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Alan took an early interest in gardening---first on his grandfather’s Yorkshire allotment in Ilkley, and then in his parents’ back garden. Small polythene（聚乙烯）greenhouses appeared in the back garden, and cacti（仙人掌）were bought from church markets.
Alan left school at fifteen with one `O’ level in Art and took a job as an apprentice（学徒）gardener in Ilkley Parks Department nursery, studying for his City and Guilds in Horticulture（园艺）in the evening.
He went on to horticultural college at Oaklands in Hertfordshire where he studied for one year full-time, being awarded the National Certificate in Horticultural. This was followed by three years at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, resulting in the award of the Kew Diploma.
After two years as supervisor of staff training at Kew, Alan entered journalism where he became first a gardening books editor, and then Deputy Editor of Amateur Gardening magazine. He appeared regularly on BBC Radio and Television in programs such as Nationwide , Breakfast Time, Open Air, Pebble Mill, Songs of Praise, Titchmarsh’s Travels, and the Chelsea Flower Show. He presented the 100th edition of The Word for Channel 4, and hosted the quiz show Ask the Family.
Gardeners’ World and the hugely popular Ground Force, second only to Easterners in the BBC1 ratings, are broadcast as far as Australia, New Zealand and North America. After leaving both programs, Alan worked on two other series for the BBC to be transmitted in 2003 and 2004, one of them a landmark series on the natural history of Britain. Alan writes for the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Radio Times and BBC Gardeners’ World magazine, and has more than thirty gardening books to his credit. His four novels, as well as a book about his own life, have been best sellers.
Alan, 53, gardens organically, and lives with his wife, two daughters and a medley of animals.
1.We know that Alan ______in his school days.
A. was good at writing novels B. loved Horticulture very much even
C. didn’t do so well in his studies D. decided to be an apprentice
2.According to this passage, we can learn that______.
A. Alan accepted little education B. Alan wrote many books about food
C. Alan had never been married D. Alan was first a gardening books editor
3.Though the author doesn’t tell us directly, we can conclude that______.
A. Alan’s school teachers were not good at teaching the subject: Botany
B. when Alan was successful he was working as a journalist of the time
C. Alan had had four years of training in Horticulture before being a journalist
D. born as a man of many talents, Alan didn’t realize the fact until years later
4.Which of the following four programs is more popular than Ground Force in the BBC1 ratings?
A. Breakfast Time. B. Radio Time. C. Gardeners’ World. D. Easterners.
5. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. A Man of Many Talents. B. Botany Makes Him What He Is Today.
C. No Pains, No Gains. D. Can’t a Poorly-graded Student Be Successful?
Alan took an early interest in gardening---first on his grandfather’s Yorkshire allotment in Ilkley, and then in his parents’ back garden. Small polythene（聚乙烯）greenhouses appeared in the back garden, and cacti（仙人掌）were bought from church markets.
Alan left school at fifteen with one `O’ level in Art and took a job as an apprentice（学徒）gardener in Ilkley Parks Department nursery, studying for his City and Guilds in Horticulture（园艺）in the evening.
He went on to horticultural college at Oaklands in Hertfordshire where he studied for one year full-time, being awarded the National Certificate in Horticultural. This was followed by three years at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, resulting in the award of the Kew Diploma.
After two years as supervisor of staff training at Kew, Alan entered journalism where he became first a gardening books editor, and then Deputy Editor of Amateur Gardening magazine. He appeared regularly on BBC Radio and Television in programs such as Nationwide , Breakfast Time, Open Air, Pebble Mill, Songs of Praise, Titchmarsh’s Travels, and the Chelsea Flower Show. He presented the 100th edition of The Word for Channel 4, and hosted the quiz show Ask the Family.
Gardeners’ World and the hugely popular Ground Force, second only to Easterners in the BBC1 ratings, are broadcast as far as Australia, New Zealand and North America. After leaving both programs, Alan worked on two other series for the BBC to be transmitted in 2003 and 2004, one of them a landmark series on the natural history of Britain. Alan writes for the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Radio Times and BBC Gardeners’ World magazine, and has more than thirty gardening books to his credit. His four novels, as well as a book about his own life, have been best sellers.
Alan, 53, gardens organically, and lives with his wife, two daughters and a medley of animals.
【小题1】We know that Alan ______in his school days.
| A．was good at writing novels | B．loved Horticulture very much even |
| C．didn’t do so well in his studies | D．decided to be an apprentice |
| A．Alanaccepted little education | B．Alan wrote many books about food |
| C．Alan had never been married | D．Alan was first a gardening books editor |
| A．Alan’s school teachers were not good at teaching the subject: Botany |
| B．when Alan was successful he was working as a journalist of the time |
| C．Alan had had four years of training in Horticulture before being a journalist |
| D．born as a man of many talents, Alan didn’t realize the fact until years later |
| A．Breakfast Time. | B．Radio Time. | C．Gardeners’ World. | D．Easterners. |
| A．A Man of Many Talents. | B．Botany Makes Him What He Is Today. |
| C．No Pains, No Gains. | D．Can’t a Poorly-graded Student Be Successful? |
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The policeman suddenly slowed his walk. In the doorway of a darkened store a man leaned, with an unlighted cigar in his mouth. As the policeman walked up to him the man spoke up quickly.
