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1．In the 1920s and 30s the airlines were just beginning．It was unusual for people to travel by air because it was expensive and dangerous．In those days，there were no flight attendants to look after the passengers．Young men，or"stewards"helped the passengers onto the airplane and carried the passengers'luggage （行李） but they did not provide food and drinks．But then in 1930，a woman called Ellen Church invented the"stewardess"．
Ellen Church was born in 1904on a farm in Iowa．She was a different child．She didn't want to work on a farm or marry a farmer-she wanted a more adventurous （冒险的） life．Ellen studied to be a nurse at the University of Minnesota and then got a job in a hospital．For the next few years she stayed at the hospital but also took flying lessons and got her pilot's license．
Ellen was twenty-five years old when she first got in touch with Boeing Air Transport．She loved flying but she understood that airlines were a man's world．Although women like Emelia Earheart were becoming famous，she realized it was impossible for a woman to have a career as a pilot．But she had another idea．Most people were frightened of flying because flying was still an unreliable （不可靠的） way to travel．There were often delays （延误），many crashes and the bad weathers made many passengers sick．Ellen thought nurses could take care of passengers during flights and B．A．T．Agreed．
The young woman from Iowa and seven other nurses became the first air stewardesses．
At first pilots were unhappy because they did not want stewardesses on airplanes，but passengers loved the stewardesses．In 1940there were around 1000of them working for different airlines．The early"stewardesses"had to be under twenty-five-year old，single and slim．When a woman joined an airline，she had to promise not to get married or have children．It was hard job and not well paid．They worked long hours and earned $1an hour．
In the 1970s，stewardesses were unhappy in their job and airlines had to make some changes．Since the 1970s，"stewardesses"have been called flight attendants．They are well paid and work fewer hours than in the past．

56．The last sentence of the first paragraph suggests thatC．
A．the word"stewardess"was made up by Ellen Church
B．Ellen Church was the first woman who flew a plane
C．Ellen Church was the first woman who worked on a plane
D．Ellen Church was the first woman passenger on a plane
57．From the second paragraph，we learn thatA．
A．Ellen did not behave in the same way as most as other girls
B．Ellen's family was not rich enough to support her education
C．Ellen was fond of working as a nurse in the hospital
D．Ellen has an unhappy childhood that changed her completely
58．The main reason for Boeing Air Transport offering Ellen the job wasC．
A．her flying experience
B．her university education
C．her nursing experience
D．her life attitudes
59．According to the passage，in the 1940s a woman had toD if she wanted to be a stewardess．
A．be a nurse
B．be married
C．be a mother
D．be young
60．The passage mainly talks aboutC．
A．the background of early flying pilots
B．the experience of flying passengers
C．the history of early flight attendants
D．the development of airplanes．

8．Bill Fuller，the postman，whistled（吹口哨） cheerfully as he pushed his bike up the hill towards Mrs Dunley's house．His work for the day was almost finished．His bag，usually quite heavy when he set out on his road，was empty now except for the letter that he had to deliver（递送） to Mrs Dunley．She lived over a mile from that village so that，when Bill had a letter for her，he always finished his day's work much later．He did not mind this，however，because she never failed to ask him in for a cup of tea．
When Bill entered the gate of Mrs Dunley's house，he was surprised not to find her working in the garden．She usually spent most afternoons there when the weather was fine．Bill went straight round to the back of the house，thinking that she might be in the kitchen．The door was locked and the curtains were drawn．He returned to the front of the house and knocked hard on the door．There was no answer．Bill thought that this was very strange because he knew that Mrs Dunley hardly left the house．
Just then，he noticed that her bottle of milk，which was delivered early in the morning，was still on the doorstep．This worried him．If Mrs Dunley had not taken in her milk，perhaps she was ill．Bill walked round the house until he found an open window．He squeezed（挤） through it．Then he went into the hall．There he almost fell over Mrs Dunley，who was lying at the foot of the stairs unconscious（昏迷不醒的）．Realizing that there was little he could do for her，Bill rushed out of the house，stopped a passing car and told the driver to telephone for an ambulance（救护车） as soon as he got to the village．

31．What did Mrs Dunley usually do with Bill？A
A．She usually asked him to have a cup of tea．
B．She usually had a talk with him．
C．She usually asked him to dinner．
D．She usually asked him to buy some tea．
32．The thing that especially worried Bill wasB．
A．finding the back door locked and the curtains drawn
B．seeing the bottle of milk on the doorstep
C．not getting any answer when he knocked on the door
D．not finding Mrs Dunley in the garden
33．How did Bill get help for Mrs Dunley？C
A．He stopped a passing car and took her to the hospital．
B．He himself telephoned for an ambulance．
C．He stopped a car and asked the driver to telephone for an ambulance．
D．He asked the driver to take her to the hospital．

5．________is dangerous for us to swim in the river alone．（　　）

A．

1．Tom has just finished writing a _________ article．（　　）

	A．	nine-hundred-words		B．	nine-hundreds-word
	C．	nine-hundred-word		D．	nine-hundreds-words

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