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    In the 1930's, a lot of people in the USA were out of work. Among these people was a man named Alfred Butts. He always has an interest in word games and so, to fill his time, he planned a game which he called“Lexico”. However, he was not completely satisfied with the game, so he made a number of changes to it and, in time, changed its name from“Lexico”to“Alph”and then to“Criss·Cross”. He wanted to make some money from his new game, but he didn't have any real commercial（商业性的）success.

　　In 1939, Butts happened to meet a man called Jim Brunot who showed an interest in the new game. The two men worked together on developing the game and in 1984 it was offered for sale in the United States under its new name--“Scrabble”.

　　At first, it didn't sell very well. In the first year it sold just 2,250 sets and by 1951 it had only reached 8,500sets a year.

　　Then, in 1952 the manager of Macy's department store in New York, Jack Strauss, happened to play“Scrabble”while he was on holiday. He thought it was a wonderful game and, when the went back to work after his holiday, he insisted that Macy's should stock（储备）the game and make an effort to call the public's attention to it.

　　As a result,“Scrabble”became a big success in the United States and it soon spread to Australia and then to other English-speaking countries.

（1）The text is mainly about _______.

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（2）Alfred Butts invented the game“Lexico” ________.

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A. to make himself famous

B. to make spelling simpler

C. when he was out of work and looking for a job

D. when he was playing word games to pass the time

（3）Who made“Scrabble”popular?

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A. Alfred Butts.

B. Jack Strauss.

C. Alfred Butts and Jim Brunot.

D. Jack Strauss and Jim Brunot.

（4）When did Alfred Butts first put his game on the market?

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A. In 1939.

B. In 1948.

C. Before 1939.

D. Between 1939 and 1948.

（5）What does the underlined word“call”mean in Paragraph 4?

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　　Two men are in hospital living 1 door to each other. 2 are alive be cause of 3 sixteen-year-old boy, a high school student 4 Jim Brand, One of the men he 5 was his father; the other was his boss.

　　Driving to the park with his son last Sunday, 6 suddenly 7 a pain in his chest (胸部). Jim 8 him to their family doctor, who 9 that he should be sent to the hospital at once. Mr Brand said it was not 10 , but Jim begged him to 11 the doctor's advice. 12 they got to the hospital, Mr Brand had a bad 13 attack. If he had been anywhere 14 , he would have 15 .

　　Two days 16 , as Jim drove out to the store where he worked part time, he saw a man 17 away. Then his boss, Mr Green staggered (摇摇晃晃) out to Jim's 18 and fell down 19 it. He was injured (受伤) seriously by that time. Jim rushed him to the hospital just 20 to save his life.

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Dear Jim,

I'd like to tell you something more about our school　　  　　    　　　　　　 1.——

sports meet. It was held in Oct. 6, which was a fine　　　　　　  　　　　　　  　　 2.——

day. There were over 1, 000 students and teachers　　　　    　　　　    　　　　 3.——

attend it. Wang Lin, a student from my class won the　　　　　　  　　 　　 4.——

100-meter race. He finish the race in 12.6 seconds　　　　　　   　　　　　　  　　 5.——

and broke in the school record. The sports meet was　　　　　　 　　　　　　  　　 6.——

really success. That was because we were all trying　　　　  　　　　　　  　　　　 7.——

to do my best.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    　　    　　 8.——

Although I was not one of the winner, I was　　　　　　　　 　　 　　　　 9.——

proud of that we had done.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  　　　　　　　　　　  10.——

Looking forward to receiving your letter.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   Yours,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   Li Ping

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