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         John "Mad Jack" Mytton (1796-1834) was a carefree English aristocrat who was born into
    immense wealth. However, he died a poor man after a life that was once described as "a series of
    suicide attempts    ". So, what went wrong?
         As a young boy, Jack went to Westminster School, but after only one year he was expelled for
    fighting with a teacher. He was then sent to Harrow School but only lasted three days before he was
    also thrown out. He was eventually educated by private tutors.
         After school, Jack went to Cambridge University. He arrived with 2,000 bottles of port, but left
    without graduating - he found university life boring. Later, he joined the army, enlisting with the 7th
    Hussars. As a young officer, he spent a year with the regiment in France as part of the occupation
    force after Napoleon's defeat in 1815. Jack passed the time gambling and drinking before resigning
    his commission. At the age of 21, he returned to his country house just in time to receive his inheritance.
         With an annual income of over ￡800,000 in today's money, Jack was extremely rich… but it didn't
    take him long to spend it all. In 1819, he became an MP. In order to secure his seat, he offered voters
    ￡10 notes to vote for him, spending more than ￡10,000 in total. However, he found politics dull and
    went to parliament only once. Back at home, he would often drop bank notes in the gardens of his
    estate, and gave his servants vast amounts of spending money. Once he lost his racetrack winnings
    (several thousand pounds) when the wind blew all the money away.
         One of Jack's favorite pastimes was hunting. He would go in any kind of weather, occasionally
    with no clothes on. Sometimes, he would get up in the middle of the night, take off with a gun to look
    for something to shoot.
         Jack also kept a large number of pets. These included about 2,000 dogs. Some were fed on steak
    and Champagne and even wore livery. A favorite horse had free range inside Halston Hall and would
    often lie with Jack in front of the fire.
         Jack was a bit of a practical joker, too. He once left a horse in the bedroom of a guest. Another
    visitor fell asleep and woke up to find a live bear and two bulldogs in his bed. In 1826, as a result of a
    bet, Jack rode his horse into the Bedford Hotel, up the grand staircase and onto the balcony. Then,
    still sitting on the horse, he jumped off the balcony, landing among the diners in the restaurant below.
         Another time, he invited a local doctor to dine at Halston Hall. As soon as the doctor had left,
    Jack put on a highwayman's costume and raced ahead to rob the unsuspecting man. On another
    occasion, a passenger in Jack's carriage admitted that he'd never been in an accident, so Jack drove
    the carriage up a hill and turned it over. He would also slip red-hot coals into people's pockets as a
    joke.
         Eventually, Jack ran out of money and fell into debt. In 1830, he fled to France to avoid his
    creditors(债主), but returned a couple of years later, ending up in prison in Southwark, London. Jack
    died there in 1834, a poor, lonely man.
    1. It can be inferred in the passage that ________.
    A. Jack was first educated by private tutors and eventually graduated from Cambridge University.
    B. Jack joined the army and succeeded in defeating Napoleon's army in 1815.
    C. Jack bribed the voters in order to gain a position of MP.
    D. Jack fed his favorite horse with meat and wine and often lay with it in front of the fire.
    2. Once Jack rode his horse into a grand hotel and jumped off the balcony in order to pay for his _____.
    A. bet        
    B. debt        
    C. joke        
    D. gambling
    3. The examples in paragraph 7 tell us that _______.
    A. Jack was always ready to help people experience what they hadn't experienced.
    B. Jack always punished people by all means to let out his hatred.
    C. Jack always played tricks on people to have fun.
    D. Jack went mad and treated people unfriendly and even cruelly.
    4. The word _________ would be more proper to describe Jack's life.
    A. ridiculous    
    B. luxurious      
    C. tricky    
    D. greedy
    5. By writing "a series of suicide attempts" in paragraph 1, the author probably means that ________.
    A. Jack attempted to kill himself because he was too poor.
    B. Jack pretended to suicide to avoid his creditors.
    C. Jack lost his life in fighting with poverty.
    D. All that Jack had did in his life contributed to his own failure and poverty.
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    　　The Marches were a happy family．Poverty, hard work, and even the fact that Father March was away with the Union armies could not down the spirits of Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, and Marmee, as the March girls called their mother．

    　　The March sisters tried to be good but had their share of faults．Pretty Meg was often displeased with the school children she taught; boyish Jo was easy to become angry; golden-haired schoolgirl Amy liked to show up; but Beth, who kept the house, was loving and gentle always．

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    　　Three years later the March girls had grown into young womanhood．Meg became Mrs．Brooke, and after a few family troubles got used to her now state happily．Jo had found pleasure in her literary efforts．Amy had grown into a young lady with a talent for design and an even greater one for society．But Beth had never fully regained her health, and her family watched her with love and anxiety．

