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On a cold January morning in a Washington, DC Metro Station, a man with a violin played for about an hour. During that time about 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

       After 3 minutes a middle-aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He stopped for a few seconds and then hurried on. Four minutes later the violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat without stopping and continued to walk. After 6 minutes, a young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and walked away. After 10 minutes, a 3-year-old boy stopped but his mother dragged him along hurriedly. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent, without exception, forced their children to move on quickly.

      Finally only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money, but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $ 32. When he finished playing, no one applauded.

       The violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate (复杂的) pieces ever written, with a violin worth $ 3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell sold out a theatre in Boston where the seats averaged $ 100 each.

       The program was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about understanding, taste, and people’s social position. In a common place environment, at an inappropriate hour, do we appreciate beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?

      If we do not take a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, how many other things are we missing?

The first paragraph is aimed to tell us ______.

     A. the man chose a bad place for playing      B. what background the story was set in

     C. how busy people were that morning         D. many people showed interest in music

We can infer from the passage that ______.

     A. none of the passers-by were fond of music

     B. beauty can only be enjoyed in particular places

C. in a way, the violinist was mistaken as a beggar

D. Joshua Bell first played the violin in the station

According to the writer, people should _____.

     A. listen to as many great musicians as possible

     B. try to create beautiful things for others to enjoy

     C. show kindness to anyone whether they’re rich or not

     D. notice and appreciate what’s going on in their daily life

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On a cold January morning in a Washington, DC Metro Station, a man with a violin played for about an hour. During that time about 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

       After 3 minutes a middle-aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He stopped for a few seconds and then hurried on. Four minutes later the violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat without stopping and continued to walk. After 6 minutes, a young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and walked away. After 10 minutes, a 3-year-old boy stopped but his mother dragged him along hurriedly. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent, without exception, forced their children to move on quickly.

      Finally only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money, but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $ 32. When he finished playing, no one applauded.

       The violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate (复杂的) pieces ever written, with a violin worth $ 3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell sold out a theatre in Boston where the seats averaged $ 100 each.

       The program was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about understanding, taste, and people’s social position. In a common place environment, at an inappropriate hour, do we appreciate beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?

      If we do not take a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, how many other things are we missing?

1. The first paragraph is aimed to tell us ______.

     A. the man chose a bad place for playing      B. what background the story was set in

     C. how busy people were that morning         D. many people showed interest in music

2.We can infer from the passage that ______.

     A. none of the passers-by were fond of music

     B. beauty can only be enjoyed in particular places

C. in a way, the violinist was mistaken as a beggar

D. Joshua Bell first played the violin in the station

3.According to the writer, people should _____.

     A. listen to as many great musicians as possible

     B. try to create beautiful things for others to enjoy

     C. show kindness to anyone whether they’re rich or not

     D. notice and appreciate what’s going on in their daily life

 

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       On a cold January morning in a Washington, DC Metro Station, a man with a violin played for about an hour.During that time about 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

       After 3 minutes a middle-aged man noticed there was a musician playing.He stopped for a few seconds and then hurried on.Four minutes later the violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat without stopping and continued to walk.After 6 minutes, a young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and walked away.After 10 minutes, a 3-year-old boy stopped but his mother dragged him along hurriedly.This action was repeated by several other children.Every parent, without exception, forced their children to move on quickly.

       Finally only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while.About 20 gave money, but continued to walk at their normal pace.The man collected a total of $ 32.When he finished playing, no one applauded.

       The violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world.He played one of the most intricate (复杂的) pieces ever written, with a violin worth $ 3.5 million dollars.Two days before, Joshua Bell sold out a theatre in Boston where the seats averaged $ 100 each.

       The program was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about understanding, taste, and people’s social position.In a common place environment, at an inappropriate hour, do we appreciate beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?

       If we do not take a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, how many other things are we missing?

1.The first paragraph is aimed to tell us ______.

       A.the man chose a bad place for playing     

       B.what background the story was set in

       C.how busy people were that morning        

       D.many people showed interest in music

2.We can infer from the passage that ______.

