A heart-warming story tells of a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a raise in salary.All day she felt 1 and worried.Late in the afternoon she 2 courage to approach her employer.To her 3 , the boss agreed to a raise.
The woman arrived home that evening and found a beautiful table set with the best dishes.Candles were softly burning.Her 4 had come home early and was preparing a festive meal.She wondered if someone from the office had 5 it out to him or did he just 6 know that she would not get turned 7 ?
She came into the 8 and told him the good news.They shared the joy, then sat down to the wonderful meal. 9 her plate the woman found a 10 lettered card.It 11 ,“Congratulations, darling! I knew you'd got the raise! These things will tell you how much I love you.”
The next day, her husband put on his coat to go out to work.She noticed that a(an) 12 card had fallen from his 13 .Picking it 14 from the floor, she read, “Don't worry about 15 getting the raise! You should get it anyway! These things will tell you how much I love you.”
16 has said that the measure of love is 17 you love without measure.What this man feels for his wife is total acceptance and unselfish 18 , whether she succeeds or fails.His love celebrates her 19 and soothes(抚平)her wounds.He stands by her, no matter what life throws 20 their direction.
Among the most popular books being written today are those which are usually classified as science fiction.Hundreds of titles are published every year and are 1 by all kinds of people.What's 2 , some of the most successful films of recent years have been 3 on science fiction stories.
It is often 4 that science fiction is a fairly new development in literature, but its ancestors can be found in 5 written hundreds of years ago.These books often 6 about the presentation of some form of ideal 7 , a theme which is 8 often found in modern stories.
Most of the classics(名著)of science fiction, 9 , have been written within the last one hundred years.Books 10 writers, such as Jules Verne and H.G.Wells, to mention just two well-known authors, 11 been translated into many languages. 12 science fiction writers don't write about men from Mars or space adventure stories.They are more 13 in predicting the effect of 14 progress of society and the human mind, or in 15 future worlds which are a reflection of the world, in 16 we live now.
Because of this, their 17 has obvious political undertones(含意).In an age when scientific fact frequently 18 science fiction, the writers may 19 it difficult to keep 20 of scientific advances.
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完形填空,请阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从所给的四个选项中,选出最佳选项.
Attention to Details
It was three days before the opening of the Pirates(海盗)of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland.Walt Disney was touring the 1 and suddenly felt strangely 2 .In his heart he felt th at something was 3 , although he wasn't quite sure 4 it was.He 5 as many employees as h e could find-including the repairing workers and food service people-and 6 them through a kind of inspection(检查)trip.
“Does it look right?”he asked.Yes, the clothes and scenes were 7 ; the buildings had been copied from the New Orleans French Quarter in Caribbean.
“Does it sound right?” Disney 8 the latest sound equipment installed(安装)in order to exactly 9 the sounds of music, voices, boats and even animals that you'd 10 to the Caribbean.Yes, it sounded right.
“Does it feel right?”He had controlled the temperature to perfectly 11 that of a New Orleans night.Yes, it felt right.
12 , something was still missing.“What is it?” Disney asked.
Finally, one of the young men who had been sweeping the floors said, “ 13 , Mr, Disney, I 14 up in the South, and what 15 me is that on summer night like this, there 16 be lightning bugs(虫子).”Disney's face 17 up.That, of course, was 18 !The young man was given a generous prize, and Disney actually had live lightning bugs 19 in to make his ride more real 20 he could figure out a way to imitate(模仿)them mechanically.
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完形填空
On receiving my learner driver license a couple of months ago, I started driving lessons straight away.In New Zealand, the 1 driving age is 15.
However it wasn't 2 two days ago that Dad finally allowed me to drive on the motorway.Our 3 was Urawa, a seaside town about 60 kilometers away from my home in Auckland.That morning I 4 sure I had enough to drink and went to the toilet(厕所)about three times 5 we left.I thought I was totally 6 for the journey, but nothing could have prepared me for my family's 7 ."Relax! Don't hold the steering wheel(方向盘)so 8 .The car is going zigzag(弯弯曲曲的), called a nervous voice from the 9 ."Speed up.70 km/h isn't fast enough.You are holding up the traffic," another voice ordered from the seat next to mine.
How 10 ! My parents were really starting to get on my nerves.To satisfy them I sped up and within a second, an angry voice began to yell again."Stop! 11 ! Are you crazy?” Everything did not go fine until I pulled off the motorway and drove into the city, 12 the speed limit was only 50 km/h.
My family seemed relieved(放心的)and 13 telling me what to do.They all looked out of the windows and enjoyed the scenery. 14 , that silence didn't last very long.My mum suddenly cried out, "Look at those birds above us. 15 they lovely?"
How did she expect me to look up in the 16 ? As the driver I had to 17 .Who knows what would have happened if I had taken my eyes off the 18 ? Four hours later we drove home.This time the journey was much 19 than before as everyone else 20 fast asleep.So, I just took my time and enjoyed the drive.