George had stolen some money, and had been caught by the police. Now his ___1___ was about to begin. He felt ___2___ that he would be sent to prison for a long time. Then he ___3___ that his friend Jim was one of the members of the jury(陪审团). He succeeded in seeing him ___4___. He said to him, “Jim, I know that the jury will find me guilty of having stolen the money. I can’t hope to be found ___5___ of taking it. But I should be grateful ___6___ you if you could ___7___ the other members of the jury to ___8___ some strong ___9___ for me to their statement that they consider me seriously guilty.”

“Well, George,” answered Jim, “I shall ___10___ try to do what I can for you as an old friend, ___11___ I cannot promise you will be highly ___12___ with the result. The other eleven members of the jury are not ___13___ good terms with me.” Of course, George was very ___14___, but he did not have a ___15___ to see Jim for some time after the trial. At last, ___16___, Jim visited him in prison. George ___17___ him very much for what he had done.

“Well, George,” Jim told him, “___18___ I thought, those eleven men were very ___19___ to persuade, but I managed it in the end ___20___ tiring them out. You know, those fools had all wanted to find you not guilty!”

1. A. punishment    B. trial    C. sentence     D. arrest

2. A. doubtful B. firm    C. sure    D. uncertain

3. A. wondered      B. imagined    C. explained   D. discovered

4. A. secretly  B. rarely  C. often   D. openly

5. A. guilty     B. moral  C. not moral   D. not guilty

6. A. for  B. with    C. to       D. of

7. A. please     B. try      C. persuade     D. advise

8. A. add B. add up       C. increase      D. increase up

9. A. feeling   B. mercy C. care    D. excuse

10. A. difficulty     B. easily  C. certainly     D. uncertainly

11. A. so  B. but     C. thus    D. then

12. A. surprised      B. supposed    C. satisfied     D. separated

13. A. in  B. by      C. on      D. of

14. A. lucky    B. unlucky      C. pleased       D. disappointed

15. A. time     B. hope   C. chance       D. reason

16. A. moreover     B. however     C. therefore    D. thus

17. A. complained  B. criticized    C. thanked      D. envy

18. A. as  B. like     C. if D. though

19. A. foolish  B. easy    C. clever D. difficult

20. A. in  B. by      C. with    D. after

Water goes around and around Earth in a never ending journey called the water cycle(循环). The sun heats up lakes, oceans, and other wet places on Earth. When the water gets warm enough, it changes into vapour. Plants also give off lots of water vapour. Some of this water vapour cools off high in the sky and becomes clouds. Then it falls back to Earth in a new place as rain or snow. This cycle happens over and over again.
The ground can absorb water like a sponge (海绵). If you could see this groundwater, it wouldn’t look like a lake or river. The groundwater is mixed in with the rocks and sand that lie in layers(层) below Earth’s surface.
Groundwater moves along slowly. How slowly? Maybe 1.5 kilometres in one century. Some of this water has been underground for thousands of years. And once groundwater is pumped out of the ground from a deep well(井) by people, it may take hundreds of years for another water to take its place.
【小题1】In which order does water go around Earth?
a .Fall down as rain or snow.  b. Heated up by the sun on lakes, oceans and other wet places.
c. Cool off high in the sky.     d.  Form clouds.     e.  Change into vapour.

A.dacbeB.becdaC.caebdD.bceda
【小题2】The groundwater seems to________.
A.be just on the groundB.be pure water like that in a lake or river
C.exist in rocks and sandD.flow along like rivers or streams
【小题3】The underlined word “pumped” in the passage can be replaced by________.
A.runB.pushedC.drawnD.picked
【小题4】What conclusion(结论) can we draw from the passage?
A.Groundwater can be quickly replaced by other water once pumped out.
B.Groundwater is very valuable.
C.Groundwater has nothing to do with human beings.
D.Groundwater travel in an unknown way.

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