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阅读理解。    Since 1989, Dave Thomas, who died at age 69, was one of the most recognizable faces on TV.
He appeared in more than 800 commercials (商业广告) for the hamburger chain named for his
daughter. "As long as it works," he said in 1991, "I"ll continue to do those commercials."
    Even though he was successful, Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. "He still won"t let
anyone see his feet, which are out of shape because he never had proper fitting shoes," Wendy said
in 1993. Born to a single mother, he was adopted as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas of Kalamazoo
in Michigan. After Auleva died when he was 5, Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around
seeking construction work. "He fed me," Thomas said, "and if I got out of line, he"d beat me."
    Moving out on his own at 15, Thomas worked, first as a waiter, in many restaurants. But he had
something much better in mind. "I thought if I owned a restaurant," he said, "I could eat for free." A
1956 meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career as the manager of a Kentucky Fried
Chicken restaurant that made him a millionaire in 1968.
    In 1969, after breaking with Sanders, Thomas started the first Wendy"s Old Fashioned Hamburgers,
in Columbus, Ohio, which set itself apart by serving made to order burgers. With 6,000 restaurants
worldwide, the chain now makes $ 6 billion a year in sales.
    Although troubled by his own experience with adoption, Thomas, married since 1954 to Lorraine,
66, and with four grown kids besides Wendy, felt it could offer a future for other children. He started
the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in 1992.
    In 1993, Thomas, who had left school at 15, graduated from Coconut Creek High School in Florida.
He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party. The kids voted him Most Likely to Succeed.
    "The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave," says friend Pat Williams. "He wasn"t a great actor or
a great speaker. He was just Joe Everybody."1. What is the article mainly about?A. The life of Dave Thomas.
B. The dream of Dave Thomas.
C. The schooling of Dave Thomas.
D. The growth of Dave Thomas"s business.2.What do we know about his childhood?A. He lived a poor life.
B. He had caring parents.
C.He stayed in one place.
D.He didn"t go to school.3. Choose the right time order of the following events in Thomas"s life.
a. graduated from high schoolb. started his own business
c. became a millionaire d. started a foundation
e. met Harland Sanders

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

4. "He was just Joe Everybody." (in the last paragraph) means_______.A. Dave was famous
B. Dave was ordinary
C. Dave was showy
D. Dave was shy5. What is the name of Dave Thomas"s business?