“It’s all right, officer,” he said, “I’m just waiting for a friend. It’s an appointment made twenty years ago. Well, about that long ago there used to be a restaurant where this store stands —‘Big Joe’ Brady’s restaurant.”
“Until five years ago,” said the policeman. “It was torn down then.”
The man in the doorway struck a match and lit his cigar. The light showed a pale, square-jawed face with keen eyes, and a little white scar near his right eyebrow. His scarf pin was a large diamond.
“Twenty years ago tonight,” said the man. “I dined here at ‘Big Joe’ Brady’s with Jimmy Wells, my best friend, and the finest guy in the world. He and I were raised here in New York, just like two brothers, together. I was eighteen and Jimmy was twenty. The next morning I was to start for the West to make my fortune. You couldn’t have dragged Jimmy out of New York; he thought it was the only place on earth. Well, we agreed that night that we would meet here again exactly twenty years from that date and time, no matter what our conditions might be or from what distance we might have to come. We figured that in twenty years each of us ought to have our fortunes made, whatever they were going to be.”
“It sounds pretty interesting,” said the policeman. “Rather a long time between meets, though, it seems to me. Haven’t you heard from your friend since you left?”
“Well, yes, for a time we corresponded,” said the other. “But after a year or two we lost track of each other. Yet I know Jimmy will meet me here if he’s alive, for he always was the truest guy in the world. He’ll never forget. I came a thousand miles to stand in this door tonight, and it’s worth it if my old partner turns up.”
The policeman twirled his club(警棍) and took a step or two, saying: “I’ll be on my way. Hope your friend comes around all right.”
“I’ll give him half an hour at least. If Jimmy is alive he’ll be here by that time. So long, officer.”
“Good-night, sir,” the policeman went away.
The man who had come a thousand miles to fill an appointment with the friend of his youth, smoked his cigar and waited.
About twenty minutes he waited, and then a tall man in a long overcoat, with collar tuned up to his ears, hurried across from the opposite side of the street. He went directly to the waiting man.
“Is that you, Bob?” he asked, doubtfully.
“Is that you, Jimmy Wells?” cried the man in the door.
“Bless my heart!” exclaimed the new arrival, grasping both the other’s bands with his own. “It’s Bob, sure as fate. I was certain I’d find you here, Well, twenty years is a long time.”
“You’ve changed lots, Jimmy. I never thought you were so tall by two or three inches.”
“Oh, I grew a bit after I was twenty. Come on, Bob; we’ll go around to a place I know of, and have a good long talk about old times.”
The two men started up the street, arm in arm. The man from the West, his egotism(自负) enlarged by success, was beginning to outline the history of his career. The other, hidden in his overcoat, listened with interest.
At the corner stood a drug store, brilliant with electric lights. When they came in, each of them turned to gaze upon the other’s face.
The man from the West stopped suddenly and released his arm.
“You’re not Jimmy Wells,” he said sharply. “Twenty years is a long time, but not long enouth to change a man’s nose from straight to flat.”
The tall man said, “You’ve been under arrest for ten minutes, Bob. Chicago thinks you may have dropped over our way and asks us to have a chat with you. Going quietly, are you? That’s sensible. Now, before we go on to the station here’s a note to you. You may read it here at the window. It’s from Patrolman （巡警） Wells.”
The man from the West unfolded the little piece of paper. His hand was steady when he began to read, but it trembled a little when he had finished. The note was rather short.
“Bob: I was at the appointed place on time. When you struck the match to light your cigar I saw it was the face of the man wanted in Chicago. Somehow I couldn’t do it myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man to do the job. JIMMY.”
55．The man leaning in the doorway was waiting to .
A．tell a policeman an extremely moving story B．keep an appointment made 20 years before
C．help the police to catch a wanted criminal D．show off his great success in his adventure
56．Twenty years before, Jimmy used to be .
A．a policeman B．a boss of a restaurant
C．Bob’ best friend D．a keen-eyed guy
57．The underlined word “corresponded” here means “ ”.
A．agreed with each other B．were equal or similar
C．suffered from loneliness D．exchanged some letters
58．The policeman went away in order to .
A．get he man from the West caught B．keep going on guard of the street
C．find the man wanted by the police D．get off duty and go home for good
59．Bob in the story is described as a man who .
A．was good at cheating B．was modest by nature
C．stuck to his promise D．betrayed his friend
60．The end of the story shows that .
A．time will wait for no man B．friendship is precious
C．justice can hardly be done D．life is hard to predict
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