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  DC Hilton was one of the first American to find out that there was money to be made in the middle of the night. 42 years ago be bought a small __1___on US highway 69, in Oklahoma. His___2___customers were truck drivers and___3___salesmen who drank coffee and ate cheese-burgers when they stopped to___4___their journey.

  

  It was they who first tried to____5____Hilton to remain open all night. He thought about it for a while, and then suddenly made up his___6____. He took the door key and threw it across the road. He hasn't closed the door____7___.

  Over the years his simple cafe expanded into a 24-hour roadside ____8___,with a 100-seat restaurant, a petrol station, a mini shopping market, a car ___9___for mobile homes and all-night selfhelp laundry(洗衣店).

  

  Hilton was a ___10__in a 24-hour working trend which has now ___11___ around the world. Today not only restaurants but also hanks, supermarkets, mail-order ___12___and many other businesses are___13___to be open all night. But is this really a good thing?

  A lot of ____14____has been done in America on the effect of 24-hour working and there is growing ___15____about the long term dangers of society that doesn't sleep.

  Americans are said to be___16___20% less than they did 100 years ago, and 55% claim to __17___at least occasionally from overtiredness. ___18____of the worst man-made accidents happened in the last few hours before ___19___, when even the most experienced night-worker has difficult____20____awake.  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
  

(1)A.market      

  
  

B.business      

  
  

      C.station      

  
  

D.restaurant      

  
  

(2)A.main      

  
  

B.common      

  
  

      C.strange      

  
  

D.only      

  
  

(3)A.shopping      

  
  

B.clothing      

  
  

      C.traveling      

  
  

D.cooking      

  
  

(4)A.start      

  
  

B.break      

  
  

      C.enjoy      

  
  

D.continue      

  
  

(5)A.persuade      

  
  

B.suggest      

  
  

      C.order      

  
  

D.warn      

  
  

(6)A.plan      

  
  

B.thought      

  
  

      C.mind      

  
  

D.decision      

  
  

(7)A.then      

  
  

B.since      

  
  

      C.later      

  
  

D.yet      

  
  

(8)A.cafe      

  
  

B.building      

  
  

      C.workshop      

  
  

D.hotel      

  
  

(9)A.garage      

  
  

B.park      

  
  

       C.repair      

  
  

D.rest      

  
  

(10)A.pioneer      

  
  

B.dealer      

  
  

       C.master      

  
  

D.manager      

  
  

(11)A.caught    in      

  
  

B.caught    out      

  
  

       C.caught    on      

  
  

D.caught    up      

  
  

(12)A.shops      

  
  

B.firms      

  
  

       C.markets      

  
  

D.departments      

  
  

(13)A.ordered      

  
  

B.forced      

  
  

       C.performing      

  
  

D.beginning      

  
  

(14)A.research      

  
  

B.effort      

  
  

       C.work      

  
  

D.information      

  
  

(15)A.interest      

  
  

B.sense      

  
  

       C.concern      

  
  

D.progress      

  
  

(16)A.working      

  
  

B.playing      

  
  

       C.sleeping      

  
  

D.relaxing      

  
  

(17)A.recover      

  
  

B.suffer      

  
  

       C.return      

  
  

D.prevent      

  
  

(18)A.Some      

  
  

B.Few      

  
  

       C.None      

  
  

D.All

  
  

(19)A.dust      

  
  

B.midnight      

  
  

       C.darkness      

  
  

D.dawn      

  
  

(20)A.staying      

  
  

B.becoming      

  
  

       C.continuing      

  
  

D.insisting      

  

 

A water bearer in India had two large pots; each hung on the ends of a pole. The water bearer often carried the pole __36__ his neck. One of the pots had a crack(裂缝) in it, __37__ the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the cracked pot __38__ only half full. For a full two years, this went on __39__, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water to his house.

Of course, the perfect pot was __40__ of its advantages. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and __41__ that it was able to __42__ only half of what it had been made to do. __43__ two years of what sensed to be a bitter __44__, it spoke to the water bearer one day by the stream. “I am ashamed of myself, and I want to __45__ to you. I have been able to __46__ only half my load because this crack in my side __47__ water to leak out all the way back to your house. Because of my __48__, you have to do a lot of this work, and you don't get full value from your __49__,” the pot said.

