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    John Henry was a young man, and he was one of the best steel-drivers in the country．He could work for hours without missing a beat．People said he worked so fast that his   1   moved like lightening．

    One day，a salesman came to the work area with a new   2   machine by powered steam．He said it could drill holes   3   than twelve men working together．The railroad company   4   to buy the machine if it worked as wall as the salesman said．

    The supervisor（监工头） said，“I have the best steel-driver in the   5   ．He can beat  more than twenty men working together．” The salesman   6   the statements．He said the company could have the machine without cost  7   he was faster．The supervisor told John about it and said” How about a    8   ?”John Henry looked at the machine and saw   9  of the future．He saw machines taking   10   of America's best laborers．He saw himself and his friends   11   and standing by a road, asking for food．He saw men losing their families and their   12   as human beings．John Henry told the supervisor he would never let the machine take his job．His friends all cheered．

    The competition began．John Henry  13   his hammer and started working．At first，the steam-powered drill worked two times faster than he did．  14   he started working with a hammer in each hand．He worked faster and faster．In the mountain，the dust was so   15   that most men would have had trouble   16   ．After a while, the machine was pulled from the tunnel．It had broken down．But John Henry   17   working faster and faster．At last he became weak，and his heart   18   ．John Henry fell to the ground．“I beat them，” Then he took his  19 breath．

    Soon，the steam drill and other machines replaced the steel-drivers．Many   20   left their families, looking for work．They took the only jobs they could find．As they worked，some sang about John Henry．

    1．A．broom                 B．hammer             C．hand                 D．sleeve

    2．A．washing                B．drilling                C．sewing               D．flying

    3．A．quickly                 B．slower               C．faster                  D．fast

    4．A．managed               B．allowed              C．refused                D．planned

    5．A．family                  B．class                 C．film                   D．country

    6．A．doubted                B．hated                C．disagreed               D．decided

    7．A．when                 B．if                   C．unless                 D．despite

    8．A．lesson                  B．race                 C．task                  D．win

    9．A．images                 B．faces                C．plans                  D．signs

    10．A．the place               B．the room             C．the space                   D．the air

    11．A．excited                B．unemployed          C．moved             D．encouraged

    12．A．food                 B．rights                C．wages              D．houses

    13．A．touched              B．kicked               C．kissed               D．stamped

    14．A．Otherwise             B．But                 C．Then               D．However

    15．A．thin                  B．big                  C．high                D．thick

    16．A．laughing               B．talking                C．breathing             D．singing

    17．A．stopped               B．kept                 C．enjoyed             D．suggested

    18．A．burst                 B．worked              C．ran                 D．lived

    19．A．own                       B．deep                C．best               D．last

    20．A．laborers               B．women             C．villagers              D．salesmen

    1—5 BBCDD     6—10 ABBAA     11—15 BBCCD      16—20 CBADA

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    His friends carried his body from the mountain. They buried him near the house where he was born. Crowds went there after they heard about John Henry’s death.

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