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科目： 來(lái)源： 題型：閱讀理解

The new mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan, is a man of the people, ready to listen to their problems, but only until 6 p.m. Then he has to do his homework. Michael Sessions, 18, beat former mayor Douglas Ingles, 51, by just two votes and became the new mayor of Hillsdale. He is America's youngest mayor.
As Sessions was too young to enter the election in the spring of 2005, he registered- to vote on Sept. 22, one day after his 18-year-old birthday. The day after that he started his write-in campaign, which means he should persuade voters to remember his name and write it by hand on the voting ballots（選票）.
To help get his name known, Sessions earned＄700 by selling apples over the summer. He spent the money on posters and put them on the Hillsdale's lawns.
Sessions' month-long campaign included going door to door, explaining his ideas of the town's future in the kitchens of his neighbors. "They'd look at me, and say‘How old are you again? How much experience do you have?'And I say‘I'm still in high school', "he said. Sessions promised Hillsdale's voters he would renew local economy. “I was hopeful the whole time, ”he explained. One day he spent so long out on the streets knocking on the doors that he ended up in a hospital emergency room.
Sessions said that his schoolwork will not get in the way of his job as a mayor. “From 7:50 a.m. to 2:30p.m., I'11 be a student. From 3 to 6, I'11 be the mayor of Hillsdale," he said.
“He did a very brave thing that couldn't have been easy for him to do, "said Jack Vettel, a councilman in Hillsdale, a city of 8,200 about 75 miles southwest of Detroit. "He does care about this town. He's been here all his life. ”
Sessions will receive＄3, 600 a year during his four-year term, and will work out of his bedroom since the town does not provide the mayor with an office

  1. 1.

    What is TRUE of Sessions' election campaign according to the text?

    1. A.
      Sessions launched his election campaign on Sept. 22
    2. B.
      Sessions worked so hard that he once tried to persuade people in a hospital
    3. C.
      Sessions won the election campaign by a very close outcome
    4. D.
      Sessions felt disappointed when asked about his age and experience
  2. 2.

    In order to gain more support from the voters Sessions had to do all these things EXCEPT              

    1. A.
      put up posters'
    2. B.
      renew the economy
    3. C.
      sell apples
    4. D.
      talk to neighbors in kitchens
  3. 3.

    What can we infer from the passage?

    1. A.
      American mayors usually work from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m
    2. B.
      In America, young people are encouraged to get involved in politics
    3. C.
      All teenagers are allowed to enter political elections
    4. D.
      American mayors receive a salary of 3, 600 a year during their 4-year term
  4. 4.

    Which of the following would best summarize the text?

    1. A.
      Schoolboy becomes American's youngest mayor
    2. B.
      How to become a teenage mayor
    3. C.
      Hard work is the ticket to success
    4. D.
      Never too young to shake the world

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Would you believe that the first outstanding deaf teacher in America was a Frenchman? His name was Laurent Clerc. He became a friend of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and together they founded America's first school for the deaf.
Laurent Clerc was born in a small village near Lyons, France, on December 26, 1785. When he was one year old, he fell into a fire, losing both his hearing and his sense of smell.
At 12, Laurent entered the Royal Institution for the Deaf in Paris where he did well in his studies. After he graduated, the school asked him to stay on as an assistant teacher.
Meanwhile, in America, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was studying to be a minister. He was very concerned about the lack of educational opportunities for the deaf. Therefore, in 1815, Gallaudet sailed to London, England to seek ideas on how to teach deaf people. While he was there, he met a French educator of the deaf who invited him to go to Paris to spend three months learning at the Royal Institution for the Deaf, the school where Laurent Clerc was teaching. Gallaudet accepted the offer. The two worked and studied well together. When the time came for Gallaudet to return, he asked Clerc to come with him. Clerc accepted on one condition: that he would stay in America only a short time.
The two men set sail on June 18, 1816. The voyage across the Atlantic Ocean took 52 days; however, Clerc and Gallaudet put the time to good use. Clerc studied English, and Gallaudet studied sign language. They discussed the school for the deaf which they planned to open. On the long trip, they had many conversations about education and deafness. The year after they arrived, they founded a school for the deaf in Harford, Connecticut.
At the school, Clerc led a busy life. He taught signs to Principal Gallaudet; he taught the pupils; and he taught hearing men who came to the school to study deaf education.
In 1819, Clerc married Eliza Crocker Boardman, one of his pupils. They had six children. He retired from teaching in 1858. Although he had intended to return to France, he never did. He died on July 18, 1869 in the United States

  1. 1.

