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  The word“okay”is known and used by millions of people all over the world. Still, language experts have different ideas of where it came from.

  Some say it came from the Indian people. When Europeans first came to America they heard hundreds of different Indian languages. Many were well developed. One tribe (部落) especially had a well-developed language. People in this tribe were farmers and fishermen. When there were problems, the leader of the tribe listened to different opinions and said“okeh”,meaning“It is so.”

  The Indian languages have given many words to English . Twenty-four of the American states—almost half—have Indian names—Oklahoma and the Dakotas, to name a few. And the names of many rivets, mountains, cities and towns are Indian.

  However, there are many who don't agree that“okay” came from the Indians. Some say the president Andrew Jackson first used the word “Okay”.Others say the word came from John Jacob, a businessman of the late 1700s who became one of the world's richest men. Still others say a poor railroad clerk made up this word. His name was Obadiah Kelly and he signed O. K on each package(包裹) people gave him to ship by train.

  So it goes, each story sounds reasonable and official. But perhaps the most believable explanation is that the word“okay”was invented by a political organization in the 1800s.

  Martin Van Buren was running for president (竞选). A group of people set up an organization to support him. They called their political organization the“Okay Club”. The letters“O”and“K”were taken from the name of Van Buren's hometown, the place where he was born, old Kinderhook, New York.

  There is one thing about“okay”that the experts do agree on: that the word is pure American and rather use“agree, approve, confirm”and so on.

1.Oklahoma and the Dakotas are ________.

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A.Indian states

B.rivets, mountains and cities in America with Indian names

C.American states with Indian names

D.Indian rivers, mountains and cities.

2.We can conclude from the selection that to run for the president the candidate(候选人)should have ________.

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A.a political organization to help him

B.an“okay club”to help him

C.a club in his hometown to help him

D.a club with the name of his hometown to help him

3.Some say the word“okay”came from the Indian people because ________.

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A.when Europeans first came to America they heard hundreds of different Indian languages

B.when Europeans first came to America many Indian languages were already well developed

C.many English words came from Indian language, and people in one Indian tribe said“okeh”when they wanted to say“It is so.”

D.there were many farmers and fishermen in the Indian tribes

4.Which of the following statements is true?

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A.Language experts do not have the same ideas of where the word “okay”came from.

B.Language experts do not have any idea of where the word came from.

C.Most language experts agree that the word“okay”came from the Indian people.

D.Marry language experts agree that the word“okay”came from the speeches of some American presidents.

5.The word“okay”is ________.

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A.an expression used in spoken English

B.not used any more

C.not used in China

D.usually used in documents(文件)

Many people often lose their friends and they don’t know how to keep a long friendship.So how can you keep a long friendship? The following passage explains very well about this matter.

The first thing you need to do is to become a good listener.In this way,you show your friends that you are interested in their lives.You want to know more about them and you want to help them solve their problems.They will cherish the friendship more if they know you care about them.

The next thing is that you should respect other people’s privacy (隐私).People usually don’t like others to know about their private life,so you should show respect toward their privacy.Sometimes,they need some suggestions from others,but this does not mean that others can know about their entire life.So respect for privacy is a must for keeping a long friendship.

The third important thing is that you need to be able to forgive.You must remember that nobody is perfect in this world.It is important to forgive others and not to blame them for the mistakes they have already made.You are not perfect either.Thus you need to apologize to others for the mistakes you may have made.

Pay attention to the three things above,and you will be able to have long friendships.

46.This passage is written to tell us________.

A.why a long friendship is important

B.what we can do for our friends

C.how to make friends with others

D.how to keep a long friendship

47.According to the passage,what is the first thing that we need to do?

A.To know more about our friends.

B.To share our happiness and sadness.

C.To be good at listening to our friends.

D.To help our friends solve their problems.

48.What does the writer suggest you do if your friend makes a mistake?

A.Blame him.                                    B.Forgive him.

C.Tell him why it is so.                      D.Leave him immediately.

49.The writer most probably thinks that________.

A.everyone makes mistakes

B.some people are perfect

C.people often make stupid mistakes

D.we shouldn’t apologize fpr every mistake