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James wrote a play for television about a family who came to England from India, and the play was
very interesting. It was bought by an American TV company.
James was then invited to go to New York to help them. He lived in Washington, which is an hour
away from New York by air. The plane was going to take off at 8:30 in the morning. So he had to be
at the airport at about 7:30. He ordered a taxi for 6 :30 and went to sleep. He forgot to wind (土条)
the clock, and it stopped after midnight. Also the driver of the taxi had to work very late that night and
he got up very late the next morning.
James woke with the feeling that something was wrong. He looked at his clock. It stood there silently
with the hands pointing to ten past twelve. He turned on the radio and knew it was ten. He was late for
the plane.
He was just preparing his coffee when the radio sent out another news, ""Reports are coming in of a
plane crash (飞机坠落) near Washington airport. A Boeing 707 fly to New York crashed shortly after
taking off this morning. Plane number 2234…"
James suddenly turned pale (苍白).
"My plane," he said aloud. "If I haven"t been late, I"d have been on the plane!"
( )1. James was a writer from England.
( )2. He had to reach the airport at half past eight.
( )3. James would like to take a taxi at six thirty.
( )4. When he turned on the radio he heard the speaker saying that he missed the plane.
( )5. James was lucky because he was not able to get on the plane.
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Once Einstein gave a lecture in many places in America. His driver always listened to him and knew
the lecture so well that he was sure he could give it himself. So Einstein agreed that the driver gave the
lecture himself.
As nobody knew Einstein there, the driver gave the lecture for Einstein that evening. At first he was a
bit afraid, but Einstein"s smile made him feel better. He gave a good lecture and the people were quite
pleased.
Then the driver started to leave and Einstein followed him without a word. When they got to the
door, a man asked the driver a difficult question.
The driver said that the question was very easy, and told the man to ask his driver behind to answer it.
Einstein gave the __1_ lecture again and again. His driver listened to his lecture so many times that he
wanted to give it __2_ . When Einstein knew it, he let the driver 3 the lecture for him that night.
The driver gave a good lecture and the great scientist was quite pleased. When they were __4_ the
lecture room, a man asked the driver a question. To show how easy the question was, the driver asked
Einstein who followed him to answer it
5 him.
talk to him. Even other monsters thought he was ugly.
He lived alone and was very unhappy because he was so lonely.
"I wish I had a friend." he said to himself every day. "One friend would be enough. Someone to
talk to."
"Dear Editor." he wrote. " I am an ugly monster. How can I find a friend?"
"Dear Monster." the Editor replied. " Advertise for a friend in this magazine."
The monster wrote an advertisement.
"Monster wants a friend, male or female. I have two heads, four arms, six legs and here tails. I have
one blue eye, one green eye and one brown eye. Smoke comes out of my noses. But I am really a kind
monster and will be a good friend to someone. If you would like to meet me, please stand outside
Blake"s Store at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 22nd. Write to me at Box 45. Everybody"s Magazine."
A few days later he went to the magazine.
"Do you have any letters for Box 45?" he asked.
The Editor looked in Box 45.
"Yes, there is one." she said, and gave it to him.
The monster opened the letter, and read, "Dear Monster, I think a person"s character is more
important than his appearance. I will wait outside Blake"s Store on Friday. Please carry a flower so
that I will recognize you. Yours sincerely, Miss Alice Thwaite."
B. He was ugly.
C. He had two heads.
D. He had three tails.
B. A friend
C. An editor
D. A male monster
B. Lonely
C. Kind
D. Different
B. She wanted to meet the monster.
C. She needed a flower to recognize him by
D. It was the only reply
In the 1870s, an American discovered bubble gum. 2 name was Thomas Adams. He wanted to
find the use of a chicle（一种树胶). Chicle is a Spanish 3 for sticky water that comes from one kind of Mexican tree.
Mr Adams wanted to make rubber 4 chicle. He worked in his home while he tried to find a way to make the chicle become stronger. He had a son 5 name was Horatio. He also helped his father now
and then.
One day, young Horatio began to chew (咀爵) the chicle while he watched his father work. It did
not 6 very good, but Horatio enjoyed chewing it. Then the young boy began to blow bubbles with the new chicle-which his father had made. Mr Adams had discovered bubble gum 7 .
Mr Adams gave up trying to find a way to make rubber. 8 , he wanted to try to sell the new gum
that he had made. He thought 9 people might like the taste, too.He was 10 . Soon, the new
gum became more and more popular.
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| Tim was ten years old. He was not a very good pupil, and he did not like 1 to do homework because he enjoyed 2 other things in his free time. Frequently he did not do his homework and when he did do it he always 3 a lot of mistakes. One day his mathematics teacher 4 Tim"s homework and saw that he 5 all his sums right. He was very pleased and rather 6 . He called Time to his desk and said to him. "You got all your homework right this time, Tim. What 7 ? Did you father help 8 ?" Usually Tim"s father did help him 9 his homework, but the evening before this, he had not been able to, beca  use he had not been at home, so Tim answered, "No, sir, he was very busy last night, so I had to do it all 10 ." | ||||||||||||||||
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