Most people are born with the natural ability to (21) stories, but only a rare few have the determination to become (22) authors, and even fewer have the joy of seeing their novels top the (23) of bestselling books. Some of the world’s famous crime writers have achieved the (24) success of all. Who can (25) the appeal of famous detectives like Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot Even if you haven’t read the original books you will have seen (26) in films or on the TV.
If you have an ambition to become the (27) Agatha Christie what should you do The best starting (28) is to read lots of examples of crime fiction written by good authors. You will need a notebook to carry around with you or (29) better, some loose (30) of paper that you can (31) notes on and then file into a folder. After all, the most everyday situation—for example, watching a woman get (32) a train—may be the (33) for your first bestseller.
Like any good recipe you have to know the main (34) of a successful novel. These are: an/a (35) story, strong characters and a memorable setting.

A:original  B:secondhand  C:interesting  D:well-known

I am one of the many city people who are always saying that given the choice we would prefer to live in the country away from the dirt and noise of a large city. I have managed to convince myself that it weren’t for my job I would immediately head out for the open spaces and go back to nature in some sleepy village buried in the country. But how realistic is the dream
Cities can be frightening places. The majority of the population live in massive tower blocks, noisy, dirty and impersonal. The sense of belonging to a community tends to disappear when you live fifteen floors up. All you can see from your window is sky, or other blocks of flats. Children become aggressive and nervous—cooped up at home all day, with nowhere to play; their mothers feel isolated from the rest of the worlD．Strangely enough whereas in the past the inhabitants of one street all knew each other, nowadays people on the same floor in tower blocks don’t even say hello to each other. Country life, on the other hand, differs from this kind of isolated existence in that a sense of community generally binds the inhabitants of small villages together. People have the advantage of knowing that there is always someone to turn to when they need help. But country life has disadvantages too. While it is true that you may be among friends in a village, it is also true that you are cut off from the existing and important events that take place in cities. There’s little possibility of going to a new show or the latest movie. Shopping becomes a major problem, and for anything slightly out of the ordinary you have to go on and expedition to the nearest large town. The city-dweller who leaves for the country is often oppressed by a sense of unbearable stillness and quiet.
What, then, is the answer The country has the advantage of peace and quiet, but suffers from the disadvantage of being cut off; the city breeds a feeling of isolation, and constant noise batters the senses. But one of its main advantages is that you are at the center of things, and that life doesn’t come to an end at half-past nine at night. Some people have found (or rather bought) a compromise between the two; they have expressed their preference for the “quiet life” by leaving the suburbs and moving to villages within commuting distance of large cities. They generally have about as much sensitivity as the plastic flowers they leave behind— they are polluted with strange ideas about change and improvement which they force on to the unwilling original inhabitants of the villages.
What then of my dreams of leaning on a cottage gate and murmuring “morning” to the locals as they pass by I’m keen on the idea, but you see there’s my cat, Toby, I’m not at all sure that he would take to all that fresh air and exercise in the long grass, I mean, can you see him mixing with all those hearty males down the farm No, he would rather have the electric imitation-coal fire any evening.
According to the passage, which of the following adjectives best describes those people who work in large cities and live in villages

