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1.\$
  People who talk and sing to plants are not mad according to Arnold Braymar,
a government agriculture expert. "In fact, singing and talking to plants make them
grow better," says Braymar. The reason is quite simple ... when we sing or talk
to plants, we exhale() carbon dioxide(̼) which plants need to live.
Plants absorb the carbon dioxide through their pores(ëϸ) during the sunlight
hours and produce oxygen which people need to live. Singing and talking are
effective, however, only during the daytime. Bedtime lullabies() will
not help plants to sleep better or grow faster.\$
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1. According to the passage, singing and talking to plants ____.
A. are helpful to the plants
B. can be harmful to people
C. can be simple and joyable
D. are necessary for the plants
#A
2. What kind of explanation does the expert give for the correctness of his conclusion?
A. reasonable
B. mysterious
C. scientific
D. humourous
#C
3. The writer of this passage seems to think that the whole matter of singing and talking to plants is ____.
A. full of doubt
B. full of mystery
C. crazy()
D. humorous
#D
4. Why would singing to plants only be effective during the daytime?
A. Plants die at night
B. Plants only use carbon dioxide in the sunlight hours
C. People sleep at night
D. It would be effective both during the daytime and at night
#B
5. How did the agriculture expert discover that talking and singing to plants make them grow better?
A. He sang and talked to his plants
B. He learned it in school
C. It isn't true
D. The answer to this question is not found in the reading passage above
#D
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2.\$
  Once there was a king who never ate a meal unless there was a dish of fish
with it, but one day there was a big storm and the fishermen were not able to
go out to catch fish, so the king had no breakfast and no lunch. Then he ordered
his servants to tell everybody in his capital that if anyone brought him a fish,
he would give him anything that he asked for.\$
  At last, a fisherman caught a big fish late in the afternoon and hurried to
the king's palace with it. But the king's Prime Minister would not let him in
until he promised to give him half of whatever the king gave him for the fish.\$
  The king was very happy when he saw the fish. He asked the fisherman what
he wanted for his fish. To his surprise, the fisherman said, "I want you to
beat me two dozen times with a stick." When the king began to beat him a dozen
times, the fisherman jumped away and said, "That is enough for me. I promised
the other dozen to your Prime Minister." Then he told the king what has happened
between the Prime Minister and himeself. The king was very angry. He not only
gave the Prime Minister the dozen hits, but also said, "Because you have been
dishonest, you will not be my Prime Minister any more. The fisherman will take
your place."\$
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1. The king didn't have breakfast and lunch because ____.
A. there was a big storm
B. the Prime Minister did not bring him any food
C. there was no fish
D. his servants didn't know how to cook well
#C
2. The fisherman took his fish to the king's palace because ____.
A. the king had promised to give him whatever he wanted
B. the king was dying from hunger
C. he wanted to teach the Prime Minister a lesson
D. he wanted to be the Prime Minister
#A
3. When the fisherman told the king what he wanted. the king ____.
A. was very happy
B. was very surprised
C. was very angry
D. gave him what he wanted at once
#B
4. Which of the following sentences is true?
A. The king wanted to make the fisherman king.
B. The king had nothing to eat for one whole day.
C. The king ate a fish every day.
D. The king was quite hungry when the fisherman came.
#D
5. The king got rid of his Prime Minister because ____.
A. the fisherman was cleverer than his Prime Minister
B. the Prime Minister did not know how to catch fish
C. the Prime Minister was not an honest man
D. the Prime Minister took half of what the king gave the fisherman
#C
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3.\$
  Thomas Alva Edison was awarded more patents(ר) on inventions than any other
American. When he died in 1931, Americans wondered how they could best show
their respect for him. One suggestion was that the nation observe a minute or
two of total blackout(ͣ). All electric power would be shut off in homes,
streets and factories.\$
  Perhaps this suggestion made Americans realize fully what Edison and his inventions
meant to them. Electric power was too important to the country. Shutting it
off for even a short time would have led to complete confusion(). A blackout
was out of the question.\$
  On the day of Edison's funeral(), many people silently dimmed their lights.
In this way they honored the man who had done more than anyone else to put
the great force of electricity at his countrymen's fingertips.\$
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1. People decided to honor Edison when ____.
A. he made the first electric light
B. electric power was 100 years old
C. the country realized electricity's importance
D. he died in 1931
#D
2. The suggestion was to ____.
A. turn off the lights in factories and schools
B. observe a few minutes of total silence
C. dim all electric lights
D. shut off all electricity for a short time
#D
3. Americans fully realized what Edison's inventions meant when they ____.
A. heard of his death
B. heard of the plan to honor him
C. first used electric power
D. tried to carry out the plan
#B
4. The plan was never carried out because ____.
A. not everyone wanted to honor Edison
B. it was too difficult
C. electric power was too important to the country
D. it honored only one of Edison's inventions
#C
5. This passage was probably written to ____.
A. tell about Edison's inventions
B. explain electricity
C. prove that people wished to honor Edison
D. show what a great man Edison was
#C
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4.\$
  One day a student went to see his teacher. He had been given an important
position and now was going to say good-bye to his teacher. The old man asked
him how he would live among the high officials. The student said, "I'll be all
right. I have prepared a hundred high hats, one for each official I meet. I'm
sure I'll succeed." The old man got angry on hearing this. "What?" cried he,
"Is this what ten years of my teaching has made of you? Nothing but a flatter(
)?" "Excuse me, honoured master," the student rose to his feet and apologized
hurriedly. "But you have always been absorbed in your studies and devoted to
your work and don't know how vulgar(ӹ׵) the world has come to be. There
are few men in the world who are above flattering like you." "There is something
in what you said," the teacher nodded. So they separated in a friendly way,
with one of the student's high hats sold.\$
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1. The student went to see his teacher becausee ____.
A. he had not seen him for a long time
B. he wanted his teacher to give him a job
C. he would go to work among high officials
D. he would go to a place far away from his teacher
#C
2. The teacher asked the student how he would live among the high officials, because ____.
A. he wanted the student to be a good friend of the hight officials
B. the teacher wondered if the student could get on well with the officials
C. the teacher had planned to teach him a lesson
D. the teacher wanted to take good care of the student
#B
3. The student prepared 100 high hats in order to ____.
A. help others
B. flatter others
C. show he was clever
D. make money by selling them
#B
4. The teacher got angry on hearing the student's words because ____.
A. the student would not act as he had been taught
B. the student didn't give the teacher a high hat
C. the teacher didn't think the student had prepared enough high hats
D. the student was not polite to him
#A
5. From the above passage, we can concluded that ____.
A. there are few people in the world who want to be flattered
B. no one in the world likes to flatter others
C. sometimes one is ready to accept flattering even if he doesn't want it at all.
D. all people like to be flattered
#C
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5.\$
  Why does pouring hot water over a tight jar lid loosen it? Hot water makes
the metal of the jar lid expand: This makes the cover loose.\$
  Most objects expand when heated bacause they are made up of molecules(
). Heat makes molecules move faster. The hotter the molecules become, the faster
they move and the more space they need.\$
  This explains why we hear a click as we travel by train, or a gentle thump(
ػ) as we drive on a concrete() hightway. The clicks and thumps tell
us that we are passing over expansion joints put in to allow room for the metal
rails and the concrete to expand. These joints prevent the rails and the road
from buckling() as they expand under the hot sun. Like the molecules of
the metal jar lid, the molecules of these materials need more space when they
are hot.\$
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1. Pouring hot water over a jar lid will ____.
A. make it fit very tightly
B. make it less tight
C. not affect the lid itself in any way
D. make the jar expand
#B
2. This happens because the hot water ____.
A. heats whatever is inside the jar
B. causes the jar to grow smaller
C. makes the lid slightly larger
D. all of the above
#C
3. An object is made up of molecules that move ____ over it.
A. if the object becomes very hot
B. whenever hot wate is poured
C. all the time
D. only when the object is expanding
#A
4. Objects expand when they are hot because hot molecules ____.
A. move faster
B. make up more room
C. move slowly
D. both A and B
#D
5. From this selection we can tell that the molecules in a road ____.
A. are not much like those in a jar lid
B. will not expand even in a jar lid
C. are like the molecules in rails, lid, and other objects
D. are like no other molecules
#C
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6.\$
  Mr Smith was on holiday. He was staying in a small desert() town. One
sunny morning he went to the market, and saw a beautiful carpet(̺) there.
This one was very big, and full of rich colours. He looked at it for a long
time but went away. The next day he passed and saw it again. he asked the price.\$
  "This one, sir? This is a very special carpet," said the man.\$
  "Yes, but how much is it?"\$
  "It's a special carpet, sir, so it is not cheap. It's beautiful, isn't it?"\$
  "Yes, it's very beautiful, but ..."\$
  "It's also very old, sir. It belonged to a great man many years ago. So I
can't sell it cheaply."\$
  "No, how much is it?" Mr Smith asked again.\$
  "A beautiful, old carpet, sir, and it is also a magic(ħ) carpet. A magic
carpet that can fly. A man came this morning and offered me five hundred pounds
for it."\$
  "Oh," said Mr. Smith.\$
  "But I like you, sir. You're a very nice gentleman. I'll sell it to you. Five
hundred and fifty pounds."\$
  "Well," Mr Smith thought for a moment. "All right."\$
  "Very good, sir" said the man. "Will you pay now and take it with you?"\$
  "No," said Mr Smith. "Here is my address. Fly over on the carpet. I'll pay
you when you arrive."\$
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1. Mr Smith ____.
A. was walking in the small town
B. lived in the small town
C. was visiting the small town
D. came to the small town to buy a carpet
#C
2. When Mr Smith first saw the carpet he ____.
A. knew the price of the carpet
B. asked the price of the carpet
C. wanted to buy it without asking the price
D. did not know the price of the carpet
#D
3. Mr Smith thought the price given by the man was ____.
A. hight
B. low
C. reasonable
D. nice
#A
4. Finally, Mr Smith gave the man ____.
A. a little money
B. no money
C. $5000
D. $550
#B
5. Which of the following sentences is true?
A. The carpet was both beautiful and cheap
B. The carpet was neither beautiful nor cheap
C. The carpet was cheap but not beautiful
D. The carpet was beautiful but not cheap
#D

