Thomas Huxley(English biologist,1825-1895) once_______ "Try to learn something about everything and everything about something"

A. put it       B. put out      C. put up with it    D. put in

（2010·福建“四地六校”高三上第一次联考）       28 .Thomas Huxley(English biologist,1825-1895) once_______ "Try to learn something about everything and everything about something"

A. put it       B. put out      C. put up with it    D. put in

How Americans Began to Eat Tomatoes

People have strange ideas about food. For example, the tomato is a kind of very delicious vegetable. It is one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition and vitamin in it. But in the 18^th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous (有毒的). They called tomatoes “poison apples.”

President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President’s party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored (忠实的) guests about the fact.

1.From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were       .

A．people from other countries               B．from France

C．people of his own country                 D．men only

2.After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true?

A．Americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them.

B．Americans didn’t eat tomatoes before 19^th century.

C．Even now Americans don’t eat tomatoes.

D．In the 18^th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes.

3.The passage tells us that Jefferson was a President who learned to love the taste of tomatoes       .

A．while he was in Paris                     B．when he was a little boy

C．because his parents told him so             D．from books

4.According to the text, _______ made the beautiful pink soup served at the President’s party?

A．the President himself                    B．a French cook

C．the President’s cook                    D．the President’s wife

John keeps a record of new words and expressions in English. He usually writes them in a note-book. Then, later in the day, he asks his teacher about them. “Mrs. Thomas, these expressions are new to me. ‘She’s blue today.’， ‘You’re yellow’, ‘A little white lie’, ‘She has green fingers’.” After looking at the note-book, Mrs. Thomas says, “In everyday English, John，‘blue’ sometimes means sad.  ‘Yellow’ means afraid. A person with ‘green fingers’ grows plants successfully. And ‘a white lie’ is not a bad lie.” “I don’t understand. Please give me an example.” “ For example, I offer you some cake. The truth is that you don’t like my cake. You don’t say that. Instead, you say, ‘No, thanks, I'm not hungry.’ That’s a white lie.” John says, “I see , thanks for the explanation!”

1.“Blue” sometimes means in spoken English “_____”.

2.A person with “green fingers” is one who _____ planting.

3.“You’re yellow to fight.” means “_____.”

4.If you say “It’s a white lie.”, it means that someone _____.

There is no doubt that much of the profit of a business—sometimes the whole of its success—depends upon the use of the odds and ends．The odds and ends are various small things，which are left over when the main things are produced．But they possess a real value of their own．

If a business，big or small，looked down upon these odds and ends，it would mean a big difference in the amount of the benefit of the business．Take a meat factory for instance， there are countless odds and ends—bones and hair，which can be made into glue and rope to increase its profit greatly．

Then，if we are college students，what about our odds and ends—the odd moments？ Take time for example．Every one of us has the exact same amount of it．Everyone's success or failure depends on the use of their time．But everyone uses the time more or less in the same way．However，why many great men in science or art have made huge successes for themselves in the world？Because they have made best use of their odd moments．Take Thomas A．Edison， he never allowed his odd moments to slip by．He thought，planned，and tried his inventions．He always worked twenty hours out of each twenty-four．His inventions made him famous all over the world，and provided valuable wealth for the human beings．

So, remember this axiom：very busy people always find time for everything．However，people with great spare time find time for nothing．Is it very strange？Not at all！The question is how to gather up fragments of time and make full use of them．As many big businesses have found，that the real profit is in using the odds and ends．We also must do in this way to make best use of our odd moments and manage to be successful in something that we do．

What are odds and ends？

    A. They are nothing useful．

    B. They are various small，but valuable things．

    C. They are the main things that factories produce．

    D. They are odd moments students deny to gather up．

Why should the odds and ends be made full use of ？Because  ____   ．

    A. lots of factors in success or in failure depend on the best use of odds and ends

    B. they control to possess a value of their own

    C. they are various small things people don't want

    D. they are useless things left over when the main things are produced

What does the word “Axiom” in the fourth paragraph mean?

    A. clear and evident without proof

    B. statement accepted as true without proof of argument

    C. statement that can be argued

    D. regulation accepted in scientific usage

“Fragments of time” equals  “____    ”in the above passage．

    A. the odds and ends     B. immense leisure

    C. the main things       D. the odd moments