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  Detective stories are popular everywhere, and some of the world's best-telling writers have written detective storiesThey have also often been womenThe stories of Agatha Christie, for example, have been translated into most languages, and so have those of Ruth Rendell

  Some people think that the Sherlock Holmes stories, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, were the first detective stories ever writtenIn fact, the first such story was published much earlier than the first Sherlock Holmes story, in 1841It was written by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe and called The Murders in the Rue MorgueThe fictional detective was a Frenchman, Auguste Dupin, and the story was set in FranceThis was because at that time only in France were there such people as private detectives

  The first detective novellong storywas not published until 1856It was called Recollections of a Detective Police Officer by WatersAlthough it pretended to be a true life story of a real police officer calledWaters, it was wholly fiction and was written by William Russell

  The first fictional detective to appear in a novelthough the novel itself was not a detective storywas Inspector Bucket in Charles Dicken's novel, Bleak HouseThe first detective novel to be written by a writer who was already famous for other kinds of novel writhing was The Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsThe detective in this novel was called Sergeant Cuff and was based on a well-known real life detective of the time, Superintendent Foley

  Wilkie Collins also created the first woman detective in his novel, No Name, though she was not an important character in the bookThe first detective novel to have a female detective as the main character was The Recollections of a Lady Detective by AnonThe wordAnonis short foranonymouswhich meansunnamed, so we do not know who wrote this noel

  The first really successful female writer of detective fiction was an American, Anna Katherine GreenBy the time she died in 1935, she had written over 30 detective novelsSadly, no one reads her works today and she is almost wholly forgotten

(1)

The passage is about ________

[  ]

A.

the writer Wilkie Collins

B.

real life crimes in detective stories

C.

female detective writers

D.

the history of detective novels

(2)

The fact that some detective stories have been translated shows that ________

[  ]

A.

people do not understand them

B.

they were written in the wrong language

C.

people do not like them

D.

they are popular

(3)

Edgar Allan Poe wrote ________

[  ]

A.

the first detective story

B.

in French

C.

about a real detective

D.

the Sherlock Holmes stories

(4)

Waters was s ________

[  ]

A.

real person

B.

real life detective

C.

fictional policeman

D.

friend of William Russell's

(5)

Inspector Bucket was ________

[  ]

A.

the main character in a novel

B.

in The Mionstone

C.

not a detective

D.

in a novel by Dickens

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  I didn't think the passion(激情)was important for my life until that day.

  One day I went out with my mum.I was bored.Then, as my mum stopped at a red light, someone on the side of the road caught my eye.It was a man wearing old clothes.He was homeless.That didn't interest me, for I had seen many like him before.

  But in some way he was different.This man was not sad to sit there.He had a radio in his hand and was dancing happily to the music.The radio seemed to be the most important thing.

  “Mum, why does that man have a radio even thought he's homeless?” I asked.

  “He bought it,” she answered.I was still puzzled

  “But if he's homeless, why doesn't he use the money to buy food or clothes? He wasted it on something he doesn't need.”

  “Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren't the most important things.We need happiness, too.”

  That man must care enough about music to buy a radio instead of food or clothes.I soon realized that happiness is the key to life.Without it, there's nothing to look forward to.A passion gives a person the happiness they need to keep going.We all need a passion.

(1)

That man didn't interest me at first because ________.

[  ]

A.

he was homeless

B.

he was in old clothes

C.

he was not sad to sit there

D.

I had seen many like him before

(2)

The radio could make the homeless people ________.

[  ]

A.

happy

B.

sad

C.

hungry

D.

bored

(3)

The underlined word “puzzled” means ________ in Chinese.

[  ]

A.

惊奇的

B.

困惑的

C.

怀疑的

D.

苦恼的

(4)

Why did the homeless man buy a radio?

[  ]

A.

Because he had much money.

B.

Because he needn't food or home.

C.

Because he cared enough about music.

D.

Because he radio was too cheap.

(5)

Which of the following is NOT true?

[  ]

A.

The happiness is the key to life.

B.

Food and clothes are part of life.

C.

The passion is very important in our life.

D.

We need to buy a radio instead of food and clothes.

