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When a friend calls out “Wait a second,I have a trick to show you,” don't you always stop and wait? Tricks are hard to resist.No one is ever too old to enjoy them or too young either.In fact,many of the most successful tricks are really quite simple.They don't require special equipments or hours of practice.For example,you tell a friend “Pick a card”,then you surprise him by telling him which card he picked.Here's how it is done.Take a pack of cards and secretly look at the bottom card.Put the cards facedown on a table,and ask your friend to pick a card.Then place the card at the bottom.
Has your friend picked the cards by taking part of the cards from the top and putting it at the bottom? Start turning the cards up one at a time.You can pretend to think hard about each card.Look for the bottom card at the beginning which you have remembered.The cards that come after it will be the one your friend picked.Also,a mind-reading trick is fun to do at a party.You leave the room,and while you are gone,a tea cup is placed upside down over a penny,nickle($0.05)dime ($0.1)or quarter($0.25).When you come back into the room,you can tell which coin tell tea cup is hiding.To do this trick,you only need a helper,or partner.Before hand,you two work out some signals.If he looks up.it's a penny;if he looks right,a nickel.You see,they are all very easy.Why not have a try?
1.“ Trick” in the passage means_________.
A.a clever act or plan to fool somebody
B.clever actions done to people by using skill to confuse them
C.a strange habit
D.the cards played or won in a game of cards
2.Tricks are loved by_________.
A.no one B.children
C.old people D.most people
3.The most important thing for a successful trick of cards is to_________.
A.put the cards facedown on a table
B.keep your eyes on the card your friend has picked
C.remember the bottom card
D.pretend to think hard while turning the cards up
4.You can know which coin the tea cup is hiding because_________.
A.a helper tells you by doing some actions
B.it's very easy to guess
C.you can take a look at it when no one is looking at
D.your helper can guess the right answer and tells you secretly
5.The author's main purpose to write this passage is_________.
A.to tell the readers tricks are done to fool people
B.to give the readers knowledge about all kinds of tricks
C.to tell the readers how to do some easy tricks to enjoy themselves
D.to say tricks are very popular
Maybe you know that the letter “V” stands for “Victory” in the western countries. 1 do you know the history of the sign?
During 2 ,Europe was ruled by the 3 .A lot of people fled to Britain. 4 was one Belgian 5 Victor Dalveli.He loved his motherland very much,and every day he shortwave radio to broadcast to the Belgian people, 7 to fight against the enemies. 8 last day of 1940,he asked his countrymen 9 the letter “V” wherever they 10 their determination(决心)to win the final victory.In a few days the letter “V” 11 everywhere, 12 in the enemies'barracks(兵营).
Later,the letter “V” spread 13 the other fallen countries in Europe. 14 it was simple and meaningful,it soon became very 15 .When they met, 16 put out their middle and index(食指)fingers 17 each other.
At that time,in some restaurants,knives and forks 18 in such a way as to form a “V”. 19 in some clock shops,clocks were stopped 20 to show the sign of “V”.
1.A.And B.Besides
C.Because D.But
2.A.the World War Ⅱ B.Second World War
C.World War Second D.World War Ⅱ
3.A.Germany B.Germen
C.Germans D.Germens
4.A.Among it B.Inside it
C.Among them D.It
5.A.name B.whose name
C.who named D.naming
6.A.heard B.listened to
C.sent D.used
7.A.call on them B.calling on them
C.calling them on D.called them on
8.A.In B.On
C.At the D.On the
9.A.to read B.to say
C.to write D.to find
10.A.could show B.could to show
C.could showing D.had shown
11.A.appeared B.was appeared
C.happened D.was happened
12.A.besides B.still
C.even D.behind
13.A.outside B.through
C.to D.by
14.A.After B.Because
C.When D.Though
15.A.popular B.interesting
C.excited. D.strange
16.A.Belgians B.soldiers
C.friends D.western countries
17.A.to say goodbye to B.to say hello to
C.to make fun of D.to talk to
18.A.were used B.were placed
C.were bought D.were brought
19.A.And B.But
C.For D.Over
20.A.at 11:05 B.at 12:00
C.at 13:05 D.at 9:15
15.The doctor asked Jane to _________ her trousers in order to check her wounded leg.
A.move B.turn off
C.remove D.put on
14.To make as much use of the land as possible,two or more crops are planted each year _________.
A.how possible B.where possible
C.when possible D.whatever is possible
13.High technology _________ traditional methods helps the future agriculture.
A.and B.as well as
C.or D.but also
12.Do not plant the same crop _________ in the same field.
A.year by year B.year after year
C.all the year round year
11.It was last June _________ I got to know Paul.
A.when B.in which
C.that D.which
10.-When did you arrive in Shanghai?
-It was five _________ I arrived there.
A.when B.that
C.which D.at which
9.-Where did you meet her?
-It was in the hotel _________ she stayed.
A.that B.where
C.which D.there
7.Farmers grow vegetables in greenhouses to _________ them from the wind,rain and insects.
A.prevent B.stop
C.protect D.keep
echniques help and _________ farmers to grow an extra crop in each season.
A.advice B.advise
C.allow D.admit