, no, sir," said the young man. "My bus was all right, but their horses were in the way!"
【小题1】The military camp was built in the village to _______.
| A．stop the soldiers going to towns |
| B．stop the soldiers meeting their friends |
| C．train the new soldiers |
| D．make the young men live quietly |
| A．something was wrong with their buses |
| B．their horses died on the way back |
| C．it took them much time to run back |
| D．they all had drunk much in the town |
| A．stopping somebody from moving |
| B．getting drunk |
| C．standing on the road |
| D．running very fast |
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