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Certainlydustmenprefertobeknownas“RefuseCollectionandDisposalOfficers”.Youmaythinkthatthisisrathersillyandthatitisbettertocallaspade.Butdustmencanbejustassensitiveaspeopleofanyotheroccupationsthoughwemustadmitthattheirjobisnotthemostromanticoneintheworld.Weoftentakedustmenforgranted.Perhapsbecausetheyusuallycomeveryearlyinthemorningbeforemostpeopleareupweareinclinedtoforgetthattheyexist.Ourdustbinsareemptiedregularlybutwerarelystoptothinkaboutthemenwhodothis.Howeveritisoneofthemostimportantjobsintheworldandwhentherearenodustmen________thegeneralpublicsoonbecomesawarethatsomethingiswrong.
RecentlythedustmenofEnglandwentonstrikeforhigherwages.Duringthefirstfewdaysitwasregardedasajoke.Forsomereasonjokeshavealwaysbeenmadeaboutdustmenandsomepeoplethoughtthisstrikewasveryamusing.Butwhenthefirsttwoweekshadpassedandthedustbinswereoverflowinginnearlyeverybackyardinthecountrythejokedidnotseemsofunnyanymore.Asthestrikecontinuedpeoplecouldnotbeartheaccumulationofrubbisharoundtheirdustbinsandtheylookedforotherplacesinwhichtogetridofit.Evenwhenthestrikewasoverandthewagesdisputehadbeensettledittookseveralweeksforthecountrytogetcleanedupcompletelyassomuchrubbishhadaccumulated.PerhapsnowtheEnglishpeopleappreciatetheworkoftheirdustmenrathermorehighlyandwon’ttakethemforgrantedanymore.
阅读表达(共5小题;每小题3分满分15分)
1.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?(Pleaseanswerwithin10words.)
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2.Whichsentenceinthepassagecanbereplacedbythefollowingone?
Weusuallyfindthedustbinscleanbutignoringthedoers.
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3.Pleasefillintheblankinthefirstparagraphwithproperwordsorphrasestocompletethesentence.(Pleaseanswerwithin10words.)
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