Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man 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￡12,000 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 humor. He liked whisky (威士忌酒) and drank some each day. “I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening,” 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.
1.Johnson became a rich man through ___________.
A. doing business B. making whisky
C. cheating D. buying and selling land
2.The gift of money to the school suggests (暗示) 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
3.Many people wrote to Johnson to find out ___________.
A. what kind of whisky he had
B. how to live longer
C. how to become wealthy
D. in which part of the neck to have an injection
4.The newspaperman ___________.
A. should have reported what Johnson had told him
B. shouldn’t have asked Johnson what injection he had
C. was eager to live a long life
D. should have found out what Johnson really meant
5.When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening, he really meant that ___________.
A. he liked drinking a glass of whisky in the evening
B. he needn’t an injection in the neck
C. a daily injection in the evening would make him sleep well
D. there was something wrong with his neck
The hand, the eyes, and the brain work together to make human beings different from other animals. No other animals have all three parts to work together. No animals can do what human beings can do. Humans can do many things and feel many things with the hand. The hand can hold onto things and make things because the thumb(大拇指) works with the fingers. This fifth finger is strong. Most animals don’t have thumbs. The thumb can press against the other fingers. Without a thumb to press against the fingers, it is difficult to hold onto anything. The thumb and fingers can also fit the flat surface of a box and the curved (不平的) surface of a pencil. We can feel that something is hot or cold, soft or hard, smooth or rough. The hand, with thumb and fingers, is one of the best tools we have. Most animals see a flat picture. Their eyes can only see how high and how wide something is. Some animals see a different picture with each eye. Some don’t see in colour. Humans see one picture with both eyes working together. We can see how high and how wide something is. We can also see how far in front of or in back of something a thing is. The brain tells other parts of the body how to work. Some of the things the body does are automatic; that is, we don’t have to think about them. For example, we don’t have to think to make our heart beat or our stomach work. The brain tells the eyes and hands how to make useful and beautiful things. That is how human beings become tool makers and artists. That is how human can have richer and better lives than other animals.
1.Human beings are different from other animals because ___________.
A. human beings have the hands, the eyes, and the brain working all the time
B. other animals also have hands, the eyes, and the brain
C. human beings work together with other animals
D. the hands, the eyes, and the brain of the human can work together
2.According to the passage, when you say you hold onto something, you mean______
A. you have it in your hand and keep it there by putting your fingers firmly round it
B. you have it in your arms and keep it there by putting your fingers firmly round it
C. you feel it with your hands
D. you press the fingers of your right hand against those of your left hand
3.The author tells us that no animals can do what humans can do. He gives quite a few facts to support the idea. One of them is that ___________.
A. most animals don’t see in colour
B. the humans see a thing with both eyes working together
C. only humans can see and how high and how wide a thing is
D. some animals can see only one picture
4.___________ is automatic.
A. Breathing B. Driving a car
C. Making a chair D. Playing football
5.People who make beautiful things are usually called ___________.
A. toolmakers B. artists
C. scientists D. drivers
I came here with your mother ________ to see you.
A. specially B. special
C. especially D. especial
How did all these _________?
A. came out B. come up
C. come across D. come about
It’s _______ hot here. We can’t stay here for a long time.
A. much B. very much
C. much too D. too much
Please tell me the way you thought of _______ the garden.
A. take care of B. to take care of
C. taking care of D. to take care
