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1、A：T B：F答案：A（2）、Martin Luther King was a black minister only.B（3）、Martin Luther Kings Day has been a federal holiday for more than 40 years.（4）、The underlined word delivered in the second paragraph could be replaced by gave.（5）、The best title for this passage is Civil Rights Law43、A public house whic

2、h was recently bought by Mr. James is up for sale. He is going to sell it because it is haunted （闹鬼的）. He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar. The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had b

3、een moved. Though Mr. James had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning. He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost （鬼） must have drunk the night before. When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, he shook h

4、is head. The villagers have told him that they will not accept it even if he gives it away. （1）、Mr. James was the owner of the public house. （2）、Mr. James had not turned off the lights that night.（3）、Mr. James built the house. （4）、Mr. James found sixty empty bottles. B （5）、The writer of the passage

5、believes Mr. James story. 44、Great changes have been made in family life because of science and industry. In the past, when more Americans lived on farms, the typical family had many children. In a farm family, parents and their children often lived with grandparents. Often, too, uncles and aunts li

6、ved nearby. But when industry became more important than agriculture in American life, families became smaller because industry requires workers who are ready and able to move off the land and to move again whenever necessary. And large families can not be moved from place to place as smaller famili

7、es can. So, at present people tend to have smaller families. In the future, because of industrialization, a typical family will be required to move even more often than now, so families will be even smaller. The typical family may remain childless and consists only of a man and a woman. A small numb

8、er of families may take child raising as their chief work. At the same time they may also raise other peoples children, leaving those families free to move from job to job. （1）、The passage discusses influence of science and industry on American families. （2）、Families of the past, the present and the

9、 future are described in the passage. （3）、People no longer want to have children. （4）、Grandparents will take the chief responsibility of raising children in the future. （5）、Large families cannot fit in with a highly industrialized society. 45、My husband had just bought a new washing machine for me.

10、I decided to use it and I washed a lot of things.Everything worked well, but I found one of my husbands socks missing. I looked everywhere for it, but I couldnt find it anywhere. The next morning, I got ready for school as usual. When the bell rang, the students came in. I greeted them first and the

11、n told them what we were going to do that day. When I turned around to write on the blackboard, the class broke out a roar! They laughed and laughed. They laughed so much, in fact, that I was afraid the headmaster would be into seeing all this. I asked the class to stop, but the more I talked, the m

12、ore they laughed. I decided to pay no attention to them and I continued to write on the blackboard. When I did this, they roared even more.Finally, the teacher who had the room next to mine came in to see what all the laughter was about. When he came in, he started laughing, too! Good heavens, I sai

13、d. Will someone please tell me what is so funny?Oh, God, said the teacher. You have a brown sock to the back of your skirt! So thats how I found my husbands missing sock.Oh, well, I said to the class. Lets just say you have had an unforgettable lesson on static （静止的） electricity.（1）、The writer was a

14、 teacher.（2）、When the writer turned around to write on the blackboard, the class began to laugh loudly.（3）、She couldnt find one of her husbands socks, because her husband had taken it away.（4）、The teacher from the next room laughed, because he found a sock on the back of the writers skirt.（5）、The st

15、udents told her about the laughing.46、Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in line, others were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teach

16、er was trying to keep them in line. Tom looked around, but there was no place for him to sit. He walked into the station cafe. He looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror on the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Toms workmates came in

17、 and sat with Tom.What time is your bus? asked Mike. Theres plenty of time yet answered Tom. Well, Ill get you some more tea then said Mike. They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again. Oh! Its going backward he cried. A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve, and now its half pa

18、st eleven.Youre looking at the clock in the mirror. said Mike. Tom was so sad. The next bus was not to leave for another hour. Since then Tom has never liked mirrors.（1）、Tom went into the station cafe because Mike asked him to have a cup of tea.（2）、Tom and Mike talked while drinking.A （3）、When Tom l

19、ooked at the clock in the mirror, its actually half past twelve.（4）、From the story we know that when we look at a clock in a mirror, we will find its going backward.（5）、Tom arrived in Paris on time.47、My Aunt Edith was a widow of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thou

20、ght to be a very serious heart disease.Aunt Edith didnt accept defeat easily. She began studying medical reports in the library and found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart surgeon, Dr. Michael DeBakey, of Houston, Texas. He had saved the life of someone with the same disease. The art

21、icle said his fees were very high; Aunt Edith couldnt possibly pay them. But could he tell her of someone whose fees she could pay?So Aunt Edith wrote to him. She simply listed her reasons for wanting to live: her three children, who would be on their own in three or four more years; her little-girl

22、 dream of traveling and seeing the world. There wasnt a word of self-pityonly warmth and humor and the joy of living. She mailed the letter, not really expecting an answer.A few days later, my doorbell rang. Aunt Edith didnt wait to come in; she stood in the hall and read aloud: Your beautiful lette

23、r moved me very deeply. If you can come to Houston, there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation. Signed :Michael DeBakey （1）、Aunt Edith stopped working as a secretary when she knew she had a very serious heart disease.（2）、From the story we can see Aunt Edith accepted defeat easi

24、ly. （3）、In Aunt Ediths letter to the doctor, she showed she was warm, humorous and enjoying living. （4）、When Aunt Edith mailed her letter, she didnt expect the doctor would give her a reply. （5）、Michael DeBakey mainly told Aunt Edith in the letter that her disease was so serious that he couldnt cure

25、 her.48、People often say that the Englishmans home is his castle. They mean that the home is very important and personal. Most people in Britain live in houses rather than flats, and many people own their homes. This means that they can make them personal, and change them in any way they like. Most

26、houses have a garden, even if it is a small one, and the garden is usually loved. The house and the garden are the private space of a person. In a crowded city a person knows that he or she has a private space which is only for himself or herself and for invited friends.People usually like to mark t

27、heir space. If you are on the beach you may have spread your towels around you; in the rain you may have put your coat or small bag on the seat beside you; in a library you may spread your books around you. Once I was traveling on a train to London. I was on a section for four people and there was a table between us. The man opposite to me had his briefcase