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　　“I don't want to write a story about girls!I don't know anything about girls,”Louisa May Alcott told her publisher, Mr.Niles．But she was desperate for money．She seemed to be the only one in her family who could make any money．Niles had asked her to write about something she knew, instead of the romantic adventure stories she had been writing．“So I plod away,”Alcott wrote,“though I don't enjoy this sort of thing．”It was 1867, and the horrible Civil War was over．Now Alcott could turn her energy to making money．

　　Alcott wrote a simple story of life in her family, their pillow fights on Saturday nights and the amateur(业余的)plays they performed．“Our experiences may prove interesting, though I doubt it．”(“Good joke,”she wrote years later．)Her book described her days growing up with four sisters in a family that had no money．She sketched(勾画)a loving mother who took time to be interested in each child, and she told of the death of a beloved sister．She portrayed her family and friends in her book Little Women．Finally, in July of 1868, she finished writing．With a sigh and a headache, she sent off all 102 handwritten pages of her book．

　　Niles thought the book was dull, and so did Alcott．But when she received her copies of the book, Alcott thought it seemed better than expected．“Not a bit sensational,”she wrote,“but simple and true．We really lived most of it．”Niles asked some girls to read Little Women, and they loved it．

　　In three months, all the copies of Little Women had been sold．It was already time to print more books!Niles thought he could sell three or four hundred more copies．“An honest publisher and a lucky author made a dull book into a golden egg for an ugly duckling,”Alcott wrote in 1885．Later, with a great sigh of relief, she was able to write,“Paid off all the debts!Now I feel that I could die in peace．If my head holds out, I'll do all I once hoped to do．”

(1)

Which of the following would be used to describe Alcott's book?
[　　]
A．	magic
B．	boring
C．	funny
D．	skillful

(2)

In which order did the following happen? a．Alcott began writing Little Women b．Niles asked Alcott to write about girls c．Alcott wrote romantic adventure stories d．Alcott performed plays with her sisters e．Niles was not pleased with Alcott's work．
[　　]
A．	a, b, e, d, c
B．	d, c, a, b, e
C．	c, b, e, d, a
D．	d, c, e, b, a

(3)

When she handed her first writing in, Niles was ________．
[　　]
A．	unsatisfied with the work
B．	happy about her work
C．	sure of her success
D．	unpleased with the publisher

(4)

We learn from the story that, after Little Women was sold out, ________．
[　　]
A．	Alcott wrote another book
B．	some girls started to read the book
C．	Niles published hundreds of books girls liked
D．	Alcott paid off all her bills

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　　On November 15, 1904, patent(专利)#775, 134 was granted to KingC．Gillette for a safety“razor”．King Camp Gillette was born in Fond du loc, Wisconsin in 1885．To support himself when the family's home was destroyed in the Chicago Fire of 1871, Gillette became a traveling salesman．This work led him to William Painter, the inventor of the disposable(一次性的)Crown Cork bottle cap, who assured Gillette that a successful invention was one that was purchased over and over again by satisfied customer．

　　In 1895, after several years of considering and rejecting possible inventions, Gillette suddenly had a brilliant idea while shaving one morning．It was an entirely new razor(剃刀)and blade(刀片)that flashed in his mind－a razor with a safe, inexpensive, and disposable blade．

　　It took six years for Gillette's idea to evolve．During that time, technical experts told Gillette that it would be impossible to produce steel that was hard, thin, and inexpensive enough for commercial development of the disposable razor blade．Then in 1901．MIT graduate William Nickerson agreed to try．

　　By 1903, he had succeeded．Production of the Gillette R safety razor and blade began as the Gillette Safety Razor Company started operations in South Boston Sales grew steadily．During World War I, the U．S．Government issued Gillette safety razors to the entire armed forces．By the end of the war, some 3.5 million razors and 32 million blades were put into military hands, thereby converting an entire nation to the Gillette safety razor．

　　Gillette's success formula was this－low prices, excellent advertising and automated manufacturing techniques．These are the foundations why we, a century later, are still buying Gillette products．

(1)

