About a year ago, I went to stay at a Detroit hotel. I didn't want to 1 too much money with me, so I asked the desk clerk to put a hundred-dollar bill in the safe for me.

　　The next morning, 2 , the clerk said that he knew nothing about money. I didn't have any proof 3 I had given the man the money. There was clearly nothing left to do but go to the 4 lawyer.

　　The lawyer 5 me to return to the hotel with him and give another hundred-dollar bill to the clerk. So we did. An hour later, I went 6 to the desk and asked for my money. 7 I had the lawyer as an eyewitness (证人) to the 8 hundred-dollar bill, the clerk could not say he 9 nothing about it.

　　Another hour later, I put the second part of the lawyer's 10 into action. This time both the lawyer and I went to the hotel to 11 for the hundred-dollar bill once again, and 12 the clerk insisted he had given 13 to me, I said it was not true . The lawyer said to him, “I 14 this gentleman give you a hundred-dollar bill. If you don't hand it 15 immediately, I will be forced to call the 16 ” The clerk realized he had been 17 , so he gave me back the first hundred-dollar bill.

　　“I don't know 18 to thank you enough for 19 my money back.”I said to the lawyer. And what do you suppose he answered? He said, “Oh, don't 20 me. That will be one hundred dollars, please.”

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　　In the United States Government, the Congress (议会) 1 the laws. The Congress has two parts, 2 are more or less equal in power. They are 3 as the House of Representatives and the Senate (参议院) . The House of Representatives is 4 than the Senate whose 100 members (two from each state) 5 for six years. The 435 members of the House are 6 every two years, and the 7 from each state is determined by the 8 of the state. For example, California, which has a 9 population, has forty-three Representatives, 10 the state of Nevada has only one.

　　The House and Senate are divided into small groups which 11 special matters such as education of foreign affairs. The most 12 work of the Congress is often done these groups, which are 13 committees (委员会) .

　　According to the Constitution (宪法) of the United States a Senator must be 14 thirty years old and he must have been a 15 of the United States for nine years at the time of his 16 . To be elected to the House a person must be twenty-five years old 17 must have been United States citizen for seven years. At the present time, members of Congress 18 businessmen, farmers, teachers, and especially lawyers.

　　In general, Senators are 19 known than Representatives because they are 20 in number and serve for a longer time. Many American Presidents served in Congress before they became presidents.

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　　The United States is full of automobiles. There are 1 many families without cars. But some families have two or 2 more . However, cars are used for 3 than pleasure . They are 4 part of life .

　　Cars are 5 for business. They are driven to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get their jobs. When salesmen are sent to 6 parts of the city, they have to drive in order to 7 their products. Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get 8 .

　　Sometimes small children must be driven to 9 . In some cities school buses are used 10 when children live more than a mile from the school. When the children are 11 young to walk that far, their mothers take 12 driving them to school. One 13 drives on Mondays, taking her own children and the neighbors' children 14 well. Another mother drives on Tuesday, another on Wednesday, and so on. This is called forming a car pool. Men also form car pools, 15 three or four men taking turns 16 to the place where they all work.

　　More car pools should be formed in order to put 17 automobiles on the road and to use less 18 . Parking is a great problem, and 19 is the traffic in and around cities. Too many cars are being driven. Something will have to be done 20 the use of cars.

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项．

　　Drawing a picture is the simplest way of putting an idea down on paper. That is 1 men first began to write, six thousand years ago or 2 . The alphabet(字母表) we now use 3 down to us over a long period of time . It was 4 from the picture-writing of ancient Egypt.

　　Picture-writing was useful in many 5 . It could be used to express ideas as well as 6 . For example, a drawing of a 7 meant the object“man”. 8 a drawing of a man 9 on the ground with a spear(梭镖) in him meant“ 10 ”.

　　Besides the Egyptians, the Chinese 11 the American Indians also developed ways 12 writing in pictures. But only 13 much could be said 14 . Thousands of pictures would have been needed 15 all the ideas that people might have. It would 16 many thousands more to express all the objects 17 to men. No one could 18 so many pictures in a lifetime . 19 could anyone learn the meaning of all 20 drawings in a lifetime .

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　　Tom Brown was a good boxer. He had a 1 of very powerful fists that he never used at ordinary 2 . He was very successful 3 boxing and had 4 many championships(冠军称号).

　　 5 one of his holiday trips in a small town, he 6 to see two men attacking a young lady 7 he was driving his car along a 8 street. Mr. Brown 9 stopped the car and rushed out to 10 the girl.

　　“Get in my car,” Mr. Brown shouted 11 the girl.“Drive to the police station quick.”

　　When the 12 came, they found that the two men had gone and a young gentleman was 13 on the ground, beaten black and blue.

　　“Why, this is Mr. Brown, our great champion!” One of them had now 14 him.

　　“Why 15 you fight back but let them hit you 16 this?” asked another. “You are 17 enough to beat four of them 18 your fists!”

　　“But I haven't 19 my gloves,” answered Mr. Brown calmly. “A boxer 20 never go to fight without his gloves on. That' s one of our rulers . ”

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　　The manager was very surprised to get a bill for two white mice which one of his workman had bought when he came into his office. He 1 the workman and asked him 2 he had had the bill sent to him.

　　“Well”, the workman answered. “You 3 the house which were repairing in New bridge last week, don't you? One of the things we had to do was to 4 some wires through pipe thirty feet 5 and about an inch across, 6 was built into solid stone and had four big bends in it. 7 of us could think how to do this 8 I had a good idea. I went to a shop and 9 two white mice, one of them male(雄性) and the other female(雌性). Then I 10 a thread to the body of the male mouse and out him into the 11 at one end, while Bill held the female mouse at the other end and patted her 12 to make her squeak(吱吱叫) . When the male mouse heard the female mouse's 13 , he rushed along the pipe to 14 her. I suppose he was a gentleman 15 he was only a mouse. As he 16 through the pipe, he 17 the thread 18 him. It was then quite 19 for us to tie one end of the electric wires and pull them through the pipe. The manager 20 the bill for the white mice.

