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The line needs to be longer ________ two feet.
- A.in
- B.on
- C.for
- D.by
When we are unfamiliar with something, we may feel nervous and fearful. The help of others is a good 36 to help us pull through.
I write for a big newspaper, and I wanted to 37 a story about parachute jumping(跳伞). To make it a realistic as well as exciting 38 , I decided that I had to make a jump myself 39 . Unluckily, I’m not good at any 40 , let alone(更不用说)parachute jumping.
My friend Mr. Smith was willing to give me a 41 . He took me to a ground school. The first day’s 42 included several hours of instruction but not my first drop from a(n) 43 . For this, I had to wait until the following 44 .
The next morning, I was taken to the airfield. 45 , a heavy parachute was put on my back. Then I was 46 to make my way to a small plane which had just stopped slowly on the runway. Once on board, the plane was soon 47 . I began to feel nervous. As we reached one thousand meters, Harry, my teacher, hooked(钩)a 48 from my parachute to a steel ring inside the plane. The line was to pull my parachute 49 after I jumped.
“Get 50 , Henry,” Harry said. I moved carefully to the door. I wanted to 51 , “NO, no, no!” But no word came.
“Jump!” Harry called 52 . “Jump!”
Away from the plane, and down, down I fell, arms stretched. It worked All at once I was very happy. Then I felt a quick 53 . My big parachute had opened! It was the best 54 I ever had. I looked down. There were rivers, trees, fields and houses. I heard the soft sound of the air. This was 55 .
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I went to a local post office to send a gift to Florida yesterday afternoon. When I __1 _ the door, there were many people waiting there. A bit 2 , I decided to calmly wait for my turn to place the precious package on the 3 .
Since I didn’t 4 the tape to seal(封住)the box, I went to buy the tape. As I 5 secure the top of the box, a woman in front of me, a similar situation, asked if she could use some 6 . I gave her some and helped her put the gift into her 7 . Then a woman behind me also asked me if she could have some tape, since her envelop had ripped and I gladly 8 it to her.
When the woman in front of me 9 who I was sending the package to, I explained that my 80-year-old 10 Selma lives in Florida, 1200 miles from my home. She has a(n) 11
neighbor named Diane who has, on several occasions, accompanied her to the hospital. My mom 12 her “her angel” and had asked me to send her two willow tree angel.
As we spoke, the line moved and she offered me a place in front of her. I was 13 and thanked her. At that moment, the other people in front of her ushered me in front of them by the time
I __14 the counter, we were all smiling and laughing and I thanked them sincerely.
A few inches of tape can seal the world 15 .
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A.sad | B.satisfied | C.nervous | D.disappointed |
A.counter | B.ground | C.wall | D.window |
A.borrow | B.have | C.know | D.accept |
A.wanted | B.forgot | C.began | D.continued |
A.money | B.tape | C.paper | D.advice |
A.had | B.box | C.pocket | D.car |
A.brought | B.showed | C.gave | D.bought |
A.asked | B.announced | C.said | D.expressed |
A.aunt | B.grandma | C.sister | D.mother |
A.wonderful | B.careless | C.sick | D.unfortunate |
A.makes | B.promises | C.calls | D.teaches |
A.afraid | B.regretful | C.delighted | D.unhappy |
A.reached | B.left | C.saw | D.moved |
A.open | B.together | C.apart | D.enough |
Suppose that we lined up our roughly 14 million United States businesses in order of size, starting with the smallest, along an imaginary road from San Francisco to New York. There will be 4,500 businesses to the mile, or a little less than one per foot. Suppose further that we planted a flag each business. The height of the flag pole represents the yearly volume of sales (销量) , each $ 10, 000 in sales in shown by one foot of pole.
The line of flagpoles is a very interesting sight. From San Francisco to about Reno, it is almost unnoticeable, a row of poles about a foot high. From Reno eastward the poles increase in height until, near Columbus, Ohio - about four - fifths of the way across the nation - flags fly about 10 feet in the air.
But as we approach the eastern terminus (终点) , the poles suddenly begin to mount (升高) . There are about 300, 000 firms in the country with sales over $ 500, 000. These firms take up the last 75 miles of the 3,000 - mile road. There are 200, 000 firms with sales over $ 1 million. They take up the last 50 miles. Then there are 1, 000 firms with sales of $ 50, 000, 000 or more. They take up the last quarter of a mile before the city limits, flags flying at cloud height, 5 , 000 feet up .
At the very gate of New York, on the last 100 feet of the last mile , we find the 100 largest industrial firms . They have sales of at least $ 1.5 billion, so that their flags are already miles high. Along the last 10 feet of road , there are 10 largest companies . Their sales are roughly $ 10 billion and up : their flags fly 190 miles in the air , almost in the stratosphere (平流层) .
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A.To tell the reason why the largest firms are in New York. |
B.To show the geographical distribution (分布) of the United States businesses. |
C.To provide a general idea of the size of businesses in the United States. |
D.To tell us how the United States businesses are arranged. |
A.San Francisco, Reno, New York, Columbus. |
B.San Francisco, Reno, Columbus, New York. |
C.New York, Columbus, Reno, San Francisco |
D.New York, Reno, Columbus, San Francisco |
A.The last 75 miles. | B.The last 50 miles. |
C.The last 100 feet of the last mile. | D.The last quarter of a mile |
S =" San" Francisco R =" Reno" C =" Columbus" N =" New" York H =" height" F = feet