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　　Jones worked so hard that made the sparks fly from his hammer．The son of Mr．Smith, a rich neighbor, used to come to see the blacksmith and he would enjoy himself watching how the tradesman worked．"Why don't you try your hand to learn to make shoe tacks?" said the blacksmith．"Who knows, one day, it may be of use to you．" The lazy boy began to see what he could do．But after a little practice he found that he was becoming very skilled and soon he was making some of the finest tacks．

　　Old Mr．Smith died and the son on account of the war lost all his goods．He had to leave home and was forced to take up residence in another country．It so happened that in this village there were numerous shoemakers who were spending a lot of money to buy tacks for their shoes and even at times when they paid high prices they were not always able to get what they wanted, because in that part of the country there was a high demand for soldiers' shoes．

　　Young Smith, who was finding it difficult to earn his daily bread, remembered that he had learned the art of making tacks and had the sudden idea of making a bargain with the shoemakers．He told them that he would make the tacks if they would help to get him settled in his workshop．The shoemakers were only too glad of the offer．"How funny it seems," he used to say, "even making tacks can bring a fortune．My trade is more useful to me than were all my former riches．"

(1)

From Paragraph 1 we can refer that _________

[　　]

A．

Jones was a blacksmith from another country

B．

Old Smith wanted his son to learn skill from Jones

C．

Young Smith was too lazy to learn to make shoe tacks

D．

Young Smith was good at making shoe tacks by accident

(2)

The reason why young Smith was forced to leave his home town is that _________

[　　]

A．

he was lazy and wasted all the money from his father

B．

the price of shoe tacks in another country was high

C．

his father died and left nothing for him

D．

there was a terrible which broke his peace

(3)

We can learn from the last paragraph that Young Smith _________

[　　]

A．

made a living in the village by selling bread

B．

worked in the workshop as a shoemakers

C．

was good at making soldier shoes

D．

lived a better life in the village than before

(4)

Which of the following well-known sayings can best tell the main idea of the passage?

[　　]

A．

Knowledge is no burden．

B．

Where there’s a will, there’s a way．

C．

You can’t teach an old dog new tricks．

D．

Time lost cannot be recalled．

答案：1．D;2．C;3．A;4．A;
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　　City Varieties

　　The Headrow, Leeds．Tel．430808

　　Oct 10－11 only A Night at the Varieties．All the fun of an old music hall with Barry Cryer, Duggle Brown, 6 dancers, Mystina, Jon Barker, Anne Duval and the Tony Harrison Trio．Laugh again at the old jokes and listen to your favourite songs．

　　Performances：8 pm nightly．

　　Admission：￡5; under 16 or over 60：￡4．

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　　St Leonard's Place, York．Tel．223568

　　Sept 23－Oct 17 Groping for Words－a comedy by Sue Townsend．Best-known for her Adrian Mole Diaries, Townsend now writes about an evening class which two men and a woman attend．A gentle comedy．

　　Admission：First night, Mon：￡2; Tues－Fri：￡3.25－5.50; Sat：￡3.50－5.57．

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　　Oct 10－17 On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson．This is magical comedy about real people．A beautifully produced, well-acted play for everyone．Don't miss it．

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　　Oxford Street, Leeds．Tel．502116

　　Restaurant and Cafe．

　　Oct 1－17 The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13．Sue Townsend's musical play, based on her best-selling book．

　　Performances：Evenings 7∶45．October 10－17, at 2∶30 pm．No Monday performances．

　　Admission：Tues－Thurs：￡2－5; Fri ＆ Sat：￡2－6．

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[　　]

A．

Halifax Playhouse．

B．

City Varieties．

C．

Grand Theatre．

D．

York Theatre Royal．

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If you want to see a play about old jokes and songs, which phone number will you ring to book a seat?

[　　]

A．

502116．

B．

223568．

C．

365998．

D．

430808．

(3)

We may learn from the text that Sue Townsend is ________．

[　　]

A．

a writer

B．

an actress

C．

a musician

D．

a director

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　　A California family drives a car that could help protect the environment．

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　　The FCX is the first fuel-cell-powered car to be used by a family anywhere in the world．The FCX uses hydrogen and oxygen for fuel．

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(1)

Which of the following about the FCX is not true?

[　　]

A．

It may be the most expensive car in the world．

B．

It is one of the most environmentally friendly cars．

C．

It releases dangerous gases to pollute the air．

D．

It uses hydrogen and oxygen for fuel other than gasoline．

(2)

According to the passage, what is the major cause for global warming?

[　　]

A．

Gases from FCX．

B．

Water vapor from cars．

C．

Hydrogen and oxygen．

D．

Gases from cars．

(3)

From the passage, we know that fuel cell technology ______．

[　　]

A．

works by water

B．

has a history for over two hundred years

C．

works by electricity

D．

has been widely used since the 1800s

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We can infer from the passage that ______．

[　　]

A．

future cars will be environmentally friendly

B．

there will be no gasoline for cars

C．

people can’t afford to buy cars in the future

D．

global warming has been stopped

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Hybrid cars are popular because ______．

[　　]

A．

they are the fuel-cell-powered cars

B．

they are energy-saving and cut pollution

C．

they are perfect cars in the world

D．

they produce no gases to pollute the environment

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　　A proud US father has named his son after a computer software term(術(shù)語)．

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According to the passage we know that“Jon Black Cusack 2.0”．

[　　]

A．

shows the traditional way of American baby naming

B．

is not the name of a computer software

C．

has the same meaning as“Jon Black Cusack Junior”

D．

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[　　]

A．

They’re both connected with computer．

B．

They’re both untraditional．

C．

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D．

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[　　]

A．

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B．

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C．

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D．

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　　Earlier this month, the United States Library of Congress named Katherine Paterson the national ambassador for young people's literature．

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[　　]

A．

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B．

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C．

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A．

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B．

It won a Newbery Medal in the 1980s．

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hoped to take part in religious activities

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[　　]

A．

1977

B．

1981

C．

2008

D．

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＄10

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[　　]

A．

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