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     Joe Biggs was a butcher (屠夫). His shop was in a village in one of the most beautiful parts of southern
England. He worked in it for many years while his father was there. Then, when his father reached the age
of 65, he stopped working in the shop. Joe was alone in it, so he had to work harder.
     Joe worked five and a half days a week. His shop shut at one o'clock on Thursday, and it was shut the
whole of Sunday. Saturdays were the busiest days.
     Joe had a big fridge in his shop, but he tried not to buy too much meat at a time.
     One Thursday a woman came into the shop at five minutes to one. "I'm sorry I'm very late," she said,
"but some people have just telephoned to say that they are going to come to dinner tonight, and I need some
more meat."
     Joe only had one piece of good meat in the shop. He had sold all the rest earlier in the day. He took the
piece out and said to the woman. "This is ￡7 15." "That piece is too small," the woman answered. "Haven't
you got anything bigger?"
     Joe went into the room behind his shop, opened the fridge, put the piece of meat into it, took it out again
and shut the door of the fridge with a lot of noise. Then he brought the piece of meat back to the woman and
said, "This piece is bigger and more expensive. It's ￡9. 30."
     " Good," the woman answered with a smile, "give me both of them, please."
1. Joe worked alone in the shop _____.
A. on Saturdays
B. on Thursdays
C. after his father died
D. after his father stopped working 
2. Joe sold meat in his shop _____.
A. on Thursday afternoons
B. on Sundays
C. on Fridays
D. every day
3. One day a woman came to his shop _____.
A. at 1:55, Tuesday
B. at 1:05
C. to say sorry to him
D. because someone had suddenly telephoned her
4. Joe only had one piece of good meat because _____.
A. Joe's fridge was too small.
B. he tried not to buy too much meat at a time
C. he knew that the meat would go bad (变质)
D. he had no money to buy more
5. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The woman wanted to buy the two pieces of meat together.
B. The woman didn't want the expensive piece of meat.
C. Joe brought the woman a different piece.
D. People bought all the meat from him.
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     When punctuation (标点) began, it was mainly to help people read out loud. Until a few hundred years
ago, not many people were taught to read, so there was a lot more reading out loud by the few people who
could.
     To help those reading out loud in the old days, sign (符号) known as "points" were added to pages of
writing. Punctuation comes from the Latin word punctus, meaning "point". These points told readers when
to pause (暂停) or take a breath, and what to emphasize (加重).
     In Europe from the early centuries AD, these points were widely used although not everybody used the
same points for the same thing. When printing was invented, printers had to be made more clearly about
what to put where, so that everyone was doing the same thing. Since that point, all sorts of punctuation
rules have been discov ered and invented.
     Speech marks ".."
     Speech marks or quotation marks are used to show that someone is speaking. The sort we have in English
today began to be widely used during the 18 century. Before that readers simply understood from the way a
sentence was written that someone was speaking although sometimes spoken words were underlined.
     Comma, colon: period (full stop).
     All three of these sorts of punctuation marks were given their Greek names by Aristophanes, a librarian
who lived in Byzantium in the 2'd century BC. They were marks on the page, each with a message to the
reader. Comma meant a short pause. Colon meant a medium (中等的) sized pause. Period meant a long pause.
     Exclamation mark!
     In the early days of punctuation, if you saw this sign, you were supposed to pause. Some people think
the exclamation mark began as what the Creek word JO looked like if it was turned 90 degrees. This word
means"Oh, gosh!" With the I on the top and the O under it, the sign as we know it today was developed.
     Question mark?
     In the middle age, a squiggle (圆弧) above a full stop was sometimes used to show the sentence was a
question and that a person's voice should go up at the end. By the 17" century it had turned into what we
call a question mark. The shape may have come from the letter Q short for that Latin quaestio, meaning
"question". 
     Writers make choices about punctuation because they think differently about sentences and words. It's
part of the personality of their writing. Some writers hate punc- tuation, but others love punctuation. So
whether you love or hate punctuation, the best advice may be to just enjoy it, play with it, think about it and
use it. It belongs (属于) to the language and it belongs to you.
1. When did punctuation begin to be widely used, according to the passage?
A. In the 17th century.
B. In the 2nd century BC.
C. In the 18th century.
D. In the early centuries AD.
2. All punctuation rules were discovered and invented in order to ________.
A. help people read out loud
B. meet the need of printing
C. guide the way of writing
D. mention the spoken words
3. Which of the following is true?
A. A long pause comes after question mark.
B. Speech marks were named by a librarian.
C. Question mark comes from a Latin word.
D. The shape of a word makes exclamation mark.
4. What's the problem about punctuation today?
A. People have completely different ideas about it.
B. Not many people are taught to use it correctly.
C. It has different meanings to different people.
D. Sometimes spoken words must be underlined.

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