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The British policeman has several nicknames, but the most frequently used are"copper"and"bobby". The first name comes from the verb "cop" meaning "to take" or "capture", and thesecond comes from the first name of Sir Robert Peel, a 19th century politician, who was the founder of the police force. An early nickname for the policeman was "peeler", but this name had died out.
Visitors to England seem，nearly always, to be very impressed by the English police. In fact, it has become a joke that the visitors to Britain, when asked for his views of the country, will always say，at some point or other, "I think your policemen are wonderful."
Well, the British bobby may not always be wonderful but he is usually a very friendly and helpful character.
A music-hall song of some years ago was called, "If you want to know the time, ask a policeman." Nowadays, most people own watches but they still seem to find plenty of other questions to ask the policeman. In London, the policemen spend so much of their time directing visitors about the city that one wonders how they ever find time to do anything else!
1. The British policeman has _______ nicknames mentioned in the passage.
A. five B. two C. three D. ten
2.One of the nicknames for the policeman, "peeler" _______ .
A. is the name of a politician
B. is most frequently used sometimes
C. is not used any more
D. is still used as much as "bobby"
3. "If you want to know the time, ask a policeman." That means _______ .
A. the British policeman is friendly and helpful
B. the British policeman has plenty of time to help people
C. people usually think that the policeman always knows the time
D. it is a duty for the policeman to tell people the time
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The British policeman has some nicknames.
B. The British policeman is wonderful.
C. Only the British policeman knows the time very well.
D. The British policeman is ready to help people.
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A white-haired old gentleman steps out of his car, bag in hand and coat over his arm, he has called from the office to say that he is on the way. His wife is preparing supper. He can see the light shining inside his own front door. He looks forward to a fire and hot milk. It is a cold night. A few seconds later he is lying on the icy ground in a pool of his own blood.
It doesn't happen very often, but it does happen in the capital city of the United States. It is more likely to happen in the near-deserted city center at night. What happened to him could happen to any of us.
Senator Stennis, who is 71 , got out of his white Buick at 7:40 p.m. outside his home at 3609 Cumberland Street. Two youths said, "Get out! Money, please." He followed the order. He handed over his wallet containing several cards, a gold watch and the only money he had in his pockets—twenty-five cents. The youths also said, "Now we're going to shoot you anyway." Anyway they did. One bullet(子弹) hit him in the leg and struck the bone. The other entered his chest just below the upper pocket of his suit. It narrowly missed his heart.
Strangely he made it across a ten-meter distance, up eight steps and along twenty more feet of stone path. His wife met him at the door, and saw two men running. The senator told her to call the police and the doctor.
The senator is a powerful political figure, but it is unlikely that the two young men knew who he was. More likely the reason for the killing was that he had only no more than a quarter of dollar - not enough for two cups of coffee.
49 According to the passage,_______.
A. such a mugging(行凶抢劫) might have happened to anyone
B. the mugging happened on a cold evening in a senator's home
C. the senator was killed because he was an important politician
D. the mugging might not have happened if the senator was young and strong
50. Having robbed the senator, the two young men _______.
A. pulled him into a pool B. shot two bullets into his body
C. hit out at him hard D. carried him away
51. The two young men were angry by the fact that _______.
A. the senator attempted to cheat them
B. they failed to get the senator's expensive car
C. the senator didn't die in their hands
D. the mugging didn't bring them what they had expected
52 Which of the following statements is not true?
A. A near-deserted city center at night is a dangerous place.
B. People should always carry some money with them.
C. Though seriously wounded, the senator managed to get home on his own.
D. The senator's wife met the two men and recognized them.
Learning how to write is like taking a course in public speaking. I'd ask whether anyone in class had ever taken such a course. Always a few hands would go up.
"What did you learn in that course?" I'd ask.
"Well, the main thing was learning how to face an audience: not to be inhibited (拘谨)... not to be nervous. "
Exactly, when you take a course in public speaking nowadays, you don't hear much about grammar and vocabulary. Instead. you're taught how not to be afraid or embarrassed, how to speak without a prepared script. how to read out to the live audience before you. Public speaking is a matter of overcoming your long-standing nervous inhibitions.
The same is true of writing. The point of the whole thing is to overcome your nervous inhibitions, to break through the invisible barrier that separates you from the person who’ll read what you wrote. You must learn to sit in front of your typewriter of dictating machine and read out to the person at the other end of the line.
Of course, in public speaking with the audience right in front of you, the problem is easier. You can look at them and talk to them directly. In writing, you 're alone. It needs an effort of your experience or imagination to take hold of that other person and talk to him or her. But that effort is necessary or at least it' s necessary until you' ve reached the point when you quite naturally and unconsciously "talk on paper".
1. The topic of the passage is .
A. how to be a good writer
B. how to be a good speaker
C. how to express yourself with your words
D. how to get rid of nervousness in public speaking
2. The similarity between making a public speech and writing is that .
A. you have to do a lot of preparation work before-hand
B. you should get over your nervous inhibitions
C. you should know grammar and vocabulary well
D. both of them have audience
3.In the opinion of the author, public speaking is much easier than writing because .
A. public speaking requires less effort than writing
B. it's unnecessary for you to write a lot for speech and you can say anything as you like
C. you face the audience directly in public speaking while writing is otherwise
D. in public speaking, the audience have to listen to you whether they like it or not
4．The author of this passage probably is a .
A. boss B. politician C. writer D. professor
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Whilst at college, I remember listening to a lecture given by a rather pompous(1)________who was discussing the values of strong(2)________ in politics．Firstly he presented his(3)________ of(4)________, them continued by arguing that(5)________ by a political leader was a positive attribute as resolute decisions could be made but that the basic(6)________ in society could still be maintained．He felt strongly that schools did not provide the kind of(7)________ needed for the development of good leadership qualities which should be instilled from early(8)________．He felt also that modern society encouraged qualities such as(9)________ and(10)________ gave no positive(11)________ to the young．However, when an earnest young student explained that he would like to become a(12)________ or a(13)________ in industry, and asked about courses to follow, the politician said, with a curt(14)________, “ That’s a silly question to ask me!I am a politician not a careers adviser!”
1．politics __politician__ 8．Child_________
2．leader ____________ 9．lazy___________
3．define ____________ 10．cynic_________
4．leader ____________ 11．guide_________
5．dominate _________ 12．politics________
6．free _____________ 13．manage________
7．encourage ________ 14．dismiss________