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I was 17 when I walked into Carley’s bookstore in Ashland. As I was looking at___________ on the shelves, the shop owner asked if I’d like ___________ . I needed to start ___________ for college, so I said yes. I worked after school, and the job helped ___________ my yearly tuition. I would work many other jobs: making coffee in the Students Union; a hotel maid and ___________ making maps for a company. But selling books was one of the most ___________ .

One day a woman asked me for books on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost everything ___________ and found other books we could order. She left the store less ___________ . I’ve always remembered the ___________ I felt in having helped her.

Years later, as a ___________ in Los Angles, I heard about an immigrant child born ___________ his fingers connected. His family couldn’t afford a corrective operation, and the boy lived in ___________ , hiding his hand in his pocket.

I ___________ my boss to let me do the story. After the story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the ___________ for free.

I visited the boy soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his ___________ hand and said, “Thank you.” I felt a sense of ___________ .

In the past, while I was ___________ , I always sensed I was working for the customers, not the store. Today it’s the ___________ . Fox pays my salary, ___________ I feel as if I work for the ___________ , helping them make sense of the world.

1.A．maps B．articles C．reports D．titles

2.A．a book B．some tea C．a job D．any help

3.A．planning B．saving C．preparing D．studying

4.A．pay for B．fit for C．run for D．enter for

5.A．so B．yet C．even D．still

6.A．boring B．satisfying C．surprising D．disappointing

7.A．in need B．in all C．in order D．in store

8.A．worried B．satisfied C．interested D．puzzled

9.A．surprise B．failure C．regret D．pride

10.A．doctor B．TV reporter C．bookseller D．store owner

11.A．with B．in C．by D．for

12.A．horror B．honor C．shame D．danger

13.A．advised B．persuaded C．forced D．permitted

14.A．action B．program C．treatment D．operation

15.A．repaired B．connected C．injured D．improved

16.A．humor B．interest C．pleasure D．excitement

17.A．at the TV station B．in the Students Union

C．at the US Forest Service D．at Carley’s bookstore

18.A．opposite B．same C．different D．right

19.A．so B．and C．but D．because

20.A．viewers B．readers C．customers D．passengers

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假如你是李明，你跟你的朋友Paul聊天，他表示学习压力(stress)很大，请你给他写封信，给他提一些建议。

【写作内容】

1．将自己的问题告诉老师和同学，请求得到他们的帮助。

2．不要总关心考试成绩，要多寻找自己在的优点与进步（progress），这样做是非常值得的。

3．多参加体育锻炼，运动不仅可以帮助自己缓解压力，而且有助于睡眠。

4．你对他的祝福。

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Dear Paul,

I feel sorry for you and understand the great trouble you are suffering from.

___________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Ming

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To catch fish is one of the most interesting parts of this sport. Besides, there are more uses for skin - diving. You can clean ships without taking them out of water. You can get many things from the deep sea.

Now you see that skin -diving is both useful and interesting.

1.Skin- diving is a new sport. It can take you to________.

A. the moon B. a new world of land

C. the mountains D. deep water

2. In deep water________.

A. there is plenty of light

B. there is no light at all

C. you can find a lot of blue fish

D. everything looks blue and green

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A. you are very heavy

B. you are as heavy as on the land

C. you are not as heavy as on the land

D. you have no weight at all

4.With tanks of air on your back, you can________.

A. catch fish very easily

B. stay under water for a long time

C. climb big rocks

D. have more fun

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A. Because the slaves didn’t work at all.

B. Because the slaves could be well paid.

C. Because the master was badly ill

D. Because the master was in need of money

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A. he was very strong.

B. he was really foolish.

C. the bundle would make him stronger.

D. the bundle would be lighter and lighter.

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A. Because he was very merciful.

B. Because he was very rich.

C. Because he lived in Samos.

D. Because he would set them free.

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A. was known for his hard work.

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C. was good at telling stories.

D. was tired of his courage.

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“I never thought the song was owned by anyone,” Nelson said in an e-mail to The New York Times. “I thought it belonged to everyone.”

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Two sisters named Mildred and Patty Hill wrote a song called “Good Morning to All” in 1893. Over a short period of time, people began to sing the words “happy birthday to you” in place of the original lyrics to the tune of the Hill sisters’ song.

A number of history experts say that there is no record of who actually wrote the “Happy Birthday to You” lyrics. Historians also say there is no way to know when the general public began singing the “Happy Birthday” song, but they believe it was being sung by the public long before it was printed and owned by a company.

Nelson’s lawyers say this piece of music’s history proves that “Happy Birthday to You” belongs to everyone in the general public. That would mean Warner Music Group has no right to charge anyone a fee to sing the song in any setting.

Experts estimate that Warner/ Chappell, the publishing division of the Warner Music Group, has made about $2 million a year from licensing fees for “Happy Birthday to You.”

Nelson’s lawyers are asking a court in New York City to order Warner/Chappell to return fees they have collected over the past four years for use of the “Happy Birthday” song.

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A. own the copyright on a song

B. have a song sung in her movie

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D. have it write a song for her movie

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D. was initially owned by another company

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A. should pay the Hill sisters

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D. need not pay except for commercial use

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B. she can obtain the copyright on the song

C. Warner will have to pay her for her damages

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