In the 19th century England people liked to go to the seaside. In those days, ladies wore long bathing dresses, and men wore bathing suits. Women did not walk about on the beach in their bathing dresses. They hired a bathing machine. A bathing machine was used for changing in, and for taking the bather down to the sea. It cost 2 pence to hire a machine and an attendant (f~ ~). When she had paid, the bather climbed up the back steps and got into the bathing machine. Then she changed into her bathing dress. When she had changed , the machine was pulled down to the sea. The bathing machine stopped in the water and the bather went down the front steps into the water. If she did not want to get into the sea, the attendant pulled her in.

1. Who used the bathing machine?

　　A. Women bathers.

　　B. Both men and women bathers.

　　C. Bathers who couldn’t swim.

　　D. Bathers who couldn’t walk.

2. A bathing machine was mainly used for

　　A. giving the bather a pleasure ride on the beach

　　B. giving the bather some exercise before getting into the water

　　C. protecting the bather from catching cold from the sea wind

　　D. protecting the bather from being seen in bathing dress out of water

3. In the 19th century people who used the bathing machine usually did the following things. Which is the right order for doing them?

　　a. Changing into bathing clothes

　　b. Getting out of the bathing machine

　　c. Paying 2 pence

　　d. Getting into the bathing machine

　　e. Being taken down the beach

　　f. Getting into the water

　　A. e,d,a,b,f,c　　B. c,d,a,e,b,f

　　C. c,d,e,a,b,f　　D. d,a,e,b,f,c

“Mary looks hot and dry.” “So _____ you if you had so high a fever.”

　 A. do                B. would           C. will            D. are

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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? 　　

[    ] 　　

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. 　　

Since 1989, Dave Thomas, who died at age 69, was one of the most recognizable faces on TV. He appeared in more than 800 commercials（商业厂告）for the hamburger chain named for his daughter. “As long as it works," he said in 1991, I'll continue to do those commercials.”

　 Even though he was successful, Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. "He still won’t let anyone see his feet, which are out of shape because he never had proper fitting shoes," Wendy said in 1993. Born to a single mother, he was adopted as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas of Kalamazoo in Michigan. After Auleva died when he was 5, Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around seeking construction work. "He fed me,” Thomas said, "and if I got out of line, he’d beat me.”

　 Moving out on his own at 15, Thomas worked, first as a waiter, in many restaurants. But he had something much better in mind. "I thought, if I owned a restaurant,” he said, "I could eat for free.” A 1956 meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career as the manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant that made him a millionaire in 1968.

　 In 1969, after breaking with Sanders, Thomas started the first Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers, in Columbus, Ohio, which set itself apart by serving made-to-order burgers. With 6,000 restaurants worldwide, the chain now makes $6 billion a year in sales.

　 Although troubled by his own experience with adoption, Thomas, married since 1954 to Lorraine, 66, and with four grown kids besides Wendy, felt it could offer a future for other children. He started the Dave Thomas Foundation（基金会）for Adoption in 1992.

　 In 1993, Thomas, who had left school at 15, graduated from Coconut Greek High School in Florida. He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party. The kids voted him Most Likely to Succeed

　 "The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave,” says friend Pat Williams. "He wasn’t a great actor or a great speaker. He was just Joe Everybody”

1.What is the article mainly about?

　 A. The life of Dave Thomas.　　　　　　　 B The dream of Dave Thomas

　 C. The schooling of Dave Thomas, 　　　　D. The growth of Dave Thomas’s business

2.What do we know about his childhood?

A. He lived a poor life.　　　　　　　　　 B. He had caring parents.

C. He staved in one place.　　　　　　　　 D. He didn’t go to school.

3. Choose the right time order of the following events in Thomas’s life.

　 a. graduated from high school

　 b. started his own business

　 c. became a millionaire

d. started a foundation

e. met Harland sanders

　 A. e, b, c, d, a　　　 　　 B. a, e, c, b, d　　　　 C. e, c, b, d, a　　 D. a, e, b, c. d

4. " He was just Joe Everybody” in the last paragraph means____________.

　 A. Dave was famous　　 　 B. Dave was ordinary C. Dave was showy D. Dave was shy

5. What’s the name of Dave Thomas’s business?

A. Thomas’s　　 　　　　 B. Wendy’s　　　　 C. Lorraine’s　　 　 　D. Rex’s

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　　“The Lord of the Rings” , one of the best sellers in the new millennium (千年) , was made up of three parts－“The Fellowship of the Ring” , “Two Towers” , and “The Return of the King”． Millions upon millions of people have read it in over 25 different languages, but fewer know about the author and the history of the composition of the creative masterwork．

　　John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in South Africa in 1892． His parents died when he was a child． Living in England with his aunt, Tolkien and his cousins made up play languages, a hobby that led to Tolkien's becoming skilled in Welsh, Greek, Gothic, Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon．

　　After graduating from Oxford, Tolkien served in World War I． In 1917, while recovering from trench fever, he began composing the mythology for The Rings． As a professor of Anglo-Saxon in 1930s at Oxford, Tolkien was part of an informal discussion group called the Inklings, which in-cluded several writers． The group was soon listening to chapters of Tolkien’s imaginative work “ The Hobbit”．

　　Hobbit was a name Tolkien created for a local people that could best be described as half-sized members of the English rural class． Hobbits live in hillside holes． One of them, Bilbo Baggins, looks for treasures with a group of dwarves (侏儒)． On the way, he meets the twisted, pitiful creature Gollum, from whom he sees a golden ring that makes the holder invisible．

　　One of Tolkien’s students persuaded her employer, publisher Allen & Unwin, to look at a draft (草稿)． The chairman of the firm, Stanley Unwin, thought that the best judge, for a chil-dren's book would be his ten-year-old son． The boy earned a shilling for reporting back that the ad-venture was exciting, and “The Hobbit” was published in 1937．

　　It sold so well that Unwin asked for a continuation． Over a dozen years later, in 1954, Tolkien produced “The Lord of the Rings” , a series of books so creative that they hold readers－new and old －after their publication．

　　a．He had his “The Hobbit” published．

　　b．He became a member of the Inklings．

　　c．He served in World War I．

　　d．He became an undergraduate at Oxford．

　　e．His work “The Lord of the Rings” came to the world．

　　f．He moved to England to live with his aunt．