Miss Gorgers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them, “Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”
Tom at once answered, “Your brother. Because electricity travels faster than sound waves.” “That’s very good.” Miss Gorgers answered, but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gorgers said, “Yes? Kate.”
“I disagree. Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock here and it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.” Kate said.
小題1:
Miss Gorgers was teaching her class         .
A．how to telephoneB．a(chǎn)bout electricityC．a(chǎn)bout time zoneD．a(chǎn)bout sound
小題2:
Miss Gorgers raised this question because she wanted to know whether         .
A．it was easy to phone to Los Angeles
B．her student could hear her from 75 feet away
C．her students had understood her lesson
D．sound waves were slower than electricity
小題3:
Kate thought Tom was wrong because         .
A．clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York
B．electricity was slower than sound waves
C．Tom was not good at physics at all
D．Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves
小題4:
Whose answer do you think is correct according to the laws of physics?
A. Tom’s.   　 　 B. Kate’s.        C. Both A and B. 　 　D. Neither A nor B.

小題1:D
小題1:C
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I felt worried about my absent-mindedness, so I went to see a doctor. He was a very kind man. “I have seen many people like you. It’s nothing to worry about,” he said. “If you know you are absent-minded, you are all right. But if you do not know you’re absent-minded, you may be really in trouble.”
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America’s first school for the deaf was founded __________.
A．in 1816B．in 1817C．by a Fenchman D．by an American
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A．he wanted to study the system of deaf education
B．he needed to finish his studies to become a minister
C．he wanted to get help from Clerc
D．he wanted to find schools for the deaf
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." After he graduated, the school asked him to stay on as an assistant teacher." From this
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A．the school wanted to help Clerc to get a job
B．the school wanted Clerc to be prepared to teach Americans
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Once upon a time there was a wise man that used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work.
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As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn’t dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean.
As he got closer he called out, “Good morning! What are you doing?”
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“But, young man, don’t you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it. You can’t possibly make a difference!”
The young man listened politely, then he bent down, picked another starfish and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves and said, “It made a difference for that one.”
There is something very special in each and every one of us. We have all been gifted with the ability to make a difference. And if we can know that gift, we will gain through the strength of our visions the power to shape the future.
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One day, the wise man saw the young man          .
A．dancing along the beachB．walking with a dancer
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C．our own starfishD．the ability of shaping one’s own future
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From the last two paragraphs, we can learn that          .
A．the wise man realized something new and important
B．the wise man thought it was foolish of the young man to throw starfish into the ocean
C．the young man had the ability to make a difference
D．it is necessary for us to save starfish on the beach
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The writer told this story in order to show us          .
A．how and where we can write a good article
B．everyone can do something for the future
C．wise men are sometimes stupid
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