题目内容
The idea of rain making is almost as old as man, but it was not until 1964 that man succeeded in making rain.In ancient times, rainmakers claimed to be able to bring rain by many methods: dancing, singing, killing various kinds of living creatures (including humans), and blowing a stream of water into the air from a kind of pipe.
More recently, some rainmakers claimed to make rain by shooting guns, causing explosions, or burning chemical, the smoke of which was supposed to cause rain to fall.These rainmakers asked for as much as 1,000 dollars to make an inch of rain.One was so effective that he was almost hanged.He was believed to have caused a twenty-inch rain in southern California that flooded that land, killed several people, and did millions of dollars’ worth of damage.
Before 1946, rainmakers were either liars or honest people who have good luck.Scientific rain making was started in that year by Vincent J.Schaefer, a scientist at the laboratories of the General Electric Company in New York State. His success was the result of a lucky accident that changed years of failure into victory.
1.One rainmaker was almost hanged because _____.
A.he did not make rain at all B.he asked for too much money
C.he killed several people D.people thought he caused too much rain
2.The underlined word liars means _____.
A.people who tell lies B.tools used to make rain
C.persons who make rain D.people who have good luck
3.Which of the following methods can make rain?
A.Killing pigs and sheep.
B.Blowing a stream of water into the air from a kind of pipe.
C.Shooting guns or causing explosions.
D.None of the above is right.
4.Who was the first rainmaker succeeding in making rain?
A.The one who caused a twenty-inch rain in southern California.
B.Before 1946, a rainmaker who happened to have good luck.
C.Vincent J.Schaefer, in 1946.
D.The passage doesn’t tell us his or her name.
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If you happen to find “On the Road” at a gas station or “Who Moved My Cheese?” in your grocery store, it might not be and accident. You could be the unwitting beneficiary of a “bookcrosser”---- a person who on purpose leaves books in public places hoping they’ll be found by strangers.
The idea o leaving a book for someone else to find and enjoy is not new ---- some people have been leaving just-finished books in airports and on buses since the dawn of the hurry-up-and-wait. Creating a system for book-leavers to find out what happened to those books adds a new way to the practice. Bokcrossing.com, the website that encourages books to be “released into the wild”, has more than 18,000 members since its start last year, and averages 112 new participants daily.
Its members have scattered(分发) more than 42,000 novels, self-help books, memoirs, technical manuals and biographies in 45 countries, leaving them in public restrooms, movie theatres, coffee studios or anywhere that they can imagine. The result: a worldwide living library.
Peri Doslu, a California yoga instructor, has dropped three--- one on top of a telephone booth, one on a rock wall at remote Mono Lake in the eastern Sierra Nevada, and another in one of the studios where she teaches.
“I’m always looking for paces to pass on books,” said Doslu. “To think my book’s going to go off and have this future, and I might even get to know a little bit about it down the road.”
1.If you are an unwitting beneficiary of a bookcrosser, that means_____.
A.you get a book on how to avoid accidents |
B.you know where to get a book for free |
C.you get a book somewhere for free without knowing in advance |
D.you get a card with which you can borrow books at a gas station or somewhere else |
2. Bookcrossers are the people who ____.
A.have lots of books |
B.have lots of money |
C.release books in public places on purpose |
D.like reading books very much |
3. A bookcrosser may not leave books in _____.
A.toilets |
B.a studio |
C.the fields |
D.his bed |
4. Which of the following about Doslu is true?
A.She dropped her first book on top of a telephone booth. |
B.She had no idea who took her books away |
C.She always left books to her students |
D.She is a bookcrosser traveling around the world |