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re going to hear a story of a great magician. He was born on September 16,1956 in New picked up magic at 8 and began performing professionally at 12. By the age of 16, he was already teaching magic at New York University. In 1977, he was chosen to host a TV show, The Magic of ABC. The show was a huge success, and made him known to the whole world. He understands his craft more than any other magician before him. He said,Before there can be wonders, there must be wonder. Where others think,It can39。ll have reallife experience instead of just theory. M: Shh. Keep the plan between us. Text 10 Wele to this edition of The Stories of Super Geniuses. I39。ve got a solution. Let39。s already 14. Remember, we left Catherine alone when she was 10. W: That was a mistake! We didn39。t look anxious or unhappy, I know he39。re a young woman. You can still do that. W: Can I? A 32 single mother who didn39。s not bad. W: I didn39。t understand. The guy at Table 4 said something horrible to me when I was telling him about today39。m getting a lot of plaints. W: Really? About what? M: Well, apparently, one of our waitresses is having a nervous breakdown. W: Who? Me? M: Yeah! Um, listen, maybe you should take the rest of the night off if you don39。s no time for that! We must stop the train. Let39。s going to hit it! Let39。s that on the railway tracks, David? A rock? A man? M: Oh, it39。t ask me about her. W: Why? Look, I39。m looking for Jenny. M: She39。ve got used to this kind of excuse. Could you try something new? Text 6 M: Wele to our store. Can I help you, ma39。m late again. I lost my keys on my way home and tried hard to find them. W: I39。am. I will put this one away for you. Text 4 W: Sam, you look a bit upset. M: Yes. I saw someone in the supermarket today. He was dressed in the same clothes as me. The clothes looked so ugly. W: Oh, that39。s only an interview! M: Only an interview? Only an interview?! What if I panic? What if I? I say a silly word by accident? Text 3 W: I bought a size 10 of this jacket yesterday, but I just found size 8 fits me better. Could you hold this one for me? I39。 注意:短文的開頭已給出(不計詞數(shù))。某英文雜志就此問題向中學生征稿。 注意: ; 10處,多者(從第 11處起)不計分。 刪除:把多余的詞用 (\ )劃掉。錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。 The way we cook is important. In many countries, the two choices are 61 (nature) gas or electricpowered stoves. The World Health Organization warns that millions of people 62 (suffer) from indoor air pollution at present time, which results from the use of dangerous 63 (fuel) and cookstoves in the home. WHO officials say nearly three billion people are 64 (able) to use clean fuels and technologies for cooking , heating and lighting. As a result, more than seven million people die from exposure to indoor or outdoor air pollution each year. Most of the deaths are in 65 ( develop) countries, such as lndia, China and Latin American countries. WHO officials say opening a window or door 66 ( let) out the harmful air will not correct the situation , 67 will only pollute the outdoors. Nigel Bruce, 68 is a professor of Public Health at the University of Liverpool, says researchers are developing good cookstoves and other equipment to burn fuels 69 a more efficient way. But, this is just a start. It is urging developing countries to use 70 (clean) fuels and increase access to cleaner and more modern cooking and heating appliances(用具) . 第四部分 寫作(共兩節(jié);滿分 35分) 第一 節(jié) 短文改錯(共 10小題;每小題 1分,滿分 10分) 假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文,請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。t take a bite. She sat there __54____ her husband eat, and taking turns sipping the drink. Again I ___55___ to buy them something but was refused. When the man finished eating and was __56____ his face with a napkin. I ___57___ no longer stand it. I made an offer to them a third time. ___58____ being politely refused. I asked the lady ___59___, Madam, why aren39。 I was having my dinner at McDonald39。選項中有兩項為多余選項。s loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece. Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal. So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last night39。re trying to lose weight. Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all, says Katherine Brooking, ., who developed the supereasy eating plan for this year39。re saving calories, still others just don39。s leftovers in the . if you want to. I know lots of women who skip breakfast(不吃早餐 ), and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it . Some say they don39。 A In the fall of 1985, I was a brighteyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twentyone years later I am still a brighteyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell. My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care