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I guess I was a pretty conservative person and definitely an overly protective mother to my daughters, Kimberley, now 17, and Cassie, now 16.
I worked as a director nursing at a private hospital. Then after my husband and I divorced (离婚), I started my own typesetting business, working long hours at home. I hardly ever went out, even though my girls were always going somewhere. Finally, about a year ago, I thought, “What am I doing with my life?”
My life changed after I went with Terri, a girl friend who was buying a motorbike. Before I knew it, I had bought one, too— a Yamaha Verago 250.
It was totally on impulse (冲动), but the best decision I ever made, I booked into a training school and was taught to ride by a rough-looking Harley rider. Then I bought all the leather gear(传动装置).
Motorcycle riding has given me a sense of freedom and so much personal satisfaction. It also is a great alternative form of transport, and an activity that enables you to make new friends.
Terri and I ride mostly on weekends, to places such as Bateau Bay (on the New South Wales central coast). That ride is one of my favorites, because we stop at Mt White Caf, a bikers’ caf, on the way, to watch everyone strut their stuff (大显身手). It’s just wonderful —men and women bikers get to meet, admire and complain about each other’s bikes.
I also joined WIMA (Women’s International Motorcycle Association), and we go on long, organized rides.
Bikers can look like a rough and violent group, but they can be anything from professional people to engineers. The guys are really very good and think it is great that women ride. All bike riders wave or nod to each other on the road— it is also different from driving a car. There is such close friendship and I have never had so much fun.
1．The writer’s life changed after ________.
A. she got to know Terri B. she bought her motorbike
C. she got divorced D. she started her own business
2.From the statement “It was totally on impulse”, we can infer that ________.
A. the writer suddenly decided to change her life
B. the writer’s impulse beat faster when she made the decision
C. the writer suddenly thought of buying a motorbike as her friend did
D. the writer had planned to buy a motorbike before she went with Terri
3.Which of the following is NOT true as to the writer’s activities with her motorbike?
A.The writer went to a motorbike-training school.
B.The writer mostly goes to work on her motorbike.
C.The writer has made some new friends by riding together with others.
D.The writer joined an organization and she could go on long and organized rides.
4.The bikers the writer meets on her rides are ________.
A. rough-looking people without jobs B. mostly professors and engineers
C. women of her own age D. people of different professions
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Have you ever had to decide whether to go shopping or stay home and watch TV on a weekend? Now you 1 do both at the same time. Home shopping television networks（网络） have become a 2 for many people to shop without 3 having to leave their homes.
Some shoppers are 4 of department stores and supermarkets— 5 the crowds, waiting in long lines, and sometimes 6 of finding anything they want to buy. They’d rather sit quietly at home in front of the TV set and 7 a friendly announcer describe a product 8 a model shows it. And they can 9 around the clock, buying something 10 by making a phone call.
Department stores and even mail-under companies are 11 to join in the success of home shopping. Large department stores are busy 12 their own TV channels（频道）to encourage TV shopping in the future. 13 can ask questions about products and place 14 , all through their TV sets.
Will shopping by television 15 take the place of shopping in stores? Some industry managers think so. 316 many people find shopping at a 17 store a great enjoyment. And for many shoppers, it is still important to 18 or try on dresses they want to buy. That’s 19 specialists say that in the future, home shopping will 20 together with store shopping but will never entirely replace（取代） it.
1.A．must B．should C．shall D．can
2.A．programme B．way C．reason D．purpose
3.A．ever B．never C．still D．once
4.A．proud B．fond C．tired D．careful
5.A．fighting B．striking C．treating D．stopping
6.A．sense B．doubt C．hope D．feeling
7.A．see B．watch C．let D．notice
8.A．until B．since C．if D．while
9.A．shop B．wait C．turn D．deliver
10.A．suitably B．cheaply C．simply D．hardly
11.A．nervous B．lucky C．equal D．eager
12.A．putting up B．making up C．setting up D．looking up
13.A．Guests B．Assistants C．Managers D．Customers
14.A．orders B．goods C．books D．answers
15.A．lastly B．finally C．especially D．fortunately
16.A．Then B．Yet C．However D．Therefore
17.A．general B．popular C．real D．true
18.A．design B．make C．wear D．touch
19.A．how B．why C．what D．when
20.A．exist B．practise C．follow D．appear
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Did you ever have someone's name on the tip of your tongue and yet you were unable to recall (记起) it? 1 this happens again, don't 2 to recall it. Do something 3 for a couple of minutes, 4 the name may come into your head. The name is there since you have met 5 person and you have heard his name. It 6 has to be dug out. The first effort to recall 7 the mind for operation, but it is the subconscious (下意识的) 8 that go to work to dig up 9 memory. Forcing yourself to recall 10 never helps because it doesn't loosen your 11 ; it only tightens it. Students find the
preparatory method helpful 12 examinations. They read over the questions 13 trying to answer any of them. 14 they answer first the ones 15 which they are most certain. Meanwhile , deeper mental activities in the subconscious mind are taking 16 ; work is being done in the 17 difficult question. By the time the easier questions are answered, answers 18 the more difficult ones will usually begin to 19 into consciousness. It is often 20 a question of waiting for recall to come to the memory.
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