The Man of Many Secrets—Harry Houdini—was one of the greatest American entertainers in the theater next century. He was a man famous for his escapes—from prison cells, from wooden boxes floating in rivers, from locked tanks full of water. He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America. Crowds came to see the great Houdini and his "magic" tricks.
Of course, his secret was not magic, or supernatural powers. It was simply strength. He had the ability to move his toes as well as he moved his fingers. He could move his body into almost any position he wanted.
Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother Theo performed card tricks in club in New York. They called themselves the Houdini Brothers. When Harry married in 1894, he and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant. But for a long time they were not very successful. Then Harry performed his first prison escape, in Chicago in 1898. Harry persuaded a detective to let him try to escape from the prison, and he invited the local newspapermen to watch.
It was the publicity that came from this that started Harry Houdini’s success. Harry had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs and toes trained to escape ankle chins. But his biggest secret was how he unlocked 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 fits many locks, pass quickly from her mouth to his.
Harry used these prison escapes to build his fame. 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 every seat in the local theater would be full. What was the result World-wild fame, and a name remembered today.

Which of the following is the best title for the passage()

A:A Skeleton Key B:A Man of Many Secrets C:World-wild Fame D:Great Escape

In Paragraph 2, several studies have shown that the more______ , the more personal‘secrets’ one person will divulge.

A:intimate their relationship is B:ordinary their conversation is C:quick the other's response is D:personal' secrets' the other person reveals

Cell Phone Lets Your Secret out

Your cell phone holds secrets about you. Besides the names and (51) that you’ve programmed into it, traces of your DNA linger on the device, according to a new study.
DNA is genetic material that (52) in every cell. Like your fingerprint, your DNA is unique to you— (53) you have an identical twin. Scientists today routinely analyze DNA in blood, saliva, or hair left (54) at the scene of a crime. The results often help detectives identify (55) and their victims. Your cell phone can reveal more about you (56) you might think.
Meghan J. McFadden, a scientist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, heard about a crime in which the suspect bled onto a cell phone and later dropped the (57) . This made her wonder whether traces of DNA lingered on cell phones—even when no blood was involved. (58) she and her colleague Margaret Wallace of the City University of New York analyzed the flip-open phones of 10 volunteers. They used swabs to collect (59) traces of the users from two parts of the phone: the outside, where the user holds it, and the (60) , which is placed at the user’s ear.
The scientists scrubbed the phones using a solution made mostly (61) alcohol. The aim of washing was to remove all detectable traces of DNA. The owners got their phones (62) for another week. Then the researchers collected the phones and repeated the swabbing of each phone once more.
The scientists discovered DNA that (63) to the phone’s speaker on each of the phones. Better samples were collected from the outside of each phone, but those swabs also picked up DNA that belonged to other people who had apparently also handled the phone. (64) , DNA showed up even in swabs that were taken immediately after the phones were scrubbed. That suggests that washing won’t remove all traces of evidence from a criminal’s device. So cell phones can now be added to the (65) of clues that can clinch a crime-scene investigation.

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A:numbers B:music C:secrets D:films

