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　　Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank on your ANSWER SHEET.

　　We all know that a magician does not really depend on “magic” to perform his tricks, but on his ability to act at great speed. ___ 1, this does not prevent us from enjoying watching a magician ___ 2 rabbits from a hat. ___ 3the greatest magician of all time was Harry Houdini who died in 1926. Houdini mastered the art of ___ 4. He could free himself from the tightest knots or the most complicated locks in seconds. ___ 5 no one really knows how he did this, there is no doubt ___ 6 he had made a close study of every type of lock ever invented. He liked to carry a small steel needle like tool strapped to his leg and he used this in place of a key. Houdini once asked the Chicago police to lock him in prison. They ___ 7 him in chains and locked him up, but he freed himself___8 an instant. The police ___ 9 him of having used a tool and locked him up again. This time he wore no clothes and there were chains round his neck, waist, wrists, and legs; but he again escaped in a few minutes. Houdini had probably hidden his "needle" in a waxlike ___ 10 and dropped it on the floor in the passage. ___ 11 he went past, he stepped on it so that it stuck to the bottom of his foot. His most famous escape, however, was ___ 12 astonishing. He was heavily chained up and enclosed in an empty wooden chest, the lid of ___ 13 was nailed down. The ___ 14 was dropped into the sea in New York harbor. In one minute Houdini had swum to the surface. When the chest was___ 15, it was opened and the chains were found inside.来源：考试大

　　1. A. Generally B. However C. Possibly D. Likewise

　　2. A. to produce B. who produces C. produce D. how to produce

　　3. A. Out of the question B. Though C. Probably D. Undoubted 

　　4. A. escaping B. locking C. opening D. dropping来源：考试大

　　5. A. Surprisingly B. Obviously C. Perhaps D. Although

　　6. A. if B. whether C. as to D. that来源：考试大
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　　7. A. involved B. closed C. connected D. bound

　　8. A. at B. by C. in D. for来源：考试大

　　9. A. rid B. charged C. accused D. deprived

　　10. A. candle B. mud C. something D. substance

　　11. A. As B. Usually C. Maybe D. Then 来源：考试大

　　12. A. overall B. all but C. no longer D. altogether

　　13. A. it B. which C. that D. him来源：考试大

　　14. A. chest B. body C. lid D. chain来源：考试大

　　15. A. brought up B. sunk C. broken apart D. snapped