Hauchecorne picked up a piece of string on his way to the market. He 1 to roll it up when he noticed Malandain was 2 him. As he had quarrelled with Malandain, he felt a bit of 3 at being seen thus by his 4 . So he hurriedly 5 the string, 6 to look for something else and then walked to the 7 .

　　 He soon lost himself in the marketing 8 . When noon came, he joined the meal at Jourdain's. While drinking, he first heard the pulic crier announce the 9 of wallet and then 10 called by the crier, who told him to appear at the mayor's office.

　　It was there that he 11 that he was said to have 12 the wallet by Malandain. In anger he insisted on his innocence (无辜) first by showing the 13 then by asking for 14 with Malandain. It was not until he was searched 15 the mayor let him leave.

　　Hauchecorne continued to defend his innocence, but the more he defended, the 16 he was believed 17 the wallet was found. He grew obviously 18 and soon, took to his bed.

　　Several months later he died in 19 still 20 his innocence, repeating, “A little piece of string －a little piece of string －see, here it is. ”

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　　"Mark Twain" was the name used by Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910) when he wrote books. His father was a lawyer, but a poor one, who lived at Florida, Missouri. The family was so poor that Samuel did not receive much teaching. He had to learn all that he could from the people whom he met. His father died when he was very young, and then there was even less money than before.

　　Many of the men in this part of America worked in the ships on the great River Mississippi, and he did this himself at one time (1857).

　　Where did he find the name "Mark Twain"? It came from the great river itself. It was part of one of the cries used by men who worked in the ships. When a man called "By the mark twain!"  he meant that the river was "two marks deep" there, that is to say, six feet deep ( "Twain" is an old form of the work "Two".) Samuel Clemens often heard these words when he was young, and he used them as a penname all his life.

　　During his work on the Mississippi he met travelers of all kinds, and this helped him a great deal when he started to write. But the number of travelers became smaller when war started in America in 1861. Many of the great ships on the river stopped work. Samuel left then and went to Nevada with his brother, who was at that time Governor of Nevada. There, near the town of Carson, Samuel became a gold miner, but he never made much money at the time. He soon saw that life in the gold mines was not for him. He also tried writing for the newspapers in Nevada, and this seemed more hopeful. He found that he could write.

　　He went to Europe in 1867 and visited France and Italy. In 1870 he married Olivia Langdon, and two years later he was spending nearly all his time writing. Among his books is his own story (1908).

　　He is now always known as Mark Twain, and many people do not even know that his family name was Clemens. He traveled in America and in England, and went to Oxford in 1907. He was one of  the great American writers of the time, and could make his readers laugh – a thing which few writers can do. He died in 1910.

1."Mark Twain" was _________.

      A. a famous American writer  B. name of a book

      C. a great river in America  D. a large ship

2.As a child, Samuel did not get much education because _________.

A.his father died too early

B.the family was very poor

  C. he disliked school very much

D. he could learn what he liked from the people he met

3. What gave him a great deal when he started writing? _______

A. His poor childhood     B. The Mississippi river 

C. All kinds of travelers he met  D. His brother

4. We can infer from the passage that ________.

A. Samuel loved writing from his early age

B. Samuel did not love writing at the beginning

C. his writings to the newspaper were successful

D. his brother encouraged him to write more

5.According to the writer of the passage, a good writer could _________.

A. write a lot for his readers

B. make a lot of money for his family

C. cause his readers to laugh

D. travel everywhere he wanted

 

　　A man shot two students died and wounded　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   1．________

five other at an Australian university on Monday,　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   2．________

before he is overpowered by classmates of the victims（受害者）.　　　　    3．________

The two dead were both male of　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  4．________

Asian-appearance in his early 20s. The others　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    5．________

have being treated for minor（未成年的） injuries.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  6．________

The man, in his mid-30s and of Asian appearanced,　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   7．________

was seized several students in　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  8．________

a classroom at Monash University, Melbourne　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   9．________

and was late arrested.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 10．________

 

Alfred Nobel became a millionaire and changed the ways of mining，construction，and warfare as the inventor of dynamite（炸药）. On April 12，1888，Alfred's brother Ludwig died of heart attack. A major French newspaper _1_ his brother for him and carried an article _2_ the death of Alfred Nobel. “The merchant of death is dead.”The article read. “Dr. Alfred

Nobel，who became _3_ by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before，died yesterday. ”Nobel was _4_ to find out not that he had died，but that，when his time was up， he would be thought of only as one who profited from _5_ and destruction.

To make sure that he was _6_ with love and respect. Nobel arranged in his _7_ to give the largest part of his money to _8_ the Nobel prizes，which would be awarded to people who made great _9_ to the causes of peace，literature，and the sciences. So _10_ ，Nobel had to die before he realized what his life was really about.

本文记叙了阿尔佛雷德?诺贝尔决定设立诺贝尔奖金的经过。

难易度：难

1. A. found　 B. misunderstood C. mistook D. judged

2. A. introducing B. announcing C. implying　 D. advertising

3. A. famous B. sick　 C. rich　 D. popular

4. A. upset　 B. anxious C. excited D. pleased

5. A. death　 B. disease C. trouble D. attack

6. A. repaid B. described C. supported D. remembered

7. A. book B. article C. will　 D. contract

8. A. establish　 B. form　 C. develop D. promote

9. A. additions　 B. sacrifices C. changes D. contributions

10. A. generally B. basically C. usually D. certainly