Nate suffered a hard blow when he lost his job．His boss had spoken rudely, “Your services are no longer needed．” Nate left the building filled with despair．By the time he reached home, he was in a deep depression．When he entered his house, he blurted out to his wife Sophia, “I lost my job．I am a complete, absolutely failure．” A tense silence followed．Then a smile crept across Sophia's face． “What great news!” she responded, “Now you can write the book you have always wanted to write．”

       “But I have no job and no prospect of a job,” he objected, completely without hope．“If I struggle to be an author, then what will we live on? Where will the money come from?” Sophia took her husband by the hand and led him to the kitchen．Opening a drawer, she took out a box that was full of cash．“Where on earth did you get this?” Nate gasped．“To whom does it belong?”

       “It's ours!” Sophia replied．"I always know that one day you would become a great writer only if you were given the chance．From the money you gave me for housekeeping every week, I have saved as much as I could so you would have your chance．Now there is enough to last us a whole year．”

       What a surprise! What encouragement! What a wife! The unemployed husband did concentrate on writing that year, and the novel he wrote became a literary masterpiece（杰作）．The book is The Scarlet Letter．Sophia had an even greater achievement, and she turned Nathaniel Hawthorne from a poor clerk into a world famous master．

1.Which of the following can be inferred from the first paragraph?

       A．Sophia was very disappointed to hear the news．

       B．Nate was too sad to speak any more．

       C．Sophia was thinking of how to encourage Nate．

       D．Neither husband nor wife had any idea of what to do．

2.Sophia saved money because ____________．

       A．she knew her husband would lose his job one day

       B．she knew their life would be in difficulty

       C．she was very careful with money

       D．she was trying to help her husband in every possible way

3.From the passage we can know that Sophia was ___________．

       A．kind and brave

       B．careful and encouraging

       C．friendly and warm-hearted

       D．honest and determined

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

       A．Sophia's Achievement

       B．A Great Writer's Struggle to Success

       C．Great Encouragement in Hard Times

       D．Failure is the Mother of Success

 

Nate suffered a hard blow when he lost his job．His boss had spoken rudely, “Your services are no longer needed．” Nate left the building filled with despair．By the time he reached home, he was in a deep depression．When he entered his house, he blurted out to his wife Sophia, “I lost my job．I am a complete, absolutely failure．” A tense silence followed．Then a smile crept across Sophia's face． “What great news!” she responded, “Now you can write the book you have always wanted to write．”

       “But I have no job and no prospect of a job,” he objected, completely without hope．“If I struggle to be an author, then what will we live on? Where will the money come from?” Sophia took her husband by the hand and led him to the kitchen．Opening a drawer, she took out a box that was full of cash．“Where on earth did you get this?” Nate gasped．“To whom does it belong?”

       “It's ours!” Sophia replied．"I always know that one day you would become a great writer only if you were given the chance．From the money you gave me for housekeeping every week, I have saved as much as I could so you would have your chance．Now there is enough to last us a whole year．”

       What a surprise! What encouragement! What a wife! The unemployed husband did concentrate on writing that year, and the novel he wrote became a literary masterpiece（杰作）．The book is The Scarlet Letter．Sophia had an even greater achievement, and she turned Nathaniel Hawthorne from a poor clerk into a world famous master．

1．Which of the following can be inferred from the first paragraph?

       A．Sophia was very disappointed to hear the news．

       B．Nate was too sad to speak any more．

       C．Sophia was thinking of how to encourage Nate．

       D．Neither husband nor wife had any idea of what to do．

2．Sophia saved money because ____________．

       A．she knew her husband would lose his job one day

       B．she knew their life would be in difficulty

       C．she was very careful with money

       D．she was trying to help her husband in every possible way

3．From the passage we can know that Sophia was ___________．

       A．kind and brave

       B．careful and encouraging

       C．friendly and warm-hearted

       D．honest and determined

4．What would be the best title for the passage?

       A．Sophia's Achievement

       B．A Great Writer's Struggle to Success

       C．Great Encouragement in Hard Times

       D．Failure is the Mother of Success

Small discoveries in Indonesia are causing a stir in the science world. Researchers have excavated tiny bones that they believe belong to an entirely new human species. If that’s true, it will change how we think about our ancestors.

