Test: Les Miserables

Victor Hugo’s novel Les Misérables draws people’s i__1__. This story of p__2__, r__3__, and romance touches people’s everywhere. But people no longer have to read the book to enjoy the story. A__4__ from the 1,200-page novel, Les Misérables, or “Les Miz,” catches hearts in the theater.

The story begins in 1815, when Jean Valjean leaves p__5__. Though he tries, Valjean can get no work because of his past. He finally steals some expensive silver from a kind bishop. To Valjean's s__6__, the b__7__ tells Valjean that he must use the silver to become an honest man.

As the story continues, Valjean vows to raise a dying mother's little girl into/ as/ of his own. He helps a group of students and the Paris poor as they fight against i__9__. The l__10__ calls the e__11__ story a “powerful river carrying you from beginning to end.”

"Les Miz" began as a French p__12__. When the producer Cameron Mackintosh heard a r__13__ of it in 1980, he immediately wanted to bring it to London. However, he realized that the m__14__ needed to be reworked. Mackingtosh, the directors and the writers worked to t__15__ the existing songs into/ as/ of English.

The show opened on October 8, 1985, in London. The c__17__ didn't like it, but the a__18__ loved it. They cried, c__19__ and cheered, and they told their friends to see the show.

In London, hundreds of people have written to the director describing how they were moved and changed by the show. They said the show gave them a feeling of o__20__ that made them stop their self-pity. They show also inspired the casts to work together to raise money for good causes. No other play in the history of theater has raised so much money for c__21__, particularly the homeless.

Not every country has experienced the social problems of France. However, Les Miz tells the story of human s__22__, and give a message of hope. That message touches people everywhere.

23. 他太精力旺盛，不符合退休老頭的刻板印象。
24. 有些昆蟲是聰明的掠食者，他們設下陷阱捕捉獵物。(such)
25. 這店員非常的高傲。他不認為我能負擔起這件洋裝。
26. 我們的產品分成兩大類:必須品與奢侈品。
27. 穿著輕便的服裝參加婚宴不合時宜。(It is ...)
28. 我們要更加關注瀕臨絕種的動物。
29. 有些人認為，保持健康最好的方法是規律地做運動。
30. 我認為，健康有賴於均衡的飲食與適當的運動。