He gave () he had to them.

id I know D．I did know

When he just got off the plane, he gave us a good description of ______ in Africa.

A．what he had seen

B．that he had seen

C．which he had seen

D．he had seen what

political or forensic.

Born in rude and abject poverty, he never had any education, except what he gave himself, till he was approaching manhood. Not even books wherewith to inform. and train his mind were within his reach. No school, no university, no legal faculty had any part in training his powers. When he became a lawyer and a politician, the years most favourable to continuous study had already passed, and the opportunities he found for reading were very scanty. He knew but few authors in general literature, though he knew those few thoroughly. He taught himself a little mathematics, but he could read no language save his own, and can have had only the faintest acquaintance with European history or with any branch of philosophy.

The want of regular education was not made up for by the persons among whom his lot was cast. Till he was a grown man, he never moved in any society from which he could learn those things with which the mind of an orator to be stored. Even after he had gained some legal practice, there was for many years no one for him to mix with except the petty practitioners of a petty town, men nearly all of whom knew little more than he did himself.

Schools gave him nothing, and society gave him nothing. But he had a powerful intellect and a resolute will. Isolation fostered not only self-reliance but the habit of reflection, and indeed, of prolonged and intense reflection. He made all that he knew a part of himself. His convictions were his own—clear and coherent. He was not positive or opinionated and he did not deny that at certain moments he pondered and hesitated long before he decided on his course. But though he could keep a policy in suspense, waiting for events to guide him, he did not waver. He paused and reconsidered, but it was never his way to go back on a decision once more or to waste time in vain regrets that all he had expected had not been attained. He took advice readily and left many things to his ministers; but he did not lean on his advisers. Without vanity or ostentation, he was always independent, self-contained, prepared to take full responsibility for his acts.

It is said in the second paragraph that Abraham Lincoln ______.

A．was illiterate

B．was never educated

C．was educated very late

D．behaved rudely when he was young

too busy to write it himself, so he asked his secretary to put one together for him out of a large book of speeches which she had on her desk. She typed one out for him, and he picked it up just in time to rush off to his plane. But when he gave his speech, it ran on for an hour, and the audience (听众) was getting very tired of it by the end.

When the businessman got back to his office, he said to his secretary, "I told you it should be a twenty-minute speech !"

"That's what I gave you ," she answered, "the original and two copies. The original for you to read at the meeting, and two copies for the files, after you have checked them."

What was the secretary asked to do？

A．To give a speech instead of the businessman.

B．To type a one-hour speech for the businessman.

C．To choose a speech from a book of speeches and type it.

D．To make up a speech from some others and type it.

In the last paragraph, what does the sentence "He belongs to the world" mean？

A．Because he mastered six languages and had been to many countries.

B．Because he became the friend of all humanity as a man.

C．Because he was a scientist, he tamed lightning he invented lightning rod (避雷针), and gave light to all the world.

D．Because he was showered with all the high degrees the colleges of the world could give.

It was Monday, Mrs. Smith's dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.

Considering that there was no better way, Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it, "Give my dog half a pound of meat." Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently, "Take this to the butcher (卖肉者) , and he's going to give you your lunch today."

Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's shop. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and presently did as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up immediately.

At midday (正午), the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.

The next day, the dog came again exactly at midday. And as usual it brought a piece of paper in. the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at the paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers.

But, the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, "This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today？"

Looking at the piece' of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!

Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite ______.

A．cruelly

B．kindly

C．badly

D．unfairly

Jenkins was a jeweller, who had made a large diamond (钻石) ring worth ￡57,000 for the Silkstone Jewellery Shop. When it was ready, he made a copy of it which looked【21】like the first one but was worth only ￡2,000. This he took to the shop, which【22】it without a question.

Jenkins gave the much more【23】ring to his wife for her fortieth birthday. Then ,the husband and wife【24】to Paris for a weekend. As to the【25】ring, the shop sold it for ￡60,000.

Six months later the buyer【26】it back to Silkstone's office. "It's a faulty (有瑕疵的)diamond," he said. "It isn't worth the high【27】paid. "Then he told them the【28】. His wife's car had caught fire in an【29】. She had escaped (幸免),【30】the ring had fallen off and been damaged (损坏) in the great【31】of the fire.

The shop had to【32】. They knew that no fire on earth can【33】damage a perfect diamond. Someone had taken the【34】diamond and put a faulty one in its place. The question was: who【35】it？

A picture of the ring appeared in the【36】. A reader thought he【37】the ring. The next day, another picture appeared in the papers which【38】a famous dancer walking out to a plane for Paris. Behind the dancer there was a woman【39】a large diamond ring," Do you know the【40】with the lovely diamond ring？" the papers asked their readers. Several months later ,Jenkins was sentenced to seven years in prison.

