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I hate nosy (爱管闲事的) neighbors and it’s very unlucky that I had one for myself. They moved in a couple of months back and although I never felt that they were a strange family, I’ve always hated the way they get “too close” to me, my house, my garden, and even my garbage cans.

One day, my neighbors were mowing their lawn (草坪). My garbage cans were near their lawn. For some strange reason, I found the wife looking through my garbage cans. I felt angry but since they were from a different culture, I thought that maybe it was “normal” from their ideas.

That afternoon, the couple knocked on my front door. When I opened, they gave me a plastic bag. Inside were my old daily bills, credit cards and bank statements, and an old birthday card that my old uncle sent. They said that they were returning them to me because these documents contained very private information that may be used by others.

I’ve heard of it before. I asked them how those documents can be used by others and they started telling me their very own experience, which forced them to leave their home and move next door to us. The wife told me that she never destroyed the bills. They also had a “nosy neighbor” who looked through their garbage cans which they actually thought was pretty strange. Little did they know that this “nosy neighbor” was collecting their personal information from their rubbish. Then all their money was taken out from the bank by their neighbor.

It was a very painful experience for all of them and they wanted to leave it all behind so they left. I was very thankful. They were not nosy neighbors. They simply didn’t want us to experience the same thing that they did.

1.What made the author angry?

A. His neighbor’s wife was looking through his rubbish.

B. His neighbors were mowing their lawn one morning.

C. His neighbors got too close to his own home.

D. His neighbors came to knock at his door at night.

2.Why did the couple come to the author’s home?

A. To introduce themselves to the author.

B. To get to know each other better.

C. To return the documents to the author.

D. To borrow some money from the author.

3.Which of the following can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. The author was kind and helpful to the neighbors.

B. The neighbors had to move from place to place.

C. The neighbors didn’t have enough money.

D. The author changed his idea about his neighbors.

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2.A.reminded B.entertained C.accompanied D.chosen

3.A.or B.and C.for D.but

4.A.urged B.forced C.taught D.persuaded

5.A.created B.taken C.considered D.examined

6.A.embarrassed B.confused C.annoyed D.frightened

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8.A.meant B.indicated C.suggested D.revealed

9.A.read B.set C.graded D.composed

10.A.reviewed B.skipped C.took D.presented

11.A.application B.evaluation C.instruction D.qualification

12.A.transparent B.shallow C.superior D.ambitious

13.A.eye B.mind C.heart D.focus

14.A.interrupted B.joked C.admitted D.apologized

15.A.unless B.if C.because D.so

16.A.up B.apart C.along D.off

17.A.fail B.follow C.depart D.compete

18.A.encouragement B.determination C.tendency D.attempt

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M&M's, melt(溶解)in your , not in your hand.

1.A.shock B. topic C.story D.custom

2.A.returned B.died C.cried D.recovered

3.A.tell B.pretend C.find D.believe

4.A.knowing B.seeing C.guessing D.planning

5.A.activity B.introduction C.ceremony D.awkwardness

6.A.directly B.separately C.secretly D.hurriedly

7.A.collections B.favorites C.presents D.choices

8.A.dolls B.pens C.dresses D.chocolates

9.A.valuable B.familiar C.painful D.previous

10.A.duty B.dream C.company D.greeting

11.A.strange B.clever C.difficult D.reasonable

12.A.but B.or C.so D.and

13.A. think B.wonder C.smile D.jump

14.A.for B.with C.at D.by

15.A.cheer B.excitement C.reward D.patience

16.A.worried B.remembered C.suspected D.joked

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A.1ighting and tiredness

B. the length of a group of words

C.one’s purpose in reading

D.one’s familiarity with the text

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A.requires a reader to take in more words at each fixation

B.requires a reader to see words more quickly

C.demands a deeply-participating mind

D.demands more eyes than mind

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A.The ability to see words is not needed for an efficient reading.

B.The reading exercises mentioned are useless for reading.

C.The reading exercises mentioned can’t help improve reading.

D.The reading exercises mentioned have done a great job so far.

4.Which of the following is NOT true? _______________.

A.The visual span is a word or a group of words we see each time

B.Many experts began to question the efficiency of eye training

C.The emphasis on the purely visual aspects is misleading

D.The eye training will help readers in reading a continuous text

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