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Daniel Mendoza rose to fame swiftly after a boxing—match when he was only fourteen years old. This attracted the attention of Richard Humphries,
___1__ was then the most eminent(闻名的) boxer in England. He offered to train Mendoza and his young pupil was quick to learn. In fact, Mendoza soon became so successful that Humphries turned
___2__ him. The two men quarreled bitterly and
___3__ was clear that the argument could only be settled by a fight.
___4__ A match was held at Stilton where both men fought for an hour. The public bet a great deal of money on Mendoza, but
___5__ was defeated. Mendoza met Humphries in the ring on a later occasion
___6__ he lost for a second time. It was not until his third match in 1790
___7__ he finally beat Humphries and became Champion of England. Meanwhile, he founded a highly
___8__ (succeed) Academy and even Lord Byron became on of his pupils. He earned enormous sums of money and
___9__ (pay) as much as£100 for a single appearance. Despite this, he was so extravagant that he was always in debt. After he was defeated by a boxer
___10__ (call) Gentleman Jackson, he was quickly forgotten. He was sent to prison for failing to pay his debts and died in poverty in 1836.
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Experts in psychology believe that for many people, money is an important symbol of strength and influence. Husbands who complain about their wives’ spending habits may be afraid that they are losing power in their
___1__ (marry). Wives, on the other hand, may waste huge amounts of money
___2__ they are angry at their husbands. In addition, many people consider money
___3__ symbol of love. They spend it on their family and friends
___4__ (express) love, or they buy themselves expensive presents because they need love.
People can be addicted
___5__ different things—for example, alcohol, drugs, certain foods, or even television. They are compulsive in their addictions. That is, they must satisfy these needs to feel
___6__ (comfort). In the same way, according to psychologists, compulsive(强迫性的)
___7__ (spend) must spend money. For those
___8__ buy on credit, charge accounts are even
___9__ exciting than money. In other words, these people feel that with credit, they can do anything.
___10__ pleasure in spending enormous amounts is actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy.
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Many families in the United States have a larger income now than ever before, but people are finding it difficult to make ends meet anyway. Almost everyone is wondering, “What happens to all my money? I never seem to have anything
___1__ (leave) to put away.”
___2__ isn’t a dollar worth as much as it used to be? One dollar is always worth
___3__ same amount, that is, 100 cents.
___4_ the value of a dollar is how much it can buy. The value of money
___5__ (depend) on the cost of living. Economists say that the cost of living is the money that a family must pay for the
___6__ (necessary) of life such as food, housing or rent, clothes, and medical expenses. For many years now, the cost of living has increased
___7__(great), so the value of the dollar has decreased. When a dollar has a
___8__ value, you can’t buy as many things
___9__ it.
No one fully understands why the cost of living keeps
___10__(increase), but economists believe that workers and producers can make prices go up.
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Rodney Mace, 35, is married with two young children, and is a part-time teacher of architectural history. “I am
___1__ (constant) surprised by other people’s surprise,
___2__ they come the house and see me cleaning a floor or hanging out the washing. Their eyes open wide at the sight of it! Much of the comment comes form men,
___3_ I am even more surprised at the number of women who comment too.”
His wife Jane,
___4__ Oxford graduate in modern languages, has a demanding full-time job. She is
___5__ (direct) of the Cambridge House literacy scheme(扫盲计划) for adults in South London.
___6__ working week involves several evenings and Saturdays, and at these times her husband is
___7__ sole charge of home and family. Apart from this, they share household jobs and employ a child-minder for the afternoons. This
___8__ (able) him to teach two days a week and to do
___9__ he considers his principal work: writing. He has written several books and spends much of his time in the British Museum Reading Room,
___10__ (cycle) there from his home in Brixton.
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When Father(神父) Tomas de Berlanga set out upon his dangerous voyage to the New World, early in the 16th century, he carried with
___1__ not only his Books of the Gospel, but also some roots of the rare and
___2__ (high) valued banana plant. With this sweet golden fruit he hoped
___3__ (win) the friendship, and thus to make converts(转变人心), of even the most savage(野蛮的) of Indians. He could not have guessed then that his few roots would spread
___4__ American tropical forest lands until bananas, growing wild, would be as common as the great swamp(沼泽) plants. And he could not have imagined that a day would come
___5__ white men would clear away thousands of acres of those forests to make room for banana plantations.
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___6__ is thought by scientists and historians that the banana first grew in southern Asia, and that through many centuries it spread to the east and west
__ 7__ now it is found growing in nearly all tropical regions. It does not grow on a tree,
___8__ is commonly supposed, but on a plant, perhaps
___9__ largest plant in existence without a
___10__ (wood) stem. Only one bunch of bananas grows on each plant, but this bunch often weighs 100 pounds or more.
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Bananas are always cut while green, even when they are not to be shipped, for if allowed to ripen on the plant they burst and spoil before they can be picked.
The largest banana-growing country is Brazil. It produces as much as 5 million tons
___1__ year.
___2__ leading producers are Ecuador(厄瓜多尔), India, Venezuela(委内瑞拉), Honduras(洪都拉斯), Pakistan, Colombia, Panama, the Dominican Republic(多米尼加共和国), and Thailand. The United States imports
___3__ (many) bananas than any other country in the world—about 1,800,000 tons a year. Some bananas
___4__ (grow) in the warmer regions of the United States. Ecuador is the world’s largest
___5__ (export).
The remarkable food value of bananas has only been recognized within the last few years.
___6__ they are completely ripe or cooked, few foods are more digestible, and it has been discovered that they are also of great value in
___7__ (treat) certain diseases. Some near relatives of the banana,
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