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It was a winter morning，just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005．While most people were warming up their cars，Trevor, my husband，had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work．On arrival，he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does．After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone．
The bike，a black Kona 18 speed，was our only Transport．Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family．And the bike was also used to get groceries(食品杂货)，saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live.
I Was so sad that someone would steal our bike that 1 wrote to the newspaper and told them our story．Shortly after that，several people in bur area offered to help．One wonderful stranger even bought a bike，then called my husband to pick it up．Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job．It really is all honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before．
People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so．This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity(人性)as a whole．And it has influenced us to be more mindful of ways we，too，can share with others．No matter how big or how small，all act of kindness shows that someone cares．And the results can be everlasting．
1.Why was the bike so important to the couple?
A．The man's job was bike racing． B．It was their only possession.
C．They used it for work and daily life． D．It was a nice Kona 18 speed．
2.We can infer from the text that_________.
A．the couple worked 60 hours a week B．people were busy before Christmas．
C．the stranger brought over the bike D．life was hard for the young family
3.How did people get to know the couple's problem?
A．From radio broadcasts． B．From TV news．
C．From a newspaper． D．From a stranger．
4.What do the couple learn from their experience?
A．Strangers are usually of little help． B．An act of kindness can mean a lot．
C．News reports make people famous． D．One should take care of their bike．
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century. He was a man famous for his escapes-from prison cells, from wooden boxes floating in rivers, from
locked tanks full of water. He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America. Crowds came to see the great
Houdini and his "magic" tricks.
Of course, his secret was not magic or supernatural powers. It was simply strength. He had the ability to
move his toes as well as he moved his fingers. He could move his body into almost any position he wanted.
Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo
performed card tricks in clubs in New York. They called themselves the Houdini Brothers. When Harry
married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant. Bur for a long time they
were not very successful. Then Harry performed his first prison escape in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded
a detective to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspapermen to watch.
It was the publicity (宣传) that came from this that started Harry Houdini's success. Harry had fingers
trained to escape from handcuffs and toes trained to escape ankle chains. But his biggest secret was how he
unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prison cell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luck-and a
small skeleton key, which is a key that fits many locks, pass quickly from her mouth to his.
Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. He arranged to escape from the local prison of every
town he visited. In the afternoon, the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers, and
in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full. What was the result? Worldwide fame and a name
remembered today.
B. his unusual ability and skeleton key
C. his magic tricks and inhuman powers
D. his wisdom and magic tricks
B. the year 1898
C. the publicity
D. Harry Houdini's success
B. before he married
C. at the age of 17
D. when he was 24
B. A man of many secrets
C. Worldwide fame
D. Great escapes
五、Cloze test(完形填空)20分
When Dave was eighteen,he bought a second-hand car for ￡200 so that he could travel to and from work more 1 than by bus.It worked quite well for a few years,but then it got so old,and it was costing him 2 much in repairs that he decided that he had better 3 it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly 4 to buy a cheap car,but they all knew that it was falling to pieces,so 5 of them had any desire to buy it.
Dave's friend Sam saw that he was 6 when they met one evening,and said,“What's 7 ,Dave?” Dave told him and Sam answered,“Well,what about advertising it in the paper? You may 8 more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's 9 was sensible,he put an advertisement in an evening paper,which read:“For sale:small car, 10 very little petrol,only two owners.Bargain at ￡50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared,there was no 11 .But then on Saturday evening a man rang up and said he would like to 12 him about the car.“All right,” Dave said,feeling happy.He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be 13 or not.“Fine,” the man said.“And I'll 14 my wife.We intend to go for a ride in it to 15 it.”
The next morning,at ten quarter,Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, 16 to wait there for the person who had 17 his advertisement.Even Dave had to 18 that the car really looked like a wreck.Then soon after he had got the car as 19 as it could be,a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out.He looked at Dave's car and then said,“Have you reported this 20 to us yet,sir?”
1.A.directly B.safely C.properly D.easily
2.A.so B.such C.very D.too
3.A.keep B.repair C.sell D.throw
4.A.anxious B.lucky C.ashamed D.generous
5.A.some B.neither C.none D.no one
6.A.calm B.upset C.delighted D.astonished
7.A.no B.up C.it D.that
8.A.learn B.miss C.get D.find
9.A.message B.advice C.request D.description
10.A.uses B.loses C.has D.spends
11.A.doubt B.help C.trouble D.answer
12.A.tell B.see C.agree D.call
13.A.exact B.suitable C.early D.late
14.A.follow B.meet C.bring D.introduce
15.A.test B.obtain C.admire D.recognize
16.A.failing B.meaning C.turning D.happening
17.A.read B.placed C.answered D.understood
18.A.forget B.show C.disagree D.admit
19.A.clean B.crowded C.fast D.light
20.A.bargain B.sale C.accident D.result