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　　On the 14th day of June, 1777, the Continental Congress passed the following resolution: “Resolved (决心，决定) that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes alternate (交替的) red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation (星群).”

　　We are told that before this, in 1776, a committee had been appointed to look after the matter, and together with General Washington they called at the house of Betsy Ross, 239 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

　　Betsy Ross was a young widow of twenty-four, heroically supporting herself by continuing the upholstery (室内装璜) business of her late husband, young John Ross, a patriot (爱国者) who had died in the service of his country. Betsy was noted for her exquisite (精致的) needle-work, and was engaged in the flag-making business.

　　The committee asked her if she thought she could make a flag from a design, a rough drawing of which General Washington showed her. She replied, with diffidence (缺乏自信), that she did not know whether she could, or not, but would try. She noticed, however, that the star as drawn had six points, and informed the committee that the correct star had but five. They answered that as a great number of stars would be required, the more regular form with six points could be more easily made than one with five.

　　She responded (做出反应) in a practical way by deftly (灵巧的) folding a scrap (小片) of paper; then with a single clip of her scissors she displayed a true, symmetrical (对称的)、 five-pointed star. This decided the committee in her favor. A rough design was left for her use, but she was permitted to make a sample (样品) flag according to her own ideas of the arrangement of the stars and the proportion (比例) of the stripes and the general form of the whole.

　　Some time after its completion, it was presented to Congress, and soon after the committee had the pleasure of informing Betsy Ross that her flag had been accepted as the nation's standard (旗).

1．Which of the following description about Ross is NOT true?

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A．Her husband died in the American War of Independence.

B．She was good at needle-work.

C．She was forced to make the national standard.

D．She changed the six-pointed star in the design to five points.

2．When Ross was asked to make the national standard, she was ________.

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3．The committee decided to ask Ross to make the national standard because ________.

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A．her husband was a patriot

B．she was very confident

C．General Washington showed her the design

D．they believed she was capable and competent

4．She changed the design because ________.

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A．she didn't know that the person who showed her the design was General Washington

B．she wanted to display her competence

C．she knew that the true star was five-pointed

D．she thought the star with six points was not easy to make

5．In the sentence “This decided the committee in her favor” (Para. 5), the pronoun “this” refers to ________.

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A．the design

B．the five-pointed star

C．her making a true star with a scrap of paper

D．her confidence

A friend in need is a friend indeed. 是一句谚语。请根据自己的理解和经验，参考所给的汉语提示，以Ways of Making Friends为题写篇短文。词数 100 左右。
　　要求提示：
　　１、每个人都需要朋友，如何交友极为重要。
　　２、要交朋友，首先对别人要友好。微笑是吸引别人的吸铁石（magnet）。
　　３、要使陌生人不管在何处，都能感到你的亲切。要关心别人胜过关心自己，不要以貌取人。
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. 是一句谚语。请根据自己的理解和经验，参考所给的汉语提示，以Ways of Making Friends为题写篇短文。词数 100 左右。

　　要求提示：１、每个人都需要朋友，如何交友极为重要。

　　２、要交朋友，首先对别人要友好。微笑是吸引别人的吸铁石（magnet）。

　　３、要使陌生人不管在何处，都能感到你的亲切。要关心别人胜过关心自己，不要以貌取人。

Alfred Nobel became a millionaire and changed the ways of mining，construction，and warfare as the inventor of dynamite（炸药）. On April 12，1888，Alfred's brother Ludwig died of heart attack. A major French newspaper _1_ his brother for him and carried an article _2_ the death of Alfred Nobel. “The merchant of death is dead.”The article read. “Dr. Alfred

Nobel，who became _3_ by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before，died yesterday. ”Nobel was _4_ to find out not that he had died，but that，when his time was up， he would be thought of only as one who profited from _5_ and destruction.

To make sure that he was _6_ with love and respect. Nobel arranged in his _7_ to give the largest part of his money to _8_ the Nobel prizes，which would be awarded to people who made great _9_ to the causes of peace，literature，and the sciences. So _10_ ，Nobel had to die before he realized what his life was really about.

本文记叙了阿尔佛雷德?诺贝尔决定设立诺贝尔奖金的经过。

难易度：难

1. A. found　 B. misunderstood C. mistook D. judged

2. A. introducing B. announcing C. implying　 D. advertising

3. A. famous B. sick　 C. rich　 D. popular

4. A. upset　 B. anxious C. excited D. pleased

5. A. death　 B. disease C. trouble D. attack

6. A. repaid B. described C. supported D. remembered

7. A. book B. article C. will　 D. contract

8. A. establish　 B. form　 C. develop D. promote

9. A. additions　 B. sacrifices C. changes D. contributions

10. A. generally B. basically C. usually D. certainly