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Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories.Today we talk about proverbs.A proverb is a short, well known saying that exprees a common truth or belief.Proverbs are found in most cultures and are often very old.In American history, Benjamin Franklin was famous for his proverbs.Franklin lived in the 1700s.He was a leader of the American Revolution against English rule.He was also a scientist, inventor and writer.For many years, Franklin published a book called “Poor Richard's Almanac.” He

included many proverbs that he had heard or created.Some of them are still used today.Like this one: _______1_____

Franklin is also remembered for other proverbs like, ______2_____ This means that money should not be wasted.Here are other examples of proverbs that Americans use.The first ones are about love.Some people say, ___3_____ They mean that anything you do in a relationship or in battle is acceptable.Another proverb about love is, ________4______This means you love someone even more when he or she is far away.But other people say, ______5_____ You may not even think about that person when he or she is not with you.Which of these proverbs do you think is most true?

Another proverb says ______6___ In other words, when you are in love with someone, you may refuse to see anything bad about that person.Here is another popular saying about love: ___7_______ Some people believe that a woman can win a man's love if she prepares his favorite foods.Some people are only interested in having a relationship with someone who is very good-looking.You might tell them that ________8____ Your girlfriend may be lovely to look at, but she may also have some bad qualities.Or the opposite may be true.Your boyfriend is a wonderful person, but not good-looking.So what a person looks like is not really important.Another proverb is true in love and war or other situations: ________9______It means that what you do is more important than what you say.Sadly, we have no more time for this program.So we must say, _____10____

This VOA Special English program was written by Shelley Gollust.I'm Barbara Klein.Part 2: 阅读理解练习题

Paage one

A simple piece of rope hangs between some environmentally friendly Americans and their neighbors.On one side stand those who have begun to see clothes dryers as wasteful consumers of energy(up to 6% of total electricity)and powerful emitters of carbon dioxide(up to a ton of CO2 per household every year).As an alternative, they are turning to clotheslines as part of what Alexander Lee, an environmentalist, calls “what-I-can-do environmentalism.”

But on the other side are people who oppose air-drying laundry outside on aesthetic grounds.Increasingly, they have persuaded community and homeowners aociations(HOAs)acro the U.S.to ban outdoor clotheslines, which they say not only look unsightly but also lower surrounding property values.Those actions, in turn, have sparked a right-to-dry movement that is preing for legislation to protect the choice to use clotheslines.Only three states--Florida, Hawaii and Utah--have laws written broadly enough to protect clotheslines.Right-to-dry advocates argue that there should be more.Matt Reck is the kind of eco-conscious guy who feeds his trees with bathwater and recycles condensation drops from his air conditioners to water plants.His family also uses a clothesline.But Otto Hagen, president of Reck's HOA in Wake Forest, N.C., notified him that a neighbor h, ad complained about his line.The Recks ignored the warning and still dry their clothes on a rope in the yard.“Many people claim to be environmentally friendly but don't take matters into their own hands,” says Reck.HOAs Hagen has decided to hold off taking action.“I'm not going to go crazy,” he says.“But if Matt keeps his line and more neighbors complain, I'll have to addre it again.”

North Carolina lawmakers tried and failed earlier this year to insert language into an energy bill that would exprely prevent HOAs from regulating clotheslines.But the iue remains a touchy one with HOAs and real estate agents.“Most aesthetic restrictions are rooted, to a degree, in the belief that homogenous(统一协调的)exteriors are supportive of property value,” says Sara Stubbins, executive director of the Community Aociation Institute's North Carolina chapter.In other words, aociations worry that housing prices will fall if prospective buyers think their would-be neighbors are too poor to afford dryers.Alexander Lee dismies the notion that clotheslines devalue property aets, advocating that the idea “needs to change in light of global warming.” “We all have to do at least something to decrease our carbon footprint,” Alexander Lee says.1.What is NOT mentioned as a disadvantage of using clothes dryers?

[A].Electricity consumption.[B].Air pollution.[C].Waste of energy.[D].Ugly looking.2.Which of the following is INCORRECT?