    Why did Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet sail to London?

    1. A.
      He needed to finish his studies to become a minister
    2. B.
      It was the easiest way to get to France
    3. C.
      He wanted to study their system of deaf education
    4. D.
      He wanted to marry Alice Cogswell
  2. 2.

    From the information in this passage we can infer that__________

    1. A.
      Laurent Clerc was an intelligent man
    2. B.
      Clerc had difficulties learning language
    3. C.
      Clerc married Eliza in order to get his Green Card
    4. D.
      Clerc was paid well because he made such important contributions to society
  3. 3.

    On their trip from Paris to America, Clerc and Gallaudet ___________

    1. A.
      played cards and socialized
    2. B.
      studied and discussed their plans for a deaf school
    3. C.
      founded a school for the deaf
    4. D.
      Gallaudet studied English and Clerc studied Sign Language
  4. 4.

    Which is the right order of the things Clerc did？

    1. A.
      met Gallaudet, moved to America, got married, went to school in Paris
    2. B.
      met Gallaudet, went to school in Paris, moved to America, got married
    3. C.
      went to school in Paris, met Gallaudet, moved to America, got married
    4. D.
      got married, went to school in Paris, met Gallaudet, moved to America
  5. 5.

    The main idea of this passage could best be stated as_________

    1. A.
      Clerc managed his time well, succeeding in his career
    2. B.
      Thomas Gallaudet was indebted to Clerc for all that he taught him
    3. C.
      Clerc preferred teaching deaf students to hearing students
    4. D.
      Clerc, an educated Frenchman, had a great impact on American Deaf Education

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When doctors urge overweight kids to pick up more activities，reading probably isn’t what they have in mind.    Yet a new study by fatness researchers at Duke University finds that the simple act of reading—depending on the choice of material—can cause weight loss in teenage girls.
The study’s experimental group included 31 fat girls aged 9 to 13，who took part in the Healthy Lifestyles Program at Duke Children’s Hospital. The girls read a novel called Lake Rescue，whose protagonist (主人公) is an overweight teenager who struggles with low self­esteem，feelings of loneliness and teasing because of her size. A group of 33 girls read a different book called Charlotte in Paris，which did not have an overweight character，and another group of 17 girls read neither book.
At the end of the six­month experiment，all the girls who read books had lost weight，but the girls who read Lake Rescue lost more. They lowered their body mass index (BMI) by 0.71，compared with 0.33 in the Charlotte group，an average 0.05 increase among the nonreaders.
The idea behind the study，says Dr Sarah Armstrong，director of Healthy Lifestyles，was to find a way to encourage the girls without adopting the restrictive and often authoritative voice of so many other nutrition and diet programs. Lake Rescue was the perfect instrument，says Armstrong；it presents a likable character to whom the girls could relate and whom they could learn from. As the book progresses，its protagonist learns to make healthier lifestyle choices and finds an adviser to help keep her on track. Armstrong says，“She learns that she can become healthier，and the ‘I can do it’ feeling resonates (產(chǎn)生共鳴) with the teenage girls.”

  1. 1.

    What’s the main idea of the passage?

    1. A.
      There are different ways to help overweight kids lose weight
    2. B.
      Lifestyle is important for kids
    3. C.
      Lake Rescue is the perfect weight­losing instrument
    4. D.
      Reading can help kids lose weight
  2. 2.

    How many girls took part in the experiment?

    1. A.
      31
    2. B.
      33
    3. C.
      64
    4. D.
      81
  3. 3.

    What does the underlined word “She” in the last paragraph refer to?

    1. A.
      Armstrong
    2. B.
      The protagonist in Lake Rescue
    3. C.
      A character in Charlotte in Paris
    4. D.
      A girl in the first group
  4. 4.

    According to the passage we can know that ________

    1. A.
      overweight girls are living unhappily
    2. B.
      reading is the best way to lose weight
    3. C.
      different reading materials play different roles in losing weight
    4. D.
      people will become fat if they don’t read
  5. 5.

