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肚脐眼周围疼怎么回事>交通英语怎么说TEXT A
The dog, called Prince, was an intelligent animal and a slave to Williams. From morning till night, when Williams was at home, Prince never left his sight, practically ignoring all other members of the family. The dog had a number of clearly defined duties, for which Williams had patiently trained him and, like the good pupil he was, Prince lived for the chance to demonstrate his abilities. When Williams wanted to put on his boots, he would murmur "Boots" and within conds the dog would drop them at his feet. At nine every morning Prince ran off to the general store in the village, returning shortly with not only Williams' daily paper but a half-ounce packet of Williams' favorite tobacco, John Rhine's Mixed. A gun-dog by breed, Prince possd a large soft mouth specially evolved for the safe carryi
ng of hunted creatures, so that the paper and the tobacco came to no harm, never even showing a tooth mark.
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Williams was a railway man, an engine driver, and he wore a blue uniform which smelled of oil and oil fuel. He had to work at odd times—"days", "late days" or "nights". Over the years Prince got to know the periods of work and rest, knew when his master would leave the hou and return, and the dog did not waste his knowledge. If Williams overslept, as he often did, Prince barked at the bedroom door until he woke, much to the annoyance of the family. On his return, Williams' slippers were brought to him, the paper and tobacco if previously delivered.
A curious thing happened to Williams during the snow and ice of last winter. One evening he slipped and fell on the icy pavement somewhere between the village and his home. He was so badly shaken that he stayed in bed for three days, and not until he got up and dresd again, did he discover that he had lost his wallet containing over fifty pounds. The hou was turned upside down in the arch, but the wallet was not found.
upnpHowever, two days later—that was five days after the fall—Prince dropped the wallet into Williams' hand. Very muddy, stained and wet through, the little ca still contained fifty-three pounds, Williams' driving licen and a few other papers. Where the dog had found it no one could tell, but found it he had and recognized it probably by the faint oil smell on the worn leather.
1. How did Prince perform his duties?A. He was delighted to show them off. B. He did his best but was not often successful. C. He did them quickly, so as not to be punished by his master. D. He had few opportunities to do them.
2. According to the passage, gun-dogsA. were the fastest runners of all dogs. B. had their teeth removed when they were young. C. could carry birds, etc., without hurting them. D. bred well, producing many young dogs.
3. We learn from the passage thatA. Williams did not get enough sleep. B. Williams had unfixed working times. C. the dog grew accustomed to traveling by train. D. the dog was confud about the time of day.
毛羽健4. It upt Williams' family whenA. Williams had to go to work at night. B. the dog made too much noi in the hou. C. Williams made them all get up early. D. the dog would not let them e the newspaper.书香阅读
5. Williams did not realize his loss for veral days becauA. he trusted the dog to find the wallet. B. he was unconscious all that time. C. he had thought the wallet was left in the office. D. he had no occasion to feel in his pockets.
6. The dog thought it was Williams's wallet becauA. he found it where Williams had fallen. B. he had en it before and recognized it. C. he found a wallet and by chance it was Williams'. D. he was familiar with the scent of it.
TEXT B
What will people u the Internet for? Shopping and banking will be big growth areas. Henley predicts that, from under 1% of all purchas today, it will account for 6.4% of purchas within four years, amounting to 42 billion. Sales have already started with dry
goods such as books and CDs and, as people learn to trust it, will move on to regular purchas such as food. Iceland, the supermarket chain, **puter shopping trials two weeks ago and has already signed up at least 15,000 customers, ranging from busy executives to the houbound. When it links up with digital television, Iceland expects to double that immediately.
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Yet Internet-linked televisions and phones may only be the start. One potential breakthrough is Bluetooth, named after a 10th-century Danish king famed for his rotten front tooth and uniting warring factions in Denmark and Norway.
中考前注意事项 The modern Bluetooth allows an unlikely array of machines to talk to each other, so that a phone tucked away in a briefca can remember to nd out a signal that turns on a video machine 50 miles away, switches on the heating or starts the cooker. Cars, offices and kitchens will all speak to each other. In Finland, the idea of **municating **puterized tills so that you press a button and pay for your supermarket goods or drink from a vending machine is being tested. Said one enthusiast: "Your phone will be your remote control for life."
As with all revolutions, there are rervations. Health concerns about mobile phones are unresolved, with microwave radiation linked to incread tiredness and headaches in one recent study in Sweden.