    　　Amy was asked to go and stay in Europe with a relative of the Marches’．Jo went to New York and became successful in her writing and had the satisfaction of seeing her work published there．But at home the bitterest blow was yet to fall．Beth had known for some time that she couldn’t live much longer to be with her family, and in the springtime she died．

    　　Now came from Europe that Amy and Laurie, the grandson of a wealthy neighbor, had planned to be married soon．Now Jo became even more successful in her writing and got married to Professor Bhaer, and soon afterwards founded a school for boys．

    　　And so the little women had grown up and lived happily with their children, enjoying the harvest of love and goodness that they had devoted all their lives to．

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    The members of the March family were Father March, Mrs．March and their ________．

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    four daughters

    B．

    five daughters

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    son and four daughters

    D．

    son and five daughters

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    Who was the most successful in career(事业)among the March girls?

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    Jo．

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    C．

    Amy．

    D．

    Meg．

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

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    The March Family．

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    The March Parents．

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    The March Girls．

    D．

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    It can be inferred from the passage that the March family had ________．

    [　　]

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    both happiness and sadness

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    more girls than boys

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    　　The March sisters tried to be good but had their share of faults．Pretty Meg was often displeased with the schoolchildren she taught; boyish Jo was easy to become angry; golden-haired schoolgirl Amy liked to show up; but Beth, who kept the house, was loving and gentle always．

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         "Glad to find you so merry, my girls," said a cheery voice at the door, and actors and audience turned to
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         "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
         "It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.
         "I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added
    little Amy, with an injured sniff.
         "We've got father and mother and each other," said Beth, contentedly.
         The four young faces on which the firelight shone brightened at the cheerful words, but darkened again as Jo said sadly: "We haven't got father, and shall not have him for a long time." She didn't say "perhaps
    never", but each silently added it, thinking of father far away, where the fighting was.
         Nobody spoke for a minute; then Meg said in an altered tone: "You know the reason mother
    proposed not having any presents this Christmas was because it is going to be a hard winter for everyone; and she thinks we ought not to spend money for pleasure when our men are suffering so in the army. We
    can't do much, but we can make our little sacrifices, and ought to do it gladly. But I am afraid I don't";
    and Meg shook her head, and she thought regretfully of all the pretty things she wanted.
         "But I don't think the little we should spend would do any good. We've each got a dollar, and the
    army wouldn't be much helped by our giving that. I agree not to expect anything from mother or you, but
    I do want to buy UNDINE AND SINTRAM for myself; I've wanted it so long," said Jo, who was a
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         "I planned to spend mine on new music," said Beth, with a little sigh.
         "I shall get a nice box of Faber's drawing pencils; I really need them," said Amy, decidedly.
         "Mother didn't say anything about our money, and she won't wish us to give up everything. Let's each
    buy what we want, and have a little fun; I'm sure we work hard enough to earn it," cried Jo, examining
    the heels of her shoes in a gentlemanly manner.
         "I know I do-teaching those tiresome children nearly all day when I am longing to enjoy myself at
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         "You don't have half such a hard time as I do," said Jo. "How would you like to be shut up for hours
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         "It's naughty to fret; but I do think washing dishes and keeping things tidy is the worst work in the
    world. It makes me cross; and my hands get so stiff, I can't practice well at all"; and Beth looked at her
    rough hands with a sigh that anyone could hear.
         "I don't believe any of you suffer as I do." cried Amy, "for you don't have to go to school with
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         "You once said you thought we were a deal happier than the King children, for they were fighting
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         "So I did. I think we are; for, though we do have to work, we make fun for ourselves, and are a pretty
    jolly set, as Jo would say." Jo immediately sat up, put her hands in her pockets, and began to whistle.
         "Don't, Jo; it's so boyish!"
         "That's why I do it."
         "I detest rude, unladylike girls!"
         "I hate affected, niminy-piminy chits!"
         "Birds in their little nests agree" sang Beth, the peacemaker, with such a funny face that both sharp
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    A. Their father died when he was fighting with others.
    B. Their father is away at the war, leaving them at home with their mother.
    C. The passage is a story about three girls and a boy in a family.
    D. The four children in the passage all work and earn their own money.
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    A. They all agreed to the proposal of not having any Christmas gifts.
    B. They all agreed that giving the money to the army was of little help.
    C. They all agreed that giving the money to the army was of much help.
    D. They all agreed to save the money and buy a gift for their father.
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    A. happy
    B. excited
    C. interested
    D. angry
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    A. The King family is rich while Beth's family is poor.
    B. Beth's family is poor and they are unhappy about it.
    C. Money can bring much happiness to their family.
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