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　　One day Tom bought, for two dollars, a large number of used books. He put them in a 1 and pulled them to the 2 . He was to 3 at work until three in the morning.

　　At three, he 4 to walk home. The streets were dark. Tom could 5 wait to arrive home and began to read his new books .

　　“ 6 !” a voice shouted. But Tom was too 7 to understand the shout.

　　A moment later, a gunshot 8 his ear. He heard the shot. Tom turned to see what was 9 . An angry policeman ran toward him. The policeman thought that the bag did not 10 Tom. He shouted at Tom, “Drop it! ”

　　“ 11 it!” the policeman ordered.

　　Tom opened it and the old books 12 out of it.

　　“Why did you not stop 13 when I shouted? ”the policeman asked, “If I could shoot 14 ,you would be dead.” “I didn't 15 you ”Tom said,“ I am almost deaf. ”

　　The policeman told Tom he was 16 for having shot at him“ 17 would be better for you not to walk on the 18 at night. ” he said.

　　Tom smiled, and told the policeman that his job 19 a telegrapher was a night job. The policeman couldn't think of 20 to answer this.

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　　Can you imagine what life would be 1 if there were no telephone? You could not call 2 your friends on the phone and talk to them. If fire 3 out in your house you could not 4 the fire department. If somebody were 5 , you could not call a 6 .

　　In our daily life we need to communicate(交际) with 7 . We do this 8 by speaking to other people and listening to 9 they have to say to us, and when we are 10 to them we can do this very 11 . However, our 12 will not travel very far even when we 13 , and it is thanks to the 14 of the telephone that we are 15 able to communicate with each other as clearly 16 we were in the same room.

　　The man who 17 this possible was Alexander Graham Bell, a Scotsman, born in Edinburgh in 1847. Bell, a teacher of visible (可见的) speech who later moved to Canada, 18 all his spare time experimenting. 19 enthusiastic(热情的) was he in his research for a means for sending 20 by electricity that he left little time for his day-to-day work and at one time was almost penniless.

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　　Jules is now in his sixties, and is one of the many  1 people who live on the streets. He  2 a newspaper almost every day. Today with his fellow tramps(流浪汉) , he reads about yesterday’s strikes .

　　Like many of  3 tramps who live  4 the bridges in Paris, Jules was not always so  5 . A long time  6 he was in Navy and like many who have  7 to sea for a long time, he has stayed slim and  8 He used to love his life, and  9 the chance to see many  10 . He  11 Poland and Russia. In South Africa he realized that  12 he thought highly of in each country was the people he met . Some day , he hopes , everyone will see the world as he  13 .

　　 14 many happy years in the Navy, he had to go home. His parents had died and he had  15 touch with his other relatives. He came to  16 and became a designer. He was happy,  17 the life wasn't the same,  18 that on the sea.

　　But now things are quite different. He is out of  19 and hasn't got a home.  20 tears in the corners of his eyes.

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　　People of long ago knew 1 less about the world than we do. Often they believed things that were not  2 They saw many groups of stars  3 in the sky. They  4 each group a name, and  5 stories to tell how it had come to be there. These groups are called con stellations (星座) .

　　The constellations were named  6 gods and giants, heroes and beautiful girls, fish and dragons and horses . The bright  7 belt that runs  8 the sky overhead was  9 to be a road that the sky people traveled  10 .On a  11 summer night we can find that bright road today. We call it the Milky Way.

　　And we can find the stars of each constellation too. To us most of them do not seem to have the  12 of any living thing. But we still call the stars and the constellations  13 the names  14 to them by the people of long ago.

The  15 first astronomers learned one important thing about the stars. They saw that every year at the same time the stars were in the  16 place in the sky.

　　  17 men knew that, they could 18 the stars  19 many ways. By watching the sky they could tell that time of the year it  20 , and they could make a calendar.

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　　    There are 1 80 pyramids in Egypt. But the Great Pyramid is the biggest 2 . It is nearly 5000 years 3 . It is about 137 metres 4 today, but it was once higher. It is 5 2,300,000 6 stones. Most of them are higher than a man and weight about two and a half tons 7 . Some weight 8 fifteen tons. 9 took more than 100,000 men twenty 10 to build the Great Pyramid.　　

　　    Many cities today have problems. Some have too 11 people and cars. Some are full of 12 air. Some are too noisy. Scientists are 13 about ways to change cities. They want to make them better. One 14 is to build a dome (圆顶) over a 15 . Only offices, houses, hospitals and 16 would be under the dome. There would be no 17 in the city. This way the city would 18 get crowded (拥挤) or noisy. It would be 19 warm in winter and cool in summer. People would walk around 20 coats. No one would need a raincoat on a rainy day.

　　    Many people now think that teachers give students too many tests in class and too 21 homework after school. So, children do not have any 22 for other activities (活动). If teachers and parents pay enough attention to the problem, things would be 23 . Teachers should try to 24 the tests easier and give the students fewer exercises to do at home. Besides, parents should help their 25 to form good study habits (习惯).

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。

　　     Visitors to Britain are always complaining about English food. But they don't really know 1 they are talking 2 because they rarely get 3 chance to eat it. Most of the 4 in large towns have foreign 5 who serve foreign food. 6 visitors are invited to eat 7 an English home, their hosts 8 feel they must offer them 9 foreign and exotic (异国风 味).

　　     Those of us who 10 know English food are aware that at its best it can be 11 very good. On the other 12 it is true to say that it is sometimes 13 . 14 of the problems is that we are not really interested in 15 - we eat to live, we 16 live to eat. So we don't generally 17 the necessary time and efforts (努力), which are needed to cook really good meals. We 18 food that is simple and 19 to cook, 20 ready- prepared food which only needs 21 up before eating.

