I became a magician by accident. When I was nine years old, I learned __________ to make a coin disappear. I’d read The Lord of the Rings and went into the________ to look for a book about spells(符咒). Nine was a strange age when you were ___________enough to think that you might find a book of real, actual magic in the library. But in fact, the book I _________ taught me something about magic, and I spent the next months practicing.

At first the magic wasn't any _________ . It wasn't even magic; it was only a trick-- a bad trick. I __________hours each day in the bathroom running through the secret moves in front of the mirror. I dropped the coin thousands of __________in a day, and after two weeks of this, my mom got a carpet and placed it under the mirror to lower the sound of the coin __________again and again.

I heard my dad play pieces of new music on the piano, __________ I knew how to practice -- slowly, going for precision(精确) rather than speed. One day I tried the magic in the mirror and the __________disappeared. It did not look like a magic trick. It __________like a miracle.

One of the lessons I learn very early as a magician is that the most __________ part of a trick has nothing to do with the secret. The secret is simple: a hidden piece of tape, a small mirror, a special playing card. In this case, the _____________was a series of tricks to hide the coin behind my hand in the act of opening it, a dance of the fingers that I learned so __________ that I didn't even have to think. I would close my hand, then __________it, and the coin would disappear not by skill but by real magic.

1.A.how B.when C.why D.where

2.A.restaurant B.library C.hospital D.supermarket

3.A.rich B.strong C.young D.smart

4.A.wrote B.sold C.found D.sent

5.A.wrong B.new C.cheap D.good

6.A.spent B.took C.cost D.paid

7.A.sizes B.reasons C.facts D.times

8.A.flying B.using C.dropping D.rising

9.A.so B.and C.or D.but

10.A.book B.coin C.game D.show

11.A.looked B.sounded C.tasted D.smelled

12.A.boring B.embarrassing C.worrying D.amazing

13.A.answer B.secret C.book D.play

14.A.carefully B.happily C.completely D.comfortably

15.A.break B.throw C.open D.sell

It seems food deliverymen (送货员) are always in a hurry. They wear blue, red or yellow helmets (头盔) and many of them don’t follow traffic rules. They drive on the wrong side of the road and run red lights. They use mobile phones while driving.

These reckless (鲁莽的) behaviors have caught the public’s attention.

In the first half of 2017, food deliverymen had 76 traffic accidents in Shanghai, according to Shanghai Public Security Bureau. That means every two and a half days, a food deliveryman will die or get hurt on the road.

What makes deliverymen take such risks? The strict rules of the food delivery service companies and the anxious (焦急的) customers may be the answer.

Many companies will fine(罚款) a deliveryman up to 2,000 yuan, if he fails to deliver an order on time, reported China Daily. Fines also go to those who get bad reviews(差评) from customers(顾客).

To solve the problem, food delivery service companies need to improve their incentive systems (激励制度), noted CRI Online.

Some cities are also taking action. Shanghai has asked companies to train their deliverymen on traffic rules and safety. Now in Shenzhen, if a deliveryman gets caught breaking traffic rules more than twice, then he will be banned from driving food service delivery vehicles (交通工具) for a whole year .

1.The first paragraph mainly tells us that many food deliverymen _____.

A.work very hard B.are good at driving

C.break traffic rules D.use mobile phones too much

2.How many traffic accidents did food deliverymen in Shanghai cause in the first half of 2017?

A.76. B.38. C.152. D.2,000.

3.If a food deliveryman _____, the companies will fine him.

A.drives too slowly B.delivers food on time C.gets bad reviews D.obeys traffic rules

4.How many reasons are mentioned(提到)for deliverymen’s taking risks of breaking traffic rules?

A.two B.three C.four D.five

5.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A.Companies are improving their review systems.

B.Some cities are working to improve the situation.

C.To drive safely, food deliverymen will obey more traffic rules.

D.Food deliverymen cannot drive on important roads in the future.

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