    In which part of a newspaper can we read the above passage?

    1. A.
      Education
    2. B.
      Entertainment
    3. C.
      Health
    4. D.
      Advertisement

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科目： 來(lái)源： 題型：閱讀理解

Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older.
Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty. In fact, they say by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old.
The findings came from a survey of more than three hundred forty thousand adults in the United States. The Gallup Organization questioned them by telephone in two thousand eight. At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.
The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, sadness and worry. They also asked about mental or emotional stress.
Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five.
The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.
Happiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early seventies. The people least likely to report feeling negative emotions were those in their seventies and eighties.
The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.
The findings appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be linked to changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.
The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed or being single. But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age

  1. 1.

    What is the report about?

    1. A.
      The relationship between happiness and age
    2. B.
      The influence between happiness and unemployment
    3. C.
      The tendency between family and health
    4. D.
      The expectation between age and children
  2. 2.

    Suppose John is 90 years old and Mike is 24, which of the following is True about them according to the research?

    1. A.
      John is happier and more energetic than Mike
    2. B.
      Mike is happier but weaker than John
    3. C.
      John is more sad and worried than Mike
    4. D.
      Mike is more worried and depressed than John
  3. 3.

    One of the possible reasons why the older one gets, the happier one becomes is that _______

    1. A.
      they have had enough bad experiences
    2. B.
      they become more grateful about the things they own
    3. C.
      they have found it easy to forget their pains and pressures
    4. D.
      they have lost their ability to control themselves
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is true according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Having young children affects the levels of happiness of the old
    2. B.
      Emotional patterns can change the physical structures of human’s brains
    3. C.
      It’s reported that women at all ages are happier than men
    4. D.
      Why happiness increases as people get older is still an unsolved mystery

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科目： 來(lái)源： 題型：閱讀理解

Edmund Halley was an English scientist who lived over 200years ago. He studied the observations of comets which other scientists had made. The orbit of one particular comet was a very difficult mathematical problem. He could not figure it out. Neither could other scientists who dealt with such problems.
However, Halley had a friend named Isaac Newton. Who was a brilliant mathematician. Newton thought he had already which he had done it. He told Halley that the orbit of a comet had the shape of an ellipse.
Now Halley set to work. He figured out the orbits of some of the comets that had been observed by scientist. He made a surprising discovery. The comets that had appeared in the years 1531, 1607 and 1682 all had the same orbit. Yet their appearances had been 75 to 76 years apart.
This seemed very strange to Halley. Three different comets followed the same orbit. The more Halley thought about it, the more he thought that there had not been three different comets, as people thought. He decided that they had simply seen the same comet three times. The comet had gone away and had come back again.
It was an astonishing idea! Halley felt certain enough to make a prediction of what would happen in the future. He decided that this comet would appear in the year 1758. There were 53 years to go before Halley’s prediction could be tested.
In 1758 the comet appeared in the sky. Halley did not see it, for he had died some years before. Ever since then that comet been called Halley’s comet, in his honor

  1. 1.

    Halley made his discovery ______

    1. A.
      by doing experiments
    2. B.
      by means of his own careful observation
    3. C.
      by using the work of other scientists
    4. D.
      by chance
  2. 2.

    Halley made a surprising but correct prediction in the year ________

    1. A.
      1704
    2. B.
      1705
    3. C.
      1706
    4. D.
      1707
  3. 3.

    This text in general is about _______

    1. A.
      Halley and other scientists
    2. B.
      the orbit of a comet
    3. C.
      Newton and Halley
    4. D.
      Halley and Halley
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is TRUE?