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7.\$
  The following cities are among the largest in the world. Tokyo(), London
and New York. Do you know any facts about the size, age, and character of these
cities? Tokyo has the largest population of the three with over nine million
people. London, however, is the largest in area, covering over six hundred square
miles. New York is almost as large. London is also much older than either Tokyo
or New York. Its recoreded history goes back to 43 A. D. Tokyo is the second
oldest, it really began in 1457. New York is obviously the youngest. Today there
are many attractions(֮) in these three cities. You can see the new World
Trade Centre(1,350 feet high), the tallest building in the world, in New York,
and a 1,000-foot-high TV tower in Tokyo. The two most important theater districts
in the world are in London and New York. All the three cities are playing an
important part in world affairs.\$
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1. There are more people ____.
A. in Tokyo than in London
B. in London than in Tokyo
C. in New York than in Tokyo
C. in London than in either Tokyo or New York
#A
2. As far as area is concerned(), which of the following shows the right relationship between the three cities?
A. New York>London>Tokyo
B. London>New York>Tokyo
C. London>Tokyo>New York
D. Tokyo>New York>London
#B
3. The world's tallest building is ____.
A. the new World Trade Centre
B. a TV tower
C. 1,000 feet high
D. in London
#A
4. Which of the following titles fit this passage best?
A. The Oldest Cities of the World.
B. History, Population and Area.
C. Three of the Largest Cities in the World.
D. Tallest Buildings of the World
#C

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8.\$
  In 1920, after some thirty-nine years, the Panama Canal was officially opened,
linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by allowing ships to pass through the
fifty miles canal zone(ش) instead of travelling some seven thousand miles
around Cape Horn. It takes a ship about eight hours to complete the trip through
the canal and costs an average of (ƽ) fifteen thousand dollars, one-tenth
of what would cost an average ship to round the Horn. More than fifteen thousand
ships pass through its locks each year.\$
  The French sold their rights to the United States. The latter() will control
it until the end of the twentieth century when Panama takes over its duty.\$
##
1. The Panama Canal was dug by ____.
A. France
B. the United States
C. Panama
D. China
#A
2. The Panama Canal is now under the control of ____.
A. France
B. the Untied States
C. Panama
D. the Canal Zone
#B
3. A different government will take control of the Panama Canal in the year of ____.
A. 1999
B. 2000
C. 2100
D. 2999
#B
4. It costs a ship to travel around Cape Horn ____ dollars.
A. 1,500
B. 15,000
C. 150,000
D. 1,500,000
#C
5. The construction of the Panama Canal was probably begun in ____.
A. 1881
B. 1920
C. 1939
D. 1999
#A

