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大学英语精读第二册完形填空 原文 UNIT1 At a dinner party the guests and their hosts were involved in a heated discussion, or rather argument concerning the question of whether women had as much self-control as men. As they argued, signs appeared to one of the guests that a cobra was present in the room. While his first impulse was to jump back, he knew that this would be a mistake; so he urged the other dinners in a commanding tone to hold still without telling them why. Shortly, the cobra emerged on the veranda; and the man ran quickly to the door to slam it shut. It was soon discovered that the cobra had