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  John Dancer’s troubles began as soon as he walked into Holiday Hotel with his friend,Charlie.Together they went to the information desk.John said,“Good evening.My name is John Dancer.I’ve booked a room here.”

  The clerk said,“You’re welcome to stay,sir,but we don’t allow pets in this hotel.” “Pets!” cried John.“Charlie isn’t a pet.I’m blind and he’s my eyes.He takes me everywhere.Don’t you,Charlie?”

  Charlie barked.It sounded like “Yes”.

  “I’m sorry,sir,” the clerk said again,

  “But it’s against the rules.”

  “Please call the manager,” John said.

  The manager came.He agreed at once that John and Charlie could both stay there.He himself showed them to their room.Before entering,John said,“Can you tell me where the fire exit(出口)is?”

  “It’s the fifth door along from yours,” said the manager.

  “Thank you,” said John.“Safety first,you know.”

  “You’re quite right,sir,” the manager said and left.

  Later John told us what had happened next.

  “1 was tired and went to sleep.Charlie woke me.He was pulling at my blanket and barking.I smelt smoke! A fire! But where? I went to the door of my room and felt it.The door was hot,so I didn’t open it.I made my coat wet and put it along the bottom(底部) of the door.

  “I tried the phone,but it was dead.I coughed(咳嗽).A little smoke was coming through the wet coat.So I lay on the floor with Charlie beside me and waited.The minutes seemed like hours.Then I heard the fire engine(引擎),It was music to my ears.”

  “I opened the window and shouted.Charlie barked,too.Moments later,we were both safe on the ground.”

  “So you saved Charlie’s life!”I said.

  “Yes,and he saved mine.”said John.

(1)

Charlie is the name of a dog.

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(2)

Charlie is like a real pair of eyes of John.

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(3)

In the story Charlie made John in trouble twice.

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(4)

The fire is coming from outside the door.

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(5)

John made his coat wet and put it along the bottom of the door so as not to let the smoke out.

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     Tom had a beer in a bar and he was asked to pay $6.50 by the boss.
     "But I paid you just now. Don't you __1__ ?" Tom replied.
     "OK," said the boss, "If you said you paid, you did. "
     Then Tom __2__ the bar excitedly. When he met his friend, Jim, he told Jim his __3__ about what
  had just happened to him. "The boss of the bar doesn't have a good memory. He __4__ remember
 whether his customers have paid or not. Why not go to the bar and have a __5__ beer?" Tom suggested.
      To Jim, it sounded like a __6__ idea. He rushed into the bar,ordered two beers and later played the
 same trick (伎俩) on the boss. Jim paid __7__ for his beer.
     Soon, John heard Tom and Jim's stories. He didn't want to miss the chance to try his __8__. So John
 hurried into the bar. When he was drinking, the boss said,"A funny thing happened here tonight. Two men
  were drinking beer. Neither paid, __8__ both said that they had. The next guy who tries that trick will be
 __9__out of the window. "
     "Don't tell me about your problem," John said. "Just give me my change and I'll be on my way home.
(     ) 1. A. understand
(     ) 2. A. left
(     ) 3. A. book
(     ) 4. A. mustn't
(     ) 5. A. free
(     ) 6. A. strange
(     ) 7. A. everything
(     ) 8. A. truth
(     ) 9. A. if  
(     ) 10. A. paid
B. remember
B. set  
B. boss  
B. must
B. cheap
B. boring  
B. nothing
B. result
B. so    
B. broken  
C. expect
C. repaired
C. wine   
  C. can't
C. fresh
C. good   
C. anything
C. luck
C. or   
C. thrown
D. suppose      
D. began        
D. story        
  D. can        
D. favourite    
D. stupid        
D. something    
D. experiment    
D. but          
D. looked        
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     All over the planet, they are disappearing. Scientists are worried. It may mean the end of the world. I'm
not talking about disappearing frogs. I'm talking about absent vowels (元音). I got a message the other day
that said," Mt@ 3rd st crnr@ 12", signed (签字) "BT". What did it mean? A young man in the office told
me that BT meant" beauty" and translated:" A beautiful young woman wants to meet you at the corner of
Third Street at noon."  
     The following week I was at a private dining club when a Hong Kong banker named David told me he
had met with a man who pronounced his name Choong,but spelt C - H - N - G." There can't be many names
with no vowels in them," he said. It turned out he was sitting next to a Singaporean doctor named Ng. Vowels
are disappearing at high speed among businesses, too. Ever wondered what happened to Reebok, the
sportswear company? It's still around but has renamed itself Rbk. Kentucky Fried Chicken became KFC.
      I've read articles saying that the no-vowels trend (趋向) is caused by companies trying to give their
products the shorthand spelling liked by young people. But a research finds that the real reason is often more
uninteresting. Flickr,one of the busiest websites on the Internet, was set up by people who wanted the name
Flicker but were too careless to register (注册) that word.
     Have any readers ever been to a small town in the mountains of California called Zzyzx? A man named
Curtis Howe Springer founded it as a health club and called it Zzyzx because he thought it sounded different.
The business failed. People who looked through lists for somewhere to go never reached it.
     Older readers may remember the computer game Zzyzzyzz that appeared in 1982. Fans did not know
how to ask for it. James Gleick's book Faster has been re-titled FSTR. But the revision is half-hearted with
the main text of the book still having vowels. Why not write the whole book in the simpler way? U cn stll rd
the wtht vwls. On the other hand,just know that vowel-free words can be explained in different ways. One
day I'll get a message from a BT  who may be a beauty. But I'm afraid a bat (蝙蝠) will be out there.
1. The writer's purpose in the passage is _______.
A. to introduce a new trend
B. to study a new language
C. to correct a new mistake 
D. to show a new method
2. The word "around" in the third paragraph means _______.
A. on every side
B. here and there
C. present in a place
D. without special purposes
3. What's the result of the use of vowel-free words,according to the passage?
A. It makes communication easier.
B. It helps us write more quickly.
C. It bringsa lot of fun to people.
D. It causes some trouble in life.
4. What does the writer think of the use of vowel-free words?
A. He doubts the idea a little.
B. He doesn't mind the matter.
C. He doesn't think it's good to do so.
D. He accepts the idea at last.

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