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　　What are things going 　　1　　 like in the year 2100? Can you guess?

　　You wake up 　　2　　 7∶00．Your 　　3　　 may be all ready for you to eat．People needn’t(不需要)cook．Now you start 　　4　　 ．But you don’t go 　　5　　．You get on a moving sidewalk．It carries you to a train station．There you 　　6　　 a train．Three o’clock comes．Your work is over for a day．“I’ll call my friend，John，”you say．John 　　7　　 the visual phone．You and he hear and see each other over the phone．“What are you going to do 　　8　　 Saturday?”you ask．“Will you come and visit the underwater park with me?”John may say，“I want 　　9　　 a spaceship (宇宙飞船)! Let’s 　　10　　 the moon．”

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　　In 1867, an engineer named John Roebling was given the job of building a bridge to connect(连接)New York with Long Island．

　　Roebling thought about the idea all the time．He couldn’t get the bridge off his 　　1　　．But many people thought it was 　　2　　 to do the job．

　　The project started well, but only a few months later Roebling was killed in a terrible accident．The following month his son, Washington, was asked to 　　3　　 his work．

　　Building the bridge was a long and tough job．Not only did John Roebling die, but also up to thirty other men lost their 　　4　　．

　　Washington himself had the same bad luck 　　5　　 his father．In early summer 1872, he became very ill．He couldn’t walk, talk or 　　6　　 move．

　　“We told them so．”

　　Crazy men and their crazy dreams．”

　　“It’s foolish to follow wild ideas．”

　　Everyone criticized(批评)the bridge project．People said it would never 　　7　　．

　　But Washington was not discouraged．He kept his mind on the job．

　　One day as he lay in bed in his hospital room, an idea hit him．He could still move one 　　8　　．He decided to make the best use of it．

　　He touched(触摸)his wife’s arm with that finger．He wanted her to call the engineers．Then in the same way, he told the engineers 　　9　　 to do．The project started again．

　　For 11 years Washington tapped out his words with his finger, until the bridge was completed．Today the spectacular(壮观的)Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory (荣耀)．It tells the world a 　　10　　 story, but also a story of determination．

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阅读理解

　　A big company wanted a clerk, so John went there．In the interview the director asked him a question．

　　“Who paid for your school?”

　　“My mother paid for it by washing clothes．”

　　Hearing this, the director asked John to show his hands．John showed a pair of hands that were perfect．The director said,“When you go back today, go and clean your mother’s hands, and then see me tomorrow morning．”

　　When John went back, he happily asked his mother to let him clean her hands．However, his tears fell as he cleaned his mother’s hands．It was the first time he noticed that there were too many bruises(伤痕)in his mother’s hands．After finishing the cleaning of his mother’s hands, John quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother．

　　Next morning, John went to the director’s office．The director noticed the tears in John’s eyes and asked,“Please tell me your feeling．”

　　John said,“Number 1,I know now what appreciation is．I would not be successful if my mother didn’t do these things．Number 2,by helping my mother, now I realize how difficult it is to get something done．”The director said,“This is what I want to be my clerk．You can get the job．”

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