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Once a king was walking around a pool with his ministers（大臣）．Suddenly，he came up with（想出）an idea．He asked，“How many baskets of __1__ are there in the pool?” The ministers couldn’t give an answer．The king was angry，“You __2__ answer my questions in three days!”

Three days passed，but __3__ of the ministers had the answer．Just then，a child said that he knew it．The king __4__ the ministers to lead the child to the p001．To his surprise，the child  __5__ and said with a smile，“It is __6__．None need to go to the pool．”This made the king pleased．“All right! Let us know __7__ it is．”The child said，“If you know the __8__ of the basket，the answer is known．__9__ it is as big as the pool，there is one basket of water；half as big，two baskets…”“Stop! That’s it．You have got the answer．They were thinking of things __10__ a wrong way．”

Sometimes to get out of the difficulty，one must change one’s way of thinking．

　　We live in the“computer age.”Just 42 years __(1)__ computers couldn't do much. They were very big and expensive. They used a lot of energy（能量）. Only __(2)__ people were interested __(3)__ them. Today computers are smaller and cheaper. They can do __(4)__ difficult work.

　　Computers become important __(5)__ many reasons. They work faster than man and make fewer mistakes. They can“remember”much information. A computer can do millions of problems __(6)__ a few seconds. A person might __(7)__ years to work out so many problems.　　People now use computers in nearly every kind of work. Computers are very useful and the use of computers __(8)__ growing. More computers mean more job for people, because people __(9)__ to run（操作）and mend them.

Most adults once studied at school, had classes and did their homework every day．The same   1   is going on at school now．  2   it seems that doing weekend homework is one 3   for the modern students．

All the students should agree that weekend homework should be abolished （取消）．It is    4   for them to study at school five days a week． They have a lot of interests．With homework to do on Saturday and Sunday, how can they find   5   to help their parents do the housework, go and see a football or basketball game or a good film, join in family recreation （娛樂(lè)）, or just have   6   at home? Because of these activities, the homework can't be finished   7   Sunday evening． So their weekend homework is usually done in such a hurry that on Monday teachers are    8   because many of the students know little about the   9  ．If there were no weekend homework to do, they would be   10   to go to school on Monday after two days' good rest and learn what the teachers teach better．

1． A． thing                     B． school                   C． class                    D． homework

2． A． Also                     B． But                       C． Still                      D． Though

3． A． question             B． reason                 C． problem                D． decision

4． A． not enough            B． enough                  C． no good                D． no use

5． A． friends                  B． time                      C． places                   D． money

6． A． a rest                    B． an exam                C． a lesson                D． a picnic

7． A． though                B． since                    C． after                     D． until

8． A． pleased                 B． sorry                    C． unhappy                D． satisfied

9． A． lessons                 B． games                   C． interests                D． activities

10． A． tired                    B． creative                 C． worried                 D． happy

Bend over, take a deep breath and drink some water！This is just one of hundreds of pieces of advice you might get if you have the hiccups（打嗝）.Hiccups are so mysterious(神秘的)．We really don’t know why they start and why they stop．

Everyone has a favorite cure for a case of the hiccups．Some people think that a good scare is necessary to get well．Others eat a little sugar．Still others drink a glass of water with a knife in it．

An American man named Jack O’Leary said that he had hiccupped 160 million times over a period of eight years．He tried 60，000 cures，but none of them worked．Finally he prayed（向…祈禱） to Saint Jude, the saint of Hopeless cases, and his hiccupping stopped immediately．

A British worker didn’t stop his hiccups until eight months later. People from all over the world wrote him letters with suggestions for getting well．He tried them all，but the hiccups continued．Finally，he drank a “secret” mixture(混合物) someone had sent him. By that evening his hiccups were gone．

Why did these cures work for these two men? No one really knows. But people who have studied many cases of hiccups have an idea. Hiccups usually go away if you believe in the cure．

1.        might be the best cure for hiccups.

A．Special pills

B．A spoonful of salt

C．Cold water

D．What you believe in

2.The British worker spent __________ in stopping his hiccups．

A．4 hours

B．2 days

C．8 months

D．8 years

3.What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Different ways to stop hiccups

B．What makes hiccups happen

C．How to get hiccups

D．Jack O‘Leary’s hiccups

　　Children ____(1)____ the USA ____(2)____ K Day very much. K is ____(3)____ kites. March 7 is the day for flying kites. ____(4)____ that day lots of children go out in the open air. They take ____(5)____ kites with them. Some kites ____(6)____ very big. ____(7)____ are small. They are in different colours. Every kite ____(8)____ a long string（繩子）. To get the kites up, the children begin to run. They let out the string from the ball in their hands. Now the kites ____(9)____ in the open air. How nice they____(10)____