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Miss White was the owner of a little bakery．She was forty years old，and she was not married．
A customer who came to Miss White's bakery two or three times a week had never asked for any good bread，but，strangely enough，he wanted only two pieces of old and dry bread each time．
One day Miss White found on the customer's finger red and brown dirt．
She guessed that the customer probably was a poor artist．He lived in an old house，where he painted pictures and ate dry bread．Miss White，a woman with a kind heart，noticed that the customer began to look thinner and very sad，so she wanted to do something for him．
As usual the customer came again and ordered two pieces of dry bread．Suddenly a fire car came by with a great sound．When the customer hurried to the door to look，Miss White quickly cut the bread with a knife and put a lot of butter into it．She covered the bread with paper before the customer turned back to the counter（柜台）．Not long after，the customer returned and shouted angry words with Miss White．“I'll kill you．You have made my picture waste．I have been working hard for three months drawing a picture for a new city hall．I always make my drawing in pencil first，and when it's done，I cleaned the pencil lines with dry and hard bread pieces．”
Hearing that，Miss White knew how foolish her kind heart was．
1．A bakery was a place where ________．
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A．paper was made
B．pictures were painted
C．colors were sold
D．bread was made and sold
2．The customer only bought hard and dry bread because ________．
A．he cleaned the pencil lines with it
B．he liked to eat it
C．Miss White only sold it
D．he was very poor
3．In the end，we know that the artist's drawing must be ________．
4．The story shows that Miss White was ________．
Helen Keller was born in America in June, 1880. Everything was all right when she was born. But when she was nineteen months old, an attack of fever left her blind and deaf for the rest of her life. She became blind so young that as she grew older, she did not remember being able to see; and she became deaf before she had any idea of the importance of human speech. She lived in darkness and silence.
As she grew older, she, too, wanted to express her ideas and feelings. But she realized that she was cut off from others.
Her parents were greatly worried. How could anyone get in touch with Helen's mind and intelligence in darkness and silence without speech? Helen was nearly seven before a teacher was found. Her name was Miss Sullivan.
Miss Sullivan had a lot of difficulties in teaching Helen Keller. As the child could neither see nor hear, she had to use manual alphabet. But Helen’s energy and intelligence and strong spirit, combined with Miss Sullivan's skill and patience, overcame all the difficulties. As Helen grew up, she became an able student, passed examinations and finally took a university degree in English literature. She then devoted all herself to helping the blind and the deaf. Her personal success, together with the work she has done for others, made her one of the greatest women in modern times. She wrote many books and "The Story of My Life" is a remarkable one.
1. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Helen Keller was born blind and deaf.
B. She first became blind and then deaf.
C. She became blind and deaf in 1880.
D. She became blind and deaf sometime about January 1882.
2. Which of the following statements is not true?
A. Helen became blind and deaf because she suffered from a high fever.
B. Helen became blind before she could see anything.
C. Helen became deaf before she realized how important it was to be able to hear and speak.
D. Helen too, wanted to make contact with others with speech.
3. Helen Keller's parents were greatly worried because________.
A. she was growing older
B. she was cut off from others
C. she, too, wanted to express her ideas and feeling but she could not
D. she was almost seven years old and yet they were not sure whether they could find a suitable teacher for her
4. Helen was finally successful mainly because of________.
A. her parents' help
B. the manual alphabet Miss Sullivan taught her
C. the help she got when she took a degree
D. her hard work, cleverness as well as Sullivan's great continuous efforts
5. Helen Keller finally became ________.
A. an able student
B. a writer
C. the greatest woman in modern times
D. a student who took a university degree in English literature
“This one’s for you,” Sergeant (警官) Barstow shouted and left quickly through the back door. I was a little puzzled. I looked out a window of the Ashfordly Police Station and saw an elderly woman come into the building.
“Good morning, Madam,” I said.
“Good morning,” she said pleasantly. “You’re new, aren’t you?”
“Yes, Madam.”
“It’s about that man who’s been annoying me,” she said. “I’ve been here about him before.”
“Could I have your name and address, please?”
“Miss Fraser. Josephine Fraser. I live at 43 Prince Terrace. Now, can you please do something about Jackson?”
“What’s he done, Miss Fraser?”
“Done? He’s thrown garbage all over my stairs again. He must be stopped.”
“Where does he live?”
“Next door, Number 41,” she said.
“I’ll go and see later and warn him off, Miss Fraser.”
“I would be most grateful.” With that she left.
Half an hour later, I reached Prince Terrace. NO. 41 was in a bad state of repair. I knocked. No reply. I entered. The place was deserted. I wondered if the Jackson was a tramp (流浪者). Anyway, it seemed he had left, possibly because of Miss Fraser’s threatening police action. I decided to visit her.
I knocked on her door and it was opened almost immediately. “Ah!” she said gladly. “You’re just in time for coffee.” I followed her inside. Miss Fraser told me more about her battle with Jackson. But when I asked specific questions, it clearly showed that she had never seen Jackson. Finally, I managed to leave.
Sergeant Barstow smiled kindly as I returned. “Nick, did you kick(踢出) Jackson out of that house?”
“Jackson!” I cried. “Who is he?”
“There is no Jackson,” he said. “Miss Fraser is lonely and she likes company. We always let the new young men deal with Miss Fraser. It gives her deep satisfaction. That’s what we are here for, isn’t it — to satisfy the public?”
1.Why did Sergeant Barstow leave quickly when Miss Fraser came?
A．Because he wanted to let Nick deal with her alone.