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9.\$
  A nobleman and a merchant once met in a restaurant. For their lunch they both
ordered soup(). When it was brought, the nobleman took a spoonful(һ),
but the soup was so hot that he burned his mouth and tears came to his eyes.
The merchant asked him why he was weeping. The nobleman was ashamed to admit(
ڳ) that he had burned his mouth and answered, "Sir, I once had a brother
who killed a man, for which he was hanged. I was thinking of his death, which
made me weep." The merchant, believing the story, began to eat his soup. He
too burned his mouth, so that he had tears in his eyes. Noticing it, the nobleman
asked the merchant, "Sir, why do you weep?" The merchant, who now saw that the
nobleman had fooled him, answered, "My lord, I'm weeping because you were not
hanged together with your brother."\$
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1. The story teaches us ____.
A. not to eat in restaurants
B. not to eat soup
C. not to cry when we burn our mouths
D. not to believe everything
#D
2. The nobleman did not tell the truth because ____.
A. he felt he was in a difficult position
B. he was a nobleman
C. he was in a restraunt
D. he was angry
#A
3. The merchant believed the nobleman because ____.
A. all nobleman tell truth
B. it was proper to do so
C. merchants always believe everything
D. he was stupid
#B
4. Although the nobleman burned his mouth, he should have ____.
A. let out a laughter
B. scolded the waiter
C. told the truth
D. smiled with joy
#C
5. What the nobleman did was ____.
A. unworthy
B. correct
C. reasonable
D. noble
#A

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10.\$
  The British are among the world's greatest readers of newspapers. It's been
the custom(ϰ) ever since most people could read.\$
  But why do people want to do nothing but read while travelling to work in
a train?\$
  Perhaps they are tired, or else they sit behind a newspaper to shut themselves
off from the world. All the same, most men would notice a woman struggling with
a heavy case and jump up to help her and a pretty girl sitting opposite wouldn't
escape(ӱ) their attention either. In this case a paper is useful because
they can have a good look at her from behind it without her knowing. Perhaps
they don't all do nothing but read. There are stories of girls and young men
who met in the rush hour(߷), got married, and went on travelling on the
same train, hand in hand.\$
##
1. The main idea of this passage is that ____.
A. people in Britain are great newspaper readers
B. why people read newspapers when they travel by train
C. people do nothing but read in a train
D. when people go to work in train, they do different things
#D
2. According to the passage, reading newspapers ____.
A. is a custom just among men who can read
B. is something the British do only travelling on a train
C. is a daily activity most British people enjoy
D. can help people in many ways
#C
3. A man might be reading a newspaper in a train for the following reasons except that ____.
A. he is trying to watch a girl from behind the newspaper
B. he wants to have a rest
C. he hopes to escape the attention of a pretty girl
D. he doesn't want to talk with other people around him
#C
4. The writer said that most men in the train would help a woman struggling with something heavy. This means ____.
A. it is polite for a man to help a woman in that situation
B. it is considered a man's duty to offer help to a woman in need
C. the woman is too weak to carry a heavy case
D. men are often more interested in other things than in reading newspapers, especially when women are in trouble
#D
5. People do all these things while travelling to work by train except ____.
A. talking with their friends
B. getting the attention of people of the opposite sex(Ա)
C. getting married
D. reading newspapers
#C

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11.\$
  An artist who did not have much money, but was a very kind man, was coming
home by train one day. He gave his last few coins(Ӳ) to a beggar, but then
he saw another one, and forgot that he didn't have any money. He asked the man
if he would like to have lunch with him, and the beggar accepted. So they went
int a small restaurant and had a good meal.\$
  At the end, the artist could not pay the bill of course, so the beggar had
to do so.\$
  The artist was very unhappy about this, so he said to the beggar. "Come home
with me in a taxi, my friend, and I'll give you back the money for lunch."\$
  "Oh, no!" the beggar answered quickly, "I had to pay for your lunch; but I'm
not going to pay for your taxi home too!"\$
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1. The artist in this story was ____.
A. a man of wealth
B. a funny man
C. a kind man
D. a cheat
#C
2. While going home one day, the artist forgot about ____.
A. his wallet
B. his train ticket
C. his coins
D. his own trouble
#C
3. After the meal, ____ paid the bill.
A. the artist
B. another man
C. the beggar
D. no one
#D
4. The artist invited the beggar to take a taxi home with him so that ____.
A. the beggar could pay for the taxi home
B. he could pay the money in return for the meal he had had
C. he could make friends with the beggar
D. they could trust each other
#B
5. At the end of the story, what the beggar said showed that he ____.
A. didn't trust the artist
B. was thankful to the artist
C. regretted having paid for their lunch
D. would make friends with the artist
#A

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12.\$
  A very new, yount officer was at a railway station. He was on his way to visit
his mother in another town, and he wanted to telephone her to tell her the time
of his train, so that she could meet him at the station in her car. He looked
in all his pockets, but found that he did not have the right money for the telephone,
so he went outside and looked around for someone to help him.\$
  At last an old soldier came by, and the young officer stopped him and said,
"Have you got change for ten pence(ʿ)?"\$
  "Wait a moment." the old soldier answered, beginning to put his hand in his
pocket, "I'll see whether I can help you."\$
  "Don't you know how to speak to an officer?" the young man said angrily.
"Now let's start again. Have you got change for ten pence?"\$
  "No, sir," the old soldier answered quickly.\$
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1. The young officer wanted to telephone her mother to tell her ____.
A. that he was going to visit her
B. when his train would leave
C. the time of his train's arrival at the station
D. that he was now at the railway station
#C
2. He looked around for help because he ____.
A. didn't have coins for the phone call
B. had no money to make the phone call
C. didn't have the local money
D. wanted to borrow money
#A
3. The old soldier was ____.
A. not ready to help
B. not sure whether he could help
C. angry
D. very rude to the young officer
#B
4. The young officer was angry because he believed the old soldier ____.
A. did not want to help him
B. did not know how to speak to him
C. did not answer him correctly
D. was rude to him
#D
5. The young officer in the story was ____.
A. clever
B. stupid
C. polite
D. rude
#B

