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Martin Henfield talks about some of his experiences (经历) as a twin:When we were small my mother dressed us ____1___ the same clothes. That was bad enough and we didn’t like it. But when we went on our first camping (野营) trip with the scouts (童子军), it was even ____2____. We were only ten years old, and while ___3___ went into their sleeping bags for the night, we were not happy to snuggle (紧偎) inside a double sleeping bag my mother made for us.
At school our classmates ____4____ us Henfield One and Henfield Two, so people couldn’t even see our difference according to (根据) our initials (姓名的开头字母) because _____5__ of us were M. O. It was only when I went to college and began to have my own friends that I started to feel my own freedom of identity (身份).
Before I went to college (大学), during my last secondary school ____6____, I got a job on a building site (地点). My twin brother, Mike Henfield, didn’t work. He was resting. One day I said to the foreman (工头), “Can I have a week off?” “Certainly,” he said, “but you won’t have the job when you ____7____ back.” I didn’t want to ___8___ the job. So on Monday morning, Mike went down in my jeans (牛仔裤), jacket and hat and he worked for me for one week. ____9____ of them knew the difference.
Now I am growing old and I feel very different _____10___ my twin brother. And he’ll tell you the same. We have really worked towards that for forty years.
1. A. when B. because C. where D. how
2. A. over B. more C. else D. later
3. A. went B. showed C. appeared D. came
4. A. developed B. discovered C. increased D. grown
5. A. sides B. colours C. ways D. meanings
6. A. stories B. animals C. objects D. subjects
7. A. creature B. being C. women D. man
8. A. But B. For C. Besides D. Because
9. A. lies B. lying C. laying D. lain
10. A. die B. death C. sleep D. down
11. A. and B. with C. helped D. followed
12. A. to B. about C. on D. of
13. A. not B. very C. so D. too
14. A. as follows B. this way C. that much D. at least
15. A. to B. for C. possible D. actually
16. A. draw B. shown C. done D. taken
17. A. known B. with C. called D. in
18. A. write B. draw C. watch D. take
19. A. Either B. So C. Nor D. Also
20. A. many B. some C. that D. such
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When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to go to face the music.” It doesn’t mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is 1 less pleasant, like 2 in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you did not do this 3 that. Terrible music, indeed, but it has to 4 . At some time or 5 , every one of us has had to “face the music”, especially as children. We can all remember father’s 6 voice, “I want to talk to you!” and only 7 we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business it 8 !
The phrase “to face the music” is known 9 every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. Where did the 10 come from?
The first 11 comes from American novelist James Fennimore Cooper. He said, in 1851, 12 the expression was first 13 by actors while waiting in the 14 to go on stage. After they got their clue (暗示) to go on, they often said, “It’s time to go to face the music.” And this is 15 what they did face — the orchestra (管弦乐队) which was just below the stage.
An actor might be frightened or 16 as he moved on to the stage in front of him. The audience might be friendly, or perhaps unfriendly, especially 17 he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So, “to face the music” 18 to mean: having to go 19 something, no matter how unpleasant the 20 might be, because you knew you had no choice.
1. A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything ( )
2. A. call B. called C. calling D. being called ( )
3. A. or B. and C. but D. with ( )
4. A. face B. facing C. being faced D. be faced ( )
5. A. other B. the other C. another D. others ( )