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Although international travel is usually an (1)B. exciting and pleasant experience, travellers should take steps to ensure that their health does not suffer either (2)D. from…in…from their time the air or their time abroad.

Before you go, check with your doctor or local travel clinic (3)C. which injections are necessary for the areas you are travelling (4)C. to . Allow sufficient time to have these injections before you (5)C. leave because they may take time to become effective. Be sure that the information on health is up-to-date. Check on the Internet if you are not sure.

Don't go to bed late the day (6)D. before you fly.

Your body has a natural daily sleep pattern. It takes time to adjust to a new time zone. There are many different (7) A. effects of jet lag: you may not be able to sleep, you may not want to eat or you may feel sick and tired. You may not be able to concentrate for some days after you arrive.

There are several things you can do to (8) D. lessen the effects of jet lag:

－Do your (9) C. best to relax during the flight;

－Sleep as much as you can on the flight. Use a mild sleeping pill if necessary;

－Drink as much water as you can;

－Don't drink alcohol and caffeine;

－Take mild sleeping pills (10) B. for the first few days in the new time zone if you need them.

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Frank knew he was very ill. He spent days walking, (1) as far as thirty miles (2) a day, trying to reason with the pain, and strange thoughts in his mind. Then, one night, he made up his (3) that he would go to the hospital and ask them to admit him. He reported to

out-patients and asked to see a psychiatrist.

A junior doctor eventually examined him and

(4) to Frank's confused account of having been in hospital before, of how he thought he ought to (5) again because he was so confused and knew something was very wrong with him. The doctor did not admit him. Frank cannot (6) whether he was told that the hospital was full or that they simply did not believe him. "I felt I was completely alone. I thought there was (7) there to help."

So Frank went back on to the streets to find a future of sleeping outside, the occasional shelter in hospitals, and sometimes prison (8) he was picked up for being drunk: drunk because it was the (9) way he could forget his condition. Frank had sought help and been turned away. Thousands of others (10) him can find no help either. They are the sufferers from long-term mental illness that confuse the minds of their victims. 1). A. sometimes 2). D. in

3). C. mind 4). A. listened

5). A. be admitted 6). B. remember

7). C. nobody 8). A. whenever

9). A. only 10). D. like

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Jules Verne's most famous book is "Twenty

Thousand Leagues under the Sea". (A "league"

is an old word (1) about three miles.) In those

days submarines had not been (2) , but he

describes an underwater ship very like a

modern submarine. The captain of the

submarine, called Captain Nemo, and his men

have many strange adventures and find many

strange things (3) the bottom of the ocean. He

was a very good (4) . His characters often did

surprising and sometimes impossible things,

but they always seemed (5) real people.

In another book, "Around the World in Eighty

Days", Jules Verne creates Mr. Fogg, the hero,

(6) made a bet that he would travel around the

world in eighty days. Nowadays this may seem

(7) to you, but in those days there were no

planes or even cars. Mr. Fogg and his servant

traveled in many different (8) , even on an

elephant at one time! If you want to know their

result, you should read the book.

In all his books Jules Verne used his scientific

knowledge (9) his imagination in describing

future inventions. (10) he was wrong, of course,

but often the accuracy of his descriptions is

very clever.

1). A. meaning 2). D. invented

3). C. at 4). A. story-teller

5). B. to be 6). D. who

7). A. easy 8). C. ways

9). C. as well as 10). D. Sometimes

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Traffic in India means a mixture of all kinds of

vehicles on the road. About 700,000 new cars

(1) in India in the last twelve months, and

about twice that many used cars have been

traded.

The country's 35 million motorcycles and

scooters make it the world's largest two-wheel

market. But because there are still big

differences (2) people's incomes, the roads are

full of a whole variety of (3) , lots of them not

motorized.

A ride (4) a taxi driver in New Delhi gives a

flavour of a typical Indian-style traffic with all

kinds of vehicle held up in city streets or in

long lines (5) narrow country lanes. Cars,

lorries and buses back up behind a cart (6) by

one animal or another. "India has everything

on the roads," the taxi driver says. "You have

to (7) for pedestrians, bicycles, carts, cows,

donkeys and even elephants. Three things (8)

to drive here, a horn, brakes and good luck."

Just then we were stopped (9) a young boy and

his cow.

Given the hazards, it's not surprising

(10)special ceremonies are held for new car

owners in which the steering wheel and the

driver are both blessed.

1).A. have been sold 2). D. in

3). B. vehicles 4). C. with

5). B. on 6).A. pulled

7). C. watch out 8).D. are recommended

9). B. by 10). D. that

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Molly Wilson (1) a dancer and a mother for

many years when she (2) to sail round the

world to raise money for charity.

As a child she (3) as a ballet dancer, but at 15

she had grown too tall for classical ballet, so

she (4) a member of a pop dance team.

She (5) , and (6) she had children she retired

from show business to bring them (7) . They

grew up, and when they were 18 they left

home.

She says, "When I decided to do the

round-the-world race, my husband thought I

was bored because the children had left home.

He was also worried (8) I had never sailed (9) .

I was not bored, but I (10) some people who

told me about the race. They had taken part in

it, but they had only done one section, say,

from New Zealand to Australia. I wanted to do

the whole ten-month journey."

1). C. had been 2). B. decided

3). A. had trained 4). D. became

5). B. got married 6). C. after

7). D. up 8). D. because

9). A. before 10). B. had met

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More and more people (31) ____ to install

burglar alarms in their houses if they want to

get insurance. Insurance companies (32) ____

people in certain areas to install the alarms

before they will give them insurance for the

fast year. This is (33) ____ to increasing crime

in some parts of the country. This can be a

problem for people (34) ____ are struggling to

make (35) ____ ends meet. The alarms, (36)

____ can be very expensive, need to be

installed by an electrician. It is (37) _____ that

20% of homes have alarms installed, and that

another 20% of people plan (38) _____ but

have not installed them (39) _____. The

insurance companies told people (40) _____

the alarms on all doors and windows.

31. B. have 32. D. have been asking

33. A. due 34. C. who

35. C. - 36. B. which

37. D. estimated

38. A. to have them installed