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　　It was my birthday last Thursday and I decided to 　　1　　 by inviting a few friends out to supper．I 　　2　　 a restaurant in a quiet part of town．It is one of my favorite restaurants because the food is good and the waiters are friendly．It is hardly ever crowded, because 　　3　　 people know about it, so it is not usually necessary to book a table．In any case(无论如何), Thursday is not a busy evening 　　4　　．

　　When we entered the restaurant, I was surprised to find it completely 　　5　　．I looked around but not a 　　6　　 table was free．One of the waiters recognized(认出)me．He came across and explained the situation．“A party of tourists came in about 　　7　　 ago．”he said．“It was like an invasion!　　8　　 the place was full!We can hardly manage．”

　　The waiter then 　　9　　 a table in the corner．“The people there 　　10　　”he said,“Just hold on and you’ll 　　11　　 a place there．”He was right．Fifteen minutes later, the people 　　12　　 the corner table paid their bill, got up and left．I led my friends across and we all sat down．

　　Unfortunately our table was almost out of sight．We tried to attract(吸引)the attention of the waiter was who sent us there, but he, like 　　13　　 waiters, 　　14　　 the party of tourists．They ordered lots of food．But at last, an hour later, the tourists were finishing their meal and looking very 　　15　　 with life．The waiter now very tired, and appeared at our table．I advised(建议)my friends about the best dishes and finally the waiter went off with our 　　16　　．

　　A few moments later he 　　17　　 to our table．We could tell from his face that he had 　　18　　 for us．　　19　　 a little embarrassed(尴尬的)he informed us that there was 　　20　　 left．“All we can offer(提供)you”he said,“is an omelet!(煎蛋卷)”

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I taught in Tokyo, Japan, and I thought I 　　1　　 myself 　　2　　 well before with the necessary travel books and my helpful Japanese–Canadian roommate．I was really excited about teaching because it was my first 　　3　　 job．I began each class 　　4　　 myself．I could see the excitement in the students’ faces as they have a real American girl．Their warm welcome made me 　　5　　 comfortable, and so I let them ask me some questions．　　6　　, I 　　7　　 questions like“How old are you”,“Are you married”,“Why aren’t you married”,“Why 　　8　　 you come to Japan”．I was really surprised．I couldn’t believe that the students could ask 　　9　　 personal questions and 　　10　　 honest answers．After this happened in several classes, I stopped giving the students chances 　　11　　 these questions．I later 　　12　　 that these questions are 　　13　　 in Japan, and this is not information that is considered too 　　14　　．Once I realized that the students didn’t mean to be impolite and actually cared about me, I felt 　　15　　comfortable about my first experiences．

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　　My father often works hard．And he has 　　1　　 to see a film．Here I'll tell you 　　2　　 about him．One afternoon, when he finished his work and 　　3　　 go home, he found a film ticket under the 　　4　　 on his desk．He thought he 　　5　　 to have not much work to do that day and 　　6　　 was quite wonderful to pass the 　　7　　 at the cinema．

　　So he came back home and 　　8　　 finished his supper．Then he said 　　9　　 to us and left．But to our 　　10　　, he came back about half an hour later．I 　　11　　 him what was the matter．He smiled and told us about 　　12　　 funny thing that had happened at the cinema．

　　When my father was sitting in his seat, a 　　13　　 came to my father's seat and said that the seat was 　　14　　．My father was surprised．He took out the ticket 　　15　　 looked at it carefully．It was Row 17, 　　16　　．And then he looked at it again．It was the same．So he asked her 　　17　　 her ticket．She took out the ticket at once and the seat shown in it was Row 17, Seat 3．

　　　　18　　?What's the matter with all this?While they were wondering, suddenly the woman said．“The 　　19　　 of the tickets are different．”So they looked at the tickets more carfully．After a while my father said,“Oh, 　　20　　．I made a mistake．My ticket is for the film a month ago．Take this seat, please．”With these words, he left the cinema．

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　　Fred Mundy enjoyed life．He loved adventure and the great outdoors, especially riding his motorcycle．

　　One day Fred decided to 　　1　　 a motorcycle race．The race was to be run on a dangerous course through 150 miles of rough 　　2　　．

　　Fred was a proud man; he wanted to 　　3　　 the race．So, to save 　　4　　, he only took along a small 　　5　　 of water, some apples, and a few pieces of bread．

