I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket
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I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. “What is it? ”I wondered. I it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled . Immediately my mind back many years ago.
I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of on my shoulder. On my that day, I came to that company finally, whose owner, Mr. Rader, had always taken me there to his workers whether they wanted any magazines.
off the rain like a wet dog, I entered Mr. Rader’s office. After a quick glance he me over to the fireplace. Noticing the in the top of my , he said, “Come with me! ”pulling me into his truck. We before a shoe store. Inside, a salesman me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had seen. I felt about 10 feet tall when I got up them. “We’d like a pair of new socks too, ”Mr. Rader said.
Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With tearful eyes, I read, “ to others as you would have them do to you. ”He said affectionately(亲切地), “Jimmy, I want you to I love you. ”
I said goodbye, and for the first time I a flicker of hope that somehow things would be all right. With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, and love, and that would always make a .
| 小题1: | | A．read | B．thought | C．turned | D．passed |
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| 小题2: | | A．address | B．list | | C．message | D．information |
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| 小题3: | | A．brought | B．approached | | C．returned | D．traveled |
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| 小题4: | | A．magazines | B．newspapers | | C．notes | D．books |
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| 小题5: | | A．returns | B．rounds | C．trips | D．arrivals |
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| 小题6: | | A．beg | B．demand | C．tell | D．ask |
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| 小题7: | | A．Letting | B．Giving | C．Turning | D．Shaking |
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| 小题8: | | A．followed | B．led | C．watched | D．carried |
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| 小题9: | | A．hole | B．mud | C．water | D．cover |
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| 小题10: | | A．coat | B．shoe | C．sock | D．bag |
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| 小题11: | | A．pulled up | B．took in | | C．drove away | D．walked up |
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| 小题12: | | A．dressed | B．fitted | C．shared | D．comforted |
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| 小题13: | | A．never | B．already | C．ever | D．hardly |
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| 小题15: | | A．pen | B．paper | C．card | D．notebook |
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| 小题16: | | A．Do | B．Give | C．Show | D．Lend |
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| 小题17: | | A．say | B．know | C．consider | D．express |
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| 小题18: | | A．sensed | B．predicted | C．lost | D．admitted |
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| 小题19: | | A．sadness | B．challenge | C．kindness | D．intension |
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| 小题20: | | A．deal | B．fortune | C．choice | D．difference |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:D
小题7:D
小题8:B
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:A
小题12:B
小题13:C
小题14:D
小题15:C
小题16:A
小题17:B
小题18:A
小题19:C
小题20:D |
解析
作者偶然翻开卡片, 思绪回到从前, 恩情永生难忘, 世界如此温暖。一张卡片, 一位好人, 一段美好的人生回忆。
小题1:选C。习语搭配题。作者看到这张卡片后, 把它“翻过来”去看卡片背面的内容。turn over表示“翻转”。
小题2:选C。逻辑推理题。在卡片的背面, 有草草的手写的“信息”, 字都退色了。message一般指口头传递的或书写的信息, 是可数名词。D项通常指消息、情报、资料等, 是不可数名词, 故排除。
小题3:选D。逻辑推理题。看到卡片上的内容, 作者的思绪立刻“回”到了多年以前。
小题4:选A。词汇复现题。根据第二段最后一句中的“magazines”可知作者当时背着一包“杂志”。
小题5:选B。词语辨析题。作者当天转了几圈后, 最终来到了那家公司。
小题6:选D。词语辨析题。Mr. Rader总是把作者带到那里, “询问”他的员工是否想购买作者的杂志。
小题7:选D。习语搭配题。作者像一只落汤鸡一样“抖落”身上的雨水, 走进了他的办公室。shake off“抖掉, 甩掉”, 符合语境。
小题8:选B。习语搭配题。他匆匆地看了一眼, 发觉作者的窘况后, 把作者“领”到壁炉旁。lead sb. to把某人领到……。
小题9:选A。词语辨析题。本段的后半部分提到他为作者购买了一双新鞋, 由此可推知他注意到了作者的鞋上有“洞”。
小题10:选B。词汇复现题。由上文情景和下文的a shoe store可知答案为B。
小题11:选A。词语辨析题。他们将车“停”在一家鞋店前。pull up“停车, 停止”, 符合题意。后三项分别表示“理解, 吸收”、“开走”、“走近”, 都不符合语境。
小题12:选B。词语辨析题。售货员给作者挑选了一双非常合适的鞋, 此处fit用作动词, 意为“使适合”。
小题13:选C。逻辑推理题。这是作者“曾经”见到过的最好的一双牛津鞋。
小题14:选D。词语辨析题。作者穿上这双鞋站起来后, 感觉自己大约有十英尺那么高, in them表示的是in the shoes。
