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页眉 AStacy had recently moved from New York City to Stoneybrook, Connecticut. It was _1_ for her to make new friends but she finally had three when she joined the Babysitters Club to _2_ little children whose parents were busy. Claudia, Kristy, and Mary were in her class at school and also the other _3_ of the club. The girls met at five oclock on Fridays and waited for the _4_ to ring. So far they had been busy, in spite of the _5_ that they couldnt stay out late and were under 13._6_, the girls world was invaded by a second group _7_ themselves the Babysitters Agency. They were _8_ and the group also included a few boys. The Babysitters Club tried to think of ways to _9_ with the older group. They could clean and work for less money, however, they _10_ it would be difficult to compete. The shock was even greater than they had _11_ when most of their best customers started to call the new group. They _12_ to get only a few jobs.To try a new _13_ Kristy recruited a few older kids who told the club they didnt want to _14_ their money with the other group. The club _15_ only too quickly that these older girls joined only as spies and didnt _16_ for their job assignments(分派). Thus, more parents were _17_ with the club.Finally, the girls realized that the _18_ in the other group were not good babysitters. They watched television, talked on the phone, and invited boyfriends to the house _19_ they were sitting. When the children of the families started to _20_, and a near accident almost occurred, the club went to the parents to tell them what was happening.()1. A. active B. thoughtful C. easy D. hard2. A. take care of B. run into C. go through D. take advantage of3. A. children B. members C. circles D. players4. A. alarm B. traffic C. phone D. neighbor5. A. fact B. degree C. question D. demand6. A. Therefore B. Suddenly C. Rergularly D. Unwillingly7. A. attracting B. finding C. calling D. matching8. A. younger B. cleverer C. taller D. older9. A. compete B. fight C. do D. meet10. A. heard B. knew C. promised D. shot11. A. damaged B. caught C. expected D. forced12. A. hoped B. liked C. refused D. seemed13. A. chance B. possibility C. power D. policy14. A. share B. give C. provide D. mark15. A. put down B. paid off C. found out D. come through16. A. check up B. end up C. look up D. show up17. A. satisfied B. unhappy C. curious D. helpful18. A. kids B. adults C. systems D. situations19. A. that B. when C. where D. how20. A. blow B. complain C. appreciate D. spreadBIn 1985 a France television company sent its reporters to the Paris Metro(地铁). They took _1_ to see what passengers would do if they saw someone _2_ on the platform or trains. The incidents looked _3_ but they were all done with the help of actors. However, very _4_ people tried to help, and most passengers _5_ not to notice. In one of the _6_, a foreigner was attacked by three men. The attack was on a _7_ which was quite full, and although the man tried to get _8_ passengers to help, they all refused. This is not only a French _9_. A British newspaper reported in 1991 that a professor of Social Psychology in New York had _10_ his students out to rob their own cars. The students didnt try to _11_ what they were doing. About 80 people _12_ 250 car thefts, and only twelve of them tried to _13_ the student robbers. In a typical incident, one man stopped, looked, and then put his hands over his _14_ and shouted “I didnt see that!” About forty people _15_ to help the thieves, and two people _16_ sat down next to the car and _17_ to buy a camera and a television set a student was _18_ from the back seat of his own car. The professor _19_ whether it is a problem of big cities or would be the _20_ thing as happens anywhere.()1. A. notes B. cameras C. trains D. newspapers2. A. wounded B. stolen C. attacked D. struck3. A. great B. serious C. terrible D. real4. A. many B. few C. old D. large5. A. seemed B. pretended C. managed D. asked6. A. passengers B. actors C. incidents D. accidents7. A. train B. plane C. truck D. bus8. A. the other B. all C. more D. another9. A. situation B. problem C. agreement D. accident10. A. brought B. took C. sent D. put11. A.hide B. expose C. tell D. find12. A. realized B. discovered C. found D. watched13. A. help B. refuse C. report D. stop14. A. face B. head C. ears D. eyes15. A. offered B. expected C. hated D. liked16. A. bravely B. actually C. surely D. certainly17. A. wanted B. waited C. needed D. loved18. A. taking B. sending C. offering D. robbing19. A. knows B. learns C. wonders D. asks20. A. same B. different C. former D. smallCI once found out that doing a favor for someone could get you into trouble. I was in the eighth grade at _1_ time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl next to me _2_ something, but I didnt quite catch it. _3_ I leaned over her way and found out she was asking me if I could _4_ her a pen. She showed me that hers was _5_ ink and _6_ not write. I _7_ to have an extra one and I handed it to her.After the test papers had been _8_, the teacher asked me to stay in the room. As soon as we were _9_, she began to talk to me about _10_ it meant to grow up, and how important it was to stand _11_ your own feet. For a long time, she talked about the importance of _12_ and the harm of cheating, she made me _13_ that I would think seriously about what shed said. I kept _14_ for quite a while why she had to talk to me about all those things.Later, I found out that she _15_ I had done some cheating in the test, and _16_ answers from the girls test paper. I managed to _17_ about the pen, but she said _18_ seemed very wrong to her that I didnt mentioned anything about it _19_ she talked to me right after the