英语B统考阅读理解

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Many people who work in London

prefer to live outside it

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What makes a person a scientist?

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There are three kinds of goals: short-term, 阅读理解04

In the United States

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Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people

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How men first learnt to invent words is Unknown

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A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition

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When John and Victoria Falls arrived in New York City for one-year stay

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The residents of 24 Acacia Grove (1) were dissatisfied with the condition of the

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Morgan Rees has always been a goodbusinessman

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Once James Thornhill, a famous English painter,

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Mr. Tom Forester （1）lived by himself a long way from town

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oday Newtown is （1）a very

clean place

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One day （1）a bookseller （书商）let a big box of books fall on his foot.

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Sixteen-year-old Maria was waiting in line at the airport in Santo Domingo.

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A foreigner’s first impression of the U.S

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The French Revolution broke out in 1789

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In choosing a friend, one should be very careful

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No one is glad to hear that his body has to be cut open by a surgeon (外科医生)

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If you travel by air across the centre of Africa or south 阅读理解22

Martin Luther King was a black Minister

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There were once many sheiks （阿拉伯的酋长）who

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Mr. White lived in a small village

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There was once an ant that was very thirsty

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