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Mr. King is a tall and strong man. He teaches P.E. in a middle school. He wears a long beard(胡子)and takes good care of it.

   It was Sunday yesterday. There was a big football match of the year on the playground in the centre of the city. Mr. king likes the game very much and of course he was going to watch it. With his friends' help he got a ticket a few days ago.

After breakfast he hurried to the bus stop, but a lot of people were waiting there. A bus came and he hardly got on. There were plenty of people in it and it was difficult for them to put their feet. He had to grip(抓住)a back of the chair. At the next stop a boy got on the bus. He was short and couldn't grip anything. Suddenly the bus stopped and the boy hardly fell onto the floor. He looked around and saw Mr. King's beard and grip it. The man found it at once and called out, "Let go of(松开)my beard, boy!"

"Are you going to get off, sir?" asked the boy.

1.Mr. King is a ___.

A. player   B. runner    C. teacher    D. driver

2.Mr. King was going to watch the match because ___.

 A. he teaches P.E. in a middle school  B. he likes football very much

 C. he had already got a ticket        D. he didn't go to work yesterday

3.It was difficult for Mr. King to stand because ___.

 A. he had drunk too much       B. the bus was too small

 C. he got on the bus too late      D. it was very crowded in the bus

4.The boy gripped Mr. King's beard because ___.

 A .he was afraid to fall again             B. he wanted to make the man angry

 C. he hoped the man to find a seat for him   D. he hoped the man to get off soon

5.Mr. King was afraid ___, so he shouted at him.

 A. the boy would pull him down      B. the boy would hurt his beard

 C. the boy could be hurt again        D. the boy would borrow his ticket

 

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      Waston won his most important game and became Southern Chess Master (南部象棋大师) in 1977.
He was given the silver (银) cup.
      "It isn't rightly mine," he said, when he was holding the cup. "It was won two years ago when I was
on holiday in…
      "A family was staying at my hotel (旅馆) at that time. Mrs Prag, the mother, was told that I played
chess; and she begged me to give her young son a game. "He's only ten." she said, "I've been told that he
plays quite well." 
     "Well, as you can guess, I wasn't too happy. A player likes the opponent (对手) to play as well as he
does. But it was holiday time and I agreed to play. We placed the board (棋盘) in the garden. The game
began. I hoped it would be quick and so it was.
     "I soon knew that David Prag was no learner. After ten minutes his sister came outside and began to
play tennis against a wall.The boy seemed to lose interest in our game. He moved a piece (棋子) without
care. I gave my attention to the board." 
     "Call me when you are ready, Mr Watson," he said. 
     "When I was ready? I looked up. He had gone off to play with his sister.I studied the board and
found I was driven into corner. So it went on with David: a quick move, then tennis, back to the board,
then back to his sister. My difficult condition became impossible to change. I was beaten, oh so easily, by
a ten-year-old chess player. He was the winner-in twenty-eight minutes.
     "David Prag: a name to remember. I had a chance to use his game today, and it won this cup for me.
To him, of course, it is only one of a hundred, or perhaps a thousand, winning games."
1. When Mr Watson said, "It isn't rightly mine. It was won …", he meant ______ two years before.
[     ]
A. he had played chess with a little boy for twenty-eight minutes
B. he had had a chance to take part in an important game
C. he had learned how to play chess from a child
D. he had learned a good game from a child
2. Befor the game, Mr Watson was quite sure that ______.
[     ]
A. the boy played as well as he did
B. he would be Southern Chese Master two years later
C. he could win the game easily
D. the boy would win the game quickly
3. Why did David play tennis while he was playing chess with Watson? Because he ______.
[     ]
A. had no interest in playing chess with adults (成年人)
B. was not good at playing chess
C. liked playing tennis much better than playing chess
D. played chess much better than Watson
4. From the story, we know that ______.
[     ]
A. David Prag was the real winner
B. Mr Watson was the real winner
C. neither of them was the real winner
D. both of them were the real winners
5. Which of the following (下列) is NOT true?
[     ]
A. Sometimes young children can beat adults in playing chess.
B. Watson thought he could win the game quickly, and so he did.
C. Watson learned something from David and won the silver cup.
D. Watson would never forget the name of the boy.

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