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I can clearly remember the first time I met Mr. Andrews, my old headmaster, 21 that was over twenty years ago. During the war, I was at school in the north of England. As soon as it ended, my family returned to London. There were not enough schools left for children to go to and my father had to go from one school to another, asking them to 22 me as a pupil. I used to go with him but he had such a 23 time trying to persuade people even to see him that I seldom had to do any tests. We had been to all the schools near we lived, but the more my father argued, the more 24 it became. In the end, we went to a school about five miles away from home. The headmaster kept us waiting for 25 an hour. While we were waiting, I 26 around at the school building, which was one of those old Victorian structures, completely out of date but still standing. I could hear the boys playing in the playground outside when the headmaster’s secretary finallyA. if
B. despite
C. although
D. since

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I can clearly remember the first time I met Mr. Andrews, my old headmaster, 21 that was over twenty years ago. During the war, I was at school in the north of England. As soon as it ended, my family returned to London. There were not enough schools left for children to go to and my father had to go from one school to another, asking them to 22 me as a pupil. I used to go with him but he had such a 23 time trying to persuade people even to see him that I seldom had to do any tests. We had been to all the schools near we lived, but the more my father argued, the more 24 it became. In the end, we went to a school about five miles away from home. The headmaster kept us waiting for 25 an hour. While we were waiting, I 26 around at the school building, which was one of those old Victorian structures, completely out of date but still standing. I could hear the boys playing in the playground outside when the headmaster’s secretary finallyA. take
B. bring
C. treat
D. get

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I remember quite clearly the first time I was really shaken by my wife’s intuition.
We were looking; for a second-hand car, and I had been much taken by a rather nice drop-head with a well-cared-for appearance.
"Well, she runs nicely,” I told my wife after the try-out. “Good start-up, engine sounds sweet, low mileage and the right price. What do you think"
"I don’t like it"
"Why not"
"I don’t know. There’s just something about lie salesman that I don’t believe. "
A few weeks after we had bought another car elsewhere, I happened to find out the history of the drop-head. It had been seriously damaged in a crash before we saw it, and cleverly done up. The car was, indeed, a very bad risk.
Of all the things about women that their husbands do not understand, perhaps the biggest question is this: How can she often be right about things of which she h
A. When they bought another car.
B. When he learned about the history of the drop-head.
C. When he realized she knew so much about cars.
D. When his wife spoke about the salesman.

[单项选择]Text 1 　　I remember clearly the last time I cried. I was twelve years old, in theseventh grade, and I had tried out for the junior high school basketball team.I walked into the gym; there was a piece of paper on the wall. 　　It was ,a cut list. The boys whose names were on the list were welcometo keep on coming to practices. The boys whose names were not on the list hadbeen cut; their presence ( 出席 ) was no longer desired． 　　Ihad not known the cut was coming that day．I stood andstared at the list．The list had not been made with agreat deal of consideration；the names of the very bestplayers were at the top，and the other members of theteam were listed in what appeared to be a descending(下降)orderof basketball skills．I kept looking at the bottom ofthe list，hoping against hope that my name would appearif I looked hard enough． 　　Iheld myself together as l walked out，but when Igot home I began to cry．For the first time in my life．I had been told officially that l wasn’t good enough．Sport
A. It forced him to change the team．
B. It listed his name at the bottom．
C. It was open to the public．
D. It hurt his pride．