Mark Twain was famous as a writer, but he was also famous as a public

1.I am Lee, a Chinese student studying in the US. Last week while I was getting on a bus I dropped one of my packages and a young man who was also getting on the bus picked it up for me. He seemed nice, so I chatted with him a bit. He said his name is Sam , he was 18 years old and has always lived in this town. His family also lives in town, but he lives alone in a small apartment. He just graduated from high school this year and is now a student at the local university. I asked where he was going, and he said that he was going to work-he has an evening job at a restaurant to make money to pay for university. He said that he doesn’t want to live with his family or ask them for money.I don’t understand why American young people leave home when them reach 18. Is this true for most Americans?

2.When Mr. Little was young, he often played football, and he was good at it. But then he went and worked in a town and there was no football team for him there, so he stopped ___21___. Then he began to get fat, so he thought, “I stopped playing football and I've got fat. What shall I do?” He thought about it for ___22___ days and he said to himself, “I'll play ping pong.” He has some lessons and he played for a few months. He met a nice girl at the club ___23___ day and they played a game of ping pong against(对) another young man and young woman. Mr. Little played very ___24___, and he was very sad about this. “I never played ___25___ than this before,” he told the girl. “Oh,” she said, “you played ping pong before, didn't you?” 选项： A:playing B:one C:worse更坏 D:a few E:badly

3.n old man died and left his son a lot of money.But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent ___1___ money, so that he had ___2___ left.Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him.When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles."My money has finished and my friends have gone," said the young man."What will ___3___ to me now?""Don't ___4___, young man," answered Nasreddin."Everything will soon be all right again.Wait, and you will soon feel much happier."The young man was very glaD."Am I going to get rich again then?""No, I ___5___ mean that," said the old man."I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and having no friends."

4.第七套Section BPassage One Tom lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly ever left his home, but one day he went into town to buy some things in the market. After he had bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table by himself. When he looked around, he saw several old people put glasses on before reading their man newspapers, so after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself some glasses too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop. The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said,“No, I can’t read with these.”The man became more and more puzzled, until finally he said,“Excuse me, but can you read at all？”“No, of course I can’t！”Tom said angrily. “If I was already able to read, do you think I would have come here to buy glasses？” 选项： A: 1 B: 1 C: 1 D: 1

5.Mr Tom Forester lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly ever left his home, but one day he went into town to buy some things in the market. After he had bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table by himself. When he looked around, he saw several old people put glasses on before reading their newspapers, so after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself some glasses too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop.The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said, "No, I can't read with these."The man became more and more puzzled（迷惑不解）, until finally he said, "Excuse me, but can you read at all?""No, of course I can't!" Tom said angrily. "If I was already able to read, do you think I would have come here to buy glasses?" 3）、The old people in the restaurant read their newspapers with glasses off. 选项： A:T B:F

6. Passage One Tom lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly ever left his home, but one day he went into town to buy some things in the market. After he had bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table by himself. When he looked around, he saw several old people put glasses on before reading their man newspapers, so after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself some glasses too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop. The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said,“No, I can’t read with these. ”The man became more and more puzzled, until finally he said,“Excuse me, but can you read at all？”“No, of course I can’t！”Tom said angrily. “If I was already able to read, do you think I would have come here to buy glasses？” * Tom lived __________. 选项： A: with his family in a city B: with his family in the countryside C: alone in a city D: alone in the countryside

7.According to the lecture, which of the following statements is true about the predicament of Mark Twain?选项： A:Mark Twain lived like "an uncrowned king" for 40 years, but he was not happy; B:For years in his career, Mark Twain was acclaimed as a prolific joker though he was more like an amazingly pessimistic thinker; C:Mark Twain’s talent was rooted in his boyhood and restrained by crude atmosphere of American frontier, but later was blunted by the gentility of the Easter society; D:Mark Twain’s family and friends were in full support of his writing and would give him their approval of whatever he wrote