       A.none of the passers-by were fond of music

       B.beauty can only be enjoyed in particular places

       C.in a way, the violinist was mistaken as a beggar

       D.Joshua Bell first played the violin in the station

3.According to the writer, people should _____.

       A.listen to as many great musicians as possible

       B.try to create beautiful things for others to enjoy

       C.show kindness to anyone whether they’re rich or not

       D.notice and appreciate what’s going on in their daily life

 

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  When your grandfather was a boy, he probably took your grandmother to an ice-cream parlor(小售货亭).Here, for a little more than a dime(ten cents), he could treat the young lady to an ice-cream soda, a sundae, a malted milk, or some other delightful dessert.Probably, the ice-cream parlor was situated in a corner of a drugstore.There were containers of many kinds of sweet liquid.The person behind the counter was the master of such delightful combination of ingredients as the brown cow, a root-beer soda with ice-cream floating in it.

  The name soda water tells something of its origins in US.Naturally carbonated(含二氧化碳的)water flows out of the ground in mineral springs around the world.These mineral springs have long attracted people in search of a cure for some ills.Then in 1767, the scientist Joseph Priestley created the first soda water not taken from natural mineral springs.Soon other experimenters were finding new ways to create the bubbly(冒气泡的)water that is the basis of so many soft drinks.In 1825, Elias Durand decided to catch the public interest in sparkling waters.He opened a drugstore in Philadelphia that served carbonated water, at that time still considered a helpful medicine.

  A few years later, another Philadelphian, Eugene Roussel, decided to bottle soda water of different tastes.His first offering was a popular lemon soda, sold at the fountain of his perfume shop.Other manufacturers entered the race, and new tastes were introduced.Meanwhile, at soda fountains, adventurous owners added sweet cream to make the drink more appetizing.

  Then came one of the most important events in the history of soda water.In October 1874 at the semi-centennial celebration of Philadelphia's Franklin Institute, a salesman named Robert Green sold so many soda-water drinks with cream that he ran out of cream.He rushed to a nearby shop to buy some straw-berry ice-cream.He planned to melt the ice-cream and use it as cream.His customers were too thirsty to wait, and so he put the ice-cream right into the soda water.The ice-cream soda was born.It has never lost its popularity.

  Not far away, Charles E.Hires was experimenting with selling dried roots, bark, herbs.and flowers for making a drink he called root beer.He also made his own.By 1892, more than two million bottles of his soft drink were being sold annually.Then came a host of other drinks:Moxie, Dr.Pepper, and Coca-Cola.When the drink-business society in the 1890s forbade the sale of alcohol, the soft-drink market exploded.

  The soft-drink market today is a huge business, with many competitors pushing their products on television and in newspapers and magazines.There are still many fast-food places where ice-cream sodas may be ordered.In every corner of the land there are machines pouring out soft drinks.But the old-time ice-cream parlor in a corner of a drugstore is largely a thing of the past.

(1)

According to this passage, the ice-cream soda was born ________.

[  ]

A.

through the genius of Charles E.Hires

B.

in a drugstore in Philadelphia

C.

in the year of 1825

D.

quite by accident

(2)

The underlined sentence “the soft-drink market exploded” means that ________.

[  ]

A.

Americans preferred fast-food shops to ice-cream parlors

B.

soft drinks were suddenly more popular than ever

C.

only certain kinds of soda were getting popular

D.

the sale of soft drinks was gradually falling off

(3)

The best title of this passage could be ________.

[  ]

A.

The Reason Why the Soft-drink Industry Is Popular in US

B.

The Invention and Development of Carbonated Water

C.

The Ice-cream Parlor and the History of Soda Water

D.

The Key Moment in the Production of Soda Water

(4)

The author of this passage would probably ________.

[  ]

A.

feel unhappy with Robert Green's actions

B.

prefer root beer to lemon soda

C.

hope for a job advertising soft drinks

D.

like to see ice-cream parlors return

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