[A].Opposers think air-drying laundry would devalue surrounding aets.[B].Opposers consider the outdoor clothesline as an eyesore to the scenery.[C].Right-to-dry movements led to the pa of written laws to protect clotheslines.[D].Most of states in the US have no written laws to protect clotheslines.3.What is the HOAs' attitude towards the regulation of outdoor clotheslines?

[A].Concerned.[B].Impartial.[C].Supportive.[D].Unclear.4.In the last paragraph Alexander Lee recommends that

[A].clotheslines should be banned in the community.[B].clotheslines wouldn't leen the property values.[C].the globe would become warmer and warmer.[D].we should protect the environment in the community.5.An appropriate title for the paage might be

[A].Opinions on Environmental Protection.[B].Opinions on Air-drying Laundry.[C].What-I-Can-Do Environmentalism.[D].Restrictions on Clotheslines.Paage two

Within that exclusive group of literary characters who have survived through the centuries--from Hamlet to Huckleberry Finn--few can rival the cultural impact of Sherlock Holmes.Since his first public appearance 20 years ago, the gentleman with the curved pipe and a taste for cocaine, the master of deductive reasoning and elaborate disguise, has left his mark everywhere--in crime literature, film and television, cartoons and comic books.At Holmes' side, of course, was his trusted friend Dr.Watson.Looming even larger, however, was another doctor, one whose medical practice was so slow it allowed him plenty of time to pursue his literary ambition.His name: Arthur Conan Doyle.As the creator of these fictional icons, Conan Doyle has himself become something of a cult figure, the object of countle critical studies, biographies and fan clubs.Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859, in a respectable middle-cla Catholic family.Still, it was far from an easy life.There was never enough money;they moved frequently in search of lower rents;and his father, a civil servant and illustrator was an alcoholic who had to be institutionalized.Yet the early letters he wrote to his mother are surprisingly optimistic, concerned mainly with food, clothes, allowances and schoolwork.At 14 came his first unforgettable visit to London, including Madame Tuaud's, where he was “delighted with the room of Horrors, and the images of the murderers.”

A superb student, Conan Doyle went on to medical school, where he was attracted by Dr.Joseph Bell, a profeor with an uncanny ability to diagnose patients even before they opened their mouths.For a time he worked as Bell's outpatient clerk and would watch, amazed, at how the location of a callus could reveal a man's profeion, or how a quick look at a skin rash told Bell that the patient had once lived in Bermuda.In 1886, Conan Doyle outlined his first novel, A Study in Scarlet, which he described as “a simple tale of mystery to make a little extra money.” Its main character, initially called Sherringford Hope and later called Sherlock Holmes, was based largely on Bell.But Holmes' first appearance went almost unnoticed, and the struggling doctor devoted nearly all of his spare time to writing long historical novels in the style of Sir Walter Scott—novels that he was convinced would make his reputation.It wasn't to be.In 1888, Holmes reappeared in A Scandal in Bohemia, a short story in Strand Magazine.And this time, its hero took an immediate hit and Conan Doyle's life would never be the same.1.The typical features of Sherlock Holmes were all EXCEPT

[A].rational.[B].sociable.[C].intelligent.[D].cunning.2.Which of the following is NOT true about Conan Doyle and his family?

[A].He came from a middle-cla family.[B].They led a hard life in Edinburgh.[C].His father was addicted to drinking.[D].His mother had received little education.3.How did Conan Doyle feel about his first visit to London?

[A].It was horrible.[B].It was pleasant.[C].It was awful.[D].It was memorable.4.We can infer from the last paragraph that

[A].the more calluses a person has, the more profeional he would be.[B].writers often base their writing on personal experiences.[C].Conan Doyle has gone through a period of hardship on his way to succe.[D].inspiration was very important for a person to create something.5.Conan Doyle's short story “A Scandal in Bohemia” has proved to be __ at last.[A].succeful

[B].powerful

[C].ridiculous

[D].frustrating