Agatha Christic would never forget the night when she met a robber（搶劫者）many years ago．

That evening，she went to a birthday party which（1）until two o’clock in the morning．Agatha walked in the（2）street alone．Suddenly from the back of a dark（3）a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand rail out at her．“Good（4）．lady,”the man said in a low voice，“I don’t think you wish to（5）here!”“What do you want?”“Your earrings．Take them off!”

Agatha suddenly had a（6）idea．She tried to cover her necklace with the collar（衣領(lǐng)）of her overcoat while she used（7）hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly（8）them on the ground．

“Take them and let me go，”she said．The robber thought that the girl didn’t like the earrings at all，only trying to（9）the necklace，It would cost（10），so he said，“Give me your necklace．”

“Oh，sir．It doesn’t（11）much．Please let me wear it．”

“I’m not that（12）．Quick!”

With shaking（13）Agatha took off her necklace．As soon as the robber left，she picked up her earrings and ran as（14）as she could to one of her friends．

The earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost（15）six pounds．

（    ）1．A．ended    B．stayed                   C．stopped                  D．lasted

（    ）2．A．busy       B．quiet                    C．noisy                     D．wide

（    ）3．A．part         B．room                   C．building                  D．street

（    ）4．A．morning  B．a(chǎn)fternoon               C．evening                  D．night

（    ）5．A．die           B．escape                 C．fight                      D．stay

（    ）6．A．funny       B．safe                     C．brave                     D．bright

（    ）7．A．other       B．others                  C．the other                D．a(chǎn)nother

（    ）8．A．handed   B．threw                    C．passed                   D．put

（    ）9．A．get          B．keep                    C．have                      D．prevent

（    ）10．A．cheap     B．expensive             C．more                     D．less

（    ）11．A．weigh     B．take                     C．spend                    D．cost

（    ）12．A．a(chǎn)fraid     B．a(chǎn)ngry                   C．silly                     D．bad

（    ）13．A．hands     B．feet                     C．heed                      D．body

（    ）14．A．much                                       B．early                    C．carefully D．fast

（    ）15．A．really    B already                   C．only                       D．hardly

　　America is a very large country, but traveling there is really very quick and easy. When you are paying a visit to the USA and want to see as much of the (1) as possible, you'd better travel by bus. There is fast 2 service between cities, for example, the Greyhound Bus Service. All of its buses have a picture of a dog on the side. Some buses have two storeys（層）. The top covering of the bus is often made of glass. In the summer time, the heat of the sun will get in (3) the glass and you may (4) too hot. Although the buses are cooled by air-conditioner（空調(diào)）, it doesn't (5) work well because the sunshine on the top storey is too (6) . The seats are very soft. Over each seat there is a reading light. On the long-distance journey, stops are made for meals at roadside (7) . You can have enough time to stretch your legs and have a good taste of food. It takes about three and a half (8) to cross America by bus with short stops for meals. Many people, especially tourists, like to (9) a bus around the country. If you have chances to visit America, don't (10) to try a bus.

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　　Now machines 1 all over the world. Why are machines so important and necessary 2 us? Because they can help us do things faster and 3 .

　　A washing machine helps us to wash clothes. A printing machine helps us to print a lot of books, newspapers, magazines and many 4 things 5 . Bicycles, can, trains and planes are all machines. They help us to travel faster than 6 foot.

　　The computer is a wonderful machine. It 7 not long ago. It not only 8 but also computers number millions of times as 9 as a scientist does.

　　Let's study hard and try to use all kinds of machines 10 China into a modern country.

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