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　　Today, when a man steps on to the moon, the  1 learn about it immediately. What did the  2 say about that first flight in 1903? Strangely enough, they said hardly  3 about it at all. There were only a few reports about it in the papers. These reports said very  4 . Some of the things they said were not even  5 .

　　In 1904 the Wrights built a  6 machine. They called it “Flyer No. Two”. They  7 some reporters to watch them fly.  8 there was some mechanical trouble with the plane and it did not fly at all that day. The newspaperman  9 away. They were  10 and did not come back. The Wrights went on with their  11 . In 1905 they built an even  12 machine, “Flyer No. Three”. They were able to  13 up in the air for half an hour and more in this machine. They were  14 to turn and climb in the air. Farmers and travelers often saw them flying.  15 when these people told newspapermen about it, they refused to believe them.

　　The Wrights  16 “Flyer No. Three”to the United States Government. The Government was not  17 . They seemed to think the Wrights wanted money to build a  18 . They did not understand that the Wrights had already done this, and flown it a well. Experts were still saying that mechanical flight was  19 . At the end of 1905, the two brothers took their plane to pieces. The  20 were put into a huge box. It seemed nobody was interested.

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　　When Nancy Lubin got $5,000 from her great-grandfather, she never once considered taking a vacation or paying off students loan.  1 , the 24-year-old New York University law student began thinking about the clothing  2 faced by the typical  3 women: “If she goes for a job interview  4 dressed, she won't get the job,” Lubin says. “But without a job, she can't  5 proper clothing.”

　　A few weeks later, Lubin founded Dress for Success and began searching for clothing and volunteers. She asked women to donate (捐献)  6 business clothes that were  7 in good condition. She asked members of diet centers to give away clothes that no longer  8 . At first Lubin  9 the clothes in her one-bedroom apartment. Finally she found  10 in Greenwich Village church basement, which now  11 as the organization's main office.

　　Today, when women arrive at the office----referred to by shelters and job-training programs----they  12 a suit, shoes, a bag, stocking and jewelry, and self-confidence, as well. Some are trying to enter the work  13 after being on welfare (福利) for years.  14 Dress for Success fitted its first person who got help a year and a half ago, more than 1,000 women have received suits----and many have won jobs. Yarit Polanco was recently hired  15 a law firm office manager. “Because of Dress for Success, I made a good  16 ,” she says.

　　Donations are now streaming in, including jewelry and 6,000 pairs of trousers and $40,000 worth of handbags. Broadcast journalists have given suits. And Lubin, who has put her law studies on hold, is opening Dress for Success  17 in other cities.

　　“So many women have clothes  18 around that they'll never  19 again,” says a volunteer. “Nancy's idea is so simple and so important to the women who  20 from it.”

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　　Mr Phanourakis was 85. He  1 to his Greek mountain  2 and took an American ship for the United States. His sons had done  3 in business there and wanted him to spend his  4 years with them.

　　The old gentleman knew no  5 except his own but, with the self-confidence (自信) of the Greek mountain villager, he  6 his way easily about the foreign ship. When the bell announced the  7 of lunch on his first day on board, he found the  8 of his table on the passenger-list outside the dining room and went straight to it  9 most of the others waited for the chief steward to tell them where to  10 .

　　It was a small table for  11 . Mr Phanourakis sat down. After a few moments his table companion arrived. “Bon appetit, m'sieur,” he murmured  12 , as he took the other chair. “Phanourakis,” he said, carefully spacing out the Greek syllables.

　　During the  13 one of the ship's officers, who spoke some  14 , asked the old gentleman if he had found any acquaintances(熟人) on board.

　　Mr Phanourakis  15 his head, “No,” he said, “the only person I've met  16 is my table companion. He must be French. His name is Bon appetite or something like that.”

　　“That is not his name,” said the officer. “It is a  17 expression which means ‘Good appetite’.”

　　At dinner time, he found the Frenchman  18 at the table. He smiled  19 sat down, and said carefully, “Bon appetit, m'sieur.”

