题目内容
Springfield, Mass, May 2——Protesters (抗议者) marched outside America’s largest handgun maker Saturday to demand safeguards (保护) cut down on the thousands of gun deaths that happen each year.
“We are holding the gun industry responsible(有责任) because they have refused to design, advertise and market their products to save the lives of children,” said Arlene Locicero. Locicero, whose daughter was one of the six people killed in a 1993 shooting on a Long Island train, was among 150 people protesting outside Smith & Wesson.
Shoes Used in Protest
The protest was one of several planned to be held Saturday outside the country’s largest gun- makers in Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts and Virginia.
Protesters laid out 5,285 pairs of shoes to show the number of young people aged 19 and under who died from gun shots in 1995.
The protesters wanted gun makers to make guns childproof(防儿童的), put on clear warning on guns, reduce production and raise prices.
Congress Considering Bill
Congress(议会) is now considering a bill to educate parents about proper gun storage.
Ed Shults, Smith & Wesson’s President, said his company already sells guns with locks and takes many of the measures suggested by the protesters.
However, “There is no proper training of those who are using handguns.” He said gun owners must learn the importance of safe storage that keeps away from children.
1. This piece of news is mainly about ________.
A．what people demanded in reducing deaths caused by guns
B．the protest held against owning guns
C．a bill how gun owners should store their guns
D．why children should not have guns
2. According to the protesters, who should be blamed most for the great number of gun deaths?
A．The government.
B．Children.
C．Gunowners.
D．Gunn makers.
3. From the news report we can see that on May2 ________.
A．only people in Massachusetts held a protest
B．protests were held at least in five states
C．gun companies promised to do what pro- testers had required
D．people saw the shoes of all those who died of gun shots in 1995
4. What Ed Shults said suggest that ________.
A．people should not have guns before they have some training
B．they will set up training centers for gun owners
C．gun owner should learn to use their guns properly
D．they have done enough to prevent gun deaths
提示：
1. A人们要求减少枪支致死的事情， 2. 文中说，因为枪支没有明显的标识，而且没有防止儿童使用的措施 3. The protest was one of several planned to be held Saturday outside the country’s largest gun- makers in Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts and Virginia.一共在五个州举行 4. Ed Shults, Smith & Wesson’s President, said his company already sells guns with locks and takes many of the measures suggested by the protesters.从这句话可以看出，他话里的意思是已经采取了措施
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Though he wore his whiskers (颊须) only four years, today we can hardly think of Abraham Lincoln without them. He often talked about the little girl in Westfield, New York, who suggested in a letter that he grow the famous whiskers. And he would add, “Sometimes a small thing can change our lives!”
Grace Bedell sat in her room looking at a picture of Lincoln. Her little lamp threw shadows on the picture. A frame (框) of small shadows lay around the thin face and covered the hollow cheeks (面颊). “Whiskers!” she thought.
“How nice!” she said to herself. “There will be more people to elect him President if he lets his whiskers grow. Somebody ought to tell him.” She reached for a pen and began to write the letter.
On February 16 of the following year a special train carried the newly elected President Lincoln to the White House. The train stopped briefly at a station near Grace’s town. At the station Lincoln was speaking to a large crowd, among whom were the Bedell family.
Lincoln continued his speech, “I have a little friend in this place,” he said. “That little lady told me how to improve my appearance, and I want to thank her. If she is present, I would like to speak to her. Her name is Grace Bedell.”
Grace’s father led her forward to Lincoln. She looked and laughed happily, for up there on his face were the whiskers.
If you visit Springfield, Illinois, today you will see the house in which Abraham Lincoln used to live. On the wall of a room hangs a piece of paper covered with a child’s handwriting: “Dear sir...”
【小题1】Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
| A．Why Lincoln Grew Whiskers |
| B．A Little Girl’s Letter to Lincoln |
| C．How Lincoln Becamse President of the U. S. |
| D．Lincoln’s Great Kindness to Children |
| A．he looked terrible without whiskers around his face |
| B．he would look better with whiskers around his thin face |
| C．no one would elect him President if he had no whiskers |
| D．he would be famous with whiskers around his thin face |
| A．the lamp | B．Lincoln’s hollow cheeks |
| C．the picture of Lincoln | D．the shadows on the picture |
| A．his whiskers had helped him to become President of the U. S. |
| B．one should pay attention to small things in one’s life |
| C．a little child’s advice had helped to improve his appearance |
| D．a child could play an important part in politics |
| A．Her school. | B．Her problems. | C．Her age. | D．Her friends. |
Mr Smith was the manager of a hotel in Springfield. One weekend all of the hotels in the city were full because there was a large meeting. Late in the evening three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr Smith explained that because of the meeting, there were no rooms ready for use. The men were very unhappy because they had no place to stay in.
Mr Smith wanted to help them. He remembered that Room 414, a very small room, was empty. He asked them if they would share a room. The three men agreed. Mr Smith told them that the room would cost $30: $10 for each. Each of them gave Mr Smith $10, and they went up to the room.
Mr Smith soon began to feel sorry. “Thirty dollars is too much for that small room,” he thought. He called one of his men over and said, “Here is $ 5. Bring it to the man in Room 414. I’ve asked too much money for their room.”
The worker took the money from his manager. While he was on his way to Room 414, he started to think, “How can I divide $5? Well, I’ll give each of them only $1 and I keep $2. The men will be happy to get anything back. I’ll make a little money and Mr Smith will never know.” So he returned $1 to each man.
You see, there come a problem, each man had at first paid $10. After the worker returned them $1 each, each man had paid 9. There were three men, $9 x 3 =" $27." The worker kept $2 —$27+$2="29." Where is the missing dollar?
【小题1】Which of the following is True?
| A．The large meeting was held in this hotel. | B．The three men stayed together in one room. |
| C．Each of the three men got a small room. | D．Room 414 was the office for Mr Smith. |
| A．There wasn’t any missing dollar at all. | B．It was taken by the worker too. |
| C．It was taken by the manager Mr Simith. | D．It was taken by the three men themselves. |
a. Three men went into the hotel for a room. b. Mr Smith felt sorry to have asked for too much.
c. They paid 30 dollars altogether for one room. d. The worker gave one dollar back to each of them.
e. Mr Smith thought of a small room, still empty. f. The worker was given 5 dollar to return to them.
| A．c→b→e→a→d→f | B．c→d→f→e→a→b | C．a→c→b→e→f→d | D．a→e→c→b→f→d |
| A．The Kind Manager. | B．Three Men Came to the Hotel |
| C．A Strange Maths Problem | D．$27 + $2 = $29 |