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1、Passage1Long,longagotherewasaveryfoolishthief.Doyouknowwhathedidoneday?Whenhewantedtostealthebellonhisneighbour'sdoor,hewalkeduptothedoor,tookholdofthebellandpulledhard.Thebellmadeaveryloudnoise.Thethjefwasafraidandwenthome.Thenhesatdowntothink,"Imustdos
2、omethingaboutthenoise,"hesaid.Hethoughtandthought.Atlasthehadanidea."Ah,I'llputsomecottoninmyears.ThenIwon'tbeabletohearthenoise."Thenextdayhewenttothedoorofhisneighbour,andtookholdofthebell.Thistimehepulledevenharder.Thebellrangloudly,butthethiefdidnoth
3、earanything.Withanotherhardpullhegotthebellout.Justthentheneighbourcamerunningout."Stealmybell?I'llteachyoualesson,"theangrymanshouted.Andhehitthethiefonthenose.Thefoolishthiefdidnotknowhowtheneighbourfoundouthewasstealingthebell."Whydidhecomeoutjustthen
4、?"hewondered.6.AThethiefwastryingtogethisneighbour'sdoorbell.A.TB.F7.AThethiefputsomecottoninhisearssoasnottohearanything.A.TB.F8.ATheneighbourranoutprobablybecauseheknewhisdoorbellwasbeingstolen.A.TB.F9.ATheneighbourhitthethieftopunishhimforstealing.A.T
5、B.F10.AThethiefthoughttheneighbourcouldn'thearthenoiseofthebell.A.TB.FPassage2IthasbeenreportedthatincollegesacrosstheUnitedStates,thedaytimeserialdramaknownasthesoapoperahassuddenlybecome"in".Betweenthehoursof11a.m.and4:30p.m,collegetelevisionloungesare
6、filledwithsoapoperafanswhocan'twaittoseethenextepisodeinthelivesoftheirfavoritecharacters.Actually,soapsaremorethanacollegefavorite;they'reayouthfavorite.Whenschoolisout,high-schoolstudentsareinfrontoftheirTVsets.Oneyoungworkingwomanadmittedthatsheturned
7、downahigherpayingjobratherthangiveupwatchingherfavoriteserials.Duringthe1960's,itwasuncommonforyoungpeopletowatchsoapoperas.Themoodofthesixtieswasverydifferentfromnow.Itwasatimeofseriousness,andtalkwasaboutsocialissuesofgreatimportance.Now,seriousnesshas
8、beenreplacedbyfun.Youngpeoplewanttobehappy.Itmayseemstrangethattheyshouldturntosoapopera,whichisknownforshowingtroubleinpeople'slives.Butsoapoperaisenjoyment.Youngpeoplecanidentifywiththesoapoperacharacter,who,likethecolle
