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Passage 3  Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services. People use money to buy food, furniture, books bicycles and hundreds of others they need or want. When they work, they usually get paid in money. Most of the money today is made

Passage 3  Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services. People use money to buy food, furniture, books bicycles and hundreds of others they need or want. When they work, they usu

Passage 1  Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe(订阅) to as many as two or three newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?  Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings—battles lost and won,

Passage 1  Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people subscribe(订阅) to as many as two or three newspapers. But why do people read newspapers?  Five hundred years

Passage 1  Not long ago, I had my first on-line chat. I thought it would be (1)_____ because I have heard so many people (2)_____ it that way. But it was, disappointingly, quit an unpleasant (3)_____.  On line I met a man (4)_____ said he

Passage 1  Not long ago, I had my first on-line chat. I thought it would be (1)\_\_\_\__ because I have heard so many people (2)\_\_\_\__ it that way. But it was, disappointingly, quit an unpleasant (

Passage 1  Down-to-earth means someone or something that is honest, realistic and easy to deal with.  It is a pleasure to (1)_____ someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to and (2)_____other people as equals. A

Passage 1  Down-to-earth means someone or something that is honest, realistic and easy to deal with.  It is a pleasure to (1)\_\_\_\__ someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is ea

Practice 14  Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings—battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown or killed—took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. (1) Tod

Practice 14  Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings—battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown or killed—took months and even years to travel from one country to another. The news

Passage 3Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.  In the past industries had more freedom than they have now, and they did not need to be as careful as they must today. They did not need to worry a lot about the safety of the new products t

Passage 3Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.  In the past industries had more freedom than they have now, and they did not need to be as careful as they must today. They did not nee