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阅读下列短文，完成文后题目。

　　Some plays are so successful that they run(连续上演) for years on end. In many ways, this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same lines(台词) night after night. One would expect them to know their parts by heart and heart and never have cause to falter(结结巴巴地说). Yet this is not always the case.

　　A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast(选……扮演角色) in the role of an aristocrat(贵族) who had been imprisoned(使监禁)in the Bastille for twenty yeas. In the last act, a gaoler (看守监狱者) would always come on to the stage with a letter he would hand to the prisoner. Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance, he always insisted that it should he written out in full.

　　One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and reveatled the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell. Just then, the gaoler appeared with the precious letter in his hands. He entered the cell and presented the letter to the aristocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in full as usual. It was simply a blank sheet of paper. The gaoler looked on eagerly, anxious to see if his fellowactor(搭档) had at last learnt his lines. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then, squinting(眯着眼看) his eyes, he said:“The light is dim. Read the letter to me.”And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler. Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler replied:“The light is indeed dim, sire. I must get my glases.”With this , he hurried off the stage. Much to the aristocrat's amusement, the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner.

1．The play in which the two actors took part ________.

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A．had had a highly successful run of twenty years

B．was about the plight(困境) of a nobleman

C．ended with the imprisoment of aristocrat

D．had been performed so often that audiences were bored by it

2．When the aristocrat was presented with a blank sheet of paper ________.

A．he improvised(临时准备) the words which he had forgotten

B．the gaoler was eagerly waiting to take the aristocrat's part

C．he preteneded that the light was not good enough for him to read by

D．he asked the gaoler to fetch him some glasses

3．The gaoler decided to ________ his colleague(同事).

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4．The gaoler ran off the stage because ________.

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A．he went to get his glasses

B．he has made a mistake by taking a black letter

C．he was angry

阅读下列各小题，根据汉语句子，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

1.you pay????????????? by cash or credit card in this store. (matter)

在这家商店，你是用现金还是用信用卡结账都没关系。

2.It rained for three weeks on end, completely _________________.????????????? (ruin)

连续下了三个星期的雨，完全毁了我们的假期。

3.There is no sense ___________________now.Look????????????? forward and????????????? everything will be all right. (upset)??

你现在为这件事苦恼是没有意义的，向前看，一切都会好起来的。

4."They didn’t take measures in time, otherwise the explosions __________________," some experts said. (happen)

“他们没有及时采取措施，否则就不会出现这几次爆炸，”一些专家说。

5.The house was greatly damaged by the truck and we'd better leave things________________________ until the police arrive. (be)

卡车严重损坏了这座房子，我们最好保待原样直到警察到来。

6.Research finds that social network users have more than _________________online as in re­al life. (many)

研究发现社交网络用户在网络上拥有的朋友是现实生活中两倍多。

7.What an annoyance!? Hardly__________________my computer ????????????? when a lot of advertisements came pouring in. (turn)

真烦人！我一打开电脑就有很多广告涌入.

8.Huo Zun said that his dream was_______________________to sing a song at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. (invite)

霍尊说他的梦想是受邀上中央电視台春节联欢晚会唱一首歌。

9.We have launched another man-made satellite,___________________intoday's newspaper. (announce)?????????????

我们发射了另一颗人造卫星，这件事在今天的报纸上被公布了。

10.China is attacked by such a terrible smog _____________________ "nuclear winter". (call)?????????????

中国遭受着被称之为“核冬天”的可怕雾霾的袭击。

阅读下列短文, 从所给的四个选项中, 选出最佳答案。

　　    Joe Bloggs always had a cigarette on his lips. He smoked while he　　 read, while he looked at the television, and while he drank a cup of　　 coffee. He smoked forty cigarettes a day, but he was happy.　　 Joe's friend, Fred Brown, said to him, "It is very bad to smoke." When Joe heard this, he started to worry and became thin. So he　　 did not buy any more cigarettes. He became so thin he went to Fred for　　 help. Fred said, "You must eat more." So Joe did not smoke, but he ate　　 chocolate, and he became very fat. Again he went to Fred for help.Fred said, "You must not eat chocolate." So Joe stopped eating　　 chocolate, but he went back to smoking cigarettes. He became thin again　　 but he was not happy, because he still smoked.Sometimes Joe Bloggs wished Fred Brown was not his friend!

1. When Joe became thin first time it was because ___________.

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A. he smoked too much

B. he worried too much

C. he stopped smoking

D. he ate too little

2. The following sentences tell what happened to Joe. Which is the　　 right order of the events?

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a. He did not smoke; he ate chocolate; he was fat; he was　　 unhappy.

　　 b. He smoked; he did not eat chocolate; he was thin; he was　　 unhappy.

　　 c. He smoked; he did not eat chocolate; he was not fat; he was　　 happy.

　　 A. a.b.c.　　  B. c.b.a.　　 　　

　　 C. b.a.c.　　  D. c.a.b　　

　　 3. In the end Joe was unhappy about his friendship with Fred　　 because __________.

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A. Fred's advice had brought him no good

B. he never liked being told what to do

C. he in fact had never really trusted Fred

D. Fred had given him the wrong advice on purpose (故意地)　　

4. What kind of person would you say Joe was?

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A. He was not the kind of person who used his head much.

B. He had no will power to carry out a decision.　　

C. He was not happy to let others make decisions for him.　　

D. He was always changing his mind and was never satisfied.　　

5. What is the writer trying to tell us with this story?

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A. One should think and decide for oneself.

B. One should ask friends for help and advice.

C. Smoking is bad for one's health.

D. Chocolate is bad for one's health.