Lillian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs Hanson different from her classmates is her age-----73 years. She has been studying at college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years.

　　When Lillian Hanson graduated from high school, she went to the bank to borrow money for further education. The banker gave her no encouragement. He didn't think that a country girl should borrow money to go to college. He thought she should be at home doing work in the house or around the farm. So Lillian Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college. Mrs Hanson never forgot her dream of getting a higher education. When her children were grown, she tried again.

　　She finds that it is the hardest part of going back to school at her age to sit in class for long periods of time. Because she is not as quick as she used to be, Mrs Hanson often gets up and walks around classes to keep from getting stiff(不灵活). At the beginning of a course in using the computer, the other students all stood up to give her a warm welcome when she introduced herself and explained why she was there and what her aims were.

1.Mrs Hanson couldn’t go to college immediately after she graduated from high school because _____.

　　A. she hadn't got enough money         B. she was a country girl

　　C. the banker ordered her not to borrow any money

　　D.the banker thought she should raise a family of nine children

2.The computer students welcomed Mrs Hanson warmly because ______.

　　A. she had got an excellent result in the exam

　　B. she was good at telling funny stories

　　C. they wanted to get her help in their studies

　　D. they were deeply moved by her spirit

3. Mrs Hanson is the sort of person who ________.

　　A. cares for study very much    B. likes to borrow money from the bank

　　C. never misses a chance to talk   D. tries to save any money for her family

4. In which order did Mrs Hanson do the following things?

　　a. she began her studies at college.         b. She finished high school.

　　c. She got married and gave birth of nine children.

　　d. She had her 73 rd birthday.     e. She went to the bank to borrow money.

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

 

French novelist Jules Verne (1828—1905) is often called the father of science fiction. Although he was not a great traveler himself, his characters travelled to the moon (in From the Earth to the Moon), under the sea (in Twenty thousand leagues under the sea), into a volcano (in A journey to the centre of the earth), around the world (in Around the World in Eighty Days) and to many other places.

　　Jules Verne was born in the French city of Nantes in 1828. When he was a boy he ran away from home to work on a ship. However, his father soon found him and brought him home. After that he decided that any future travel he did would be in books. In 1847 his father sent Jules to Paris to study to be a lawyer. Even though he was busy writing, Verne passed his exams in 1849 with high marks.

　　When Jules told his father he did not want to be a lawyer, his father was very angry. He stopped sending his son any money, so Jules had to earn a living by his writing. Over the next few years he wrote many stories and plays, which brought him only a little money. Then, in 1856, he met Honorine de Viane, a rich, young widow with two children. The couple married the next year.

After his marriage, Verne worked as a businessman in Paris. However, he was not very successful at his job and spent most of his time writing books and doing research for the next one. In 1863 he published his novel Five Weeks in a balloon and the following year he published A Journey to the centre of the earth which made him famous. His books became so popular and earned him so much money that he was able to leave his job and work full time on his writing.

In his Lifetime, Jules Verne wrote more than 50 books and he became a rich man. Many of this imaginative novels have been turned into films.

1.When Jules Verne was brought home by his father, he decided that ________.

A．he would devote himself to writing

B．he would go on more travels in the future

C．he would stop writing about future travels

D．he would do what his father required

2.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．He was not good at his schoolwork.

B．He went to Paris because he wanted to be a lawyer.

C．His early stories and plays didn’t bring in much money.

D．He got married in 1856.

3.Jules Verne became rich mainly because of his ________.

A．family            B．marriage          C．business          D．writing

4.Which book can be considered as a turning point in Jules Verne’s life?

A. From the Earth to the Moon.

B. Five Weeks in a Balloon.

C. A Journey to the Center of the Earth.

D. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

5.Which can we infer from the passage?

A．Jules Verne’s stories and plays were liked by film makers.

B．Jules Verne was not clever enough to learn law.

C．Jules Verne’s wife helped him a lot in his writing career.

D．Jules Verne’s stories and plays made him famous in the 1850s.

 

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When Joe left university, he got a work in a factory,	(1) ____
but after he had been where for some years, he decided that	(2) ____
he have a change, so he put a notice in several newspapers,	(3) ____
said what experience he had and the kind of job he would like	(4) ____
to have. One of the answer he received was from a man who	(5) ____
was looking for a job, also. This man wrote to him,“Dear sir,	(6) ____
When you get a new job, please be kind enough to give your name	(7) ____
and address to your present master as I have been tried to find a	(8) ____
position like yours for a long time.” After be was read the letter,	(9) ____
he suddenly realized that what he had done was really foolish.	(10) ___