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中，选出一个最佳答案.

　　Mr Brown lives in Sydney. His house is about five kilometres __1__ his office and the bus can __2__ him there. He likes football very much and wants to __3__ the football matches. His wife likes to buy nice clothes and __4__ her husband give all his wages (工资) to her and he has to do __5__ she says. Then she

always __6__ some fares (车费) back to him. Of course Mr Brown doesn't have any money to buy the __7__.

　　One evening he went to watch a football match. He bought a ticket __8__ all his money and he __9__ to go home __10__ foot. When he __11__ home, he was tired, but felt __12__. Since then he began to go to work on foot. But he is __13__ to tell his wife about it.

　　This morning when he was having breakfast, he __14__ a piece of news over the radio: the bus fares were going to __15__ in price. He hurried to turn it __16__, but it was too __17__. His wife asked, “What did the radio say?”

　　He had to __18__ her all he heard．Then he became sad and said, “what a pity !”

　　“You must be happy, I think,” said his wife. “You will save some __19__.”

　　“Sorry. I can't __20__ with you,” said Mr Brown. “I'll watch two matches short a month!”

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　　Building a house costs quite a lot of money. (1) you plan to build a house. Your first (2) will be to find a right piece of land. Your choice will depend on many different things. You will probably try to (3) a sunny place, with (4) surroundings near shops and bus stops, not too far from your friends and the place where you work.

　　Next you will find an excellent (5) , and together with the builder you will work out a (6) . The builder will draw the plan. It will (7) the number of rooms, their position and size, and other parts which must be noticed, (8) windows, doors and electric outlets. The builder will work out (9) is needed to (10) your house. He will (11) the cost of the wood, bricks, the glass, and (12) else that must be used in building the house. Later on, when he starts to build, this estimate (预算) must be corrected and revised. His estimate is based on existing (13) , but prices of such things may (14) , and many other things may happen (15) the time when he makes the estimate and the time when he builds the house.

　　When the builder gives his estimate, you may wish to (16) your plan. (You may also wish to change your builder, if his estimate is too (17) !) You may find that some of the features you wanted at first (18) too much, or that you can spend a little more and (19) something to your plan. The builder's estimate depends on the plan, (20) the final plan depends on the builder's estimate.

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　　Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father __1__ in the cotton mills (纱厂) of Blackburn, Lancashire in the 1920s, but he was often __2__ to work because of poor health. The family couldn't __3__ to pay the rent (租金), and the children often went __4__. After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was wondering __5__ to do when Mr. Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ￡ 100 to start his own __6__.

　　It was just after the war. Raw materials were not plentiful, and Jack (without __7__ his parents' advice) saw a future in scrap metal (金属切屑). He bought bits of metal and stored them in an old garage. When he had built up a sizeable amount, he sold it and __8__ plenty of money. Jack __9__ working hard．After one year he succeeded in __10__ the￡ 100 and he also __11__ to give Mr. Walker 100% interest to thank him for his generosity (慷慨).

　　By the time Jack was 30 years old he __12__ his first million, and he wanted to celebrate (庆祝) this progress __13__ doing something “great”. With all his money __14__ was possible to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the __15__ of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.

　　Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for ￡ 500 million, __16__ Jack still can't get used to __17__. He can often be found drinking with the locals (当地居民) at the local pub (小酒店).

　　“I remember being very __18__ as a child, but __19__ unhappy as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget __20__ I came from and who I am.”

　　  Lancashire people are proud of their local hero (英雄).

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案.

　　Have you ever been to or passed by fire stations? Fire stations are exciting places for most people. Under 1 conditions, the great doors are shut , and behind them, the fire engines wait 2 , brightly cleaned and lovingly 3 for. But the moment the fire alarm sounds, the huge doors open 4 and the firemen come 5 , perhaps sliding(滑)down the pole from upstairs. The powerful motors spring to life and the men 6 on as the fire engines shoot out and 7 down the street, with alarm bells ringing. In large towns, the firemen are hired on a 8 basis, that is to say, their full-time job fighting fire and they have 9 other work. 10 in many smaller places, the firemen have their own jobs to do, 11 the work of fighting fires, and they 12 come to the fire station when they called．It is not 13to hear the fire alarm, and then to 14 , seconds later, men 15 from all parts of the town, in cars, on bikes, on foot, in the direction of the 16 .

