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中等偏下难度1ThereisaholidaynextweekandIcan’tdecidewhattodo．Ihavealotofworktodo26andthiswouldbeagoodchance（机会）27．ButIdon’tlike28theholidayinsuchaway．Icanworkathomealltherestoftheyear．LastyearIwent29tothemountains．30therewasbeautiful，butitistoocoldthistimeofayear．Andit’sreally31fartogoforashortholiday．Idecide32thisisn’tagoodtimeto33themountains．ButI34togosomewhereelse．Perhapsthiswouldbeagoodchancetogotothebeach（海滨）．Iliketogoforwalks35theseashore36thewarmsunshineandwatchthewater．It’sonlyeightmilesawayandIcouldgetthere37abouttwohours．Afterthinkingit38，Iamsurethatthisisa39timefortheseashorethan40．Oh，hereisaletter41Jim．He42heisgoingtohishouseinthemountainsforthe43，andhe44metogowithhim．45givingitsomemorethought，IwrotebacktoJimandthankedhimforthat．26.A.athomeB.athouseC.inschoolD.infactory27.A.doitB.doingthatC.todoitD.withthat28.A.totakeB.tospendC.havingD.asking29.A.thenorthB.fornorthC.northD.tonorth30.A.NothingB.EverythingC.SomebodyD.Anything31.A.veryB.enoughC.ratherD.too32.A.thatB.whatC.whetherD.when33.A.goB.gotoC.goforD.leave34.A.dowantB.wantedC.shallwantD.waswanting35.A.onB.byC.besideD.along36.A.onB.duringC.inD.under37.A.inB.forC.withD.after38.A.aboutB.ofC.overD.on39.A.goodB.fineC.betterD.best40.A.homeB.themountainsC.bigcitiesD.countryvillages41.A.forB.toC.fromD.by42.A.saysB.tellsC.speaksD.talks43.A.weekendB.holidayC.sundayD.trip44.A.wantB.wishC.hopesD.asks45.A.WhenB.WithC.WithoutD.AsKeys:26－30ACBCB31－35DABAD36－40CACCB41－45CABDC2Doyoubelievethatsomenumbersareluckyorunlucky？Ifyouanswer“yes”26thisquestion，youarecertainlynot27．Forexample，manypeopleincertaincountriesbelievethat2813isespeciallybad．Theybelieve13peopleshould29sitatatabletogether，andthat30thingswillhappen31Fridaythe13th．Somebuildingsdonotevendesignatea13thfloor．Ontheotherhand，7isoftenconsidereda32number．33everyonegoesalongwiththisbeliefinthepowerofnumbers．Somepeoplethinkthatlucky34unluckynumbersareonlysuperstitions（迷信）thatshouldnot35seriously．36，othersthinkthatnumbers37havethepowertoaffectpeople’s38．Inancienttimes，itwasquitecommontobelieveinthemagicalpowerofnumbers．It39thatsomenumberscouldclue（暗示）someoneintothe40orshowthe41sideofaperson’spersonality（个性）．Numerology（命理学），he“art”of42thepowerinnumbers，wasoftenpractisedinJewishtradition（传统）andamongGreekmathematicians（数学家）．Today，manyofthose43stillpractisenumerologyusetheHebrewcalendricsystem（希伯来历法）whichgiveseach44ofthealphabet（字母表）45ofthenumbers1through8．26.A.ofB.toC.inD.on27.A.aloneB.lonelyC.yourselfD.only28.A.numberB.numbersC.thenumbersD.Number29.A.oftenB.everC.alwaysD.never30.A.goodB.terribleC.badlyD.terribly31.A.inB.atC.onD.of32.A.luckyB.unluckyC.luckilyD.luck33.A.AlmostB.NotC.NearlyD.No34.A.orB.andC.butD.also35.A.takeB.takingC.betakenD.betaking36.A.ButB.HoweverC.WhileD.Yet37.A.doB.don'tC.alsoD.but38.A.lifeB.livesC.livingD.job39.A.believeB.believedC.isbelievedD.wasbelieved40.A.pastB.presentC.futureD.last41.A.hideB.hidingC.hidD.hidden42.A.readB.readingC.readsD.beingread43.A.whichB.whoC.whoseD.whom44.A.letterB.wordC.numberD.name45.A.someB.anyC.manyD.oneKeys:26－30BACDB 31－35CABAC 36－40BABDC 41－45DBBAD 3PeoplefromGreatBritainbroughttheEnglishlanguagetoNorthAmericainthe16thand17thcenturies．Andinthe26300years，therewere27manychangesin28placesthatnowpeoplecan29tellanEnglishperson30anAmericaninthewayheorshetalks．Manyoldwords31inEnglandbutwerekeptinAmerica．Forexample，300yearsagopeopleinGreatBritaingottheirwaterfromsomethingtheycalledeithera“faucet，”a“spigot，”ora“tap．”Allthesewordsare32heardindifferentpartsofAmerica，butonly“tap”isstillcommonin33．Americansoftenmadeupnewwordsorchangedold34．“Corn”isonekindofplantinAmericaand35inEngland．Also，overthelastthreecenturiestheEnglishlanguage36thousandsofnewwordsforthingsthatweren’tknown37．Andoften，AmericanandEnglishpeopleusedtwo38namesforthem．Atincan（洋铁罐头）iscalled“tin”forshortinEngland，buta“can”inAmerica．Theword“radio”is39allovertheworld，including（包括）America．ButmanyEnglishpeoplecallita“wireless．”Andalmostanythinghavingsomethingtodo40cars，railroads，etc．41differentnamesinBritishandAmericanEnglish．ButnowAmericanandBritishEnglishmaybegrowingclosertogether．One42isthelargeamount（数量）ofAmericanspeechthatBritishpeopleheardailyinmovies，ontelevision，or43travelers．44this，Americansseemtobeinfluencing（影响）theBritishmoreandmore．Sosomeday，Englishmayevenbe45onbothsidesoftheAtlantic（大西洋）．26．A．followingB.recentC.oldestD.last27．A．suchB.tooC.soD.great28．A．eitherB.bothC.neitherD.two29．A．hardlyB.difficultyC.clearlyD.easily30．A．withB.fromC.toD.and31．A．disappearedB.weredisappearedC．spokeD.werespoken32．A．notB.hardlyC.yetD.still33．A．AmericaB.thetwocountriesC．EnglandD.British34．A．wordB.formsC.onesD.ways35．A．anotherB.alsoplantedC．aplantD.akindoffood36．A．addedB.hasaddedC．discoveredD.hasdiscovered37．A．anywhereB.insomecountriesC．beforeD.forcenturies38．A．newB.shortC.differentD.surprising39．A．producedB.madeC.developedD.used40．A．toB.awayC.withD.from41．A．hasB.haveC.hasgivenD.wasgiven42．A．thingB.causeC.reasonD.expression43．A．fromB.throughC.onD.by44．A．ForB.BecauseC.BesidesD.Becauseof45．A．differentB.moredifferentC.thesam