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After dinner, Eddie and Hobo are chatting.
Eddie has been (1) happy since Hobo first met him, but today he looks (2) worried. Hobo wants to know what is on Eddie's (3) mind, so he asks Eddie, "(4) What's up?" Eddie says growing up is (5) hard and that now he is growing too (6) big for his house. Hobo thinks that is not a (7) problem. He advises Eddie to (8) build another house. Eddie says it won't be (9) easy and that he needs Hobo's help. However, he asks Hobo not to (10) wake him up until Hobo finishes making the house!

答案：
(1) happy
(2) worried
(3) mind
(4) What's
(5) hard
(6) big
(7) problem
(8) build
(9) easy
(10) wake

Do you know about a series of books that say they are "for dummies"? These American self-help books have been translated into more than thirty-nine languages including Chinese, Arabic, Russian, French, German, Greek and Spanish.
"Dummy" is a word for a silly person. The dummies books are not really for silly people. They are designed to show people how to do something they may never have tried before, like painting a house or learning a language. The books all say in a funny way that they are for dummies, such as *World History for Dummies*, *Rabbits for Dummies*, *Chinese Cooking for Dummies*, and *Wedding Planning for Dummies*. The first such book, *DOS for Dummies*, was published in 1991. It helped people learn how to use the DOS operating system for computers. Since then, more than one hundred and fifty million dummies books have been sold.
The publishing house explains the idea behind the books. It says that they show that people can be taught to do anything. First they can make fun of ideas that are difficult to understand. Then they show how the information can be interesting and easy. The publishing house says that the books do not provide more information than necessary. They give readers just enough information to do what they want. These dummies books give the best and easiest way to do something, and they use simple and easy language.
There are more than one thousand different dummies books. A report in the *New York Times* says that the top-selling dummies books are those that explain technology (技术) and personal finance (财务).
The publishing house says that the top-selling dummies books are those providing information many people need—like information about diseases, education and cooking. People who are interested in opera, car repair and wine can also find dummies books to help them. And there are even more dummies books to come. The publishing house says that they publish about two hundred new dummies books every year.
(B) 1. According to the publishing house, people can ______ with the help of dummies books.
A. make personal things easily
B. do anything they want
C. become good at anything
D. learn any foreign language
(D) 2. According to the *New York Times*, we know that books on ______ sell best.
A. diseases and education
B. opera and car repair
C. world history and cooking
D. technology and personal finance
(A) 3. The dummies books have been popular because ______.
A. they provide just what is needed and are easy to understand
B. they provide plenty of information that people are interested in
C. people can learn to do anything with only one copy
D. people can save lots of money by teaching themselves
(C) 4. What can we learn from the passage?
A. The dummies books are funny for children to read.
B. The first dummies book was on Chinese cooking.
C. The dummies books will continue to be popular.
D. One hundred and fifty million dummies books have been sold.
(A) 5. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?
A. Books for dummies
B. The best, the easiest
C. Self-help books
D. New ideas behind the books

答案： 1. B
2. D
3. A
4. C
5. A