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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意,然后从1～25各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　Mrs Brown had just finished cooking 　1　 she heard a 　2 　at the door. She was 　3 　because the postman and the milkman had already 　4 　there, and she wasn't 　5 　any visitors. She went into the 　6 　and, pulling the curtain back 　7 　, peeped (窥视) out of the window to see 　8 　it was. A man was 　9 　on the steps leading to the front doors.

　He was a tall, broad-shouldered man 　10 　an old army coat and a big black hat 　11 　forward over his eyes, 　12 　it was difficult to see his 　13 　clearly. His shoes, Mrs Brown noticed, were old and dirty and there was a large hole in one of his socks. He 　14 　a small black case 　15 　one hand.

　As she looked at him, Mrs Brown 　16 　stories she had read 　17 　the newspapers about old ladies who opened the door to strangers, and were hit on the head and had all their possessions (财产) 　18 　. She felt 　19 　frightened. “I'm not going to open the door.” she said to herself. “If I 　20 　, perhaps he'll think there's 　21 　in and go 　22 　.” She let the curtain 　23 　back into place and wait, 　24 　.

　The man looked 　25 　quickly, but his hand in his pocket, drew out a bunch (一串...) of keys, and began to try them in the front door one by one.

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~25各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　Mr and Mrs Moore were invited to a Christmas party at a hotel one year, They 　1　their car outside and went in. Mr Moore had never got drunk (醉) before, so he was 　2 　not to drink too much, 　3 　his friends asked him to drink more 　4 　.

　During the party, Mrs Moore found that she had 　5 　to bring her bag, so she asked her husband to go out to the car and 　6 　it for her. He 　7 　so, but on his way back to the hotel gate, he heard a car horn (喇叭) blowing near his own car. He thought 　8 　might be in need of help and went over to the car with the 　9 　. He found a small black bear sitting in the driving seat and blowing the horn.

　When Mr Moore 　10　the party, he told several people about the bear, but of course they did not believe him and thought he was drunk. When he took them out of the hotel to 　11　that his story was 　12　, he found that the car with the 　13　in it had gone. There were so many 　14　about Mr Moore's black bear during the next week that he at last put an advertisement (广告） in the newspaper; “If any one saw a black bear blowing the horn in a car outside the Century Hotel 　15　the evening of Christmas Day, please tell…”

　Two days later 　16　Mrs Richards called him and said that she and her husband had left their pet (宠物) bear in their car outside the Century Hotel for a few minutes that evening, and that　17　he had blown the horn.

　Mrs Richards did not 　18　to think there was anything 　19　 about that. “Our bear likes blowing car horns,” she said, “and we don't 　20 　when we are not driving the car.”

　　　Can you imagine(想象)what life would be 　21　if there were no telephone? You could not call on your friends on the phone and talk to them. If fire broke out in your house, you could not call the fire department (救火队). If somebody were sick ,you couldn't call a doctor.

　　　In our daily (日常) life we need to talk with each other. We do this 　22　by speaking to others and listening to what they have to say to us, and when we are close to them we can do this very easily. But, our voices will not travel very far even when we 　23　, and it is thanks to the invention of the telephone that we are able to talk with one another and ask something when we are in different places. We can hear each other as clearly 　24　we were in the same room.

　　　Alexander Graham Bell made this possible. He spent all his spare time experimenting (实验)。 He worded so hard in his research that he had 　25 　time to make money (挣钱) and was very poor at one time.

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　　In some cities, workaholism(废寝忘食) 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, 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 are 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 security(安全感／保障). 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”. Psycholigists(心理学家) claim(声称) that their work gives people an identity. After they take part in work, they 20 a sense of self and individualism.

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