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　　Once my neighbor visited his mother in Boston．He took her to a shoe store to buy a new pair of shoes．As his mother tried on different styles, my neighbor took the manager aside(旁边)．"When she picks out a pair that she likes, " he said, "Just tell her that the price is 12 dollars．I want to pay for the shoes．I don't care how much it is．Here is my check．"

　　The following week, my neighbor walked by the shoe store and the manager recognized him and called him in．

　　"What's the problem? " asked my neighbor as he entered the store．

　　"Was there anything wrong with my check? "

　　"That's not it, " answered the manager．"The problem is that your mother is bringing all her friends in for those 12-dollar shoes! "

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阅读理解，阅读下面的四篇短文，根据短文内容，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

　　What do you want to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? How about an ice-cream taster?

　　Yes, there really is a job where you can get paid to taste ice cream．Just ask John Harrison, an “Official Taste Tester” for the past 2l years．Harrison's job has been responsible for approving(批准)large numbers of the sweet ice cream-as well as for developing over 15 flavors(味道)．

　　Some people think that it would be easy to do this job; after all, you just have to like ice cream, right? No-there's more to the job than that, says Harrison, who has a degree in chemistry．He points out that a dairy or food-science degree would be very useful to someone wanting a job in this “cool field”．

　　In a typical morning on the job, Harrison tastes and grades 60 ice-cream samples．He lets the ice cream warm up to about 12^oF．Harrison explains, “You get more flavor from warmer ice cream, which is why some kids like to stir it, creating ice-cream soup．”

　　While the ice cream warms up, Harrison looks over the samples and grades each one on its appearance．“Tasting begins with the eyes, ” he explains．He checks to see if the ice cream is attractive and asks himself, “Does the product have the colour expected from that flavor? ” Next it's time to taste!

Continuing to think up new ideas, try out new flavors and test samples from so many kinds of ice cream each day keeps Harrison busy but happy – working at one cool job．

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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

　　I really only meant it as a joke．I wasn't trying to steal anything honestly．

　　My friend Matthew started bringing his new cell phone to class last week．He was walking around bragging(吹嘘)about it to everyone．He was saying, "My cell phone can download(下载)the newest 　　1　　 off the internet．" Then he 　　2　　 everyone by downloading a game and starting to play it．The pictures and sound were really 　　3　　．

　　　　4　　 class, he would use his cell phone to watch TV．

　　The test of us didn't have a phone like 　　5　　, so we had to crowd around him．I was just trying to see the screen, 　　6　　 there were so many other kids that I could not see it clearly．I was getting really jealous(嫉妒)．

　　But then yesterday, he forgot his cell phone at the end of class．He left it right on his desk．　　7　　 noticed it was there except me．I decided to teach him a lesson．I took his phone quietly off the desk, and put it in my own bag．My 　　8　　 was to give it back to him the next day．I 　　9　　 wanted to see his reaction(反应)．Maybe he would stop being such a show-off．

　　But this morning he rushed into class, screaming and yelling(吼叫)．He was very 　　10　　 and almost mad．He started accusing(指责)different people of 　　11　　 his phone, but I had it in my 　　12　　 the whole time．He even started fighting with another classmate 　　13　　 Matthew was sure that person had taken it．The teacher sent them to the headmaster's office．They 　　14　　 got in a lot of trouble．Now I don't know what to 　　15　　! If I tell him that I took the cell phone, he'll think I stole it．If I don't tell him, then I really did steal it．How did I get into such a trouble?

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