    1. A.
      Edmund Halley was an American scientist
    2. B.
      Halley made his discovery by doing experiments
    3. C.
      Isaac Newton was a famous mathematician
    4. D.
      The orbit of a comet had the shape of an around

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Most of us seem to reach our peak of alertness (警覺(jué)) around noon. Soon after that, alertness declines, and sleepiness may set in by mid-afternoon.
Your short-term memory is best during the morning—in fact, about 15 percent more efficient than at any other time of day. So, students, take notice: when you are faced with a morning exam, it really does pay to review your notes right before the test is given.
However, long-term memory is different. Afternoon is the best time for learning materials that you want to recall days, weeks or months later. Politicians, business executives or others who must learn speeches would be smart to do their memorizing during that time of day. You should try to do most of your studying in the afternoon, rather than late at night. Many students believe they memorize better while burning the midnight oil because their short-term recall is better during the early hours of the morning than in the afternoon. But short-term memory won’t help them much several days later, when they face the exam.
By contrast, we tend to do best on tasks related to the process of knowing, understanding, and learning numbers during the morning hours.
What about sports? During afternoon and early evening, you’re able to react the quickest to an outside stimulus—like a baseball speeding toward you. Studies have also shown that late in the day, when your body temperature is peaking, you will consider PE easier and less tiring—whether it actually is or not. That means you are more likely to work harder during a late afternoon or early evening workout, and therefore benefit more from it.  
In fact, all of your senses—taste, sight, hearing, touch and smell—may be at their keenest during late afternoon and early evening. That could be why dinner usually tastes better to us than breakfast.
While all of us follow the same general pattern of ups and downs, the exact timing varies from person to person. It all depends on how your “biological” day is structured. Each of us can increase our knowledge about our individual rhythms. Learn how to listen to the inner beats of your body; let them set the pace of your day. You will live a healthier and happier life

  1. 1.

    What does the underlined “it really does pay” mean?

    1. A.
      It will cost a lot
    2. B.
      It requires price
    3. C.
      It is very painful
    4. D.
      It is worthwhile
  2. 2.

    If there is an English exam two weeks later, you should go over English ____________ for days before that

    1. A.
      in the afternoon
    2. B.
      in the late evening
    3. C.
      in the early morning
    4. D.
      right before the exam
  3. 3.

    From the passage, it can be inferred that ______________

    1. A.
      we eat more food at noon
    2. B.
      we feel most tired if we exercise in the evening
    3. C.
      it is a good choice to study math in the morning
    4. D.
      we feel most sleepy before noon
  4. 4.

    Which would be the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      What’s Your Best Time of the Day for Different Tasks
    2. B.
      How to Live a Healthier and Happier Life
    3. C.
      How to Study Efficiently
    4. D.
      How to Keep Your Best State of Learning

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科目： 來(lái)源： 題型：閱讀理解

Every ten years there is a national census （人口普查）to count the number of people. The Census Office asks every household to answer questions on a census form.
The census counts...
● the number of people in each area
● the numbers of men and women and whether they are single, married, widowed or divorced
● how many children there are, how many teenagers, people in their twenties, thirties, forties... retired people and so on
The census counts people by...
● the kind of housing they live in
● the country in which they were born
● the kind of job they do and how they travel to work
Some uses of the census:
Housing: to work out present and future needs we must know how people are housed now, and the sizes and ages of their families.
Hospitals, schools and other local services: the size of annual grants made by the Government to these services depends largely on the numbers and needs of people in the area. Many of the figures come from the census.
Planning: the census shows how many people have moved from one area to another and how the local workforce is changing. This information is used when factories, offices, shops, public transport and places for leisure are being planned.
In strict confidence
The census is taken in order to provide figures about the nation as a whole; it does not give information about any named person, family or household.
Names and addresses are needed to take the census accurately, but they are not fed into the computer.  After the census, the forms are locked away and will not be released to anyone outside the Census Office for 100 years.
The answers you give on your census form will be treated in strict confidence. NO one outside the Census Office will see your completed form.  Everyone working on the census is sworn to secrecy and can be charged if he or she improperly reveals information

  1. 1.

    The writer is mainly ________ in this passage

    1. A.
      persuading people to support census
    2. B.
      giving information about the importance and practice of census
    3. C.
      showing the government’s determination in conducting census
    4. D.
      warning people not to provide inaccurate information
  2. 2.

    The census is not interested in ________

    1. A.
      how many houses you have
    2. B.
      how old you are
    3. C.
      what your job is
    4. D.
      how much money you have
  3. 3.

    The census shows the changes that have taken place regarding ________

    1. A.
      the size of hospitals in the area
    2. B.
      the types of public transport in the area
    3. C.
      the number of people who work in the area
    4. D.
      the use of power in the area
  4. 4.

