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　　Besides electricity, a lion fears water the most, and a rainstorm with thunder and lightning brings both. For that reason I always have a written 1 that frees me from 2 when it's raining.

　　For two days it was raining without stopping. By the third night, it wasn't raining at all. I 3 the sign to the announcer, and the band began 4 my music.

　　The animals went through their tricks, but they were far from being 5 about the wetness.

　　And so we came to the head-in-mouth 6 . When I pulled Leo's mouth open raising his face and nose to the 7 . I noticed that the muscles (肌肉) of his jaws (下、下颚) were tense. Then, as I put my head in, a rain began pouring down. I felt Leo become 8 all over.

　　My head was in now. I counted to ten and then gave him the tap-on-jaw 9 to let me go. But then nothing happened.

　　I 10 again on his jaw. Leo's mouth was like a steel trap. I heard gunfire men were trying to get Leo's 11 . But already, with my face 12 in the back of his mouth, I was finding it hard to breathe, I knew what had happened; with the 13 beating on his face, Leo had forgotten me. I heard the gunfire again.

　　I awoke with an oxygen mask 14 my face, and a doctor was working over me. “You're 15 ,” said the doctor, “as soon as you went faint (头晕的), the lion 16 you. For nearly three minutes you had no heartbeat!

　　By then it had 17 raining. I called Leo back and opened his jaw. “Don't be a fool!” the doctor said, 18 I put my head in and counted to ten. Then I gave Leo the tap on the jawand he obeyed immediately.

　　Yet, when I tried to trick again the next time, Leo 19 . I believed he was unwilling to 20 me a second time. I never did the trick again.

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　　The train shakes back and forth, its wheels making a loud noise against the tracks. Outside the window the freezing cold of winter rules. The carriage is filled with cold, 1 passengers.

　　Suddenly a little boy 2 his way through the grown - up legs and sits down by the window. He is all alone among the 3 grown - ups. What a brave child, I think. His father 4 to stay by the door behind us. The train begins to crawl into a tunnel. Then something very strange happens suddenly. The 5 little boy slides down from his seat and leans his hand on my knee. 6 , I think that he wants to 7 me and return to his father, so I help him to stand up. But instead he leans forward and holds his 8 up towards mine. He wants to say something to me, I think. I lower my head to receive the 9 . Wrong again! What I do receive is a 10 kiss on the cheek.

　　The boy calmly returns to his seat, leans back and continues looking out of the window. I am 11 . What just happened? A child kissing 12 grown - ups on the train. How can anybody want to kiss such a man that has so much beard? Soon enough, all of my neighbous are certainly 13 . Nervous and a little surprised, we 14 at the father. When he sees our questioning 15 as he gets ready for his stop, he offers a clue (线索).

　　“He's so happy to be alive,” the father says. “He has been very sick.”

　　Father and son 16 into the crowd moving toward the exit. The doors close and the train goes on. On my cheek I can still 17 the child's kiss - a kiss that has triggered (触发) some soul - search inside me. How many 18 kissing each other from the joy of being alive? How many even give much thought to the privilege (特权) of 19 ?

　　The little kisser had taught us a sweet but serious lesson: Be careful you don't let yourself 20 before your heart stops!

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　　I went there in 1948, no local (当地的) planes in those days, so I made the trip by but. It was a thousand kilometers long and it 1 twenty hours. I sat by a man about my own age, 24, He said his name was Karl Packer, but he 2 told me anything else. He disappointed me because he had so 3 to say. No opinions, no memories, no stories to 4 . Has his home, his life, the war and so on 5 no mark at all on him? It was very puzzling. I was glad when the pillows (枕头) were. 6 . I could politely try to sleep. I 7 I would never meet him again.

　　The next time I went to Fairburn was in 1974．By 8 , of course. The president was going to “open” the new town, 9 had taken 26 years to be 10 . I sat next to a man of about fifty, whose face was a book. I guessed he had something 11 to tell me. The face was rough (粗糙), brown and lined. There were 12 of worry and of fear perhaps, two old scars (疤痕). But in them, I saw 13 and power. I guessed he was the boss of 14 . Perhaps he had not expected it would be big or hadn't wanted it.

　　I was sure he had done it well. The thing had clearly taught him the power of decision, and command (指挥). We started to talk… The next two 15 were for me the most interesting and exciting that I remembered. He didn't give me a chance to speak. He kept me 16 , open-mouthed with wonder (惊奇). Our plan 17 at Fairburn. I shook hands with him and thanked him for making the journey so 18 . I told him my name. “It was my 19 ,” he said, “I was the chief engineer here until last year. I 20 the new town. Karl Packer is the name. Haven't we met somewhere?”