　　The race began．Fred got off to a good 　　6　　．But somewhere along the way, he made a wrong turn．He became lost in a wilderness of sand rock——a lonely place 　　7　　 the temperature can 　　8　　 top 40℃．

　　A 　9　　 party was organized, and planes were brought in．Soon the searchers began 　　10　　 something：Fred's motorcycle, footprints in the sand, even his empty can．　　11　　 they couldn't find Fred．

　　The searchers could not 　　12　　 this．Why didn't Fred try to signal the airplanes above?Why didn't he 　　13　　 marks for the searchers to 　　14　　?It was almost as if he didn't want to be found．

　　Twelve days after the race, the searchers found Fred's body．And near it, they saw his bright orange helmet 　　15　　 under a small bush．It seemed to be hidden so that 　　16　　 couldn't be seen from the air．

　　Perhaps the 　　17　　 were right．Maybe Fred didn't want to be found．Why?Because he was a 　　18　　 man．He was trying to find his 　　19　　 way out of desert．But he never 　　20　　 it．Fred Mundy has lost his race with time．

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　　Elizabeth Clay decided to go home and spend the holiday with her parents．The next day she drove her old car home along the road．　　1　　 she found she got a flat．The 22-year-old student 　　2　　 to stop her car by the side of the road in the winter night and opened the trunk．No 　　3　　 tire(轮胎)．

　　At this time, a car 　　4　　．Paul and Diane told Clay to 　　5　　 them to a service station near their 　　6　　．They arrived to see that it had no suitable tires to 　　7　　 with her car．“Follow us home,”said Paul．

　　The couple called around to find a tire, No 　　8　　．They decided to let her use their own car．“Here,”Paul said, handing Clay a 　　9　　 of keys,“Take our car．We 　　10　　 be using it over the holiday．”

　　Clay was 　　11　　．“But I'm going all the way to South Carolina, and I'll be gone for two weeks,”she 　　12　　 them．

　　“We know,”Paul said．“We'll be 　　13　　 when you get back．Here's our number if you need to 　　14　　 us．”

　　Unable to believe her eyes, Clay watched as the 　　15　　 put her luggage into their car and then 　　16　　 her off．Two weeks later she 　　17　　 to find her old car cleaned inside and out with three new tires and the radio 　　18　　．

　　“Thank you so much,”she said．“How much do I 　　19　　 you?”“Oh, no,”Paul said,“we don't want any money．It's our 　　20　　．”Clay realized that while it might have been their pleasure, it was now her duty to pass on their“do to others”spirit．

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　　Tracy Wong is a well－known Chinese－American writer．But her writing 　　1　　 was something she picked up by herself．After her first 　　2　　, teaching disabled children, she became a part－time writer for IBM．　　3　　, writing stories was simply a 　　4　　 interest．Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher(出版商)．　　5　　, they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long 　　6　　 and paid Tracy a ＄500 000 advance．“A pretty money,”said the publisher,“for 　　7　　 writer．”

　　　　8　　 Tracy's characters(人物)are interesting, her stories sometimes 　　9　　 readers uneasy：those about the supernatural．“My mother believed I could 　　10　　 the afterlife world,”she told a close friend．“She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago．”

　　“Can I?I don't think I can,”Tracy said with a laugh．“But I do have 　　11　　 when things come to me 　　12　　．”Once, she was wondering how to complete a 　　13　　 set in ancient(古代的)China．　　14　　 the doorbell rang．It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese 　　15　　．It came without her having 　　16　　 it．

　　Though she has published 10 books．Tracy has remained 　　17　　 by her fame．She lives in the same 　　18　　 she lived 27 years ago－although in a more comfortable home．There's more room for　　19　　 in her life－and it wasn't just 　　20　　．

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　　Ellen Parker was worried about her health．She couldn't walk very quickly and it was difficult for her to climb stairs, she was soon out of 　　1　　．

　　“I 　　2　　 I had better go to the doctor,”she thought．

　　She went to the doctor and told him her 　　3　　．

　　“I'm not at all 　　4　　,”he said．“It is clear what your problem is．”

　　He examined her and then gave her some 　　5　　．“If you don't do what I say, Mrs Parker,”he said,“　　6　　 you will have a heart attack．It could 　　7　　 you．”

　　Ellen was very worried as she left the doctor's．

　　She knew that she had to take his advice but that it would not be 　　8　　 and that it would 　　9　　 time．

　　The 　　10　　 day she went shopping．The first shop she went into was a 　　11　　 shop．

　　“I'd like ten pounds of steak, please,”she said．

　　“　　12　　, madam,”the butcher replied and went into the cold storage room and 　　13　　 a large piece of steak．

　　He brought the huge piece of meat 　　14　　 into the shop and placed it on the scale(秤)．

　　“That's 　　15　　 under ten pounds,”he said.

