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　　Mr Clarke was born in a poor family. He was in school for only two years. When he was sixteen he left the poor mountain village and walked to the capital. He had worked in a garden, in a workplace. When he reached the biggest city in the country, nobody gave him any work. He had to beg (乞讨) in the street.

　　One day he was looking for some food while a bag fell off a motorbike. But the rider didn't find it and left quickly. He picked it up and found there was plenty of money in it. There was nobody except him there. He sat by the road and waited for the loser. About half an hour later an old man came back by motorbike and looked for something. The young man returned the bag to him. The old man thanked him very much and told him to work in his shop.

　　Mr Clarke worked hard and watched everything carefully. He learned a lot. With the old man's help , he had a shop. He never fooled anybody and was friendly to the shoppers. And people liked to do the shopping in his shops. Of course he got a lot of money. Now he had several shops, a beautiful house, a few cars and other valuable (值钱的) things. He went to his village and brought his parents, wife and children to the city. How happy they were all when they moved into the beautiful house!

　　Before Mike , their thirteen-year-old son , went to a middle school. Mrs Clarke said ,“Try to be modest (谦虚的) , son. Don't tell anybody that we're rich.”“OK', Mummy,”answered the boy.

　　That morning the teacher told his students to write a composition “My Family”. Mike remembered what his mother had said. So he wrote ,“My family is large. Here're thirteen people in my family. They are; my grandpa, grandma, father, mother, sister, two cooks, two drivers, three servants (佣人) and I. My family is poor. Our cooks , drivers and servants are all poor!”

1．Mr Clarke went to the capital on foot when he was young because ________.

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A．he wanted to visit the places of interest

B．he wanted to find work on his way

C．he had no money

D．there was no bus at that time

2．At first Mr Clarke begged in the capital because ________.

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A．he couldn't find any work there

B．he didn't know anybody there

C．the people there were all kind

D．he wanted to know the city well

3．As ________ , the old man told Mr Clarke to work in his shop.

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A．he thought the young man was able

B．the young man was worth trusting (信赖)

C．the young man helped him D. he needed a helper

4．Mr Clarke became ________.

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5．The Clarkes were happy because ________.

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A．they left the poor mountain village

B．they said goodbye to the hard life in the mountain village

C．they had their own shops

D．they did nothing at home

　　Ballpoint pens have made life easier for millions of people. At one time ___1___ did not like their students to ___2___ with them. Perhaps it was too easy. Pens can leak（漏）and it is ___3___ Ladislao Biro ___4___ for a newspaper in Budapest. He spent all day ___5___ his desk. Day in and day out, he corrected ___6___ of thin, cheap paper with a pen and ink. He often had to stop to ___7___ his pen and it did not write ___8___ on the thin paper. He and his brother George ___9___ Some experiments. They wanted a pen that did not leak, with ink that did not spill. Why not ___10___ a little ball at the end?

　　Two Englishmen, Henry Martin and Frederick Miles, liked the ___11___. It was the ___12___ of the Second World War. The Air Force（空军）___13___ a non-leak, non-spill pen for the men to write with in ___14___ Martin and Miles made and ___15___ many thousands of Biro“writing-sticks”to the Air Force.

　　Ballpoint pens have made life easier for millions of people. At one time __1__ did not like their students to __2__ with them. Perhaps it was too easy. Pens can leak（漏）and it is __3__ to spill（溢出）the ink. And it is hard to write on thin or cheap paper with them.

　　Two Englishmen, Henry Martin and Frederick Miles, liked the __11__ It was the __12__ of the Second World War. The Air Force（空军）__13__ a non-leak, non-spill pen for the men to write with in __14__ Martin and Miles made and ___15___ many thousands of Biro“writing-sticks”to the Air Force.

Ladislao Brio ____4____ for a newspaper in Budapest. He spent all day ____5____ his desk. Day in and day out, he corrected ____6____ of thin, cheap paper with a pen and ink. He often had to stop to ____7____ his pen and it did not write ____8____ on the thin paper. He and his brother George  ____9____ some experiments. They wanted a pen that did not leak, with ink that did not spill. Why not ____10____ a little ball at the end?

Two Englishmen, Henry Martin and Fredrick Miles, liked the ____11____. It was the ____12____of the Second World War. The Air-Forced ____13____ a non-leak, non-spill pen for the men to write with in ____14____. Martin and Miles made and ____15____ many thousands of Biro “writing-sticks” to the Air-Force.

1． (　)A．factories　　  B．schools　　　　 C．shops　　   D．restaurants

2． (　)A．play　　　　  B．write　　　　 C．come　　　　  D．meet

3． (　)A．easy 　　　　  B．hard 　　   C．free　　　　   D．popular

4． (　)A．left　　　　  B．waited　　　　 C．looked　　    D．worked

5． (　)A．on　　　　    B．near　　　　 C．at　　　　　　 D．in

6． (　)A．mistakes　　   B．books　　   C．pages　　　　    D．diaries

7． (　)A．mend　　　　 B．fill　　　　  C．brush　　　　    D．change

8． (　)A．well　　　　    B．down　　  C．out　　　　　　  D．up

9． (　)A．kept　　　　  B．finished　　  C．began　　　　    D．studied

10． (　)A．find　　　　 B．wear　　　　 C．grow　　　　    D．use

11． (　)A．matter　　    B．result　　 &n
b
sp; C．meaning　　　　  D．idea

12． (　)A．day　　　　    B．time　　   C．break　　　　   D．year

13． (　)A．bought　　    B．took　　    C．needed　　　　 D．preferred

14． (　)A．planes　　    B．ships　　   C．trains　　　　  D．buses

15． (　)A．sold　　　　   B．lent　　   C．moved　　　　  D．passed