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One day Bob took two of his friends into the mountains. They put up their tents and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing. In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometers from their camp, it started to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was the white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?

Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the road to his house?

That would be a trip of thirty- five kilometers in such cold weather!

It was getting late, They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they?

None of them could tell. Bob looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!

51. Bob and his friends wanted the horses to take them to_____.

A.  Bob’s home   B.  the camp  C. the forest  D. the mountains

52. Their horses stopped because____

A.it was getting dark

B.they were tired

C. they knew that they had got to the camp

D.they had seen John’s house

53. The story happened _____________.

A.on a cold winter day

B.on a dark snowy evening

C.in a cold camp far from villages

D.at night when nothing could be seen

54. Bob and his two friends went to the forest to_____.

A. watch the trees in the forest

B. build their camp

C.find their way home

D.enjoy the mountains in the snow

55. How many kilometers were they away from the camp when it started to snow?

A. 10      B.20       C30      D.35

People from Great Britain brought the English language to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries. And in the  36  300 years,there were so many  37   in both places that now people can easily  38  an English person from an American in the  39  he or she talks.

Many old words  40   in England but were kept in America. For example,300 years ago people in Great Britain got their water from something they  41  either a “faucet”, “spigot”, or a “tap”. All these words are still heard in different parts of America, but only “tap” is still common in England. Americans often make  42  new words or change old ones. “Corn” is one kind of plant in America and another in England.

Also, over the last three centuries the English language has  43    thousands of new words for things that weren’t   44   before. And often, American and English people used two  45  names for them. A tin can is called “tin” for short in English, but a “can” in America. The word “radio” is  46  all over the world, including America. But many English people call it a “wireless”. And almost anything  47  something to do with cars, railroads, etc. has different  48  in British and American English.

But now American and British English may be  49  closer together. One thing is that British people can hear a large amount of American speech daily in movies, on television, or from travelers. Because of this, Americans  50  to be influencing (影响) the British more and more. So some day, English may even be the same on both sides of the Atlantic.

36.A.past       B.oldest      C.recent     D.modern

37.A.citizens      B.inventions  ges     D.differences

38.A.pick       B.tell       C.take      D.say

39.A.voice      B.place      C.language     D.way

40.A.disappeared   B.stayed      C.returned     D.formed

41.A.said       B.tallked     C.spoke      D.called

42 A.of        B.into      C.up       D.on

43. A.discovered    B.added      C.improved    D.learned

44.A.accepted    B.known     C.introduced    D.understood

45. A.new      B.short      C.different     D.standard

46. A.ruled      B.made      C.developed    D.used

47. A.having     B.bringing    C.getting      D.making

48. A.types      B.names     C.degrees     D.parts

49. A.putting     B.staying     C.living      D.growing

50. A.need      B.expect     C.seem      D.happen

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