阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1-25各题所给的四个选项中, 选出一个最佳答案。

　　　　 　　    When sailors are allowed ashore (登岸) after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. 1 this reason, the navy (海军) 2 has its police in big ports. 3 sailors cause trouble, the police come and 　　　　 4them.

　　　　 　　    One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call 5 a bar(酒吧)in the town. The barman said that a big sailor had got drunk and 　　　　 6 the furniture in the bar. The officer 7 the police guard that　　　　 evening said that he 8 immediately.　　　　 　　　　 　　　　 　　　　

　　     Now, officers who 9 and punish the sailors who were 　　　　 10 drunk usually choose 11 policeman they could find to go with them. 　　　　 12 this particular officer did not do this. Instead, he chose the smallest and 13 man he could find to go to the bar with him and 14 the sailor.　　 Another officer who 　　　　 15 there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard choose 　　　　 16 small man. 17 he said to him. "Why 18 you take　　　　 a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who 19."　　　　

　　     "Yes, you are 20 right," answered the officer of the guard. "That is exactly 　　　　 21 I 22 this small man. If you saw two policemen coming 　　　　 23 you, and one of them was 24 the other, which one 　　　　 25 you attack(攻击)?"　　　　 　　　　 　　　　 　　　　

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　　Tadatoyo Yamamoto is a Japanese businessman.He 　1　the US from time to time.While he was 　2　at a hotel on a visit to Chicago,he put his bag on the 　3　.A few minutes 　4　,Mr Yamamoto reached down for it,but it was 　5　.Inside it were about ＄ 900,his passport(护照), 　6　of his family,and his 　7　tickets to Japan.

   But three weeks 　8　he returned to Tokyo,Mr Yamamoto 　9　an envelope.There was 　10　inside but his passport,his airline tickets,photos of his family and 　11　orders for more than ＄900 and a 　12　from Mr Joseph Loveras.It said:

  “I 　13　this money order and the things … will make you believe in the 　14　of Chicago.”

    The next 　15　he travelled to the US,Mr Yamamoto 　16　Mr Loveras.He was a 67-year-old sick man with a total 　17　of ＄ 493 a month.

    He explained that he 　18　the bag on a street corner and 　19　the money and the tickets in the top part of the 　20　.He changed the money into money orders and 　21　his own money to send it to Japan.

    Mr Yamamoto was very 　22　by what Mr Loveras had done. “I asked him 　23　he would go to all the trouble to return 　24　to me.He told me that if he had not done it,it would have made him feel bad for the rest of his 　25　.”

    Now they have become friends,and Mr Yamamoto visits Mr Loveras every time he is in the US.

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A Joke on a Friend

　　Mark twain was a famous American writer.He wrote many famous stories which are still popular in many countries today.Mark Twain was also famous in his day 1 a public speaker.In his speaking Mark Twain always liked 2 funny stories.He also liked to listen to funny stories and to 3 his friends.One day one of his friends 4 his wallet and asked him 5 his train fare for him.　

　　“But I don’t have enough money to pay 6 your fare and my fare,”Mark Twain said.

　　The friend didn’t know 7 to do.He was very sad. “We can do this.”said Mark Twain.“We can 8 the train and when the conductor comes to take the tickets you can hide 9 my seat.”

　　Later, 10 ,on the train,when the conductor came to take the tickets,Mark Twain gave him two tickets 11 for Mark Twain and one for his friend.Then 12 a loud voice,Mark Twain explained.

　　“My friend here is a 13 strange man.When he travels on a train he doesn’t like to sit 14 a seat.He prefers 15 on the floor under the seat.”

　　Of course,everybody in the train then looked at the poor friend under the seat and laughed at him loudly.

First I looked at some of the   6   discoveries. One of the earliest discoveries, the famous experiment that proved that bodies of different  7   fall at the same speed, was made by Galileo when he was 26. Madam Curie started her research that  8   to the Nobel Prize when she was 28. Einstein was 26 when he published his world-changing theory of relativity. Well,  9   of that. Yet I  10   if those“best years”were true in other  11   .

Then how about the field of   12   ? Surely it needs the wisdom of age to make a good leader. Perhaps it  13   ,but look when these people  14   their career. Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln  15   the life of a country lawyer and was elected to government. At what age? Twenty-six.

But why  16   best years some after thirty? After thirty, I  17   ,most people do not want to take risks or try   18   ways. Then I thought of people like Shakespeare and Picasso. The former was writing wonderful works at the ripe age of fifty, while the latter was  19   trying new ways of painting when he was ninety!

Perhaps there is still  20   for me.

1. A. invention　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. discovery

C. experiment　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. progress

2. A. mind　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. idea

C. attention　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    D. thought

3. A. As　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Being

C. However　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Beyond

4. A. Everybody　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Somebody

C. Nobody　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Whoever

5. A. names　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   B. ages

C. addresses　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. oldest

6. A. modern　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B. scientific

C. last　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 &n

bsp;  D. oldest

7. A. heights 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. sizes

C. weights　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. things

8. A. led　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  　　    B. meant

C. stuck　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　      D. referred

9. A. plenty　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   　　    　　   B. enough

C. much　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　     D. none

10. A. believed　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　    B. trusted

C. wondered　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　      D. asked

11.A. fields　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  　　    B. countries

C. courses　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　      D. ages

12. A. agriculture　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  　　    B. politics

C. industry　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　        D. society

13.A. is　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   　　    B. will

C. has　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  　　    D. does

14. A. finished　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　      B. went

C. started　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   　　      D. failed

15. A. devoted　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　       　　   B. gave up

C. began　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　       D. led

16. A. don’t　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　    B. the

C. can   &n
b
sp;　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　       D. not

17. A. say　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　       B. know

C. guess　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　        D. agree

18. A. other　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　    B. new

C. best　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　      D. their

19.A. always　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    　　    B. still

C. seldom　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　      D. enjoying

20. A. discovery　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   　　    B. problem

C. wish　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　     D. hope

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　　 　　When you read a story in English, do you read it for the story or　　 for the English? This is a 1 that is not so foolish 2 it may seem. For　　 I 3 that many students of English 4 far more attention to the story　　 than to the English. They read and 5 and for a long time 6 remember　　 the story, but do not care to study the 7 of words and 8 in it. For　　 instance, they care for the memory of 9 the mystery (神秘) in the　　 story is solved, but do not remember a 10 sentence in the story and　　 cannot 11 what preposition is used before or after a certain 12 in　　 the speech of a 13 character.

　　 Of course, it is all right to read and enjoy and 14 a story, and　　 so 15 as one wants to 16 the story only, one need not bother (费心)　　 about the language. But the case is quite different with a 17 of　　 English. I mean a student of English is different from a student of　　 stories or 18 is called the general reader.

　　 As you may also have 19 from the above, you ought to read very 20.　　 Not only very carefully but also aloud, and that again and again 21　　 you know the passage by heart and can 22 it as if it were your own.　　 Positively (正面) this will teach you many 23 words and phrases;　　 negatively (负面) it will help you to avoid many errors and faults in　　 expression. Incidentally I have found from 24 that intelligent　　 copying is a help to 25 by heart.