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　　Our plan was to drive into Cambridge, catch the 7：34 train to Liverpool Street Station, then to separate and meet again for lunch．Although we arrived at Liverpool Street Station at 10∶30, Joan 　　1　　 that she would go to see the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London 　　2　　 we went shopping．It was only after her sister had 　　3　　 into the fog that my wife realized that we hadn’t decided where we should 　　4　　 her for lunch．　　5　　 I had our three tickets for the concert in my pocket, this was indeed a 　　6　　．There seemed to be nothing we could do but take a taxi to the Tower of London．However, we didn’t find her．

　　It was now one o’clock, and the concert would begin at 2：30．“Perhaps she’ll 　　7　　 waiting outside the concert hall,” my wife said hopefully．By this time the fog was so thick that the road traffic had to 　　8　　, and the only way to get there was 　　9　　 underground railway．Hand in hand we 　　10　　 our way along the road to where we thought the 　　11　　 station should be．An hour later we found Tower Hill Station．

　　By now it was far 　　12　　 late even to try to get to the concert hall before the performance began at 2∶30．So we decided to 　　13　　 to Cambridge．It took seven long hours instead of two as usual to 　　14　　 that journey．　　15　　 were we able to get any food and drink on the train．Tired and hungry we finally reached home at ten．　　16　　 the door, we heard the sound of the telephone bell．It was Joan．She had seen the Crown Jewels, had managed to get another ticket for the concert, and had had a wonderful 　　17　　 at a restaurant near the hotel where she had decided to stay at night．Now she was 　　18　　 us to discover 　　19　　 we had an equally 　　20　　 day．

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　　The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848．One of his 　　1　　 important inventions was the train．He 　　2　　 his first train when he was forty-four years old．When he was experimenting with the 　　3　　 engine on the train, he met with 　　4　　 from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country．They said that the noise and the smoke would 　　5　　 cows, horses and sheep, that the 　　6　　 would burst or that the hot coals from it would 　　7　　 their houses．At that time, 　　8　　 people believed what they said．

　　George Stephenson 　　9　　 the people that the train could go on small 　　10　　, could pull carriages 　　11　　 goods and passengers and there was 　　12　　 to them．It was a very 　　13　　 matter for him to 　　14　　 them believe．However, after 　　15　　, he was able to do it; and the first train that 　　16　　 by Stephenson himself 　　17　　 what he had said．

　　The first day 　　18　　 the people along the way 　　19　　 the noises of the train 　　20　　 and saw it running quickly to them, they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their doors tightly, for they thought it a genius(妖怪)．They did not dare to come out until it had passed．

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　　The famous British inventor George Stephanson was born in 1781 and died in 1848．One of his 　　1　　 important inventions was the train．He 　　2　　 his first train when he was forty-four years old．When he was experimenting with the 　　3　　 engine on the train, he met with 　　4　　 from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country．They said that the noise and the smoke would 　　5　　 cows, horses and sheep, that the 　　6　　 would burst or that the hot coals from it would 　　7　　 their houses．At that time, 　　8　　 people believed what they said．

　　George Stephanson 　　9　　 the people that the train could go on small 　　10　　, could pull carriages 　　11　　 goods and passengers and there was 　　12　　 to them．It was a very 　　13　　 matter for him to 　　14　　 them believe．However, after 　　15　　, he was able to do it; and the first train that 　　16　　 by Stephanson himself 　　17　　 what he had said．

　　The first day 　　18　　 the people along the way 　　19　　 the noises of the train 　　20　　 and saw it running quickly to them, they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their doors tightly, for they thought it a genius．They did not dare to come out until it had passed．