阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的4个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　In the middle of my novel class, I paused and asked my class, “ What is the opposite(对立面)of love?”“Hate!” they 　　1　　 altogether．Confident(自信的)about their answer, they said it immediately, loudly, and cheerfully．

　　I looked 　　2　　 and signed silently and thought,“Maybe it’s only because they are 　　3　　．”Then I put down my book and said to my class,“Let us put it this way．Suppose(假设)you were once in love, but then you 　　4　　 with your boyfriend or girlfriend．Fifty years later you’re seventy．And one day when you are taking a walk, you two 　　5　　 each other．He or she stares at you and says,“I hate you!”

　　There is another scene far sadder, the one in which you two meet each other and you ask,“Do you remember me?” But he or she just looks at you, confused,“Yeah, you look a little 　　6　　, and what’s your name please?”With this, the whole class 　　7　　 laughter, maybe because they thought the scene was too 　　8　　 and too embarrassing(令人难看的)．

　　“　　9　　, the opposite of love is not hate but indifference(冷淡),”I told them．

　　After all the laughter, did they understand my words?Because they are too young, how could they tell clearly 　　10　　 is love?

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

　　My father often works very 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 and said that the seat was 　　14　　．My father was surprised．He took out the ticket 　　15　　 looked at it carefully．It was Row17, 　　16　　．And then he looked at the seat．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 ticket more carefully．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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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1－10各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　San Francisco is a big city which lies in the west of the United States very near the Pacific, where two earth’s plates often meet and jump．So earthquake is a 　　1　　 word to hear there．It is recorded that at least 　　2　　 big earthquakes have happened in San Francisco since the beginning of the 　　3　　 century．One happened in 1906, the other in 1989．

　　The second worst earthquake 　　4　　 San Francisco on the evening of October 17, 1989, when people were traveling to their 　　5　　 A wide and busy overhead road fell onto the one 　　6　　 Many people were killed in their cars．A few 　　7　　 ones were not hurt, but many thousands became 　　8　　．A large number of weak buildings didn’t 　　9　　 in the quake and the 　　10　　 electricity was cut off for several days, too．

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1－20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　Pearls(珍珠)are valuable white gems(宝物)which come from the ocean．Actually they are 　　1　　 by oysters, small shell fish that live on the 　　2　　 of the ocean．

　　　　3　　 oysters(牡蛎，蚝)will make pearls; not all oysters produce them．Oysters produce pearls only when they are 　　4　　 by sand．If a 　　5　　 of sand enters the oyster's 　　6　　, the oyster becomes hurt because the 　　7　　 grain of sand irritates(使……不适，刺激)the smooth, soft skin of the oyster．The oyster tries to 　　8　　 itself by producing a white 　　9　　 that looks like milk．The oyster covers the 　　10　　 with a milky fluid．The fluid protects the oyster．Later the white liquid become 　　11　　．This hardened liquid forms a shell, or bead, around the sand．At this time a pearl is beginning to 　　12　　．

　　The white pearl grows 　　13　　 inside the oyster's shell．　　14　　, it takes about six or seven years for the oyster to produce a pearl．Not all oysters produce pearls 　　15　　 most oysters sometimes take sand into their 　　16　　．Only sand which the oyster cannot get rid of will 　　17　　 it．In other words, if an oyster “swallows” some sand, it will manage to “spit it out”．If the oyster cannot get rid of the 　　18　　, then it will produce the white fluid to 　　19　　 itself．Actually, only about one in a thousand oysters will produce a pearl; that is, 　　20　　 than one percent．

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　　I was a reporter of an evening paper in London．One day I was 　　1　　 to write a few articles 　　2　　 begging(乞讨)in London．It was then that all my adventures(冒险)　　3　　．I made a decision that the best way of collecting 　　4　　 was that I would go deep into the life of 　　5　　．I used to be an actor, of course, I had learned all the skills of make-up, and I could 　　6　　 make the use of 　　7　　．Having finished all necessary preparations, I placed myself in one of the 　　8　　 streets．At home that night I was 　　9　　 to find I had received 　　10　　 a pound．

　　Well, you can imagine how 　　11　　 it was to settle down to work 　　12　　 the newspaper at two pounds a week．When I knew that I could make as 　　13　　 as that in a single day, I 　　14　　 my job as a reporter, though my pride was 　　15　　．My knowledge of make-up helped me a lot and my clever answer quickly made me almost a 　　16　　 character．All day and every day, money 　　17　　 into my cap and I usually 　　18　　 at least two pounds in a day．In the end, I was able to have a large beautiful house in the country, and later to 　　19　　．Nobody had any idea where my money 　　20　　 came from!My dear wife only knew that I had business in London：that was all．

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　　Mr Robinson had to travel somewhere on business, and as he was in a hurry, he decided to go 　　1　　．He liked sitting 　　2　　 a window when he was flying, so when he got onto the plane, he looked for a window seat．He 　　3　　 all of them taken but one．There was a young man 　　4　　 beside it, and Robinson was surprised that he had not taken the one 　　5　　 the window．Anyhow, he went towards it．

　　When he 　　6　　 it, however, he saw that there was a notice on it, written 　　7　　 large letters, 　　8　　“This seat is kept for proper balance(平衡)．Thank you．”Mr Robinson had never seen such a notice before, but he thought the plane 　　9　　 something particularly(特别地)heavy in its room, 　　10　　 made it necessary to have the passengers properly 　　11　　．So he walked on and found 　　12　　 empty seat, not beside the window 　　13　　．