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　　Do you know insurance? Buying insurance(保险)is a 1 by which people can protect themselves against large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay 2 sums of money 3 an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only 4 will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes 5 the sums of money it has collected.

　　The first modern fire insurance company was 6 in London, England, in 1666. A great fire had just 7 most of the city, and people wanted protection against 8 losses. The first company 9 rapidly. 10 other companies were founded in other areas.

　　Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752.He also 11 a new kind of insurance for 12 The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops 13 storms.

　　In 1759, Benjamin Franklin helped start 14 new insurance company in America. This company, which offered 15 insurance, collected some money 16 from many different men. 17 a man died, his family was given a large sum of money. Today, this company is still in business.

　　Over the years, 18 have been benefited(受益)from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from 19 accidents as car and plane crashes. Today almost everyone has 20 kind of insurance.

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完形填空

　　As the plane took off from Gatwick, Mr and Mrs Malloy sat back with a sigh of 1 . They had thought they had 2 been able to get away on the holiday, their first holiday 3 , without the 4 , since their honeymoon. They had had to ask Mrs Malloy's mother to look after Freddie and George, their 5 ,while a neighbour had agreed to 6 Annabelle, their cat, for their two-week holiday. 7 there had been the problem of taking their 8 from work at the 9 time, all the trouble of getting their passport and 10 the last minute rush to pack (打包), get the children to their 11 and make sure the 12 was clear what Annabelle liked to eat. 13 they had wondered whether it was all worthwhile. But they were 14 on a plane heading for Spain.

　　Mrs Malloy was still a bit 15 about the thought of eating strange. 16 food, and had some real English tea and tins(罐头) in her bag 17 Mr Malloy wondered whether the few Spanish phrases he had 18 in six weeks of evening classes would be 19 to talk to the 20 ,and anxiously 21 his bilingual (双语的) phrase book.

　　Now everything was sure to be all right 22 they had read quite a few stories about the troubles people 23 abroad. They were quite sure troubles wouldn't 24 them. They just had to sit back and look forward to the good time in 25 .

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A．sorrow	B．disappointment
C．pleasure	D．kindness

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A．never

B．also

C．always

D．fairly

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A．lonely

B．alone

C．singlely

D．oneself

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A．friends

B．parents

C．servants

D．family

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A．students

B．children

C．daughters

D．uncles

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A．teach

B．punish

C．treat

D．take care of

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A．First

B．Then

C．But

D．So

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A．promise

B．conclusion

C．leave

D．judgement

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A．right

B．very

C．same

D．last

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A．however

B．usually

C．frequently

D．finally

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A．aunt

B．grandmother

C．father

D．nurse

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A．children

B．neighbour

C．cat

D．parents

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A．Sometimes

B．Seldom

C．Little

D．Though

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A．actually

B．in fact

C．at last

D．no wonder

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A．worried

B．pleased

C．afraid

D．satisfied

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A．old

B．freezing

C．own

D．foreign

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A．while

B．when

C．which

D．that

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A．taught

B．shown

C．learned

D．tested

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A．necessary

B．improtant

C．valuable

D．enough

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A．young

B．native

C．rich

D．poor

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A．looked at	B．looked through
C．looked for	D．looked around

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A．though

B．as

C．since

D．as if

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B．had lost

C．had bought

D．had got into

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A．praise

B．happen to

C．enjoy

D．appreciate

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A．England

B．Spain

C．Gatwick

D．honeymoon

　　Last Sunday I saw the worst storm in years. It 1 suddenly in the mid-afternoon and 2 more than three hours. At first, the sky grew 3 all of a sudden. Within minutes, forks of lightning forced a way into the sky. Then it was 4 by the boom - boom - boom of 5 . A very strong wind blew into my room. My valuable notes, 6 on my desk in the room. 7 high into the air. I jumped up to 8 them but unluckily a few sheets 9 out of the open window. 10 I ran out to get the notes, big drops of rain began to 11 .

　　As soon as I ran back into the house, the 12 began to pour in waves. I 13 to close the windows. I did it but was wet all over. I 14 myself with a towel (毛巾). Then I heard a sudden loud 15 from the back of the house. I ran out of the room to 16 what it was. A tree was broken. Part of its big branch 17 across the floor. The table was 18 into pieces. It would 19 a lot of work to rebuild it. However, we were 20 that no one was hurt.

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　　It was very late that Mr and Mr Davies took time off to do their Christmas shopping. There were only a few 1 more before Christmas, and of course the 2 and streets were terribly 3 ,but they had to get 4 for their family and friends. So they 5 early one morning for the down town, and spent several tiring hours buying the things they 6 in the big shops.

　　 7 , Mrs Davies was carrying parcels of all shapes and sizes. He could hardly 8 where he was going 9 he and his wife left the last shop on their way to the railway station 10 home. Outside the shop they had to cross a busy street, made even 11 than usual by the thousands of people who had come by car to do their 12 Christmas shopping.

　　Mr and Mrs Davies had to wait for the traffic lights to turn green, 13 as Mr Davies could not see very well in front of him, he 14 moved forward into the street without realizing 15 . Mrs Davies saw this and became 16 .Many times she told him to 17 off the street, but 18 .

Finally she shouted in a voice above all 19 .“Henry! If you want to stand in that dangerous 20 a moment longer, give me the parcels!”

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