小题15:选C。词汇复现题。文章第一段提到作者看到那张“卡片”后, 思绪回到了从前, 此处与之相呼应。
小题16:选A。词汇复现题。根据本句后半部分中的“do to you”可知此空应用Do。本句的意思是“己所不欲, 勿施于人”。
小题17:选B。词语辨析题。他亲切地说: “吉米, 我想让你知道我爱你。”
小题18:选A。词语辨析题。作者第一次“感觉到”希望的闪现, 不管怎样, 事情总会好起来的。
小题19:选C。逻辑推理题。根据上文叙述的Mr. Rader帮助作者推销杂志以及给作者买鞋等可知他是一个非常善良的人。
小题20:选D。习语搭配题。世界上有了像Mr. Rader这样的人, 就有了希望、善良和关爱, 世界也会因此而不同。make a difference表示“有影响, 起作用”。前三项分别表示“交易”、“财富”、“选择”, 显然有悖文意。 |
举一反三
“Avoid the rush hour” must be the slogan of large cities all over the world. Wherever you look, there are people, people, people. The trains which leave or arrive every few minutes are packed. The streets are so crowded; there is hardly room to move on the pavements. It takes ages for a bus to get to you because the traffic on the roads has almost come to a standstill. Even when a bus does at last arrive, it’s so full, and it can’t take any more passengers. The smallest unexpected event can bring about conditions of complete chaos. The strange thing is not that people stand these conditions, but that they actually choose them in preference to anything else.
Large modern cites are too big to control. People living there are forced by their environment to take a wholly unnatural way of life. They lost touch with the land and rhythm of nature. It is possible to live in such an air-conditioned existence in a large city that you can hardly tell the season. A few flowers in a public park may remind you that it is spring or summer. All the simple, good things of life like sunshine and fresh air are hard to find. Even the distinction between days and nights is lost.
The funny thing about it all is that you pay dearly to live in a city. The demand for accommodation is so great that it is often impossible for ordinary people to buy a house of their own. The cost of living is also very high. Just about everything you buy is likely to be more expensive than it would be in the country. Besides, the crime rate in most cities is very high. If you think about it, they’re not really fit to live in at all. Can anyone really doubt that the country is what man was born for and where he truly belongs?
小题1: According to the writer, . | A．there is a slogan in every large city all over the world | | B．the rush hour traffic is terrible in large cities of the world | | C．one should try to avoid the traffic wherever he is | | D．rush hour exists in large cities but not in small ones |
小题2: It is unusual that . | A．people can stand the conditions in the city | | B．people are used to living in a city | | C．people know little about the problems of a city | | D．people still choose to live in a city |
小题3: City people can hardly tell the seasons because . | A．there in no such thing as changes of seasons | | B．seasons change only in public parks now | | C．they live unnaturally without contact with nature | | D．the temperature changes little between seasons |
小题4:The reason for things to be more expensive in a city than elsewhere is that . | A．city people have to pay higher to live in a city | | B．there is a greater demand for things in a city | | C．things are better in a city than elsewhere | | D．people in a city are much more wealthy |
小题5: What is the passage mainly about? | A．It’s crazy to choose to live in a large city. | | B．City life can be very disagreeable. | | C．Country life is better than city life. | | D．Conditions of cities should be changed. |
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It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn’t healed(痊愈)from a(n) injury. I had whether or not I should attend the meet. But there I was, for the 3, 000-meter run.
“Ready. . . set. . . ”The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed me. I felt as I fell farther and farther behind.
“Hooray! ”shouted the crowd. It was the loudest I had ever heard at a meet. The first-place runner was two laps(圈)ahead of me when she crossed the finish line. “Maybe I should , ”I thought as I moved on. , I decided to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran and decided not to in track next year. It wouldn’t be it, even if my foot did heal.
When I finished, I heard a cheer— than the one I’d heard earlier. I turned around and enough, the boys were preparing for their race. “They must be cheering for the boys. ”I was leaving several girls came up to me. “Wow, you’ve got courage! ”one of them told me.
