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  Kate Holmes was visiting a friend, old Mrs Sydney.Mrs Sydney had known Kate all her life.She liked to tell Kate about mysteries and see whether Kate could solve them.

  “You are very good at solving mysteries,” she said to Kate, “but some day I’ll fool you! maybe I’ll be able to fool you today.Did I ever tell you about the story of the unknown Brother?”

  Kate said no and listened.She liked Mrs Sydney’s stories.

  “Well,” Mrs Sydney said, “Jed Wright was my friend when I was a child.He ran away from home when he was very young and lived for years by doing all kinds of jobs.Finally, in 1927, he went to Michigan, where he found a copper mine(铜矿).He bought the land and ran(经营)the mine and became a very rich man.”

  “Jed never married.His parents had died years before, and his only relative was a brother.”

  “One day Jed knew he was dying.He sent for a good friend, Dan Cole, who had worked for him for years.”

  “Jed gave Dan two envelopes(信封).‘This one is for you’, he said ‘and please give the other one to my brother Alf.He is…’While he was speaking, Jed died.”

  There were his dying wishes in Dan’s envelope.It gave him Jed’s mine and house.The envelop for Alf had some money and business papers in it.Dan and Alf were each to get about half of Jed’s fortune(财富).They would both be rich.

  “Dan had never seen Alf.He had only two clues.One was an old photo that showed Alf and Jed.But it was taken on their tenth birthday, fifty years ago.The other clue was a post card from Alf.It had no address.It had been mailed in Boston the month before Jed died.”

  “Dan went to Boston.He put an advertisement in the newspaper.It said there was good news for Alf Wright.It told where Dan was staying.”

  “The next day, more than a hundred men came to Dan’s hotel.They all said they were Alf Wright.But though he had never seen Alf, Dan was able to pick him out right away.”

  When Mrs Sydney finished her story, she smiled.

  “All right, Kate,” she said.” How did he know Alf?”

  Kate smiled too.” That’s easy,” She said.“You told me how.The clue was the photo.”

  “Yes, it was,” said Mrs Sydney.“But it was taken when Alf and Jed were boys.How could that help?”

  “You said it was taken when both boys were ten years old, so they were…”

  Kate gave Mrs Sydney the answer and she had to admit that Kate Holmes had won again.

1.What are Kate good at?________

2.What mad Jed was right a rich man?________

3.What was in the envelope for Dan?________

4.What helped Dan to find Alf?________

5.Can you finish Kate’s answer?

"You said it was taken when both boys were ten years old, so they were ________.”

  When you are next in Hawaii, be sure to stay at the Garden Hotel.Whether you come on business or on holiday, you will find everything as comfortable and as convenient as you would expect in a first-class international hotel.

  Every bedroom has its own private bathroom, telephone, wall-to-wall carpeting and colorful, modern materials and furniture in the local style.

  In the Mitsui Restaurant, you can choose your meals from as wide a variety of dishes, both Eastern and European, as you will find anywhere in the country.In the Beach Bar, you can drink with your family and friends in air-conditioned comfort, to the music of internationally known musicians.Or you can take your drink outside into the beautiful garden that gives the hotel its name, or to the tables that surround the swimming pool.Throughout the hotel, you will find the service is both friendly and efficient.

  The Garden Hotel is right on the beach, only five minutes from Hawaii’s modern shopping center.Here you will find all that money can buy, at prices you can afford.

(1)

Every bedroom at the Garden Hotel have ________.

[  ]

A.

a colorful, local style telephone

B.

a bathroom with a carpet from wall to wall

C.

local style furniture

D.

comfortable and modern furniture’

(2)

The Mitsui Restaurant serve ________.

[  ]

A.

both Eastern and Western varieties

B.

food from all over the world

C.

American style food

D.

local style food

(3)

“service is both friendly and efficient” means ________.

[  ]

A.

you can get what you want quickly and pleasantly.

B.

you can serve yourself, you family and your friends

C.

internationally known musicians will serve you

D.

you can meet your friends there in air-conditioned comfort

(4)

The Garden Hotel lies ________.

[  ]

A.

on the beach not far from Hawaii’s excellent shops

B.

on the beach where you will find all the money can buy

C.

close to shops where everything is cheap and justly famous

D.

just off the coast, five minutes from the shop.

(5)

You will ________ at the Garden Hotel.

[  ]

A.

sleep well

B.

eat well

C.

have fun

D.

all of the above

阅读理解

  There have been many great inventions, things that changed the way we live.The first great invention was one that is still very important today-the wheel.This made it easier to carry heavy things and to travel long distances.

  For hundreds of years after that there were few inventions that had as much effect(影响)as the wheel.Then in the early 1800’s the world started to change.There was little unknown land left in the world.People didn’t have to explore(探测)much any more.They began to work instead to make life better.

  In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made.Among them were the camera, the light and the radio.These all became a big part of our life today.

  The first part of the 20th century saw more great inventions.The helicopter in 1909.Movies with sound in 1926.The computer in 1928.And jet planes in 1930.This was also a time when a new material was first made.Nylon came in 1935.It changed the kind of clothes people wear.

  By this time most people had a very good life, Man has a desire to explore again, The world was known to man but the stars were not.Man began looking for ways to go into space.Russia made the first step.Then the united States took a step.Since then other countries, including China and Japan, have made their steps into space.

  In 1969 man took his biggest step from the earth.Americans first walked on the moon.This is certainly just a beginning thought.New inventions will some day allow us to do things we have never yet dreamed of.

(1)

This passage talks mainly about ________.

[  ]

A.

why cars were very important

B.

when light was invented

C.

which country made the first step into space

D.

how inventions effect people’s life

(2)

Nylon came out nearly at the same time as ________.

[  ]

A.

radio

B.

camera

C.

jet planes

D.

movies

(3)

Which of the statements is not true?

[  ]

A.

The wheel was the first great invention that is still very important today.For hundreds of years after that there were many other inventions having as much effect as the wheel.

B.

America, Russia, Japan and China began to explore the stars before1969.

C.

In the early 1800’s people began to work instead of exploring more unknown land to make life better.

D.

New invention will change our life greatly in the future.

(4)

What does“ a desire” mean in the sentence “Man had a desire to explore more.”?

[  ]

A.

a good way

B.

a new invention

C.

a strong wish

D.

a wonderful idea

(5)

Man didn’t have a desire to explore a lot ________.

[  ]

A.

at the beginning of the 1800’s

B.

in the 1960’s

C.

since the 1900’s

D.

from the 1800’s to the 1960’s

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