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he is (22 ) 22 years old. Many people (23) that Clark is the most promising fencer in this country today. Although he is young, he has been able to (24) the necessary skills. Already he has won a number of fencing contest (竟賽 ) (25) older fencers. He is almost (26) to bee a member of the U. S. Olympic(奧林匹克 ) fencing team! There is no (27) danger in fencing, today, Clark says. But I never (28) that fencing was not always a sport. In the old days, People fenced to(29)a quarrel. Each match was a matter of (30) If that (31) true in the matches I (32) in today, every touch against me would mean that I (33) wounded or killed. So I try to play (34) l were fencing for my life. I don39。t like, the idea of being (35) ! 16. A. And B. But C. Then D. So 17. A. heard B. has thought C. has shown D. suggested 18. A. true B. wrong B. clear D. clever 19. A. sense B. sports C. ways D. times 20. A. countries B. east C. west D. schools 21. A. brave B. strong C. white D. young 22. A. at least B. not C. already D. only 23. A. expect B. think C. hope D. find 24. A. study B. know C. improve D. master 25. A. with B. over C. against B. instead of 26. A. ready B. able C. going D. certain 27. A. large B. such C. real D. little 28. A. think B. agree C. fet D. remember 29. A. make B. pick C. start D. settle 30. A. joy and sorrow B. life and death C. success and failure D .brightness and darkness 31. A. should be B. came C. were D. is 32. A. play B. go C. work D. stay 33. A. would get B. were C. was D. had been 3 34. A. even if B. as C. if D. as if 35. A. a fencer B. a winner C. missed D. killed 第三部分:閱讀理解 A Stage plays, at first, seem a lot like films. Both use actors and dialogue and scenery. But if you try to make a film by setting up a camera in front of the stage, you will find it won’ t work. A film made in this way will leave the audience cold. And even worse you’ll b3e wasting a powerful tool the camera. A stage is actually a box. One side of the box has been removed so the audience can see what’ s going on inside. The actors remain at a fixed audience. In the film, however, the camera can bring the audience up close and fix their attention on small but important things: a frightened look, a whisper, a trembling of hands. The camera offers the film maker freedom allowing him to move easily across barriers(界限 ) of time and space. He can show his action in real cities and on real farms. He can also use the camera to change the scene dozens of times in one film. No expert of the stage can do this. 36. The main idea of the text is that ________ .