8.According to the lecture, which of the following statements is true about the predicament of Mark Twain?选项： A:Mark Twain lived like "an uncrowned king" for 40 years, but he was not happy; B:For years in his career, Mark Twain was acclaimed as a prolific joker though he was more like an amazingly pessimistic thinker; C:Mark Twain’s talent was rooted in his boyhood and restrained by crude atmosphere of American frontier, but later was blunted by the gentility of the Easter society; D:Mark Twain’s family and friends were in full support of his writing and would give him their approval of whatever he wrote

9. Passage One Tom lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly ever left his home, but one day he went into town to buy some things in the market. After he had bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table by himself. When he looked around, he saw several old people put glasses on before reading their man newspapers, so after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself some glasses too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop. The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said,“No, I can’t read with these. ”The man became more and more puzzled, until finally he said,“Excuse me, but can you read at all？”“No, of course I can’t！”Tom said angrily. “If I was already able to read, do you think I would have come here to buy glasses？” * The old people in the restaurant read their newspapers ___________. 选项： A: with glasses on B: with glasses off C: With glasses of beer in front of them D: with glasses pipes in their mouths

10. Passage One Tom lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly ever left his home, but one day he went into town to buy some things in the market. After he had bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table by himself. When he looked around, he saw several old people put glasses on before reading their man newspapers, so after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself some glasses too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop. The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said,“No, I can’t read with these. ”The man became more and more puzzled, until finally he said,“Excuse me, but can you read at all？”“No, of course I can’t！”Tom said angrily. “If I was already able to read, do you think I would have come here to buy glasses？” * what kind of mistake did Tom make？选项： A: He went to the wrong kind of shop. B: He didn’t try on all the glasses in the shop C: He thought that a person who had not learned to read would be able to do so if he wore glasses. D: He left his money in the restaurant

11.Mr. Tom Forester lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly ever left his home, but one day he went into town to buy some things in the market. After he had bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table by himself. When he looked around, he saw several old people put glasses on before reading their newspapers, so after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself some glasses too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop.The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said. “No, I can't read with these.”The man became more and more puzzled (迷惑不解), until finally he said. “Excuse me. but can you read at all?”“No. of course I can't!” Tom said angrily. “If I was already able to read, do you think I would have come here to buy glasses?”问What kind of mistake did Tom make? 选项： A:He went to the wrong kind of shop B:He didn't try on all the glasses in the shop C:He thought that a person who had not learned to read would be able to do so if he wore glasses D:He left his money in the restaurant

12.Mr. Tom Forester lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly ever left his home, but one day he went into town to buy some things in the market. After he had bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table by himself. When he looked around, he saw several old people put glasses on before reading their newspapers, so after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself some glasses too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop.The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said," No, I can't read with these. "The man became more and more puzzled (迷惑不解) , until finally he said, "Excuse me, but can you read at all?""No, of course I can’t!" Tom said angrily. "If I was already able to read, do you think I would have come here to buy glasses?"问题 What kind of mistake did Tom make? 选项： A: He went to the wrong kind of shop. B: He didn't try on all the glasses in the shop. C: He thought that a person who had not learned to read would be able to do so if he wore glasses. D: He left his money in the restaurant

13.第七套Section B Passage One Tom lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly ever left his home, but one day he went into town to buy some things in the market. After he had bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table by himself. When he looked around, he saw several old people put glasses on before reading their man newspapers, so after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself some glasses too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop. The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said,“No, I can’t read with these.” The man became more and more puzzled, until finally he said,“Excuse me, but can you read at all？” “No, of course I can’t！”Tom said angrily. “If I was already able to read, do you think I would have come here to buy glasses？” 61.Tom lived __________. 选项： A:with his family in a city B:with his family in the countryside C:alone in a city D:alone in the countryside