“Courage? I just a race! ”I thought. “I would have given up on the first lap, ”said another girl. “We were cheering for you. Did you hear us? ”
Suddenly I regained . I decided to track next year. I realized strength and courage aren’t always in medals and victories, but in the we overcome(战胜). The strongest people are not always the people who win, the people who don’t give up when they lose.
| 小题1: | | A．slighter | B．worse | C．earlier | D．heavier |
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| 小题2: | | A．expected | B．supposed | | C．imagined | D．doubted |
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| 小题3: | | A．late | B．eager | C．ready | D．thirsty |
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| 小题4: | | A．from behind | B．ahead of | | C．next to | D．close to |
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| 小题5: | | A．ashamed | B．astonished | | C．excited | D．frightened |
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| 小题6: | | A．cheer | B．shout | C．cry | D．noise |
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| 小题7: | | A．slow down | B．drop out | | C．go on | D．speed up |
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| 小题8: | | A．Therefore | B．Otherwise | | C．Besides | D．However |
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| 小题9: | | A．with delight | B．with fear | | C．in pain | D．in advance |
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| 小题10: | | A．play | B．arrive | C．race | D．attend |
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| 小题11: | | A．worth | B．good | C．valuable | D．close |
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| 小题12: | | A．weaker | B．longer | C．lower | D．louder |
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| 小题13: | | A．well | B．sure | | C．surprisingly | D．strangely |
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| 小题14: | | A．while | B．when | C．as | D．since |
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| 小题15: | | A．finished | B．won | C．passed | D．lost |
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| 小题16: | | A．cheer | B．hope | C．interest | D．experience |
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| 小题17: | | A．hold on | B．turn to | | C．begin with | D．stick with |
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| 小题18: | | A．measured | B．praised | | C．tested | D．increased |
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| 小题19: | | A．sadness | B．struggles | | C．diseases | D．tiredness |
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When I was in my second year of senior high school, a girl called Jeanie in my class made a big name for herself. She had successfully the interviews for a famous women’s university in the USA.
On hearing the news, I told the girl that I her very much. Then, she at me and said the words I will never . “You can also do it! If you have , you realize them. You see, action, dreams are still dreams. If you , the dreams will come true. ”Her words gave me so much . She encouraged me to take action to achieve my dreams. From then on, I spent a lot of time an article for competitions. It was a really for me, not only for my writing but also a of my courage.
After several days’ hard work, I finished it. Even though I lacked , I still handed it in. I knew it was the only that may make my dreams come true. But day in and day out, I waiting and waiting, yet I heard nothing. I was very then.
One day, however, a classmate of mine to an English newspaper and said , “Mary, your is in the newspaper! Is that your article? ”My heart beat heavily. With shock and joy, I the newspaper. The thing I thought was had really happened.
| 小题1: | | A．begun | B．given | C．attended | D．passed |
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| 小题2: | | A．loved | B．admired | | C．congratulated | D．thanked |
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| 小题3: | | A．smiled | B．aimed | C．laughed | D．shouted |
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| 小题4: | | A．doubt | B．understand | | C．forget | D．accept |
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| 小题5: | | A．designs | B．demands | C．actions | D．dreams |
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| 小题6: | | A．into | B．by | C．without | D．with |
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| 小题7: | | A．try | B．like | C．work | D．live |
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| 小题8: | | A．pain | B．inspiration | | C．surprise | D．advice |
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| 小题9: | | A．seeking | B．reciting | | C．reading | D．preparing |
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| 小题10: | | A．shock | B．turn | C．challenge | D．success |
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| 小题11: | | A．test | B．risk | C．part | D．reward |
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| 小题12: | | A．self-respect | B．self-confidence | | C．enthusiasm | D．dream |
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| 小题13: | | A．way | B．suggestion | | C．question | D．purpose |
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| 小题14: | | A．hated | B．kept | | C．meant | D．remembered |
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| 小题15: | | A．worried | B．surprised | | C．disappointed | D．ashamed |
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| 小题16: | | A．wrote | B．explained | C．returned | D．pointed |
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| 小题17: | | A．proudly | B．hopelessly | | C．excitedly | D．angrily |
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| 小题18: | | A．name | B．writing | C．report | D．diary |
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| 小题19: | | A．picked out | B．picked up | | C．made out | D．made up |
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| 小题20: | | A．incorrect | B．impossible | | C．interesting | D．special |
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Do you suppose Darwin, one of the greatest scientists of all time, really did foolish experiments? Or did he do experiments that were so simple and basic that other people just thought they were foolish?
