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1、复合式听写强化训练（一）For 25 years I was a full-time thief, 1_ in picking pockets. I come from southeast London, where thats an honorable 2_. Anyone can break into a house and steal things. But picking pocket takes skills. My sister and I were among the most successful pickpocket team in London. We worked in
2、hotel and theatre lobbies, airports, shopping centers, and restaurants. Now we dont steal anymore, but this crime is 3_. Here is how to protect yourself: Professional pickpockets do not see 4_, only handbags, jewels and money. Mothers with babies, the elderly, the 5_ are all fair game (猎物). My 6_ ta
3、rget was the lone female, handbag at her side, the right side to be exact. So if Im next to her I can reach it 7_ with my right hand across my body. Only about one woman in a thousand carries their bag on the left, and I tended to steer clear of them (避开). Woman whose bags are 8_ in front of them ar
4、e tricky for the pickpocket, as there isnt a blind side. If you want to make it even harder, use a bag with handles rather than a strap. For men, one of the best places to keep a wallet is in the back pocket of tight trousers. Youll feel any attempts to move it. 9_. Theres just no way in. Even bette
5、r, keep wallets attached to a cord or chain that is fasten to a belt. A pickpocket needs targets who are relaxed and off guard. The perfect setting is a clothing store. 10_. The presence of a uniformed security guard is even better. 11_.1. specializing 2. profession 3. worldwide 4. victims 5. disabl
6、ed 6. preferred 7. cautiously 8. hanging 9. Another good place is in the buttoned-up (扣上纽扣的) inside pocket of a jacket.10. When customers wander among the racks, they are completely absorbed in the items they hold up. 11. A false sense of security makes a pickpockets job much simpler.复合式听写强化训练（二）Mar
7、k Twain, who wrote the story we are going to read, 1_ quite a lot, often because circumstances, usually 2_ circumstances forced him to. He was born in Floridian Missouri in 1835 and 3_ to Hannibal Missouri with his family when he was about four years old. Most people think he was born in Hannibal, b
8、ut that isnt true. After his father died when he was about twelve, Twain worked in Hannibal for a while and then left so he could earn more money. He worked for a while as a 4_ on various newspapers, and then got a job as river 5_ on the Mississippi. Twain loved his job, and many of his books show i
9、t. The river job didnt last however, because of the 6_ of the civil war. Twain was in the 7_ army for just two weeks, and then he and his whole company went west, to get away from the war and the army. In Nevada and California, Twain 8_ for gold without much luck, but he did succeed as a writer. Onc
10、e that happened, 9_. Twain didnt travel much the last ten years of his life, and he didnt publish much either. 10_. Like many other popular writers, 11_.1. traveled 2. financial 3. moved 4. typesetter (排字工人) 5. pilot (舵手) 6. outbreak 7. federal 8. prospected (指望、希望)9. Twain traveled around the count
11、ry by giving lectures and earning enough money to go to Europe.10. Somehow his travel, ever when forced, inspired his writings.11. Twain derived much of the materials for his writing from (从获得) the wealth and diversity of his own experience.复合式听写强化训练（三）How many of you drink Coca-Cola? Nearly everybo
12、dy. Did you know that Coca-Cola started out not as a soft drink but as a cure for headaches back in the late 1800s? John S. Pamberton, a 1_ from Atlanta, had 2_ for many months trying to find a cure for the common headache. He worked in his backyard, 3_ and heating different 4_ of oils and flavors u
13、ntil he found one that seems 5_. Pamberton bottled the mixture and began selling it in drugstores as a concentrated syrup (浓缩糖浆) that the customer had to mix with water before drinking. Coca-Colas 6_ from a concentrated syrup to a carbonated soft drink came about quite by 7_. One day, a customer cam
14、e into a drugstore 8_ of a headache and asked for a bottle of Coca-Cola syrup. He wanted to take it right away. 9_. The clerk, instead of walking to the other end of the counter to get plain water, suggested mixing the syrup with soda water. The customer agreed, and after drinking it, remarked how good it tasted. 10_. Today carbonated cola is sold in most countries around the world. 11_.1. druggist 2. experimented 3. mixing 4. combinations5. promising 6. transformation 7. accident 8. complaining9.
