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　　When Laura reached school-going age the discussions about moving became more urgent (紧迫的). Her father did not want the children to go to school with the village children and for once her mother agreed with him. Not because, as he said, they ought to have a better education than they could get at Lark Rise; but because she feared they would tear their clothes and catch cold and get dirty heads going a mile and a half to and from the school in the village. So empty cottages in the market town were examined and often it seemed that the next week or the next month they would be leaving Lark Rise for ever, but again each time something would happen to prevent the removal, and gradually a new idea came up. To gain time, their father would teach the two eldest children to read and write, so that, if asked by the School Attendance Office, their mother could say they were leaving the small village shortly, and in the meantime, were being taught at home.

　　So their father brought home two copies of Mavor's First Reader and taught them the alphabet; but just as Laura was beginning on words of one syllable (音节), He was sent away to work on a distant job, only corning home at weekends. Laura, left at the c-a-t s-I-t-s on the m-a-t's stage, then had to carry her book round after her mother as she went about her housework, asking,“Please, Mother, what does h-o-u-s-a spell?”or“W-a-l-k, Mother, what is that?”

　　Often when her mother was too busy or too tired to attend to her, she would sit and fix her eyes on a page that might as well have been printed in Hebrew (希伯来语) for all she could make of it, frowning (锁眉) and studying the print as though she would make out the meaning by force of concentration (专注).

　　After weeks of this, there came a day when, quite suddenly, as it seemed to her, the printed characters took on a meaning. There were still many words, even in the first page of that simple book, she could not understand; but she could jump those and make sense of the whole.“I'm reading! I'm reading!” she cried aloud.“Oh, Mother! Oh, Edmund! I'm reading!”

1．Laura's father didn't want his children to go to school at Lark Rise because ________.

[　　]

A．it was too far away

B．they couldn't learn enough

C．their hair would become dirty

D．they would ruin their clothes

2．The children's father decided to teach them to read and write so that they ________.

[　　]

A．had an excuse not to have to move

B．had a reason for not attending school

C．could write to the School Attendance Office

D．would be educated before they left the village

3．The underlined part “left at the c-a-t s-I-t-s on the m-a-t's stage”means that ________.

[　　]

A．Laura was working hard and learning quickly

B．her father had no time to teach her

C．her mother was too busy to attend to her

D．Laura knew little about how to read and write

4．From the passage we can infer that ________ made Laura stare at a page in her book.

[　　]

A．her lack of concentration

B．her inability to understand

C．her need to understand Hebrew

D．her determination to understand

5．Laura finally discovered she could read when she ________.

[　　]

A．understood the main idea

B．understood all the words in her book

C．recognized the printed characters

D．jumped the first pages of her book

So their father brought home two copies of Mavor's First Reader and taught them the alphabet; but just as Laura was beginning on words of one syllable(音节), He was sent away to work on a distant job, only coming home at weekends. Laura, left at the c-a-t s-t-s stage on the m-a-t’s, then had to carry her book round after her mother as she went about her housework, asking, “Please, Mother, what does h-o-u-s-e spell?” or “W-a-l-k, Mother, what is that?”

Often when her mother was too busy or too tired to attend to her, she would sit and fix her eyes on a page that might as well have been printed in Hebrew(希伯来语) for all she could `make of it, frowning(锁眉) and studying the print as though she would make out the meaning by force of concentration(专注).

After weeks of this, there came a day when, quite suddenly, as it seemed to her, the printed characters took on a meaning. There were still many words, even in the first page of that simple edition she could not understand; but she could jump those and make sense of the whole. “I’m reading! I'm reading!” she cried aloud. “Oh, Mother! Oh, Edmund ! I’m reading!”

1. Laura’s father didn’t want his children to go to school at Lark Rise because________.

    A. it was too far away 　　　　　　　　　　   B. they couldn’t learn enough

    C. their hair would become dirty　　　　  D. they would ruin their clothes

2. The children’s father decided to teach them to read and write so that they________.

    A. had an excuse not to have to move

    B. had a reason for not attending school

    C. could write to the School Attendance Office

    D. would be educated before they left the village

3. The underlined part “left at the c-a-t s-i-t-s on the m-a-t’s stage” means that________ .

    A. Laura was working hard and learning quickly

    B. her father had no time to teach her

    C. her mother was too busy to attend to her

    D. Laura knew little fort how to read and write

4. From the passage we can infer that________ made Laura stare at a page in her book.

    A. her lack of concentration 　　　　　　   B. her inability to understand

    C. her need to understand Hebrew 　　  D. her determination to understand

5. Laura finally discovered she could read when she________.

    A. understood the main idea 　　　　　　   B. understood all the words in her book

C. recognized the printed characters    D. jumped the first pages of her book

Hundreds of people lined up at Grand Central Terminal yesterday，but they weren’t there to catch a train．They came to New York City’s famous railroad station to trade in old dollar bills for the new George Washington Presidential $1 coin．   

    The gold--colored coin is the first in a new series by the U．S．Mint（造币厂）that honors former U．S．Presidents．The Mint will issue four Presidential $l coins a year through 2016．Presidential $1 coins will come out in the order in which each President served．The George Washington coin is the first to be released．John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison coins will come out later this year．

A New Look

    The Presidential $1 coins will be the same size and color as the Sacagawea Golden Dollar．However，there is an important difference．  For the first time since the 1930s，there is an inscription on the edge of each coin．It includes the year in which the coin was issued and two traditional mottos：“In God we trust”and“E pluribus unum．”

    Each coin will show a different President on its face，or heads side．It will al so show the President’s name，the order in which he served and hi s years in office．The other side of the coin will show the Statue of Liberty and the inscriptions“United States of America”and “$1．”

    Not Just for Collectors 

    Becky Gross，16，was one of the first people to put a Presidential coin in her pocket．She and her mother，Karen Martin，were visiting New York from London，England，on the day the new coins were released．They say t he coins make a great souvenir．

But the coins aren’t just for collectors．“The new Presidential $l coins are an educational and fun way to learn about former President s，”says U．S．Mint director Edmund Moy．They have practical uses too．At Grand Cent real Terminal，Moy kicked off the coin exchange by placing a Presidential $1 coin in a New York City parking meter．

1．The main idea of this passage probably is _______．

    A．to emphasize the importance of the issue of coins   

    B．to introduce the issue of the presidential $1 coins   

    C．to strengthen the achievements of the former presidents   

    D．the issue of the presidential$1 coins were warmly welcomed by the collectors

2．Who will be the third to come out this year?

A．George Washington．                             B．Madison．

    C．James．                                                    D．Thomas Jefferson．

3．The special quality of the presidential $1 coins is _______．

A．the coins each have an image of a president

    B．the coins are only for collections   

    C．on the edge of each coin printed the date and mottos

D．four coins will be issued every year

4．Which of the following information can we get from the coin? 

      A．Important events happening during his office years．

      B．Mottos the president liked．

      C．The years when the president served．

      D．The date when the president died．

5．All the following are the purposes of issuing the new presidential $1 coins except______．

    A．attracting foreign visitors

    B．learning a bout former presidents

      C．practical uses 

      D．meeting t he needs of collectors

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