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     Joe was the best potato farmer in the state of Idaho, maybe the best in the whole world. He took pride in
his work and did the best he could to grow the best and healthiest potatoes.
     At harvest time, Joe would spend his time making sure that his potatoes were ploughed out of the ground
in a proper way so that they wouldn't get damaged (损害). Joe was looking forward to a great potato crop.
     Joe and his workers had a great potato crop but they couldn't finish the harvest yet. There was a big piece
of land that was so hard that the plough (犁) was not able to dig it up. So Joe decided to leave it till the next
day.
     The next day Joe went to dig his shovel (铁锨) into the land. He discovered that it was one big potato. He
thought this must be the biggest potato in the world. But how could he get it out? This potato was bigger than
a truck!
     Joe knew it wasn't going to be easy, but he had an idea. He decided to call a big Crane (起重机) company
and asked them for their help. He called the Guinness World Records (吉尼斯世界纪录), to introduce the
biggest potato in the world. After twenty minutes some reporters took pictures of the big potato and Joe. 
    They dug it out and it made the book, and Joe became the richest farmer alive. Every day he would go
outside and kiss the big potato until it slowly went bad.
1. Joe was the best potato farmer because ______ in the world.
[     ]
A. he grew the most potatoes
B. he grew the best potatoes
C. he had the biggest potato
D. he was proud of his farm work
2. ______ for Joe and his workers to dig up.
[     ]
A. The land was too large
B. The potatoes were too deep
C. The land was not soft enough
D. The potatoes were not big enough
3. A ______ was used to get the big potato out.
[     ]
A. machine
B. truck
C. shovel
D. plough
4. From the passage we know ______.
[     ]
A. the big potato was sold to the Guinness
B. Joe's workers also got a lot of money
C. Joe's field was near to
D. Joe became the richest farmer
5. The best title for the passage is ______.
[     ]
A. How to Dig Up Potatoes
B. How to Grow Good Potatoes
C. The Largest Potato in the World
D. Joe and his Workers
1. B  2. C  3. A  4. D  5. C
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阅读理解。
     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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