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史密斯太太一直梦想着出国旅游，今年圣诞节总算成行。出发那天，她穿上了最好的衣服，打扮得像个明星。在机场排队时，一个安全检查官注意到了她，上前来问她有没有携带任何危险品。史密斯太太没理他。安全检查官严厉的命令她打开行李箱。意识到旁人都在盯着他们看，史密斯太太出汗了。还好，安全检查官把她箱子里的东西翻了遍后没发现什么可疑的东西。这件事让史密斯太太沮丧了很久，直到飞机在纽约降落后才又高兴起来。

Mrs. Smith had dreamed of traveling

abroad for a long time until she finally

made it this Christmas. On the day of

departure she was so dressed up that

she looked like something of a star.

Well, while she was standing in the

queue at the airport, a security officer

who took notice of her came up to ask

if she possessed any dangerous articles.

Mrs. Smith ignored him. The security

officer ordered her in a severe voice to

open her suitcase. Aware of others

staring at them, Mrs. Smith sweated.

To her relief, after turning the inside

of her suitcase out, the security officer

didn’t find anything suspicious. Mrs.

Smith was so depressed by the

incident that she was happy again only

after the plane landed in New York.

1 I don’t think it wise for Judy to lose

weight by substituting fruit for meals.

2 I’ve been spending a good deal of

time searching on the Internet for the

best mobile phone I could buy.

3 What she meant by the smile was

that she was sorry.

4 I spent the whole night putting

together the toy car, and it was

supposed to be easy!

5 The weather today was rotten. Our

picnic was ruined.

6 All through the years when I worked

as a janitor’s assistant, I held on to

the dream of becoming a teacher.

7 In the envelope are several

one-hundred dollar bills.

8 John was transferred to Atlanta

where his company had recently set up

a new office.

9 Pull up your car. Don’t get in the

way of the fire engine!

10 Having an apple each day will keep

you healthy.

11 Be careful with your glass. Don’t

spill any wine on the carpet.

12 She will do whatever she has

decided to do, no matter what the

other say.

13 A child won’t think it foolish to

exchange a new toy for a broken kite

as long as he sees value in it.

14 CD-ROMs and DVDs are devices for

storing digital 数字的information

15 I didn’t lie, Mon. Roger did take a

knife to school yesterday.

16 Long hours of practice paid off for

Tiger Woods who became the

youngest golf champion.

17 Much to her regret, the pet dog

died of what seemed at first to be a

simple cold.

18 John enjoy wandering about in a

foreign city on his own much more

than joining a tourist group.

19 Dip your biscuit into milk, and

you’ll find it tastes much better.

20 What a coincidence it is for the two

Johnson sisters to fall in love with the

two Hans brothers!

21 Where has everyone gone? There is

not a single soul in the classroom.

22 Plan A having proved to be a

failure, we need to start Plan B.

23 Everyone is supposed to bring a

dish to the party. How come you’re

empty-handed?

24 Cherry had wanted to become an

actress, but she wound up with a job

waiting tables at a Hollywood

restaurant.

25 The disputes over the South China

Sea islands have to be fixed in a

friendly manner among China, Japan,

Vietanm and other countries

concerned.

26 The old lady suffering from

Alzheimer’s has been missing from

her home for over a week.

27 Julie has been given leave from

work because she is expecting a baby

in two weeks.

28 Mary, I’m going your way. Hop in

and let me give you a ride.

29 The wounded soldier made an

effort to stand up, but the general

stopped him.

30 I’ll never allow you to travel in

such a state of health.

1 I am shocked to learn that there are

children who walk in bare feet to

school in winter.

2 The US set a record for product

imports in 2005 and is expected to

break it again this year with growing

demand.

3 The news was so shocking that she

left the room speechless.

4 Although her pronunciation is far

from perfect, students enjoy listening

to her speech.

5 Nowadays technologies have

advanced so much that a drop of blood

will help the child find his biological

father.

6 At the end of the party he made a

point to thank the hostess.

7 Having run out of fuel, the plane

crashed to the ground.

8 The famous movie star reveals to the

reporters that she is suffering from

cancer.

9 On this Teacher’s Day 42 teachers

will be awarded medals in recognition

of their achievements in teaching.

10 The operation was quite a success.

Mr. Odek is now able to move around.

11 All male guests at this restaurant are

respectfully requested that they put on

coat and tie.

12 How come there is light in our

bedroom? I remember turning it off

before I left.

13 Clean yourself up immediately！You

look as if you’d just climbed out of a

cave.

14 I try to avoid Jeremy because

recently he seems to talk about

nothing but how to make quick

money.

15 She is happily married. Stop making

a fool of yourself by sending her

forget-me-nots and I-love-you cards!

16 Secure in her mother’s arms, the

baby smiled contentedly.

17 There was a man apparently

reading his newspaper but actually

watching you from behind it.

18 What motivated these doctors to

work in SARS wards in spite of the

threat of death?

19 This film is based on a real life story.

20 Under no circumstances should

one belittle one’s mother country.

21 One pound is equal to 0.454

kilograms.

22 Don’t regard any criticism of your

plan as a personal attack on you.

23 You did me a great favor by finding

a part-time job for my son in your

company.

24. Stop reading in bed. Otherwise

you’ll need a pair of glasses in no

time.

25 I prefer to keep reporters at a

distance to give myself some quiet

moments.

26 In this material world more often

than not people judge a person’s

worth by material possessions.

27 A thousand dollars may seem

nothing to you, but it can make a great

difference to a poor family.

28 Seeing that the guests were eying

the food eagerly, the chairman decided

to cut short his speech.

29 Simon will never forget the

occasion on which he had Bill Gates

sign his notebook.

30 Headaches, dizziness, short breaths

are possible symptoms of high blood

pressure.

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