The horse took a fright at the sound of the explosion.（英译中)

They took the horse to the market to ______.

A．sell it

B．show it

C．to kill it

听力原文： There are many anecdotes about George Washington, the first president of the United States. Among them, there is the following:

Once a neighbor stole one of Washington's horses. Washington went with a police officer to the neighbor's farm to get the horse, but the neighbor refused to give the horse up; he claimed that it was his horse.

Washington placed both of his hands over the eyes of the horse and said to the neighbor, "If this is your horse, then you must tell us in which eye he is blind."

"In the right eye!" the neighbor said.

Washington took his hand from the right eye of the horse and showed the police officer that the horse was not blind in the right eye.

"Oh, I have made a mistake," said the neighbor. "He is blind in the left eye." Washington then showed that the horse was not blind in the left eye either.

"I have made another mistake," said the neighbor.

"Yes," said the police officer, "and you have also proven that the horse does not belong to you. You must return it to Mr Washington."

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A．He gave Washington a horse as a present.

B．He led a police officer to Washington's house.

C．He stole one of Washington's horses.

D．He broke into Washington's house.

Trains were used only for long-distance transportation.

Today the car is the most popular【C1】______of transportation in all of the United States. It has completely【C2】______the horse as a means of everyday transportation. Americans use their car for【C3】______90 percent of all personal【C4】______.

Most Americans are able to【C5】______cars. The average price of a【C6】______made car was, 500 in 1950, 740 in 1960 and up【C7】______750 in 1975. During this period American car manufacturers set about【C8】______their products and work efficiency.

Meanwhile, the yearly income of the.【C9】______family increased from 1950to 1975【C10】______than the price of cars. For this reason,【C11】______a new car takes a smaller【C12】______of a family's total earnings today.

In 1951【C13】______it took 8.1 months of an average family's【C14】______to buy a new car. In 1962, a new car【C15】______8.3 of a family's annual earnings. By 1975 it only took 4.75【C16】______income. In addition, the 1975 cars were technically【C17】______to models from previous years.

The【C18】______of the automobile extends throughout the economy【C19】______the car is so important to Americans. Americans spend more money【C20】______their cars running than on any other item.

【C1】

A．kinds

B．means

C．mean

D．types

Trains were used only for long-distance transportation.

Today the car is the most popular【C1】______of transportation in all of the United States. It has completely【C2】______the horse a means of everyday transportation. Americans use their car for【C3】______80 per cent of any【C4】______Most Americans are able to【C5】______cars. The average price of a【C6】______made car was $ 2, 050 in 1950; $ 2, 740 in 1960 and up to $ 4, 750【C7】______1975. During this period American car manufactures set about【C8】______the products and work efficiency.

As a result, the yearly income of the【C9】______family increased from 1950 to 1975【C10】______than the price of cars. For this reason【C11】______a new car takes a smaller【C12】______of family's total earnings today.

In 1951【C13】______it took 8. 1 months of an average family's【C14】______to pay a new car. In 1962 a new car【C15】______8. 3 of a family's annual earnings. By 1975 it only took 4. 75【C16】______income. In addition, the 1975 cars were technically【C17】______to models from previous years.

The【C18】______of the automobile extends throughout the economy【C19】______the car is so important to Americans. Americans spend more money to【C20】______their cars running than on any other item.

【C1】

A．kinds

B．sort

C．means

D．types

as completely【B1】the horse as a【B2】of everyday transportation. Americans use their car for【B3】90% of all【B4】business.

Most Americans are able to【B5】cars. The average price of a【B6】made car was $2,050 in 1950, $2,470 in 1960 and up to $4,750【B7】1975. Daring this period American car manufacturers set about【B8】their products and work efficiency. As a result, the yearly income of the【B9】family increased from 1950 to 1975【B10】than the price of cars. For this reason【B11】a new car takes a smaller【B12】of a family's total earnings today.

In 1951【B13】it took 8.1 months of an average family's【B14】to buy a new car. In 1962 a new car【B15】8.3 of a family's annual earnings, By 1975 it only took 4.75【B16】income. In addition, the 1975 cars were technically【B17】to models from previous years.

The【B18】of automobile extends throughout the economy【B19】the car is so important to American. Americans spend more money【B20】keeping their cars running than on any other item.

【B1】

A．denied

B．reproduced

C．replaced

D．ridiculed

rty-four years old he worked as a farmhand for a man named Thomas Butterworth whose place lay near the town of Bidwell, Ohio. He had a horse of his own, and on Saturday evenings drove into town to spend a few hours in social intercourse with other farmhands. In town he drank several glasses of beer and stood about in Ben Head's saloon—crowded on Saturday evening with visiting farmhands. Songs were sung and glasses thumped on the bar. At ten o'clock father drove home along a lonely country road, made his horse comfortable for the night, and himself went to bed, quite happy in his position in life. He had at that time no notion of trying to rise in the world.

It was in the spring of his thirty-fifth year that father married my mother, then a country school teacher, and in the following spring I came wriggling and crying into the world. Something happened to the two people. They became ambitious. The American idea of getting up in the world took possession of them.

