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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　Mark Twain, ___1___ quite a lot, often ___2___ circumstances, usually financial circumstances（经济状况）forced him to. He was born in Floridian Missouri in 1835, an d___3___ to Hannibal, Missouri with his family when he was about ___4___ old. Most people think he as born in Hannibal, but that isn't true. After his father ___5___ when he was about twelve, Twain worked in Hannibal for a while and then left. ___6___ he could earn more money. He worked for a while as a typesetter ___7___ various newspapers, and then got a job as a river pilot on the Mississippi.

　　Twain loved this job, and many of his books show it. The river job ___8___ however, because of the outbreak of the civil war. Twain was in the federate army for just two weeks, and then he and his whole company（同伴）went west, ___9___ from the war and the army.

　　In Nevada in California, Twain prospected（寻找）for sister and gold ___10___ luck, but did succeed as a writer. ___11___ that happened, Twain traveled around the country giving lectures and ___12___ enough money to go to Europe. Twain didn't travel much the last ten years of his life, and he didn't publish much ___13___ .

　　Somehow his travel, ever when forced, inspired his writings. ___14___ many other popular writers, Twain derived（得到）much of the materials for his writing ___15___ the wealth and diversity（多样性）of his own experience.

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　　The amount of usable water has always been of great interest in the world. __1__ springs and streams sometimes means control, particularly in the __2__ areas like the desert. The control is possible even without possession of large areas of __3__ land. In the early days of the American west, gun fights were not __4__ for the water resources（资源）, and laws had to be __5__ to protect the water rights of the __6__ and the use of the water resources accordingly.

　　__7__ is known to us all, there is not __8__ water in all places for everyone to use as much as he likes. Deciding on the __9__ of water that will be used in any particular period __10__ careful planning, so that people can manage and use water more __11__. Farmers have to change their use of or demand for water __12__ the water supply forecast（预报）.

　　The __13__ water supply forecast is based more on the water from the__14__than from the below. Interest is __15__ in the ways to increase rainfall by man-made methods, and to get water from the winter snow on mountain __16__. With special equipment, some scientists are studying the ways in which the mountain snow can be __17__, and with the help of a repeater station, they send the __18__ data（数据）to the base station. The operator at the base station can get the data at any time by __19__ a button. In the near future, the forecast and use of water __20__ probably depend on the advance knowledge of snow on mountains, not of water underground.

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　　If you cough occasionally, you may just be suffering from a common cold. __1__ if you have a rising fever with your __2__, or you have difficulty in breathing, you had better __3__ a doctor or call the emergency hotline (64629100 or 64629112)as soon as possible, __4__ these could be symptoms（症状）of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).

　　If you want to __5__ extra precautions（预防）and buy a filter mask, go to your local drug store. Your Chinese friends may __6__ you to take Banlangen, a traditional Chinese medicine widely __7__ in China to activate the immune（免疫的）system, or fumigate vinegar in your house to __8__ viruses（病毒）in the__9__, but“these measures are of no use in__10__the disease, ”said Dr. Qi Xiaoqiu, Director General of the Department of Diseases Control, Ministry of Health.

　　If you have __11__ returned from Hong Kong or areas __12__ SARS has been active, go to your doctor and __13__ him or her of your recent trip. If you develop symptoms __14__ your trip, stop traveling until fully __15__. If you pass 12 days symptom-free after coming back from these areas, you __16__ set your mind at ease（无忧无虑的）.

　　The following are some preventive measures you can take __17__ by experts from the Chinese Center for Diseases Control and Prevention:

　　●Wash hands with running water after sneezing, coughing or clearing your nose;

　　●Use a clean towel or tissue after washing hands;

　　●Do not share towels with __18__;

　　●Keep a healthy diet, add or __19__ clothes according to changes of the weather and exercise regularly and get plenty of sleep;

　　●Relieve stress and do not smoke so as to __20__ your body's resistance to diseases;

　　●Reduce visits to crowded places with poor ventilation.

