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Passage 1
The city of Armada
opened its arms to a new business on Huntington
Drive at First Street.
The
store,
which
is
called Turtle
Dove,
is
a pet
shop
specializing
in
two kinds of
animals.
The
owners are two brothers,
Bill and Bob Pidgin. They moved here from the
northern California town
of Santa Rosa,
where they owned a small farm store called Animal
House. That store was such a
success
that after five years they sold the animal store
and got a lot of money.
They took it easy for a couple of
years, tra
veling throughout the states.
“We visited almost
every zoo in the
country, partly because we love animals and partly
because we were looking for
inspiration
for our next business,” said Bill. They finally
decided on turtles and doves. “They’re
easy to feed and care for, and both of
the animals live a long time. Armada is a very
nice place for
our new
business
,” said Bob.
The store will be open from 9:00 a.m.
to 9:00 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. “We
think
those are hours that our
customers will find very convenient. Besides, the
three days off gives us a
chance to go
into the woods and find more critters. We never
buy our animals; we always try to
collect
them
from
the
wild.
That
way
we
can
pass
on
huge
savings
to
our
customers.
And,
of
course,
by
removing
these
animals
from
their
natural
homes
in
the
wild,
we
protect
them
from
being
eaten
by
their
natural
enemies.
So
our
customers
are
happy,
our
animals
are
happy,
and
we’re
happy. It’s a win
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win for
all of us.”
73. Find in the
passage a word closest i
n meaning to
the underlined word
“
critters
”.
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74. What animals does the
brothers
’
store sell? (
回答词数不超过
3
个
)
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75. Who will enjoy
the pleasure brought by the new animal store in
city of Armada? (
回答词数不
超过
8
个
)
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Passage 2
A
work
team
consisting
of
150
volunteers
worked
for
eight
hours
in
a
light
drizzle
on
Saturday
to
clean
Carson
Creek
of
almost
nine
tons
of
debris
.
“A
job
well
done,”
smiled
Alan
Specter, the director
of the event. “We’
ve planned to come
back here one more time, three years
from now. Of course, we hope that there
won’t be nine tons of garbage next time.”
The
garbage
came
in
all
shapes,
sizes,
and
colors:
cans,
bottles,
bicycles,
car
tires,
auto
batteries,
sofas,
furniture,
clothing,
shopping
carts,
bowling
balls,
plastic
bags,
dolls,
baby
carriages,
TV
antennas,
and
portable
radios.
There
was
even
a
golf
bag
with
a
full
set
of
golf
clubs.
Much of
the backbreaking work was done by two community
groups
—
the Cub Scouts and
Boy
Scouts,
and
two
environmental
groups
—
Save
the
Bay
and
Watch
the
Whales.
Concerned
retirees and
volunteers from police and fire departments also
came to help. Everyone was given
boots,
gloves,
and
a
raincoat.
The
work
occurred
along
a
two-mile
stretch
of
streambed.
The
debris was pulled out and placed along
the roadside, where trucks lined up to take the
trash to the
landfill to bury. More
than 500 big yellow trash bags were filled.
No one found anything of
great value, although a five-year-old boy found an
earring that he
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thought might be worth a million
dollars because it was so shiny. He said he would
sell it. Then he
would give half of the
money he thought he would get to Watch the Whales,
and use the other half
to buy a triple-
scoop ice cream cone every day for the rest of his
life.
73. Find in the
passage a word
closest in meaning to
the underlined word “
debris.
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74. What looks
quite special among the garbage according to this
reading passage? (
回答词数不
超过
10
个
)
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75. What did people do with the
garbage they had pulled out from the streambed? (<
/p>
回答词数不超
过
9
个
)
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Passage 3
It was 80 degrees
in the shade. A man wearing a heavy army jacket, a
pullover wool cap, and
dark sunglasses
walked into the First American Bank at the corner
of Maple and Main streets in
downtown
Short Beach.
The man walked
up to the teller and held up a hand grenade
for all to see. He said, “Give me
all your money, all the money in this
bank, right now!”
Everyone
in the lobby screamed and started running, even
the security guard. Nervously, the
young woman teller handed the man three
big bags loaded with cash. He walked out of the
door. A
second later, one of the money
bags exploded, covering him with red dye
(
颜料
). He shouted in
pain
and
surprise,
and
started
walking
around
in
circles
because
he
couldn't
see
where
he
was
going.
He
cou
ldn’t see, but he could hear. He
heard the police
cars get closer. Then
he heard the
police tell him to get
down on his stomach on the sidewalk and put his
hands behind his back.
They handcuffed
(
用手铐铐住
) him and placed him
in the back of the police car.
Seeing the hand grenade on the
sidewalk, the police told everyone to get back.
They sealed
off the whole block and
called the bomb squad (a group of bomb experts).
The bomb squad came
and examined the
hand grenade. Then they laughed. They told the
police it was not a bomb. The
hand
grenade was actually a harmless dummy (a kind of
toy), something a 12-year-old might play
with.
The police
laughed. The bank employees returned to work. The
bank customers returned to
their lines.
But the bank robber, hopefully, would never
return.
73. Find in the
passage a word
closest in meaning to
the underlined word
“
grenade
”.
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74. What do you think is the best title
for this reading passage? (
回答词数不超过
3
个
)
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75. What was the end of the robbery
story? (
回答词数不超过
8
个
)
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