    The following statements are true except _________

    1. A.
      the information is not fed into a computer
    2. B.
      the census gives information about the whole country
    3. C.
      the people who don’t work on the census will not see the completed forms
    4. D.
      it is illegal for people to disclose the confidential information on census

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Poet Dean Young has dealt with impermanence (無(wú)常) a lot in his career, but it’s a particularly strong theme in Young’s latest collection, Fall Higher. The new collection was published in April, just days after the poet received a life-saving heart transplant (移植) after about a decade of living with a weakening heart condition.
Young, whose work is often frank and rich with twisted humor, tells NPR’s Renee Montagne that as he recovers from operation, he’s also slowly returning to his everyday writing habits.
“I’m getting back to it,” Young says, “not with the sort of concentration and sort of flame that I look forward to in the future, but I am blackening some pages.”
And on those blackened pages you’ll find poems like “How Grasp Green”, which carries themes of springtime and rebirth. It’s one of the first poems Young has written since his transplant.
It’s easy to spot clues (線索) to Young’s awful health situation in the lines of his poetry.
Fall Higher’s “Vintage” opens with “Because I will die soon, I fall asleep, during the lecture on the ongoing emergency.” And the poem “The Rhythms Pronounce Themselves Then Vanish”—published in The New Yorker in February—opens with the CT scan that revealed Young’s heart condition.
Hearts tend to come up a lot in poetry, and that’s especially true if Young’s work, which has clearly been influenced by the troubles of his own heart.
“A lot of times, it’s not just a metaphor (暗喻),” Young says. “For me, it’s an actual concern because I’ve been living with this disease for over 10 years. My father died of heart problems when he was 49, so it’s been a sort of shadowy concern for me my whole life.
But Young’s poems also deal with more abstract matters of the heart. He wrote Fall Higher’s, “Late Valentine” for his wife. “We’ve been married since late November and most of it has been spent in the hospital,” Young says of his marriage to poet Laurie Saurborn Young, who says “‘Late Valentine’ is very sweet.”
His work also touches on themes of randomness and fate—two factors that contributed to him getting a second chance in the form of transplanting a new heart from a 22-year-old student. “I just feel enormous gratitude,” he says of his donor (捐獻(xiàn)者). “He gave me a heart so I’m still alive … I’m sure I’m going to think about this person for the rest of my life.”

  1. 1.

    The poetry collection Fall Higher         

    1. A.
      was published in February
    2. B.
      is Young’s latest collection of poetry
    3. C.
      makes darkness as its main theme
    4. D.
      was written after Young’s heart transplant
  2. 2.

    We can learn from the text that Young         

    1. A.
      was born with heart disease
    2. B.
      received a heart transplant in February
    3. C.
      married a female poet after he wrote “l(fā)ate Valentine”
    4. D.
      wrote a poem for his wife in his collection
  3. 3.

    What does the write try to say in Paragraph 3?

    1. A.
      The writer had less enthusiasm than before, but he still kept on writing
    2. B.
      The writer expected some bright future, but he was disappointed
    3. C.
      The writer devoted more time to poems, so he grasped a good chance
    4. D.
      The writer wrote poems with less enthusiasm, so he quitted fora while
  4. 4.

    Which of the following statements is TRUE?

    1. A.
      “How Grasp Green” is the first poem in FaU Higher
    2. B.
      Young began all his poems with his illness
    3. C.
      Young’s fether died when Young was 49 years old
    4. D.
      Young’s health situation is mentioned in his poetry
  5. 5.

    What is the text mainly about?

    1. A.
      The meaning of Fdl Higher
    2. B.
      Dean Young and his heart problems
    3. C.
      Dean Young and his latest collection
    4. D.
      An analysis of Dean Young’s poems
  6. 6.