　　The Frenchman  20 his smile, “Phanourakis, m'sieur.”

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

　　When I was about 12, I had  1 , a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. Week by week her list  2 ; I was skinny, I wasn't a good student, I was boyish, I talked too loud, and so on. I  3 her as long as I could. At last, with great anger, I ran to my father  4 .

　　He listened to my outburst(爆发)  5 . Then he asked, “Are the things she says true or not?”

　　True? I wanted to know how to strike back. What did  6 have to do with it?

　　Mary, didn't you ever wonder what you are really  7 ?Well, you now have that girl's  8 . Go and make a list of everything she said and  9 the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.

　　I did as he directed and discovered to my  10 that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn't change (like being skinny) ,  11 a number I could-and suddenly wanted to-  12 .

　　For the first time in my life I got a fairly  13 picture of myself.

　　I brought the  14 back to Daddy. He refused to take it.

　　“That's just for  15 ,” he said. “You know better than anybody else the truth about yourself,  16 you hear it. But you've got to learn  17 ,not to close your ears  18 or hurt. When something  19 about you is true you'll know it. You'll find that will echo (回响)inside you.”

　　Daddy's  20 has returned to me at many important moments.

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　　Robert performs his 24-foot boat past willow (柳树) young trees that stick out of the waters of the Mississippi River.  1 dances off maples(枫树)their branches heavy with  2 spring. leaves. But a  3 inspection discloses(显露)trouble behind the beautiful sight.

　　Rubbish is  4 in a logjam (浮木阻塞) and hangs from the tree's branches.

　　For the next three hours Robert and his team pull plastic bags , tanks , bottles and  5 bowling pins out of the water. Then they  6 for a picnic table caught in the trees.

　　Welcome to the Mississippi River Beautification Project, began in 1997 as Robert's one man  7 to pick up rubbish  8 a 400-mile stretch(伸展)of the 2340-mile river. That year, often working  9 , the 22-year-old cleaned 150 miles of shoreline.

　　At first the project appeared  10 and useless. But Robert tried his best to find  11 ,and with their backing, he soon had a new boat and five-man  12 -the Boom Crane Crew. Last year along the crew  13 from the water 44055-gallon drums ,1104 tires and enough plastic bags to  14 a football field. Much of the waste will be  15 

　　“Robert's operation is the only one actually in  16 on the river”, says Mark of the Mississippi River Basin Alliance , a union of environmental groups. “It's the  17 I've ever seen in 20 years, and he is inspiring others to do the  18 .”

　　“The river has given me a livelihood and brought me so much  19 ,” Robert says, “I wanted to do something in  20 ”

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

　　It is interesting how NASA(美国航空航天管理局) chose their astronauts for landing them on the moon. They chose men  1 the age of twenty and thirty-five. There were about fifty of them. Many were  2 air pilots.  3 were scientists with two or three degrees. NASA telephoned each man they were going to choose; told him the plans and the  4 they might get in. They then asked him if he was willing to be trained as an astronaut. “How could any man  5 such an exciting job?” One of them said, “Dan-gerous? Of course, it's dangerous,  6 most exciting!”

　　The health and physical condition of  7 was, of course, very necessary.  8 those in very good health and physical condition were chosen.

　　While being trained to be astronauts, they went through many  9 . They studied the stars and the moon, and they also studied geology, the science of rocks. This was necessary  10 astronauts would have to look for rocks on the moon. They would try to find rocks which might help to tell the  11 of the moon. They were all  12 to fly in helicopters (直升飞机). These helicopters landed  13 down to give them some experience of the way the spaceship would  14 land on the moon. They were also taught all the  15 facts about the conditions in space. They learnt all . the technical details of the spaceships and rockets. They visited the scientists and engineers who  16 them. They visited the factories where they were  17 . They learnt how every  18 of a spaceship and its instruments work. They also learnt every detail of ground control  19 .

　　In a word, to be chosen as an astronaut, one must be in good health,  20 in science and good at piloting.

