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     John liked chocolate (巧克力) very much., but his mother never gave him any, because they were bad
for his teeth, he thought. John had a very nice grandfather. The old man loves his grandson very much, and
sometimes he brought John chocolate when he came to visit him. Then his mother let him eat them, because
she wanted to make the old man happy.
     One evening, a few days before John's birthday, he was saying his prayers (做祈祷) in his bedroom before
he went to bed. "Please, God," he shouted, "make them give me a big box of chocolate for my birthday on
Saturday. "
     His mother was in the kitchen, but she heard the small boy shouting and went to his bedroom quickly.
     "Why are you shouting, John?" She asked her son. "God can hear you when you talk quietly."
     "I know," answered the clever boy with a smile, "but Grandfather's in the next room, and he can't."
1. How many people are there in the story?
A. Two
B. Three
C. four
D. Five 2. John' s mother didn't give John any chocolate because _____.
A. they were very expensive
B. they were not delicious
C. they were not good for his teeth
D. they were bought for his grandfather.
3. Sometimes John's mother let John eat some chocolate because _____.
A. she wanted to make the old man happy
B. John was angry with her
C. John' s father wanted John eat them
D. John liked chocolate very much
4. John shouted his prayers because _____.
A. he loved God very much
B. he liked to shout
C. he was ill
D. he wanted his grandfather to hear him.
5. Where was John's grandfather when he shouted prayers? He was in _____.
A. a shop
B. the next room to John's
C. a street
D. his own house
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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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