Mr. Smith wrote to your newspaper to complain that his telephone was out of order for more than a week.

We received a complaint from Mr. Smith at 2:30 p.m. on May 6. The next day we sent workmen to Mr. Smith’s house to repair his telephone. The men discovered that there was something wrong with the underground cable. They dug up 15 feet of the cable and saw many white ants. These ants had attacked the cable and damaged it badly.

On May 8~10, our workmen dug up another 30 feet of the cable and found that it was also damaged. On May 11~13 the men took out the useless cable and replaced it with a new one. To do this they had to connect more than 4 000 wires and the work was not easy.

On May 14, the cable was completely repaired and Mr. Smith’s telephone was working properly. He did not have to pay for the work.

Yours faithfully,

B.Jones

Manager of Telephone Company

1.Mr. Jones wrote to a newspaper because he wanted to ______.

A. explain why his telephone did not work properly

B.complain about his telephone

C.explain why Mr. Smith’s telephone was out of order for several days

D.complain that the Telephone Company was slow to repair his telephone

2.The workmen spent ______ days in repairing the cable.

A. eight　　　　　　　　　　    B.three　　　　　　　　　　　　 C.four　　　　　　　　   D.six

3.The workmen had to join thousands of wires when they ______ the old cable.

A. damaged　　　　　　　　  B.repaired　　　　　　　　　　 C.replaced　　　　　　　　    D.put in

4.The ______ to the cable were paid by the Telephone Company.

A. damage　　　　　　　　    B.damages　　　　　　　　    C.repairs　　　　　　　　　　  D.replacement

5.The word “discovered” means ______.

A. were learned　　　　　　 B.were seeing　　　　　　   C.find out　　　　　　　　　　 D.found out

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　　A doctor was once teaching a class of medical students at a famous hospital. An injured（受伤的）man was ___1___ and the doctor turned to one of the ___2___ and asked him：

　　“What's wrong with this man?”

　　“I don't know, sir,” the student answered.“___3___ I examine him and find out?”

　　“There's no ___4___ to examine him,” said the doctor. “You should ___5___ without asking questions. He has ___6___ his right leg.” “Didn't you ___7___ the way he walked? He hurt it by ____8___ it in the fire. You see his right leg is ___9___ away until the knee. This is Monday morning. Yesterday was ___10__, but on Saturday the roads were ___11___. The man's trousers are covered with dirt ___12___. The man fell down on ___13__ night.” The doctor then ___14___ the man and said, “You had your wages（工资）on Saturday and went to a public house and ___15___ too much. You got wet and ___16___ on the way home. You tried to dry your clothes ___17___ when you got home. ___18__ you had drunk too much, you ___19___ the fire and burnt your knee. Is that ___20___?”

We had wanted to finish our task by noon，but it didn’t quite　　　 as planned.?

A.find out　　　　　 B.give out?　　　　 C.hand out　　　　　 D.work out

This picture was taken a long time ago.I wonder if you can 　　 my father.

A.find out　　　　　　　　 B.pick out?

C.look out　　　　　　　　 D.speak out?

Most children want to be pop stars or footballers when they grow up. But 11-year-old Amy Jones had the chance to 1 more about her 2 job -- a medical biologist when she won an essay writing competition for primary students.

　　 Amy's 3 for the best essay on "What I want to be when I'm older" was a day at the Oxford Medical Science Institute. Staff organized a special programme for the would-be 　4 , introducing her to the projects being worked on by medical biologists at Oxford. The sessions included a look at the 5 of medical biologists in fighting cancers and 6 to become a medical biologist.

　　 Amy said she was 7 to become a biologist after watching a television programme. In her essay she wrote: "The medical biologist plays a big role in many discoveries and it would be a challenging, exciting and 8 job."

　　 Dr Kathryn Robson, the Institute director said: "It's 9 that we encourage young people to study science and think about scientific research as a job. I hope Amy now has a better 10 of what it takes to become a medical biologist."

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