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Much of the information we have today about chimpanzees(黑猩猩)comes from the research of Jane Goodall.
From an early age, Jane was interested in animals and animal stories. At the age of 10, she was talking about going to Africa to live among the animals there. At that time, in the early 1940s, this was a radical(激进的)idea because women did not go to Africa by themselves.
As a young woman, Jane finished school in London and then worked for filmmaker for a while. When a school friend invited her to visit Kenya, she worked as a waitress until she had earned(挣)the fare to travel there by boat. She was 23 years old at that time.
Once in Kenya, she met Dr. Louis Leakey, a famous paleontologist(古生物学家). He was impressed with her knowledge of Africa and its wildlife and hired her to help him and his wife on a fossil-hunting tour. Dr. Leakey soon realized that Jane was the perfect person to complete a study he had been planning for some time. she expressed her interest in the idea of studying animals by living in the wild with them, rather than studying dead animals like fossils(化石).
【小题1】 When Jane was very young, she .
A.studied chimpanzees |
B.was interested in animals |
C.told stories about chimpanzees |
D.both B and C |
A.interest in animals |
B.going to Africa to live with animals |
C.listening to animal stories |
D.talking about animals |
A.she could attend school in London |
B.she could work for a filmmaker |
C.she could have the money to go to Kenya |
D.she could buy a boat for herself |
Much of the information we have today about chimpanzees(黑猩猩)comes from the research of Jane Goodall.
From an early age, Jane was interested in animals and animal stories. At the age of 10, she was talking about going to Africa to live among the animals there. At that time, in the early 1940s, this was a radical(激进的)idea because women did not go to Africa by themselves.
As a young woman, Jane finished school in London and then worked for filmmaker for a while. When a school friend invited her to visit Kenya, she worked as a waitress until she had earned(挣)the fare to travel there by boat. She was 23 years old at that time.
Once in Kenya, she met Dr. Louis Leakey, a famous paleontologist(古生物学家). He was impressed with her knowledge of Africa and its wildlife and hired her to help him and his wife on a fossil-hunting tour. Dr. Leakey soon realized that Jane was the perfect person to complete a study he had been planning for some time. she expressed her interest in the idea of studying animals by living in the wild with them, rather than studying dead animals like fossils(化石).
小题1: When Jane was very young, she .
A.studied chimpanzees |
B.was interested in animals |
C.told stories about chimpanzees |
D.both B and C |
A.interest in animals |
B.going to Africa to live with animals |
C.listening to animal stories |
D.talking about animals |
A.she could attend school in London |
B.she could work for a filmmaker |
C.she could have the money to go to Kenya |
D.she could buy a boat for herself |
One spring day in 1937,Mr. Goldman put up a sign at the front of his grocery(杂货店)in Oklahoma City.He looked up just as one of his customers(顾客)walked by.“Good morning,Mrs. Hope,”he said.
Mrs. Hope just smiled.She was concentrating on the full shopping basket she was carrying.The basket was very heavy because she had put so much food in it.
That was when Goldman had a great idea:a shopping basket on wheels.Then his customers wouldn’t have to carry their groceries.Shopping would become easier, and more customers would prefer to shop at his store.
Before long Goldman had some shopping carts(手推车)made.However, on the first day none of his customers used the carts he had invented.Goldman came home looking disappointed.
Goldman didn’t give up,though.He knew he just needed a way to show his customers how easy it was to use the shopping carts,so the next day he asked a few people to come and wheel the carts around his shop and pretend to buy things.
“How did it go today?”Mrs. Goldman asked when her husband came home from work.
“Great!”he said.“When my customers saw people using the carts,they realized how much easier it would be to shop with them,so they all started using the carts.Not only that,but they filled the carts with more groceries than they ever did with their own baskets.I’m going to be a rich man soon,selling groceries and my new shopping carts,too!”
( )1.What did Mrs. Hope do when Mr. Goldman greeted her?
A.She smiled and said hello to him. B.She didn’t say anything to him.
C.She shopped and talked with him. D.She dropped her shopping basket.
( )2.What made Mr. Goldman want to invent the shopping cart?
A.He wanted to sell more groceries.
B.Mrs. Goldman told him to do that.
C.He wanted to save money on baskets.
D.He saw Mrs. Hope carrying a heavy basket.
( )3.The underlined phrase“concentrating on”has the similar meaning to“______”.
A.looking back on B.picking up C.paying attention to D.looking after
( )4.Which word best describes Mr. Goldman?
A.Friendly. B.Lazy. C.Creative. D.Serious.
( )5.The customers began to use the carts because______.
A.it was much easier to shop with them
B.they saw some people using them
C.they could fill the carts with more groceries
D.they got the carts for free
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We soon decided that the only way was to build a new house. It was something unusual because normally our goal was to repair old homes. The family was pleased with their new house that was 20 by 30 feet with three bedrooms, a bath and a kitchen.
On Tuesday of that week, I asked the family’s three boys, Josh, Eric and Ryan, “What do you want for your new room?” Kids in the families we had helped usually wanted toys or posters, so we were surprised when Josh, the oldest boy said, “We just want beds.” The boys had never slept in a bed. That night we had a meeting and decided that beds would be the perfect gift. On Thursday night, a few adults in our group drove to the nearest city and bought beds and new bedding.
On Friday when we saw the truck coming, we told the family about the surprise. They were very excited.
That afternoon, while we were setting up the beds, Eric ran into the house to watch us with wide eyes. As Maggie, a member of our group, put one of the pillows on the bed, Eric asked, “What is that?”
“A pillow,” she replied.
“What do you do with it?” Eric went on asking.
“When you go to sleep, you put your head on it,” Maggie answered softly. Tears came to our eyes as she handed Eric the pillow.
“Oh . . . that’s soft,” he said, holding it tightly.
Now, when my sister or I start to ask for something that seems very urgent(急迫的), my dad always asks, “Do you have a pillow?” We know exactly what he means.
小题1:Why did the writer’s group build a new house for the family?
A.Because it was their normal work. |
B.Because the family asked them to do it. |
C.Because the trailer could no longer be repaired. |
D.Because they thought it was a perfect gift for the family. |
A.The family needed two parking spaces. |
B.The boys of the family wanted toys and posters. |
C.The family were excited about the beds and bedding. |
D.The writer’s group made some furniture for the family. |
A.The Pillow | B.A New House |
C.The Family | D.An Interesting Program |