1. The underlined words"chrome-plated contraptions" in Paragraph refer to
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2. What was the purpose of Goldman"s invention? ( No more than 10 words. )
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3. Why was Goldman disappointed at first? ( No more than 10 words. )
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4. Why did Goldman hire people to push carts around his market? ( No more than 10 words. )
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5. What do you think of Goldman? Please give your reasons. ( No more than 20 words)
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| ( )1．A. interested ( )2．A. Yet ( )3．A. breath ( )4．A. computer ( )5．A. chat ( )6．A. double ( )7．A. set out ( )8．A. found ( )9．A. photo ( )10. put ( )11. figure ( )12. continued ( )13. surprising ( )14. out ( )15. later | B．bored B．Still B．look B．line B．secret B．classmate B．set off B．ran B．website B．tore B．gentleman B．refused B．puzzling B．so B．sooner | C．delighted C．So C．break C．letter C．post C．example C．set about C．met C．picture C．kept C．angel C．began C．amusing C．up C．more | D．amazed D．Anyway D．moment D．mail D．duty D．image D．set up D．went D．mark D．broke D．lady D．wanted D．outgoing D．away D．earlier | |||
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| Grandfather"s Clock In the dining room of my grandfather"s house stood a heavy grandfather"s clock.Meals in the dining room were a __1__for our four generations to become one.The grandfather"s clock always stood like a trusted old family friend,__2__us playing jokes and telling stories,which was already a __3__of our life. As a child,the old clock interested me.I watched and listened to it during __4__.I was surprised how at __5__times of the day,the clock would strike three times,six times or more,with a wonderful great __6__ that echoed(回音)throughout the house.The clock chimed year after year,a part of my __7__,a part of my heart. Even more __8__to me was my grandfather"s special action each day.He carefully __9__the clock with a special key each day.The key was magic to me.It __10__our family"s magnificent clock ticking and __11__all year round. After my beloved grandfather died,it was several days after the __12__before I remembered the clock!"Mama!The clock has wound down!"The __13__washed my cheeks when I entered the dining room.The clock stood hopelessly as serious and __14__as the funeral ceremony had been.Not quite as magnificent without my grandfather"s __15__touch.I couldn"t bear looking at it. Years later,it worked again.In the movement of the hands of the clock,my grandfather lived again. | ||||||
| ( )1. A.time ( )2. A.seeing ( )3. A.start ( )4. A.stories ( )5. A.busy ( )6. A.shock ( )7. A.memories ( )8. A.comfortable ( )9. A.opened ( )10. A.made ( )11. A.singing ( )12. A.funeral ( )13. A.tears ( )14. A.attractive ( )15. A.brave | B. possibility B. hearing B. part B. jokes B. urgent B. sound B. minds B. hopeful B. wound B. controlled B. standing B. death B. sweats B. quiet B. special | C. problem C. watching C. signal C. periods C. happy C. song C. comfort C. wonderful C. turned C. kept C. knocking C. generation C. hair C. noisy C. kind | D. pleasure D. looking D. mark D. meals D. different D. music D. information D. skillful D. started D. fixed D. striking D. ceremony D. water D. magnificent D. strong | |||
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| "Two books per visit per week, "said the unsmiling librarian as she handed a library card.Neither the limits nor her attitude __1__ me, a 9yearold Jewish girl growing up in Berlin in the 1950s.I needed those visits.The books were filled with stories in which, however __2__ things seemed, everything __3__ well in the end, __4__ justice, bravery, and wisdom-a striking contrast to my everyday experiences. Thirty years later, I, a recent immigrant to the US with a daughter aged 13, stood in front of another librarian.This librarian was __5__. "What did she say?"I asked my daughter, who already knew a little English and often __6__ as my interpreter. "She said "Can I help you?"" "Ask if they have any books in German, "I requested. "No, they don"t."translated my daughter. While hunting for a job, I was told that the library needed people to __7__ books.The interview was short-the job didn"t require much English, just a __8__ of the alphabet.I started the next day.Every day, I handled hundreds of books whose meaning was __9__ from me, mentally dividing them by size and color. One day, while shelving, I found English for Beginners and began studying it on my own.Step by step English letters started forming words I could __10__, words combined into phrases, and-oh, __11__!-I was reading.It was a slow process, supported by dictionaries and __12__ by tears, but it was progress. Afterwards I got promoted to the front desk-__13__ books in and out and answering simple questions. Every day I receive dozens of people.Sometimes I spot new immigrants.They come from all over the world, so they look different, but the hesitant expression on their faces and their __14__ manners are similar.My heart goes out to them, for they are people like me.I fully understand the __15__ roads on which they have stepped."They"ve come to the right place, "I think to myself.Then I smile and say-just the way a librarian said to me a long time ago-"Can I help you?" | ||||||
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