Over time,　the Declaration of Independence has deeply affected American history.　Phrases from the document such as “all men are created equal” quickly took on a life of their own or were applied to groups that the authors never expected.　Blacks quickly used this language to challenge slavery in the United Sates.　The ideal of equality led Northern states to free slaves in the 1780s,1790s,and early 1800s.Black and white abolitionists(废奴主义者) used the ideal that all men were created equal to attack slavery in the South before the Civil War.　And civil fights supporters gathered behind Jefferson's words in their fight against racism in the 1950s and 1960s.In 1848 the delegates(代表) to the Seneca Falls women's fights conference proclaimed that “all men and women are created equal”,　and the 20th?century feminist(女权主义者) did the same.?

　　 Other groups have focused on the document's defence of the right to rebel against an unjust government.　The Declaration of Independence had a deep effect on the French Revolution;　its influence was strong in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen,　adopted by the National Assembly of France in 1789.In the 19th century the principles of the declaration were adopted by various Latin American movements fighting for independence from European colonial powers.　The declaration influences more recent struggles for national identity(身份):Vietnamese Communist leader HoChi Mink,　for example,　used the American document as one of the basic principles behind his fight to establish an independent and unified Vietnam.?

　　 The document itself continues to be an important symbol for the American people.　Today,　each page of the Declaration of Independence is protected.　Over one million Americans view the document each year in Washington,　D.C.,　where it is displayed along with the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights.?

　　 1．What can be inferred about the 20th?century feminists?

　　 A.　They fought against racism,　using the Declaration of independence?.?

　　 B.　They defended women's rights by referring to “men and women”.?

　　 C.　They held conferences to discuss the Declaration of Independence.?

　　 D.　They proclaimed the Independence of Women's Rights.

　　 2．The passage gives the example of the French Revolution to show that ________.

　　 A.　the Declaration of Independence ensures people's rights to supervise(监督) the government?

　　 B.　the Declaration of Independence ensures the equality for all men?

　　 C.　French people and the U.S. are closely minted?

　　 D.　the French Revolution had a strong influence on many Latin American Movements

　　 3．From the last paragraph,　we can see that today the Declaration of Independence__________ .?

　　 A.　has had many of its pages lest?

　　 B.　is only available in Washington D.C.?

　　 C.　is still supported by the American people?

　　 D.　has had many changes

　　 4．What is the main idea of the passage?

　　 A.　The Declaration of Independence and the French Revolution.?

　　 B.　The Declaration of Independence's influence on other countries.?

　　 C.　The application of the Declaration of Independence by different people.?

　　 D.　The different purposes of the Declaration of Independence intended by its authors.??

　　"Mark Twain" was the name used by Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910) when he wrote books. His father was a lawyer, but a poor one, who lived at Florida, Missouri. The family was so poor that Samuel did not receive much teaching. He had to learn all that he could from the people whom he met. His father died when he was very young, and then there was even less money than before.
　　Many of the men in this part of America worked in the ships on the great River Mississippi, and he did this himself at one time (1857).
　　Where did he find the name "Mark Twain"? It came from the great river itself. It was part of one of the cries used by men who worked in the ships. When a man called "By the mark twain!"  he meant that the river was "two marks deep" there, that is to say, six feet deep ( "Twain" is an old form of the work "Two".) Samuel Clemens often heard these words when he was young, and he used them as a penname all his life.
　　During his work on the Mississippi he met travelers of all kinds, and this helped him a great deal when he started to write. But the number of travelers became smaller when war started in America in 1861. Many of the great ships on the river stopped work. Samuel left then and went to Nevada with his brother, who was at that time Governor of Nevada. There, near the town of Carson, Samuel became a gold miner, but he never made much money at the time. He soon saw that life in the gold mines was not for him. He also tried writing for the newspapers in Nevada, and this seemed more hopeful. He found that he could write.
　　He went to Europe in 1867 and visited France and Italy. In 1870 he married Olivia Langdon, and two years later he was spending nearly all his time writing. Among his books is his own story (1908).
　　He is now always known as Mark Twain, and many people do not even know that his family name was Clemens. He traveled in America and in England, and went to Oxford in 1907. He was one of  the great American writers of the time, and could make his readers laugh – a thing which few writers can do. He died in 1910.
【小题1】"Mark Twain" was _________.

A．a famous American writer	B．name of a book
C．a great river in America	D．a large ship

【小题2】As a child, Samuel did not get much education because _________.

A．his father died too early

B．the family was very poor

C．he disliked school very much

D．he could learn what he liked from the people he met

【小题3】 What gave him a great deal when he started writing? _______

A．His poor childhood	B．The Mississippi river
C．All kinds of travelers he met	D．His brother

【小题4】 We can infer from the passage that ________.

A．Samuel loved writing from his early age

B．Samuel did not love writing at the beginning

C．his writings to the newspaper were successful

D．his brother encouraged him to write more

【小题5】According to the writer of the passage, a good writer could _________.

A．write a lot for his readers

B．make a lot of money for his family

C．cause his readers to laugh

D．travel everywhere he wanted

Further efforts have been _________ to rebuild the areas _________ were seriously damaged by the earthquakes and tsunamis at the end of last year,________ were among the deadliest disasters in modern history.

A.made;that;which　            B.had;which;that ?

C.done;where;which　          D.provide;where;when ?

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Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.

A.　Goods for auction (拍卖) sales

　　B.　Definition of bidding

　　C.　Way to sell more goods by auction

　　D.　Auction sales in history

　　E.　Brief introduction to auctions

　　F.　Making a larger profit as an auctioneer

61. ______

Auctions are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd assembled in the auction-room to make offers, or “bids”, for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods. This is called “knocking down” the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer strikes a small hammer on a table at which he stands.

62. ______

The ancient Roman probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auction, meaning “increasing”. The Romans usually sold in this way the goods taken in war. In England in the eighteenth centuries, goods were often sold “by the candle”: a short candle was lit by the auctioneer, and bids could be made while it stayed alight.

63. ______

Practically all goods whose qualities vary are sold by auction. Among these are coffee, skins, wool, tea, furs, silk and wines. Auction sales are also usual for land and property, furniture, pictures, rare books, old china and similar works of art.

64. ______

An auction is usually advertised beforehand with full particulars of the articles to be sold and where and when they can be viewed by potential buyers. If the advertisement cannot give full details, catalogues are printed, and each group of goods to be sold together, called a “lot”, is usually given a number. The auctioneer need not begin with Lot 1 and continue in the order of numbers: he may wait until he notices the fact that certain buyers are in the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested in.

65. ______

The auctioneer’s services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible. He will not waste time by starting the bidding too low. He will also play on the opponents among his buyers and succeed in getting a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against each other.

As this is his first time to Beijing,he is　　 where to go for a visit.

A.unable for　　　　　　　　　　　B.sure about

C.uncertain about　　　　　　　　　D.uncertain for