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　　Many people think New York is a noisy city, even inside the taxis. When you get into a taxi, you hear the voice of a well-known singer, a sport star or some other famous persons giving instructions. The voice of the famous person tells you what to do. One popular singer gives this message, “Cats have nine lives, but you have only one, so buckle your seat belt (系好安全带).” Other voices say things such as “Don't forget to take your things when you leave.”

　　Many people get annoyed by the voices. Taxi drivers also don't like the messages. “I play the messages 12 hours a day, I hear the same voice 60 times a day. It makes me crazy (发疯) ” says Amir, a taxi driver. “But if I don't play the messages, I'll get fined (罚款) 100 dollars.”A lot of passengers (乘客) complain (抱怨)too. “It's too much noise,” says a passenger, “I asked the driver to turn off the message, but he said he couldn't.”

　　Other people think the voices are a great idea. One taxi driver says, “People like to hear the voice, they put on their seat belts more often.” And passengers from out of the city really like the idea. “Most of the time taxi drivers are in bad mood (心情),” says Melainie Benton, who visits New York often on business. “It's nice to hear such a voice when you get into a taxi.”

1．Why should people buckle the seat belts in the taxi？

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A．Because it can make people safe.

B．Because people can hear the voices clearly.

C．Because people are afraid to be fined by the policemen.

D．Because it can help people not forget to take their things.

2．The underlined word “annoyed” means________.

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3．From the text we know________.

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A．cats have nine lives but men have only one

B．the voices make all the taxi drivers crazy

C．the voices can let you know many famous persons

D．there are two different ideas about playing the messages

　　1.Peter把他所有的家产都送了人，出家为僧。

　　Peter _____ _____ _____ _______________ _____ and became a monk.

　　2.你就不能破一次例吗?

　　Can’t you _____ _____ _____ just this one time?

　　3.他无法控制怒气。

　　He couldn't _____ _____ _____ _____.

　　4.那么，你必须和其他人一样排队等候。

　　Well, you have to _____ _____ _____ like everyone else.

　　5.因为这些压力，现在我不能更多的把这一行当视为艺术，而仅仅是一种谋生手段。

　　This isn't like doing artwork for me anymore because of the stress. Now I'm just trying to _____ _____ _____.

　　6.但是还有其它大量的迹象表明，一切都出了问题。

　　There are _____ _____ other signs that all is not well.

　　7.我有来自世界各地的邮票。I have stamps from _____ _____ _____ _____.

　　8.在我生病期间，我没有花多少零用钱。

　　While I was sick, I hadn’t spent any of my _____ _____.