仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. You have heard of Webster Toys. Webster have made good, safe, interesting toys for more than a hundred years. Now we sell them and children play with them in countries from New Zealand to Norway and from Japan to Brazil. We are looking for someone to sell our toys in the Far East. He or she should be between the ages of thirty and forty. He or she should already have some years of selling experience in world markets. He or she should speak English well, and at least one other Far Eastern language. The person we are looking for would live in Singapore and work in one office there, but he must travel for up to six months a year. He should know the Far East quite well. He should know how to sell in established(已建成的) markets and where to find new ones. He should understand money and make more than ever before, for himself and for Webster Toys. Webster wants someone who can stand on his own feet. If you think you are the person we are looking for, write to Mr. J. Sloman at our Head Office.

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. People all know that December 25th is Christmas Day for Americans and other westerners. Yet not all the people know Boxing Day. Boxing Day is a holiday observed(庆祝) on December 26, or the first weekday after Christmas. And it is a festival only for those service persons such as postmen, newspaper boys, milkmen, etc. On that day, families traditionally give Christmas boxes to those service workers. It is a custom, but nobody is certain how it was originated(起源). A popular legend(传奇) tells the story. There was once a rich lady called Chatter in England. One morning many, many years ago, it snowed very heavily. Chatter was waiting anxiously for a very important letter from her boyfriend. Then a post boy came and gave her the letter. She was so pleased that she gave him a box with presents. Later on, more and more people followed her example. As time went by, giving boxes with presents to service persons became a custom in Great Britain. Later the custom spread(传播) to the British Commonwealth(共和政体) and America. In the United States, some people give their employees(雇员)money instead of boxes nowadays(如今).

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. Burney Crouss went to school to study the sounds of nature(自然). For 20 years he has recorded the sounds animals make. He has record of animal sounds from all over the world. Burney has made a record of animal songs. It all began when he took some of the sounds and put them together. Last year, he put together a song he called "Jungle Shoes". It turned out great. Burney makes the music by taking part of his animal noises and saving them on a computer. He makes each sound play when a key is pressed. Then he asks other musicians to play the keys into songs. Burney believes in working to save nature. He thinks that more people need to take care of our world. The sounds of nature are quickly disappearing. When he recorded whales in Alaska, he could hear the sound of oil well drilling(钻井)from fifteen to twenty miles away. It was very loud. He says his goal is to save nature sounds so his children will be able to hear them.

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. A family is sailing around the Pacific Ocean. They are on a 48-foot yacht. The trip will take them away from home for a year. They stay in touch with family and friends by e-mail. The children send e-mails to their grandmother three or four times a week. The father is in touch with his office every day. He also gets weather information by e-mail. E-mail on the sea takes more time than on land. The family's computer connect by a modem(调制解调器) to a short-wave radio. The radio sends the message, letter by letter, to the Internet. The grandmother gets the message from the Internet. The grandmother learned to use the Internet just before she retired(退休). She learned because of her children and grandchildren. She says e-mail makes her feel like she has been traveling with them. Nearly 8 million senior citizens use the Internet. That is two times as many as a year ago. The most important reason is keeping in touch with their families.

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. Every morning, kids from a local(当地的) high school are hard at work making and selling special coffee at a coffee cafe. They are also making a lot of money. These students can make up to twelve hundred dollars a day selling their special coffee to airplane passengers. After the students get paid, the rest of the money goes to help a local youth project(工程). These high school students use a space in the Oakland airport. It is usually very crowded. Many people who fly on the planes like to drink the special coffee. One customer(顾客) thinks that the coffee costs a lot but it is good and worth it. Most customers are pleased but some are unhappy. They do not like it if the coffee cafe is not open for business. The students earn \$6. 10 an hour plus tips. They also get school credit(贷款) while they learn how to run a business. Many of the students enjoy the work although it takes some time to learn how to do it. It takes some skills and sometimes mistakes are made. The mistakes they often make are that they forget to add the coffee.