　　     You can find the best English food in the country 22 the largest towns, where life is slower and people are not 23 such a hurry. But 24 , most visitors come from London. They come 25 they are interested in shopping and sightseeing. They do not come to taste the food. So why should they complain about it?　　

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　　The United States is full of cars. There are still many families 1 cars, but some families have two or more. However, cars are used for 2 joy. They are a necessary part of 3 .

　　Cars are used for 4 they are driven to offices and factories by workers who have 5 to get to their jobs. When 6 are sent to different parts of the city, they have to drive in order to 7 their goods. Farmers have to drive into cities in order to buy things.

　　Sometimes small children 8 be given to school. In some cities school buses are used only 9 children who live more than a mile 10 school, When children are too young to walk 11 far, their 12 take turns to drive them to school. One mother drives on Monday, taking her own children and the 13 as well. Another mother drives on Tuesday, another on Wednesday 14 . So people say they 15 a car pool. Men also form car pools-three or four of them take turns to drive to the place 16 they all work.

　　More car pools should be formed in order to put 17 cars on the road and to use less oil. Car-leaving place is a great problem, and 18 is the over-busy road in and around cities . Too 19 cars are being driven. something will have to be done about the 20 of cars.

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　　In San Francisco, an old man and his dog climbed up the  1 of a bus with some difficulty. After the senior citizen had put his  2 into the fare box. The driver told him that  3 would be fifty cents for  4 . “Just a quarter for  5 and you  6 fifty cents for my dog?” asked the man  7 .“That's the  8 ,” said the driver, hand  9 the fare box. “Full fare for  10 .” The other passengers  11 in silence as the man fished around in his  12 for the half  13 that wasn't  14 at all. Then the old man broke the  15 . “Say, my dog's eleven years old,” he said. “That's  16 as seventy-seven, so  17 a senior citizen. too.”

　　“Yeah, I guess  18 right,” the driver said, laughing. “So just  19 another quarter.” The man  20 the coin into the box and  21 proudly down the passageway (通道), explained, “We old  22 have to  23 around.”

　　An old person  24 the age of 65 only has to pay  25 the bus fare in the U.S.

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　　 　　    In the winter of 1903, Chicago had 1 terrible fire. It wasn't as　　 large as the fire in 1871, 2 575 people did die in it. The fire was 　　 3 the Iroquois Theater, 4 many people were watching the play "Mr.　　 Bluebird". 5 it was around Christmas, a lot of 　　 6 watching the play were children.　　 The fire 　　 7 so suddenly that many people 8 get out of the building　　 in time. 9 the fire, several people told strange stories about it.　　

　　 　　    This is one strange, but 10 story:　　

　　　　     Dorsha Hayes and her family 11 visit the big city. It was really　　 fun for them just 12 around and see 13 was going on in Chicago.　　

　　　　     Dorsha's father 14 the children to see "Mr. Bluebird". 15 was at the　　 Iroquois Theatre. This would be the first play Dorsha 16 in her life,　　 and she 17!　　

　　　　     Her father went out in the morning and 18 tickets for the whole　　 family. When he got back, they just had time to stop for 19 before　　 going to the theatre.　　

　　　　     "What's the play about? How big is the theatre?" The children were　　 both 20 at once. Their father wanted to go just as 21 as they did, but　　 their mother didn't 22. She just stared down at her 23 and ate almost　　 nothing.　　

　　　　     "What's the matter, dear?" Dorsha's father askeD.　　 　　Her mother 24 and said, "We can't go to that play today. I have a　　 strange feeling. I don't understand it 25, but I know we can't go."　　

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。

　　　　　　    After she did a lot of shopping, Mrs. Smith came out of the shop and started to walk towards the bus-stop. Her bag was so 　　 1 that she had to rest for a few minutes. She stopped 　　 2 a new, bright car. It was just at the side of the road. As she stood there, she saw a policeman 　　 3 towards her. "Excuse me, madam," said the policeman. "Can you 　　 4 that sign over there?" "Yes, I can," said Mrs. Smith. "It 　　 5 'No Parking'."

　　     "Yes, madam. So why have you parked your car here? I shall 6 to give you a parking ticket."

　　　　     "But this isn't my car." said Mrs. Smith.

　　　　     "Isn't it!" said the policeman, and his face turned 7 "I'm very 8 . Still I shall have to put a ticket on the front of 　　 9 car." But he was not able to finish because 10 woman arrived. She kissed the policeman and said, "Hello, dear. I knew I could 11 you here this time of day. Happy birthday! I have got a 12 for you. I have 13 you your birthday present."

　　　　     "Thank you, dear," said the policeman. "But 14 is it?" His wife pointed at the red car. "Here it is," she said. "But you 15 leave it in this road for very long. There's a 'No Parking' sign over there." (sign 招牌 park 停车 point 指)

　　    Nathan Hale was a young American captain. He tried to 16 some maps of the British army's defence works to General Washington. Some British　　 17 caught him and 18 the maps in one of his boots.

　　　　     The guards took him to General Howe. 19 British general asked Hale to work for the British army. He said 20 Hale worked for them, he would not have to worry 21 his rank or pay. But Hale 22 to work for his enemy. He said 23 could make him turn 24 his country. So the general decided to hang Nathan Hale.

　　　　     Before he died, Hale took a last look at his country and said, "I only 25 that I have but one life to lose for my country."