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　English is widely 　1　　 　It 　2　　 　by people in England, Australia and the United States. In Sweden, France and many 　3　　 　, a lot of people understand English, too. It is one of the 　4　　 　languages 　5　　 　international meetings. 　6　　 　international business letters are 　7　　 　in English. Many books and magazines are printed in English, too. English 　8　　 　be difficult, but it is very useful.It is a 　9　　 　to so musch knowledge. If you know English, you'll find you can 　10　　 　the world better, so we should study it hard.

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　Rose left school when she was seventeen years old, and went to a college for a year to learn to type（打字）. She passed her examinations quite well and then went to look for work. She was still living with her parents.

　A lot of people were looking for typists（打字员）at that time, so it was not difficult to find interesting work. Rose went to several offices, and then chose one of them. It was near her parents' house. She thought, “I'll walk there every morning. I won't need to go by bus.”

　She went to the office again and said to the manager（经理）“I want to work here, but what will you pay me?”

　“We'll pay you ￡27 now,”the manager answered, “and ￡30 after three months.”

　Rose thought for a few seconds before she answered. Then she said, “All right, then I'll start in three months' time.”

1．After Rose left school, she went to ________.

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A．help her parents　　　　　　 B．look for work

C．a college to learn to type　　　D．live with her parents

2．At that time many people ________ .

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A．wanted to learn to type　　 　B．needed typists

C．were looking for work　　 　D．were out of work

3．Rose wanted to work in an office near her parents' house because ________.

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A．she did not want to leave her parents

B．she wanted to get more money

C．the manager in that office was kind to her

D．she thought she would walk there and wouldn't need to go by bus

4．Rose went to the office again because________.

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A．she wanted to visit the office

B．she wanted to know how much she would be paid

C．she decided to take the job

D．she wanted to work at once

5．Rose wanted to start working there in three months' time because ________.

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A．she was ill at that time

B．she thought she could get ￡30 if she started three months after

C．the manager asked her to come to work in three months' time

D．there was no work for her to do at that time.

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　Have you ever seen snow? 　1　　 　people in the world have not. A lot of countries 　2　　 　have snow or they have it only on the tops of very high mountains (山). In Scotland and in the north of England, there is quite a lot of snow every 　3　 , but in the south of England, there is usually 　4　　 　.

　Snow is different from rain. Although (尽管) it is very cold, it is very 　5　　 　. Maybe after a few dark (黑暗的) mornings, a student wakes up one morning, and there is a lot of 　6　 in his room. He thinks,“Is it so 　7　　 　?” and jumps out of bed. But it is not so late. He 　8　　 　out of the window and there is 　9　　 　on the ground and on the roofs ( 屋顶) of the houses and 　10　　 　. The light in the room comes from that clean, beautiful white snow.