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Harry Houdini's best art was perhaps that______.
A．he could use a steel needle-like tool instead of a key
B．he could invent all kinds of knots and locks in a minute
C．he could free himself quickly while bound or locked up
D．he made a close study of all types of lock
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Of course, his secret was not magic or supernatural powers. It was simply strength. He had the ability to move his toes as well as he moved his fingers. He could move his body into almost any position he wanted.
Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in a club in New York. They called themselves the Houdini Brothers. When Harry married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant. But for a long time they were not very successful. Then Harry performed his first prison escape, in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded a detective to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspapermen to watch.
It was the publicity (宣传) that came from this that started Harry Houdini's success. Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs and toes trained to escape ankle chins. But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prison cell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luck—and a small skeleton key, which is a key that fits many locks, pass quickly from her mouth to his.
Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. He arranged to escape from the local prison of every town he visited. In the afternoon, the people of the town would read about it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local theater would be full. What was the result？ World-wild fame and a name remembered today.
According to the passage, Houdini's success in prison escapes depends on______.
A．his special tricks and supernatural powers
B．his unusual ability and a skeleton key
C．his magic tricks and unhuman powers
D．his wisdom and magic tricks
Enrich Weiss used the name Harry Houdini because______.
A．his father had this as his family name
B．he respected another magician Robert Houdini very much
C．he got the name because of his success
D．he learned his art from Robert Houdini and was named after him
Harry Houdini was once locked in prison, being bound in chains, as______.
A．he was accused of crimes and was arrested by police in Chicago
B．he wanted to show to the police how skillful he was at escaping
C．the police wanted to know whether their prison was secure
D．the police wanted to see whether he could escape with nothing on
The best title of this passage might be______.
A．Harry Houdini, the Great Magician
B．The History of Magicians
C．Why People Like Magicians So Much
D．How Magicians Work
Houdini once asked the Chicago police to 【34】______ him in prison. They 【35】______ him in chains and locked him up, but he freed himself 【36】______ an instant. The police 【37】______ him of having used a tool and locked him up again. This time he wore no clothes and there were chains 【27】______ his neck, waist, wrists, and legs; but he again escaped in a few minutes. Houdini had probably hidden his "needle" in a wax like 【39】______ and dropped it on the floor in the 【15】______ ． 【16】______ he went past, he stepped on it so that it stuck 【40】______ the bottom of his foot. Once he was heavily chained up and enclosed in an empty wooden chest, the lid of 【41】______ was nailed down. The chest was dropped 【42】______ the sea in New York harbor. Just in one minute Houdini had swum 【43】______ the surface.
【26】
A．Therefore
B．Consequently
C．However
D．Likewise
【C1】
A．but
B．then
C．and
D．however
【C1】
A．but
B．then
C．and
D．however
听力原文： You might think the largest library in the world would be in Europe. But it isn't. It's in Washington. D.C. It's called the Library of Congress.
President John Adams started the library in 1800 for members of Congress. He wanted them to be able to read books about law. The first 740 books were bought in England. They were simply set up in the room where Congress met. Then Thomas Jefferson sold Congress many of his own books. He felt Congress should have books on all subjects, not just on law. This idea changed the library for good.
The library grew and grew. Now it covers acres of land. It contains 20 million books as well as scores of pictures, movies, globes and machines. Experts in every field work here. Hundreds of people call every day with all kinds of questions. Many of them get answers right over the phone.
The library is a large storehouse. Thomas Edison's first movie and Houdini's magic books reside there. And it is the proud owner of the world's best collection of comic books.
(33)
A．Experts in every field.
B．American president.
C．European countries.
D．Members of Congress.
听力原文：Harry: Hi, Jane. You look upset. What's up？
Jane: Well, I'm trying to figure out where all my money has gone.
Harry: You've lost your money？ Was there a burglary at your place？
Jane: No, no. I seem to have spent all my allowance for this month. Now I don't even have money to go out and eat.
Harry: Hey, I thought you had a good part-time job at the shopping mall.
Jane: 1 do. I work about twenty hours a week, and the pay's not had, nine dollars and fifty cents an hour.
Harry: Really？ So that's, what, a hundred and ninety dollars a week.., times four weeks.., so that's seven hundred and sixty dollars a month. Hey, that's not a bad income for a student!
Sally: I know. And my parents send me two hundred and fifty dollars a month, too. But...
Harry: Wow, that's more than one thousand dollars a month. And you can't live on that？
Jane: No, I only manage to save about ten dollars a month. It's a drag!
Harry: It sounds like you have a budget problem. Simple, either work more or spend less.
Jane: I'm definitely not going to work more. I'll have no time to study.
Harry: So you'd better start spending less. Why don't you make a monthly budget？
Jane: A budget？ Hmm, maybe... Hey, Harry, you work in a bank now, in the loan section, right？
Harry: Uh, yeah, why？
Jane: Well, you're the best person to help me make a budget!
(23)
A．She doesn't know where all her money has gone.
B．She has no time to study.
C．She has to take more part-time work.
D．She is short of money.
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.
听力原文：W: I need to catch the bus and it leaves at 10: 50.
M: Then, you'd better hurry. It's already 10: 40.
Q: What should the woman do？
(12)
A．Leave in 30 minutes.
B．Get to the bus stop quickly.
C．Meet Harry at the bus stop.
D．Check to see if everything is ready.
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