Not many years ago, a rich and rather strange old man called Johnson lived alone in a village in England. He 26__________ (make) lots of money in doing business with foreign countries. At seventy-five, he gave 12,000 pounds 27_________ the village school to build a children’s playground. Because of his 28__________ (kind), many people came to visit him. 29__________them was a newspaperman. During their talk, Johnson said he wanted to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him 30_________he could be so healthy at seventy-five. Johnson, 31 __________had a sense of humour, liked whisky and 32__________(drink) some each day.“I have an injection in my neck each evening,” he said, 33__________(think) of his evening glass of whisky.
The newspaperman did not understand 34___________Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson had had an injection in his neck everyday. Soon Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for 35_________ secret of his injection every day.
26.PE will be part of the high school graduation examinations.______,you will have to be strong and healthy to graduate.
| A.After all | B.As a matter of fact | C.In other words | D.What’s more |
25.If you sleep short of 7 hours, you are three times _______ to catch a cold.
| A.possible | B.certainly | C.probable | D.likely |
24.As most of their houses were badly damaged after the earthquake, many people had to be_____in a stadium.
| A.put away | B.put up | C.put out | D.put off |
23.It is______ you’re tired; you’ve been walking for hours.
| A.no doubt | B.no wonder | C.no need | D.no point |
22.Lawrence Craven, a doctor from the USA,is the author of several published reports, one of______ introduced the idea in 1953 ______aspirin could reduce the risk of heart attacks.
| A.them; when | B.which; that | C.what; that | D.which; when |