　　Two or three other people 　　14　　 to sit on the window seat 　　15　　 the young man, but they also read the notice and went on．Then when the plane was nearly 　　16　　, a very beautiful girl 　　17　　 into the plane．The young man, who was watching the passengers coming in, 　　18　　 took the notice 　　19　　 the seat beside him, and 　　20　　 succeeded in having a pretty companion(同伴)during the whole trip．

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　　Once there was a student who wrote one failing paper after another．　　1　　 he put down on paper was 　　2　　 any good and his teacher knew it．Finally he 　　3　　 school, and as he packed his bags he wrote a long note to the dean．He explained that he 　　4　　 to be an auto mechanic, not a college student, 　　5　　 that social pressure and his 　　6　　 of duty 　　7　　 his family had forced him to go to school．It just didn't 　　8　　 out, and his composition course was the 　　9　　 course of all．He advised that composition teachers 　　10　　 students more realistic and practical tasks and encourage them to write what they need to write．

　　The remarkable thing about this farewell note to the dean was that it was 　　11　　 an outstanding example of good writing．There were no mistakes in 　　12　　 or punctuation(标点)or spelling．The prose(散文)flowed when it should have flowed and was clear when it should have been clear．It was full of the 　　13　　 information, in the right place, at the right time－in 　　14　　 words, full of dramatic power．Despite a series of failing compositions, this student knew how to write 　　15　　 when he felt he had something important to say and someone to say it 　　16　　．

　　Language is 　　17　　, as the poets have said．At 　　18　　 some of the time, the pen is mightier than the sword．Writing is mostly likely to be good when the writer wants to be．When you write, say what you want to in such a way that your readers will be 　　19　　 to accept your goals as 　　20　　 also．

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　　Americans are careful about how and when they meet one another's eyes．In their 　　1　　 conversation, each eye contact(接触)　　2　　 only about a second before one or both persons look away．When two Americans look searchingly into each other's 　　3　　, emotions are heightened and the relationship becomes more intimate(亲密)．　　4　　, they carefully avoid this, except in proper occasions．

　　Proper steer behaviors in the United States require a nice 　　5　　 of attention and inattention．You are 　　6　　 to look at a passer－by just enough to show that you're aware of his presence．If you look too 　　7　　, you appear too proud; if you look too much, you are too curious．Usually．　　8　　 happens is that people watch each other until they are about eight 　　9　　 apart, at which point both cast down their eyes．In England the polite listener stares at the 　　10　　 attentively and blinks(眨眼)his eyes occasionally as a sign of 　　11　　．That eye－blink says 　　12　　 to Americans, who expect the listener to nod or to 　　13　　 some thing－such as“mm－hum”．

　　Americans living abroad 　　14　　 find local behaviors hard to understand．Such complaints(抱怨)can often be 　　15　　“People there were 　　16　　．They stared right at me on the street．They looked me 　　17　　．I kept wondering whether I was 　　18　　 or not．”They don't 　　19　　 that people in some places think nothing of staring at 　　20　　 on the street．

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　　Mrs Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age．She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact 　　1　　 she had never, in her thirty－five years of driving, been punished 　　2　　 a driving offence(犯规，犯法)．

　　Then one day she nearly 　　3　　 her record．A police car 　　4　　 her, and the policemen in it saw her 　　5　　 a red light without stopping．Of course, she was stopped．It seemed 　　6　　 that she would be punished．

　　　　7　　 Mrs Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was 　　8　　 old to drive a car, and that the 　　9　　 why she had not stopped at the red 　　10　　 was most probably that her eyes had become weak 　　11　　 old age, so that she had simply not seen it．

　　When the judge had finished what he was 　　12　　, Mrs Jones opened the big handbag she was 　　13　　 and took out her sewing．Without saying a word, she 　　14　　 a needle with a small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt．

　　When she had 　　15　　 done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed 　　16　　 the needle and the thread to the judge, saying,“Now it is your 　　17　　．I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight．”

　　The judge took the 　　18　　 and tried to thread it．After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded．The case(案例)against Mrs Jones was 　　19　　, and her record 　　20　　 unbroken．

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　　In some cities, workaholism(废寝忘食地工作)is so common that people don't consider it unusual．They accept the lifestyle as 　　1　　．Government workers in Washington, D．C．　　2　　, frequently work sixty to seventy hours a week．They don't do this because they have to; they do it because they 　　3　　 to．Workaholism can be a 　　4　　 problem．Because true workaholics would rather work than do anything else, they 　　5　　 have no idea of how to relax; that is, they might not 　　6　　 movies, sports or other types of entertainment．Most of all, they 　　7　　 to sit and do nothing．The lives of workaholics are usually stressful(充满压力的；紧张的)，and this tension(紧张)and worry can cause 　　8　　 problems such as heart attacks and stomach diseases．　　9　　, typical workaholics don't pay much attention to their families．Their marriages may end in 　　10　　 as they spend little time with their families．

　　Is workaholism 　　11　　 dangerous?Perhaps not．There are, certainly, people who work 　　12　　 under stress．Some studies show that many workaholics have great energy and interest in work．They feel 　　13　　 is so pleasurable that they are actually very happy．For most workaholics, work and entertainment is the same thing．Their jobs 　　14　　 them with a challenge; this keeps them busy and creative．　　15　　 do workaholics enjoy their jobs so much?There are several 　　16　　 to work．Of course, it provides people with paychecks, and this is important．But it offers 　　17　　 financial securities．It provides people with self-confidence(自信心)；they have a feeling of satisfaction 　　18　　 they have produced a challenging piece of work and are able to say “I 　　19　　 it”．Psychologists(心理学家)claim(声称；认定)that their work gives people an identity(自身价值)．After they take part in work, they 　　20　　 a sense of self and individualism．

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