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　　American cities are 1 other cities around the world. In every country, cities reflect the 2 of the culture. Cities contain the very 3 side of a society: opportunities for education, employment and so on. They also 4 the very worst parts of a society: violent crime, racial discrimination and poverty. American cities are changing, just 5 American society.

　　After World War Ⅱ, the population of 6 large American cities decreased; 7 , the population in many Sun Belt cities, increased. Los Angeles and Houston are cities 8 population increased. These population moving to and from the city reflect the changing values of American society.

　　During this time, in the 9 1940s and early 1950s, city people became wealthier. They had more children. They needed more 10 . They moved out their flats in the city to buy their own houses. They bought houses in the 11 , areas near a city where people live. These are areas without many offices or factories. During the 1950s the American “dream” was to have a house on the outskirts.

　　Now things are changing. The children of the people who 12 the cities in the 1950s are now adults. They, 13 their parents, want to live in the cities. 14 continue to move to cities in the Sun Belt. Cities are 15 and the population is increasing in 16 states as Texas, Florida and California. Others are moving to more 17 cities of the Northeast and Midwest, such as Boston, Baltimore and Chicago.

　　Many young professionals, doctors and lawyers are moving back into the city. They prefer the city 18 the suburbs because their jobs are there; they are afraid of the fuel shortage; or they just 19 the excitement and opportunities which the city offers. A new class is moving into the citiesa wealthier, 20 mobile class.

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　　The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good 1 in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I 2 to know him. For a moment, I thought he might be 3 , but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was 4 . I felt like saying that it was ridiculous to 5 that out of all the millions of people in Chicago I could possibly have ever bumped into his friend. But, 6 , I just smiled and reminded him that Chicago was a very 7 city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be content to drop the subject and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minuses, and then he 8 to tell me all about his friend.

　　His friend's main 9 in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player, and he 10 had his own tennis court. There were a lot of people with swimming 11 , yet there were only two people with private tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several 12 like that, including my brother, who was a doctor in California. He 13 that maybe there were more private courts in the country than he 14 , but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me 15 my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence 16 his Chicago friend spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a 17 who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had 18 the house next to my brother's house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything.

　　“Would your friend's name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He 19 and said, “Yes. Would your brother's name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my 20 to laugh. “Yes,” I replied.

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　　School was over and I was both mentally and physically tired. I sat at the very front of the bus because of my 1 to get home. Sitting at the front makes you 2 out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.

　　Janie, the driver, tries to break the 3 atmosphere by striking the match of 4 . I try to mind my manners and 5 listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day, 6 , her conversation was worth listening to.

　　“My father's sick,” she said to no one in 7 . I could see the anxiety and fear in her eyes. With a sudden change of attitude and interest, I asked, “What's wrong with him?”

　　With her eyes wet and her voice tight from 8 the tears, she responded, “Heart trouble.” Her eyes lowered as she 9 . “I've already lost my mum, so I don't think I can stand losing him.”

　　I couldn't respond. I was 10 . My heart ached for her. I sat on the old, smelly seat thinking of the great 11 my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was, 12 still is, for her. I wouldn't like anyone to go 13 that.

　　Suddenly I realized Janie wasn't only a bus driver. That was 14 her job. She had a whole world of family and concerns too. I had never thought of her as 15 but a driver.

　　I suddenly felt very 16 . I realized I had only thought of people as 17 as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver. I had judged her by her job and brushed her off as 18 .

　　For all I know, I'm just another person in 19 else's world, and may not even be important. I 20 not have been so selfish and self - centred, Everyone has places to go, people to see and appointments (约会) to keep. Understanding people is an art.

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　　Koko is the first gorilla (大猩猩) to have been taught sign language. Koko lives in the Santa Cruz mountains. She has her own house and an outside enclosure (圈起的地) where she spends her 1 when it is not raining.

　　“Cold bad, Gorilla hate,” Koko tells me, as I stand outside her house. But 2 Koko was interested in me, and told me “Visitor good”, it is her conversations with Dr. Penny Patterson, 53, that are 3 .

　　Patterson was a psychology student when Koko was born in San Francisco zoo in 1971. Language 4 had been made using chimpanzees(黑猩猩) before, but 5 wiht a gorilla. “At first my expectation was I'd 6 with Koko for four years,” she says. “But after a few evenings together, I couldn't put her down. I ended up staying with her 7 she'd fall asleep.”When she began 8 Koko the sign language that deaf-mute people 9 , forcing the little fingers of the one-year-old gorilla into the 10 positions for “drink”, “eat”, “more” and (奖赏) her with 11 , she had no idea how quickly Koko would 12 .

　　Now Koko is so good at sign language that if she doesn't know a word, she 13 one. For example, she didn't know the word 14 “ring”, so she joined the signs for “finger” and “bracelet”(手镯) to express it.

