65.
Friedlander can be said to be .
A.
clever B. friendly C. hardworking D. strong-minded
97 B
In the 1930s, a lot of people in the USA were out of
work. Among these people was a man named Alfred Butts. He always had 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 1948 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 8,500 sets 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 he went back to work after his holiday, he
insisted that Macy's should stock(储备)the game
and make an effort(努力)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.
55. The text is mainly about .
A.‘Lexico’ B.three men C.a word game D.Alfred Butts
56. Alfred Butts invented the game ‘Lexico’ .
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
57. Who made ‘Scrabble’ popular?
A.Alfred Butts. B.Jack Strauss. C.Alfred Butts and Jim Brunot. D.Jack
Strauss and Jim Brunot.
58. When did Alfred Butts first put his game on the market?
A. In 1939. B. In 1948. C. Before 1939. D. Between 1939
and 1948.
C
Allan goes everywhere with Birgitta
Anderson,a 54-year-old secretary. He moves around heroffice at work and goes shopping with her.‘Most people don't seem to mind Allan,’saysBirgitta, who thinks he is wonderful. 'He's my fourth child,'she says. She may think of himand
treat him that way, buying his food, paying his health bills and his taxes, but
in factAllan is a dog. Birgitta
and Allan live in Sweden, a country where everyone is expected tolead an orderly life according to rules laid down by the
government, which also provides(提供)a high level of care for its people. This
level of care costs money. People inSweden pay taxes
on everything, so aren't surprised to find that owning a dog means yet moretaxes. Some people are paying as much as 500 Swedish
kronor in taxes a year for the right tokeep their
dog, money that is spent by the government on dog hospitals and sometimes medicaltreatment for a dog that falls ill. However, most
such treatment is expensive, so ownersoften decide to
pay health and even life insurance (保险)for
their dog. In Sweden dogowners must pay for any
damage (损坏)their dog does. A Swedish Kennel Club officialexplains what this means: if your dog runs out on
the road and gets hit by a passing car you,as the
owner, have to pay for any damage done to the car, even if your dog has been killedin the accident.
