Bernice Gallego sat down one day this summer, as she does pretty much every day, and began listing items on eBay．She dug into a box and pulled out a baseball card．She stopped for a moment and admire 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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Bernice Gallego sat down one day this summer, as she does pretty much every day, and began listing items on eBay．She dug into a box and pulled out a baseball card．She stopped for a moment and admired the picture．“Red Stocking B．B．Club of cincinnati,” the card read, under the reddish brown color photo of 10 men with their socks pulled up to their knees．

As a collector and seller, it's her job to spot old items that might have value today．It's what Bernice, 72, and her husband, Al Gallego, 80, have been doing since 1974 at their California antique （古玩） store．

This card, she figured, was worth selling on eBay．She took a picture, wrote a description and put it up for auction （拍卖）．She put a $10 price tag on it, deciding against $15 because it would have cost her an extra 20 cents．Later that night she got a few odd inquiries—someone wanting to know whether the card was real, someone wanting her to end the auction and sell him the card immediately．

The card is actually 139 years old．Sports card collectors call the find "extremely rare" and estimate the card could fetch five, or perhaps, six figures at auction．

Just like that, Bemice is the least likely character ever for a rare-baseball card story．"I didn't even know baseball existed that far back," Gallego says, "I don't think that I've ever been to a baseball game．" The theory is that the card came out of a storage space they bought a few years back．It is not uncommon in their line of work to buy the entire contents of storage units for around $200．

When she met with card trader Rick Mirigian, she found out what the card was—an 1869 advertisement with a picture of the first professional baseball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings．

"When I came to meet her and she took it out of a sandwich bag and she was smoking a cigarette, I almost fainted," Mirigian says．"They've uncovered a piece of history that few people will ever be able to imagine．That card is history．It's like unearthing a Mona Lisa or a Picasso．"

64．What can we conclude from Paragraph 3?

A．Bernice had to pay some fees for her card on eBay．

B．Bernice wanted to end the auction that night．

C．Bernice decided to sell the card for $15．

D．eBay charged her 20 cents for the card．

65．The underlined word "fetch" in Paragraph 4 most probably means "____"．

A．go and bring B．add up to C．go down to D．be sold for

66．From the passage, we may learn that ____．

A．Bernice is a baseball fan

B．Bernice is the last person to purchase the rare-baseball card

C．Bernice unexpectedly became the owner of the rare-baseball card

D．Bernice didn't realize the value of the card until she put it up for auction

67．What would be the best title for the passage?

A．A Surprisingly Valuable Discovery

B．Bemice Gallego—A Lucky Collector

C．Sports Card Collectors

D．The History of the Baseball Card

【小题1】A

【小题2】D

【小题3】C

【小题4】A

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That moment felt like days. I felt so stupid. I just wanted to melt into the ground and disappeared. Worse than that, my Dad was watching and then I felt ashamed. I kept running hard as I could, crying all the way towards the finish line. It seemed no one noticed me as I crossed the finish line. I saw my Dad standing there looking at me. I was ashamed to look at him. He walked over to me and said, “I’m so proud of you.” I was surprised, “For what? Everyone else finished before I even got halfway. I looked like a fool.” “Because you didn’t give up, not even when you realized what had happened. You gave it your all and finished.” I laughed and cried at the same time.

I find I can face what seems impossible, even alone and afraid, and, that winning does not always come in as you expect. I give my best effort to all I do, win or lose. I don’t give up in the middle of anything.

The author meant to compete in .

A. the 50 yard dash B. the long jump C. the long-distance run D. the high jump

When the author heard cheering, she thought .

A. she had the chance to win the game

B. she left others inches away halfway

C. other competitors were encouraging her

D. somebody had won the game

What happened after the author crossed the finish line?

A. She cried at the sight of her father.

B. Everyone cheered her for her success.

C. Her farther came up and comforted her.

D. She felt ashamed to meet her classmates.

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A. What seems impossible always becomes possible.

B. Don’t lose heart halfway whatever you do.

C. Success will come as long as you expect it.

D. Try to do everything until you win in the end.

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A．the burning fire moving across the grassland

B．hundreds of bison travelling through the prairie

C．tens of millions of bison occupying the farmland

D．groups of experts examining the dead bison

64．What measures have been taken to protect the wildlife by APF?

A．They have borrowed much money and developed new habitat.

B．They have hired many farmers to raise bison on their farms.

C．They have turned grassland into Disneyland to attract tourists.

D．They have bought large land from farmers for bison to live on.

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B．Great changes in raising bison in America

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