It was an afternoon in the winter. Some friends and I were talking at a restaurant. We talked and talked and soon swimming became the ___1____. Suddenly I hit upon an idea. “Wouldn’t it be ___2___ if we went swimming? Others went swimming in winter, and __3___ couldn’t we? Besides, we could be ___4__ if we did. ” I told them about this and they all said it was a good idea indeed.
Early in the morning, three days __5____, we four were standing at the bus stop, with bags in our hands, ___6___ for a bus to take us to the __7___. The sky was clear, the sun was shining, but all the same, it was very cold, __8___ our heavy overcoats were not enough to keep us ___9__. We all felt that we should go back, but no one wanted to __10___.
We soon reached the sands. There was nobody there, but we were not to be discouraged. __11___ we were proud that we were the __12___ ones that dared to challenge the weather. Besides, the sun could keep us warm. So we __13__ ourselves quickly.
But things were not going to be so nice as we thought. The sea wind was blowing, we felt __14___ cold and we shook from head to feet. At last we decided to ____15__ the sea water. We put our feet in first, only to take them back___16___. The water was unbelievably cold. ___17___ I suggested that we should all jump in at the same time. We all went back ten steps. I gave the order and we all rushed forward. We jumped. That feeling I had when I was in the water I shall never ___18___. I was up and rushed again to the seaside. So __19___ my friends. We put on our clothes as quickly as possible and went home.
We four did not go to school the next three days, for we all __20__ a bad cold. We missed the lessons, but we had this unforgettable experience.

【小题1】
A.objectB.topicC.opinionD.center
【小题2】
A.interestingB.luckyC.happy D.surprising
【小题3】
A.whatB.howC.thatD.why
【小题4】
A.worseB.illC.strongerD.better
【小题5】
A.laterB.pastC.since D.before
【小题6】
A.askingB.meetingC.waitingD.looking
【小题7】
A.swimming poolB.sandsC.lakeD.river
【小题8】
A.onlyB.thoughC.evenD.since
【小题9】
A.coldB.warmC.hotD.cool
【小题10】
A.speak outB.talk aboutC.shout atD.think over
【小题11】
A.ForB.InsteadC.SometimesD.Unless
【小题12】
A.onlyB.luckyC.youngerD.happy
【小题13】
A.helpedB.enjoyedC.dressedD.changed
【小题14】
A.suchB.a littleC.veryD.a bit
【小题15】
A.go downB.go intoC.jump intoD.take off
【小题16】
A.carefullyB.quicklyC.bravelyD.finally
【小题17】
A.LastB.NextC.WhenD.Then
【小题18】
A.rememberB.forgetC.believeD.tell
【小题19】
A.didB.doC.wereD.had
【小题20】
A.becameB.feltC.turnedD.caught

Imagine that the genome (基因组) is a book.The book consists of 23 chapters with thousands of stories made up of paragraphs, words and letters on different levels.There are one billion words in the book, as long as 800 Bibles; if I read the genome out to you at the rate of one word per second for eight hours a day, it would take me centuries; if I wrote out the human genome, one letter per millimeter, my text would be as long as the River Danube.This is a huge volume, a book of great length, but it all fits inside an extremely small cell nuclear(细胞核) that fits easily upon the head of a pin.
The idea of the genome as a book is not, strictly speaking, even a metaphor.It is true to a great extent.A book is a piece of digital information, written in one-directional form and defined by a code that translates a small alphabet of signs into a large dictionary of meanings through the order of their groupings.So is a genome.The only difference is that all English books read from left to right, while some parts of the genome read from left to right while some from right to left, but never both at the same time.
While English books are written in words of different lengthens using twenty-six letters, genomes are written entirely in words of three-letter length, using only four letters, and instead of being written on flat pages, they are written on long chains of DNA molecules (分子).
The genome is a very clever book, because in the right condition it can both photocopy itself and read itself.
【小题1】How do human genomes read according to the passage?___________

A.Only from left to right.
B.Only from right to left.
C.From both directions at the same time.
D.From one direction at a time.
【小题2】We can learn from the passage that the human genome ________.
A.is as long as the River Danube
B.can be easily placed on the head of a pin
C.is coded with an alphabet of four letters
D.is smart enough to read and take photos of itself
【小题3】It can be concluded that the passage is mainly written for ______.
A.specialists in the field
B.general readers
C.natural scientists
D.readers with professional knowledge
【小题4】The real purpose of the author’s comparison of the genome to a book is _____.
A.to focus on the differences between the two
B.to lay emphasis on the similarities between the two
C.to simplify the concept of the human genome
D.to give an exact description of the human genome

Frank Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York, in 1852. His family were very poor farmers, and there was never enough to eat. Frank did not want to be a farmer. He took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman in a large city.
Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for showing goods to attract people’s interest, but he soon learned something more important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends(小商品)for as much as he could get. Frank put all these things on one table with a sign which said “FIVE CENTS EACH’. People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleared.
Soon afterwards, Woolworth opened his own store, selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful. That is, if you want to make money by selling low-price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities directly from the factories. Once, for example, Woolworth went to Germany and placed an order for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.
By 1919, Woolworth had over 1000 stores in the US and Canada, and opened his first store in London. He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world. He always ran his business according to strict rules, of which the most important was : ‘THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT.”
【小题1】Frank took a short business course in order to __________.

A.earn more money for his familyB.learn something from a salesman
C.get away from the farmD.get enough to eat
【小题2】Frank sold the odds and ends quickly because ________.
A.he knew how to get people to buy his goods
B.he cut down the price by half
C.he had put the goods on a table in a very nice way
D.the sign he put on the table was well designed
【小题3】The price of the knives was cut down by half because _________.
A.the factory workers worked 24 hours a day
B.knives were ordered in large quantities directly from the factory
C.the knives were made in German, where labour was cheap
D.the knives were produced in one factory
【小题4】__________  make Woolworth a world-famous man.
A.His business skills and his wealth
B.The low price of the goods he sold
C.His trip to Germany and his huge order of knives
D.His natural skill for showing things
【小题5】The belief that “The customer is always right” suggests that __________.
A.whenever there is a quarrel between the customer and shop assistant, the customers are always right.
B.If you want to succeed, the rule is the only way
C.stores must always follow the customer’s orders if they want to make more money
D.stores should do their best to meet the customer’s needs if they want to be successful

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