A:Original B:Quiet C:Arrogant D:Insensitive

You have just got a new computer and you are delighted with it. It is doing everything you wanted your new computer to do. But what are you going to do with your old computer Have you ever wondered what other people do with their old computers In the past they have often paid high prices for their old computers, but how much do you think these computers are worth now Few people want to buy a computer that has become out of date or has been replaced by a newer model. Unfortunately, the only thing you can do with a computer that you have had for five or six years is to throw it away with your other garbage!
What do many people do when they try to sell their old computers Foolishly, they take into account its original cost and then reduce the price according to the age of the computer rather like a second-hand car. They are wrong. They forget that new computers are becoming cheaper every day, making old computers almost worthless. In 1985, for example, a good computer cost over US $ 4,000. Ten years later its owner would be lucky to get $ 400. Although old computers are still more useful than old typewriters, you must be careful about buying a second-hand computer. The microchips in a computer may last a long time, but the hard disk will not. It will probably cost more to replace the hard disk with a new one than the computer itself is worth. Moreover, replacing the old processor in a computer is simply not worth the trouble as it will probably be incapable of running newer software. Ultimately, saving and repairing an old computer is like building a car from spare parts. It is far cheaper to buy a new car.
One well-known computer magazine recently compiled a list of ten things to do with an old computer. One suggestion was to donate it to charity or give it as one of the small prizes in a competition. The final suggestion was to store it in a safe place and hope that it would become a collector’s item in fifteen or twenty years though the article in the magazine admitted that in fifteen or twenty years there may be so many old computers that they will all be worthless.
Whatever you decide to do with an old computer will not alter the fact that it will be useless as a piece of technology in several years. The world of computers is quickly changing and eventually all computers will not only be integrated with video telephone and run CD-ROM disks, but will also be able to perform a countless number of tasks which as yet we cannot even imagine. All these uses will require much more advanced and powerful machines that will automatically condemn even the most advanced computer today to the garbage can of the twentieth century.

A:a high price B:a very low price C:half of its original price D:its original price

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A:a high price B:a very low price C:half of its original price D:its original price

All known techniques for handling complex problems successfully seem to fall into one of the three classes: subdividing the problem (51) , ignoring irrelevant detail in a safe way (52) , and having an independent agent (53) the internal consistency (contextual checking). The first two provide guidelines for solving the problem, the third serves to provide early warnings. A good programming language supports all three.
In subdividing problem, some of the subproblems may be similar to the (54) problem. It leads us to a (55) solution. This (55) solution is viable provided each of the subproblems is easier to solve than the original problem.

A:check B:original C:perform D:recursive

All known techniques for handling complex problems successfully seem to fall into one of the three classes: subdividing the problem (51) , ignoring irrelevant detail in a safe way (52) , and having an independent agent (53) the internal consistency (contextual checking). The first two provide guidelines for solving the problem, the third serves to provide early warnings. A good programming language supports all three.
In subdividing problem, some of the subproblems may be similar to the (54) problem. It leads us to a (55) solution. This (55) solution is viable provided each of the subproblems is easier to solve than the original problem.

A:check B:original C:perform D:recursive

All known techniques for handling complex problems successfully seem to fall into one of the three classes: subdividing the problem (51) , ignoring irrelevant detail in a safe way (52) , and having an independent agent (53) the internal consistency (contextual checking). The first two provide guidelines for solving the problem, the third serves to provide early warnings. A good programming language supports all three.
In subdividing problem, some of the subproblems may be similar to the (54) problem. It leads us to a (55) solution. This (55) solution is viable provided each of the subproblems is easier to solve than the original problem.

A:check B:original C:perform D:recursive

All known techniques for handling complex problems successfully seem to fall into one of the three classes: subdividing the problem (51) , ignoring irrelevant detail in a safe way (52) , and having an independent agent (53) the internal consistency (contextual checking). The first two provide guidelines for solving the problem, the third serves to provide early warnings. A good programming language supports all three.
In subdividing problem, some of the subproblems may be similar to the (54) problem. It leads us to a (55) solution. This (55) solution is viable provided each of the subproblems is easier to solve than the original problem.

A:check B:original C:perform D:recursive

All known techniques for handling complex problems successfully seem to fall into one of the three classes: subdividing the problem (51) , ignoring irrelevant detail in a safe way (52) , and having an independent agent (53) the internal consistency (contextual checking). The first two provide guidelines for solving the problem, the third serves to provide early warnings. A good programming language supports all three.
In subdividing problem, some of the subproblems may be similar to the (54) problem. It leads us to a (55) solution. This (55) solution is viable provided each of the subproblems is easier to solve than the original problem.

A:check B:original C:perform D:recursive