In Shanxi Province you may be offered brains to eat. Frightened？You shouldn’t be, because these brains are only a kind of food, which is famous for its unusual name and rich nutrition（营养）.

Brains as a kind of food were invented more than 300 years ago by Fu Shan, an artist whose mother had been ill for a long time. To help her become well again, he studied medicine and invented a kind of soup made of meat, vegetables and a number of Chinese medicines. Rice wine was also used in the soup to help treat illnesses caused by old age. After taking the soup, his mother got better little by little and lived a long life.

Fu’s soup became the talk of the town. Many people came to see him. One day a restaurant owner asked him what was in the soup. “I’ll tell you, ” Fu said. “But if your restaurant is going to sell the soup, you must call it brains because of its shape and color. And your restaurant should be renamed after my mother. ”

1. Why is the food called “brains”？

A. Because it looks like brains.

B. Because it has animal brains in it.

C. Because Fu’s mother liked the name.

D. Because it makes one clever and live longer.

2. Before Fu told the restaurant owner what was in the food, what was one of the things he demanded（要求）？

A. The food must be used to help sick people.

B. The restaurant shouldn’t offer any other food.

C. The restaurant should use his mother’s name.

D. The shape of the food must never be changed.

3. What can we infer from the passage？

A. The restaurant owner refused Fu’s demands.

B. The name cost the restaurant too much money.

C. Fu sold the secret to other restaurants, too.

D. The restaurant owner agreed to Fu’s demands.

4. What has made brains a popular food in Shanxi？

A. They are served in many restaurants there.

B. They are good for health and have a strange name.

C. The food must be used to help the sick.

D. They are made of Chinese medicines and wine.

Brains as a food were invented more than 300 years ago by Fu Shan, an artist whose mother had been ill for a long time. To help her become well again, he studied medicine and invented a kind of soup made of meat, vegetables and a number of Chinese medicines. Rice wine was also used in the soup to help illnesses caused by old age. After taking the soup his mother got better little by little and lived a long life.

Fu’s soup became the talk of the town. Many people came to see him. One day a restaurant owner asked him what was in the soup. “I’ll tell you, ” Fu said. “But if your restaurant is going to sell the soup, you must call it brains because of its shape（形状）and color. And your restaurant should be renamed after my mother. ”

1. Why is the food called “brains”?

A. Because it looks like brains.

B. Because it has animal brains in it.

C. Because Fu’s mother liked the name.

D. Because it makes one clever and live longer.

2. Before Fu told the restaurant owner what was in the food, what was one of the things he demanded(要求)？

A. The food must be used to help sick people.

B. The restaurant shouldn’t offer any other food.

C. The restaurant should use his mother’s name.

D. The shape of the food must never be changed.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A. The restaurant owner refused Fu’s demands.

B. The name cost the restaurant too much money.

C. Fu sold the secret to other restaurants, too.

D. The restaurant owner agreed to Fu’s demands.

4. What has made brains a popular food in Shanxi?

A. They are served in many restaurants there.

B. They are good for health and have a strange name.

C. The food must be used to help the sick.

D. They are made of Chinese medicines and wine.

5. What is the best title for the passage?

A. A Good Son

B. A Special Soup

C. How to Make Brains

D. How to Live a Long Life

In Shanxi province you may be offered brains to eat. Frightened? You shouldn’t be, because these brains are only a kind of food, which is famous for its unusual name and rich nutrition（营养）.

Brains as a food were invented more than 300 years ago by Fu Shan, an artist whose mother had been ill for a long time. To help her become well again, he studied medicine and invented a kind of soup made of meat, vegetables and a number of Chinese medicines. Rice wine was also used in the soup to help illnesses caused by old age. After taking the soup his mother got better little by little and lived a long life.

Fu’s soup became the talk of the town. Many people came to see him. One day a restaurant owner asked him what was in the soup. “I’ll tell you, ” Fu said. “But if your restaurant is going to sell the soup, you must call it brains because of its shape（形状）and color. And your restaurant should be renamed after my mother. ”

1. Why is the food called “brains”?

A. Because it looks like brains.

B. Because it has animal brains in it.

C. Because Fu’s mother liked the name.

D. Because it makes one clever and live longer.

2. Before Fu told the restaurant owner what was in the food, what was one of the things he demanded(要求)？

A. The food must be used to help sick people.

B. The restaurant shouldn’t offer any other food.

C. The restaurant should use his mother’s name.

D. The shape of the food must never be changed.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A. The restaurant owner refused Fu’s demands.

B. The name cost the restaurant too much money.

C. Fu sold the secret to other restaurants, too.

D. The restaurant owner agreed to Fu’s demands.

4. What has made brains a popular food in Shanxi?

A. They are served in many restaurants there.

B. They are good for health and have a strange name.

C. The food must be used to help the sick.

D. They are made of Chinese medicines and wine.

5. What is the best title for the passage?

A. A Good Son

B. A Special Soup

C. How to Make Brains

D. How to Live a Long Life

The famous British inventor George Stephenson was born in 1781 and died in 1848. One of his__16__important inventions was the train.  He _17__his first train when he was forty-four years old. When he was experimenting with the __18__engine on the train, he met with __19__from the government, the newspapers and the gentlemen in the country. They said that the noise and the smoke would __20__ cows, horses and sheep, that the _21__ would burst or that the hot coals from it would __22_ their houses. At that time, __23__people believed what they said.
George Stephenson __24__the people that the train could go on small _25_, could pull carriages __26_goods and passengers and there was __27__to them. It was a very __28__ matter for him to __29__ them believe. However, after _30_, he was able to do it; and the first train that __31__by Stephenson himself __32_ what he had said.
The first day _33_the people along the way _34_the noises of the train __35__ and saw it running quickly to them, they ran back home as quickly as they could and closed their doors tightly, for they thought it a genius(妖怪).They did not dare to come out until it had passed.