Sometimes, people think they already know the answer to a question or the solution to a problem. Sometimes, they really do know an answer or a solution, but without thinking they are important.
Charles Darwin didn’t settle for(满足于)just thinking he knew something. And, he believed all things could be important however simple they seemed to be.
Suppose you drop sheets of paper that are of exactly the same size and shape. If you drop them at the same time in the same place, they will fall in the same way. Now make one of the sheets of paper into a tight little ball and let it drop along with the other sheets. What happens? You have done an experiment that is so simple that you might think it couldn’t be worth anything.
But this simple experiment is important. It explains part of our present-day understandings of physics, ideas that were worked out long ago by Galileo and Newton. And these understandings set aside some of ancient Greek physics.
Scientists sometimes stop to look at very simple things and to think very hard about them. Even the simplest idea, which we might think is foolish, can shake the foundations of science.
小题1: The passage tells us that Charles Darwin . | A．was a great English scientist | | B．always liked doing the experiments that others thought difficult | | C．thought even the simplest thing was important | | D．didn’t get well with others |
小题2: The underlined phrase “set aside” most probably means . | A．throw away | B．store up | | C．put to use | D．realize |
小题3: The author of the passage tries to . | A．convince us that Charles Darwin, Galileo and Newton are the greatest scientists in the world | | B．draw the conclusion that basic sciences are simple things | | C．prove that two sheets of paper, with the same size and shape, will fall at the same speed | | D．draw our attention to everyday happenings around us |
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE? | A．Darwin really did foolish experiments. | | B．According to some people Darwin did foolish experiments. | | C．It is believed by all the people that things could be important though they seemed to be simple. | | D．Galileo and Newton worked out ancient Greek physics. |
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One day I came home from school, changed my clothes and got ready for work. I worked at a local restaurant in town as a cashier and waiter.
I went to work feeling . And to make matters worse, I was busy that evening. It’s the same thing over and over again, with customers who complain about their food and where they are is too big or too small. Little things like that tend to a lot of us but we manage to deal with them.
Three elderly ladies walked in and sat by the windows. It happened to be the very near where I keep the dirty in the boxes. Trying to keep up with all the dirty tables, customers leaving and coming in and running all over the house, it was crazy. these elderly women were watching I was working to make sure every table was clean and ready for the next customers.
When they their meals, I took their plates back to the kitchen. They talked to me for a while about school, how I was doing, what I was in and what I planned to do in the future.
they were leaving, they walked past me and one of them said to me in a and gentle voice, “You are going places. ”And that was it. They left the and I had tears in my eyes, because they gave me to believe in myself. They my spirit from being down and gave me a to keep on working hard.
People used to tell me that I couldn’t have a career in until I had a degree. I’m now a co-anchor(联合主持人)of a student-produced television . And the best thing is: I’m only 17 years old and I am a senior in high school.
| 小题1: | | A．tired | B．excited | C．up | D．down |
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| 小题2: | | A．dealing | B．helping | C．talking | D．meeting |
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| 小题3: | | A．sat | B．seated | C．laid | D．dressed |
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| 小题4: | | A．attract | B．avoid | C．adjust | D．annoy |
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| 小题5: | | A．employees | B．customers | | C．bosses | D．employers |
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| 小题6: | | A．table | B．box | C．spot | D．kitchen |
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| 小题7: | | A．dishes | B．rooms | C．clothes | D．chairs |
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| 小题8: | | A．men | B．women | C．waiters | D．bosses |
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| 小题9: | | A．And | B．Otherwise | | C．But | D．So |
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| 小题11: | | A．finished | B．completed | C．ordered | D．got |
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| 小题12: | | A．place | B．grade | C．mark | D．position |
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| 小题13: | | A．Before | B．While | C．As | D．After |
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| 小题14: | | A．confident | B．loud | C．low | D．pleasant |
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| 小题15: | | A．kitchen | B．house | C．restaurant | D．table |
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| 小题16: | | A．ability | B．courage | | C．imagination | D．time |
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| 小题17: | | A．put down | B．picked up | | C．took over | D．pointed out |
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| 小题18: | | A．cause | B．reason | | C．present | D．permission |
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| 小题19: | | A．television | B．government | | C．school | D．restaurant |
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| 小题20: | | A．company | B．station | | C．show | D．advertisement |
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