Passage 1

　　The news report that night was a famine(饑餓)in Ethiopia. The pictures were of people who were so thin that they looked like beings from another planet. The camera focused(聚焦)on one man so that he looked directly at me, sitting in my comfortable living room. All around was the sound of death.

　　It was clear that the world had not noticed this until now, you could hear the sadness in the voice of the reporter, Michael Buerk. At the end of the reporter he was silent. Paula started crying, then rushed upstairs to check our baby, Fifi, who was sleeping peacefully.

　　I kept seeing the news pictures in my mind. What could I do? I was only a pop singer and by now not a very successful pop singer. All I could do was to make records which no one bought. But I would do that, I would give all the profits of the next Rats (the name of the music group he was in) record to Oxfam(an organization in Britain which helps poor music people around the world). What good would that do! It would only be a little money but it was more than I could give just from my bank account. Maybe some people would buy it because the profits were for Oxfam. And I would be protesting about disaster(災(zāi)難). But that was not enough.

　　1. What do we learn about the writer from the passage?

　　A. He felt really bad because the news report made him think of his own hard.

　　B. After he saw a news report on TV about the famine in Ethiopia, he decided he had to do something about the problem.

　　C. His ideas on how to collect money for the people in Ethiopia were very successful.

　　D. He wanted to do more than just be a famous singer.

　　2. Which paragraph describes what he thought about after the report?

　　A. Paragraph 1 B. Paragraph 2 C. Paragraph 3 D. None

　　3. The world in the third paragraph “profits” means__________.

　　A. payment B. salary C. cost D. money he would make

　　4. From the passage we learn that Paula, his wife__________.

　　A. gave him ideas about how to help

　　B. also felt very bad after seeing the report

　　C. took much more care of their child than he

　　D. wanted him to be a successful singer

　　5. The writer wished that__________.

　　A. he would be a very successful pop singer if he could have sold all his records

　　B. he would rather give all his money from the bank account than the little money made bymaking new records

　　C. perhaps people would be interested in his records because they knew that the money they

　　paid for the records would go to Oxfam

　　D. he would make records which no one bought

　　Passage 2

　　In the 1930s, a lot of people in the USA were out of work. Among these people was a man named Alfred Butts. He always had an interest in word games and so, to fill his time, he planned a game which he called “Lexico”. However, he was not completely satisfied with the game, so he made a number of changes to it and, in time, changed its name from “Lexico” to “Alph” and then to “Criss Cross”. He wanted to make some money from his new game but he didn’t have any real commercial(商業(yè)性的)success. In 1939, Butts happened to meet a man called Jim Brunot who showed an interest in the new game. The two men worked together on developing the game and in 1948 it was offered for sale in the United States under its new name—“Scrabble”. At first, it didn’t sell very well. In the first year it sold just 2,250 sets and by 1951 it had only reached 8,500 sets a year. Then, in 1952 the manager of Macy's department store in New York, Jack Strauss, happened to play “Scrabble” while he was on holiday. He thought it was a wonderful game and, when he went back to work after his holiday, he insisted that Macy’s should stock(儲備)the game and make an effort(努力)to call the public’s attention to it. As a result, “Scrabble” became a big success in the United States and it soon spread to Australia and then to other English-speaking countries.

　　6. The text is mainly about ________.

　　A. “Lexico” B. three men C. a word game D. Alfred Butts

　　7. Alfred Butts invented the game “Lexico” ________.

　　A. to make himself famous B. to make spelling simpler

　　C. when he was out of work and looking for a job

　　D. when he was playing word games to pass the time

　　8. According to the passage, it was _______ who made “Scrabble” popular.

　　A. Alfred Butts B. Jack Strauss

　　C. Alfred Butts and Jim Brunot D. Jack Strauss and Jim Brunot

　　9. When did Alfred Butts first put his game on the market?

　　A. In 1939. B. In 1948.

　　C. Before 1939. D. Between 1939 and 1948.

　　10. From the passage we can learn that ________.

　　A. some inventions can be made by accident B. inventions must be made very carefully

　　C. inventions can only be made jointly D. only famous people can make inventions

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