Name

Personal Information

Ludwig von

Beethoven

Born in 1770 in Germany

A musician

Died in 1827

Florence

Nightingale

Born in Italy on May 12, 1820

A nurse

Died in 1910

Bill Gates

Born in 1955 in the USA

Wrote Business @ the speed of Thought

Owns（擁有） Microsoft

Thomas Edison

Born in 1847 in the USA

Made over 1，000 inventions(發(fā)明)

Died in 1931

Yao Ming

Born on September 12，1980 in Shanghai，China

A basketball player

Playing for the Houston Rockets，USA

(    ) 56．Florence Nightingale is from __________．

A． Canada      B． the USA      C． Italy        D． China

(    ) 57．The _________ was born in 1770．

A．musician     B．nurse        C．businessman  D．scientist

(    ) 58．Business @ the speed of Thought is the name of a ________．

A． song        B． book         C． school       D． film

(    )59．Thomas Edison died in ________．

A． 1910        B． 1827         C． 1847        D． 1931

(    ) 60．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Yao Ming is playing basketball for Los Angeles Lakers in America．

B．Beethoven made over 1,000 inventions．

   C．Edison was born in 1820．

   D．Bill Gates is the author(作者) of Business @ the speed of Thought．

   

An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal．If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him，you may say __1__ like this，“I’m afraid it'll have to be someplace __2__，as I have very little money．” The other person may say，“OK．I'll meet you at McDonald’s．” This means that the two agree to go Dutch，that is，each person pays for himself．He may __3__ say，“Oh，no．I want to __4__ you to lunch at Smith's，” or “I want you to try the Chinese dumplings there．They’re great．” This means the person wants to pay for both of you．If you feel __5__ towards this person，you can go with him and you _6__ pay for the meal．You may just say，“_7_．That would be very nice．”

American customs about who pays for dates（約會(huì)）are much the same as in the other parts of the world．In the old days，American women wanted men to pay for all the meals．But today，a university girl or a woman in __8__ will usually pay her way during the day．If a man asks her for a dance outside the working hours，it __9__ “come as my guest”．So as you can see，it is a polite thing to make the question __10__ at the very beginning．

1．A．something              B．a(chǎn)nything               C．everything              D．nothing

2．A．expensive              B．cheap                         C．quiet                      D．wonderful

3．A．a(chǎn)lso                       B．neither                 C．too                        D．either

4．A．get                        B．meet                    C．bring                     D．take

5．A．friendly                 B．kind                     C．happy                    D．lucky

6．A．can't                     B．needn't                 C．mustn't                  D．don't

7．A．I'm sorry               B．Excuse me           C．Thank you             D．Pardon

8．A．America                B．China            C．school                   D．business

9．A．goes                      B．says                    C．means                    D．tells

10．A．easy                    B．clear                    C．clean                     D．careful