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　　One of the most important events in the modern Olympic games is the Marathon race. The reface 1 one of the great events in Greek history.

　　In 490 ＢＣabout 10,000 Greeks fought 2 the Persian away at a place 3 Marathon. It is said that the Persians were ten times as 4　　as the Greeks. But, 5 the brave attack of the Greeks, the Persians were badly beaten and 6 away from the plain of Marathon. When the Persians had run away, a soldier, 7 as the most famous 8 in Athens, 9 to carry the good news to the city 10 full speed．

　　Although he had fought through the battle and received many wounds, the soldier at once started off towards the 11 city. It was twenty-six and a quarter miles 12 the plain of Marathon to the Marketplace of Athens, 13　　the elders of Athens had gathered 14 for news. He ran and ran 15　　hills and across plains. As he went on , his lips became dry and his breathing hard. But he thought of the 16 of the people of Athens 17 hearing the news, and he ran harder than ever.

　　The elders of Athens heard a great shout and saw a soldier staggering(蹒跚)toward them. “Rejoice! Rejoice! We won!” gasped the soldier, and fell down 18 .

　　In 19 of this noble soldier and athlete we have in the modern Olympic Games the Marathon race, 20 the athletes run this same distance.

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Mr. Cronin has a clock shop in the center of the town. He tries his best to 36  it well. He often receives the customers(顾客)  37  and people like to buy  38  in his shop.

It was a cold day and 39  people would go out to do some _40_. Mr. Black, one of Mr. Cronin’s_41_, came to the shop. He knew the man was_42_ his miserliness (吝啬). But he tried to persuade (说服) him to buy a watch in his shop.

“You’d better buy a watch for 43 _, Mr. Black,” said Mr. Cronin. “It’ll be _44_ to you whenever.”

“No, no,” said Mr. Black. “I’ll _45_need any watches.”

“But how do you know when it’s time to _46_?”

“The people who live around me always _47_ their televisions at seven for the news. So I can hear the announcer(播音员) say,  “ The time is seven o’clock.. Here is the news.”

“But you don’t know when to go to work.”

“That’s _48_,” Mr. Black said with a smile. “It takes me ten minutes to _49_ and shave（刮脸）. I have breakfast at twenty past seven. I get to the bus stop at twenty to eight and fifteen minutes later arrive at my office and _50_ working.”

“When do you _51_ your office, then?”

“There’s a _52_ near it, its siren(汽笛) can tell me the right time.”

“How do you know the time if you _53_ in the middle of the night?”

“I always put a stick by my bed”

“But a stick can’t tell you the time”

“You’re _54_. But I can use it to knock on your wall. You always _55_, “What are you knocking on my wall for at two in the night?”

1.A. watch        B. manage        C. build       D repair

2.                A．coldly          B．luckily          C．simply    D．warmly

3.A. something      B. everything      C nothing       D. anything

4.                A．many          B．most           C．plenty of  D．few

5.                A．work           B．reading         C．shopping  D．fishing

6.                A．neighbors       B．friends         C．classmates D．workmates

7.                A．good at         B．famous for       C．proud of  D．fond of

8.                A．you            B．me            C．yourself D．myself

9.                A．helpful         B．helpless         C．necessary D．important

10.               A．always         B．sometimes      C．never     D．often

11.               A．get up         B．go to bed       C．go to work D．have breakfast

12.               A．show          B．turn on         C．turn off    D．sell out

13.               A．easy           B．possible        C．different  D．probable

14.               A．cook           B．wash           C．tidy  D．rest

15.               A．finish          B．enjoy          C．keep D．start

16.               A．clean          B．leave          C．go to D．find

17.               A．railway station   B．post office      C．university  D．factory

18.               A．sit up          B．wake up        C．stand up   D．get up

19.               A．clever         B．right           C．wrong D．foolish

20.               A．shout          B．wonder        C．laugh D．request

The news ________ when we ________ TV．

1. A.
   was arriving; were watching
2. B.
   has arrived; watched
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   arrived; were watching
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   arrived; watched

Beijing, June 10 (Xinhua) --- Torrential (倾泻的) rains that troubled southern China for days have killed 66 people and resulted in 12 missing by 6:00 p.m. (Beijing time) on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. “Floods caused by heavy rains have affected about 294,800 hectares of crops, completely destroying 53,000 hectares of them,” said an official with the ministry. The floods have torn down 48,000 and damaged 94,000 houses in southern China, and forced about 591,000 people to move from their homes, the official said.
From Wednesday to Saturday, continuous torrential rains, mudslides and floods hit Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi and Fujian, affecting more than 8.97 million people. The disasters have caused an overall economic loss of more than 2.9 billion yuan, according to the ministry. The ministry has sent rescue teams to the disaster areas to assist relief work. In Guangdong, heavy rains have killed 18 people and left four missing by 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, according to local authorities. A total of 1.72 million people were affected in the province.
Floods have damaged 49 roads in the seriously affected Meizhou City, of which 29 remained closed to traffic by 7:00 p.m. The number of people who died in floods in Guangxi has reached 13 and one remained missing by Sunday, according to local civil affairs authority. More than 1.97 million people have been affected after the floods caused by continuous heavy rains hit some 40 counties since Wednesday.
According to the local civil affairs bureau, 9,200 houses were knocked down and 75,181 hectares of crops were affected, resulting in 529 million yuan in direct economic losses. There are fewer rainstorms and the rain belt is moving out of Guangxi, but the water levels in major rivers will keep rising in next few days, according to the latest forecast of the region’s meteorological bureau on Sunday afternoon.
【小题1】 The underlined phrase “torn down” (para. 1) is closest in meaning to _______.

A．Hubei is one of the provinces struck by the torrential rains.

B．The floods have caused a total loss of nearly 3 billion yuan.

C．13 people died in Guangdong province as a result of the floods.

D．The rain belt will remain in Guangxi in the next few days.

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The main purpose of newspapers is to provide news. If you examine newspapers closely, you would find that there are all sort of news: accidents, floods, fires, wars, sports, books, etc. The news cover everything what happens to people and their surroundings. Sometimes there are news items which are very interested. A news report is usual very short, except for when it is very important, but it has a lot of information. It is also writing in short paragraphs. The first paragraph is in fact summary of the news items. He gives all the necessary information, what, when, where, how, and why.