test. I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated in the _20_ of the test.1. A. any B. a C. the D. one2. A. whispered B. shouted C. spoke D. talked3. A. But B. Because C. And D. So4. A. spare B. change C. share D. borrow5. A. without B. off C. out of D. lack6. A. would B. should C. must D. might7. A. used B. happened C. seemed D. found8. A. handed over B. handed out C. handed around D. handed in9. A. lonely B. together C. alone D. both10. A. that B. which C. what D. how11. A. on B. against C. with D. towards12. A. test B. study C. honesty D. trust13. A. agree B. promise C. insist D. allow14. A. discovering B. wondering C. finding D. understanding15. A. thought B. concluded C. recognized D. regarded16. A. copied B. judged C. found D. corrected17. A. quarrel B. explain C. argue D. prove18. A. that B. this C. it D. I19. A. the moment B. before C. after D. once20. A. end B. beginning C. course D. wayDThe habits of chewing gum has lasted for more than a century. Millions of people all _1_ the world chew billions of pieces of gum every year.Chewing gum became popular in the United States mainly _2_ of the work of one man, William Wrigley, _3_ for many years was the head of the Wrigley Company. Earlier Thomas Adams first began his experiment in about the _4_ 1870. It was he who first made the gum soft and pleasant to chew. But it was not until Wrigley joined the business in about 1890 _5_ people everywhere began to pick up the habit of chewing gum.Wrigley liked to do _6_ in a big way. In his first year, he borrowed money and _7_ more than a million dollars in advertising. For years, there was a large Wrigleys _8_ on every streetcar in the United States. _9_ complained that they could not go _10_ without seeing Wrigleys name. Wrigley even _11_, free of charge, pieces of gum to every person _12_ the telephone book of every city and town in the United States. Finally he began to advertise that it was _13_ for health to chew gum, that it calmed the nerves(神经), and that it helped keep the teeth _14_.He used to give the gum free to _15_ child in the United States on its second birthday. He _16_ young women who, in long, orange-striped dresses would go from city to city in groups of four or five, _17_ at street corners and give free sample of chewing gum to every person who passed by. _18_ this way each woman gave away about five thousand _19_ of Wrigleys gum every day. As a result of this pains-taking advertising, people in the United States began to buy _20_ chewing gum.()1. A. about B. over C. of D. across2. A. since B. as C. because D. for3. A. that B. who C. whom D. which4. A. year B. time C. age D. period5. A. that B. in which C. when D. where6. A. jobs B. work C. things D. tasks7. A. spent B. took C. cost D. paid8. A. information B. advertisement C. pictures D. business9. A. Anybody B. People C. Men D. Passengers10. A. everywhere B. nowhere C. anywhere D. somewhere11. A. carried B. sent C. brought D. took12. A. in B. on C. at D. by13. A. good B. bad C. harm D. wrong14. A. dirty B. clean C. hard D. strong15. A. every B. all C. many D. most16. A. asked B. employed C. wanted D. wished17. A. watch B. sat C. stand D. wait18. A. By B. On C. In D. At19. A. pieces B. packets C. bags D. boxes20. A. less and less B. more and more C. more or less D. fewer and fewerEShe was born into a rich family in Florence, Italy, in 1820. Most women like her_1_ an equally wealthy husband and had children. But if she had_2_ social customs, Florence Nightingale wouldnt have found a place in_3_. And the International Council of Nurses would not have_4_ May 12, her birthday, as International Nurse Day.When she told her parents she wanted to become a_5_, they were against the idea. Nursing was seen as a job for a working class woman. But she never gave_6_ and, by her early 30s, she had become Englands leading authority on_7_._8_ Russia invaded Turkey in 1853, Britain and France went to_9_ Turkey, starting the Crimean War (1854-56)._10_ after arriving in Turkey, 8,000 British_10_ caught cholera (霍乱) and malaria (疟疾). Nightingale took a group of 38 nurses to the country and_12_ the army hospital, making it cleaner and so reducing the death_13_. “Wherever there is disease, that woman is_14_ to be seen,”_15_ British newspaper the Times in 1855. “As she walks along each corridor (走廊), every fellows face softens with thanks at the_16_ of her.”Nightingale_17_ to England in 1856 as a national heroine. She worked tirelessly to_18_ medical care in England and India. She died on August 13,1910,_19_ her ideas on nursing and hospital management live_20_ in the medical world. Nightingales most famous book, “Notes on Nursing”, is still read by nurses today.()1. A. found B. married C. took D. carried2. A. broken B. made C. kept D. done3. A. town B. home C. earth D. history4. A. chosen B. considered C. regarded D. taken5. A. doctor B. nurse C. teacher D. worker6. A. in B. up C. out D. away7. A. schools B. women C. hospitals D. trees8. A. If B. Before C. When D. Since9. A. help B. fight C. beat D. attack10. A. Quickly B. Soon C. Fast D. Early11. A. soldiers B. workers C. teachers D. doctors12. A. made B. ran C. took D. gave13. A. rate B. speed C. length D. speed14 A. right B. eager C. anxious D. sure15.A. wrote B. said C. reported D. considered16. A. view B. sight C. sound D. thought17. A. got B. came C. flew D. returned18. A. improve B. fight C. find D. work19. A. so B. but C. and D. or20. A. for B. out C. on D. inF “Mum, I want to make you a bet,” I said. “If I go a whole year without TV, will you give me a hundred dollars?”“Well, if you can _1_ do it, ”“Of course I can,” I replied, _2_ to convince myself._3_, all this started from my _4_ of a picture in the newspaper. I couldnt bear to look at that boy, _5_ to have gone one year without TV for a hundred