A. Thomas"s.
B. Wendy"s.
C. Lorraine"s.
D. Rex"s.

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完形填空。     Sumo wrestlers (相扑选手) are usually big, heavy men. The biggest sumo wrestler of all the
time is Koni-shiki, who now   1 about 230 kg. Born in Hawaii, he was   2   a big boy. When he
was a teenager, some people 3   he go to Japan and become a sumo wrestler.
     Although he took their advice, at first it was a   4   life. "I had to clean the toilets and    5 the
rubbish (垃圾)," Konishiki remembered, "I knew I had to   6   to life in Japan. I said to myself,
"I   7  learn Japanese." Soon I could  8 it quite well."
     Konishiki"s career started    9 , and he was soon upgraded to a higher rank. But despite his
  10    he soon had health problems. The doctors told him that he should   11 some weight. "I
started dieting. I 12    to do it. But I did it too    13 ," he said, "I lost some of my strength, too."
     He lost a lot of fights, and then his parents got  14 in a car crash. "I must go and    15  them,"
he thought. Though it was only three days 16   a big tournament (锦标赛), he flew back to Hawaii.
Despite his  17  , they were not badly injured.
     When he returned, he knew that he had to do well. The newspapers said, "Konishiki must win,
18  he will go down in rank."
     Though he had many problems, Konishiki won 14 of his 15 fights, and won the Emperor"s Cup.
He was so  19  that he cried. "You ought not to show your feelings," he said, "but I couldn"t    20  it." (     )1．A. means
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阅读理解。    Almost no young people today know who the cartoon character Oswald the Rabbit is,
but they certainly recognize his successor, Bugs Bunny. Oswald, Bugs, and hundreds of other
characters were created by Walt Disney, perhaps the most famous cartoonist in history.
    Born in Chicago in 1901, Walt Disney always wanted to be an artist. After returning from
World War I, in which he drove an ambulance, Disney worked as a commercial artist. He
enjoyed drawing cartoons more than anything else, and decided to try his hand at a technology
that was new at the time, moving pictures.
   In the 1920"s, he produced several films where he made cartoon characters move as if by
magic. The technique Disney used was painstaking. He made hundreds or even thousands of
repeated drawings of the same character. In each drawing, the character was changed just a
bit. A film was taken of the series of drawings, and when it was shown, the characters appeared
to move. The process, called animation, is still used today, although computers have made the
process much easier.
     In 1928, Disney created his most famous character, Mortimer Mouse, who we know today
as Mickey. The mouse starred in a cartoon called Steamboat Willie, which was unusual because
it involved the use of a sound track. Within the next few years, Disney invented many of his other
characters.
    The list of Disney"s animation successes is long and memorable. It includes Pinocchio, Dumbo,
Bambi, Cinderella, and Peter Pan. Perhaps his most remarkable animated film is Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs. Created in 1937, it was an immediate success. Today, more than fifty years later,
it is still one of the most popular films for children.1. What is one of the chief differences between animation today and in Walt Disney"s early years?A. More people like animated movies.
B. Fewer people like animated movies.
C. Computers have made the job easier.
D. Computers have made the job harder.2. Which of these words best describes Walt Disney?A. Creative.
B. Athletic.
C. Exciting.
D. Quiet.3. What makes the film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs so remarkable?A. It was a little success when created.
B. It took more than a year to make it.
C. It was made at a time when there were no computers.
D. It has remained popular for more than fifty years.4. The author of this passage would probably agree that ______.A. Oswald the Rabbit is well-known today
B. Walt Disney is a remarkable person
C. animation is an easy technique
D. cartoons move by magic5. What does the underlined word "painstaking" (in Paragraph 3) probably mean?A. Something that hurts because it involves hard work.
B. Taking a long time and involving much hard work.
C. Requiring a lot of effort, like running a marathon.
D. Requiring many fine tools, such as pens and pencils.6. The secret of animation is to _______.A. make drawings that are exactly the same, then film them
B. choose names for characters that make people remember them
C. combine music, voices, and sound effects with pictures
D. make a film of many drawings that change just a little

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   Charlie Chaplin was the first international star of the modern era. He was especially beloved
for his Little Tramp   1 . He was the first screen artist to write,   2 and perform in his own films;
in fact,    3 , Charlie Chaplin even wrote the music for his movies. He was also the first artist to
use his work to pass a  4 of equality and justice for all -   5    for the "little guy". Charlie Chaplin"s
career and life made   6   the first global icon (偶像); his too-small hat, his too large shoes and his
trademark moustache were instantly    7   by audiences from Chicago to China, from Iowa City to
India. And they   8   are today. All of these make Charlie Chaplin the first citizen of our global village.
   Chaplin, a native of London, was born in   9    on April 16, 1889 to music hall performers. Chaplin
only saw his   10    twice until the age of seven. The man   11    him and his mother about a year after
Chaplin was   12   . During Chaplin"s earliest years, his mother was a(n)    13   and performer. Then
her voice gave out, her stage career   14 , and she began actively   15   Church of England services.
At the age of    16 , Chaplin"s mother was considered as the insane and sent to Cane Hill lunatic asylum (疯人院), and the       17  sent Charlie and his brother to live with his father,   18   had by then stopped
all payments of child support.
   Charlie Chaplin lived with his father only a short time    19 his mother was released from the lunatic
asylum and then    20   Charlie and his brother, to live with her once again.

