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I Don’t Think I Wrote Wrong
Lao Yang was born in a small town. He liked reading when he studied at school. He thought the writers were respected(尊敬) and could get a lot of money. He wrote a lot of stories and posted them to the editorial departments (编辑部) but didn’t receive any answers.
Now he works in a factory. He’s busy at work. When he’s free, he always reads something. He always remembers he hoped to be a writer when he was young. One day, Xiao Ping, his ten-year-old daughter, came back. She looked worried and didn’t eat anything. She said Miss Gao, her Chinese teacher, told them to write a solicit article(征文) “My Father” that evening. But she did not know what to write.
“That’s easy,” said Lao Yang. “Let me help you.”
Then he sat down to write the solicit article at once. He easily finished it on time. He was sure Miss Gao would like it. But one afternoon he asked his daughter if the article h ad been chosen to post to the editorial department.
“My teacher said your article digressed from the subject(离题),” said the girl.
“I don’t think so,” Lao Yang shouted angrily. “I described(描写) just my father!”
21. Lao Yang wrote a lot of stories because _______.
A. he likes reading B. he learned much at school
C. he wanted to be a writer D. he wanted to help others
22. Lao Yang posted the stories to the editorial departments, _______.
A. and he got a lot of money B. and he became a famous man
C. and he was respected D. but he failed
23. As _______, Lao Yang decided to help his daughter.
A. he was a writer
B. he was free
C. he wanted to realize his ideal(理想)
D. he wanted to make his daughte r happy
24. Lao Yang’s solicit article digressed from the subject _______.
A. because he couldn’t write it at all B. because he didn’t know his father well
C. beca use it was too bad to be chosen D. just because he described his father
B
Though Chinese is older than English, English is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always making new words and we should be able to know where most words come from.
Sometimes, however, no one may really knows where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham ? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg.
They did not speak good English, but they ate good food. When some American saw them eating round pieces of beef, they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, “We came from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned a restaurant, and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of the beef like what the man from Hamburg ate and sold in many countries around the world.
Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why a word has a certain meaning is interesting, too. The reason may be found in any large English dictionary.
25. Hamburg is _____.
A. a kind of food B. a city in Germany
C. the name of a village D. a round piece of beef.
26. According to the story, _______.
A. few Americans like hamburgers
B. hamburgers are made with ham
C. hamburgers are made with beef
D. hamburgers were sold all over the world about a century ago
27. According to the writer, which of the following can be found in any large English dictionary?
A. Where all the new words come from.
B. Where those Germans came from.
C.The reason why English is spoken around the world.
D.The reason why a word has a certain meaning.
28.From the passage, we can infer that hamburgers was first sold to the world by .
A. Germans B. Americans C. Chinese D. we don’t know
