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One day Edison sold sandwiches on a train. Suddenly the train was held up in a waste land (荒地) because a railroad bridge had been badly destroyed(毁坏). As time passed, everybody in the train felt hungry, so Edison's sandwiches sold well. When only a few pieces were left, a poor old woman came slowly up to Edison. She searched (寻找) her pockets and then put a warm coin (硬币) in Edison's hand. She took a sandwich and went back to her seat. Four hungry children of hers waited there, all expecting (期望) that sandwich. The woman sat down, tore (扯开) the sandwich into four pieces and gave them to the children.
Edison saw that and hurried over. He gave all the sandwiches left to the children and handed the coin back to the old woman, saying, “Keep it, madam. I would never take away your last bit.”
1．Where was the old woman with her children going?
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A．To the waste-land far from her home.
B．To her home village.
C．To her husband's food shop.
D．We don't know.
2．The woman went to buy only one sandwich because ________.
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A．she knew Edison would give them some later
B．one sandwich was enough for her children
C．she had no more money about her
D．there was only one sandwich left
3．We can see from the story that ________.
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A．all the woman's children were younger than Edison
B．travellers often go hungry in the train
C．Edison was kind and took pity on the poor
D．Edison's sandwiches usually sold well
4．Which of the following is NOT true according to the story?
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A．The old woman still kept a coin in her pocket at last.
B．The woman's children each got a sandwich in the end.
C．The train came to a stop because something was wrong with a bridge.
D．The old woman was the last one to buy a sandwich from Edison that day.
5．What do you suppose (猜想) the woman said to Edison at the end of the story?
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A．“It's nothing at all．This is what you should do.”
B．“You're so kind to help us, my son.”
C．“You may take it. I have no further use for the coin.”
D．“Wait a minute. I'll pay you when I get home.”
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(A play)
THE SCENE: A classroom in a high school.
(场景) Summer is over. This is the first day of school. The students arrive one by one or in small
groups. Everyone stops to read the sign on the door. It says:
PHYSICS 1, DR.F. DIRKSON.
THE CHARACTERS: Five students (Linda, Ben, Rudy, Tony, Molly) and Dr. Dirkson.
(人物)
Linda: Dirkson? Dirkson? I don't know that name. Who is he?
Rudy: Don't ask me. He must be a new teacher. I don't remember him teaching in this school last year.
Do you, Ben?
Ben: No, but here comes Tony. If anyone can tell you about Dr. What's-His-Name, Tony can. He knows
everything.
Tony: (laughs.) I don't know everything. I only know almost everything. What is your question, please?
Molly: What do you know about this new teacher?
Tony: I don't really know much about Dr. Dirkson. I do hear things, though. I hear lots of things.
Rudy: What do you hear? Is he a good teacher? I'm hoping to go to college. This class is important to me.
Tony: I have a friend who goes to Central High School. I'm almost sure that's where Dr. Dirkson comes
from. If it's the same teacher, he is rough. Believe me, he is rough and tough.
Linda: What do you mean 'rough and tough'? I plan to go to college, too. I have to do well in this class.
Tony: What I hear is that Dirkson's exams are very hard. He usually fails about half the class. All the girls.
Linda: (angry) That can't be true. You're making it up, Tony.
Molly: He's just talking like that to make us angry, Linda. Tony, What does Dr. Dirkson look like? Is he
married?
Tony: I don't think so. But don't get excited, Molly. He isn't going to interest you. He's about seventy-seven
years old and he uses a walking stick.
Molly: (she is angry) Tony, why do you say that this teacher fails all the girls? Do you think physics is too
hard for girls? Do you think we can't do it?
Tony: All I'm saying, Molly, is that girls don't make it in Dr. Dirkson's class. Physics is very difficult. It's
not like art or music or history. It's a science. How many famous women scientists are there? Hardly
any. You can count them on the fingers of one hand.
Ben: That's not fair(公平), Tony. There are many women who are doctors and engineers and scientists. And
there are more of them all the time.
Rudy: That's right, Tony. I agree with Ben. Girls can do anything we can do.
Tony: I don't care what anybody says. I'm telling you the truth, Molly. I'm not saying that girls are not
intelligent (有智力的). They just don't have the right kind of intelligence to understand physics.
Dr. Dirskson must know that. Take my advice (忠告) and get out of his class before he walks in.
(A very pretty young woman hurries into the classroom.)
Dr. Dirkson: Good morning. I'm sorry I'm late. I am Dr. Dirkson.
(The whole class starts to laugh. Everyone laughs hard. Everyone except Tony.)
It means _______.
B. nobody knows more than Tony about a man called What's-His-Name
C. only Tony can know what the man's name is instead of anyone
D. no one can remember people's names as many as Tony can
B. believes in himself
C. takes pity on the girls
D. likes making up stories
B. The girls like to have a man teacher.
C. Dr. Dirkson is rough and tough.
D. Tony has to face the fact.
He mixed black church music, blues and rock-and-roll and produced a very different sound.
Ray Charles could play blues, rock and jazz, and liked other kinds of music, too. He recorded an album
(专辑) of country-and-western music, which was an immediate success. The album was called Modern
Sounds in Country and Western Music. Many of the songs became famous. One of the most popular was
I Can't Stop Loving You.
Charles made himself a popular artist and an expert of soul music with the release (发行) of his most
popular composition (乐曲作品) What I Say.
During the 1960s Charles appeared in the 1962 film Swinging Along, and the 1966 British film Ballad in
Blue. In 1980 he appeared in The Blues Brothers movie and became even more successful. Charles also played
an important part in the recording for Africa's song of We Are the World in 1985.
Ray Charles often said that sound and music were his life's blood. He said many times that he would not
trade his musical ability for the ability to see again. He did not give his time and money to help the blind, but
helped create and support the Robinson Foundation for Hearing Disorders, which helps people deal with the
loss of their hearing. He once said, "Being blind is my handicap (生理缺陷), but my ears are my opportunity.
Losing my hearing would have ended my life."
B. He lost his voice and could not sing.
C. He lost his sight.
D. He was disabled in both body and mind.
B. lost his interest in music in the 1960s
C. achieved great success in The Blues Brothers
D. failed to become successful in the end
B. Let's Go Get Stoned is Ray Charles' best song.
C. Ray Charles couldn't live without music and sound.
D. Charles supported the foundation for the blind.
B. Ray Charles paid attention to nothing except sound and music.
C. Ray Charles didn't help the blind because he hated being blind.
D. He considered his hearing as the most important thing in his life.