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　　It interests me to watch the way children so often act against their parents’ ideas, while at the same time 1 their parents’, characteristics (特征). That is to say, the children grow up to 2 views different from their parents’, yet to have 3 personalities. There is a quarrel 4 on in the toy world at present 5 whether children should be 6 to have war toys. I don’t believe in encouraging war toys, but I do not see 7 point in forbidding them when I think of the 8 of my friend Harry.

　　Harry is the 9 of a pair of strict parents who were totally against war. He was never allowed toy soldiers 10 a boy, never allowed toy guns. Harry grew up and went into the army, becoming a first-class soldier and 11 all sorts of military honors in a rather fierce unit. He became the opposite in 12 way of what his parents might have 13 of their son. And yet there is gentleness about Harry which shows a 14 personality. There is a sympathetic element (富于同情心的秉性) about the man which, I can see, 15 have come from his family. In spite of 16 things differently from our parents, a lot of the spirit gets passed on.

　　Parents certainly have to 17 their children what they believe to be right, but it is not so much your ideas that children 18 as your example. Perhaps the 19 way to teach one’s child gentleness is not to forbid toy guns, but to be gentle in 20 everyday life.

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—Have you read Harry Potter V?

—Not yet. It is said that it 　　 

   A. is being printed    B. is printing　　 C. is printed　　  D. is being printing

 

—Have you read Harry Potter V?

—Not yet. It is said that it 　　 

   A. is being printed    B. is printing　　 C. is printed　　  D. is being printing

 

Harry is eighteen now. He studies in a middle school. His parents like him very much and hope he can become a famous man. So they often tell him to study hard and they do all for him. They call him at six in the morning, after breakfast his father takes him to school in a car and in the afternoon, as soon as the young man comes back, the supper is ready. Of course, he never washes his clothes or goes to buy something in the shops.
　  Once, Harry’s father was sent to London on business. He would stay there for half a year. Leaving, he told his wife to take good care of their son. The woman had to get up earlier and did all what her husband did before. And two months later she was so tired that she was ill in bed. Now the young man got into trouble. He couldn’t do any housework. He had to do as his mother told him. Even he didn’t know where to get on the bus!
　  Yesterday Harry’s mother found his shoes were worn out and told him to buy a new pair in the shop. But he didn’t know how to choose. The woman had a sigh(叹息) and gave him a shoe pattern(鞋样) and told him to buy a pair of shoes himself. It’s Saturday today and Harry doesn’t go to school. With a policeman’s help, he found a shop. The shopkeeper was friendly to him. The man brought a lot of shoes and asked him to choose. When he was trying on a pair, suddenly he remembered something and took them off. The man was surprised and asked, “What’s the matter, young man?”
　“I’m sorry, I’ve left the shoe pattern at home!”
【小题1】 _______ always does some housework in the morning.

A．Harry’s father

B．Harry’s mother

C．Harry

D．Nobody

【小题2】Harry’s parents do all instead of him because _______.

A．he’s too young

B．he has poor health

C．he’s busy with his studies

D．they hope he spends all time on studies

【小题3】The woman had to look after her son by herself because _______.

A．her husband wasn’t at home

B．she was stronger than her husband

C．she knew the young man well

D．she was freer than her husband

【小题4】 The woman told her son to buy a pair of shoes because _______.

A．she didn’t know what kind he needed

B．she was busy with the housework

C．something was wrong with her

D．she wanted her son to do something himself

【小题5】 In fact, _______.

A．Harry wanted his mother to buy shoes for him

B．Harry didn’t believe in himself

C．Harry wouldn’t listen to his mother

D．Harry was strong enough to buy shoes for himself

The Man of Many Secrets — Harry Houdini — was one of the greatest American entertainers in the theater this century. He was a man famous for his escapes — from prison cells, from wooden boxes floating in rivers, from locked tanks full of water. He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America. Crowds came to see the great Houdini and his “magic” tricks.

　　Of course, his secret was not magic, or supernatural powers. It was simply strength. He had the ability to move his toes as well as he moved his fingers. He could move his body into almost any position he wanted.

　　Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in club in New York. They called themselves the Houdini Brothers. When Harry married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant. But for a long time they were not very successful. Then Harry performed his first prison escape, in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded a detective to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspapermen to watch.

　　It was the publicity(宣传) that came from this that started Harry Houdini’s success. Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs and toes trained to escape ankle chins. But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prison cell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luck — and a small skeleton key, which is a key that fits many locks, pass quickly from her mouth to his.

　　Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. He arranged to escape from the local prison of every town he visited. In the afternoon, the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full. What was the result? World-wild fame, and a name remembered today.

1.According to the passage, Houdini’s success in prison escapes depends on _______.

A．his special tricks and supernatural power	B．his unusual ability and a skeleton key
C．his magic tricks and supernatural powers	D．his wisdom and magic tricks

2.In the fourth paragraph, the underlined word “this” refers to _______.

A．his first prison escape	B．the year 1898
C．the publicity	D．Harry Houdini’s success

3.It can be inferred from the passage that Houdini became famous _______.

A．in 1894	B．before he married
C．at the age of 17	D．when he was about 24

4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．A Skeleton Key	B．A Man of Many Secrets
C．World-wild Fame	D．Great Escape