Once a man named Grand found a box of old papers in a room at the top of his house. He burned most of them, because he didn’t like old things very much, But one of these papers was an old letter. At the bottom(底部) of the letter was the name of a well-known writer. “When this letter was written,” said Grant, “no one knew about the writer. But now everyone knows him. Some people like to buy letters like this. I may be able to get much money for the letter if I sell it to the right man.”
But there were a lot of dirty marks all over the letter.
“It doesn’t look nice,” he thought. “No one wants to buy a letter if it’s dirty. I’ll have to clean it.”
So he took a piece of cloth and some water and cleaned the letter. He worked hard and gave a lot of care. At last the letter looked better. And he was very pleased with his work.
“Now it looks nice,” he said to himself. “I’ll be able to sell it for a lot of money.”
He took the letter to a shop in London where old papers of this kind were bought and sold.
“I want to sell this letter,” Grant said to the man in the shop. “It was written by a well-known writer. You know about these things. How much will you give me for it?”
The man looked at him for a long time.
“I will give you two pounds for it,” he said at last.
“Only two pounds!” said Grant. “But people pay ten pounds for a letter like this. And just look! I’ve even cleaned it to make it look nice.”
“I can see that,” said the man. “That’s the trouble. People who buy old papers like them to be dirty.”
【小题1】Which of the following is not right?

A.Grant found a box of old letters.B.Grant didn’t like old things very much.
C.Grant didn’t burn the old letter.D.The letter was written by a famous writer.
【小题2】Grant didn’t burn the letter because______.
A.it was written by his fatherB.he thought he could get much money by selling it
C.he wanted to keep it foreverD.he wanted to give it to the government
【小题3】In order to sell it, Grant decided to _____ first.
A.make advertisement(广告)in the newspapersB.show it to others around him
C.clean it to make it look niceD.take it to an archeologist(考古学家)
【小题4】Grant didn’t sell the letter at a good price because_______.
A.it was not an old letterB.few people knew about the writer
C.it had been cleanedD.the man didn’t like it

  A train sped up through the countryside at 60 mph as a“traveller”relaxes with his newspaper. But this is no businessman taking it easy—the driver of the passenger express(快车)is doing the reading.

  A Sunday Express reader caught this Virgin employee on film as the train sped through Derbyshire on its way to Plymouth from Newcastle.

  Virgin,which has come under repeated criticism over their rail service, yesterday fired the driver after being shown the photograph. A spokesman said an inquiry(调查)was under way to make sure exactly what he was doing and why he appeared to have taken his eyes off the track ahead.

  The picture comes in the week that the public inquiry into the Southall rail disaster, which claimed seven lives, heard that the driver at the centre of that case had earlier been spotted with his feet on the control button of his cab.

  Larry Harrison,who worked for Great Western Trains,drove through two warning signals before crashing at 60 mph into a waiting train.

  The reader who took this picture was standing on a bridge outside Chesterfield early one summer’s evening. He said,“I only realized what I’d got when I had the pictures developed. I couldn’t believe it.”

  “As far as I could see,there was no one else in the cab with the drive,unless they were hiding, The person with the paper open was certainly sitting in the driver’s normal seat.”

  The photographer works on the railways and does not want to be named,but he added,“I’ve seen many drivers with their feet on the control panel but I’ve never seen them reading papers like this. There is an automatic warning system and driver’s safety device which reminds him when he passes yellow and red signals. But you should never take your eyes off the track and rely only on sounds because you could have unexpected objects on the line or suddenly have speed limits given.”

63.Who is the“traveller”mentioned in the first paragraph?

A.A train driver.       B.A businessman.

C.A passenger.         D.A newspaper reader.

64.The train ______________when the picture was taken.

A.was driving to Plymouth

B.was ready for a picture

C.had seven people on it

D.crashed into another train

65.Who took the picture of the driver of the passenger express?

A.A professional photographer.

B.A newspaper reporter.

C.Another train driver.

D.A member of the railway staff.

66.According to what we have read,we may find this passage most probably______________.

A.at a train station

B.from a news report

C.from a driver’s safety guide

D.from the police inquiry

 

Once a man named Grand found a box of old papers in a room at the top of his house. He burned most of them, because he didn’t like old things very much, But one of these papers was an old letter. At the bottom(底部) of the letter was the name of a well-known writer. “When this letter was written,” said Grant, “no one knew about the writer. But now everyone knows him. Some people like to buy letters like this. I may be able to get much money for the letter if I sell it to the right man.”

But there were a lot of dirty marks all over the letter.

“It doesn’t look nice,” he thought. “No one wants to buy a letter if it’s dirty. I’ll have to clean it.”

So he took a piece of cloth and some water and cleaned the letter. He worked hard and gave a lot of care. At last the letter looked better. And he was very pleased with his work.

“Now it looks nice,” he said to himself. “I’ll be able to sell it for a lot of money.”

He took the letter to a shop in London where old papers of this kind were bought and sold.

“I want to sell this letter,” Grant said to the man in the shop. “It was written by a well-known writer. You know about these things. How much will you give me for it?”

The man looked at him for a long time.

“I will give you two pounds for it,” he said at last.

“Only two pounds!” said Grant. “But people pay ten pounds for a letter like this. And just look! I’ve even cleaned it to make it look nice.”

“I can see that,” said the man. “That’s the trouble. People who buy old papers like them to be dirty.”

1.Which of the following is not right?

A. Grant found a box of old letters.            B. Grant didn’t like old things very much.

C. Grant didn’t burn the old letter.            D. The letter was written by a famous writer.

2.Grant didn’t burn the letter because______.

A. it was written by his father                 B. he thought he could get much money by selling it

C. he wanted to keep it forever             D. he wanted to give it to the government

3.In order to sell it, Grant decided to _____ first.

A. make advertisement(广告)in the newspapers    B. show it to others around him

C. clean it to make it look nice                D. take it to an archeologist(考古学家)

4.Grant didn’t sell the letter at a good price because_______.

A. it was not an old letter                 B. few people knew about the writer

C. it had been cleaned                      D. the man didn’t like it

 

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