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13.\$
  Everybody uses A. M. and P. M. to mean before noon and afer noon. But do you
konw exactly what they mean and how they came into being?\$
  We know that the turning of the earth makes the sun and stars seem to move
across the sky. Daylight, of course, begins with the sun rising in the east
and ends with the sun setting in the west. Being high in the sky, between these
two positions, the sun has travelled a quarter journey. And half of the daylight
hours have been spent.\$
  Therefore, by noticing where the sun stood in the sky, early man learned how
to tell the time of the day. At night the stars were observed. He could also
know the time.\$
  The important thing in keeping time is to know the exact moment of noon. For
each of us, wherever we are, noon is when the sun is directly overhead. Think
of an imaginary line, a meridian(), drawn across the sky, going from the
north point of your horizon down to the south point.\$
  When the sun crosses your meridian, it is noon for you. When the sun still
lies to the east of your meridian, it is morning. After the sun has crossed
this meridian, it is afternoon.\$
  The Latin word for "midday" is meridiem, from which comes our word ante meridian,
whose short form is A. M. which means before midday. P.M. is the short form
for post meridian, meaning after middday.\$
##
1. The English word "meridian" means
A. ante meridiem in Latin.
B. P.M. in Latin.
C. post meridiem in Latin.
D. meridiem in Latin.
#D
2. Early man learned how to tell the time of the day
A. by noticing where the sun stood in th sky.
B. by knowing the exact moment of noon.
C. by drawing a meridian across the sky.
D. by observing the positions the stars exist in the sky.
#A
3. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. A.M. means before noon in English and ante meridiem in Latin.
B. P.M. is the short form for post meridiem in Latin standing for "before midday" in English.
C. Daylight begins with the sun rising in the west and ends with the sun setting in the east.
D. Meridiem in Latin comes from our word meridian.
#A
4. It is the exact moment of noon
A. that the sun crosses the imaginary line.
B. when the sun still lies to the east of the meridian.
C. after the sun has crossed the imaginary line
D. when the sun is not directly overhead.
#A
5. "Before midday" means
A. the sun has travelled a quarter journey.
B. half of the dayligth hours have been spent.
C. the sun hasn't travelled a quarter journey yet.
D. the sun has travelled half of its journey.
#C

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  Want to be taller? And slimmer(ϸ)? Take a space flight! At least that's
what Dr. Story Musgrave, a doctor who was aboard Skylab 3 once said. He told
the other three astronauts who were aboard Skylab 3 with him that they had grown
taller since they left the earth. The men grew between one and two inches taller.
And they were smaller around the chest and the waist.\$
##
1. The writer's advice is that if you want to be taller and slimmer, you can
A. do more exercises.
B. eat less.
C. take a trip to the outer space like an astronaut.
D. fly in a plane.
#C
2. "Story Musgrave" is the name of the
A. spaceship.
B. story told by Dr. Musgrave.
C. doctor who was aboard Skylab 3.
D. place where Skylab 3 took-off.
#C
3. Altogether____ people were aboard Skylab 3.
A. there
B. four
C. two
D. five
#B
4. Dr. Story Musgrave said the men on board Skyoab 3 had grown ____ taller since they left the earth.
A. one inch
B. neither one nor two inches
C. two inches
D. at least one inch and at most two inches
#D
5. After the space flight, Dr. Musgrave measured the men's chests and waists and told them they were ____ before.
A. taller than
B. thicker than
C. slimmer than
D. not slimmer than
#C

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15.\$
  Robert Spring, a 19th century forger(), was so good at his job that
he was able to make his living for 15 years by selling false signatures of famous
Americans. Spring was born in England in 1813 and arrived in Philadelphia in
1858 to open a bookstore. At first he made some money by selling his small but
real collection of early U.S. autographs(ױǩ). Discovering his ability
at copying handwriting, he began imitating(ģ) signatures of George Washington
and Ben Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To lessen
the chance of detection, he sent his forgeries(Ʒ) to England and Canada
for sale.\$
  Forgers have a hard time selling their products. A forger can't go to a respectable
buyer but must deal with people who don't have much knowledge in the field.
Forgers have many ways to make their work look real. For example, they buy old
books to use the aged paper of the title page, and they can treat paper and
ink with chemicals.\$
  In Spring's time, right after the Civil War, Britain was still fond of the
southern states, so, Spring invented a respectable lady known as Miss Fanny
Jackson, the only daughter of General "stonewall" Jackson. For several years
Miss Fanny's financial() problems forced her to sell a great number of
letters belonging to her famous father, Spring had to work very hard to satisfy
the demand. All this activity did not prevent Spring from dying in poverty.\$
##
1. Why did Spring sell his false autographs in England and Canada?
A. There was a great demand there than in America.
B. There was less chance of being discovered there.
C. Britain was Spring's birthplace.
D. The prices were higher in England and Canada.
#B
2. After the Civil War, there was a great demand in Britain for
A. southern money.
B. signatures of George Washington.
C. southern letters.
D. Civil War battle plans.
#C
3. Robert Spring spent 15 years
A. running a bookstore in Philadelphia.
B. writing letters to Miss Fanny Jackson.
C. as a forger.
D. as a respectable seller.
#C
4. According to the passage, forgeries are usually sold to
A. experts.
B. persons who aren't experts.
B. book sellers.
D. owners of old books
#B
5. Who was Miss Fanny Fackson?
A. The only daughter of General "Stonewall" Jackson.
B. A little-known girl who sold her father's letters to Robert Spring.
C. Robert Spring's daughter.
D. An imaginary person created by Spring.
#D

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16.\$
		     The Man Who Never Puts a Foot Wrong\$
  Some people do not like anything to be out of place(ѭ浸); they are
never late for work; they return their books to the library on time; they remeber
people's birthdays; and they pay their bills as soon as they arrive. Mr Dodds
is such a person.\$
  Mr Dodds works in a bank, and lives on his own. The only family he has is
in the next town: his sister lives there with her busband and her son, Mark.
Mr Dodds does not see his sister or her family from one year to the next, but
he sends them Christmas cards, and he has not forgotten one of Mark's seventeen
birthdays.\$
  Last week Mr Dodds had quite a surprise. He drove home from the bank at the
usual time, driving neither too slowly nor too fast; he parked his car where
he always parked it, out of the way of other cars, and he went inside to make
his evening meal. Straight away, there was a knock at the door. Mr Dodds opened
the door, to find a policeman standing on the door-step.\$
  "What have I done wrong?" Mr Dodds asked himself. "Have I driven on the wrong
side of the road? Has there been any trouble at the bank? Have I forgotten
to pay an important bill?"\$
  "Hello, Uncle," said the policeman. "My name's Mark."\$
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1. "The Man Who Never Puts a Foot Wrong" means a person who
A. never puts a wrong foot.
B. always walks in a certain way.
C. likes doing things regularly and correctly.
D. does everything carefully.
#C
2. His sister
A. is the only member of the family that he knows.
B. lives with Mr Dodds, with her husband and son.
C. lives in the next town with her husband and son.
D. has only one family: a son and Mark, her husband.
#C
3. "He has not forgotten one of Mark"s seventeen birthdays" means
A. he has not forgotten Mark's seventeenth birthday.
B. he sent Mark something on his seventeenth birthday.
C. he always sends a Christmas card on Mark's birthday.
D. he always sends Mark something on his birthday.
#D
4. There was a knock at the door when Mr Dodds was
A. making his meal.
B. parking his car.
C. ready to make his evening meal.
D. just about to shut the front door.
#C
5. The policeman was there
A. to meet Mr Dodds, his uncle.
B. to ask Mr Dodds to go and see his uncle.
C. to ask Mr Dodds to mark his name on his door.
D. to see Mr Dodds about some trouble at the bank.
#A