Clues that the little people may have lived long ago were first issued last year in the scientific journal Nature. Scientists said that they had found the bones of a three-foot-tall female on the island of Flores in Indonesia. When they looked more closely, they saw that the nearly complete skeleton(骨架) belonged to a full-grown adult. Researchers named her Hobbit after the tiny heroes of the Lord of the Rings books.

Now the team is saying it has excavated even more pieces of the puzzle, including a jawbone and parts of arms, legs and hands from several individuals, as well as stone tools. They reported their find in Nature this month. “The new evidence makes it very clear that these people are a new species, distinct from modern humans.” Peter Brown, a scientist on the team, said. They named these ancient humans Homo floresiensis.

Brown says that these little people lived as recently as 12,000 years ago. If Homo floresiensis was a different species from modern humans, that would make our family tree bigger than we knew, It means, says Brown, that “until recently a relative shared the planet with us.”

Many scientists think a new species is unlikely. Some argue that the bones must have belonged to modern humans whose small size was the result of a genetic problem.

Daniel E. Lieberman, a scientist at Harvard University, thinks that the debate over the discovery is healthy. He believes that the questions and arguments raised by critics will help us learn more about these unusual skeletons. “Disagreement is an important part of the scientific process,” Lieberman said, “As far as I’m concerned, the story’s only just begun.”

68. Researchers name the skeleton Hobbit because________.

A.it is a figure described in the Lord of the Rings

B.it resembles the tiny heroes in a set of books

C.it proves to be a full-grown adult

D.it belongs to an ancient human species

69. Small discoveries in Indonesia are important because_______.

A. they are issued in the scientific journal Nature

B. they are made by Peter Brown, a famous scientist

C. they are about ancestors of modern humans

D. they might provide new evidence for human study

70. According to Daniel E. Lieberman_________.

A. Homo floresiensis doesn’t exist        B. disagreement leads to further research

C. the research hasn’t begun yet          D. our family tree is bigger than we know

71. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A. Comparison Between Different Peoples       B. Arguments Over Human Origin

C. Discovery of a Possible New Human Species   D. History of Indonesian People

Small discoveries in Indonesia are causing a stir in the science world. Researchers have excavated tiny bones that they believe belong to an entirely new human species. If that’s true, it will change how we think about our ancestors.

Clues that the little people may have lived long ago were first issued last year in the scientific journal Nature. Scientists said that they had found the bones of a three-foot-tall female on the island of Flores in Indonesia. When they looked more closely, they saw that the nearly complete skeleton（骨架）belonged to a full-grown adult. Researchers named her Hobbit after the tiny heroes of the Lord of the Rings books.

Now the team is saying it has excavated even more pieces of the puzzle, including a jawbone and parts of arms, legs and hands from several individuals, as well as stone tools. They reported their find in Nature this month. “The new evidence makes it very clear that these people are a new species, distinct from modern humans.” Peter Brown, a scientist on the team, said. They named these ancient humans Homo floresiensis.

Brown says that these little people lived as recently as 12,000 years ago. If Homo floresiensis was a different species from modern humans, that would make our family tree bigger than we knew, It means, says Brown, that “until recently a relative shared the planet with us.”

Many scientists think a new species is unlikely. Some argue that the bones must have belonged to modern humans whose small size was the result of a genetic problem.

Daniel E. Lieberman, a scientist at Harvard University, thinks that the debate over the discovery is healthy. He believes that the questions and arguments raised by critics will help us learn more about these unusual skeletons. “Disagreement is an important part of the scientific process,” Lieberman said, “As far as I’m concerned, the story’s only just begun.”

68．Researchers name the skeleton Hobbit because               .

A．it is a figure described in the Lord of the Rings

B．it resembles the tiny heroes in a set of books

C．it proves to be a full-grown adult

D．it belongs to an ancient human species

69．Small discoveries in Indonesia are important because               .

A．they are issued in the scientific journal Nature

B．they are made by Peter Brown, a famous scientist

C．they are about ancestors of modern humans

D．they might provide new evidence for human study

70．According to Daniel E. Lieberman               .

A．Homo floresiensis doesn’t exist	B．disagreement leads to further research
C．the research hasn’t begun yet	D．our family tree is bigger than we know

71．Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A．Comparison Between Different Peoples

B．Arguments Over Human Origin

C．Discovery of a Possible New Human Species

D．History of Indonesian People