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　　I felt very sad not to be able to get the ticket for the film “Titanic” last Friday. I learned in the newspaper that tickets could be bought at the cinema box office (售票处) in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00. Since I work from 9:00 to 5:30, the only time I could go to the cinema was during my 45-minute lunch time. It is a pity that the cinema is on the other side of the town, and the bus service (服务) between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip (行程) in 45 minutes.

　　Last Monday I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes, waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip so I had to go back to the office. The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday my luck changed. I got on a bus right away and arrived at the cinema in twenty minutes. But when I got there, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour. I found that I would not have enough time to wait in line. I caught the next bus and went back across the town.

　　By Friday I understood my only hope was to make the trip by car. It was expensive, but I felt it would be worth it (值得) to see the film. The trip by car only took 10 minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I reached the cinema, I was delighted to see that nobody was waiting in line. But I quickly found out that it was because they had already sold all the tickets.

1．It seems that the writer of the story works ________.

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2．He tried to go to the cinema every day but really got there ________.

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3．The word “delighted” in the sentence “I was delighted to see that nobody was waiting in line.” may best be replaced (替换) by ________.

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4．Which of the following was TRUE according to (根据) the story?

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A．The writer was too busy to have time for a rest during the day.

B．The buses running between his office and Richland Hills were always on time on Thursday.

C．He couldn't buy the tickets any day both before and after work hours.

D．It always took him about twenty minutes to get to the cinema by bus.

5．Choose the best title of the story.

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　　John is an English boy. He is eight years old. His parents 　1　 five years ago and he is now living with his grandmother in London.

　　One evening, Alan, one of his classmates, came to his home 　2　 an exercise book in his hand Alan live in a house not far from John's. They often go to school 　3　.

　　“Would you help me with this maths problem?” Alan said as soon as he came into the room. “It's too 　4　 for me and I can't work it out.”

　　“Let me try,” John said. “I 　5　 it isn't too hard for me.”

　　John tried his best but he couldn't work it out, either.

　　“If we had a computer, all the problems would be 　6　 for us to do.” Alan said.

　　“A computer…” John thought for a minute, then he said, “I've got an idea, We can buy one in a shop!”

　　“A computer is very expensive, and we don't have enough money.”

　　“That's OK.” said John. “We can ask the new president 　7　 some money. He said he would help anyone in 　8　. I'm sure he will help us. He is very rich, you know.”

　　So they decided to write a letter to the new president. Soon the letter was finished and they hurried to the post office.

　　In front of the post office stood a small box. They dropped the letter into the box carefully and went home 　9　.

　　The next morning, when they passed the post office on their 　10　 to school. They found, to their surprise, the box was not a post-box but trash-box.

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