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17.\$
  It was already late when we set out for the next town, which according to
the map was about fifteen miles away on the other side of the hills.\$
  There we felt sure that we would find a bed for the night. Darkness fell soon
after we left the village, but luckily we met no one as we drove fast along
the narrow winding road that led to the hills. As we climbed higher, it became
colder and rain began to fall, making it difficult at times to see the road.
I asked John, my companion, to drive more slowly.\$
  After we had travelled for about twenty miles, there was still no sign of
the town which was marked on the map. We were beginning to get worried. Then,
without warning, the car stopped. A quick examination showed that we had run
out of petrol(). Although we had little food with us, we decided to spend
the night in the car.\$
  Our meal was soon over. I tried to go to sleep at once, but John, who was
a poor sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes and went for a walk up
the hill. Soon he came running back. From the top of the hill he had seen, in
the valley below, the lights of the town we were looking for. We at once unloaded(
ж) all our luggage() and with a great effort, managed to push the car to
the top of the hill. Then we went back for the luggage, loaded(װ) the car again
and set off down the hill. In less than a quarter of an hour we were in the
town, where we found a hotel quite easily.\$
##
1. The travellers had a map but ____.
A. they did not know how to use it
B. it gave them the wrong information
C. they could not see it in the dark
D. the town they were looking for was not clearly marked
#A
2. "Winding" in this passage means ____.
A. going uphill
C. dangerous
C. not straight
D. cold
#C
3. The car stopped because ____.
A. they had travelled more than 20 miles
B. the petrol ran out of it
C. there was no petrol left
D. they were going uphill
#C
4. John discovered ____.
A. a valley
B. the lights of the town
C. a hotel
D. a restaurant
#B
5. To get to the town took them ____.
A. more than a quarter
B. less than a quarter
C. just fifteen minutes
D. an hour
#B

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18.\$
  Things always know when a person isn't well. They know, but they don't care.\$
  At such times, in little ways, things make life hard for people. They have
special ways of doing this.\$
  When I'm not well, I can never find the things I need. The things I need have
gone away from all the places where I expect to find them. If I need something,
I can never find it quickly.\$
  When we aren't well, boxes become heavy. Doors don't want to open. The wind
becomes colder. The sun becomes too hot. The car doesn't run well. Distances
are longer than they were when we felt fine.\$
  The things around us usually do what they should as long as we're well and
strong. But when we aren't, things often tell us they are really not our friends,
but our enemies.\$
##
1. When the writer says "The things I need have gone away from all the places where I expect to find them", what he actually means is:
A. "Somebody has taken the things away so I don't know where to find them."
B. "The things I need have moved themselves away so I cannot find them."
C. "I myself have moved the things away and then I forget where they are."
D. "The things I need seem to be more difficult to find when I am not well."
#D
2. When the writer talks about the weather, what he is really saying is:
A. changes in the weather do not depend on() man's will(־).
B. man's state of health often depends on the weather.
C. the weather always goes against human wishes on purpose().
D. the weather is felt to be especially disagreeable when one is ill.
#D
3. In writing this piece of writing, the writer is trying to
A. make some interesting observation.
B. explain a serious problem.
C. express a feeling of anger.
D. prove some scientific truth.
#A

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19.\$
  Everyone talks about the "five" senses of man. And it is true that we get
our information about the outside world from our sense of sight, hearing, smell,
touch and taste. Researchers tell us that the sense of sight-our visual sense-gives
us up to 80% of what we know about the world outside our bodies; while
the other senses, the auditory(hearing), the olfactory(smell), the tactile(touch),
and the gustatory(taste) bring into our brains information about the other twenty
percent of what is happening. But there are two other senses that we cannot
get along without, though they are seldom noticed. These are the sense of balance,
without which we would act like a drunk() after a heavy drink, and the kinesthetic
sense, which gives us our ideas about our own motion(ж).\$
##
1. The best title for this passage is
A. The Five Senses of Man.
B. The Senses of Man.
C. Senses and Information.
D. Important Senses.
#B
2. The senses of hearing, smell, touch and taste supply us with
A. about half of our information about the world.
B. about 20% of our information about the world.
C. about 80% of our information about the world.
D. all the needed information about the world.
#B
3. The other senses besides the "five" senses of man that the passage mentions are
A. the tactile and the gustatory senses.
B. the senses of balance and touch.
C. the kinesthetic sense and the sense of balance.
D. the olfactory and the auditory senses.
#C
4. According to the passage, one misses most about the world when one
A. is blind.
B. is deaf.
C. has no sense of taste and touch.
D. has no sense of balance and motion.
#A
5. We know our own movements as a result of
A. the sense of balance.
B. the five senses.
C. the kinesthetic sense.
D. the visual sense.
#C
6. Drinking too much might affect one's
A. visual sense.
B. sense of balance.
C. kniesthetic sense.
D. sense of hearing.
#B
7. What makes the other senses different from the "five" senses?
A. The other senses do not help us directly to learn about the world.
B. The other senses help us more directly to learn about the world.
C. The other senses are less important.
D. The other senses are even more important.
#A