What is the best title for the passage?
[　　]
A．	Gillette and his family
B．	William Nickerson and his invention
C．	A successful company
D．	Gillette Razors

(2)

Although Gillette's business idea occurred in the 1890's, it was not until 1903 when he began to actually sell his products．This is because________．
[　　]
A．	family's home was destroyed in the Chicago Fire of 1871
B．	people did't needs his products
C．	inexpensive thin steel was next to impossible to work with and extremely difficult to sharpen
D．	World War I did't breaks out

(3)

The followings are the reasons why Gillette products are still popular today EXCEPT________．
[　　]
A．	advanced techniques
B．	disposable razors
C．	cheapness
D．	good advertisement

(4)

The underlined word“evolve”in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to________．
[　　]
A．	develop
B．	produce
C．	consider
D．	think

“I don’t want to write a story about girls! I don’t know anything about girls,” Louisa May Alcott told her publisher, Mr. Niles. But she was desperate for money. She seemed to be the only one in her family who could make any money. Niles had asked her to write about something she knew, instead of the romantic adventure stories she had been writing. “So I plod away,” Alcott wrote, “though I don’t enjoy this sort of thing.” It was 1867, and the horrible Civil War was over. Now Alcott could turn her energy to making money.

Alcott wrote a simple story of life in her family, their pillow fights on Saturday nights and the amateur (业余的) plays they performed. “Our experiences may prove interesting, though I doubt it.” (“Good joke,” she wrote years later.) Her book described her days growing up with four sisters in a family that had no money. She sketched (勾画) a loving mother who took time to be interested in each child, and she told of the death of a beloved sister. She portrayed her family and friends in her book Little Women. Finally, in July of 1868, she finished writing. With a sigh and a headache, she sent off all 102 handwritten pages of her book.

Niles thought the book was dull, and so did Alcott. But when she received her copies of the book, Alcott thought it seemed better than expected. “Not a bit sensational,” she wrote, “but simple and true. We really lived most of it.” Niles asked some girls to read Little Women, and they loved it.

In three months, all the copies of Little Women had sold. It was already time to print more books! Niles thought he could sell three or four hundred more copies. “An honest publisher and a lucky author made a dull book into a golden egg for an ugly duckling,” Alcott wrote in 1885. Later, with a great sigh of relief, she was able to write, “Paid off all the debts! Now I feel that I could die in peace. If my head holds out, I’ll do all I once hoped to do.”

1.Which of the following would be used to describe Alcott’s book?

A. funny B. boring C. magic D. skillful

2.In which order did the following happen?

a. Alcott began writing Little Women b. Niles asked Alcott to write about girls

c. Alcott wrote romantic adventure stories d. Alcott performed plays with her sisters

e. Niles was not pleased with Alcott’s work.

A. a, b, e, d, c B. d, c, a, b, e C. c, b, e, d, a D. d, c, e, b, a

3.When she handed her first writing in, Niles was _________.

A. sure of her success B. happy about her work

C. unsatisfied with the work D. unpleased with the publisher

4.We learn from the story that, after Little Women sold out, _________.

A. Alcott wrote another book B. some girls started to read the book

C. Alcott paid off all her billsD. Niles published hundreds of books girls liked

The Golden Egg

“I don’t want to write a story about girls!I don’t know anything about girls，”Louisa May Alcott told her publisher，Mr．Niles．But she was desperate for money．She seemed to be the only one in her family who could make any money．Niles had asked her to write about something she knew，instead of the romantic adventure Stories she had been writing．“So I plod away,”Alcolt wrote．“though I don’t enjoy this sort of thing．”It was l867，and the horrible Civil War was over．Now Alcott could turn her energy to making money．

Alcott wrote a simple story of life in her family，their pillow fights on Saturday nights and the amateur（业余的）plays they performed．“Our experiences may prove interesting，though I doubt it．”（“Good joke，”she wrote years later．）Her book described her days growing up with four sisters in a family that had no money．She sketched a loving mother who took time to be interested in each child，and she told of the death of a beloved sister. She portrayed her family and friends in her book Little Women．Finally，in July of 1868，she finished writing．With a sigh and a headache，she sent off all 102 handwritten pages of her book．

