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　　Motor cars were 1 made in England just before 1900. The parts for the bodies and engines(发动) were hand-made and the cars were built from these 2 . This 3 a long time and the cars cost a lot of money.

　　Some of these old cars are 4 running and every year 5 a race(竞赛) from London to Brighton.

　　The car makers had to find a quicker and 6 way of making cars so that more people could buy them.

　　Instead of making all the parts at their own works, some car makers 7 other factories to do this. The parts were only fitted together by the car makers.

　　An American whose name was Henry Ford found a quick way of making cars. He had a group of men who fitted together each part of a car. Then the men 8 to another car. Other men brought the parts to them.

　　When the cars were finished, they were driven away and another line of cars was started.

　　Today the cars are carried by a moving track(输送带). Modem car-making works are 9 large that each one is really a lot of factories close together. 10 of men and women work in each factory and make and assemble(装配) by many different parts of cars.

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An English Dinner

　　Meg and Ted ask their Chinese friends to Borne and have dinner with them. What will they cook? Ted has no idea. Meg thinks they'd better give their guests something different to eat. Meg makes a shopping list and Ted does some shopping. They need beef, chicken, fish, eggs, peas, carrots, cabbages, tomatoes and potatoes. They need juice, bread and fruits, too.

　　When everything is ready, Meg and Ted start to prepare the dinner. Ted prepares the first course-soup and fruit juice. They are appetizers. Meg prepares the main course. She cooks meats and vegetables. She prepares fish and chips. Fish and chips are very popular with the English. Meg prepares the desserts, too. Desserts are sweet and delicious. It is the third worse. In this course, the English usually have ice-cream and cakes.

　　When their guests come, everything is ready. Ted and Meg sit at their table with their guests. They start to have the soup and the juice. When they finish the appetizers, Ted takes away the dishes. Meg brings meat, vegetables, fish and chips onto the table. After the main course, they enjoy ice-cream and cakes.

　　The whole meal is over. The guests are leaving. They thank Ted and Meg for their delicious meal. They say they really enjoy the food. Ted and Meg are glad that their guests like their food.

dessert, juice, soup, dishes, main, courses, appetizer, popular

1．At an English dinner, people have an ________ before the ________ course.

2．Ted and Meg give their guests a dinner of three ________.

3．Nowadays Macdonald is very ________ with the children in China.

4．The ________ is something sweet, such as fruit pie, ice-cream or cake.

5．Ann washes the ________ after dinner every day.

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　　A man took a pair of shoes to a shoe repair shop and said to the shoemaker, “I'd like you to repair these shoes for me, please.”

　　“Certainly, sir.” the shoemaker said.

　　“When will they be ready?” the man asked.

　　“I'm a bit busy, but I think they'll be ready for you on Thursday.” he said.

　　“That's fine.” the man siad, and left the shop.

　　The next morning the man got a letter. He was asked to work in another country. Twelve hours later, he got on the plane.

　　Twenty years passed and he returned to his hometown. He remembered his shoes.

　　“They were a good pair of shoes.” he thought.

　　“I wonder if the shoemaker is still there and still has them. I'll go and see.”

　　He was pleased to see that the shoemaker was still in the same shop, though he was an old man by now.

　　“Good morning.” he said to him, “Twenty years ago, I brought in a pair of shoes to be repaired. Do you think you've still got them?”

　　“Name, please?” the old shoemaker asked.

　　“Smith.” the man said.

　　“Just a moment, please. I'll go and see.”

　　The shoemaker went to the back of his shop, and a few minutes later he returned, carrying the pair of shoes.

　　“Here they are.” he said, “One pair of brown shoes to be repaired. I'm a bit busy now. But I think they'll be ready on Thursady.”

根据文章内容选择最佳答案。

1．Which of the following is true?

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A．Mr Smith and shoemaker were old friends.

B．Mr Smith wanted the shoemaker to make him a new pair of shoes.

C．Mr Smith wanted his shoes to be repaired in twelve hours.

D．Mr Smith didn't mind whether his shoes would be repaired on Thursday or not.

2．Why didn't Mr Smith return to take his shoes on Thursday? Because ________.

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A．the shoemaker had forgotten to repair his shoes

B．he went out of his country

C．he knew his shoes were not ready

D．both B and C

3．Mr Smith was back to his hometown ________.

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4．The shoemaker ________.

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A．remembered him well

B．had his shoes repaired

C．had forgotten to repair his shoes for 20 years

D．repaired the shoes quickly

5．Which is the best title (题目) for the story?

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The bicycle is one of the simplest yet most useful inventions in the world. What is most surprising is that it was not ___1__ earlier, although the great inventor Leonardo Da Vinci had drawn pictures for bicycles and also for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced___2___ long after he died.
　　A person riding a bicycle uses ___3___ energy to make the bicycle move, and there is no pollution at all when you are riding. Even so, in developed ____4___, most people don’t travel to work by bicycle. It is not because the bicycles are expensive or people feel___5____ if they ride to work. It’s because __6___ cars on the roads becomes larger. It certainly becomes ___7___ to ride a bicycle. As a result, more people put their bicycles away and go to work ___8___ their cars cars, and in this way, the situation is made more serious.___9___ the best way to make riding safer and more popular is to create paths (开设通道) only for bicycles, and to make ___10___ so difficult and expensive for drivers to take their cars into the city that they will go back to use their bicycles.

【小题1】

A．invent B．inventing C．invented D．to invent

【小题2】

A．before B．when C．since D．until

【小题3】

A．much B．quite a lot of C．very little D．many

【小题4】

A．world B．countries C．land D．earth

【小题5】

A．lucky B．glad C．sorry D．tired

【小题6】

A．the number of B．a number of C．this kind of D．all kinds of

【小题7】

A．safer B．more dangerous C．much dangerous D．safe

【小题8】

A．by B．in C．use D．drive

【小题9】

A．Hardly B．May be C．Perhaps D．Nearly

【小题10】

A．it B．them C．us D．that