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　　When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn't the first time I had been __1__. Like most English children I learned French __2__ school and I had often been to France, so I __3__ speaking a foreign language to people who didn't understand __4__. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to __5__ a nice easy holiday without any __6__ problems.

　　__7__ wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a __8__ telephone to give my American friend Danny a __9__and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked __10__ he could help me. “Yes”, I said, “I want to give my friend a ring. ” “Well, that's __11__, ” he exclaimed. “Are you getting __12__? But aren't you a bit __13__?”“Who is talking about marriage?”I replied. “I __14__ want to give my friend a ring to tell her I've arrived. Can you tell me __15__ there's a phone box?”“Oh!”he said, “there's a phone downstairs.”

　　When at last we__16__ meet up, Danny explained the misunderstandings to me.“Don't worry, ” she said to me. “I had so many __17__ at first. There are lots of words which the Americans __18__ differently in meaning from us British. You'll soon get used to __19__ funny things they say. Most of the __20__ British and American people understand each other!”

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Don't Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports

　　When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach（教练）said that I had lots of potential（潜力）, and I became captain of my __1__. That was before all the fun was taken out of __2__.

　　At first, everyone on the team got __3__ playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the __4__started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have __5__ one-on-one training, got angry when she didn't give them more playing time in our __6__. The coach was replaced.

　　The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game: All we did during practice was __7__ I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the __8__. Of course, all teams run drills; they are __9__. But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble __10__. Younger people shouldn't be doing exercises __11__ for 18-year-olds.

　　I was very thin __12__ I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn't eat much, be-cause I was afraid of being too __13__ to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual __14__.

　　Is all this pressure necessary? I __15__ up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. That's __16__, because they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they __17__ from the coach or their parents.

　　I continued playing football at school and __18__ my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing __19__ him, he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I __20__ down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it's a lot easier to do it well.

完形填空(Cloze Test)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　As Christmas is coming, there are presents to be bought, cards to be sent, and rooms to be cleaned. Parents are trying to hide presents from curious young children. If the gifts are large, this is sometimes a real ___1___ On Christmas Eve, young children find the excitement almost unbearable （不能忍受的）. They are torn between the wish to go to bed early so that Father Christmas will bring their presents quickly and the wish to ___2___ late so that they will not ___3___ the fun. The wish for gifts usually proves stronger. But though children go to bed early, they often lie ___4___ for a long time, hoping to see Father Christmas.

　　Last Christmas, my wife and I ___5___ hid a few large presents in the storeroom. I ___6___ the moment when my son, Jimmy, would ask me where that new bike had come from, but ___7___ he did not see it.

　　On Christmas Eve, ___8___ took the children hours to go to sleep. It must have been nearly ___9___ when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began ___10___ stockings. Then I pushed in the ___11___ I bought for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree. We knew we would not get much sleep that night, for the children were ___12___ to get up early. At about five o'clock the next morning, we were ___13___ by loud sounds coming from the children's room. ___14___ I had time to get out of bed, young Jimmy came riding into the room on his new bike, and his sister, Mary, ___15___ close behind pushing her new baby carriage. Then came the baby, moving on his hands and knees with a large balloon behind him. Suddenly it burst. That woke us up completely. The day had really begun with a band （巨响）!

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　　In most countries people like to keep certain animals as pets. The same animals are not liked in every 1 . For example, in England 2 likes dogs, but in Malaysia some people think the dog is a very 3 animal.

4 , the most popular animals are dogs, cats and birds. A few people, especially in Asia, 5 monkeys and snakes.

　　In European countries many children like white mice. 6 , their parents do not. The 7 pets to keep are cats. They are very clean and do not need much 8 , they can take care of 9 . They need food,

10 , but if their owners forget them, they can usually 11 a mouse or a bird.

　　Birds are often beautiful and some of them 12 well, but they need a lot of care. They must have 13 food and fresh water every day, and their

14 must be kept Very clean.

　　Some people keep tropical （热带的）fish, but fish are not really pets. A pet is 15  16 we can stroke （抚摸）or talk to, something that we can pet. It is neither very exciting 17   pleasant to talk to fish.