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(     )10.A. brother
(     )11.A. taught
(     )12.A. born
(     )13.A. actor
(     )14.A. ended
(     )15.A. attending
(     )16.A. eight
(     )17.A. mother
(     )18.A. which
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B. shoot
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B. message
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阅读理解。      As a boy, Sanders was much influenced(影响) by books about the sea, but by the age of
fifteen he had decided to become a doctor rather than a sailor. His father was a doctor. So he
was often with the doctors and got along very well with them. When he was fourteen, he was
already hanging around the hospital where he was supposed to be helping to clean the medicine
bottles, but was actually trying to listen to the doctors" conversations with patients in the next room.
      During the war Sanders served in the army as a surgeon(外科医生). "That was the happiest
time of my life. I was dealing with real sufferers and on the whole making a success of my job." In
Rhodes he taught the country people simple facts about medicine. He saw himself as a life-saver.
He had proved his skill to himself and had a firm belief that he could serve those who lived simply,
and were dependent upon him. Thus, while in a position to tell them what to do he could feel he
was serving them.
      After the war, he married and set up a practice deep in the English countryside, working under
an old doctor who hated the sight of blood. This gave the younger man plenty of opportunity(机会)
to go on working as a life-saver. 1. When he was a small boy, books about the sea had made Sanders want to be ___. A. a surgeon
B. an army man
C. a sailor
D. a life-saver 2. At the age of 14, Sanders ___. A. worked as a doctor by cleaning the medicine bottles
B. met some doctors who were very friendly to him
C. was interested in talking with patients
D. remained together with the doctors3. His experience in the Army proved that ___. A. he was good at medical operations on the wounded
B. he succeeded in teaching people how to save their lives themselves
C. a doctor was the happiest man
D. his wish of being a life-saver could hardly come true 4. Having proved his skill to himself, Sanders ___. A. wanted to live a simple life like a countryman
B. came to realize that he was really working for his countrymen
C. taught himself life-saving
D. was highly respected by the old doctor5. When the war was over, he ___. A. learned from an old doctor because he was popular
B. started to hate the sight of blood while working
C. served the countrymen under an old doctor who needed someone to help him
D. had few chances to be a "life-saver" because he was younger

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阅读理解。     As we all know, it was Thomas Jefferson who wrote the Declaration of the Independence.
He wrote it in two weeks, and after a few changes, it was accepted by the Congress. As a result,
he became famous.
      Born in Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, a brilliant student at school and almost talented lawyer later,
was much interested in politics.
     Jefferson was elected Governor of Virginia in 1779, and he was sent to France as the representative
of the American government in 1784. Sixteen years later, at the age of 57, he was elected president
after Washington and Adams.
      Far from a handsome man, he was tall with long arms and big hands. Jefferson, who was an amusing
talker in conversation but a poor speaker, was generally good-natured.
      Jefferson was regarded as a defender of freedom on America. As a president, he protected the right
of free speech. Interestingly enough, in his eight years as President, Jefferson never vetoed a bill which
Congress had passed. He did a lot in organizing the new University of Virginia.
    Thomas Jefferson died on July the fourth, 1826, the 50th anniversary of American Independence. 1. From the passage we can infer that America won its independence in ___. A. 1786
B. 1776
C. 1842
D. 1800 2. How old was Thomas Jefferson when he became Governor of Virginia? A. He was 26.
B. He was in his forties.
C. He was 36.
D. We don"t know. 3. Which of the following statements is true? A. Jefferson was not only very talented but also very handsome.
B. Jefferson was not an easy person to get along with.
C. Jefferson was an amusing talker, but not good at speaking in public.
D. Not being politically-minded, Jefferson never vetoed a bill passed by the Congress. 4. Jefferson died when he was ____. A.72
B. 73
C. 83
D. 92 5. Jefferson"s greatest contribution in American history should be that ___. A. he did a lot in organizing the new University of Virginia
B. he was strongly against the slavery
C. he was for the right of free speech
D. he wrote the Declaration of Independence

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