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1、Passage1Long,longagotherewasaveryfoolishthief.Doyouknowwhathedidoneday?Whenhewantedtostealthebellonhisneighbour'sdoor,hewalkeduptothedoor,tookholdofthebellandpulledhard.Thebellmadeaveryloudnoise.Thethjefwasafraidandwenthome.Thenhesatdowntothink,"Imustdosomethingaboutthenoise,"hesaid.Hethoughtand
2、thought.Atlasthehadanidea."Ah,I'llputsomecottoninmyears.ThenIwon'tbeabletohearthenoise."Thenextdayhewenttothedoorofhisneighbour,andtookholdofthebell.Thistimehepulledevenharder.Thebellrangloudly,butthethiefdidnothearanything.Withanotherhardpullhegotthebellout.Justthentheneighbourcamerunningout."S
3、tealmybell?I'llteachyoualesson,"theangrymanshouted.Andhehitthethiefonthenose.Thefoolishthiefdidnotknowhowtheneighbourfoundouthewasstealingthebell."Whydidhecomeoutjustthen?"hewondered.6.AThethiefwastryingtogethisneighbour'sdoorbell.A.TB.F7.AThethiefputsomecottoninhisearssoasnottohearanything.A.TB
4、.F8.ATheneighbourranoutprobablybecauseheknewhisdoorbellwasbeingstolen.A.TB.F9.ATheneighbourhitthethieftopunishhimforstealing.A.TB.F10.AThethiefthoughttheneighbourcouldn'thearthenoiseofthebell.A.TB.FPassage2IthasbeenreportedthatincollegesacrosstheUnitedStates,thedaytimeserialdramaknownasthesoapop
5、erahassuddenlybecome"in".Betweenthehoursof11a.m.and4:30p.m,collegetelevisionloungesarefilledwithsoapoperafanswhocan'twaittoseethenextepisodeinthelivesoftheirfavoritecharacters.Actually,soapsaremorethanacollegefavorite;they'reayouthfavorite.Whenschoolisout,high-schoolstudentsareinfrontoftheirTVse
6、ts.Oneyoungworkingwomanadmittedthatsheturneddownahigherpayingjobratherthangiveupwatchingherfavoriteserials.Duringthe1960's,itwasuncommonforyoungpeopletowatchsoapoperas.Themoodofthesixtieswasverydifferentfromnow.Itwasatimeofseriousness,andtalkwasaboutsocialissuesofgreatimportance.Now,seriousnessh
7、asbeenreplacedbyfun.Youngpeoplewanttobehappy.Itmayseemstrangethattheyshouldturntosoapopera,whichisknownforshowingtroubleinpeople'slives.Butsoapoperaisenjoyment.Youngpeoplecanidentifywiththesoapoperacharacter,who,likethecolle
