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Ⅴ Daily Conversation Directions: Pick out the appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogues by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. A. do you want to play tennis B. are you joking C. It sounds like an excellent job D. It’s boring E. that’s a good idea F. not very well G. Would you like to try some H. I’m sure it isn’t so bad Susan: Oh, this is lovely. (56) Christine: No thanks, Susan. I’m really enjoying my pasta! Susan: So, (57) this weekend Christine: I’m afraid I can’t play tennis. Susan: NO, (58) I’m sure you can play tennis. EVERYBODY can play tennis. Christine: Well, I can’t. BUT I can play golf. Susan: Really, I can play golf, too. but (59) . Christine: I have an idea. Why don’t we play tennis this weekend and then next weekend golf Susan: OK, (60) . You don’t play tennis--I don’t play golf. We b

Passage One
The dog has always been considered man’ s best friend. Always noted for being particularly faithful in watching over children, he also has his place by the fireside, in the cow pasture, on the sheep range(放牧区), and beside the hunter in forest. He is easy to train, works hard, and often performs astonishing feats. And in the frozen polar regions he was once the principal motive power, before being lately displaced by the plane and helicopter.
Because he howls or whines in the presence of impending death, the dog was once thought to have supernatural powers and believed to be capable of seeing gods and ghosts invisible to men. Actually, the basis for these beliefs lies in the hound’ s sensibility to people’ s feelings and his superior hearing ability and sense of smell, which enable him to detect signs hidden from human observation. His record of saving lives is outstanding, for he often gives warning of fire and other dangers no
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Researchers produced evidence to support what most of us already knew--that a cup of tea is the answer to any crisis.
Dr. Malcolm Cross, a psychologist at City University London, tested the anxiety levels of a group of people following a (41) situation and revealed that even a single cup of tea has a (42) calming effect. His team gave 42 volunteers a mental arithmetic exam and (43) offered half of them a cup of tea and the other half a glass of water. The water group’s anxiety levels soared (44) 25 percent compared to before the task, (45) the tea group actually reported a four percent reduction in anxiety---despite the difficult test, they were more relaxed than when they started.
According to a survey carried out for the research, 68 percent of Britons (46) tea in a dilemma, making it the nation’s most common response to trouble of (47) kind. About 60 percent said the promise of comfort a
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