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  Once there were two brothers who were twins. They looked the same. They both had the same dark

brown hair, blue eyes and beautiful teeth. They were both 5 feet 10 inches tall and both weighed 150

pouds.

  They not only looked alike but also sounded alike on the telephone. Not even their family could tell

the difference. They dressed alike, listened to the same music, and read the asme books.

  When they were twenty-tree, they both got married and a year later both had sons. The years went

by and as they began to grow old, they both wore glasses and they both became. bald.

  Then one day, one of the brothers got sick and died. A few days later a man stopped the other twin

on the street.

  "Excuse me for asking," he said, "but was it you or your brother who died?"

1. It was not easy to tell the two men from each other because _____.

A. they were brothers    

B. they were handsome

C. they were the same age

D. they were twins

2. The twin brothers _____.

A. had different coloured hair    

B. were not so tall as each other

C. looked very much alike      

D. wore different clothes

3. "They both became bald" means _____.

A. they became old            

B. they had sons

C. they had little hair          

D. they got sick

4. The only difference between the twins was _____.

A. one got sick and died first  

B. one was shorter than the other

C. one got married and had a son  

D. one was bald and the other wasn't

5. The man stopped the other twin on the street because _____.

A. he wanted to talk with him  

B. he didn't know which of them died

C. he wanted to make friends with him  

D. he was surprised to see him on the street.

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Engagement, wedding, and birth of a baby are the three steps of a new family. The Danes’ special ways of doing these things inform their native culture.

People in other places of the world usually give their lovers a finger ring or a bundle of flowers as a gift of engagement.   36  in some areas of Denmark, it is still considered   37  

for a young man to   38  his fiancée with the wooden clappers once used to   39  clothes

  40  in a stream. These clappers were engraved with love-poems, and   41  tradition, they ensured good fortune and happiness.

And their country weddings also show a tint of local convention(传统). Until recently, a Danish country wedding was an event which   42  all who lived in the surrounding   43 . Everyone was tacitly(不言而喻地) invited to celebrate with the young couple. Preparations for the wedding lasted for many days but were made   44 , because to show happiness openly   45 

arouse the anger and jealousy of evil spirits.

46  the wedding morning the couple met in the courtyard of the bride’s house. The relatives and friend presented themselves to the couple, bowed and placed gifts at their feet. Every gift was   47  by good wishes recited in prose(散文) or in verse;   48  modest the gift the more elaborate(精致的) the wishes had to be.   49  who had neither the means to give   50 

the imagination to make a speech were, as a sign of their goodwill, placed   51  guard over the presents and, in the evening, over the couple’s bed.

  52  the conclusion of the ceremony a large jar of beer was taken to the courtyard. The hands of the betrothed(已订婚的) were joined over the jar and it was   53  into fragments(碎片). These pieces were picked   54  by the girls of marriageable age who were present, the girl with the largest   55  being destined to marry first.

36.A.However             B.But                     C.Therefore            D.So

37.A.a luck                 B.luck                    C.lucky                  D.lucks

38.A.send                   B.present                C.bring                  D.give

39.A.strike                  B.beat                    C.hit                      D.blow

40.A.to wash               B.washed                C.to be washed        D.washing

41.A.according to        B.with a view to      C.so far as              D.in addition to

42.A.stated                  B.related                C.concerned            D.considered

43.A.area                    B.district                C.zone                   D.region

44.A.publicly              B.silently                C.unknowingly       D.secretly

45.A.would                 B.should                 C.must                   D.may

46.A.At                     B.In                       C.On                      D.To

47.A.completed           B.accompanied        C.accomplished       D.matched

48.A.much more          B.the more             C.any more             D.more

49.A.These                  B.Those                  C.People                D.They

50.A.or                       B.and                     C.nor                     D.then

51.A.in                       B.on                      C.at                       D.against

52.A.At                      B.In                       C.To                      D.For

53.A.smashed(弄碎)    B.ruined                 C.crashed               D.cracked

54.A.out                     B.up                      C.on                      D.at

55.A.part                    B.fragment             C.section                D.block

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