(41)

A．only

B．surely

C．nearly

D．exactly

el there. One night, he went out for a walk alone. It was late and the small street was dark and quiet. Suddenly he felt someone behind him. He turned his head and saw an Italian young man who quickly walked past him. The man was nearly out of sight when the Frenchman suddenly found that his watch was gone. He thought that it must be the Italian who had taken his watch. He decided to follow him and get back the watch. Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian. Neither of them understood the other’s language. The Frenchman frightened the Italian with his fist(拳头) and pointed at the Italian’s watch. In the end the Italian gave up his watch to the Frenchman. When he returned to the hotel, the Frenchman told his wife what had happened. He was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table. Now he realized that by mistake he had robbed the watch and it was the Italian’s. One night the Frenchman went out for _______ alone.

A、a ride

B、a walk

C、a drink

D、rest

ce early in the morning to make some arrangements. He was telephoning for a ticket for his trip when the night watchman came in, who was back from work, and said" Good morning" to the owner. Then he told him that he had dreamed that very night of his employer's(雇主的)plane crashing(坠毁) after taking off. The owner was surprised to hear this. He decided, however, there was something in what the night watchman said. He postponed(推迟) his trip.

As things turned out, the night watchman's dream was correct. That day the plane exploded (爆炸) just after leaving the ground. The owner gave the night watchman 5,000 dollars and a letter. He said, "I'm very sorry to do so. But I have to do so. Read the letter when you get home."

The puzzled man hurried home and tore the letter in a hurry. After taking a look, he turned pale. There was only one sentence in it. And he knew that he had been fired.

The owner was going to trip ______.

A．by air

B．by water

C．by train

D．with his family

in 1863. He had an interest in mechanics. He invented a car called the quadricycle which had four wheels. It essentially (实质上) had four bicycle tires and no cab (司机室).

Henry built race cars in the 1890’s and even became a race car driver. But he wanted to build cars for everyone: to use, so he began the Ford Motor Company in 1903. He had formulated (制定) a business motto which would be the reason for his success. "The way to make automobiles is to make one automobile like another automobile, to make them all alike." His company declared that they could make automobiles in any color, as long as it was black.

Henry gave much credit to his wife whom he called "The Believer". From the earliest days of their relationship she was the one who encouraged him to build a horseless carriage. Her belief in him was a constant encouragement to produce what would become tile primary mode of transportation in the future.

Henry's greatest task was to produce a gasoline engine that would be the power for his car. He finally produced so many hours each day that his friends called him crazy Henry. tie was inspired to work until his invention would work effectively.

When he designed the Model T, he decided he could build it cheaply for what he called "the great multitude(批量)." To do this he had to design an assemble line where many cars could be bilt in a single day. Each worker would have only his individual parts to put on each car. Then he could limit himself to the few tools needed for the task.

The Model T was introduced in 1908 and began to be produced on an assembly line in 1913. Henry Ford was the major figure in the auto industry for the next fifteen years.

On May 26, 1927, Henry watched the 15 millionth Model T Ford roll off the assembly tine. He had become the richest man in America. He was able to bring the price low enough so that most Americans could buy his car. This gave every family much independence, for they could move about freely without the aid of others’ transporting them.

Because he did not change his Model T, others began experimenting with different types of cars. However, the Ford Motor Company still exists and all car owners are indebted (受惠于) to the creation of the automobile by Henry Ford.

To make cars, Henry first of all needed ______.

A．his wife’s encouragement

B．a lot of money to buy equipment

C．engineers and technicians

D．to produce a gasoline engine that would be the power for his car

nge old mall named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England．He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries．When he was seventy-five．he gave￡1200 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children’s playground． As a result of his kindness，many people came to visit him．Among them was a newspaperman．During their talk，Johnson remarked that he was seventy—five and expected to live to be a hundred．The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy-five．Johnson had a sense of humour(幽默)．He liked whisky(威士忌酒)and drank some each day．“I have an injection(注射)in my neck each evenin9，”he told the newspaperman，thinking of his evening glass of whisky． The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant．In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy．five and had a daily injection in his neck．Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain．asking him for the secret of his daily injection． The gift of money to the school suggests that Johnson_________．

A.had no children

B.was a strange man

C.was very fond of children

D.wanted people to know how rich he was