摘要: Where did the speaker go to university? A. In California B. In Bangkok C. In Sydney

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    Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories.His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to   know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where   he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O.Henry   was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories.   After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing.   He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People   liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish   with a sudden change at the end, to the readers' surprise.   

1. In which order did O. Henry do the following things?   

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a. Lived in New York.  

b. Worked in a bank  

c. Traveled to Texas  

d. Was put in prison.    

e. Had a newspaper job.  

f. Learned to write stories.   

A. e,c,f,b,d,a  

B. c,e,b,d,f,a    

C. e,b,d,c,a,f  

D. c,b,e,d,a,f  

2. People enjoyed reading O.Henry's stories because________  

[    ]

A. they had surprise endings.   

B. they were easy to understand.   

C. they showed his love for the poor.   

D. they were about New York City.  

3. O. Henry went to prison because___________.  

[    ]

A. people thought he had stolen money from the newspaper   

B. he broke the law by not using his own name   

C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners   

D. people thought he had taken money that was not his   

4. What do you think about O. Henry before he began writing?   

[    ]

A. He was well educated.    

B. He was not serious about work.   

C. He was devoted to the poor.   

D. He was very good at learning.  

5. Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?  

[    ]

A. His life inside the prison.   

B. The newspaper articles he wrote.   

C. The city and people of New York.   

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  The average temperature around the world is rising.People living in the US Midwest might find this fact hard to believe, though.Two new studies show that in America's heartland, summers are now cooler and wetter than they were in years past.The scientists suggest that the change in the Midwest climate may have happened because of farming.

  The first study was led by David Changnon, a climatologist at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.A climatologist studies the climate of an area, which includes measuring rainfall, temperature and wind.Climatologists want to know how these factors have changed in the past, and how they will change in the future.

  Changnon and his team studied temperature records from Chicago and 13 other sites in the Midwest.“These two changes-lower temperatures and more rainfall-may be connected by humidity, ” Changnon says.Humidity is the measure of how much moisture is in the air.Humid air, which contains a lot of moisture, takes longer to heat up than dry air.

  So where did the extra moisture in the air come from? Changnon points to farms in the region.As plants grow, they pull moisture from the ground and release it into the air.And among plants, soybean and corn plants release a lot of moisture.Midwestern farms now plant more soybeans and corn than in the past, with 97 percent of farmland today planted with these two crops.He also notes that the plants are planted closer together now than they used to be, so there are more plants per acre than in the past.

  The second study was led by famous scientists from the US.The researchers studied a vast area of the United States that stretches from South Dakota to Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle.They found that in 1930, farmers in that region irrigated only about 1.8 million acres of farmland, an amount roughly half the size of Connecticut.In 1980, however, farmers irrigated nearly 15 million acres-more land than Vermont and New Hampshire combined.

(1)

What does the underlined word “changes” mean in Paragraph 3?

[  ]

A.

It means that the temperature is lower and the rainfall is higher than before

B.

It means that the rain is heavier than before

C.

It means that the weather is cooler and there is also more rainfall than before

D.

It means that our mind should be changed about farming in the future

(2)

From this article, we know that ________.

[  ]

A.

the weather will be changed in the future

B.

farmers irrigated nearly 15 million acres in 1930

C.

we must plant more trees in order to protect our environment

D.

the climatologists have told us two aspects about the reason for the climate change

(3)

The underlined word “ moisture” in Paragraph refers to ________.

[  ]

A.

humidity

B.

rainfall

C.

water

D.

steam

(4)

The best title for the article is ________.

[  ]

A.

The Weather Is Changing Better Now

B.

The Analysis for the Weather

C.

Why Climate in Midwest Is Changing

D.

The Importance for Plants and Irrigation

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