I became a magician by accident. When I was nine years old, I learned __________ to make a coin disappear. I’d read The Lord of the Rings and went into the________ to look for a book about spells(符咒). Nine was a strange age when you were ___________enough to think that you might find a book of real, actual magic in the library. But in fact, the book I _________ taught me something about magic, and I spent the next months practicing.

At first the magic wasn't any _________ . It wasn't even magic; it was only a trick-- a bad trick. I __________hours each day in the bathroom running through the secret moves in front of the mirror. I dropped the coin thousands of __________in a day, and after two weeks of this, my mom got a carpet and placed it under the mirror to lower the sound of the coin __________again and again.

I heard my dad play pieces of new music on the piano, __________ I knew how to practice -- slowly, going for precision(精确) rather than speed. One day I tried the magic in the mirror and the __________disappeared. It did not look like a magic trick. It __________like a miracle.

One of the lessons I learn very early as a magician is that the most __________ part of a trick has nothing to do with the secret. The secret is simple: a hidden piece of tape, a small mirror, a special playing card. In this case, the _____________was a series of tricks to hide the coin behind my hand in the act of opening it, a dance of the fingers that I learned so __________ that I didn't even have to think. I would close my hand, then __________it, and the coin would disappear not by skill but by real magic.

1.A.how B.when C.why D.where

2.A.restaurant B.library C.hospital D.supermarket

3.A.rich B.strong C.young D.smart

4.A.wrote B.sold C.found D.sent

5.A.wrong B.new C.cheap D.good

6.A.spent B.took C.cost D.paid

7.A.sizes B.reasons C.facts D.times

8.A.flying B.using C.dropping D.rising

9.A.so B.and C.or D.but

10.A.book B.coin C.game D.show

11.A.looked B.sounded C.tasted D.smelled

12.A.boring B.embarrassing C.worrying D.amazing

13.A.answer B.secret C.book D.play

14.A.carefully B.happily C.completely D.comfortably

15.A.break B.throw C.open D.sell

Many people like to travel by plane because it is fast, but I don’t like it because an airport is usually far from the city.

You have to get there early and wait for hours for the plane to take off and it is often late. You can’t open the windows. You can’t choose the food. Planes are fast, but they still take hours to go out of the airport and into the city.

I like traveling by train. I think trains are safe. Railway stations are usually in cities. When you are late for a train, you can catch another one. You can walk around in the train and open the windows. You can see many interesting things on your way. I know it takes a little more time. I also like cars. You can start your journey when you want to, and you don’t need to get to a railway station or a bus stop. Also you can carry many things with you in a car. But sometimes there are too many cars on the road.

1.Why do many people like to travel by plane?

A.Because it is fast. B.Because it is safe.

C.Because you can walk around in the plane. D.Because it is cheap.

2.Which is not the good thing about the train?

A.It is safe. B.It takes a little more time.

C.You can open the windows. D.You can walk around in the train.

3.If you want to take a lot of things with you, what do you take to go out?

A.A bus. B.A car. C.A train. D.A bike.

4.What is the bad thing about the car?

A.You needn’t go to a station. B.You can start your journey when you want to.

C.There are too many cars on the road. D.You needn’t go to a bus station.

5.What does the writer think of the plane, the train and the car?

A.He thinks it takes a lot of time to go to and get out of the airport.

B.He likes to take a train because it takes a little more time.

C.He likes to take a car because he has a car.

D.He likes to take a plane because it’s fast.

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