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　　In Mr. Allen's high school class, all the students have to “get married ”. However, the wedding ceremonies (仪式)are not real ones but imitations (模拟). These ceremonies sometimes become so noisy that the loud laughter  1 out the voice of the “minister”.  2 the two students getting married often begin to laugh quietly.

　　The teacher, Mr. Allen, believes that marriage is a difficult and  3 business. He wants young people to understand that there must be many  4 after marriage. He believes that the  5 , for these psychological and financial adjustments.(心理和财政调整)should be understood before people  6 .

　　Mr. Allen doesn't only  7 his students to major problems faced  8 marriage such as illness or unemployment. He also lets them know the  9 problems they will face every day. He wants young people to know about all the difficulties and troubles that can throw marriage to the  10 point. He even familiarizes his students with the problems of divorce (离婚) and the  11 that divorced men must pay child  12 money for their children and sometimes pay monthly some money to their  13 .

　　It has been nervous for some of the students to  14 the problems that a married couple often faces.  15 they took the course. they had not felt much  16 about the problems of marriage.  17 , both students and parents feel that Mr. Allens'course is  18 and have supported the  19 publicly. Their statements and letters supporting the class have made the school more firmly believe that it's necessary to  20 the course again.

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　　Some business people have to do a lot of traveling. However they can usually  1 to stay in some of the best hotels unlike  2 people. These very expensive hotels often lie in  3 parts of the city where there is  4 to do in the evenings. There are  5 at the front of them if you want to go  6 or you can walk along the road in front of the hotel, of just  7 the corner to find pubs and  8 that serve good beer and excellent food, or fast food, if you  9 . Some of these places  10 have entertainment with singers or rock bands on the stage.

　　If you don't want to go out of your  11 or go up to your room in the evening, you  12 always go to a bar. Some  13 hotels have revolving (旋转) bars on the roof and you get a full view over the  14 . There may even be a karaoke bar, either in the hotel, or across the street,  15 you like that sort of entertainment. Many hotels also  16 sports equipment, with a fitness center,  17 , squash and tennis courts.

　　Many Asian cities have first class  18 now with no difference in quality between East and West. The differences are in the  19 and local culture and each city has its own particular  20 which adds to the interest of doing business in different parts of the East.

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　　Did you ever have someone's name on the tip of your tongue and yet you were unable to recall (记起) it?  1 this happens again, don't  2 to recall it. Do something  3 for a couple of minutes,  4 the name may come into your head. The name is there since you have met  5 person and you have heard his name. It  6 has to be dug out. The first effort to recall  7 the mind for operation, but it is the subconscious (下意识的)  8 that go to work to dig up  9 memory. Forcing yourself to recall  10 never helps because it doesn't loosen your  11 ; it only tightens it. Students find the

preparatory method helpful  12 examinations. They read over the questions  13 trying to answer any of them.  14 they answer first the ones  15 which they are most certain. Meanwhile , deeper mental activities in the subconscious mind are taking  16 ; work is being done in the  17 difficult question. By the time the easier questions are answered, answers  18 the more difficult ones will usually begin to  19 into consciousness. It is often  20 a question of waiting for recall to come to the memory.

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　　It was 11:30 in the evening. A  1 American lady of about seventy was standing on the side of an Alabama  2 trying to bear a pouring rainstorm. Her car had  3 and at the moment she  4 needed a ride. Wet to the skin, she decided to flag down the next  5 . A young white man stopped to help her generally unheard  6 in those conflict-filled (矛盾冲突的) 1960s. The man  7 her to safety in his car, and  8 a taxicab (a kind of car) for her. She seemed to be in a great  9 . She wrote down his  10 , thanked him and drove away. Several days went by and a  11 came on the man's door. To his  12 , a very big color TV was delivered to his home. A special note was  13 to it. It read:“Dear sir, thank you so much for assisting a (an)  14 coloured woman on the freeway  15 night. The rain  16 wet all over not only my clothes  17 my spirits. Then you  18 along. Because of you, I was  19 to make it to my dying husband's bedside  20 before he passed away. God bless you for helping me and. kindly serving others. Sincerely, Mrs Nat King Cole.”

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