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okes which are the rejections of teachers and rightingthinking parents. Perhaps we parents should stop __85_ to brainwash children into accepting our taste in literature. After all, children and adults are so different that we parents should not expect that they will enjoy the same books. So I suppose we?ll just have to promise(妥協(xié)) over the bedtime story. 80. A. easy B. short C. high D. difficult 81. A. and B. but C. or D. so 82. A. but B. however C. so D. because 83. A. grownups B. girls C. boys D. children 84. A. are B. show C. find D. add 85. A. going B. liking C. trying D. preferring C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)? 詞,使其內(nèi)容通順,每空格限填一詞,首字母已給 ):( 14 分) Lester liked to collect things. He would walk near his house with his eyes focused on the ground, hoping something interesting would p_________86____ itself at his feet. Lester had found many things this way. One day, Lester was walking home from school. Just as he turned the corner to his street, Lester noticed something on the ground. When he bent down to pick it up, he was amazed! It was a small rock, shining in the sun. “It is a diamond! ” he thought. He could not be s_______87____, though. Lester picked the rock up and carefully put it into his pocket. When he reached his house, he ran to his bedroom. He pulled a magnifying glass and began to e___________88___ his find. Lester had heard that diamonds can cut glass, so he rubbecd (劃 ) the rock on the mirror and there was a small cut in the mirror39。, if you had not brought the diamond to the police and just kept it, you might have been breaking the law. Since you did bring it to the police, there is a c________90____ you could keep it legally(合法的 ). Is that true? Lester asked. “Yes, the policeman answered. If no one claims(索取 ) this diamond w_______91_____ six months, it will be yours under the law. Lester walked out of the police station happily. He was glad he had given the diamond to the police, and he thought about how happy it would make someone to get it back. S________92__, Lester hoped that maybe he could keep the diamond. D. Answer the questions (根 據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答下列問(wèn)題 ): ( 12 分 ) When a letter appeared in the DEAR DOCTOR column (專欄 ) of a newspaper, the doctor?s reply was the following: Dear Mr L., I don?t think there is anything wrong with your blood. The key to the problem is the long nap (小睡 ) after dinner. If you didn?t nap after dinner, you would not want to stay up so late, and you would not feel the need to take a sleeping pill. The pill is still working in your body when you get up in the morning. This helps explain the fact that you feel tired all day. You should get out of the habit of sleeping during the evening. Right after your evening meal, join some kinds of physical activity—a sport such as tennis, perhaps. Or get together with friends for an evening of cards and conversation. Then go to bed at your usual time or a little earlier and you should be able to get a good night?s rest without taking a pill. If you can get into the habit of spending your evening this way, I am sure you will feel less tired during the day. At first it may be hard for you to go to sleep without taking a pill. If so, get up and watch television or do some jobs around your house until you feel sleepy. If you fall asleep and then wake up a few hours later, get up but do not take a sleeping pill. Read a while or listen to the radio, and make yourself a warm drink. Eat a sandwich or a cookie. Then go back to bed. Even if you get only a few hours? sleep that night, you will feel better