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  3. We all know that a magician does nor really depend on "magic" to perform his tricks,【C1】______ on his ability to act at great s

We all know that a magician does nor really depend on "magic" to perform his tricks,【C1】______ on his ability to act at great s

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问题      We all know that a magician does nor really depend on "magic" to perform his tricks,【C1】______  on his ability to act at great speed.【C2】______  , this does not prevent us from enjoying watching a magician【C3】______ rabbits from a hat.【C4】______  the greatest magician of all time was Harry Houdini who died in 1926, Houdini mastered the art of【C5】______  . He could free him- self from the tightest knots or the most complicated locks in seconds.【C6】______ no one really knows【C7】______  he did this, there is no doubt【C8】______ he had made a close study of every type of lock ever【C9】______ . He liked to carry a small steel needle-like tool strapped to his leg and he used this in【C10】______ of a key. Houdini once asked the Chicago police to lock him in prison. They【C11】______ him in chains and locked him up, but he freed himself【C12】______ an instant. The police【C13】______ 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【C14】______  and dropped it on the floor in the passage.【C15】______ he went past, he stepped on it so that it stuck to the bottom of his foot. His most famous escape, however, was【C16】______ astonishing. He was heavily chained【C17】______  and enclosed in an empty wooden chest, the lid of【C18】______ was nailed down. The【C19】______ was dropped into the sea in New York, harbor. In one minute Houdini had swum to the surface. When the chest was【C20】______ , it was opened and the chains were found inside
【C5】
选项 A、escaping
B、locking
C、opening
D、dropping
答案A
解析 根据上下文可知，魔术家Houdini擅长“逃脱”，他可以轻易地打开锁头，从被锁处逃脱。因此此空的正确答案为A。
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