B．Because he had to go and catch Jackson at once.
C．Because he was tired of the elderly woman.
D．Because he knew she would tell a lie.
2.Miss Fraser told Nick that _____.
A．her neighbor had often caused her trouble
B．it was her first visit to the police station
C．she was looking for Sergeant Barstow
D．someone had broken into her house
3.Miss Fraser made up the story of Jackson because _____.
A．she liked to play jokes on the policemen
B．she wanted to have someone to talk with
C．she loved to show others her nice coffee
D．she hated Jackson very much
Robert Spring, a 19th century forger (伪造签字者), was as good at his profession that he was able to make his living for 15 years by selling false signatures of famous Americans. Spring was born in England in 1813 and arrived in Philadelphia in 1858 to open a bookstore. At first he make some money by selling his small but genuine of early U.S. autographs (亲笔签字). Discovering his ability at copying handwriting, he began imitating signatures of George Washington and Ban Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To make less the chance of detection (发觉), he sent his forgeries (伪造物) to England and Canada for sale and circulation (销售).
Forgers have a hard time selling their products. A forger can't approach a respectable buyer but must deal with people who don't have much knowledge in the field. Forgers have many ways to make their work look real. For example, they buy old books to use the aged paper of the title page, and they can treat paper and ink with chemicals.
In Spring's time, right after the Civil War, Britain was still fond of the Southern states, so Spring invented a respectable maiden lady known as Miss Fanny Jackson, the only daughter of General "Stonewall" Jackson. For several years Miss Fanny's economic problems forced her to sell a great number of letters and manuscripts belonging to her famous father. Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. All this activity did not prevent Spring from dying in poverty, leaving sharp-eye experts the difficult task of separating this forgeries from the originals.
1.Why did Spring sell his autographs in England and Canada?
A．There was a greater demand there than in America.
B．There was less chance of being detected there.
C．Britain was Spring's birthplace.
D．The price were higher in England and Canada.
2.After the Civil War, there was a great demand in Britain for _______.
A．Southern money
B．signatures of George Washington and Ben Franklin
C．Southern manuscripts and letters
D．Civil War battle plans
3.Robert Spring spent 15 years _______.
A．running a bookstore in Philadelphia
B．corresponding with Miss Fanny Jackson
C．as a forger
D．as a respectable dealer
4.According to the passage, forgeries are usually sold to _______.
A．sharp-eyed experts B．persons who aren't experts
C．book dealers D．owner of the old books
5.Who was Miss Fanny Jackson?
A．The only daughter of General "Stonewall" Jackson.
B．A little-known girl who sold her father's papers to Robert Spring.
C．Robert Spring's daughter.
D．An imaginary person created by Spring.
B
Canadian scientists have found that the more emotional or mental challenges a person faces in a day, the less determined they become to work out physically.
However, the findings should not stop us from keeping fit. Experts believe that willpower (意志力)is like a muscle ， and needs to be exercised to help one avoid the temptation (诱惑)spending a night on the couch instead.
Kathleen Martin 一 Ginis, a professor of kinesiology 一 the science of movement 一 who led the study, says everyone has a limited amount of willpower, and that it will be reduced by stress. Miss Martin 一 Ginis, of Canada' s McMaster University, explains, "Cognitive (认知的)tasks, as well as tasks such as regulating (调整)one' s emotions, can reduce one' s capacity to force oneself to exercise."
Her team of scientists performed a so — called " Stroop" test on volunteers to reach their conclusions. The experiment involved showing participants words associated with colors but printed in different colors - for example ， the word " blue " written in red ink . ' Participants were divided into two groups. One group was asked to name the color of the ink ， instead to say the printed word ， while the other wasn't Martin ― Ginis says ， " After we used this cognitive task to use up their self 一 regulatory capacity, the participants didn't exercise as hard as those who had not performed the task. ，， The more people concentrated on the cognitive task ， the more likely they were to skip exercise sessions (活动时间)over the next eight week. You only have so much willpower .
However, there are ways to strengthen willpower. The study found the listening to music before going to the gym can help, as well as making a commitment to work out with friends. It also concluded that willpower can be stretched by constantly cake ， or forcing oneself to study an extra hour each night.
Martin - Ginis adds, "There are strategies people can use to help revitalize (使恢复活动) themselves after they’ve used up their self 一 regulation. Willpower is like a muscle ： it needs to be used to stay strong.
61.According to the experts, human willpower .
A.can be exercised through muscle movement
B.can regulate itself to resist temptations
C.is weakened by stressful cognitive or emotional tasks
D.is reduced by lack of physical exercise.
62.We learn from Paragraph 4 that the experiment .
A.made use of the Stroop test
B.asked one group of participants to name the words
C.required researchers to write the word "blue" in red ink to make it easily recognizable.
D.showed that those who hadn't performed the task were smarter than those who had
63.All the following are ways to strengthen one's willpower EXCEPT________
A.listening to music before doing exercise
B.promising to work out with friends
C.training oneself repeatedly to resist temptations
D.forcing oneself to do the same thing each day
64.Which of the following is in agreement with Miss Martin ― Ginis' idea?
A.Human's willpower is limited to a certain level
B.The cognitive tasks could make people ignore exercise
C.Challenging tasks could make people ignore exercise
D.Exercise is an important way to strengthen one's willpower.
65.What can we infer from the passage?
A.Willpower can be challenged to become powerful.
B.McMaster University is famous for its kinesiology.
C.Effective ways to resist temptations have been found.
D.the study has an impact on the science of movement.