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20.\$
  We are used to the idea of aging() ourselves. We are used to this that
it comes as a surprise to find that there may be some animals that do not age.
Sea anemones() are an example. Some have been kept for nearly a century
without showing any signs of losing vigour. Some kinds of marine() worms
can even "grow backwards". If starved and kept in the dark, they get steadily
smaller. They finally end as a ball of cells, looking rather like the egg from
which they came. Under favorable conditions the ball will turn back to a worm
and start growing again. One could probably keep them growing and "un-growing"
indefinitely.\$
##
1. We feel it natural that ____.
A. we are growing older and older
B. some animals do not age
C. some animals age very quickly
D. man will grow younger under favorable conditions
#A
2. Some sea worms get smaller when they ____.
A. suffer from great hunger
B. lack(ȱ) food and do not see any light
C. live in darkness
D. lose weight
#B
3. According to the passage, some sea animals ____.
A. do no grow old
B. are afraid of light
C. do not eat food at all
D. die when they become a ball of cells
#A
4. The passage is mainly about ____.
A. sea worms
B. anemones
C. cells
D. aging
#D

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21.\$
  George Daniels lives in London. He is a watchmaker. His work continues the
tradition(ͳ) of the English watchmakers of the 18th and 19th centuries. Today
that tradition is almost dead. Daniels is the only man in the world who designs
his own watches, makes all the parts himself, and then puts them together.\$
  A Daniels watch is the product of his hands alone. One of his watches, which
is now in an American museum, took 3,500 hours to complete. He usually makes
one watch a year. Each one is written "Daniels, London", and costs about -10,000.
of course, these are not ordinary watches-they are very beautiful and
will last at least three centuries.\$
  George Daniels has always been fascinated by clocks and watches. When he was
five, he used to take his father's clock to pieces, and put it back together
again. At school he used to repair the teachers' watches. When he was in the
army, he repaired watches in his spare time. After he had left the army, he
became a professional(ְҵ) watch-repairer. Then, from 1958 to 1968, he
restored antique(Ŷ) watches, and finally began making his own watches.\$
  He is now internationally famous and many people would like him to make watches
for them. Most of them will be disappointed. He chooses his customers(˿)
very carefully indeed. "It must be someone who understands the subject," he says.
"Not someone who'll leave the watch in the drawer() and only show it to
dinner guests."\$
##
1. George Daniels makes watches ____.
A. for someone who wants to something valuable
B. for anyone who would like him to make one
C. for anyone who asks him to make one
D. for someone who appreciates() his watches.
#D
2. George Daniels ____.
A. is one of the few remaining watchmakers in the world.
B. is the last of the great watchmakers.
C. is one of the few who repair antique watches.
D. thinks watchmaking will continue for another three centuries.
#B
3. His interest in watches ____.
A. was strong because his father was a watchmaker
B. grew because he had to repair watches in the army.
C. started at school
D. is lifelong
#D
4. Which of the following statements is true?
A. All his watches are kept in museums.
B. There are only a few Daniel's watches in the world.
C. Daniels' watches are too expensive to buy.
D. He likes his watches to be kept in British museums.
#B
5. From the article we learn that ____.
A. Daniels' father was a professional watchmaker.
B. The main reason why the tradition of the English watchmakers of the 18th and 19th certuries is almost dead is that it costs too much time to complete a watch.
C. The watches made in the 18th and 19th centuries are now kept in American museums.
D. Few people can understand the subjects of his watches.
#B

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22.\$
  It is natural that young people are often uncomfortable when they are with
their parents. They say that their patents don't understand them. They often
think that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are too
serious and too strict with their children; and that they seldom give their
children a free hand.\$
  It is true that parents often find it difficult to win their children's trust
and they tend to forget how they themselves felt when young.\$
  For example, young people like to act on the spot without much thinking. It
is one of their ways to show that they have grown up and they can face any difficult
situation. Older people worry more easily. Most of them plan things ahead, at
least in the back of their minds, and do not like their plans to be upset(
) by something unexpected.\$
  When you want your parents to let you do something, you will have better success
if you ask before you really start doing it.\$
  Young people often make their parents angry with their choices in clothes,
in entertainment and in music. But they do not mean to cause any trouble; it
is just that they feel cut off from the older people's world, into which they
have not yet been accepted. That's why young people want to make a new culture
of their own. And if their parents do not like their music or entertainment
or clothes or their way of speech, this will make the young people extremely
happy.\$
  Sometimes you are so proud of yourself that you do not want your parents to
say "yes" to what you do. All you want is to be left alone and do what you like.
It is natural enough, after being a child for so many years, when you were
completely under your parents' control.\$
  If you plan to control your life, you'd better win your parents over and try
to get them to understand you. If your parents see that you have a high sense
of responsibility(), they will certainly give you the right to do what you
want to do.\$
##
1. ____ are to blame() for the quarrels between parents and their children, according to this article.
A. Parents
B. Young people
C. Neither parents nor their children
D. Both parents and their children
#D
2. This article is particularly written for ____.
A. parents
B. both parents and their children
C. young people
D. teachers
#C
3. According to the text, young people tend to() ____.
A. ask for advice before they really start to do anything
B. do things without thinking carefully ahead
C. be very strict with themselves
D. think in the same way as their parents do
#B
4. Older people tend to ____.
A. remember how they themselves felt when they were young.
B. act on the spot without thinking very carefully
C. plan things before they act
D. ask for advice from others
#C
5. Young people like to have clothes, entertainment and music in their own way, because ____.
A. they want to make their parents angry
B. they try to get their parents into trouble
C. they want to try on somethin new and look different from the older people.
D. they know they are cleverer than the older people
#C
6. According to the article, young people want to make a new culture of their own, because ____.
A. they don't feel they belong to the world of the older people
B. they don't want to get into trouble
C. they feel they are cleverer than the older people
D. they want to show they have grown up
#A
7. If a young man plans to control his own life, it's better for him to ____.
A. do everything according do his own wish
B. do everything the way his parents do
C. do everything under his parents' control
D. do everything with a high sense of reponsibility
#D

