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One day, about ten years ago, while working at the cash register in the gift shop at my University Museum of Natural History, I saw 31 elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair. As I looked 32 ( close ) at this girl, I founf that she was fixed on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs , just a head, a neck and upper body, 33 ( dress ) in a little white skirt. As the couple wheeled her up to me, I turned my head toward
the girl. When I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back 34 the girl, who was giving me the most optimistic, largest smile I had ever seen. All of a sudden, her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, 35 smile just melted me 36 almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of 37 life is all about. She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and 38 ( bring ) me into her world; a world of smiles, love and 39 ( warm ). I’m a successful business man now and whenever I think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught 40 .
答案：31.an 32.closer/closely 33. dressed 34. at 35.whose 36.and 37.what 38.brought 39.warmth 40.me
Several men hit the Sao Paulo Museum of Art just before dawn on Thursday, December 20th, 2007. Authorities said that 31 thieves must have been well prepared, as 32 took them just three minutes to steal paintings 33 two world-famous artists, Pablo Picasso 34 Candido Portinari, which are worth millions of dollars. Images from the security camera show that three men began their action at 5:09 am, 35 the guards in the museum were going through their shift change (换岗). They broke through two glass doors, 36 (run) to the museum’s top floor and grabbed the two paintings from different rooms, somehow 37 (avoid) nearby guards. The alarm never rang, and by 5:12 am, they were making their escape. After that, the police were interviewing the 30 museum 38 (employ). “Everything indicates thieves were sent to do it by some wealthy art lover for 39 own collection. He was not rich enough to buy the paintings, 40 he was wealthy,” said the lead police officer, Marcos Gomes de Moura.
答案：31. the 32. it 33. by 34. and 35. when 36. ran 37. avoiding 38. employees 39. his 40. though/although
Crying marriage? 31 (surprise), isn’t it? Factually, the custom of crying marriage existed a long time ago in many areas of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, and 32 (remain) in fashion 33 the end of the Qing Dynasty. Though not so popular as before, the custom is still observed by people in many places, especially Tujia people, who view it as a 34 (necessary) to marriage procedure.
It is very much 35 same in different places of the province. According to elderly people, every bride had to cry at the wedding. 36 , the bride’s neighbors would look down upon 37 as a poorly cultivated girl and she would become the laughingstock of the village. In fact, there were cases 38 which the bride was beaten by her mother for not crying at the wedding ceremony.
In a word, crying at wedding is a 39 by custom to set off the happiness of the wedding through falsely sorrowful words. However, in the 40 (arrange) marriages of the old days of China, there were indeed quite a lot of brides who cried over their unsatisfactory marriage and even their miserable life.
答案：31. Surprising 32.remained 33. until/till 34. necessity 35. the 36. Otherwise 37. her 38. in 39. way/means 40. arranged