　　The butcher worked out the 　　16　　．

　　“　　17　　 ＄4.99 a pound that will be ＄45.5, please．　　18　　 I cut it up into small piece for you?”

　　“Oh, I don't want to buy the meat,”Mrs．Parker said．

　　“If you don't want to buy it,”the butcher 　　19　　,“why did you ask me to get it for you?”

　　“I just want to see 　　20　　 10 pounds of meat looked like．”

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　　James wrote a play for television about a family who came to England from Pakistan．The play was 　　1　　, and it was 　　2　　 an American TV company．

　　James was invited to go to New York to 　　3　　 the production．He lived in Dulwich, 　　4　　 is an hour's journey 　　5　　 Heathrow Airport．The flight 　　6　　 to leave at 8∶30 a．m．, so he had to be at the 　　7　　 about 7∶30 in the morning．

　　He 　　8　　 a taxi for 6∶30 a．m．He set his alarm clock for 5∶45, and went 　　9　　 Unfortunately he 　　10　　 to wind the clock, and it stopped 　　11　　 midnight．Also the driver of the taxi had to work very late that night and 　　12　　．

　　James woke with a terrible 　　13　　 that something was wrong．He 　　14　　 his alarm clock．It stood there 　　15　　, with the hands pointing to ten past twelve．He turned 　　16　　 the radio and discovered that it was, in fact, ten to nine．Now the 　　17　　 began to read the news…“Reports are coming in of a crash(坠毁)near Heathrow Airport．A Boeing 707 　　18　　 New York crashed shortly after 　　19　　 this morning Flight number 2234…”James turned pale．“My flight,”he said out loud．“If I hadn't overslept, I would have been 　　20　　．”

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　　Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic and reached the American Continent in 1492．However, the name America has 　　1　　 to do with him．There was another 　　2　　 explorer who reached this 　　3　　 several years 　　4　　 Columbus．This man's name was Amerigo Vespucci, and he called these lands 　　5　　．

　　Amerigo Vespucci had many things 　　6　　 with Columbus．Like Columbus, Vespucci was an Italian 　　7　　 settled in Spain．　　8　　 Columbus, Vespucci 　　9　　 several trips to the New World, his first step being in 1499．In 1505, several letters thought to 　　10　　 by Vespucci 　　11　　．One of these letters 　　12　　 that“Vespucci discovered a 　　13　　 continent with 　　14　　 people but more animals than Europe, Asia and Africa．　　15　　 at that time, a 　　16　　 named Waldseemuller was writing a 　　17　　 book．He suggested that the continent be named 　　18　　 after Amerigo Vespucci．His idea was quickly 　　19　　 and so the name began to be 　　20　　．

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　　The most frightening words in the English language are,“Our computer is down．”You are hearing it more and more when you are 　　1　　．The other day I was 　　2　　 waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said,“　　3　　, I can't sell you a ticket．Our computer is 　　4　　．”

　　“If your computer is down, just 　　5　　 me out a ticket”．

　　“I can't write you out a ticket．The computer is the only one 　　6　　 to do so．”

　　I looked down the counter and every 　　7　　 was just standing there staring at the 　　8　　 screen．Then I asked her,“What do you do?”

　　“We give the computer 　　9　　 about your trip, and then 　　10　　 tells us whether you can fly with us or not．”

　　“So when it goes down, you 　　11　　 with it”．

　　“That's right, sir．”

　　　　12　　 will the computer be down?”I wanted to know．

　　“I have no idea．Sometimes it's down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours．There is no way we can 　　13　　 without asking the computer, and 　　14　　 it's down it won't answer us．”

　　　　15　　 the girl told me they had no backup(备用)computer, I said,“Let's forget the computer．What about your 　　16　　?They're still flying, aren't they?”

　　“I couldn't tell without asking 　　17　　．”

　　By that time there were quite a few people standing in lines．　　18　　 soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down．Some people 　　19　　, some people started to cry and still others kicked their 　　20　　．

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