    When talking about his present life, Young seems to be                 

    1. A.
      grateful
    2. B.
      pessimistic
    3. C.
      guilty
    4. D.
      considerate

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In today's fast-paced (快節(jié)奏) society, few people take time to enjoy the midday meal．Most of us just rush right through it. We grab a quick salad, or buy a sandwich and eat at our computers, Sometimes, if there is a deadline around the corner, we just skip lunch．
The development of technology hasn't done our eating habits much good either．We are constantly distracted by e-mail, social media, and 24 - hour news．Even when we do sit down for lunch, we are more connected to our hand - held electronic devices．
Long working hours can cause all kinds of health problems, and many developed countries have put in place labor laws specifically regarding the lunch break．These laws give employees the right to take a break during a long work shift, but it's up to them whether they do so or not．
Frank Partnoy, a former Wall Street trader, says that employers should encourage workers to take time off for lunch．This is because long lunch breaks can benefit both individuals and society.
Writing in The Guardian, Partnoy says that one obvious reason to take a lunch break is to slow down and gain some perspective（認(rèn)識(shí)）． A break from work allows us to think strategically and outside the box．It also puts our daily tasks into a broader context（背景）．
What we eat at lunch is also important．In Partnoy' s opinion, a fast food lunch is more harmful than not having lunch at all．  And it's not just about calories and unhealthy food．Recent studies show that fast food also has negative effects on how we think．
However, if we sit down at a proper restaurant and chat leisurely with colleagues, we are more likely to slow down, something that hardly can be achieved in a noisy and over — packed fast food chain．
Despite these benefits, some employees might still be unwilling to take time off for lunch．Partnoy's suggestion? Make skipping lunch difficult: Employers could ask workers to fill out a form stating their reasons for skipping the meal．

  1. 1.

    What does the underlined phrase "skip lunch" mean in the first paragraph?

    1. A.
      have a quick lunch
    2. B.
      don't have lunch
    3. C.
      work while having lunch
    4. D.
      take a lunch break
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is true according to the text?

    1. A.
      Modern technology results in good diet habits．
    2. B.
      Electronic devices make our life comfortable．
    3. C.
      Many people are too busy to have a good lunch．
    4. D.
      Laws have passed to make workers have lunch．
  3. 3.

    According to Frank Partnoy, long lunch breaks            

    1. A.
      are time for the workers to relax their mind
    2. B.
      make the employees work longer hours
    3. C.
      are for employees to have a quick lunch
    4. D.
      make the workers eat a proper lunch at home
  4. 4.

    In Partnoy's opinion, a fast food lunch                

    1. A.
      saves a lot of time for a rest
    2. B.
      affects people's way of thinking
    3. C.
      is better than having no lunch
    4. D.
      makes workers sit down and think
  5. 5.

    What might be the author's purpose in writing the text?

    1. A.
      To warn us not to eat fast food．
    2. B.
      To introduce Frank Partnoy's opinion．
    3. C.
      To encourage us to work more efficiently．
    4. D.
      To show the importance of a proper lunch．

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Although English is not as old as Chinese , it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always creating new words and we are often able to know where most words come from.
Sometimes, however, no one may really know where a word comes from.  Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham?  About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe.  They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg.  They didn’t speak good English, but they ate good food.  When some Americans saw them eating round piece of beef, they asked the Germans what it was.  The Germans didn’t understand the question and answered, “We come from Hamburg.”  One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea.  He cooked some round piece of bread and started selling them.  Such bread came to be called “hamburgers”.  Today, “hamburgers” are sold in many countries around the world.
Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting.  Knowing why any word has a certain meaning is interesting, too.  This reason, for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary

  1. 1.

    Hamburg is ____________

    1. A.
      a kind of food
    2. B.
      a round piece of beef
    3. C.
      the name of a village
    4. D.
      a city in Germany
  2. 2.

    According to the passage, ___________

    1. A.
      few Americans like hamburgers
    2. B.
      hamburgers are made with beef
    3. C.
      hamburgers are made with ham
    4. D.
      hamburgers were first sold about a century ago
  3. 3.

    According to the writer, which of the following can often be found in any large English dictionary?

    1. A.
      Where all the new words come from
    2. B.
      Where those Germans came from
    3. C.
      The reason why a word has a certain meaning
    4. D.
      The reason why English is spoken around the world
  4. 4.

    From the story, we can know that the word “hamburger” comes from ___________

    1. A.
      China because it has a long history
    2. B.
      English because Germans don’t speak good English
    3. C.
      The round piece of beef which those people from Hamburg were eating
    4. D.
      English speakers because they always create new words

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