Cell Phone Lets Your Secret Out

Your cell phone holds secrets about you. Besides the names and (51) that you’ve programmed into it, traces of your DNA linger(逗留) on the device, according to a new study.
DNA is genetic(遗传的) material that (52) in every cell. Like your fingerprint, your DNA is unique to you (53) you have an identical twin. Scientists today routinely analyze DNA in blood, saliva(涎,唾液), or hair left (54) at the scene of a crime. The results often help detectives identify (55) and their victims. Your cell phone can reveal more about you (56) you might think.
Meghan J. McFadden, a scientist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, heard about a crime in which the suspect bled onto a cell phone and later dropped the (57) This made her wonder whether traces of DNA lingered on cell phones -- even when no blood was involved. (58) she and colleague Margaret Wallace of the City University of New York analyzed the flip-open phones(翻盖手机) of 10 volunteers. They used swabs(药签) to collect (59) traces of the users from two parts of the phone: the outside, where the user holds it, and the (60) , which is placed at the user’s ear.
The scientists scrubbed(用力擦洗;擦净) the phones using a solution made mostly (61) alcohol. The aim of washing was to remove all detectable traces of DNA. The owners got their phones
(62) for another week. Then the researchers collected the phones and repeated the swabbing of each phone once more.
The scientists discovered DNA that (63) to the phone’s speaker on each of the phones. Better samples were collected from the outside of each phone, but those swabs also picked up DNA that belonged to other people who had apparently also handled the phone. (64) , DNA showed up even in swabs that were taken immediately after the phones were scrubbed. That suggests that washing won’t remove all traces of evidence from a criminal’s device. So cell phones can now be added to the (65) of clues that can clinch(确定,决定) a crime-scene investigation.

51()

A:numbers B:music C:secrets D:films

Cell Phone Lets Your Secret Out

Your cell phone holds secrets about you. Besides the names and (51) that you’ve programmed into it, traces of your DNA linger (逗留) on the device, according to a new study.
DNA is genetic material that (52) in every cell. Like your fingerprint, your DNA is unique to you (53) you have an identical twin. Scientists today routinely analyze DNA in blood, saliva (唾液), or hair left (54) at the scene of a crime. The results often help detectives identify (55) and their victims. Your cell phone can reveal more about you (56) you might think.
Meghan J. McFadden, a scientist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, heard about a crime in which the suspect bled onto a cell phone and later dropped the (57) . This made her wonder whether traces of DNA lingered on cell phones—even when no blood was involved (58) she and colleague Margaret Wallace of the City University of New York analyzed the flip-open phones of 10 volunteers. They used swabs (药签) to collect (59) traces of the users from two parts of the phone: the outside, where the user holds it, and the (60) , which is placed at the user’s ear.
The scientists scrubbed the phones using a solution made mostly (61) alcohol. The aim of washing was to remove all detectable traces of DNA. The owners got their phones (62) for another week. Then the researchers collected the phones and repeated the swabbing of each phone once more.
The scientists discovered DNA that (63) to the phone’s speaker on each of the phones. Better samples were collected from the outside of each phone, but those swabs also picked up DNA that belonged to other people who had apparently also handled the phone. (64) , DNA showed up even in swabs that were taken immediately after the phones were scrubbed (擦洗). That suggests that washing won’t remove all traces of evidence from a criminal’s device. So cell phones can now be added to the (65) of clues that can decide a crime-scene investigation.

A:numbers B:music C:secrets D:films

Cell Phone Lets Your Secret Out

Your cell phone holds secrets about you. Besides the names and (51) that you’ve programmed into it, traces of your DNA linger on the device, according to a new study.
DNA is genetic material that (52) in every cell. Like your fingerprint, your DNA is unique to you (53) you have an identical twin. Scientists today routinely analyze DNA in blood, saliva, or hair left (54) at the scene of a crime. The results often help detectives identify (55) and their victims. Your cell phone can reveal more about you (56) you might think.
Meghan J. McFadden, a scientist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, heard about a crime in which the suspect bled onto a cell phone and later dropped the (57) . This made her wonder whether traces of DNA lingered on cell phones even when no blood was involved. (58) she and colleague Margaret Wallace of the City University of New York analyzed the flip-open phones of 10 volunteers. They used swabs to collect (59) traces of the users from two parts of the phone: the outside, where the user holds it, and the (60) , which is placed at the user’s ear.
The scientists scrubbed the phones using a solution made mostly (61) alcohol. The aim of washing was to remove all detectable traces of DNA. The owners got their phones (62) for another week. Then the researchers collected the phones and repeated the swabbing of each phone once more.
The scientists discovered DNA that (63) to the phone’s speaker on each of the phones. Better samples were collected from the outside of each phone, but those swabs also picked up DNA that belonged to other people who had apparently also handled the phone. (64) , DNA showed up even in swabs that were taken immediately after the phones were scrubbed. That suggests that washing won’t remove all traces of evidence from a criminal’s device. So cell phones can now be added to the (65) of clues that can clinch a crime-scene investigation.