　　Perhaps the most beautiful and clever of all animals are 18 .

19 they live in the sea, they are not fish. They are mammals （哺乳动物）. They are friendly and happy with people. 20 , they need a lot of fish to eat every day.

完形填空，阅读下面短文，从各题所给的四个选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　When a person is curious about something, it means he is 1 in it and wishes to know more about it. There is 2 wrong with curiosity in itself. Whether it is good or bad depends on what people are curious about.

　　Curiosity is 3 silly or wrong. Some persons with nothing to do are full of curiosity about what their 4 are doing. They are 5 to know what they are eating or drinking, what they are 6 home or taking outside, or 7 they have come so early or late. To be interested in these things is 8 because they are 9 at all. It is none of their 10 to know what their neighbors do or are doing. Such curiosity is 11 not only 12 but also harmful. For most probably, it 13 to small talk which often brings harm, shame of disrespect to others, and thus 14 their feelings.

　　On the other hand, there is a 15 curiosity--the curiosity of wise men, who wonder at all the great things and try to 16 all they can about them. Columbus could never have found America if he had not been 17 . James Watt would not have made the steam engine 18 his curiosity about the raising of the kettle lid. All the discoveries in human history have been made 19 a result of curiosity, 20 , the curiosity is never about unimportant things which have few or nothing to do with the happiness of the public.

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　　Sports are full of wonderful moments, but perhaps 1 is as exciting as the finish of the marathon. It is the longest, hardest 2 of all. The name “marathon” comes from a village in 3 . A famous battle was

4 there in the year 490 BC. When the Greeks had beaten the Persians （波斯人）, a soldier 5 all the way 6 Marathon to Athens, more than 40 kilometres to 7 people the good 8 . When the modern Olympic Games 9 in 1896, the organizers knew this 10 . The marathon has been a race 11 that time.

　　In the ancient world, the Olympic Games were held 12 four years of 1,000 years. They were an important part of life. In the 13 Games we try to copy their 14 . The finest sportsmen in the world are collected in one place 15 at least the finest “amateurs（业余爱好者）” are. An amateur is someone who does not earn 16 money from sport. It is often difficult to say who is an amateur and who is not. It is 17 that Olympic athletes do not earn large amounts of money tike professional （职业的） sportsmen. But Olympic athletes are often students or teachers of a 18 They have to 19 a lot of time training. Their governments pay for their training travel and pocket money, 20 they want them to win. Some people think this changes the Olympics. They feel that the Games are now a political marathon.

完形填空，阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　Mr Smith is well-known in Washington because of his many social blunders (stupid mistakes). Recently he received an invitation 1 a dinner party. Although he did not know the hostess, he 2 the invitation.

　　At dinner, he was 3 beside a woman full of dignity（尊严）. The woman tried to be 4 even though she had never met Mr Smith before. She spoke 5 , whenever he spoke to her. Between the first and the second

6 of the meal, she turned to Mr Smith and said,“Do you 7 that gray-haired man at the end of the table? The one 8 glasses.”

　　“Ah, yes. Who is he?” asked Smith.

　　“He's the Secretary of the Interior!” she replied.

　　Mr Smith said, “So 9 is the Secretary of the Interior! I'm afraid that I find very little to 10 about him, although he is the Secretary.”

　　The woman sat still and did not reply. Smith continued in spite of her 11 .“I really can't see how he received his 12 , unless he is perhaps a relative of the President.”

　　“It hardly 13 whether you like the Secretary or not,” she said. “He was 14 because the President thought he was the man for the 15 . If he does the job well, you should have no complaint（抱怨）.”

　　“That's just it,” said Smith.“No one 16 the things he does, unless he is a complete 17 !”

　　“Sir!” said the woman in all her 18 . “Do you know who I am?”

“No,” replied Smith.

　　“I am the Secretary's wife,” she said coldly.

　　Mr Smith was 19 , but he went on in spite of his embarrassment（困窘）,“Madam, do you know who I am?”

　　“No, I don't,” the woman replied.

　　“ 20 !” cried Mr Smith, as he quickly left the table.