【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ound. “Take them and let me go,” she said. The robber saw that the girl didn’t care for the earrings at all, only trying to protect the necklace. He thought the necklace would cost more, so he said, Give me your necklace. Oh, sir. It39。s not worth much. Please let me keep it. Stop talking rubbish. Quick! With shaky hands, Agatha took off her necklace. As soon as the robber disappeared, she picked up her earrings and ran as fast as she could to one of her friends. In fact, the earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost only six pounds.69. What does Agatha Christie write?A. Science fiction. B. Fairy tales. C. Detective stories70. The birthday party ___________o’clock in the morning.A. was over at 2 B. didn’t end after 2 C. didn39。t end at 2 D. ended before 271. Agatha never forgot the night, for she___________.A. was robbed of her earrings B. had a good time at the birthday partyC. was robbed of her necklace D. was robbed, but she fooled the robber72. The italicized word it in the passage refers to___________.A. the necklace B. one of the earrings C. the coat D. the knife73. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Agatha pretended not to care for her earrings and threw them to the ground.B. Agatha pretended to care for her necklace and covered it with the collar. C. Agatha didn39。t really care for her necklace because it was much cheaper than the earrings.D. Agatha really cared for her earrings because they were gifts from her friends.74. What is best title of the passage?A. A foolish robber B. A clever and brave writerC. Earrings and necklace D. Agatha Christie and her fansB. Choose the words or expressions and plete the passage (選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或詞語， 完成短文)(12 分） I recently watched my sister perform an act of magic.We were sitting in a restaurant, try to have a conversation, but her children, fouryearold Willow and sevenyearold Luca, would not stop fighting. The____75_____—over a fork, or who had more water in a glass—never stopped.Like a magician who makes a group of children quiet by pulling a rabbit out of a hat, my sister reached into her purse and look out two shiny Apple iPads, handing one to each child. Suddenly, the two were quiet. They sat playing games and watching videos, and we ____76_____with our conversation.After our meal, as we put the iPads back into their magic bag, my sister felt a bit____77_____.“ I don39。t want to give them the iPads at the dinner table, but if it keeps them busy for an hour so we can eat in peace, and_____78____, not disturb other people in the restaurant, I often just give it to them, she told me. Then she asked: Do you think it’s bad for them? I do worry that it is making them think it39。s OK to use electronics at the dinner table in the future. I did not have an answer, and____79_____ some people might have opinions, no one has a true scientific understanding of what the future might be for a generation raised on screens. Dr. Gary Small, director of the Longevity Center says we do know that the brain is highly sensitive to stimuli (刺激)，like iPads and smartphone screen, and if people spend too much time with one technology, and less time acting together with people like parents at the dinner table, that could make it difficult to develop their municative skills.We really don’t know the full neurological (神經(jīng)學(xué)上的）effects of these technologies yet. But learning about being alone is the basis of early development. If we don39。t teach our children how to be alone, maybe they 39。ll____80_____know how to be lonely in the future.75. A. opinions B. arguments C. discussion D. conversation76. A. continued B. talked C. shared D. municated77. A. satisfied B. fortable C. surprised D. sorry 78. A. after all B. more importantly C. at present D. for example 79. A. until B. if C. although D. because 80. A. hardly B. never C. also D. only C. Read the passage and fill the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使內(nèi)容通順，每空格限填一詞，首字母已給）（14分） It39。s as hard to be a good father as it is to be a good mother—maybe harder. Does Father’s Day cause anxiety (緊張)？ Does it make you wish you had a better relationship with your own father—or with your own children? Was your father your friend? Your e 81 ? Or was he just a man doing his best?Some men are excellent dads but they are not the ones you39。ll see on posters for Father39。s Day: they are not the smiling men full of energy, but i 82 ,they are the tired and underpaid (薪水不高的）men.My good father was one of those exhausted men. He spent 12 hours working hard every day w 83 plaint so that we could live in a house and not in an apartment. I never thought he would show up at school plays I was in or attend the award events. Although my father didn39。t feel it neces