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The Way That Some Last Name Started

       You have a first name to tell who you are. You have a last name to tell which family you are from.

       But a long, long time ago, people didn't have last name. Later they had to invent(发明)last names because there were too many Charlies, too many Roberts, and too many Marys, people started to ask, which Charlie? Which Robert? Which Mary?

       So if a Charlie was a carpenter(木匠), he became Charlie Carpenter if a Robert was a son of Peter, he became Robert Peterson. If a Mary lived near the woods, she became Mary Woods.

       This is the way that some last names started long, long ago.

(      ) 1、One's last name can also be called the           .

       A.parent's name                             B.brother or sister's name

       C.family name                                D.second name

(      ) 2、A long, long time ago, people didn't have last names because            .

       A.they didn't know how to invent last names

       B.they didn't want to make their names too long

       C.there was not a need

       D.they were living in one big family

(      ) 3、What was the first name of David Johnson's forefather(祖先)?                .

       A.David            B.John        C.Peter             D.None of the three

(      ) 4、Which of the following last names was invented by place?          .

       A.John Smith     B.Jack Tomson  C.Joe Hill          D.Amy White

(      ) 5、Which of the following last names was invented by job?                    .

       A.Lily Wood     B.Kin Jackson   C.Bruce Green  D.Nick Cook


A six-year-old British girl, Mollie Price, is opening up her third candy store. She is said to be one of Britain’s youngest bosses. Her stores are called “Mollie’s.” She sells both British and American candy. The girl would like to open more candy stores. “It might sound crazy, but believe me,” Mollie says.

“It was Mollie’s idea to open up the shop. It is Mollie who runs the candy stores,” her mother Becky, her “business partner” says.

Her mother says all the stores are put together and stocked(进货)by Mollie. Mollie works in one of the stores every Saturday, then gets up early Sunday to go to the company’s product supplier(供应商). She asks her friends to test the sweets to decide which ones are good. She’s good at smart marketing. For example, if the weather is really cold, she sells the Mr Whippy ice cream cheaper than when it’s hot outside.

“Children have the best ideas. I tell my mum what I think and she always says I have good ideas. It’s just because I know what other children like,” Mollie says.

1. What’s Mollie’s plan for the future?

A. Become Britain’s youngest boss.   B. Open more candy stores.

C. Work as a product supplier.        D. Make the best ice cream products.

2. How does Mollie know which kinds of candy are good?

A. Her mother decides it.

B. She has her friends test the candy.

C. She goes to the market to research.

D. She asks the company’s product supplier.

3. The prices of some ice cream products in Mollie’s stores change according to _______.

A. the number of the products  B. her friend’s idea

C. the weather              D. the dates

4. According to the passage, what’s the key(关键)to Mollie’s success?

A. She works hard and she is good at smart marketing.

B. The company’s supplier makes good products.

C. She would like to open more candy stores.

D. Her mother always has good ideas.

5. According to the passage, Mollie is a/an________ girl.

A. kind    B. honest   C. smart   D. polite

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