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shirt is easy to learn. Just follow the steps in this short guide (指南 ), and you’ll learn how to iron your s hirt properly with the help of the video. The most important thing is this: don’t try to iron a dry shirt. ● Get ready You will need an iron, an ironing board and a bottle of water. Place the shirt on the ironing board. You can iron in whatever order you like, but most people like to start at the top — the collar. Have a bottle of water ready. Spray (噴 ) it onto the shirt to make it easier to iron. ● Do the ironing First, iron the inside of the collar. Second, turn the collar over and iron the other side. Third, iron the back shoulders of the shirt. Fourth, iron the cuffs. Iron the inside, then the outside of the cuffs. Fifth, iron the sleeves. Sixth, iron the back of the shirt. Finally, iron the front of the shirt. Do one side, and then do the other side. ● Dry the shirt Check your shirt and iron it again if you need to. Now put your shirt on a hanger and let it dry. 64. What’s the most important thing if you want to iron a shirt ? A. Have a bottle of water ready. B. Don’t try to iron a dry shirt. C. Wash your shirt carefully. D. Place the shirt on the ironing board. 65. You will need all of the following things EXCEPT ________ before you iron a shirt. A. a ruler B. an iron C. an ironing board D. a bottle of water 66. Most people like to start with ironing ________ of a shirt. A. the sleeves B. the back shoulders C. the cuffs D. the collar 67. The writer tells us it’s easy to learn how to iron a shirt by ________. A. reading a book B. watching a video C. listening to the radio D. reading the newspaper C The olive(橄欖) tree probably first grew in southern Asia. And then it spread to Mediterranean(地中海的) countries about 6,000 years ago. Since then, it has been important in Mediterranean people’s lives. The olive tree grows in rocky places and it doesn’t need much water. Its fruit can be made into olive oil. People have used olive oil to cook dishes for centuries. But they haven’t only used it for cooking. Some ancient cultures believed that it was useful as medicine. In modern times, people still use olive oil both for its taste and its health advantages. Olive oil has also been an important product in the business and culture of Mediterranean countries. In ancient Greece, for example, anyone who cut down an olive tree was heavily punished. Winners at the Olympic Games wore wreaths(花環(huán)) . They were made of olive branches(樹枝) . Sometimes winners were also given a prize of olive oil. People from Greece built ships so that they could use olive oil for trade. But it was the Romans who grew the olive tree in the rest of southern Europe and northern Africa. Today, olive oil is still a very valuable product, and many different kinds of olive oil are sold in countries all over the world. 79. Where did the olive tree probably first grow A. In Asia. B. In Africa. C. In Europe. D. In America. 80. What can we learn about olive oil A. People started to cook with it recently. B. It is made from olive branches. C. People used it to build ships in Greece. D. It can be good for health. 81. In ancient Greece, people who cut down an olive tree . A. were wreaths B. were heavily punished C. got a prize of olive oil D. were regarded as heroes 82. The passage is mainly about . A. The method of cooking B. The trade of Greece C. The history of the Olympic Games D. The story of olive oil D How does a young dog or cat get to know a new home? The animal uses its nose. Right away it smells its new places. Then it makes wider and wider circles, smelling all the time. Before long it can find its way home very well, even in the dark. It simply follows something it knows well. Stories happen about animals who found their way across land they had never smelled before. Take the case of Smoky, a small white cat. Smoky had some funny red hair around its right ear. One day Smoky and his owner began a long journey. They were moving from Oklahoma to Tennessee. When they were just eighteen miles from their Oklahoma home, Smoky jumped out of the car. Then he found his way back to the old house. There he wandered around outside for many days. Finally he disappeared. A year later Smoky meowed at the door of a house in Tennessee. A man opened the door. “Is that you, Smoky?” he said in surprise. At first he couldn’t believe it. Then he saw the red hair around its right ear. It was Smoky! 72. What is the first thing a pet does in a new place? A. It travels a long way. B. It smells the new place. C. It finds its way