　　But firemen are called out for 17 fighting fires. They are often asked to advise on fire 18 .They are also called to rescue cats from trees, to free small boys whose heads have got 19 between iron railings(栏杆)or save ladies who have 20 got locked in public women's.

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　　Hundereds of years ago, life was  1 than 2  today. People didn't have modern machines. There 3 modern medicine, 4 .

　　Life today 5 5new problems. One of the biggest is pollution (污染). Water pollution has 6 our rivers and lakes dirty. It kills our fish and affects (影响) our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us 7 louder and 8 . Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. It affects 9 living thing in the world.

　　Cars, planes and factories all pollute (污染) our air every day. Sometimes the pollution is so 10 that it is like a quilt (被子) 11 a city. This kind of quilt12 smog.

　　Many countries are making new laws (法律) to fight pollution. Factories must now clean their water 13 away, they mustn't blow dirty smoke into the air.

　　We need to do many other things. We can put waste things in the dustbin (垃圾箱) and 14 throw it on the ground．We can go to work by bus 15 with our friends 16 . If 17 people driving, there will be 18 pollution.

　　Laws are not 19 . Every person must 20 against pollution.

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案.

14, Woodman Road,

Two Bridges,

West Sussex.

25th February

　　Cosmo Books Ltd.

　　Hertford Estate,

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　　Middx.

　　Ref. GBS / SW / 4CJ

　　Dear Sir,

　　Just over six months ago, I saw an advertisement in the Morning Mail for a set of the complete works of William Shakespeare. Your company, Cosmo Books Ltd. 1 this set（eight books of plays and two books of poetry） at 2 was claimed to be a 'remarkable' 3 : fifteen pounds and fifty pence, 4 postage and packing. I had wanted a set of Shakespeare's plays and poems for some time, and these books in red imitation leather, looked particularly 5 ; so I sent for them. Two weeks later, the books arrived, 6 with a set of the complete works of Charles Dickens which I had not 7 , so I returned the Dickens books to you, with a 8 for fifteen pounds and fifty pence for the works of Shakespeare. Two more weeks passed. Then there 9 on my door step a second set of the works of Shakespeare, the same set of novels by Dickens and a six-book set of the plays of Moliere, in French. Since I don't read French, these were of no use to me at all. 10 , I could not afford to post all these books back to you, so I wrote to You at the end of August of last year, instructing you to come and 11 all the books that I did not want, and asking you not to send any other books until further 12 . You did not reply to that letter. 13 you sent me a bill for forty-two pounds, and a set of the plays of Schiller, in German. Since then, a new set of books has arrived every two 14 : the works of Goethe, the poems of Milton, the plays of Strindberg; I 15 know what I have. The books are still all in their boxes, in the garage, and my car has to 16 in the rain outside.

　　I have no 17 for any more books, and even if I read from now on until the Last 18 , I should not finish reading all the books that you have sent me.

　　Please send no more books, send no more bills, send no more angry letters 19 payment. Just send one large lorry and take all the books away, 20 me only with the one set of the complete works of Shakespeare for which I have paid.

Yours faithfully,

SIMON ALKER

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　　Working on a newspaper is a very busy job. Many newspapers (1) 1 each day, and they have to (2) people with all the latest news. The editor is in (3) of the paper. Reporters (4) news stories and write them. The paper is printed so that it is (5) sale every morning.

　　People (6) up the editor when something interesting (7) . The editor sends a reporter and a photographer to find out (7) about it.

　　The reporter phones the newspaper to tell the story. A typist types it (9) .

　　Next, the editor decides how much“space”to give the story. Important stories (10) most of a page. The stories are keyed into a computer and (11) print.

　　The first copies are called“proofs”(n.校样). Another editor (12) mistakes. The stories are all (13) in the paper. Then the paper is printed.

　　The newspapers are (14) by lorry, plane or rail. (15) are taken all over the country.

