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Passage 1  After 20 years of marriage, a husband may still not understand his wife. How is it that she is never at a (1)_____ for words? How can she (2)_____ the names of a couple they met on (3)_____ years ago? Now we know (4)_____ to tel

Passage 1  After 20 years of marriage, a husband may still not understand his wife. How is it that she is never at a (1)\_\_\_\__ for words? How can she (2)\_\_\_\__ the names of a couple they met on

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 3  In the last 500 years, nothing about people—not their clothes, ideas, or languages—has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it

Passage 3  In the last 500 years, nothing about people—not their clothes, ideas, or languages—has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tr

Passage 2  Some people argue that the pressure on international sportsmen and sportswomen kills the essence of sport—the pursuit of personal excellence. Children kick a football around for fun. When they get older and play for local school teams, they bec

Passage 2  Some people argue that the pressure on international sportsmen and sportswomen kills the essence of sport—the pursuit of personal excellence. Children kick a football around for fun. When t