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　　The manager of a small building company was very surprised to get a bill for. two white mice one of his workmen had bought. He 1 for the workman and asked him 2 he had had the bill sent to the company.

　　“ 3 ,” the workman answered, “you 4 the house we were repairing in Newbridge, don't you? One of the things we had to 5 there was to put 6 some new electric wiring. Well, in one place we had to pass some wires 7 a pipe thirty feet long and about an inch 8 , 9 was built into solid stone and had four big bends in it. None of us could think how to do this until I had a good 10 . I went to a shop and 11 two white mice, one of them male and the other female. Then I 12 a thread(线) to the body of the male mouse and put it into the pipe at one end, 13 Bill held the female mouse at the other end and 14 her gently to make her squeak. When the male mouse heard the female mouse's squeaks(吱吱地叫), he 15 along the pipe to help her. I 16 he was a gentleman even though he was 17 a mouse. Anyway, as he ran through this pipe, he pulled the 18 behind him. It was then quite 19 for us to tie one end of the thread to the electric wires and pull them through the pipe.”

　　The manager 20 the bill for the white mice.

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Traveling by train is usually not easy in China. It can be hard to get a ticket. When you’re traveling to the railway station you look at your watch, afraid you will miss your train.
But there is good news for people traveling between Beijing and Shanghai. Construction (建设) on the express railway (高速铁路) between the two cities started just before the Spring Festival of 2008. When it is finished by 2013, taking a train will be as easy as taking a bus.
“There will be trains every several minutes. Buying a ticket, getting through the checkpoint (检查站) and taking your seat, will take just 10 minutes,” said an engineer.
There may be high-speed trains running at 350 kilometers an hour. The travel time between the two cities will decease from 10 to about 5 hours. The trains will carry twice the present number of passengers.
The new line will be 1,318 kilometers long and go across specially built bridges. It will run along side the present line. There will be 21 stations in Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong, Anhui and Jiangsu.
“The cost of traveling by the express railway may be around 800 yuan. That will be more expensive than an ordinary train, but cheaper than by air.” Said Zhang Xiaoling, a Jiangsu government official.
According to Zhang, the higher price is caused by the large cost of the railway project. At about 200 billion yuan, the project may be even more expensive than the Three Gorges Project (三峡工程).
【小题1】The express railway between Beijing and Shanghai will be finished _______.