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　A famous writer who was visiting Japan was invited to give a lecture at a university to a large group of students. As most of the students couldn't understand spoken English, he had to have an interpreter（口语翻译）.

　During his lecture he told an interesting story which went on for rather a long time. At last he stopped to allow the interpreter to translate it into Japanese, and was very surprised when the man did this in a few seconds, after which all the students laughed loudly.

　After the lecture, the writer thanked the interpreter for his good work and then said to him, “Now, please tell me how you translated that long story of mine into a short Japanese one.”

　“I didn't tell the story at all,” the interpreter answered with a smile, I just said, “The honourable lecturer has just told a funny story. You will all laugh, please.”

1． The man was invited to give a lecture ________. 

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A． to some university students

B． to some writers

C． on English idioms

D． on translation

2． The lecturer had to have an interpreter because________.　　

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A． the students were Japanese

B． the students could hardly understand English

C． only a few of the students could understand spoken English

D． he was poor at Japanese

3． What surprised the lecturer?　　　

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A． The students' laughter．

B． The interpreter's good work.

C． The speed of the interpreter's translation.

D． The slowness of the interpreter's translation

4． The lecturer's story was about _______.　　　　　　　　

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A． something interesting

B． nothing

C． English learning

D． his stay in Japan

　I can’t swim because I have a strong fear of water. Look back 1. ________

　　my childhood experiences, I think that three reasons might          2. ________

　　explain the fear. The first reason is that I was not allow to go       3. ________

　　near the water when I was a child, for my mother had a            4. ________

　　unreasonable fear of it. So, even as a child that I was taught to     5. ________

　　see the water as something danger. Second, my eyes               6. ________

　　became bad when I was five. If I took off my glass in the           7. ________

　　water, I couldn’t see anything, or this increased my fear.           8. ________

　　The worst part of my experience is that as a child I saw            9. ________

　　a neighbor drowned. After then I have been more frightened.      10. ________

(10·四川E篇)

Fear plays no part in this latest problem．“I’m not afraid I'll lose my children．I won't lose my children. We live together, and nothing, nothing,” she repeats, her voice rising when speaking to John's lawyer, “will stop me from being with my children. A law? Year, right. Don't disturb me when it comes to my children. You are never going to win. If John wants to see them, I cannot stop him. He's their father??—I want them to see him! However, his visit in his present condition will disturb the children's stable (稳定的) life．”　 John, who has spent much of his time in California recently, has only hired a house for himself in Pennsylvania, according to his lawyer. "If he'd like to stick to a regular life, I'd be more than happy to do that，" Jane says. "The best thing for any child of a divorced (离婚的) parent is a stable life. I want nothing more than for him to set up a stable life for himself, so that he can be part of making our children's lives more stable. "

　 While matters of money and care won't be settled for weeks, Jane hardly puts her life on hold. Last week the ABC network announced that Jane would return with her own show, Twist of Jane, in which she gives advice to other moms．Jane and her eight children will also return to ABC in a series of Jane Plus 8 specials showing them on various adventures．It’s a rest for Jane．who insists that she needs her new，busy life to provide for her family．“I have to lead such a life．and I’m thankful that I’ve built it to the top where now I can support my children．”she says．

And whether a bellicose(好斗的)dance judge or a bellicose former wife，Jane plans to keep 0n facing attacks on her． “Some people try to knock me down—only to make me more fierce，more protective，more determined to do better，”she says．“Go ahead，take me on．This will just make me stronger．”

57. According to Jane in the first paragraph，the low　　　　　　 　

A. can’t take her children away from her

B. can’t do anything with the case

C. will best settle the problem

D. will disturb her children

58. What does “to do that” refer to in the second paragraph?

A. To live with John．

B．To hire a house for John．

C．To allow John to see the children

D．To ask John to set up a regular life.

59. What does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph mean?

A．Jane’s life is very difficult．

B．Jane continues to live as usual．

C．Jane almost can’t control her lire

D．Jane works very hard to live a happy life．

60. Which word can best describe Jane?

A. Proud．

B．Fierce．

C．Determined．

D．Independent

　 I can’t _____ you running up and down all day long.

　　A. permit　　B. let   C. have　　D. allow