Please copy the material ________ the murder.

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Please copy the material ________ the murder.

1. A.
   because of
2. B.
   instead of
3. C.
   in relation to
4. D.
   in need of

Three engineers(工程师) and three accountants (会计) were traveling by train to a meeting. At the station, the three accountants each bought a ticket, but the three engineers bought only a single ticket. “How are three people going to travel    36    only one ticket?” asked an accountant. “Watch and you’ll see,” answered an engineer.

    They all    37   the train. The accountants took their own    38   , and all the three engineers went into a restroom and   39    the door behind them. The train    40   the station, and after a while the conductor (售票员) came to    41    tickets. He knocked on the restroom door and said, “Ticket, please!” The door opened just a    42    and a single arm appeared with a ticket in hand. The conductor    43    it and moved on.

    The accountants saw this and    44    it was quite a clever idea.    45    after the conference, the accountants decided to    46    what the engineers did on the return trip and    47    some money.

    When they got to the station, they bought a single ticket for the return trip. To their 48    , the engineers bought no tickets    49   .

“How are you going to travel without a ticket?” asked one    50    accountant. “Watch and you’ll see,” answered an engineer.    51    they got on the train the three accountants went into a restroom and the three engineers went into another one that was   52   . Then the train started. Shortly afterwards(不久之后) , one of the engineers left his restroom and walked    53   to the restroom   54   the accountants were    55  . He knocked on the door and said, “Ticket, please!”

1. A. in                B. at               C. with             D. to

2. A. put on            B. got off     C. got on       D. put off       

3. A. seats             B. chairs       C. desks            D. tables

4.A. closed             B. hit              C. opened       D. knocked

5. A. arrived           B. left         C. walked       D. passed

6. A. get          B. put              C. collect     D. fetch

7. A. hole              B. cut              C. half             D. crack

8. A. brought           B. took             C. held             D. returned

9. A. expected      B. agreed       C. showed      D. advised

10.A. So                B. Although     C. Or           D. But

11. A. learn            B. copy         C. tell             D. praise

12. A. save        B. earn             C. make         D. spend

13. A. pity        B. fear             C. joy          D. surprise

14. A. above all       B. after all        C. at all           D. in all

15. A. frightened      B. puzzled      C. excited      D. scared

16. A. After            B. Since        C. During       D. Before

17.A. not near          B. not far      C. not nearly       D. not closely

18.A. on            B. up          C. at          D. past

19.A. which          B. that       C. where        D. at where     20. A. hiding           B. standing     C. sitting          D. resting

第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
A
Three lawyers and three engineers are traveling by train to a conference. At the station, the three lawyers each buy tickets and watch as the three engineers buy only a single ticket.
"How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asked one of the three lawyers.
"Watch and you'll see," answers one of the engineers.
They all board the train. The lawyers take their seats, but all three engineers cram into a restroom and close the door behind them. Shortly after the train has departed, the conductor comes around collecting tickets. He knocks on the restroom door and says, "Ticket, please" The door opens just a crack and a single arm emerges with a ticket in hand. The conductor takes it and moves on. The lawyers saw this and agreed it was quite a clever idea.
So after the conference, the lawyers decide to copy the engineers on the return trip and save some money. When they get to the station, they buy a single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the engineers don't buy a ticket at all.
"How are you going to travel without a ticket," asks one perplexed lawyer.
"Watch and you'll see," says one of the engineers.
When they board the train the three lawyers cram into a restroom and the three engineers cram into another one nearby. The train departs. Shortly afterward, one of the engineers leaves his restroom and walks over to the restroom where the lawyers are hiding .He knocks on the door and says, "Ticket, please." By copying the engineers, one lawyer put out a single arm with a ticket in his hand. The engineer came back to his restroom with the ticket. Then the conductor was coming this way...
41. The engineers and the lawyers travel together________.
A. to attend a meeting                                              B. to test who are clever
C. to see how clever the engineers are                        D. to save money
42. How many tickets do they buy on the two-way trip?         .
A. 4        B. 5               C. 7                      D. 8
43. The underlined word “perplexed” can be replaced by ________.
A. excited          B. surprised           C. puzzled             D. touched
44. Which of the following would be the best title for the joke?
A. Three Lawyers and Three Engineers              B. Train Tickets    
C. In the Restroom                           D. Tickets, Please

Here are five letters from readers listed in 1-5. All the greetings and signatures are left out. Suppose you are a secretary of the magazine CR (Crazy English Reader), for each one find a suitable reply from A-F. Mark the correct letter (A-F) on your answer sheet. There is one extra reply which you don’t need to use.

   1. I am a reader of CR. Recently I found students translate some articles of CR. I appreciate your offering an opportunity to us beginners to practise using English. So I want to ask how they can obtain these articles and translated them for you, and what qualities you require. Thank you.

   2. I love your Crazy English Reader magazine! It provides valuable data for work in our English teaching. My wife and I are teaching Conversational English so I’ve been giving you a bit of a plug at our middle school. I told the students to “get a copy!” It’s good stuff! Fantastic!

     3. I’m one of Yao’s fans from Guangzhou. I have read the Yao Ming articles in No.7 Crazy English Reader. I want to know his correspondence address and the official website. Could you please tell me? Thank you very much indeed.

     4. First of all, I must say thank you very much to all the CE Reader editors who gave us a really good English magazine. Secondly, I want to give you a piece of advice. In each passage, you gave us some new words with their Chinese translation. However, as far as my knowledge, I think you should give us not only the Chinese meaning but also the English meaning so as to know the words more accurately. Thank you!

     5. I am an editor of the English Monthly of our school. I have a question that is how to say the position of the paper e.g., 总编 责任编辑 and so on. I hope you can help me to tell me the word in English. The more the better. Thank you so much! I love the book very much. Now, I do this work, I need study more information about this work, if you have time, please email me. Thank you.

Thank you for your suggestion. We may try that in some future issues of CR. I think the best way to improve your reading vocabulary is to be able to guess the meaning of the word from the other words around it. Also, if you have an English dictionary, it’s good to look up the words and then mark them down in a notebook and review them later on. Then if you really want to learn how to use the words, try using them in conversation or in writing. Hope this helps.

The best way for you to learn the different positions in a newspaper or magazine is to get a copy of an all-English magazine or newspaper and then copy down the different positions. There are also titles such as Managing Editor, reporter, Copy Editor, Photo Editor and Layout Editor. I hope this helps. If you have some more specific questions, you can send them to me and I’ll try to answer.

C．The best way to reach Yao directly is through his home team, the Shanghai Sharks. You can write him at 2570 Xietu Road, Shanghai. For more information on Yao, you can look at the sports section in sina. com. I hope this helps. Another idea is that you can try to write Yao while he’s living and playing in Houston. You can try to reach Yao in the US at:   Yao Ming   Compaq Centre 10  Houston, TX 77046

Thank you for being such a careful reader of CR. Yes, you’re right we made a mistake in the writing of that Chinese word. Each issue we try to read very carefully each article and its translation to make sure there are no mistakes, but unfortunately a few mistakes always get by. But you encourage us to keep improving, so thank you.

Yes, we do have several students who help us translate some of the articles in our magazine. We contact these translators directly after interviewing their translation work. Afterwards we assign the articles to them for translation. If you are interested in being one of our translators you can send us some information about yourself and a sample of your translation work.

Thank you for helping us to promote CR. We’re glad it’s helpful to your students. We always try to include articles that reflect real life. It’s our hope that CR will not only improve student’s English but also open up a different worldview.