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（一）

Mr. Robinson had to travel somewhere on business， and as he was in a hurry， he decided to go by __1__. He liked sitting __2__ a window when he was flying， so he got onto the plane， he looked for a window seat. He __3__ all of them taken except one. There was a young man __4__ beside it， and Robinson was surprised that he had not taken the one by the window. Anyhow， he went towards it.

When he __5__ it， however， he saw that there was a notice on it， written __6__ large letters， __7__“This seat is kept for proper balance. Thank you.” Mr. Robinson had never seen such a notice before， but he thought the plane must be carrying something particularly heavy in its room __8__ made it necessary to have the passengers properly balance. So he walked on and found __9__ empty seat， not beside the window __10__.

Two or three other people __11__ to sit in the window seat next to the young man， but they also read the notice and went on. Then when the plane was nearly __12__ a very beautiful girl __13__ into the plane. The young man， who was watching the passengers coming in， __14__ took the notice __15__ the seat beside him， and by this means succeeded in having a pretty companion during the whole trip.

1. A. airB. water C. train D. bus

2. A. onB. nearly C. besideD. far from

3. A. wanted B. foundC. thoughtD. hoped

4. A. seating B. seated C. seat D. sat

5. A. arrived B. sat on C. reachedD. left

6. A. throughB. byC. with D. in

7.A. saidB. saying C. spoken D. speaking

8. A. andB. thisC. who D. which

9. A. anotherB. otherC. the otherD. the only

10. A. to sitB. to be satC. to sit onD. to be sat in

11. A. stuck B. tried C. managedD. refused

12. A. emptyB. fullC. upD. down

13. A. reachedB. steppedC. entered D. left

14. A. quicklyB. fastC. slowlyD. soon

15. A. ontoB. awayC. offD. up

（二）

There was once a millionaire who loved money than anything else in the world. He didn’t know exactly how much he had， so he took on a little girl to __1__ all his money for him.

It __2__the little girl six days to count all the money. When she told the millionaire that he had forty—two __3__ dollars， he was __4__with joy and asked，“ How much __5__ do you want？” He thought that __6__ she was only a child， he could __7__ her into taking a very small amount of money.

The girl said，“well， I worked for six days， so I think you __8__ pay me for six days. Give me two pennies for the first day. Each day after that， just give me the amount you give me the day before， multiplied by itself.

The __9__ thought that in this __10__ he would only have to give her a __11__ dollars. What a __12__ little girl！ So immediately， he __13__ his lawyer sign up the contract， fearing that she would change her __14__.

On the first day the millionaire paid her two pennies， and on the second day， two pennies times two pennies， or four pennies.

Each day after that， he gave her __15__ number of pennies he had given her the day before， multiplied by itself. And by the sixth day， the foolish millionaire had to give the clever little girl all his money.

1. A. bring B. count C. sendD. hide

2. A. hadB. needed C. got D. took

3. A. million B. dozen C. thousandD. hundred

4. A. prideB. wildC. surprisedD. moved

5. A. dollarsB. number C. time D. pay

6. A. as ifB. thoughC. if D. because

7. A. warn B. adviseC. cheatD. set

8. A. coulB. would C. should D. might

9. A. girl B. millionaireC. twoD. people

10. A. measureB. way C. pointD. means

11. A. few B. little C. lessD. much

12. A. nice B. cleverC. fine D. foolish

13. A. ordered B. askedC. had D. persuaded

14. A. mind B. heart C. wordD. plan

15. A. good B. greatC. aD. the

（三）

Do you know how to study __1__ and make your study more effective？ We all know that Chinese students usually study very hard for long __2__， This is very good ， but it doesn’t __3__ a lot， for an effective student must have enough sleep， enough food and enough rest and __4__. Every day you need to go out for a walk or visit some friends or some nice places. It’s good for your __5__.

When you return __6__ your studies， your mind will be refreshed and you’ll learn more __7__ study better. Psychologists __8__ that learning takes place this way. Here take English learning __9__ an example. First you make a lot of progress and you feel happy. Then your language study seems __10__ the same. So you will think you’re learning __11__ and you may give up. This can last for days or even weeks， yet you __12__ give up， and at some point your language study will again take another big __13__. You’ll see that you really have been learning all along. If you get enough sleep， food， rest and exercise， studying， English can be very effective and __14__. Don’t give up along the way. Learn __15__ you are sure to get a good result.

1. A. wellB. goodC. betterD. best

2. A. daysB. timeC. hoursD. weeks

3. A. helpB. giveC. make D. take

4. A. exerciseB. homeworkC. runningD. clothes

5. A. health B. bodyC. studyD. life

6. A. afterB. forC. at D. to

7. A. yetB. andC. orD. but

8. A. have foundB. have taughtC. toldD. said

9. A. withB. forC. as D. to

10. A. to haveB. to makeC. to takeD. to stay

11. A. somethingB. anythingC. nothingD. everything

12. A. mustn’tB. couldn’tC. needn’tD. may not

13. A. workB. jumpC. walkD. result

14. A. hardB. commonC. possible D. interesting

15. A. slowly B. fast C. quicklyD. happily