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The humorous story may be told to great length, and may wander around as much as it pleases, and arrive nowhere in particular; but the comic(滑稽的) story and the witty(詼諧的)story must be brief and end with a point. The humorous story continues gently along, the other two brusts.
The humorous story is strictly a work of art-high and delicate(精美的) art-and only an artist can tell it; but no art is necessary in telling the comic and witty stories; anybody can do it. The art of telling a humorous story-I mean by word of mouth, no print-was created in America, and has remained at home.
The humorous story is told seriously; the teller does his best to hide the fact that he himself even suspects(懷疑)that there is anything funny about it; but the teller of the comic story tells you before hand that it is one of the funniest things he has ever heard, then tells it with eager delight, and is the first person to laugh when he gets through. And sometimes, if he has had good success, he is so glad and happy that he will repeat the point of it and glance around from face to face, collecting applause(喝彩), and then repeat it again.
1．Which story takes the longest to tell?
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A．The humorous story.
B．The witty story.
C．The comic story
D．All three take the same amount of time.
2．Which story has no particular point?
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A．The humorous story.
B．The witty story.
C．The comic story
D．All three.
3．Which of the following statements is true?
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A．The humorous story was created abroad.
B．The humorous story is basically American.
C．The humorous story is also loved in other countries.
D．The humorous story is the least popular in the U.S.
4．The teller of a humorous story ________.
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A．laughs at his own joke
B．repeats it several times
C．is very serious when he tells it
D．is concerned about the reaction of his listeners
5．The teller of a comic story ________.
[ ]
A．tells it only once
B．tells the listener in advance that his story is funny
C．doesn't care whether his listeners enjoy it or not
D．is very serious when telling it
科目：高中英語 來源：人教社新課程2003年審核高二上冊練習 人教社新課程2003年審核 題型：050
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The basic flag of the United States is one of the world's oldest national flags. Only the basic flags of Austria, Denmark, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland are older.
During the discovery and settlement of what is now the United States the flags of various European nations were flown over the land, as symbols of possession. Later, in the colonial and Revolutionary War Periods flags representing famous persons, places and events were flown in the American Colonies.
The first official flag of the United States was created by Congress on June 14,1777, It consisted of 13 alternate red and white stripes and 13 white stars in a field of blue, representing the 13 colonies that had declared their independence in 1776. Congress adopted a new flag of 15 stars and 15 stripes in 1795, to give representation to the two new states admitted into the Union, Vermont and Kentucky.
By 1817, there were 20 states in the Union, and it became apparent that adding one stripe for each new state would destroy the shape of the flag. As a result, Congress in 1818 restored the original design of 13 stripes and provided that each state was to be represented by one star. In 1912 President William. H. Taft made the first official provision for the arrangement of the stars. He ordered that there be six even rows of eight stars each. Previously the arrangement of the starts had been left to the flagmaker's desire. The evolution of the stars and stripes reflects the growth of the United States. After the admission of Hawaii into the Union in 1959, the flag was officially changed for the 26th time since its creation. There are many government flags flown in the United States in addition to the national flag. Among them are the presidents and vice-presidents flags and those of the federal departments and some federal agencies. Each state in the Union has an official flag. The United States Navy used special flags for signaling.
(1) Why were only the flags of various European nations flown over the land during the discovery and settlement period?
[ ]
A．Because the flags were older than the national flag of the U.S.
B．Because the land was divided by these nations.
C．Because there was universal flag over the land．
D．We don't know from the passage.
(2)The first national flags of the United States ________.
[ ]
A．represented the 13 colonies which won independence in 1776
B．were flown in American colonies in 1776
C．were flown in American colonies in 1795
D．gave representation to Congress
(3)Where the stars were placed on the national flag in 1818 was decided by _______.
[ ]
(4)How many stars entered the Union between 1818and 1912?
[ ]
(5)Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
[ ]
A．Before 1959 the flag had been changed 25 times.
B．Each federal department has its own official flag.
C．The national flag of the U.S. had 26 stars on it after admission of Hawaii into the Union in 1959
D．By 1912, there had been 48 states in the Union.
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The basic flag of the United States is one of the world's oldest national flags. Only the basic flags of Austria, Denmark, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland are older.
During the discovery and settlement of what is now the United States the flags of various European nations were flown over the land, as symbols of possession. Later, in the colonial and Revolutionary War Periods flags representing famous persons, places and events were flown in the American Colonies.
The first official flag of the United States was created by Congress on June 14,1777, It consisted of 13 alternate red and white stripes and 13 white stars in a field of blue, representing the 13 colonies that had declared their independence in 1776. Congress adopted a new flag of 15 stars and 15 stripes in 1795, to give representation to the two new states admitted into the Union, Vermont and Kentucky.
By 1817, there were 20 states in the Union, and it became apparent that adding one stripe for each new state would destroy the shape of the flag. As a result, Congress in 1818 restored the original design of 13 stripes and provided that each state was to be represented by one star. In 1912 President William. H. Taft made the first official provision for the arrangement of the stars. He ordered that there be six even rows of eight stars each. Previously the arrangement of the starts had been left to the flagmaker's desire. The evolution of the stars and stripes reflects the growth of the United States. After the admission of Hawaii into the Union in 1959, the flag was officially changed for the 26th time since its creation. There are many government flags flown in the United States in addition to the national flag. Among them are the presidents and vice-presidents flags and those of the federal departments and some federal agencies. Each state in the Union has an official flag. The United States Navy used special flags for signaling.
(1) Why were only the flags of various European nations flown over the land during the discovery and settlement period?
[ ]
A．Because the flags were older than the national flag of the U.S.
B．Because the land was divided by these nations.
C．Because there was universal flag over the land．
D．We don't know from the passage.
(2)The first national flags of the United States ________.
[ ]
A．represented the 13 colonies which won independence in 1776
B．were flown in American colonies in 1776
C．were flown in American colonies in 1795
D．gave representation to Congress
(3)Where the stars were placed on the national flag in 1818 was decided by _______.
[ ]
(4)How many stars entered the Union between 1818and 1912?
[ ]
(5)Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
[ ]
A．Before 1959 the flag had been changed 25 times.
B．Each federal department has its own official flag.
C．The national flag of the U.S. had 26 stars on it after admission of Hawaii into the Union in 1959
D．By 1912, there had been 48 states in the Union.
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