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23.\$
  Written in the Trees\$
  How much rain has fallen on the earth in the past? Man has not always kept
weather records. Because scientists need a way to learn about past rainfall,
they study tree rings. \$
  A tree's trunk grows bigger each year. Beneath its bark(Ƥ), a tree adds
a layer of new wood each year it lives. If you look at a tree stump(׮), you
can see the layers. They are called annual rings().\$
  On some trees all of the rings are the same width. But the ponderosa pines(
) that grow in the American southwest have rings of different width. The soil
in the Southwest is dry. The pines depend on rainfall for water. In a year of
good rainfall, they form wide rings. In a dry year, they form narrow ones.\$
  Scientists do not have to cut down a pine to its rings. With a special tool,
they can remove a narrow piece of wood from the trunk without harming the tree.
Then they look at the width of each ring to see how much rain fell in the year
it formed.\$
  Some pines are hundreds of years old and have hundreds of rings. These rings
form an annual record of past rainfall in the Southwest.\$
##
1. The story does not say so, but it makes you think that
A. a tree grows faster when it has a lot of water.
B. scientists cut down trees to study tree rings.
C. pine tree form wide rings every year.
D. The ponderosa pine grows in the American southwest.
#A
2. A tree grows a new layer of wood
A. each week.
B. whenever it rains.
C. every year.
D. every season.
#C
3. On the whole, this story is about
A. why tree trunks grow bigger.
B. why scientists study tree rings.
C. trees that lived hundreds of years ago.
D. the ponderosa pines in the American southwest.
#B
4. Why did the scientists study the width of the tree rings?
A. They want to know how big the tree will grow.
B. Scientists want to move the pine trees.
C. The trees depend on rainfall for water.
D. The rings tell them how much rain has fallen.
#D
5. Which of the following does this story lead you to believe
A. Young trees have few annual rings.
B. The trunk of a tree never changes in size.
C. Trees in the southwest do not need water.
D. The soil in the southwest is fit for the growth of trees.
#A

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24.\$
  You believe that all liquids flow downwards, don't you? Try the following
experiment and you will think again.\$
  Get a bottle filled with the gas helium() and plug it up. Cool it to a very
low temperature. The gas will form a liquid. Now pull out the plug at the top.
You will be astonished to see the liquid promptly(Ѹٵ) escape by moving
up the inner side of the bottle and then down the outer side. If you want to
fill a bottle with liquid helium, simply stand it in the liquid. The liquid
will start climbing into the bottle by itself until the levels outside and inside
are the same.\$
  So, the first requisite() for a scientist is:\$
  DO NOT TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED\$
##
1. What is the major(Ҫ) difference between liquid helium and other liquids?
A. It becomes active at a very low temperature.
B. It can escape from a closed bottle.
C. It moves upwards as well as downwards.
D. It moves upwards instead of downwards.
#C
2. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To teach people a lesson in chemistry.
B. To tell people how to do an experiment.
C. To amuse people with an unusual scientific fact.
D. To encourage people to challenge() absolute statements(Ե˵).
#D

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25.\$
  Started in 1836, Harvard University is the oldest of all the many colleges
and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth
were opened soon after Harvard. They were all started before the American Revolution
made the thirteen colonies into states.\$
  In the early years, these schools were much alike. Only young men attended
college. All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin,
Greek and Hebrew. Little was known about science then, and one kind of school
could teach everything that was known about the world. When the students graduated,
most of them became ministers or teachers.\$
  In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become
doctors. Later, lawyers could receive their training in Harvard's law school.
In 1825, Harvard began teaching modern languages, such as French and German,
as well as Latin and Greek. Soon it began teaching American history.\$
  As knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new
subjects. Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them.\$
  Special colleges for women were started. New state universities began to teach
such subjects as farming, engineering and business. Today, there are many different
kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them divided into smaller schools
that deal with special fields of learning. There is so much to learn that one
kind of school cannot offer it all.\$
##
1. The story does not say so, but it makes you think that
A. universities have changed over the years.
B. today all students study to become teachers or ministers.
C. all colleges and universities are the same.
D. they were much alike in the early years.
#A
2. On the whole, this story is about
A. how colleges have changed.
B. how to start a university.
C. the American Revolution.
D. the world-famous colleges in America
#A
3. Which statement does the story lead you to believe?
A. There is more to learn today than in 1636.
B. The early school are still much alike.
C. Every student studied Latin, Greek and Hebrew.
D. They began teaching foreign languages in 1825.
#A

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26.\$
  You may think there is nothing but sand in the desert of the world, but it
is not true. In the desert we can find small stones or even big ones. We can
see hills, too. There is a little rain in the desert, but it is not enough for
most plants. Still we can see some plant life in the desert.\$
  There is water in some places in the desert. We call these places oases(ɳ
Įе). Sometimes the water comes from under the ground and sometimes it
comes from rivers running through the desert. In the oases, there are villages
and towns. People grow all kinds of crops in the fields there.\$
  People also live outside the oases, but these people are not farmers. They
have camels, goats, sheep and other animals. These animals can live on the desert
plants and do not need much water.\$
  The animals are useful to the desert people in many ways. The desert people
eat the meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use their skins(Ƥ) to
make shoes, water bags and even tents(). They use the camel for carrying
things.\$
  The people of the desert have to keep moving from place to place. They must
always look for grass or desert plants for their animals. They useually live
in tents. When there is no more food for their animals, they take down their
tents, put them on their camels and move to another place. The desert people
are friendly. No man in the desert would ever refuse to help the people in trouble
and give them food and water.\$
##
1. It is wrong to say that there is nothing but sand in the desert because ____.
A. there are small stones and even big stones there
B. there are hills there
C. there are some plants there
D. A, B and C
#D
2. There is some water in the desert. It comes from ____.
A. the rain
B. under the ground
C. rivers running through the desert
D. A, B and C
#D
3. Animals are useful to the desert people because ____.
A. they eat the meat and drink the milk  of the animals
B. they use their skins to make shoes, water bags and even boots
C. they use camels for carrying things
D. A, B and C
#D
4. The desert people have to keep moving from place to place because ____.
A. they must always look for grass or desert plants for their  animals
B. they must take down their tents
C. they must help the people in trouble and give them food and water
D. A, B and C
#A

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27.\$
  Henry Smith taught science at the City School. Once he went to a bookshop(
) and bought some books. All of them were expensive ones. He left them in
his car in a quiet street. Then he went and bought some other things at other
shops. At six o'clock he came back to the car. One window was open - and the
books were gone! Henry drove back to his home in Lake Street.\$
  That night he wrote a letter to a newspaper. The next day he went to the police.\$
  On Friday people read an advertisement() in the newspaper.\$
		   BOOKS WANTED\$
    Have you any books that you no longer want? I buy old and modern books.\$
    Open all day on Saturdays. Henry Smith, 18 Lake Street\$
  Henry stayed at home on Saturday. His first visitor came at eight o'clock.
Henry took him to the kitchen(). At half past nine another man arrived.
He had a bag under his arm.\$
  "Mr Smith?" the man asked.\$
  "That's right," Henry said. "Can I help you?"\$
  "I have some good books. You buy books, don't you?"\$
  "Yes. Bring them in. I'll have a look at them."\$
  Soon the books were on the table. "Come in now," Henry called out, "and bring
the list."\$
  A policeman came into the dining-room. He read the titles() on the books
and then those on the list in his hand. They were the same.\$
  "Come with me, sir." the policeman said to the man.\$
##
1. What did Henry Smith buy one day?
A. He bought some books.
B. He bought some pens.
C. He bought some other things.
D. Both A and C.
#D
2. How did the man get the books?
A. He bought them from Henry.
B. He took them from a car.
C. He found them lying in a quiet street.
D. He borrowed them from a library
#B
3. What did Henry do to get back his books?
A. He wrote a letter to a newspaper.
B. He went to the police.
C. He wrote a letter to a bookshop.
D. Both A and B.
#D
4. How did Henry get his books back?
A. He fooled the man into bringing the books to his home.
B. He bought them from the first visitor.
C. The police found them and gave them to Henry.
D. The police helped Henry to find the man.
#A
5. How did the man know where Henry lived?
A. He read it in the newspaper.
B. He learned it from the books.
C. He asked about it at the police station.
D. He got a letter from Henry.
#A
6. Where did the policeman wait?
A. In the kitchen.
B. In the living-room.
C. In a quiet street.
D. Outside the house.
#A

