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Although Paris is often considered the city of romance， close to a million adults who call it home are single. Many single people say that France’s capital is one of the most difficult places to meet people. The complaints of this lonely group have inspired a new phenomenon known as “supermarket dating.” At Galerie Lafayette Gourmet，singles can shop for more than just the items on their grocery list. They can look for someone who has blue eyes， brown hair，and is 1.8 meters tall，or whatever may be on their romantic shopping list.
At this Paris location，single people of all ages can schedule their shopping for Thursday nights between 6:30 and 9:00 p.m. When they walk through the door，they pick up a purple basket to advise that they are looking for love. They try to arrive early because the baskets disappear quickly, and then they have to wait in line for their turn to wander the store aisles(过道).
With purple baskets in hand， shoppers can consider their romantic options while they pick out their groceries. When they are ready to pay， they can go to the checkout line for singles who want to chat.
Most of the people who look for love in the supermarket are skeptical of Internet dating. They know that it is easy to embellish（美化）one’s appearance or to lie about one’s age over the Internet. The supermarket， on the other hand，is considered a safe and casual environment in which to meet a potential match. In addition， what one finds in another’s grocery basket can say a thing or two about that person’s character or intentions. Buying pet food can be a man’s way of showing a potential match that he has a sensitive side. Women who fill their baskets with low-fat food show their healthy style of living. These ways it’s possible to find much more than food at a grocery store.
1.Why do many single people in Paris complain?
A. It is the city lacking of romance
B. It’s difficult to meet people there.
C. There are few choices for them.
D.It’s inconvenient to shop.
2.What can be inferred in the second paragraph?
A. The dating supermarket is located in Paris.
B. The dating supermarket is open only on Thursday evenings.
C. The dating supermarket has very good business.
D. People looking for love must get a basket of a particular color.
3.According to the writer，a man who_____can win a woman’s heart.
A. buy pet food
B. buy low-fat food
C. embellish his appearance
D. pick up a purple basket
4.Why don't the people like Internet dating?
A. Internet dating is not convenient.
B. Internet dating is too casual.
C. Internet dating can’t be trusted.
D. Internet dating dating is too expensive.
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I was waiting for a phone call from my ____ . He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be _____ _.I called him several times, ____ _ each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he ______ call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was ____ _ no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more_____ _. I was certain that my agent didn’t care about my work, and he didn't care about me. I was _____ _ with that _____ . I started to shout at the phone, "Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?"
At that time I didn't realize my wife was____ _. Without showing her surprise, she____ _ in, seize
d the phone, tore off the ____ _, and shouted at the phone, "Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone!" And she _____ it into the wastebasket.
I stood watching her, _____ _. What on earth?
She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the ______ of the house, "Now hear this! All objects in this room—______ _ you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!".
Then she turned to me, kissed me, and said _____ _, "Honey, you just have to learn how to take control." With that, she left the room.
After watching a _____ __ woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything _____ _, I noticed that something in my ______ had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her antics helped me realize I had been____ crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly.
1.A. agent B. wife C. secretary D. assistant
2.A. dismissed B. canceled C.failed D.transformed
3.A. for B.so C.and D. but
4.A.should B. would C.might D. shall
5.A.rather B. ever C. still D. even
6.A.skeptical B. impatient C. depressed D. critical
7.A. faced B. covered C. overcome D.overlooked
8.A.idea B. thought C.mind D. mood
9.A. looking down B. looking up C. looking for D. looking on
10.A. jumped B. hurried C. rushed D. stepped
11.A. phone B. wires C. receiver D. call
12.A.snatched B.skipped C.swept D.scratched
13.A. speechless B. silence C. surprising D. scared
14.A.remains B. left C.other D. rest
15.A.unless B.as C. if D.since
16.A. jokingly B. stubbornly C. calmly D. cautiously
17.A. loving B. crazy C. humourous D.bored
18.A. in shape B.in order C. in place D. in sight
19.A. eyes B. heart C. mind D. mood
20.A.pushed B. driven C.forced D. kept
—Can we go camping tomorrow，as planned?
—_____________The dark clouds promise a heavy rain.
A． I'm afraid not. B．Is that so ?
C．Don’t mention it. D. Why not ?
Although they are pretending hard to be young, grey hair and cellulite ____ them ____.
A．give ;up B．give; off
C．give; away D．give; back
In this firm, it is necessary that whoever ______ recently come here _____ this kind of test.
A．has; has B．has; have
C．have; have D．have; has
The house, ______the walls are green, is where my grandfather used to live ten years ago.
A. which B. of which C. whose D. that
