46. What is the title of the first American political cartoon?
(A) Join or Die
(B) Pennsylvania Gazette
(C) What Hath God Wrought
(D) Kentucky Derby

42. How did Emma feel the moment she opened the book? (A) Pleased. (B) Satisfied. (C) Worried. (D) Surprised.

43. We can learn from the text the Californian . (A) met Emma at a concert (B) invited Emma to a concert (C) introduced Emma to his friend (D) left Emma his backpack

44. Who was supposed to be the first owner of the book? (A) An official of the UN. (B) A coffee shop owner. (C) A friend of the author’s. (D) Alex’s friend form California. May: Happenings form the Past May 5, 1884 Isaac Murphy, son of a slave and perhaps the greatest horse rider in American history, rides Buchanan to win his first Kentucky Derby. He becomes the first rider ever to win the race three times. May 9, 1754 Benijamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette produces perhaps the first American political cartoon(漫画)，showing a snake cut in pieces with the words “John or Die ” printed under the picture. May 11, 1934 The first great dust storm of the Great Plains Dust Bowl, the result of years of drought(干旱)，blows topsoil all the way to New York City and Washington,DC May 19, 1994 Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, form first lady and one of the most famous people of the 1960s, died of cancer in New York City at the age of 64. May 24,1844 Samuel F.BMorse taps out the first message, “What hath God wrought,” over the experimental long-distance telegraph line which runs from Washington,DC, to Baltimore, Md.

45. We know from the text that Buchanan is . (A) Isaac’s father (B) a winning horse (C) a slave taking care of horse (D) the first racing horse in Kentucky

47. In which year did the former first lady Jacqueline die? (A) 1934 (B)1960 (C) 1964 (D) 1994

48. Which of the following places has to do with the first telegram in history? (A) Washing, DC (B) New York City. (C) Kentucky. (D) Pennsylvania.

49. When I learned that my 71-year-old mother was playing Scrabble – a word game – against herself, I knew I had to do something. My husband suggested we give her a computer to play against. I wasn’t sure my mother was ready for it. After all, it had taken 10 years to persuade her to buy an electric cooker. Even so, we packed up our old computer and delivered it to my parents’home. And so began my mother’s adventure in the world of computers. It also marked the beginning of an unusual teaching task for me. I’ve taught people of all ages, but I never thought I would be teaching my mother how to do anything. She has been the one teaching me all my life: to cool and sew; to enjoy the good times and put up with the bad. Now it was my turn to give something back. It wasn’t easy at the beginning. There was so much to explain and to introduce. Slowly but surely, my mother caught on, making notes in a little notebook. After a few months of Scrabble and other games, I decided it was time to introduce her to word processing(文字处理). This proved to be a bigger challenge(挑战) to her, so I gave her some homework I asked her to write me a letter, using different letter types, colors and spaces. “Are you this demanding with your kindergarten pupils?” she asked. “No, of course not,” I said. “They already know how to use a computer.” My mother isn’t the only one experiencing a fast personal growth period. Thanks to the computer, my father has finally got over his phone allergy(过敏反应). For as long as I can remember, any time I called, my mother would answer. Dad and I have had more phone conversations in the last two months than we’ve had in the past 20 years. What does the author do? (A) She is a cook. (B) She is a teacher. (C) She is a housewife. (D) She is a computer engineer.

50. The author decided to give her mother a computer . (A) to let her have more chances to write letters (B) to support her in doing her homework (C) to help her through the bad times (D) to make her life more enjoyable

51. The author asked her mother to write her a letter . (A) because her mother had stopped using the telephone (B) because she wanted to keep in touch with her mother (C) so that her mother could practice what she had learned (D) so that mother could be free from housework

52. After the computer was brought home, the author’s father . (A) lost interest in cooking (B) took more phone calls (C) played more games (D) began to use it