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　　Can countries, both rich and poor, go on growing without any problems of the world? Or most countries stop their growth? Some thinkers are trying to answer these questions. After making deep studies of the world's resource(资源), they say unlimited (无限制的) growth would be very dangerous. They want to make each country believe that it is necessary to change their ways of production and ask people to have fewer children and use less resource. This, they say, will make every country strong, give people more safety and bring happiness to everyone.

1．The word“production”here means ________ in Chinese.

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2．The word“thinker”in the third sentence means “________”.

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A．people who can't speak

B．people who teaches others

C．people who is good at thinking of problems

D．people who is good at growth

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　　The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King's baker in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thomas Street. That was the beginning.

The underlined word“family”in the second paragraph means ________.

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　　He walked slower as he came to the block where he knew the building was. It was probably in the middle of the block. It was 7:30 and all the other stores were closed and covered with iron gratings. Yeah, that must be it, he mumbled to himself. He almost stopped as he pictured himself walking into the room. Everyone would be looking at him. What would he say?“Good evening. I'm Spencer.”No. Maybe he would ring the bell outside and have someone come to the door. They could walk in together and then he wouldn't be alone. He already knew what he would tell them when they asked him why he had come. He had thought a lot about the easiest thing for him to say.“I came to learn to improve myself.”That sounded good. They would know what that meant. He fingered the pencil in his jacket. He hadn't known what else to bring…

　　The same sign was in the window of the storefront.“402 Main St. Adult Learning Center”.

　　He took a deep breath and continued to walk slowly to the window. He looked inside as he passed…There was no one there. Was he too early? Would he be the only one to come? He walked to the corner and stopped. He knew he wasn't going home. He just needed a couple of more minutes to think about it. He turned round and walked faster now back to 402 Main St…. He turned the knob but the door wouldn't open.

A woman walked by.“Oh, they're closed today,”she said.“It's some kind of holiday or something. They're usually open every day though. Come back tomorrow.”He turned and looked at her, and then nodded.“Thank you,”he said.“Maybe I'll do that. I'll see how I feel tomorrow.”

1．The man's answer to the woman implies that ________.

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A．he will surely return tomorrow

B．he might not return tomorrow

C．he might be ill tomorrow

D．he doesn't believe the woman

2．What is the author's main purpose in this passage?

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A．To tell adults' going to adult classes.

B．To tell why adult classes are sometimes closed.

C．To tell how 402 Main Street night looks like.

D．To tell a man's feeling about going to adult class.

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　　Tom lived in a city, and his hair was always cut by the same old man. He always cut Tom's hair as Tom liked it, and while he was doing it, the two men talked about football.

　　One day, when Tom was sitting in his chair, and his hair was being cut as usual, the old man said to him,“Tom, I'm going to be sixty-five years old next month and I feel tired, so I am going to sell my shop to a young man. He likes to cut hair for people.”

　　Tom was very sad to hear this, because he enjoyed talking to the old man, and he was also worried that his hair would not be cut as well by the new young man as it had been for so many years by his old friend.

　　He went to the shop again the next month, and the new young man was there. He cut Tom's hair, but he did it badly.

　　The next month, Tom went into the shop again. The young man asked him how he would like his hair cut, and Tom answered,“Please cut it very short on the right side, but leave it as it is on the left. It must cover my ear. On top, cut all the hair away in the middle, but leave a piece at the front.”

1．Who used to cut hair for Tom?

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A．His new friend.

B．A young man.

C．An old man.

D．His old friend.

2．Why was Tom sad to hear what the old man said? Because he was afraid nobody ________.

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A．would talk about football with him

B．could cut his hair as he wanted it

C．liked to cut his hair

D．would become his friend