It may have been that mother was responsible. Being a school teacher, she had no doubt read books and magazines. She had, I presume, read of how Garfield, Lincoln, and other Americans rose from poverty to fame and greatness, and as I lay beside her—in the days of her lying-in—she may have dreamed that I would someday rule men and cities. At any rate she induced father to give up his place as farmhand, sell his horse, and embark on an independent enterprise of his own. She was a tall silent woman with a long nose and troubled gray eyes. For herself she wanted nothing. For father and me she was incurably ambitious.

According to the narrator, his father's life used to be______.

A．quite poor

B．quite hard

C．quite happy

D．quite rich

ne of them was Paul Revere, a silver worker. He lived in Boston many years ago during the time when many people in the British colonies in America felt that they were being used for Britains gain. They felt that they were being taxed without fair representation in the British government. The people of Boston were especially angry, and additional British troops had been sent there to keep the excited colonists under control. Paul Revere was one of those who believed that the British would soon be on the march against the villages and farms near Boston. On the night of the eighteenth of April, 1775, Revere rowed across the Charles River to a place opposite Boston where his saddled horse was ready to ride. If the British soldiers came, he was to ride to warn the people. A friend in Boston was hidden near the British troops in a place where he could watch what they did. If they marched by land, he was to hang one lantern (灯笼) high in the tower of the old North Church in Boston where Paul could see it. If they came by sea, he would hang up two lanterns. Toward morning Revere saw two lights in the tower. The British must be coming by sea! He jumped on his horse and rode through the countryside before dawn in order to warn the farmers and villagers that they must fight at the daybreak. He rode all night and in the morning, by the time the troops arrived, the farmers were hidden all along the roads with their guns loaded. When the British came, the Americans drove them back. These first battles of the American Revolution were fought at Concord and at Lexington, Massachusetts, on April 19, 1775. In 1776 the colonies signed a declaration of independence.

What is the authors main purpose in the passage？

A．To provide information about the childhood of Paul Revere.

B．To discuss the war between the British and the Americans.

C．To tell the reader a story about Paul Revere in the American Revolution.

D．To describe the courage of the farmers and villagers in the American Revolution.

Humans not only love eating ice cream, they enjoy feeding it to their pets(宠物). Market studies show that two thirds of all dog owners give ice cream ot their dogs. Unfortunately, says William Tyznik, an expert on animal nutrition(营养)at Ohio State University, ice cream is not good for dogs. "It has milk sugar in it, "he says," which dogs cannot digest very well."

2. Bothered by that knowledge but aware of the desire of dog owners to please their companions, Tyznik invented a new frozen treat for dogs that, he says, is more nutritious than ice cream--and as much fun to eat. The product, called Frosty Paws, is made of a liquid by-product(副产品)of cheese and milk with the sugar removed. Frosty Paws also contains refined soy flour, water, vegetable oil, vitamins and minerals. It took Tyznik, who has also invented a horse feed (called Tizwhiz) and another dog food (named Tizbits), three years to perfect the Frosty Paws formulas, and two attempts to commercialise it. After losing ＄ 25,000 trying to market the invention himself, Tyznik sold the rights to Associated Ice Cream of Westerville, Ohio, which makes the product and packages it in cups.

3. Tyznik claims that Frosty Paws has been tested extensively and that "dogs love it". Of 1,400 dogs that have been offered the product, he says, 89 percent took it on the first try. Three out of four preferred it to Milk-Bone or sausages. The product, which will be available in the ice-cream section of supermarkets, comes in packs of three or four cups, costing between ＄ 1.79.

4. What would happen if a human should mistake Frosty Paws for real ice cream？ Nothing, says Tyznik. It's harmless, but frankly, he says, it won't taste very good.

A. The price of Frosty Paws.

B. No harm to human.

C. The creation of a new kind of ice cream for dogs.

D. Harm to human.

E. Feeding ice-creams to dogs.

F. Attraction to dogs.

Para 1 ______.

A.无压力的

B.无应力

C.巧合

D.包含

es that played a prominent role in speeding up mail delivery. Consider how long it used to take to send a letter across a relatively short distance. Back in the 1600s, it took two weeks on horseback to get a letter from Boston to New York, a distance of about 260 miles. Crossing a river was also a challenge. Ferry services were so irregular that a carrier would sometimes have to wait hours just to catch a ferry. For journeys, inland there was always a stagecoach but the ride was by no means comfortable because it had to be shared with other passengers. The post office was pretty ingenious about some words. In the 19th century, in the southwestern desert, for instance, camels were brought in to help to get the mail through. In Alaska, reindeer were used. This practice was discontinued because of the disagreeable temper of these animals. We' ll stop here a minute so that you can enter this replica of a railway mail car. It was during the age of the iron horse that delivery really started to pick up. In fact, the United States transported most bulk mail by train for nearly 100 years. The first airmail service didn' t start until 1918. Please take a few moments to look around. I hope you' ll enjoy your tour. And as you continue on your own, may I suggest you visit our impressive philatelic collection？ Not only can you look at some of the more unusual stamps issued but there' s an interesting exhibition on how stamps are made.

What is the talk mainly about？

A．Overland transportation in the nineteenth century.

B．Historical aspects of mail delivery.

C．Vehicles currently in use by the postal service.

D．The invention of railroad.