A post office was broken into last night, and several t______ got away with ￡120,000.

The house is ______ ( 便利地 ) situated near the station and the shops.          

There was a $1,000 reward, a toll-free ( 免費的 ) tip line and a news conference ― all for a lost little bike. The foot-high, 6-inch-wide strange-looking bike belongs to Bello Nock, the breathtaking clown star of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus appearing at Madison Square Garden.

The little bike was taken from a Manhattan street Friday, while Bello clowned around. He and two fellow clowns had put on an unprepared show for a passing camera crew ( 攝制組 ), when Bello rested his bike against a street sign and forgetfully walked away.

 “Can I please have my bike back?” he said a day after the disappearance, adding that he was “very upset.”

The orange-haired, Florida-born clown said he can’t replace his trademark bike, which was built in Mexico City and has been in his family of circus performers for a dozen years.

Without it, the 38-year-old performer once named “America’s Best Clown” by Time magazine will have to change the show named for him ― “Bellobration.”

The bike, which is about as high as his foot, “is not something I can go to buy in a store,” he said. “I’d have to find someone willing and able to make it.”

Anyone with information about the bike is urged ( 強烈要求 ) to call the toll-free number 1-877-606-3052.

51. In order to have his bike back Bello took the following measures EXCEPT ______________.

A. to give a $1,000 reward

B. to open a free line

C. to hold a news conference

D. to put up a Missing Things notice

52. Where was the little bike put before it was lost?

A. At the entrance to a cinema.

B. Against a street sign.

C. Under a tree.

D. Beside a shop.

53. As a result of losing the little bike, Bello Nock will have to __________.

A. change the show named “Bellobration”

B. give up the whole show

C. look for another job

D. use a common bike to replace it

54. Which of the following statements is Not true according to the passage?

A. If Bello hadn’t forgotten about the bike, he wouldn’t have lost it.

B. Such a bike can not be bought in an ordinary store.

C. Whoever calls 1-877-606-3052 will cost no money.

D. Bello appeared at Madison Square Garden to attend a show.

55. The passage is probably taken from a ____________

A. report                 B. newspaper                C. text book                         D. science book

Some cities held the Olympic Games more than once. Do you know __ 41 __  they are?

The first city needed to mention is Athens, the place where the first Olympic Games took place in 1896. And this city __ 42 __ ( have ) a long history of ancient Olympics since 776 BC. Athens chose olive branch as symbol of peace and friendship in the first Olympic Games. In the new Millennium ( 千年 ), Athens held the Olympic Games again, __ 43 __ symbolizes ( 象征 ) for the Olympic cycle and also the hope of peace and __ 44__ ( happy ) in the world during the new century.

In 1900, the World Fair and Olympic Games both were held in Pairs. Women attended the Olympics for the first time. They attended __ 45 __ performing event. In 1924, Paris held the Olympics again.

The 30^th Olympic Games __ 46 __ ( hold ) in London. __ 47 __ has already held the Olympic Games twice. In 1908, because the Vesuvius ( 維蘇威火山 ) erupted, the Olympic Games was transferred to be held in London. In 1948 right __ 48 __ the Second World War, it was debatable ( 有爭議的 ) __ 49 __ to hold sports event or not for a while. The 1948 London Olympics went popular and comforted people’s hearts __ 50 __ ( suffer ) from the war. Now London is going to be the city holding the Olympic Games most times.

Unexpected things may happen every day but no one can tell when and where. People usually get surprised or frightened by such things. One day I __ 31__ a taxi to go to a meeting. As it came near the corner, the taxi stopped suddenly. The driver got out looking puzzled. A big truck which had been following the taxi stopped, too. The taxi driver was now standing at the corner looking up to the sky. And the truck driver got out and __ 32 __ him. A number of cars behind them were forced to stop as well and a large crowd of people had __ 33 __ at the corner.

The cause of all this __ 34 __ was a very strange noise. It sounded as if thousands of birds were chirping. The sound of so __ 35 __ birds together was quite surprising and many people looked __ 36 __. The most extraordinary thing was that, except one or two sparrows, there was not a bird in __ 37 __. No man was able to know why --- until two policemen arrived on the scene. They walked all around the area for a while and then __ 38 __ over near the rail-road tracks beside a big board advertisement for a __ 39 __. Since the noise seemed to be coming from around there, they climbed up and found that two loudspeakers had been hidden behind the advertisement. The bird noises were broadcast to __ 40 __ attention to the film advertisement. The cinema that made this advertisement was ordered to take the loudspeakers away, because they caused trouble and people were tired of them.

--- You look fed up with the lecture.

--- Well, I __________ it all day.

       A. had been listening to                               B. have been listening

       C. have been listening to                              D. had been listening 

The two strangers talked as if they __________ friends for many years.

       A. should be          B. would be           C. have been          D. had been