His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to eke（补充） out a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog (沼泽地). He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired（陷于泥坑）to his waist in black muck（淤泥） was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.

The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse(稀疏的) surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.

"I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life."

"No, " the Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel（茅舍）.

"Is that your son?" the nobleman asked. "Yes," the farmer replied proudly.

"I'll make you a deal. Let me take him and give him a good education. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll grow to a man you can be proud of."

And that he did. In time, Farmer Fleming's son graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.

Years afterward, the nobleman's son was stricken with pneumonia(肺炎).

What saved him? Penicillin.

The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill.

His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.

1.Whose life did the Scottish farmer save?

2.Why did the nobleman take the farmer's son and give him a good education?

3.What kind of person could the farmer Fleming probably be?

4.Which of the following might be NOT TRUE according to the text?

His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to eke（补充） out a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog (沼泽地). He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired（陷于泥坑）to his waist in black muck（淤泥） was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death.

    The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse(稀疏的) surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved.

   "I want to repay you," said the nobleman. "You saved my son's life."

   "No, I can't accept payment for what I did," the Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel（茅舍）.

   "Is that your son?" the nobleman asked. "Yes," the farmer replied proudly.

   "I'll make you a deal. Let me take him and give him a good education. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll grow to a man you can be proud of."

   And that he did. In time, Farmer Fleming's son graduated from St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin.

   Years afterward, the nobleman's son was stricken with pneumonia(肺炎).

   What saved him? Penicillin.

   The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill.

   His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill.

56. Whose life did the Scottish farmer save?

   A. Lord Randolph Churchill's.       B. Sir Winston Churchill's.

   C. Sir Alexander Fleming's          D. Penicillin's.

57. Why did the nobleman take the farmer's son and give him a good education?

   A. The nobleman wanted to bring him up to be a man like his father.

   B. The farmer was too poor to afford his son's education.

   C. The nobleman wanted to pay back the farmer for saving his son.

   D. The farmer wanted to make his son become a proud man.

58. What kind of person could the farmer Fleming probably be?

   A. Kind, brave and generous.          B. Kind, shy and merciful.

   C. Kind, innocent and passive.         D. Kind, brave and honest.

59. Which of the following might be NOT TRUE according to the text?

   A. The farmer saved the nobleman's son twice.

   B. The nobleman's son later became a great person.

   C. The farmer's son later became a great person.

   D. Penicillin is a powerful kind of medicine.

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(长郡生试题)   Another drug that has helped increase the standard of people’s   41  is penicillin. This bacteria-killing medicine is considered by many to be one of the most   42   medicines in contemporary society. It was discovered by   43  Scottish scientist named Alexander Fleming in 1928. He noted that mould had grown on a special transparent jelly that had bacteria on it. Fleming tried this mould   44  on another bacterium and found that it killed the bacteriun   45  . He named the chemical found in the mould ‘penicillin’ and tried to make it pure to be a medicine.
46    , it was not until World War Ⅱ   47  two other scientists managed to use new chemical techniques to purify it. They were able to produce it in large    48   .

Forget hard work and perseverance. Getting ahead is as simple as tidying your desk.

According to a leading expert, having a cluttered environment reflects a cluttered mind, but the act of tidying up can help you be more successful. The advice comes from Jayne Morris, the resident"life coach" for NHS Online, who said it is no good just moving the mess around. In order to clear the mind, unwanted items must be thrown away to free your "inner world", she said.

Ms Morris, who claims to have coached celebrities to major business figures, said:“Clearing clutter from your desk has the power to transform your business. " How? Because clutter in your outer environment is the physical sign of all the clutter going on inside of you. " Clearing clutter has a chain effect across your entire life, including your work. Having an untidy desk covered in clutter could be stopping you achieving the business success you want. " She is sure cleaning up will be helpful even though some of history's biggest achievers lived and worked in messy conditions.

Churchill was considered untidy from a boy throughout his life, from his office to his artist's studio,and the lab where Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin was famously untidy.

Among the recommendations is that simply tidying a desk at work and an overflowing filing cabinet(陈列柜) will instantly have a positive impact on "your inner world. " Anything that is no longer used should not be put into storage but thrown away completely.

Keeping something in the loft, garage or other part of the house, does not help because it is still connected to the person "by tiny energetic li.nes", Ms Morris. claims.

She said, "The things in your life that are useful to you, that add value to your life, that serve a current purpose are charged with positive energy that refreshes you and enriches your life. But the things that you don't ever use and don't need anymore have the opposite effect on your energy.

Things that no longer fit or serve you, use up your energy. "

1.The underlined word "cluttered" (in Para.2) is closest, in meaning to __

A．messy            B．brief             C．complex          D．aggressive

2.Which of the following statements does Ms Morris agree to?

A．Changing the position of staff frequently will help to build up a clear mind.

B．A tidy office will lead to a success in your business affairs in no time.

C．To have a free mind, we need to throw away unneeded items at times.

D．You can pack up your things in garage or loft to cheer you up.

3.According to Ms Morris, an untidy desk probably means that         

A．you are quite a failure

B．you are in a messy mind

C．you are toe tired to deal with it

D．you have achieved the business success

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．Less untidy, more successful.

B．How to improve your inner world.

C．Cleaning up makes you less intelligent.

D．Being bigger achiever needs more effort.