题目内容
In 1608, an Englishman whose name was Thomas Coryate visited Italy. He liked the country and noted down every interesting thing he found. But there was one thing which he found more interesting than the others. In his diary Thomas wrote,“When the Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They do not eat with hands because, as they say, people do not always have clean hands.”Before leaving for England, Thomas Coryate bought a few forks.
At home Thomas gave a dinner party to show the invention to his friends. When the servants brought the steak, he took out a fork and began to eat like they did in Italy.
Everybody looked at him in surprise. When he told his friends what it was, they all wanted to take a good look at the strange thing. All his friends said that the Italians were very strange people because the fork was very inconvenient.
Thomas Coyate tried to prove the opposite. He said it was not nice to eat meat with one’s fingers because they were not always clean.
Everybody go angry at that. Did Mr. Coryate think that people in England always had dirty hands? And weren’t the ten fingers we had enough for us?
Thomas Coryate wanted to show that it was very easy to use the fork. But the first piece of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor. His friends began to laugh and he had to take the fork away.
Only fifty years later did people in England begin to use forks.
1. Why did Thomas Coryate bring forks to England?
A. He wanted to make his friends surprised.
B. He believed it was no nice to eat meat with fingers.
C. Forks were beautiful.
D. He wanted to make business selling forks.
2. Why did everybody look at Thomas when he began to eat like the Italians?
A. They believed that was bad manners.
B. Nobody ate meat with hands in England.
C. Everybody thought it was an amazing invention.
D. Nobody had seen a fork before.
3. Why did the first piece of meat fall to the floor when Thomas took it with the fork?
A. The fork was very inconvenient to use.
B. The fork was had.
C. Thomas was not used to eating with a fork.
D. The steak was too tough.
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He said it was not nice to eat meat with one’s fingers because they were not
always clean.
2. Everybody looked at him in surprise. When he told his friends what it was, they all wanted to take a good look at the strange thing. 3. Thomas Coryate wanted to show that it was very easy to use the fork. But the first piece of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor. His friends began to laugh and he had to take the fork away.
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The first newspapers were written by hand and put up on walls in public place. The earliest daily newspaper was started in Rome in 59 BC. In the 700’s the world’s first printed newspaper was published. Europe didn’t have a regularly published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.
The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published once a week. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant (每日新闻). It came out in March 1702.
In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But not long after it was first published, the government stopped the paper. In 1704, John Campbell started The Boston Newsletter (波士顿新闻通讯), the first newspaper published in the American colonies. By 1760, the colonies had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1,800 daily papers in the United States.
Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation (发行量) in the world. But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Dhimbun (朝日新闻).It sells more than 11 million copies every day.
【小题1】The first daily newspaper came out in _____.
A.59 BC | B.700’s | C.1609 | D.1620 |
A.England | B.Germany | C.France | D.Sweden |
A.Washington | B.New York | C.Boston | D.New Orleans |
A.1621 | B.1704 | C.1760 | D.1800 |
A.The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam. |
B.English language newspaper sells more than 11 million copies every day. |
C.Europe didn’t have a regularly published newspaper in 1608. |
D.The first daily English newspaper came out in March 1702. |
The first newspapers were written by hand and put up on walls in public place. The earliest daily newspaper was started in Rome in 59 BC. In the 700’s the world’s first printed newspaper was published. Europe didn’t have a regularly published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany.
The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published once a week. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant (每日新闻). It came out in March 1702.
In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. But not long after it was first published, the government stopped the paper. In 1704, John Campbell started The Boston Newsletter (波士顿新闻通讯), the first newspaper published in the American colonies. By 1760, the colonies had more than thirty daily newspapers. There are now about 1,800 daily papers in the United States.
Today, as a group, English language newspapers have the largest circulation (发行量) in the world. But the largest circulation for a newspaper is that of the Japanese newspaper Asahi Dhimbun (朝日新闻).It sells more than 11 million copies every day.
1.The first daily newspaper came out in _____.
A.59 BC |
B.700’s |
C.1609 |
D.1620 |
2.The first regular published newspaper in Europe was printed in _____.
A.England |
B.Germany |
C.France |
D.Sweden |
3.The first printed newspaper in America came out in _____.
A.Washington |
B.New York |
C.Boston |
D.New Orleans |
4.Today there are about _____ daily newspaper printed in the United States.
A.1621 |
B.1704 |
C.1760 |
D.1800 |
5.Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A.The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam. |
B.English language newspaper sells more than 11 million copies every day. |
C.Europe didn’t have a regularly published newspaper in 1608. |
D.The first daily English newspaper came out in March 1702. |