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　　It was only in the eighteenth century that people in Europe began to think mountains were beautiful．　　1　　 that time, mountains were 　　2　　 by the people living on the plain, 　　3　　 by the city people, to whom they were wild and 　　4　　 places in which one was easily 　　5　　 or killed by terrible animals．

　　Slowly, however, many of the people who were living 　　6　　 in the towns began to row tired of 　　7　　．They began to feel interested in looking for things which could not be explained, for sights and sounds which produce in a feeling of fear and excitement．　　8　　 in the 　　9　　 century, people began to turn away from the man-made 　　10　　 to untouched country, and particularly 　　11　　 places where it was dangerous and wild．High mountains began to be 　　12　　 for a holiday．

　　Then, mountain-climbing began to grow popular as a sport．To some people, them is something greatly 　　13　　 about getting to the．　　14　　 of a high mountain：a struggle against nature is finer than a battle 　　15　　 other human beings．And than, when you am at the mountain top after a long and difficult 　　16　　, what a 　　17　　 reward it is to be able to look 　　18　　 on everything within 　　19　　!At such time, you feel happier and prouder than you can ever feel down 　　20　　．

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　　“ It was all his own idea, ” says Pat, the wife of California high school football coach Bob．Peters．Bob had, 　　1　　 made a motherhood contract(合同)－declaring that for 70 days this summer he would 　　2　　 the care of their four children and all the housework．　　3　　 he didn’t even know how to make coffee when he signed, he was very confident．

　　After 40 of the 70 days, he was ready to 　　4　　．“ I was beaten down, ” admits Bob．“ Not only is motherhood a 　　5　　 task, it is an impossible job for any normal human being．”

　　Bob and Pat were married in 1991．After the marriage, Pat 　　6　　 a secretary to help put him through university．　　7　　 Bob has been the football coach while Pat raised the kids．　　8　　 two years ago Pat went back to work．“I had been 　　9　　 children so much,” she 　　10　　, “ I couldn’t talk to a grown-up．” She continued to run the household, 　　11　　 until Bob signed the contract．

　　Bob tried hard to learn cooking, but the meals he prepared were 　　12　　．For the last three weeks, the family 　　13　　 a lot –sometimes having MacDonald’s hamburgers for lunch and dinner．

　　　　14　　 housekeeping, a home economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean 　　15　　 the bed is made．“I found 　　16　　 I shut the doors,” he says．Soon the kids were wearing their shirts inside out．“ When we went to 　　17　　 Pat at work, I made them wear their shirts 　　18　　 side out so they would look clean．”

　　Now that Bob has publicly 　　19　　 he was wrong, he is 　　20　　 the child-raising and household tasks with Pat．

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In the summer vacation of 1997, I was fixed with a job．I worked as a(n)　　1　　 at Mr．Breen’s fruit shop．The fruit shop did 　　2　　 business．Most of the trade came from the housewives who lived in the neighborhood, 　　3　　 he also had regular customers who arrived outside the shop in cars．Mr．Breen 　　4　　 them all by name and they sometimes even had their order already made up, always 　　5　　 me to carry it out to their car．They were clearly long-standing customers, and I 　　6　　 they must have stayed faithful to him 　　7　　 he had promised to sell good quality 　　8　　．He had a way with them－I had to 　　9　　 that．He called every woman “madam” for a start, 　　10　　 those who clearly were not, but when he 　　11　　 it, it did not sound like flattery(奉承)．It just sounded 　　12　　 in an old-fashioned way．He was a great chatter 　　13　　．If he did not know them, he would greet them with a few 　　14　　 about the weather, 　　15　　 he did, he would ask about their families or make 　　16　　, always cutting his cloth 　　17　　 his customers．Whatever their bills came to, he 　　18　　 gave them back the few odd pence(零钱)，and I am sure they thought he was very generous．But I thought he was the opposite．He never 　　19　　 anything away．He was always looking for 　　20　　 for nothing．

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　　The mother rushes her three-year-old son to the hospital’s emergency room．“My baby has a very high fever,” she explains．“He is shaking all over．”

　　The doctor examines the boy right away．He 　　1　　 a sample of blood from the boy’ s arm, and rushes it over to the laboratory．The lab worker places it in a large machine with a built-in computer．

