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Well, I got this as a present from my father when I was 14. And I like it very much. But my family thought I might lose my interest soon, and then I went off the idea. Mum doesn’t believe there will be any money in it, but Dad is quite interested because besides football it’s the only thing I can talk to him about at the moment. If you’re not going to make the effort to practice it, no one is ever going to be interested in you. I think one of the reasons you see few people playing in concerts is that they are not willing to do all that work.

What is the father interested in （　）
A. Singing and dancing.
B. Gift-making.
C. Football.

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Well, I got this as a present from my father when I was 14. And I like it very much. But my family thought I might lose my interest soon, and then I went off the idea. Mum doesn’t believe there will be any money in it, but Dad is quite interested because besides football it’s the only thing I can talk to him about at the moment. If you’re not going to make the effort to practice it, no one is ever going to be interested in you. I think one of the reasons you see few people playing in concerts is that they are not willing to do all that work.

What is the man talking about （　）
A. A piece of sports equipment.
B. A musical instrument.
C. A computer game.

[填空题]I got a birthday present from my father as soon as I got home from school．
My father ______ me a birthday present as soon as I got home from school．

[填空题]I got a birthday present form my father as soon as I got home from school.
My father ______ me a birthday present as soon as I got home from school.

[填空题]My father spent 100 yuan on my present．
It ______ my father 100 yuan to buy my present．

[单项选择]TEXT D The first clue came when I got my hair cut．The stylist offered not just the usual coffee or tea but a complimentary nail—polish change while 1 waited for my hair to dry．Maybe she hoped this little amenity would slow the growing inclination of women to stretch each haircut to last four months while nursing our hair back to whatever natural colour we long ago forgot． Then there was the appliance salesman who offered to carry my bags as we toured the microwave aisle．When I called my husband to ask him to check some specs online，the salesman offered a pre-emptive discount，lest the surfing turn up the same model cheaper in another store．That night，for the first time，I saw the Hyundai ad promising shoppers that if they buy a car and then lose their job in the next year，they can return it． Suddenly everything’s on sale．The upside to the economic downturn is the immense incentive it gives retailers to treat you like a queen for a day．During the flush times．Salespeople we
A. Shops try all kinds of means to please customers．
B. Shops，large or small，are offering big discounts．
C. Women tend to have their hair cut less frequently．
D. Customers refrain from buying things impulsively．

[填空题]When they got back from the cinema they found their house _____ fire.

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W: When will my watch be ready
M: Well, it is 7:00 o’clock by my watch, and I’ll get it ready in a couple of hours.

When can the woman get her watch （）
A. A．At 9 M.
B. B．At 9 P.
C. C．At 2 M.
D. D．At 12 P.

[填空题]When she got back from the South, Susan had her car(wash)（）thoroughly.

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When I was graduating from college，my generation also found the world in a 32 ．The economic machinery had broken 33 almost everywhere：In this country nearly a quarter of the 34 was out of work. A major war seemed all 35 likely．As a college newspaper editor at that time，I protested against this 36 as vehemently as student activists are protesting today． I wonder if this blandness of our diet doesn’t explain 37 so many of us are overweight and even dangerously so．When things had flavor, we knew what we were eating all the 38 — and it satisfied us．A 39 of my mother-in-law’s wild strawberry jam will entirely satisfy your j am desire．But，of the 40 tinned or glass-packed strawberry jam，you need half a cupful to get the 41 of what you’re eating． Literacy may not be an inalienable human right，but it is 42 that the highly literate Founding Fathers might not have found un