14. Passage One Tom lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly ever left his home, but one day he went into town to buy some things in the market. After he had bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table by himself. When he looked around, he saw several old people put glasses on before reading their man newspapers, so after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself some glasses too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop. The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said,“No, I can’t read with these. ”The man became more and more puzzled, until finally he said,“Excuse me, but can you read at all？”“No, of course I can’t！”Tom said angrily. “If I was already able to read, do you think I would have come here to buy glasses？” * The shop Tom went into sold __________. 选项： A: drinking glasses and cups B: glass for windows and colors C: glasses for people who could not read D: glasses for people who could not see well

">15.Last year Tom left school. He came to Taipei to look for a job. He went from one company to another but __21__ wanted him. Now he had little money. He had to go back to his small town. So he came to the station. He felt __22__ and tired. It was very late at night and the station was full of people. They were waiting __23__ tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was very happy.

At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked to him. She asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket. He thought they needed it more than he did. After __24__ left, he sat on the bench and didn't know where to go. Just then, an old man came and said, "Young man, I __25__ what you did to the woman. I have a big company. I need a good young man like you. Would you like to work for me?"

16.Mr. Tom Forester 1lived by himself a long way from town. He 2hardly ever left his home, but one day he went into town to buy some things in the market. After he had bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table by himself. When he looked around, he saw several old people put glasses on before reading their newspapers, so after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself some glasses too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop.The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said," No, I can't read with these. "The man became more and more puzzled (迷惑不解) , until finally he said, "Excuse me, but can you read at all?""No, of course I can’t!" Tom said angrily. "If I was already able to read, do you think I would have come here to buy glasses?"Q The shop Tom went into sold _________. 选项： A: drinking glasses and cups B: glass for windows and doors C: glasses for people who could not read D: glasses for people who could not see well

17.Mr. Tom Forester lived by himself a long way from town. He hardly ever left his home, but one day he went into town to buy some things in the market. After he had bought them, he went into a restaurant and sat down at a table by himself. When he looked around, he saw several old people put glasses on before reading their newspapers, so after lunch he decided to go to a shop to buy himself some glasses too. He walked along the road, and soon found a shop.The man in the shop made him try on a lot of glasses, but Tom always said," No, I can't read with these. "The man became more and more puzzled (迷惑不解) , until finally he said, "Excuse me, but can you read at all?""No, of course I can’t!" Tom said angrily. "If I was already able to read, do you think I would have come here to buy glasses?"问题 The shop Tom went into sold _________. 选项： A: drinking glasses and cups B: glass for windows and doors C: glasses for people who could not read D: glasses for people who could not see well

18. An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent ___1___ money, so that he had ___2___ left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles."My money has finished and my friends have gone," said the young man. "What will ___3___ to me now?""Don't ___4___, young man," answered Nasreddin. "Everything will soon be all right again. Wait, and you will soon feel much happier."The young man was very glad. "Am I going to get rich again then?""No, I ___5___ mean that," said the old man. "I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and having no friends." 选项： A: happen B: didn't C: nothing D: all the E: worry

19.Old ____ he is, he works like a young man.

20.An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent ___21___ money, so that he had ___22___ left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles. "My money has finished and my friends have gone," said the young man. "What will ___23___ to me now?" "Don't ___24___, young man," answered Nasreddin. "Everything will soon be all right again. Wait, and you will soon feel much happier." The young man was very glad. "Am I going to get rich again then?" "No, I ___25___ mean that," said the old man. "I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and having no friends." 选项： A:happen B:didn't不做 C:nothing没有什么 D:all the所有的 E:worry

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">21.Last year Tom left school. He came to Taipei to look for a job. He went from one company to another but __ __ wanted him. Now he had little money. He had to go back to his small town. So he came to the station. He felt __ __ and tired. It was very late at night and the station was full of people. They were waiting __ __ tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was very happy.

At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked to him. She asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket. He thought they needed it more than he did. After __ __ left, he sat on the bench and didn't know where to go. Just then, an old man came and said, "Young man, I __ __ what you did to the woman. I have a big company. I need a good young man like you. Would you like to work for me?"

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