The bearer said to the pot, “Did you __50__ that there were flowers only on your side of the path, __51__ not on the other pot's side? That's because I have always __52__ your fault, and I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you've __53__ them.

For two years I have been able to __54__ these beautiful flowers to decorate the table. Without you being just the __55__ you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house.”

36.A.above   B.over    C.across    D.through

37.A.as       B.while     C.when     D.so

38.A.arrived    B.realized      C. made      D.concluded

39.A.weekly   B.daily      C.monthly    D.yearly

40.A.ashamed      B.proud    C.happy        D.disappointed

41.A.sad      B.pleased       C.comfortable   D.safe

42.A.admit   B.achieve   C.reduce D.attract

43.A.Before     B. Since    C.After    D.By

44.A.failure    B.success     C.excitement     D.satisfaction

45.A.apologize      B. talk      C.admit    D.apply

46.A.develop B.permit  C.depend    D.deliver

47.A.takes     B.causes     C.makes    D.reminds

48.A.fault    B.success     C.kindness   D.sorrow

49.A.effects    B.efforts     C.operation    D.attempt

50.A.look      B.pay     C.notice     D.watch

51.A.but      B.and       C.since    D.after

52. A.known about B.told about C.worried about  D.come about

53.A.cared     B.watered      C.planted     D.pulled

54.A.pick   B.buy  C.sell D.borrow

55.A.attitude      B.way        C.measure      D.appearance

 

After getting married I moved to a flat. I felt pretty comfortable living there 16 something strange happened. I had a doll on the windowsill (窗台) facing the living room. One day, I came back home from work and found it was facing the window 17 . I thought it was my husband who played a  18 on me, but he did not admit. I 19 the doll to face the living room again.

The next day, the 20 thing happened. But this time, my husband was so 21 that I believed he had not done that. There was no  22 of anyone breaking into the house while we were away. And there was no reason to  23 that someone stole into the house just to turn the doll and left. What happened not only  24 us but also frightened us.

The doll kept turning every day  25 Saturdays and Sundays when I was at home. I began to wonder if there was a ghost.

Then  26 a school holiday, and I didn’t go to work. While exercising in the living room, I 27 the doll was turning by itself! It was very frightening but I 28 knew why it was turning. There was a construction site right next to the building where I  29 . The construction was at the stage of pile driving (打桩) and our building shook  30 with each pounding (重击). 31 I lived on the top floor, the shaking was quite strong.  32 , the doll moved little by little with the shaking. This also 33 why the doll never turned on Saturdays and Sundays, 34 there was no construction work at weekends. If I had not been home on a weekday, I would never have 35 the truth.

【小题1】A. after           B. as            C. once           D. until

【小题2】A. already         B. indeed          C. instead             D. though

【小题3】A. trick          B. part            C. danger              D. role

【小题4】A. changed         B. forced          C. pushed          D. turned

【小题5】A. other         B. same           C. whole           D. opposite

【小题6】A. serious         B. curious         C. anxious           D. nervous

【小题7】A. chance         B. need            C. sign             D. way

【小题8】A. admit         B. think           C. expect          D. worry

【小题9】A. confused        B. excited         C. warned           D. interested

【小题10】A. including      B. besides         C. without           D. except

【小题11】A. appeared      B. came           C. existed              D. passed

【小题12】A. decided        B. remembered      C. noticed           D. hoped

【小题13】A. immediately    B. particularly        C. originally         D. secretly

【小题14】A. worked        B. exercised        C. moved              D. lived

【小题15】A. quickly        B. strongly         C. slowly           D. slightly

【小题16】A. When        B. Since           C. Though         D. Unless

【小题17】A. By chance     B. Above all        C. As a result        D. In the end

【小题18】A. explained      B. discussed        C. described        D. suggested

【小题19】A. or            B. if              C. for             D. so

【小题20】A. looked into      B. found out         C. picked up        D. searched for

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