Mr. Harris used to work in Dover, but then he changed his work, and he and his wife moved to another town. They did not have many friends there, but they soon met a lot of interesting people, and after a few weeks, they often went to dinner or to parties at other people’s houses.

Then Mrs. Harris said to her husband, “We’ve been to a lot of other people’s houses, and now we must invite them to our house, mustn’t we?”

“Yes, certainly,” answered her husband, “A big party will be the easiest thing, won’t it? Then we can start to invite people to dinner in small numbers next month.”

So Mrs. Harris said, “Yes, I’ll invite all our friends here to a big party on 5th December.”

“How many will that be?” Mr. Harris asked. “Don’t invite too many.”

Mrs. Harris was beginning to write the invitations when her husband saw that she was writing, “Party: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.”

“That isn’t very nice, is it?” he said. “You’re telling our guests that they must go at 8:30.” So Mrs. Harris just wrote “Party: 6:30 p.m.”

A lot of guests came, and they all had a good time, so they did not go home at 8:30. In fact they were still there at mid-night when the door bell rang and a policeman arrived. He said, “You must stop making a noise, because someone has complained(抱怨).”

    Mr. Harris said he did not want to quarrel with the policeman, so everyone went home. They were sorry to have to go.

When Mr. and Mrs. Harris were alone again, she said to him. “That was a surprise, wasn’t it? Who complained about the noise?”

“I did,” Mr Harris answered in a tired voice.

51. Why did Mr. Harris and his wife move to another town?

A. They wanted to make some new friends.

B. Mr. Harris changed his work.

C. They wanted to meet a lot of interesting people.

D. They enjoyed going to parties and visiting other people’s houses.

52. What made Mr. and Mrs. Harris hold a party at their house?

A. It was easy to hold a big party at home.

B. They could ask people to dinner in small numbers.

C. They had gone to other people’s parties many times.

D. They liked making friends with others.

53. How long would Mrs. Harris like the party to last?

A. From the morning till night.

B. About fourteen hours.

C. About two hours. 

D. Till midnight

54. When did the party end that evening?

A. At about 8:30.

B. When the policeman talked with Mr. Harris on the phone.

C. About twelve o’clock at midnight..

D. When someone telephoned the police station.

55. Why did Mr. Harris telephoned the policeman about the noise?

A. Because someone rang his door bell many times at mid-night.

B. He did not want his friends to stay late that night.

C. His friends had a good time that night and also feel tired.

D. Because he hated the noise.

  If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago,we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did each day,we should be able to give an answer to the question.

    It is the same in history Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country,but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war.Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write.For example,we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4,000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them.But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write.

  Sometimes, of course,even if the people cannot write,they may know something of the past.They have heard about it from older people,and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings,and these have been sung and acted and told for many generations. For most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past.This we may call ‘remembered history’.Some of it has now been written down. It is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history is,because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing.But where there are no written records,such spoken stories are often very helpful.

46. Which of the following ideas is not suggested in the passage?

   A.“Remembered history”,compared with written history,is less reliable

   B.Written records of the past play the most important role in our learning of the human history.

   C.A written account of our daily activities helps us to be able to answer many questions.

   D.Where there are no written records, there is no history.

47.We know very little about the central Africa 200 years ago because ___

   A.there was nothing worth being written down at that time

   B . the people there ignored the importance of keeping a record

   C.the written records were perhaps destroyed by a fire

   D.the people there did not know how to write

48.“Remembered history” refers to ___.

   A.history based on a person’s imagination

   B . stories of important happenings passed down from mouth to mouth

   C . songs and dances about the most important events

   D . both B and C

49.“Remembered history” is regarded as valuable only when ____.

   A.  it is written down     B .  no written account is available

   C.it proves to be time    D.people are interested in it

50.The passage suggests that we could have learned much more about our past than we

do now if the ancient people had _____

A.kept a written record of every past event    B.  not burnt their written records in wars

C.told exact stories of the most important happenings    D.made more songs and dances

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