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¡¡¡¡Today , roller skating is easy and fun £®But a long time ago , it wasn¡¯t easy at all £®Before 1750 , the idea of skating didn¡¯t exist £®That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin £®Merlin¡¯s work was making musical instruments £®In his spare time he liked to play the violin £®Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams £®People called him a dreamer .
¡¡¡¡One day Merlin received an invitation to attend a fancy dress ball£¨»¯×°Îè»á£©£®He was very pleased and a little excited £®As the day of the party came near , Merlin began to think how to make a grand entrance at the party £®He had an idea £®He thought he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the room .
¡¡¡¡Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll £®Finally , he decided to put two wheels under each shoe £®These were the first roller skates £®Merlin was very proud of his invertion and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin .
¡¡¡¡On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin £®Everyone was astonshed to see him £®There was just one problem £®Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates £®He rolled on and on £®Suddenly , he ran into a hugh mirror that was hanging on the wall £®Down fell the mirror , breaking to pieces £®Nobody forgot Merlin¡¯s grand entrance for a long time !
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¡¡¡¡A£®a strange man
¡¡¡¡B£®an unusual party
¡¡¡¡C£®how roller skating began
¡¡¡¡D£®how people enjoyed themselves in the 18th century
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¡¡¡¡As I stood in front of the grave£¨Ä¹£©of President Richard Nixon , I was thinking about the time 25 years ago when this president helped bring the United States and China closer together £®Young people of our two countries should help this relationship grow .
¡¡¡¡This remark was made by a Shanghai student when speaking to his fellow students at the Nixon Library in California , U.S.A£®he was one of 80 middle school students from China attending a month-long¡®Youth Summit¡¯£®The Summit was to mark the 25th anniversary£¨ÖÜÄ꣩of President Nixon¡¯s journey to China , which was the turning point in China£U.S£®relations .
¡¡¡¡The Youth Summit was aimed at increasing understanding and friendship between young students of the two countries through visits and discussions £®Seventy-five American students were selected to visit China £®They also visited the Nixon Library on July 21 before leaving for Beijing the next day £®The head of the library said he was pleased to see the American and Chinese students talking and laughing together .
¡¡¡¡One Chinese student said ,¡®I didn¡¯t find it particaularly difficult to talk with Americans £®We have our differences , but we have a lot in common £®Dialogue is good for us .¡¯
¡¡¡¡1£®The words¡®Youth Summit¡¯refer to ________ .
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¡¡¡¡At 9:00 Dick Spivak¡¯s bank telephoned and said his payment was late .¡®The check is in the post ,¡¯Dick replied quickly £®At 11:45 Dick left for a 12:00 meeting across town £®Arriving late , he explained that traffic£¨½»Í¨£©had been bad £®That evening , Dick¡¯s girlfriend wore a new dress , he hated it .¡®It looks just great on you,¡¯he said .
¡¡¡¡Three lies in one day ! Yet Dick Spivak is just an ordinary man £®Each time , he told himself that sometimes the truth causes too many problems £®Most of us tell much the same white lies , harmless untruths that help to save trouble £®How often do we tell white lies ? It depends in part on our age , education , and even where we live £®According to one U.S£®study , women are more truthful than men , and honesty increases as we get older .
¡¡¡¡While most people use little white lies to make life easier , the majority of Americans care , about honesty in both public and personal life £®They say that people today are less honest than they were ten years ago £®Althought it is believed that things are getting worse , lying seems to be an age-old human problem £®The French philospher£¨ÕÜѧ¼Ò£©Vauvenarges , writing in the eighteenth century , touched on the truth when he wrote ,¡®All men are born truthful and die liars£¨Ëµ»ÑÕߣ©.¡¯
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¡¡¡¡B£®Dick could do nothing about bad traffic
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¡¡¡¡The report came to the British on May 21,1941 £®The German battleship Bismarck , the most powerful warship in the world , was moving out into the Atlantic Ocean £®Her task : to destoy the ships carrying supplies from the United States to war-torn England .
¡¡¡¡The British had feared such a task £®No warship they had could match the Bismarck in speed or in firepower £®The Bismarck had eight 15-inch guns and 81 smaller guns £®She could move at 30 nautical miles£¨º£Àan hour £®She was believed to be unsinkable .
¡¡¡¡However , the British had to sink her £®They sent out a task force headed by their best battleship Hood to hunt down the Bismarck £®On May 24 , the Hood found the Bismarck .
¡¡¡¡It was a meeting that the German commander Luetjens did not want to see £®His orders were to destroy the British ships that were carrying supplies , but to stay away from a fight with British warships .
¡¡¡¡The battle didn¡¯t last long £®The Bismarck¡¯s first torpedo£¨ÓãÀ×£©hit the Hood , which went down taking all but three of her 1,419 men with her .
¡¡¡¡But in the fight , the Bismarck was slightly damaged£¨Ë𻵣©£®Her commander decided to run for repairs to France , which had at that time been taken by the Germans £®The British force followed her £®However , because of the Bismarck¡¯s speed and the heavy fog , they lost sight of her .
¡¡¡¡For two days , every British ship in the Atlantic tried to find the Bismarck , but with no success £®Finally , she was sighted by a plane from Ireland £®Trying to slow the Bismarck down so that their ships could catch up with her , the British fired at her from the air £®The Bismarck was hit .
¡¡¡¡On the morning of May 27 , the last battle was fought £®Four British ships fired on the Bismarck , and she was finally sunk .
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¡¡¡¡C£®the British gunfire damaged the Bismarck seriously
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¡¡¡¡4£®Luetjent tried to sail to France in order to ________ .
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¡¡¡¡As prices and building costs keep rising , the¡®do-it-yourself¡¯£¨DIY£©trend£¨Ç÷ÊÆ£©in the U.S£®continues to grow .
¡¡¡¡¡®We needed furniture£¨¼Ò¾ß£©for our living room ,¡¯says John Ross ,¡®and we just didn¡¯t have enough money to buy it £®So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs .¡¯John got married six months ago , and like many young people these days , they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high £®The Rosses took a 2-week course for $ 280 at a night school £®Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house .
¡¡¡¡Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died £®He has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory £®Last month , he received a car repair bill for $ 420 .¡®I was deeply upset about it £®Now I¡¯ve finished a car repair course , I should be able to fix the car by myself .¡¯
¡¡¡¡John and Jim are not unusual people £®Most families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living £®If you want to become a¡®do-it-yourselfer¡¯, you can go to DIY classes £®And for those who don¡¯t have time to take a course , there are book that tell you how you can do things yourself .
¡¡¡¡1£®We can learn from the text that many newly married people ___________ .
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¡¡¡¡B£®have to learn to make their own furniture
¡¡¡¡C£®take DIY courses run by the government
¡¡¡¡D£®seldom go to a department store to buy things
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