　　What has been unrecognized by science is that gorillas also have complex emotions (复杂的情感) Koko was seen in an upset state when she heard her carers 15 the events of September 11. When Patterson asked her what she would 16 for her 11^th birthday, Koko 17 she wanted a cat. The story of Koko's cat enabled Patterson to learn 18 about her emotions. The cat was 19 by a car and Patterson had to 20 the news to Koko, who signed “Cry, sad, frown (皱眉头)”.

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　　It was the last day of the final examination in a famous university. On the steps of one building, a group of engineering seniors gathered, discussing the exam due to begin in a few 1 . On their faces was confidence (＝a calm unworried feeling). This was their last exam - before 2 and jobs.

　　Some talked of jobs they already had; others talked of jobs they 3 get. With the certainty of four years of college, they felt ready and able to take 4 of the world.

　　The approaching (＝coming) exam, they knew, would be a (n) 5 task. The professor had said they could bring 6 books or notes they wanted, requesting only that they didn't 7 each other during the test. 8 they came into the classroom. The professor passed out the papers. And smiles 9 on the students' faces as they noted there were only five essaytype questions.

　　Three hours had passed 10 the professor began to collect the papers. The students no longer looked confident. On their faces was an expression of uncertainty. Papers in hand, no one spoke as the professor faced the class.

　　He looked at the 11 faces before him, and then asked, “How many completed all the five questions?” 12 a hand was raised.

　　“How many answered four?” Still no hands.

　　“Three? Two?” The students moved restlessly in their seats.

　　“One, then? Certainly somebody finished 13 .” But the class remained silent.

　　The professor put down the papers. “That's exactly what I 14 ,” he said, “I just want to impress upon you that 15 you have completed four years of engineering, there are still many things about the 16 you don't know. These questions you couldn't answer are relatively 17 in everyday practice.” Then, smiling, he added, “You will all 18 this course, but remember - even though you are now college graduates, your education has just 19 .”

　　Wih years passing by, people are beginning to 20 the name of this professor, but not the lesson he taught.

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　　“Weren't you a crazy kid!” said Sister.

　　I was. The 1 I was seven. Father gave me a new penny, bright as gold. He had taken it out of his pocket several times, 2 to be examining the date on it waiting for me to 3 it. He couldn't offer me anything until I had 4 some sign that the gift would be 5 .

　　“You can 6 it if you want it, Peter,” he said at long last. “Oh, thanks.” I said 7 more. I couldn't show any of my eagerness.

　　I started with it to the 8 , For a penny you could buy the magic cylinder of “Long Tom” popcorn (爆米花). 9 the more I thought my shining 10 disappearing forever into the black drawer the store keeper 11 his money in, the slower my 12 became as the store came nearer and nearer. I 13 down in the road. I began to play with the penny, putting off the 14 . I closed my eyes and 15 it deep in the sand; and then, with my eyes still closed, 16 and walked around and then came back to search for it. I did that again and again. Alas, once 17 often, the penny was lost.

　　It was almost dark when their 18 talking awakened me. It was Mother who had found me. “Peter! What made you come up here and hide?” I was to have told her the whole story but Father was there. How could I bear the 19 to repeat the 20 thing before him!

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　　Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometimes oversleep? Yes. Then Hiroyuki Sugiyama of Japan has a 1 bed for you. His bed will 2 you up in the morning! Here is how it works.

　　The bed is connected to an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to 3 . Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays 4 music or other pleasant sounds.

　　The tape recorder in Hiroyuki's then says in a 5 voice. “Wake up, darling, please.” A few minutes later, a second recording plays. The second recording can be loud music or 6 sounds. Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss. His boss 7 , “Wake up immediately, or you will be late!”

　　If you don't get up 8 the second recording, you'll be sorry. A mechanical “foot” is in the bed. The mechanical foot 9 you in the head. Then the bed waits a few more minutes. 10 ! You're still in bed! Slowly the 11 of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. Finally, the bed is vertical (垂直的). You slide off the bed and onto the 12 . You are awake and out of bed.

　　Hiroyuki made his bed 13 he wanted to win a competition. He works for Honda Motor Company. Once every two years Honda has a contest - the “All Honda Idea Contest”. The employees think of 14 ideas. If their ideas win, the employees win 15 . In 1996 Hiroyuki won a prize for his bed.

　　Hiroyuki not only wanted to win a prize, he also wanted to deal with a 16 . “Getting up in the morning is difficult for me.” he said, “Often I am almost late for work. Maybe this bed will solve my problem.”

　　His bed is not in 17 . There is only one bed - the bed Hiroyuki made for the contest. Maybe some day a 18 will make Hiroyuki's bed and sell it in shops. Maybe people will buy millions of beds. Then Hiroyuki will be 19 . If the bed makes him rich, it certainly will solve his problem. He will have a lot of money and he 20 to get up early!

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