A:numbers B:music C:secrets D:films


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Cell Phone Lets Your Secret Out

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A:numbers B:music C:secrets D:films

Cell Phone Lets Your Secret Out

Your cell phone holds secrets about you. Besides the names and (51) that you’ve programmed into it, traces of your DNA linger (逗留) on the device, according to a new study.
DNA is genetic material that (52) in every cell. Like your fingerprint, your DNA is unique to you (53) you have an identical twin. Scientists today routinely analyze DNA in blood, saliva (唾液), or hair left (54) at the scene of a crime. The results often help detectives identify (55) and their victims. Your cell phone can reveal more about you (56) you might think.
Meghan J. McFadden, a scientist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, heard about a crime in which the suspect bled onto a cell phone and later dropped the (57) . This made her wonder whether traces of DNA lingered on cell phones even when no blood was involved. (58) , she and colleague Margaret Wallace of the City University of New York analyzed the flip-open phones of 10 volunteers. They used swabs (药签) to collect (59) traces of the users from two parts of the phone: the outside, where the user holds it, and the (60) , which is placed at the user’s ear.
The scientists scrubbed the phones using a solution made mostly (61) alcohol. The aim of washing was to remove all detectable traces of DNA. The owners got their phones (62) for another week. Then the researchers collected the phones and repeated the swabbing of each phone once more.
The scientists discovered DNA that (63) to the phone’s speaker on each of the phones. Better samples were collected from the outside of each phone, but those swabs also picked up DNA that belonged to other people who had apparently also handled the phone. (64) , DNA showed up even in swabs that were taken immediately after the phones were scrubbed (擦洗). That suggests that washing won’t remove all traces of evidence from a criminal’s device. So cell phones can now be added to the (65) of clues that can decide a crime-scene investigation.

51()

A:numbers B:music C:secrets D:films

Cell Phone Lets Your Secret Out

Your cell phone holds secrets about you. Besides the names and (51) that you’ve programmed into it, traces of your DNA linger (逗留) on the device, according to a new study.
DNA is genetic material that (52) in every cell. Like your fingerprint, your DNA is unique to you (53) you have an identical twin. Scientists today routinely analyze DNA in blood, saliva (唾液), or hair left (54) at the scene of a crime. The results often help detectives identify (55) and their victims. Your cell phone can reveal more about you (56) you might think.
Meghan J. McFadden, a scientist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, heard about a crime in which the suspect bled onto a cell phone and later dropped the (57) . This made her wonder whether traces of DNA lingered on cell phones even when no blood was involved. (58) , she and colleague Margaret Wallace of the City University of New York analyzed the flip-open phones of 10 volunteers. They used swabs (药签) to collect (59) traces of the users from two parts of the phone: the outside, where the user holds it, and the (60) , which is placed at the user’s ear.
The scientists scrubbed the phones using a solution made mostly (61) alcohol. The aim of washing was to remove all detectable traces of DNA. The owners got their phones (62) for another week. Then the researchers collected the phones and repeated the swabbing of each phone once more.
The scientists discovered DNA that (63) to the phone’s speaker on each of the phones. Better samples were collected from the outside of each phone, but those swabs also picked up DNA that belonged to other people who had apparently also handled the phone. (64) , DNA showed up even in swabs that were taken immediately after the phones were scrubbed (擦洗). That suggests that washing won’t remove all traces of evidence from a criminal’s device. So cell phones can now be added to the (65) of clues that can decide a crime-scene investigation.

A:numbers B:music C:secrets D:films

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