Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. When Harry got married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as the 4 and helper. But for a
long time they were not very successful. Then Harry performed his 5 prison (监狱) escape in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded(说服)a detective(侦探) who 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 started Harry Houdini’s success. Harry had his fingers and toes 6 to escape from handcuffs(手铐) and ankle chains. But his biggest
secret was how he 7 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 8 many locks. Then the key was quickly passed from her mouth to 9 .
Harry used these prison escapes to build his 10 . 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 all the seats in the local theater would be full. What was the result? Being famous around the world and a name remembered today.
三、阅读表达(共 15 小题;计 15 分)
A. 补全短文 根据短文内容，从短文后的 A～F 选项中，选出 5 个适当的选项补全短文， 并将选项的编号填涂在答题卡相应题号后。(共 5 小题，每小题 1 分;计 5 分)
Which city would you prefer to visit, London or Paris? If you don’t have an answer, you may want to follow the advice of TripAdvisor, one of the biggest travel websites in the world. 1 This year, visitor numbers are expected to be high because of events such as the Queen’s 90th
birthday celebrations, and theater shows of Harry Potter.
“With so many fascinating museums, the best theater scene in the world, more green space than any other European city, many top sporting venues (场所) ... London is without doubt the greatest city on the planet,” Boris Johnson, London’s former mayor, told The Telegraph.
However, Paris’ Mayor Anne Hidalgo was not as pleased. “ 2 ,” she told the newspaper. The Huffington Post used the word “bickering” to describe these back-and-forth insults (攻击).
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France and Britain are separated only by the English Channel (called “La Manche” in French – no “English” used there). For hundreds of years, they fought over land.
But in fact, Paris and London are very similar. Both are centers of fashion and the arts. Even their most famous landmarks are a little similar – the Palace of Versailles outside Paris and Buckingham Palace in London, for example.
That’s the trouble – they are as good as each other. As the Daily Mail put it, London and Paris are “head-to-head” in their battle to be No 1. 4
Hidalgo later wrote an article in The Telegraph, but changed her words slightly: “ 5 ” Does this mean these two cities could one day “grow up”, stop arguing and become friends?
B. 完成表格 阅读下面短文，根据其内容，完成表格中所缺的信息，并将答案填写在答
题卡相应题号后。(共 10 小题，每小题 1 分;计 10 分)
Kimiko Fukuda always wondered what her dog was trying to say.Whenever she put on makeup, it would pull at her coat.
Now, the Japanese girl thinks she knows.When the dog barks, she looks at a small electronic
gadget(小机械).The following “human” translation appears on its screen：“Please take me with you.”
“I realized that was how he was feeling,” says Fukuda.
The gadget is called Bowlingual, and it translates dog barks into feelings.People laughed when the Japanese toy-maker Takara Company made the world’s first dog-human translation machine in 2015.300, 000 Japanese dog owners bought it.More customers are expected when the English version(版本)is launched this summer.
“Nobody else had thought about it, ” said Masahiko Kajita, who works for Takara.“We spend so much time training dogs to understand our orders; what would it be like if dogs could be understood?”
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