Your mobile phone rings, and instead of the usual electronic signals, it’s playing your fa

asked her.

“Last week I got my income tax refund,”Lillian answered.“This morning I went to the bank and cashed the check. I have $ 462 in my pocket. I’m thinking about the money. How will I spend it?”

After work, Lillian came home and decided to wash come clothes. She looked at the jeans she was wearing. They were dirty, so they put them in the washing machine, too. Ten minutes later she thought, “The money! It’s in the pocket of my jeans!”Lillian ran to the washing machine and took out the jeans. The money was still in the pocket, but it was wet. Lillian put the money on the kitchen table.

A few hours later the money was still wet. “Hmmm,”Lillian thought.“How can I dry this money?”Then Lillian had an idea. She could dry the money in her microwave oven! Lillian put the money in the microwave, set the timer for five minutes, and left the kitchen.

When Lillian came back a few minutes later, she saw a fire in the microwave. She opened the oven door, blew out the fire, and looked at her money. The money was burned.

The next day Lillian took the burned money to the bank. A teller at the bank told her, “If I can see the numbers on the burned bills, I can give new money.”Unfortunately, the teller found numbers on only a few bills. The teller took those bills and gave Lillian $ 17.

A newspaper reporter heard about the burned money. He wrote a story about Lillian for the newspaper. Several people read the story and called the newspaper. “Tell Mr. Beard to send the burned money to the US Department of Treasury,”the people said. “Maybe she can get her money back.”

Every year about 30,000 people send damaged money to the Treasury Department. Experts there look carefully at the damaged money. Sometimes they can give people new money for the damaged money. Once a farmer’s cow ate-his money ––– thousands of dollars. The farmer killed the cow and sent the cow’s stomach, with the money inside, to the Treasury Department. The experts gave the farmer new money.

Lillian sent her money to the Treasury Department. The experts looked at Lillian’s burned money and sent her a check for $ 231. What did Lillian buy with the money? She didn’t buy anything. She gave the $ 231 to friends who needed money. Lillian said, “When I burned the $ 462, I thought, ‘Well, my money is gone.’”The check for $ 231 was a big surprise. I decided to give the money to my friends. Money is important, but people are more important to me.

Where does Lillian’s $ 462 come from?

A.Her salary

B.Her bonus(奖金)

C.She picked up on her way home

D.Tax which has been overcharged

How did Lillian dry the money?A.By blowing

B.By putting it in the sun

C.By drying it in microwave

D.By putting on the table

How did Lillian know she could send her money to the Treasury Department?A.Her bank told her.

B.People from the newspaper

C.A friend phoned her.

D.She thought out herself.

Lillian gave her money to ________.A.her mother

B.her friends

C.Treasure Department

D.farmer

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ASA) will send two robots to separate place of Mars to seek out past or present signs of water. It is an exciting idea to send two robots driving over very different places of Mars at the same time, to be able to see what is on the other side of the hill.

Last month, NASA announced it was sending one robot to Mars, but after two weeks, it decided there was enough money for two. The robots will be sent up within two weeks of each other in May and June of 2002 from Kennedy Space Center. If all goes will, the two spacecraft will touch down on Mars, after a seven-and-a-half-month space flight, on January 2 and 20.

The robots, each weighing 150 kilograms, can cover 100 meters per day. They are designed to be able to examine the mineral content of the soil, and their special camera will be under control from Earth, the robots are able to move more freely compared to those sent up before them. The actual landing points have not been determined yet, but the scientists say it will be in areas where they hope to find water.

According to the news report, scientists plan to send robots up to Mars to _____.

A.find out whether there is water on Mars

B.see if robots can find minerals there

C.test how fast robots can drive there

D.prove that robots can work on Mars

How long in between will the two robots be sent to Mars?A.1 year.

B.7.5 months.

C.2 months.

D.2 weeks.

One of the important jobs for the robots on Mars is to _____.A.study the soil

B.walk everywhere

C.test the new camera

D.find a suitable landing point

We can infer from the last sentence that scientists_____.A.have changed the landing points many times

B.hope to land the robots on the surface of water

C.are still working on the plan

D.know where they can find water

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said，“The robber had a long and ugly ____22____ on his right cheek.”It happened that the man came into the bank and stood in line with the other customers.When he reached the window，however，he ____23 ____the bank clerk a piece of paper，saying，“Do not say anything or ____24____ anything.I have a gun and will use it if I have to.Put four thousand dollars in a(an) ____25____ and hand it to me.”Realizing he was not joking，the bank clerk did exactly as the robber wished.The man walked out of the bank， and no one realized what had happened，not even the lady standing behind him.

A thorough search was made， ____26____ no such a person with an ugly scar was 27 .

“I can&39;t understand how he could get ____28____ so rapidly，”Detective Nichols told his ____29____ Nancy that evening.“We questioned ____30____ inside and outside the bank.No one saw a man with a scar on his ____31____ .”Nancy Nichols was a very ____32____ woman.Her husband liked to discuss his ____33____ with her because of this.

She enjoyed helping solve a case.While her husband was ____34____ a program on TV，Nancy sat drinking coffee in ____35____ .“Why should the robber want the bank clerk to ____36____ the scar?”She said to herself.“He should have wanted to ____37____ it.”

Nancy rose from her seat，and went over to turn off the TV.She let her husband know what she had come up with. Five minutes later，Paul was in his car，hurrying to the ____38____ station.Another ____39____ was organized.

The robber was caught within twenty-four hours.The man had been a(an) ____40____ ，and knew how to disguise(伪装)himself.

21.（）

A.leader

B.guard

C.clerk

D.director

22（）A.bite

B.hole

C.birthmark

D.scar

23（）A.handed

B.read

C.wrote

D.printed

24（）A.do

B.see

C.hear

D.touch

25（）A.car

B.envelope

C.box

D.lorry

26（）A.and

B.but

C.because

D.so

27（）A.killed

B.heard

C.found

D.invited

28（）A.out

B.up

C.in

D.away

29（）A.wife

B.daughter

C.sister

D.workmate

30（）A.no one

B.nobody

C.everyone

D.somebody

31（）A.leg

B.face

C.arm

D.back

32（）A.beautiful

B.ugly

C.polite

D.practical

33（）A.studies

B.family affairs

C.personal affairs

D.family plans

34（）A.watching

B.hearing

C.looking for

D.listening to

35（）A.anger

B.surprise

C.danger

D.silence

36（）A.see

B.feel

C.make

D.cover

37（）A.wipe

B.clean

C.hide

D.find

38（）A.railway

B.police

C.radio

D.bus

39（）A.meeting

B.search

C.discussion

D.group

40（）A.farmer

B.inventor

C.traveler

D.actor

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per than,___ at the other stores.

A.others

B.it

C.that

D.the ones

The price of vegetables is_____than before

A.much cheaper

B.still dearer

C.even higher

D.a lot more expensive

In China,___bicycle is___popular means of transportation(交通).

A.a;不填

B.the; a

C.the; the

D.a; the

He thanked me for what my son _____ .

A.did

B.had done

C.does

D.has done

How long ___ to finish the work?

A.you’ll take

B.will take you

C.you’ll take it I

D.will it take you

All ___ is needed is a supply of oil.

A.the thing

B.which

C.what

D.that

___ we shall raise ducks or geese remains to be decided

A.That

B.If

C.Whether

D.Where