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53. A. declared B. noticed C. reported D. regretted
54. A. when B. how C. where D. why
55. A. unit B. drink C. grow D. help
四、 B
Open a large handkerchief out and show both sides of it to your friends. Point out that there is nothing in it; then show them both sides of your hands, which are also empty. Now ask a member of your audience to give you a match. Ask him to put a mark on it with a pen or a pencil. Fold up the handkerchief with the match in it, and let everyone present see you do this.
Give the handkerchief to anyone in the audience and say: “Here’s the match. Can you feel it? Good! Now I want you to break it into two pieces.” When he or she has broken the match, you say “Would anyone like to feel the broken match in this handkerchief?” several people will probably want to feel it. When they have satisfied themselves that the match really is broken, you say, “Now I’m going to make the match whole again.” Perhaps your friends will say that that is impossible.
Hold the handkerchief in one hand and pass your hand or your wand(magic stick)over it, saying: “Abracadabra, abracadabra.” Open the handkerchief and let the match fall on to the table or floor, saying “Presto” as it does so. When the audience examine the match, they will find that it is quite whole and undamaged. The member of the audience will see his mark on the match. Everyone will be amazed!
The secret of this trick is quite simple, as in all magic tricks. Long before you do the trick you must do one thing --- you must push one of your own matches into the hem(摺边)of the handkerchief. This must be pushed well along the hem so that it cannot fall out or be seen. When you have wrapped up the match provided by a member of the audience you must take care that it is the match in the hem which is broken, and not the other. You should practice the trick in private, of course, before you perform it before an audience.
60.The magician shows both sides of the handkerchief in order to .
A.show the audience what the handkerchief is like
B.push a match into the hem of the handkerchief
C.let the audience put a mark on it with a pencil
D.make the audience believe there is no trick in it
61.How many matches are there wrapped in the handkerchief in fact?
A.0 B.1 C.2 D.3
62.Why does the magician say “abracadabra”?
A.He intends to make the match whole again.
B.He needs to draw the audience’s attention away.
C.He pretends something super-natural will happen.
D.He wants to make himself less nervous
63.This magic is actually a .
A.trick of replacement B.chemical change
C.language cheating D.quick hand movement
C
London has a new magazine. But it is not printed on paper. Everyone who has a television can receive it because it is on TV.
In order to read this magazine you have to have a decoder(解码器). Each page of it is numbered, so you only have to dial the number to choose which subject you want to read about. There is a wide choice—everything is included from cooking to the latest sports news.
If you want to read the news, the first thing you have to do is to turn to the back page which has an easy-to-remember page number, 100 for example. Then you start choosing what you want to read. The news is on page 101 to 109 so you put in the numbers and the news appears written across your screen. Perhaps you want to go out in the afternoon, so you press 181, and a brightly colored weather map appears on the screen. But the weather is terrible so you decide to go shopping and dial 162 for a list of the week’s best bargains. But should you drive or take the train? To answer that question you only have to press 189 for the traffic report. It is very simple to use. But probably the best thing about the service is that it is being updated all the time. Journalists type new material directly onto the screen and the whole pages of the magazine can be replaced in minutes.
London already has three services. One, sent out by TV, is called ORACLE while the other two, on BBC, are called CEEFAX because they let you see facts. Although CEEFAX and ORACLE have been operating for some time, they have not been well publicized. BBC engineers do not think that their idea will ever replace books and newspapers because they can be taken with you everywhere. But many people would agree that is a breakthrough as great as the invention of printing, which could not just change our reading habits but our whole way of life.
64.We can know from the passage that in London .
A.the magazine is available at any local homes
B.most of the postmen will lose their jobs someday