When Ben Franklin was only a boy, 'he always wanted, to know about the new things. He was always asking his father and brothers "What? How?" and "Why?"

They couldn't always tell him what he wanted to know.

When they couldn't tell him, Ben tried to find out for himself.

Many times Ben did find out things that no one knew before. The other boys would say, "That Ben Franklin! He's always finding out something new!"

Ben lived close to the water. He liked to go there to see the boats. He saw how the wind blew them across the water.

One day Ben said to himself, "Why can't the wind help me float(漂流) across the water? And I'm going to try." Ben got his big kite. He took hold' of the kite string(线)and ran with it. The wind took the kite up into the air. Then Ben jumped into the water.

The wind blew the kite higher into the air. Ben began to float across the water. Soon he was on the other side, and he hadn't worked at all.

One boy shouted, "Look at Ben floating across the water! His kite takes him to the other side without any work!"

"Yes," said another. "He's always finding new ways to do things."

1. When Ben was only a child, he        .

A. liked to fly a kite by himself

B. always asked easy questions

C. always liked to" play with water

D. always liked to find out new things

2. Ben's father and brothers        .

A. couldn't answer all his questions

B. could answer all his questions

C. tried hard to find out something new for him

D. were too busy to answer his question

3. How did Ben float across the water?

A. The other boy took him across it.

B. The water carried him across it.

C. The flying kite took him across it.

D. A boat took him across it.

4. Ben found out many things that        .

A. were funny and useless

B. people hadn't known before

C. his father and brothers knew

D. most people knew

5. In the passage, the sentence "he hadn't worked at all" means "       ".

A. he worked hard to cross the water

B. he didn't go to work that day

C. he didn't cross the water at all

D. he crossed the water in an easy way

When Ben Franklin was only a boy，he always wanted to know about things. He was always asking his father and brothers “What？”and “How？” and “Why？”
They couldn't always tell him what he wanted to know．
When they couldn't tell him，Ben tried to find out for himself．
Many times Ben did find out things that no one knew before. The other boys would say，“That Ben Franklin！He's always finding out something new！”
Ben lived close to the water．He liked to go there to see the boats. He saw how the wind blew them across the water．
One day Ben said to himself，“Why can't the wind help me float（漂浮）across the water？And I'm going to try.” Ben got his big kite．He took hold of the kite string（线）and ran with it．The wind took the kite up into the air. Then Ben jumped into the water．
The wind blew the kite high into the air．Ben began to float across the water. Soon he was on the other side，and he had not worked at all．
One boy shouted，“Look at Ben floating across the water！His kite takes him to the other side without any work！”
“Yes,” said another．“He's always finding new ways to do things.”
【小题1】When he was only a child，Ben  ________．

When Ben Franklin was only a boy，he always wanted to know about things. He was always asking his father and brothers “What？”and “How？” and “Why？”

They couldn't always tell him what he wanted to know．

When they couldn't tell him，Ben tried to find out for himself．

Many times Ben did find out things that no one knew before. The other boys would say，“That Ben Franklin！He's always finding out something new！”

Ben lived close to the water．He liked to go there to see the boats. He saw how the wind blew them across the water．

One day Ben said to himself，“Why can't the wind help me float（漂浮）across the water？And I'm going to try.” Ben got his big kite．He took hold of the kite string（线）and ran with it．The wind took the kite up into the air. Then Ben jumped into the water．

The wind blew the kite high into the air．Ben began to float across the water. Soon he was on the other side，and he had not worked at all．

One boy shouted，“Look at Ben floating across the water！His kite takes him to the other side without any work！”

“Yes,” said another．“He's always finding new ways to do things.”

1.When he was only a child，Ben  ________．

2.His father and brothers ________．

3.In the passage，the sentence “and he had not worked at all” means“_______”．

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Beethoven, a famous musician in the world, was born in Germany in 1770. In his childhood Beethoven didn’t have a happy life. His father was a singer. When he was only four, his father began to make him practice hour after hour on different musical instruments. If he did not put his heart into it, his father would beat him or make it hard on him.

Beethoven loved music an he learned so fast that he was able to go around to give concerts, when he was only a boy of eleven. At the age of seventeen, he won high praise from Mozart, the great musician at that time.

Beethoven was often poor an ill during his life. After one illness, he suddenly found himself deaf. At that time he was only thirty-one. It was a blow (打击) to him indeed.

But he still went on working and writing music pieces. To people’s surprise, some of his best pieces were written after he lost his hearing.

In 1827, leaving more than 300 pieces, the great musician died. But his name is still remembered to his day.

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