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What do you say when you pick up the phone?

You say “hello”, of course.

What do you say when someone introduces a friend, a relative, anybody at all?

You say “hello”.

“Hello” has been for a long time considered to be the standard English language greeting since English people began greeting. But is that true?

It may be the most spoken word on the planet and the English word that most people learn first. The word is so familiar to us that it's surprising how new it is: “hello” has only been in use for about the last 200 years of the 1000-year history of English.

The Oxford English Dictionary says the first published use of “hello” goes back only to 1827. But it wasn't mainly a greeting back then. People in the 1830s said “hello” to attract attention (“Hello, what do you think you're doing?”), or to express surprise (“Hello, what do we have here?”).

But the true breakthrough for this now-common word was when it was used in the service of brand-new technology: the telephone. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it was Thomas Edison who put “hello” into common usage. He asked the people who used his phone to say “hello” when answering—which required people to address an unseen and unknown person. It was simpler and more efficient (高效的) than some other greetings used in the early days of the telephone, such as “Do I get you?” and “Are you there?” However, the actual inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, thought that the better word was “ahoy”, which turns out to be much longer—at least 100 years longer—than “hello”. It too, was a greeting from the Dutch (荷蘭語) “hoi” meaning “hello.” For his entire life, Bell insisted on answering the phone with “Ahoy.”

“Hello” obviously caught on, and spread along with the telephone. Had it not been for Edison, our greetings might be very different today. It could be possible that we are still greeting people with “Ahoy” when picking up the phone.

【1】How long has “hello” been used in the 1000-year history of the English language?

【2】What was the purpose of people saying “hello” in the 1830s?

【3】Who put “hello” into common usage?

【4】What word did Bell prefer to use when answering the phone?

【5】What is the passage mainly about?

—_____I had lots of homework to finish.

A. For B. Since C. As D. Because

【1】What’s the main idea of Paragraph 1?

A.The use of eggs.B.The birth of chickens.

C.The difference between them.D.The way of keeping them.

【2】What makes a yolk dark orange?

A.The color of the shell.B.The hen’s food.

C.The age of the egg.D.The vitamins in the egg.

【3】What color is the egg white before it is cooked?

A.White.B.Clear.C.Yellow.D.Brown.

【4】What does the table (表格) above show?

A.How heavy an egg can be.B.How long to cook an egg in a pan.

C.How to make an egg sink.D.How to check the age of an egg.

【5】How long can you keep the eggs in your fridge?

A.3-6 days.B.Just over 1 week.C.About 2 weeks.D.About four weeks.

“If you could have any three things, what would you want?”

Eleven-year-old Ruby Chitsey loves asking that question, but it's not a game she plays. She asks the seniors (老年人) at nursing homes in Arkansas where she lives. Even more amazing, she then sets out to make their wishes come true.

Ruby has long been close to the elders. Her mother has worked in nursing homes for many years. Ruby often stays with her in summer and asks the seniors if they need anything.

Last May, Ruby noticed an old lady named Pearl staring (凝視) out a window. She seemed sad. “What are you looking at?” Ruby asked. Pearl said she was watching her dog being led away by his new owner. Ruby asked around and discovered that the nursing home didn't allow the seniors to have dogs and Pearl couldn't afford to pay anyone to look after her dog. Ruby also heard many stories about Pearl's friends there and found that they were unable to afford life costs. That was when she decided to do something about it.

She started by asking the seniors what three things they wanted most in the world. Her mother worried that people would ask for cars and other things that an 11-year-old wouldn’t be able to provide. Instead, they asked for chocolate, fries, and even just pants that fit properly.

“I felt really upset,” Ruby says. “We left the nursing home that day and went straight to a store and bought as many things as we could.”

Using their own money, Ruby and her mother helped about 100 people in three months. Then, they started asking for donations (捐款). The good people in Arkansas strongly supported them, so Ruby and her mother set up a GoFundMe page—Three Wishes for Ruby's Residents. After GoFundMe named Ruby a Kid Hero and spread her story internationally, Three Wishes raised more than $ 250, 000 in five months. One of Ruby's new goals is to set up a shared computer in one nursing home in each state.

Ruby doesn't plan to stop there. “I consider kindness to be my hobby,” she says, “and I’m very good at it.”

【1】What did Ruby do for the seniors at nursing homes in Arkansas?

A.She offered to look after their dogs.

B.She strongly supported their hobbies.

C.She helped make their wishes come true.

D.She played their favourite games with them.

【2】Ruby decided to help the seniors when__________.

A.she started to volunteer at nursing homes

B.her mother asked her for help in summer

C.people named her a Kid Hero on the Internet

D.she learned of the stories of Pearl and her friends

【3】According to the passage, which word best describes Ruby?

A.Naughty.B.Humorous.C.Caring.D.Cheerful.

—I'd like______ for my twin daughters.

A. two pair of shoes B. two pairs of shoe

C. two pair of shoe D. two pairs of shoes

A. because B. because of C. as D. since

A．most famous

B．the most famous

C．more famous

A．can’t B．needn’t C．mustn’t

A．turn up B．turn off C．turn on

A. because of B. because C. as D. since