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     A guitarist was pleasantly surprised to hear from New York City police that his valuable guitar had
been found.It disappeared almost a year ago when he got out of a taxi and forgot to take the guitar with
him.Laurence Lennon,44,said he was running late that day.He was talking to his manager on his
cellphone when he rushed out of the taxi.He said that he gave the driver ＄60 and told him to keep the
change.He walked through the front doors of the concert hall,still talking on the phone to his manager.
     Upon discovering his loss,Lennon used his cellphone to call the police.The policewoman asked him
for the name of the taxi company,the number of the taxi,and the name of the driver.He said that she must
have been joking.
     She told Lennon that he could apply for a missing item report online. Lennon asked for address.
     It was www.nypd.gov/toprotectandtoserve/haveaniceday.She told him that finding the guitar might
take a couple of years for finding guitars was not as important as finding murderers and marijuana(大麻)
smokers.Then she told him to have a nice day.
      "This year has been depressing,"said Lennon."I had to put off the recording of two new CDs.I"ve
been using borrowed guitars.And I was losing hope of ever recovering my guitar."
     Lennon was reunited with his ＄100,000 guitar yesterday.The guitar had been discovered in the
corner of a coffeehouse only two blocks from where Lennon had lost it.Lennon had offered a ＄10,000
reward for its return.He said he would give the reward to the coffeehouse owner,who had informed the
police.

1.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Careless guitarist surprised
B. Valuable guitar found
C. Coffeehouse owner rewarded
D. Taxi driver still unknown

2. By saying "she must have been joking" in Para 2,the guitarist probably means      .
A. it was impossible for him to answer her questions
B. there must have been something she felt funny
C. she didn"t believe at all that he had lost his guitar
D. she must have felt that his behavior was funny

3. In the policewoman"s opinion,finding the lost guitar    .
A. was not important at all
B. wouldn"t be done online
C. could be a long time hunting
D. only depended on the driver

4. Which of the following NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Why the guitarist was in a hurry
B. What the police advised the guitarist to do
C. How the lost guitar affected its owner
D. How the guitar was moved to the coffeehouse

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1-4: BACD

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完形填空     When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. I can"t  1  what it
was about, but I have never forgotten the  2  I learned that day.
      I was  3  that I was right and he was wrong and he was sure that I was wrong and he was right. The   4  decided to teach us very important lessons. She  5  both of us up to the  6 of the class and  7  him
on one side of her desk and me on  8  . In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could  9
see that it was black. She asked the boy what  10  the objects was. "White", he answered.
     I couldn"t believe he said the object was white,  11  it was obviously black !Another  12 stared
between my classmates and me, this  13  abut the color of the object.
     The teacher told me to go to stand where the boy was standing and told him to come to stand where
I had been. We changed   14 , and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I  15 answer,
"White". It was an object with two  16  colored sides, and from his side it was white.  17  from my side
was the color black.
     My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must   18  in the other person"s shoes and
look at the  19  through their eyes in order to   20  understand their view.

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A. The teacher who was fired. B. The parents whose children cried. C. The pupils who were in tears. D. Santa Claus the teacher talked about.
2. The seven-year-old children cried because of .
A. something about Santa Claus B. the letters by the school C. their teacher"s leaving D. the presents left out by the parents
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4. What"s the meaning of the underlined word "rowdy"?
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A. She suffered physical pain for a long time. B. She lost the courage to drive. C. Her father kicked her out of the house. D. Her father was violent toward her
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A. When the author first learned about the crash, he regretted sending her daughter to the store. B. The author allowed his daughter to use his truck because his son was too young to drive. C. When the author saw the crash, he was sorry for the damage to his beloved car. D. By comforting his daughter, the author showed how much more he loved her than his truck.
4. The main idea of the story is that .
A. love is more important than possessions B. parents should never let a teenager drive C. there is no point blaming someone after an accident D. we should always forgive others~ mistake