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Suppose you want to buy some new clothes or a new TV. Or maybe you need some work done on your car. How can you find the best price without shopping all over town? Ads can help you. Ads can show you lots of prices. And you don’t have to go anywhere to see them. Just open a newspaper or magazine, and you’ll find plenty of ads.

The following is an ad about TV sets for sale. Please read it and answer the questions below.

36. How many different kinds of TV sets does the store advertise here?

　　 A. Four.　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Three.　　　　　　　　　 C. Two. 　　　　　　　　　 D. Five.

37. Which of the following statements is true according to the advertisement?

　　 A. You can buy any kind on July 14th.

　　 B. The service time is 9-9 every day except Monday.

　　 C. The larger the screen is, the higher the price will be.

　　 D. The lowest price is a little more than 300.

38. Which is not mentioned in the ad?

　　 A. The date of the American National Day.　　 B. The post code of the area where the store is.

　　 C. The phone number of the store.　　　　　　　　 D. The names of the TV sets.

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　　 One evening, sitting at the window sewing, my mother called me, “Come here,” she said. “ 16 .” She held my head against her 　17 , and after a puzzled moment I felt a 　18 　foot drumming on my cheek. “You see?” she said, “It’s alive. You can 　19 　it, can’t you ?” I accepted it, as I accepted everything, without 　20 . It was as good a place for the baby to be as any other and I never 　21 　about why it got in nor how it would finally get out.

A baby would come? I 　22 　noticed. That there were soon to be 　23 　of us would not make any difference to me. I had my place, star-like in my small universe. 　24 , certainly not a baby, could 　25 　that.

I was 　26 , however. I soon found that things had 　27 　a great deal. I had never been the 　28 . Now I was no longer the youngest. I was simply the one in the 　29 . My sister had certain 　30 　because she was the oldest, and my brother was the baby, the son, the much 　31 　boy. More than that, he had all sorts of things that never came to me.

As he grew, it became 　32 　that my brother had been the center of everything. People smiled when they saw him. He made them happy 　33 　by being there. And he had the sort of childish beauty that always turns heads and draws a second 　34 . He was so charming that he was immediately loveable. Later he also turned out to be 　35 , although perhaps not quite as clever as I was.

16. A. Look　　　　　　　　　　　 B. See　　　　　　　　　　　 C. Listen　　　　　　　　　 D. Stop

17. A. stomach　　　　　　　　 B. back　　　　　　　　　　 C. side　　　　　　　　　　　 D. shoulder

18. A. strong　　　　　　　　　　 B. hard　　　　　　　　　　 C. soft　　　　　　　　　　　 D. tiny

19. A. believe　　　　　　　　　　 B. feel　　　　　　　　　　　 C. notice　　　　　　　　　 D. touch

20. A. surprise　　　　　　　　　 B. delay　　　　　　　　　　 C. trouble　　　　　　　　　 D. effort

21. A. worried　　　　　　　　　 B. argued　　　　　　　　　 C. regretted　　　　　　　 D. doubted

22. A. hardly　　　　　　　　　　 B. certainly　　　　　　　　 C. possibly　　　　　　　　 D. willingly

23. A. two　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. three　　　　　　　　　　 C. four　　　　　　　　　　 D. five

24. A. Anything　　　　　　　　 B. Something　　　　　　 C. Nothing　　　　　　　　 D. Everything

25. A. improve　　　　　　　　　 B. threaten　　　　　　　　 C. compare　　　　　　　 D. prevent

26. A. curious　　　　　　　　　 B. careless　　　　　　　　 C. wrong　　　　　　　　　 D. anxious

27. A. improved　　　　　　　　 B. changed　　　　　　　　 C. increased　　　　　　　 D. disturbed

28. A. oldest　　　　　　　　　　 B. youngest　　　　　　　 C. cleverest　　　　　　　 D. dearest

29. A. family　　　　　　　　　　 B. house　　　　　　　　　 C. middle　　　　　　　　　 D. trouble

30. A. manners　　　　　　　　 B. knowledge　　　　　　 C. opinions　　　　　　　　 D. rights

31. A. admired　　　　　　　　　 B. blamed　　　　　　　　　 C. hated　　　　　　　　　　 D. loved

32. A. strange　　　　　　　　　 B. obvious　　　　　　　　 C. serious　　　　　　　　 D. special

33. A. usually　　　　　　　　　 B. curiously　　　　　　　 C. gradually　　　　　　　 D. simply

34. A. look　　　　　　　　　　　 B. smile　　　　　　　　　　 C. care　　　　　　　　　　 D. comfort

35. A. ordinary　　　　　　　 　 B. perfect　　 　　　　 C. clever 　　　　　 D. similar

15. -Hey. Taxi!　

　 -_____.　　　

-I want to go to Park Street.　

A. Nice to see you, sir.　　　　　　　 　　　　 　B. Good morning, sir.　

C. What are you doing, sir?　　　　　 　　　　　 D. Where to, sir?

14. _____ he was the last man I wanted to see, I did all in my power to help him.

　　 A. As　　　　 　　　　　 B. Now that　　　 　　　 C. While　　　 　　　 D. However

13. If you let challenges inspire _____ annoy you, much more can be accomplished than you thought possible.

　　 A. more than　　　　　　　 B. other than　　　　　　　　 C. less than　　　　　　　 D. rather than

12. -I really hope you’ll come to my birthday party next Friday.

　 -I’d very much like to. But I’m sorry I _____ an important meeting in New York next week.

　 A. will attend　　　　　 B. will be attending　　　 　 C. will have attended　 D. am to attend

11. A scientist who speaks and writes English is in closer touch with the scientists in other countries than _____ who doesn’t.

　　 A. one　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. those　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. /　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. that

10. Two hours away from the tall buildings of New York _____.

　　 A. some of the word’s largest bears live　　　 B. lives some of the world’s largest bears

　　 C. do some of the world’s largest bears live　　 D. live some of the world’s largest bears

9. -I _____ violin for a whole fifteen years by next month.

　 -No wonder you play so wonderfully.

　 A. will have played　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. have been playing

　 C. will play　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. have played