　　In less than a minute the machine tests the blood and 　　2　　 out the results．The doctor reads the 　　3　　 They tell him what is wrong with the child．He gives the child an injection．Half an hour later the boy is playing and smiling．

　　To the police officers in the car, it looks like a typical case of a car 　　4　　 a red light．They 　　5　　 their flashing lights, and 　　6　　 to catch the car．But the other 　　7　　 begins going even faster, “This might mean 　　8　　,” says one of the officers．“　　9　　 the license on the computer．See what you get．” Green letters start to 　　10　　 on the small screen．“Stolen car．Used in armed robbery．　　11　　．”

　　The police car pulls 　　12　　．It forces the other car to 　　13　　．The two officers come out with drawn pistols．They 　　14　　 the driver, and bring him to the police station for 　　15　　．

　　Carla and three of her friends decide to go to a New York Jets football game on Sunday afternoon．But no one has any 　　16　　．All the banks are closed．

　　Carla, though, has a special bank 　　17　　．She goes to the closed bank office．

　　Placing her card in 　　18　　 on the outside of the bank, she types in various numbers on the keyboard below．

　　The keyboard sends a message to the bank’ s computer．The computer automatically takes the money from her account．It pushes out the 　　19　　 through another opening in the wall．

　　Computers are changing the way we live．In fact, no matter what you do, or where you do it, you can be sure that there is a 　　20　　 in your life!

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　　Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area．

　　When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn’t 　　1　　 drive to a store and back home．He always looks 　　2　　 and down the streets of his neighborhood．He looks for anything 　　3　　such as strange cars, loud noises, 　　4　　 windows, or people gathering on street corners．

　　Tim 　　5　　 to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana, USA．The neighborhood watch group 　　6　　 on the third Wednesday of every month．That’s 　　7　　 Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community 　　8　　．Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police 　　9　　 their homes, streets and families safe．

　　Tina Stedma, president of 　　10　　 neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim．

　　“People seem to think that crime happens to other people but not 　　11　　 them．Well, it’s never happened to me,” she said, “but I don’t think anyone has the 　　12　　 to steal from other people or, to make them feel 　　13　　 sitting in their own homes．”

　　Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors 　　14　　 out for one another．“We 　　15　　 each other’s homes．We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends．Usually a 　　16　　 of four or five of us goes out together．If something doesn’t look right, then we call the 　　17　　．For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for 　　18　　, or someone destroying property(财产)，we report to the police．”

　　Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups 　　19　　 a lot in keeping crime down．Her husband Jim agrees, “Police are good people, but they can’t do 　　20　　”．

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　　We may look at the world, around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we've become used to suddenly disappears．　　1　　 for example, the neatly-dressed woman I 　　2　　 to See－or look at－on my way to work each morning．

　　For three years, no matter 　　3　　 the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8∶00 a.m．On 　　4　　 days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves．Summertime 　　5　　 out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses．　　6　　, she was an ordinary working woman．Of course, I 　　7　　 all this only after she was seen no more．It was then that I realized how 　　8　　 I expected to see her each morning．You might say I 　　9　　 her．

　　“Did she have an accident?Something 　　10　　?” I thought to myself about her 　　11　　．Now that she was gone, I felt I had 　　12　　 her．I began to realize that part of our 　　13　　 life probably in-eludes such chance meetings with familiar 　　14　　：the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who 　　15　　 walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library．Such people are 　　16　　 markers in our lives．They add weight to our 　　17　　 of place and belonging．

　　Think about it．　　18　　, while walking to work, we mark where we are by 　　19　　 a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though 　　20　　, person?

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　　The little train came to a stop at our station and we got out, very glad to be so near home at last．The 　　1　　 part of the journey from London had been quite comfortable; 　　2　　 when we had changed into the little train, we were, already tired and dirty, and the 　　3　　 run, with its frequent stops at unimportant villages, had only made us 　　4　　 tired and dirty．

　　There was a carriage 　　5　　 for us at the station, 　　6　　 by two black horses．As soon as we and our bags 　　7　　 in, the driver waved his whip and we set off through the snowy forest．Even 　　8　　 the forest it was growing dark：it was the 　　9　　 day of the year, and the sky was 　　10　　 with clouds．Among the trees it seemed as if it was in the middle of a moonless night, the oil lamps on our carriage 　　11　　 just enough light for the driver to 　　12　　 his way and for us to be able to 　　13　　 that we were driving between thick walls of trees．

