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　　Cretel has often noticed that Sandy and Sue don't have much homework. She raised the 1 at dinner the other evening and Mr Clark tried to explain. “In some countries,” he said, “children are 2 to do a lot of homework from the moment they 3 school.” They are often obliged to learn their lessons by heart and they are tested 4 day by their teachers. The children learn from 5 the same books and follow a strict state program. It's quite the 6 in England. Teachers seldom make very young children do 7 homework. They rarely get their pupils to 8 their lessons by heart. The teachers themselves are usually free to 9 the books they will use. Some teachers don't use books 10 ! After the age of 11 or 12, of course, children are generally made to do some homework, but 11 very much. From the age of 14 onwards, they usually have quite 12 .

　　As they will be taking important exams, 13 even then, the question of homework is largely 14 own responsibility.

　　Cretel thought English children were very 15 but Sandy and Sue didn't agree, which is hardly surprising.

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　　Cretel has often noticed that Sandy and Sue don't have much homework. She raised the 1 at dinner the other evening and Mr Clark tried to explain. “In some countries,” he said, “children are 2 to do a lot of homework from the moment they 3 school.” They are often obliged to learn their lessons by heart and they are tested 4 day by their teachers. The children learn from 5 the same books and follow a strict state program. It's quite the 6 in England. Teachers seldom make very young children do 7 homework. They rarely get their pupils to 8 their lessons by heart. The teachers themselves are usually free to 9 the books they will use. Some teachers don't use books 10 ! After the age of 11 or 12, of course, children are generally made to do some homework, but 11 very much. From the age of 14 onwards, they usually have quite 12 .

　　As they will be taking important exams, 13 even then, the question of homework is largely 14 own responsibility.

　　Cretel thought English children were very 15 but Sandy and Sue didn't agree, which is hardly surprising.

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I am not one who is frightened easily, but I must admit that one night I saw a figure that really struck terror into my heart．

I   1   it was a cold moon - lit night when I was walking home．It was the first night of my whole life that I had been outside   2   at such a late time．There were   3  few people on the road at night．Even during the day, the road was used by only some．On that night, it seemed even   4  ．While I was walking, I could hear some   5   made by creatures that love the night world．I moved really fast towards home．It was   6   because I was hungry．More importantly, I was eager to get back home for warmth．All of a sudden, I   7   an old lady in a short distance away．Her   8   was covered with a white cloth．She was   9  to me, I think．

I was a bit   10  ．I wanted to know   11   she was there at that time of the late night．I stopped walking for a while．As I   12  there, stories about ghosts （鬼） began to come to my mind one after   13  ．I was soon   14   fear and started to run as fast as I could．When I reached home I could   15   speak．

The next day, however, I   16   that place again to make sure that the woman was not a ghost but indeed a real person．But I could find no footprints there   17   a banana plant．I realized then that it was the banana plant with its leaves moving in the gentle wind that   18   like a woman waving her hand．I had indeed made a fool of myself; but after the   19  night’s experience, this   20   was small relief to me．

1．A．realized                 B．recognized           C．remembered        D．reminded

2．A．alone                    B．asleep                  C．awake                 D．lonely

3．A．never                    B．often                   C．seldom                D．rarely

4．A．busier                   B．noisier                 C．quieter                D．wider

5．A．noises                   B．quarrels               C．songs                  D．voices

6．A．completely            B．mainly                 C．obviously            D．partly

7．A．made sense of       B．caught sight of     C．got ahead of        D．took hold of

8．A．waist                    B．leg                      C．head                   D．hand

9．A．smiling                  B．waiting                C．whispering          D．waving

10．A．mysterious          B．cautious              C．conscious            D．curious

11．A．why                    B．when                  C．what                   D．how

12．A．lay                      B．sat                      C．stood                  D．walked

13．A．another               B．other                   C．others                 D．the other

14．A．addicted to          B．filled with            C．far from              D．short of

15．A．clearly                 B．easily                  C．hardly                 D．loudly

16．A．traveled               B．visited                 C．appreciated          D．went

17．A．over                    B．without               C．than                    D．except

18．A．felt                     B．looked                 C．smelt                  D．sounded

19．A．previous              B．next                    C．last                     D．following

20．A．invention             B．achievement         C．contribution         D．discovery