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　　Today it costs a few cents to buy a comb (梳子) for your hair. But 300 years ago, the comb was costly. It was then an important part of a person's wealth (财富). Records show that pirates(海盗)made it a point to take combs of the people on board any ship they robbed.

　　How old are combs? Some combs, made of bone, have been found at the sites(遗址)of early humans. This would place the comb's age at about 9,000 years. Even these combs were made to look pretty. They had shapes of animals carved(雕刻)on them.

　　The best combs of all were the ones that were used in church. Some of these combs were covered with gold. For a long time, it was a custom (习俗) in the Greek (希腊的) Church to comb a priest's (牧师)hair before all the people.

　　The comb is special to the Japanese. The Japanese women are known for the way they put up their thick, long, black hair. They hold their hair in place with combs. Some Japanese people feel that throwing away a comb will bring bad luck. Also, it is bad luck to pick one up. But a comb received as a parting gift is felt to bring good luck. The comb is supposed to make all the paths(道路)straight. This is because it makes one's hair straight.

　　It is not often that we stop to think about the history of things we use all the time. But if we did stop to think for a minute, then we would find that everything has its own history.

1．This passage is mostly about ________.

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A．the Japanese combs

B．gold-plated combs

C．the history of combs

D．the cost of combs

2．The first paragraph shows that combs ________.

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A．had different shapes

B．were expensive

C．could be very pretty

D．were interesting

3．A costly comb is one that is ________.

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4．The main idea of the passage is that ________.

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A．throwing away or picking up a comb will bring you bad luck

B．the comb's age is 9, 000 years

C．in its history, the comb went from rare and expensive to common and inexpensive

D．three hundred years ago, the comb was an important part of a person's wealth

　　Mr Gao lives in a town. When he was twentyfive, his son was born. He calls him Gao Ming. The little boy is very clever and his parents love him very much.

　　It's September 1st today. A new school year begins. Gao Ming is very happy and wears his most beautiful clothes. He will go to school with his new bag. “Let me take you to school today, dear,” says Mr Gao. “Thank you, Daddy,” says the boy, “The school isn't far from here. I can walk there myself.

　　At school a teacher meets him and asks, “What's your name, my little boy?”

　　“Gao Ming, sir,” answers the boy.

　　“How old are you?”

　　“six, sir.”

　　“What's your father's name?”

　　“Gao Dalin, sir.”

　　“How old is he?”

　　“He is six, too, sir.”

　　“Oh,” the teacher says in surprise, “Is he as old as you?”

　　“Yes, sir,” says the boy, “He became a father at the time when I was born.”

(1) Gao Dalin is ________ years old this year.

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(2) Mr and Mrs Gao love their son because ________.

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A．he is very clever

B．he likes to go to school

C．he can go to school himself

D．he can answer their questions

(3) Gao Ming went to school ________ that day.

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(4) Gao.Ming went to school ________ that day.

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A．with his mummy

B．with his teacher

C．with his new clothes and classmates

D．by himself

(5) Gao Ming thought ________.

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A．his father and he were born on the same day

B．his father was younger than him

C．his father forget to tell him about his age

D．Gao Dalin became a father six years ago