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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意,然后从1～25各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　Mrs Brown had just finished cooking 　1　 she heard a 　2 　at the door. She was 　3 　because the postman and the milkman had already 　4 　there, and she wasn't 　5 　any visitors. She went into the 　6 　and, pulling the curtain back 　7 　, peeped (窥视) out of the window to see 　8 　it was. A man was 　9 　on the steps leading to the front doors.

　He was a tall, broad-shouldered man 　10 　an old army coat and a big black hat 　11 　forward over his eyes, 　12 　it was difficult to see his 　13 　clearly. His shoes, Mrs Brown noticed, were old and dirty and there was a large hole in one of his socks. He 　14 　a small black case 　15 　one hand.

　As she looked at him, Mrs Brown 　16 　stories she had read 　17 　the newspapers about old ladies who opened the door to strangers, and were hit on the head and had all their possessions (财产) 　18 　. She felt 　19 　frightened. “I'm not going to open the door.” she said to herself. “If I 　20 　, perhaps he'll think there's 　21 　in and go 　22 　.” She let the curtain 　23 　back into place and wait, 　24 　.

　The man looked 　25 　quickly, but his hand in his pocket, drew out a bunch (一串...) of keys, and began to try them in the front door one by one.

Her hearing was weak． She ______ with great attention, but she could ______ nothing．

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A．heard…hear　　　　　B．listened…listen

C．heard…listen　　　　D．listened…hear

　　If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak. When you 1 using them again, they 2 become strong again. Everybody knows this and nobody would think of 3 this fact. 4 there are many people who do not 5 to know that memory works in the 6 way.

　　7 someone says that he has a good memory; he 8 means that he 9 his memory by practising exercising it. When someone 10 says that his memory is poor, he actually means that he 11 give it enough chances to become 12 .Have you ever 13 that people who cannot read or write usually have 14 memories than those who can? This is 15 those who 16 read or write 17 remember things. They have to remember dates, places, names, songs and stories. So their memory is the whole time 18 .So 19 you want to have a good memory, you should learn from those people, 20 by remembering what you see, hear, feel and write. If so, you must have a good memory.

　　1. A. begin       B. go on     C. stop        D. continue

　　2. A. quickly     B. slowly     C. soon       D. at once

　　3. A. doing      B. agreeing    C. questioning  D. answering

　　4. A. Yet        B. Still       C. So         D. Certainly

　　5. A. want       B. seem      C. get         D. hope

　　6. A. other       B. usual      C. same        D. opposite

　　7. A. As         B. What      C. While       D. When

　　8. A. real        B. actually    C. true         D. then

　　9. A. wants      B. builds up    C. makes      D. keeps

　　10.A.again      B. else         C. more       D. once

　　11.A.do not     B. is not        C. never       D. does not

　　12.A.poor       B. weak        C. strong      D. healthy

　　13.A.seen       B. heard of      C. noticed     D. thought of

　　14.A.worse      B. better       C. more        D. less

　　15.A.why        B. how       C. because      D. the reason

　　16.A.used to     B. cannot      C. try to        D. have to

　　17.A.will not     B. have to      C. refuse      D. cannot

　　18.A.ready       B. being used   C. busy       D. training

　　19.A.if          B. that        C. though      D. thus

    20.A.please      B. try          C. train       D. enjoy