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to see short trousers bee long ones。 it acpanied me in my youth and early manhood. It joined the army with me during the war, and later came to the office every day when I became a civilian again.Every night when I emptied my pockets and placed their contents on my bedside table, the coin made its appearance. Sometimes, it would play hideandseek with me and make me dig deeply into my pockets. But sure enough, it was always there, trapped inside larger items, like a penknife, or sleeping in the folds of my handkerchief. It certainly kept strange pany. When I was a boy, it would attach itself to sticky sweets, or get caught in pieces of wire. When I grew up, it took its place proudly beside the silver coins that jingled in my pocket. It had reason to be proud, for I am sure it knew that I would rather have lost every single silver coin I had than part with the precious litter farthing. It did not shine any more, but at nighttime it would unfailingly arrive, last but smiling, and look up at me from my beside table. One night, however, the coin was missing. I searched everywhere, but weeks passed and I did not find it. This time, I realized sadly that it had gone for food and could only hope that it had found some nicer pocket to live in.Exercise: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 2. A 4. D 6. B 7. A 9. DPassage 2 UtahOlympicTheUtahOlympicParkishighintheWasatchMountains,aboutfortykilometerseastofSaltLake.Itisabout2,200metersabovesealevel.Themountainsreceiveanaverageofsevenandonehalfmetersofsnoweachwinter.TheUtahOlympicParkextendsover150hectaresofland.Theparkhasfiveareasforskijumppetitions.Inwarmweather,skierstrainonspecialmanmadejumps.AnOlympicsizetrackhasbeenbuiltforbobsleighandlugepetitions.ItisoneofonlythreesuchtracksinNorthAmerica.Thetrackisclosetothegroundandhasfifteenturns.Itspathissimilarinshapetotheland.TheUtahOlympicParkwillholdfourmajoreventsduringthe2002WinterGames.TheyaretheNordicskiing,bobsleigh,luge,andskeletonpetitions.TheskeletoneventhasnotbeenseenattheOlympicssince1948.Officialsexpectittobeextremelypopularnextyear.Athletspetingintheskeletonslidedownthetrackonalugesled.Buttheylieontheirstomachsinsteadoftheirbacks.TheUtahOlympicParkcanholdabout20,000peopletowatchtheskijumpingevent.Itcanholdabout15,000peopletoseatheotherevents.TheUtahOlympicParkalreadyisusedfornationalandinternationalpetitions.Italsooperatesasatrainingcenterforthepetitors.And,youngpeoplewhowishtojointtheUnitedStatesnationalteamstrainthere.TheUtahOlympicParkisopentothepublicduringthesummerandwintermonths.Everyoneisweletowatchtheathletestrainandpeteagainsteachother.VisitorsalsocantrysomeoftheOlympicsports.Thisincludesgoingdownoneoftheskijumpsorridingonthebobsleighorlugetrack.Exercise:1.B2.C3.B4.A5.D6.DPart2 Oral WorkElsalayinbed,thinkingoverherfirstcoupleofweeksinLondon.Sheyawnedandstretched.ItwasSaturdayandshedidn’thavetogotoschool.TherewasaknockatthedoorandDorothycameincarryingacupoftea.“Comeon,love,youcan’tlieinbedallday.Timeandtidewaitfornoman,”saidDorothy,flingingopenthecurtains.“I’mplayinginafootballmatchtoday,”saidElsa.“Oh,Iwouldn’tletmygirldoanythinglikethat,”saidDorothy.Shewasnice,butherviewwasalittleoldfashioned.“I’llrunthebathforyou,love,”saidDorothyonherwayout,“Elsa,”Dorothystillhadn’tnoticedthatElsaalwaystookashower.1.WhathaveyoulearnedaboutElsaandDorothyformthepassage?2.Doyouthinkyourparents’viewsaresometimesalittleoldfashione