　　After 　　14　　 seemed like two hours to us(but was actually only an hour), at last we 　　15　　 my friends house．First we saw a row of lights 　　16　　 came from the windows, and then we were suddenly at the door, 　　17　　 about half a dozen children 　　18　　 all ages shouting and asking questions 　　19　　 together．As we were getting out of the carriage, a fine old lady with white hair came out, 　　20　　 I recognized without difficulty as my friend’s mother．

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　　Scientists now believe the earth’s magnetic poles(地磁极)have changed many times．One 　　1　　 change may have taken place about 330,000 BC．This 　　2　　 is about when modem man first 　　3　　 on the earth．

　　Many 　　4　　 now believe the magnetism(磁力现象)of the earth may have a 　　5　　 influence(影响)on life itself．In the 　　6　　 past many kinds of animals and plants died out suddenly, 　　7　　 the North and South magnetic poles changed 　　8　　．

　　Animals, birds and 　　9　　 people are to some degree controlled by magnetic forces When there is a 　　10　　 increase in magnetic strength; many animals have 　　11　　 in finding their way．Mice, 　　12　　 near a strong magnet, lose their hair and die 　　13　　．And when the earth’s magnetism suddenly decreases, the 　　14　　 of men or women who kill themselves increases．

　　How 　　15　　 does the earth’s magnetism 　　16　　 our lives?We cannot know for 　　17　　．We do know this magnetism is getting weaker and we know that in 2,500 years the magnetic poles may change position 　　18　　．And we know when 　　19　　．happened in the past there were enormous 　　20　　 in life on Earth．

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　　Cars are important part in the United States．Without a car most people feel that they are 　　1　　．And even if a person is poor he doesn’t feel 　　2　　 poor when he has a car．

　　Henry Ford was the man who first started 　　3　　 cars in large numbers．He probably didn’t know how much the car was going to 　　4　　 American culture．The car made the United States a nation on 　　5　　．And it 　　6　　 to make the United States what it is today．

　　There are three main reasons that the car has become so 　　7　　 in the United States．　　8　　 the country is a huge one and Americans like to 　　9　　 around it．The car 　　10　　 the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation．With a car people can go any place 　　11　　 spending a lot of money．The second reason is that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of public 　　12　　．Long distance trains have never been as 　　13　　 in the United States as they are in other parts of the world．Nowadays there is a good system of air-service provided by 　　14　　．But it is too expensive to be used 　　15　　．The third reason is the most 　　16　　 one．The Americans’ spirit of 　　17　　 is what really made cars popular．Americans don’t like to wait for a bus or a train, 　　18　　 a plane．They don’t like to have to 　　19　　 an exact schedule．A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own time．And this is the freedom that Americans want 　　20　　 to have．

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　　I had offered to watch my 3-year-old daughter, so that my wife could go out with a friend, I was getting some work done in my study, while she 　　1　　 to be having a good time in the other room．No problem, I figured．But then it got a little too 　　2　　 and I shouted, “What are you doing?” No response．I 　　3　　 my question and heard her say, “Oh…nothing…” Nothing?．

　　I got up from my desk and ran out 　　4　　 the living room, where I saw her numbing across the hall．I followed and watched her as her little behind made a quick 　　5　　 into tile bathroom．I had her 　　6　　!I told her to turn around．She 　　7　　．I pulled out my big Daddy voice, “Young lady, I said turn around!”

　　　　8　　, she turned toward me．In her hand was what was left of my wife’s new lipstick．And every square inch of her face was 　　9　　 with bright red!As she looked up at me with fearful eyes, I heard 　　10　　 voice that had been shouted to me as a child．“ How could you…You should know…How many times have you been 　　11　　…．What a bad thing to do…” It was just a matter of my picking out which old 　　12　　 I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been．But 　　13　　 I could let loose, I looked 　　14　　 at the sweater on her．In big 　　15　　 it said, “I’M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL!” I looked back up into her tearful eyes and, 　　16　　 seeing a bad girl who didn’t listen, 1 saw a little angel full of 　　17　　 that I had come dangerously close to 　　18　　．“Sweetheart let’s take a picture so Mommy can see how 　　19　　 you look．” I took the picture and thanked God that I didn’t 　　20　　 the chance to prove what a perfect little angel she had given me．

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