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. Mr. and Mrs. White had two sons and three daughters. One Sunday, Mrs. White said to her husband, "The children don't have any lessons today, and you're free too. There's a new funfair (游乐场) in the park. Let's all go there to play.　　Her husband said, "I want to finish some work today. " "Oh, forget it. Go there and make our children happy. That's the most important work. " Mrs. White said. So Mr. and Mrs. White took their children to the funfair. Mr. White was forty-five years old, but he enjoyed the funfair more than his children. He hurried from one thing to another, and ate lots of sweets. One of the children said to her mother, "Dad is just like a small child, isn't he, Mom " Mrs. White didn't want to follow her husband around any more at that time and answered, "He is even worse than a small child, Mary, because he might spend more money than a small child. "

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. IMPROVE ON SLEEP Good health needs good sleep. Going to bed before you're tired. Not eating or reading in bed. Go to bed at the same time before midnight and get up at the same time. Your body likes routine (常规) for a good night's sleep. STAY FREE OF FLU Studies show that a cold or flu virus(病毒) can live on our hands for long. So wash all parts of your hands often with soap and water. For more ways to prevent the spread of flu, please call. Health Line at 1800 848 1313. ORAL (口腔) HEALTH Brush your teeth twice daily and visit the dentist at least once a year. The mouth is a mirror of disease. The oral examination is not only for the health of teeth, but the whole body. For more of it, please visit www. mydr. com. au. FIT FOR LIFE Studies have shown that many diseases have something to do with less or no physical (身体) activity. Try to do it for 30 minutes a day, 5 days or more a week. For more information, please call Health Line at 1800 438 2000.

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. One day a poor student was walking through a town. He had not had anything to eat for several days and he was very hungry. But when he saw a man selling mantou(Chinese buns), he let out a scream(尖叫)and fell to the ground. When the surprised mantou seller asked the student what was the matter, the student answered, "I don't like mantou. In fact, I hate them. Whenever(无论何时)I see them, I feel ill and can't eat. " The mantou seller then thought that he would play a joke on the student. He put ten mantou in the corner of a room and then locked the student in it. After a short time, the mantou seller opened the door of the room. He was surprised to find that the student had eaten all the mantou. The student explained, "For some strange reason(原因), I suddenly decided that I liked mantou. " The mantou seller was angry that the student had fooled(愚弄)him. He asked what other things he did not like to eat. "Oh, I like everything," answered the student, "Except at the moment I would hate to drink two cups of good strong tea!"

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. I met Phyllis at camp last summer, right after my graduation(毕业). While in the sixth grade, I took a test to get into Creston Art School. When I knew I hadn't done well, I was very sad. I felt even more terrible when Phyllis told me she was to learn at Creston. "I know about Creston. In fact, I took the entrance(入学) exam a few months ago,"I said, sounding cool. "You did, Pamela What happened " I didn't want her to know the truth. So I said, "They wrote me a special letter, saying they would like me to come but I live too far away. They just don't think it's right for me to travel so much. " Why did I have to tell her that story I decided to tell her the truth. But not now, I'd find the time梥ome other time. However, I didn't seem to find the right time to tell her. Then suddenly, it was the day before the end of camp. Phyllis and I sat in the woods drawing the lake. "Your drawing is better than mine. How lucky you are to study in Creston, " I said. Then Phyllis spoke, "Pamela, you can try for Creston again in the spring. Don't feel bad about not getting in. " "You are a big liar(撒谎者). You never got into Creston. " Last weekend I went to visit Phyllis. Her friend Joyce came over to meet me. "Where do you go to school " she asked me. And without even feeling bad, I said, "I go to Mayfair. I wanted to get to Creston, but I didn't get in. So I'm taking the test again this year. Maybe this time I'll make it. " "I hope so, " said Joyce. "I do, too, " Phyllis said, smiling at me.

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仔细阅读下列短文, 根据题目, 选出最佳选项. When someone says "Well, I guess I'll have to go to face the music", it does not mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this or that, and why you did not do this or that. Sour music, indeed, but it has to be faced. The phrase "to face the music" is familiar to every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. Where did the expression come from The first information comes from the American writer James Fenimore Cooper. He said梚n 1851梩hat the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on stage. After they got their cue to go on, they often said, "It's time to go to face the music. " And that is exactly what they did梖ace the orchestra(交响乐团) which was just below the stage. An actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of the audience that might be friendly or perhaps unfriendly, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. So, "to face the music" came to mean having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice. The other explanation comes from the army. Men had to face inspection(检阅) by their leader. The soldiers worried about how well they looked. Was their equipment(装备) clean梥hiny enough to pass inspection Still, the men had to go out, and face the music of the band, as well as the inspection. What else could they do

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