George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a   小题1: （贫穷的） family. He had to start work when he was only 小题2:   （八）. When George was fourteen, he became his father’s helper. He spent a lot of time  小题3: （学习）about engines. And on holidays he often made one engine to pieces and studied each piece小题4: （仔细地）. Soon he became a very good worker   小题5: （虽然）he could not read or write. He began to learn English letters when he was seventeen years old. Every day after he did twelve hours of hard work, he walked along way to have 小题6:   （功课） from a young school teacher. On his eighteenth  小题7: （生日）, he wrote his own name for the first time in his life. George  小题8:  （发明） many things in his life. The train was the greatest one among 小题9:（他们）. Today when we take trains from one place to 小题10: （另一个）,we’ll think of this great man —George Stephenson.

“AN Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue (队伍) of one,” wrote famous British author George Mikes. While this sounds funny, it’s a popular English stereotype (刻板印象). From the supermarket to the subway, queues are a common sight on the streets of Britain.

Here in China, queues are normal, too. It is a part of everyday life. People queue most of the time, from buying tickets in the cinema to waiting for seats at a restaurant.But in certain situations, you’ll find yourself in the middle of a rushing crowd, such as getting onto the subway. Even away from the busy subway platform (站台), queues are different. One day I was standing in line at the supermarket.I left a small space in front of me. Within seconds, a girl walked by and took her place in that small space.I was surprised at first, but later I found these experiences very interesting. It is with these small, everyday differences that I get to live and learn within a new culture.
Back in Britain, the average person spends six months of their life waiting in a queue, according to the auction site MadBid. To pass the time, maybe they tell themselves the famous proverb: good things come to those who wait.
小题1:The English are well known for _____.经过时间，

A．forming an orderly queue	B．being rude and loud
C．traveling on subways	D．spending more time waiting in a queue

小题2:When the girl jumped the queue, how did the writer feel?

A．annoyed → calm	B．calm → angry
C．surprised → interested	D．shocked → angry

小题3:The purpose of the article is to _____.

A．call on people in China to queue more

B．compare queuing in two different countries

C．praise the English for following good manners

D．explain why people rush in some situations

小题4:In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read this article?

A．Sports.

B．News.

C．Culture.

D．Business.

George Dawson wrote a book called Life Is So Good. The book is filled with stories from George's life.小题1:    It is surprising that George learned to read just two years before he wrote the book. When George was 8, his dad sent him to work.   小题2:   George did many jobs. All the time, he took care to keep it a secret that he couldn't read signs.   小题3:  
George helped his children with their homework when they were at school. They read their homework to him. He said this would help them learn better. 小题4:   He told them his secret when they started high school. Then they helped keep the secret. When George was 98, he heard about the evening classes near his home. He still had a dream that he would learn to read.    小题5:  He said, “A wise man can change, but a fool stays the same.” With the teacher's help, he wrote his book Life Is So Good two years later.

A．Because food became more important than school at that time.

B．George wrote it in 1998 when he was 100 years old.

C．He went to class and learned the alphabet(字母) in less than two days.

D．He had to ask people things and tried to remember them.

E. The book is so meaningful to both the writers and the readers
F. They didn't know their dad couldn't read.