The reading passage is twoanecdoteswritten by an old man called Clancy．题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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13．The reading passage is twoanecdotes（轶事）written by an old man called Clancy．

分析这篇阅读文章是由一个名叫Clancy的老人写的两个轶事．

解答答案：anecdotes．
分析句子内容可知，本题是对名词的识记能力的考查，根据汉语意思可知，填名词anecdote，因前面有数次two修饰，所以使用复数形式；故答案为anecdotes．

点评翻译题在解题时首先要确定好句子的时态，然后要把握好短语表达，最后要注意句子结构．

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4．Great changes ______ in this city over the past five years．Look at these high buildings!（　　）

	A．	took place		B．	were taken place
	C．	have taken place		D．	have been taken place

1．No one knows when such a custom first _____．（　　）

8．If you see a group of people dancing and singing on the street or in the railway station，you don't need to feel surprised．They are a flash mob （快闪族），which is a group of people who come together suddenly in a public place，do something unusual for a brief period of time，and then quickly break up．They are usually organized with the help of the Internet or other digital communication network．At a predetermined time，they gather and perform some distractions（消遣） such as waving their hands and exchanging books，Then，they quickly break up before the police can arrive．Using mobile phones，the flash mob can change its location if the first one has been replaced for any reason．
Bill Lasik，senior editor of Harper's Magazine，organized the first flash mob in Manhattan in May 2003and the first successful flash mob came together on June 3，2003-after the first attempt was foiled at Macy's department store．Lasik claimed that the activity was designed to make fun of hipsters （起时髦的人），and call attention to the cultural atmosphere．
Flash mob gatherings can sometimes shock people．Such an activity might seem amusing and untrue，but it also might frighten people who are not aware of what is taking place．Undoubtedly，flash mobs can serve as good political tools in any direction．They also have great economic potential，such as using flash mobs to advertise a product．
The flash mob is now becoming more and more popular．People use it to do many things．For example，in 2009，Michael Jackson's fans took part in a flash mob to remember him．Hundreds of his fans gathered singing and dancing Michael's famous song"Beat It"together．Flash mobs give people from all walks of life an opportunity to come together to create a memory．

29．The writer indicates that the flash mobA
A．may perform some positive functions
B．is always a headache for the police
C．is now a social experiment to criticize fashion followers
D．helps to improve the efficiency of communication
30．A flash mop is most likelyB
A．give out leaflets of a brand bicycle to the passers-by
B．gather in public places performing and leave quickly
C．plan to go mountaineering on the first day of Horse year
D．sit for days in front of the city hall for higher salary
31．According to the passage，what contribute（s） to the popularity of the flash mob？D
A．Harper's magazine
B．The government
C．Political events
D．Digital networks．

18．A survey done recently shows that not all parents __________ their children taking part in the weekend classes．（　　）

5．The little boy was so careless with his spelling that he oftenleft out（遗漏） letters from words．

2．When hearing the accident caused little damage，the manager sat down in relief．

3．The night fell heavy in the heights of the mountains and the man could not see anything．All was black．Zero visibility．The moon and the stars were covered by the clouds．As he was climbing only a few feet away from the top of the mountain，he slipped suddenly and fell into the air，falling at great speed．He could only see black spots as he went down，and the terrible sensation of being sucked by gravity grew more and more powerful．
He kept falling，and in the moments of great fear，it came to his mind all the good and bad aspects of his life，his ambition，his failure，relatives，friends and…He was thinking now about how close death was getting，when all of a sudden he felt the rope tied to his waist pull him very hard．His body was hanging in the air．
Only the rope was holding him and in that moment of stillness he had no other choices but to scream，"Help me!Help me，God．"
All of a sudden，a deep voice coming from the sky answered，"What do you want me to do？"
"Save me，God．"
"Do you really think I can save you？"
"Of course!I believe you can．"
"Then cut the rope tied to your waist．"
There was a moment of silence and the man decided to hold on to the rope with all his strength．
The rescue team tells that the next morning a climber was found dead and frozen，his body hanging from a rope．His hands holding tight to it．Only one foot away from the ground．
And we？How attached we are to the rope tied to our waist？Sometimes we are always tied to what we take as the only dependence．Maybe we should have a try to let ourselves go．

21．We can know thatD．
A．the man fell down on reaching the top
B．the man thought nothing during falling
C．the man was saved thanks to the rope
D．the man was found dead at daybreak
22．Actually the man really believedB．
A．God
B．himself
C．fortune
D．nobody
23．What's the best title of the passage？A
A．Let go of the rope
B．Believe yourself
C．Have the Last Laugh
D．The Master of Fate
24．Where will we probably read the passage？C
A．New York Times
B．Tourism Journals
C．Reader's Digest
D．China Daily．

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