A few years ago, an Englishman called Roy Jones went on holiday to a small seaside town in the west of England. He was swimming in the sea one day when, as he opened his mouth, his false teeth fell out and floated away. The following year, Mr. Jones returned to the same town. As he was having dinner in a local café one evening, he mentioned the story of his lost teeth to the manager. The manager looked surprised. He explained that he had found a set of false teeth on the beach last month. Then he asked Roy Jones if he wanted to try them on. “OK”, said Mr. Jones. “I suppose it won’t do any harm.” When the manager brought him the teeth, Mr. Jones put them into his mouth, and laughed and laughed. They were his.

In 1987, an American couple called Jane and Robert Bentley went for a picnic on a beach in California. When they returned home, Mrs. Bentley realized that she had lost her wedding ring. It wasn’t a lot of money but it was valuable to Jane Bentley. The Bentleys drove straight back to the beach, and searched for the ring for three hours, but could not find it. A few months later, Mr. Bentley went fishing off the same beach. As he pulled a large crab out of the sea, he noticed that there was something attached to one of its claws. It was his wife’s wedding ring!

At the end of the 19^th century, a young woman called Rose Harcourt was on her honeymoon in Barmouth, North Wales, when she lost a gold bracelet her husband had given her as a wedding gift. Feeling very upset, she went straight to the police stations and asked if anyone had found her bracelet. Unfortunately, no one had. Twenty-five years later, the Harcourts returned to Barmouth to celebrate their wedding anniversary. They were sitting on the beach one day when Mrs. Harcourt noticed something gold in the sand by the edge of the sea. She walked down to see what it was, and discovered her gold bracelet that had been missing for 25 years.

1.Roy Jones lost his false teeth __________ .

A．when he opened his mouth to have some food

B．when he opened his mouth as he was swimming

C．The moment he got into the sea to start swimming

D．when he was having his holiday at the sea side

2.Jane Bentley’s wedding ring was missing for __________ before it was found.

A．three hours        B．almost a year       C．several months     D．25 years

3.From the story of the Harcourts we may understand the underlined “to celebrate their wedding anniversary” may be close in meaning to __________ .

A．having a wedding again                   B．experiencing their honeymoon feelings again

C．having a honeymoon again                D．joining in the local celebrations

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　　“What  1 to the bottle of aspirins ? ” He couldn’t find it in its usual place．“What have you done  2 it ? ” he asked his wife．She said she hadn’t seen it．

　　He went into their son’s bedroom to read him his bedtime story．On the floor there  3 a bottle, the one he  4 ; but it was empty．Oh ,no, the kid couldn’t have taken…“David, what have you done with those sweeties which were in that bottle? Did you eat them ?” David nodded reluctantly．“How many did you eat ?” No reply．He called his wife．She came , 5 what had happened and went very white．“There  6 twenty-five or thirty tablets left in the bottle．” He  7 them all．“But there were no aspirins on the floor or in David’s bed．”

 　　“Call an ambulance, quick ! ” The ambulance arrived after five minutes, and David ,  8 in a blanket , and his mother and father were rushed to the emergency ward（急诊室）at the nearest hospital．“Put the boy on the stomach pump at once , ” said the doctor, as soon as he heard the facts．They could hear David screaming as they sat in the waiting room , powerless to do  9 except wait．Then the screaming stopped and the doctor came back．“Lucky you brought him quickly．The tablets didn’t have time  10 in his stomach , so we got them all out．He’s going to be all right．”

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Although English is not as 0old as Chinese it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always creating（创造）new words, and we should be able to know where most words come from.
Sometimes, however, no one may really know where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham（火腿）? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They did not speak good English. But they ate good food. When some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef（牛肉）,they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, “We came from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of beef like what the men from Hamburger ate. Then he put them between two pieces of bread and started selling them. Today “hamburgers” are sold in many countries around the world.
Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why any word has a certain meaning is interesting, too. The reason may be found in any large English dictionary.
【小题1】 According to the writer, English ___   _.

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　　Today, when a man steps onto the moon, the 1 learn about it immediately. What did the 2 say about that first flight in 1903? Strangely enough, they said hardly 3 about it at all. There were only a few reports about it in the papers. These reports said very 4 . Some of the things they said were not even 5 .

　　In 1904 the Wrights built 6 machine. They called it “Flyer No. Two”. They 7 some reporters to watch them fly. 8 there was some mechanical trouble with the plane and itdid not fly at all that day. The newspaperman 9 away. They were 10 and did not come back. The Wrights went on with their 11 . In 1905 they built an even 12 machine,“Flyer No. Three”. They were able to 13 up in the air for half an hour and more in this machine. They were 14 to turn and climb in the air. Farmers and travelers often saw them flying. 15 when these people told newspaper men about it, they refused to believe them.

　　The Wrights 16 “Flyer No. Three” to the United States Government. The Government was not 17 . They seemed to think the Wrights wanted money to build a 18 . They did not understand that the Wrights had already done this, and flown it as well. Experts were still saying that mechanical flight was 19 . At the end of 1905, the two brothers took their plane to pieces. The 20 were put into a huge box. It seemed nobody was interested.

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Mr. Scott has worked at a police station since he left army five years ago. He’s brave and has already caught many thieves. He was promoted (提升) to the rank of officer last month. Now he works harder.

It was Mrs. Scott’s birthday yesterday. The woman thought her husband was very busy, and she decided to hold a small party only with her husband. Mr. Scott agreed with her and they didn’t invite any friends of theirs to the party. At noon he didn’t go home for lunch and went to a shop. There he bought an expensive diamond necklace for his wife. He hoped to put it on her neck with his own hands at the party. To his sorrow, a rich woman’s house was broken into and some jewelry was stolen, and at once he was sent there to solve the case (案件)，when he came back to his office, it was late at night. He was tired and hungry. He brought out the necklace and was going to leave when he was asked to answer a telephone. Several minutes later when he came into his office, he found the necklace was gone, and he saw the case (盒子) only on his table. He became very angry and called all the policemen in and told them about it. But nobody admitted having stolen the necklace.

“I’ll give you a chance.” Said Mr. Scott, “ All the lights will be turned off. The man who took the necklace away will be able to put the necklace into the case in the dark.”

A few minutes later, Mr. Scott turned on the lights again. To his surprise, the case was also stolen.

1.Mr. Scott was promoted because _______.

2.Having read the story, we can know ______.

3.At last, _________