Most people around the world are right-handed．This also seems to be true in history．In 1799, scientists studied works(作品)of art made at different times from 1, 500 B．C．to the 1950s．Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through history．Today, only about 10％ to 15％ of the world's population is left-handed．
Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person's two hands each have their own jobs．For most people, the left hand is used to find things or hold things．The right hand is used to work with things．This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain(大脑)．The right side of the brain, which makes a person's hands and eyes work together, controls(控制)the left hand．The left-side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems．These findings show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists than among people in other jobs．
No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed．Scientists have found that almost 40％ of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged(损害)when they are born．However, this doesn't happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason(原因)why people become left-handed．One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents．If a person does not receive the gene(基因)for right-handedness, he/she may become either right-or left-handed according to the chance(偶然性)and the people they work or live with．
Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual．A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don't have to．
(1)
After studying works of art made at different times in history, the scientists found _________．
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A．
the art began from 1, 500 B．C．
B．
the works of art ended in the 1950s
C．
most people shown in the works of art are right-handed
D．
most people shown in the works of art are left-handed
(2)
How many people in the world are left-handed now?
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A．
Less than one sixth．
B．
More than a half．
C．
About 40％．
D．
The passage doesn't tell us．
(3)
What is the left hand for most people used to do?
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A．
It's used to find or hold things．
B．
It's used to work with things．
C．
It's used to make a person's eyes work together．
D．
It's the centre for thinking and doing problems．
(4)
According to(根据)the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
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A．
No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed．
B．
Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness．
C．
Today children are not made to use their right hands only．
D．
Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed．
One of the world's greatest storytellers, Hans Christian Andersen was born on April 2nd, 1805, in Denmark．He was the son of a poor shoemaker．After his father's death he traveled to Copenhagen to try out for the theater．He hoped to become an actor, but his real talent was for writing and he first became known for his poetry．He also wrote plays, novels and travel books, but while many of these are now almost unknown outside Denmark, his fairy tales are famous around the world．
His first collection of fairy tales, Tales Told for Children, was published in 1835 and included such favorites as The Tinderbox and The Princess and the Pea．His most famous fairy tales, however, are The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling and The Snow Queen．There probably isn't a child in the world who hasn't read at least one of these, or had it read to him．
Shortly before his death, in August 1875, he was asked what music he would like to be played at his funeral．“It should be in time with little steps,”he said,“because most of the people at my funeral will be children．”
There is a statue(雕像)of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen Harbor．It was put there because the Danish are very proud of their most famous writer．
(1)
What is the main idea of this passage?
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A．
Hans Christian Andersen wrote several travel books．
B．
Hans Christian Andersen was born in Denmark．
C．
Hans Christian Andersen was famous for his writing．
D．
Hans Christian Andersen died in August 1875．
(2)
What did Andersen want to be at first?
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A．
An actor．
B．
A shoemaker．
C．
A writer．
D．
A bookseller．
(3)
What was the title of his first collection of fairy tales?
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A．
The Tinderbox．
B．
The Princess and the Pea．
C．
Tales Told for Children．
D．
The Little Mermaid．
(4)
Which fairy tales are his most famous ones?
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A．
The Princess and the Pea, The Little Mermaid and The Tinderbox．
B．
The Snow Queen, The Ugly Duckling and The Tinderbox．
C．
The Ugly Duckling, The Little Mermaid and The Snow Queen．
D．
The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen and The Princess and the Pea．
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