Niles thought the book was dull，and so did Alcott．But when she received her copies of the book．Alcott thought it seemed better than expected．“Not a bit sensational，”she wrote，“but simple and true．We really lived most of it．”Niles asked some girls to read Little Women，and they loved it．If the girls liked it，Alcott was satisfied．

In three months，all the copies of Little Women had sold．It was already time to print more books!Niles thought he could sell three or four hundred more copies．”An honest publisher and a luckv author made a dull book into a golden egg for an ugly duckling，”Alcott wrote in 1885．Later，with a great sigh of relief，she was able to write，“Paid off all the debts!Now I feel that I could die in peace．If my head holds out，I'll do all I once hoped to do．”

1．Which of the following would be used to describe Alcott’s book?

A．funny B．boring C．magic D．skillful

2．In which order did the following happen?

a．Alcott began writing Little Women．

b．Niles asked Alcott to write about girls．

C．Alcott wrote romantic adventure stories．

d．Alcott performed plays with her sisters．

e．Niles was not pleased with Alcott’s work．

A．a，b，e，d，c B．d，c，a，b，e

C．c，b，e，d，a D．d，c，e，b，a

3．When she handed her first writing in，she was_______．

A．sure of her success

B．happy about her work

C．unsatisfied with the work

D．unpleased with the publisher

4．Alcott took up writing as a job due largely to________．

A．love B．poverty C．interest D．encouragement

5．We learn from the story that，after Little Women sold out，__________．

A．Alcott wrote another book

B．some girls started to read the book

C．Alcott paid off all her debts

D．Niles published hundreds of books girls liked

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“I have no desire to write a story about girls! I know nothing about girls,” Franchisees Alcott told her publisher, Mr. Niles. But she needed money badly. She seemed to be the only one in her family who could make money. Niles had asked her to write about something she knew, instead of the romantic adventure stories she had been writing. “So I work hard,” Alcott wrote, “though I don’t enjoy this sort of thing.” It was 1867, and the horrible Civil War was over. Now Alcott could devote her energy to making money.

Alcott wrote a simple story of life in her family, their pillow fights on Saturday nights and the amateur (业余的) plays they performed. “Our experiences may prove interesting, though I doubt it.” (“Good joke,” she wrote years later.) Her book described her days growing up with four sisters in a family that had no money. She sketched (勾画) a loving mother who took time to be interested in each child, and she told of the death of a beloved sister. She sketched her family and friends in her book Little Women. Finally, in July of 1868, she finished writing. With a sigh and a headache, she sent off all 102 handwritten pages of her book.

Niles thought the book was dull, and so did Alcott. But when she received her copies of the book, Alcott thought it seemed better than expected. “Not a bit sensational,” she wrote, “but simple and true. We really lived most of it.” Niles asked some girls to read Little Women, and they loved it.

In three months, all the copies of Little Women had sold. It was already time to print more books! Niles thought he could sell three or four hundred more copies. “An honest publisher and a lucky author made a dull book into a golden egg for an ugly duckling,” Alcott wrote in 1885. Later, with a great sigh of relief, she was able to write, “Paid off all the debts! Now I feel that I could die in peace. If my head holds out, I’ll do all I once hoped to do.”

56. Which of the following can be used to describe Alcott’s book?

A. interesting B. boring C. magic D. skillful

57. In which order did the following happen?

a. Alcott began writing Little Women. b. Niles asked Alcott to write about girls.

c. Alcott wrote romantic adventure stories. d. Alcott performed plays with her sisters.

e. Niles was not pleased with Alcott’s work.

A. a, b, e, d, c B. d, c, a, b, e C. b, c, e, d, a D. d, c, e, b, a

58. When she handed her first writing in, Niles was _________.

A. sure of her success B. happy about her work

C. unsatisfied with the work D. unpleased with the publisher

59. We learn from the story that, with Little Women sold out, _________.

A. Alcott wrote another book B. some girls started to read the book

C. Alcott paid off all her bills D. Niles published hundreds of books girls liked

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