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I tend to accept any idea put forward by experts on TV. One day, a sociologist proposed that the  1  
society has been consuming modern humans little by little. For fear that I would become a victim of the
consumer society, I  3  hurried to a bicycle shop in my neighborhood.  3  the shopkeeper Mr. Johnson
was selling me the bicycle, he said, "This is the best thing you  4  have done. Life has become hopelessly  5  . A bicycle is simple, and it brings to you  6  things: fresh air, sunshine and exercise." I agreed.
Happy as a child, I got on the bicycle and headed out onto the streets. After some time, I  7  at the other
end of the town. I was  8  that this simple vehicle could let me  9  long distances in a fairly short time.
But how  10  did I really go?
Since I hated to be  11  , I went back to Mr. Johnson and asked him to  12  anodometer(里程表)
on my bicycle. He agreed, but  13  , "An odometer without aspeedometer(速度计) is like a  14  
without a knife." I admitted he was right and in a few minutes, the twodevices(装置) were  15  to the
handlebars of my bicycle. "What about a horn?" he then asked. "Look, this horn is no larger than a
matchbox and has many  16  ." Attracted by these functions, I bought the horn.
"You can't leave the back part  17  ," noted Mr. Johnson. He fixed a metal box with buttons  18  the
seat, and said, "Is there anything better than this oven when you feel  19  on your way? I can give you a
special discount." I was not strong enough to  20  the offer.
"I congratulate you once more; this is the best thing you could have done," said Mr. Johnson in the end.

(     )1.A. adult       (     )2.A. eventually   (     )3.A. Although     (     )4.A. would       (     )5.A. boring       (     )6.A. natural     (     )7.A. gave up     (     )8.A. amazed       (     )9.A. march       (     )10.A. far       (     )11.A. unreliable (     )12.A. fix       (     )13.A. swore     (     )14.A. pencil     (     )15.A. distributed (     )16.A. shapes     (     )17.A. loose     (     )18.A. beside     (     )19.A. sick       (     )20.A. consider

B. human       B. immediately B. Because     B. should     B. complicated B. mysterious B. broke down B. amused     B. drive       B. long       B. impractical B. check       B. added       B. fork       B. converted   B. sizes       B. blank       B. before     B. hungry     B. withdraw

C. consumer C. reluctantly   C. As           C. must         C. stressful   C. complex       C. calmed down   C. confused     C. cover         C. fast         C. unprepared   C. repair       C. replied       C. box           C. applied       C. functions     C. bare         C. below         C. hot           C. make

D. bachelor       D. gratefully     D. Unless         D. could         D. tough         D. unique         D. ended up       D. concerned     D. measure       D. deep           D. inaccurate     D. lay           D. concluded     D. cake           D. attached       D. models         D. incomplete     D. behind         D. thirsty       D. resist

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