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28.\$
  One day a rich lawyer was walking through the street of the town where he
lived; he was on his way to see his brother who lived some distance from his
house. He stopped to watch a man who was beating a donkey(¿) with a whip. The
donkey seemed to take no notice and it was clear that the man was not going
to do much good by the method he had used.\$
  After a while the lawyer said to him, "Why are you doing that?"\$
  "To make the donkey go," replied the man.\$
  "Have you the right to beat the poor animal like that?" asked the lawyer.\$
  "Certainly I have," answered the man. "It is my donkey and I can do what I
like with what is mine."\$
  The lawyer thought for a minute and then told the man that he did not think
that was really true. But what he said did not seem to persuade the man. So
the lawyer took his own stick and started to beat the man on the head and
shoulders.\$
  "Stop," cried the man. "What have I done to deserve(Ӧ) this?"\$
  "Oh," replied the lawyer, "this is my stick and I have the right to do what
I like with what is mine."\$
##
1. The rich lawyer was on his way to see ____.
A. his brother
B. his parents
C. his friend
D. his uncle
#A
2. On his way he saw a man ____ a donkey.
A. walking by
B. whipping
C. sitting on
D. feeding
#B
3. He was doing this to make the donkey ____.
A. stop
B. dance
C. go
D. carry more
#C
4. The donkey seemed to ____.
A. enjoy the beating
B. be dead
C. understand his master
D. pay no attention
#D
5. The lawyer didn't think the man ____ beat the donkey like that.
A. had the right to
B. had any reason to
C. was right to
D. needed to
#A
6. The man thought he could do what he liked because the donkey was ____.
A. not his won
B. his father's
C. his own
D. his son's
#C
7. The lawyer began to beat the man with ____.
A. his hands
B. his right hand
C. a whip
D. his own stick
#D

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29.\$
  Paris, 21st November 1783. There were hundreds of people in the street round
an enormous(޴) balloon. "What is it?" they asked. "What does it do?"\$
  Then two young men came out of a house on the other side of the street, and
went to the balloon. They had some wood and paper with them, and they put it
into a big basket under the balloon. Then they got into the basked. They took
food with them, and some warm clothes, because it was a cold day.\$
  Then the two young men made a fire with the wood and paper. The fire was
hot, and the hot air went up into the balloon.\$
  Cold air is heavy, but hot air is light and rises. After some minutes, the
balloon was very light and left the ground!\$
  The two young men flew about five and a half miles, and came down outside
the city. It wasn't a very long journey, but it was a very important one, because
it was the first journey in the air.\$
  Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier made this balloon. It flew because it was light,
but it was dangerous because of the fire.\$
  Two years after that, two men crossed the English Channel from England to
France in a balloon full of hydrogen. Hydrogen is a very light gas. One of them
was a Frenchman, Blanchard, and the other was a rich American, Dr John Jeffries.
They had a lot of problems.\$
  First the balloon flew up very high; so they opened the valve() and a
lot of gas came out.\$
  Then the balloon went down; so they threw everything out, even their food
and clothes!\$
  But they reached France after an exciting journey, and landed near Calais(
[]).\$
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1. The young men's balloon flew because the air in it was ____.
A. hot
B. heavy
C. cold
D. fine
#A
2. Their balloon left the ground ____.
A. after some days
B. after two hours
C. after some minutes
D. on 21st November, 1783
#D
3. The people were happy because ____.
A. there was a lot of food
B. it was dangerous
C. the balloon was in the air
D. they were hot
#C
4. Two men crosses the English Channel in a balloon in ____.
A. 1789
B. 1783
C. 1875
D. 1785
#D
5. The two men threw everything out of their balloon because ___.
A. the balloon went up
B. the balloon went down
C. it was cold
D. it was exciting
#B

@
30.\$
  What must you do when you receive a present for your birthday? You have to
sit down and write a thank-you note. The words "Thank you" are very important.
We have to use them on so many occasions. We say them when someone gives us
a drink, helps us to pick up things, hands us a letter, lends us a book or gives
us a lift.\$
  Another important word is "please". Many people forget to use it. It is rude
to ask someone to do something without saying "please". We have to use it when
we ask for something, too. It may be a book or a pencil, more rice or more sauce,
help or advice. It may be in the classroom, at home, at the bus-stop or over
the counter. We have to use "please" to make request pleasant.\$
  We have to learn to say "sorry" too. When we have hurt someone's feelings,
we'll have to go up and say we're sorry. When we have told a lie and feel sorry,
we will have to use the same word. When we have forgotten something or broken
a promise, we will have to explain with that word, too. "Sorry" is a healing(
) word. We can make people forget wrongs by using it sincerely.\$
  These three words are simple but important. Man had to use them long ago.
We have to use them now. Our children will have to use them again. They are
pleasing words to use in any language.\$
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1. When we recive a birthday present, we have to ____.
A. return it
B. give it to one of our friends
C. do nothing
D. write a thank-you note
#D
2. When someone helps us to do something, we should ____.
A. thank him
B. say sorry to him
C. use the word "please"
D. not say anything
#A
3. One of the important words in any language is ____.
A. "hello"
B. "yes"
C. "no"
D. "please"
#D
4. We have to use the word "please" when we ____.
A. hurt somegbody's feelings
B. ask for something
C. receive a present
D. have told a lie
#B
5. The three important words in any language are ____.
A. thanks, hello and goodbye
B. yes, no and really
C. thanks, please and sorry
D. well, please and pardon
#C
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