Have you ever wondered where the first doughnut( 炸面圈)was made? Whothought up the idea of a fried cake with a hole in the center? 

No one knows for sure who made the first doughnut. Some people think thatdoughnut probably began in the 1800s as Dutch “ olykoeks ” or “oily cakes.those days, a cook would not want to waste any scraps of food. Leftover piecesof bread dough (生面团) were put into hot oil and fried. Olykoeks were tasty onthe outside, but soft and uncooked in the center. 

Some people say that the mother of a New England sea captain invented thefirst real doughnut. Her name was Elizabeth Gregory. She replaced the softcenter with spices and nuts. But, Elizabeth ’s son, Captain Gregory, did not likenuts. He punched out the center, and the consequencewas the first hole in adoughnut. 

Others say the real story is that Captain Gregory had difficulty steering hisship while trying to eat doughnut. He asked the ship’s cook to make hisdoughnuts with holes so he could hang them on the steering wheel! Others thinkthat Captain Gregory saw holed cakes in Europe and brought the idea back toAmerica with him. 

During world war I, homesick American soldiers in Europe were serveddoughnuts by the Salvation Army. These brave women volunteering for the jobwere called “Doughnut Girls. ” They often worked in dangerous conditions nearthe soldiers, so the Doughnut Girls wore helmets and uniforms. The womenmade doughnut cutters out of a large can with a smaller can inside it to cut outthe hole. They could set up a kettle of hot oil to fry the dough almost anywhere. 

In the 1920s, doughnut machines were invented. Doughnuts were producedfaster and easier than ever before. Still, many people preferred to make theirfavorite doughnuts at home. 

1.The passage is mainly about_________ .

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic The Most Important Influence on Young Adults . You should write

about 120 words following the Chinese outline given below.

(1)有些人认为父母对年轻人的影响较大，也有些人认为朋友对年轻人的影响较大

(2)我的看法

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Mary was very fond of television, so when she met a young man who workedfor a television company, she was very interested and asked him a lot ofquestions. She discovered that he had also worked for a film company, 【66.so sheasked him whether there was any difference between film work and televisionwork .】 

“Well,” answered the young man, “there is one very big difference. 【67.Ifsomeone makes a mistake while a film is being made, it is possible to stop anddo the scene again.】 In fact, one can do it over and over again a lot of times.Mistakes waste time, money and film, but the audience who see the film when itis finished don ’t know that anything went wrong. In a live television show, onthe other hand, the audience can see any mistakes that are made. ” 

“I can tell you a story about that, 【68. One day, a live television show wasgoing on, and one of the actors was supposed to have been shot.】 He fell to theground, and the camera moved somewhere else to allow time for me to run outwith a bottle of tomato sauce to pour on to him to look like blood. Butunfortunately the camera turned back to him before I had finished, 【69.and thepeople saw me pouring the sauce on to the man. ”】 

“Oh, how terrible! ” Mary said. “And what did you do? ” 

“Well”, answered the young man, “our television director is a very strictman.【70.If anyone makes a mistake, he fires him at once.】 So I just had to pretendthat this was part of the story and eat the man. ” 

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I don ’t know why you ’re so concerned._________________ (这毕竟不是你的问题 ).

For such a big house the price is fairly low. But you’ve got to _________________ (考虑维修所需要的钱 ).

My parents taught me not to take what ’s not mine. I ’ve always tried to_________________ (教育我的子女同样的价值观 ).

I understand the two factors that contributed to my downfall: _________________ (缺乏职业目标和缺乏自信 ).