　　The (16) arrive early in the morning, and people buy them.

　　Not all newspapers (17) every day. Some are weekly with a Sunday edition. Local (adj.地方的) newspapers (18) the news for different parts of the country.

　　Working on a daily paper is always busy. But people working on weekly papers do not have to work (19) such a hurry. Sometimes reporters (20) all over the world to report news.

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My husband hasn't stopped laughing about a funny thing that __1__ to me. It is funny now but it wasn't __2__. __3__ Friday, after __4__ all family shopping in town, I wanted a rest __5__ catching the train, so I bought a newspaper and some chocolate and went into the __6__ coffee shop--that cheap, self-service place with long tables to __7__. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, put the newspaper and chocolate on the table to keep __8__, and went to get a cup of coffee.

When I came back with the coffee, there was someone in __9__. It was one of those wild-looking youngsters, __10__ dark glasses and torn __11__, and hair colored bright red at the front. Not so unusual these days. What __12__ surprise me was that he had started to eat my chocolate.

Naturally, I was annoyed, __13__, to avoid trouble--and really I was rather __14__ about him. I just looked down at the front page of the newspaper, tasted my coffee, and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me closely. Then he took __15__ piece of my chocolate. I could __16__ believe it. Still I didn't dare to __17__ an argument. When he took a third piece, I felt more __18__ than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got it.

The boy __19__ me a strange look, then stood up. __20__ he left he shouted out, “This __21__ is crazy,” Everyone stareD．That was embarrassing (令人难堪的) enough, but it was __22__ when I finished my coffee and got ready to leave. My face went red--as red as __23__--when I realized I'd made a __24__. It wasn't my chocolate that he had been taking, There was mine, unopened, just __25__ my newspaper.

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　　In the nineteenth century Charles Dickens, the English novelist, wrote excitedly 1 a stagecoach(驿站马车), pulled along by a team of horses that could 2 more than twenty miles of road within sixty minutes. To us in the twentieth century, in 3 man is able to move and to communicate with such rapidity, the 4 of the stagecoach seems no speed at all. Aeroplanes fly many hundreds of miles in an hour; express train 5 four times the speed of the stagecoach; and ever without 6 ; we can, by wireless or telegraph, communicate with seconds with people on 7 side of the globe.

　　The 8 of these increased speeds are numerous. Business 9 say, from Europe to America or to the Far East can save much time, 10 a journey that would once have taken weeks 11 now, by air, only twenty-four hours. Fruit, vegetables and other goods than world go bad 12 a long, slow journey can now be safely sent to far distant places. Members of one family 13 each other by vast distances can have conversation with each other by telephone 14 if they were all sitting in the same room.

　　Not all the effects of speed, however are 15 . People who are in the habit of using motor cars 16 they want to move half a mile become physically lazy and lose the 17 of enjoying a vigorous (精力充沛的) walk. Those who travel through a country at eighty miles an hour do not see much of the life of that country, of its people and animals and plants, as they flash 18 . They become so anxious about moving quickly from one place to another that they are 19 able to relax and enjoy a

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Mr And Mrs Jones' house was full of suitcases, packages and packed-up boxes. The two of them were __1__ with pencils and paper, __2__ their luggage, when there was a __3__ at the door. Mr Jones went to __4__ it and saw a well-dressed middle-aged lady outside. The lady said that she lived in the house __5__ theirs, and that she had come to __6__ them to their new home.

The Jones invited her in, after __7__ for the state of the house.

“Oh, __8__,” she answered．“Do you know in some parts of this __9__ neighbours are not at all __10__? There are some streets where people do not __11__ their neighbours, __12__ their next-door ones. __13__ in this streeteverybody is friends with __14__ else. We are one big, happy family. I'm __15__ that you will be __16__ here.”

The well-dressed lady got a __17__ when she came to visit the house the __18__ time, because she found a quite __19__ man and woman in it. Mr And Mrs Jones had not had the __20__ to tell her that they were not the new __21__ of the house, who were to move __22__ the next day, but the--__23__ ones, who had lived beside her __24__ two years without ever having visited her __25__ even noticing her existence.

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