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　　One Room Air­conditioner—$50

　　Date：2016­4­20, 11：09 PM EDT

　　Reply to: sale­nkzcp­1836592471@craigslist.org

　　I have a one room air­conditioner now. I used a central air conditioning system and I don't need it any more. I only used it for a month and it works great.

　　Brand New Nike shoes—$25

　　Date: 2016­4­20, 11：04 PM EDT

　　Reply to: sale­vyuvv­1836588920@ craigslist.org

　　I have a new pair of kids Nike Tennis shoes. They have never been worn. They are just sitting out in my garage for someone in need of new tennis shoes. They are in excellent condition. I bought them for my daughter a few years ago but they didn't fit her.

　　Wooden Boat—$1,000

　　Date: 2016­4­20, 11：36 PM EDT

　　Reply to: sale­fndfx­1836614645@ craigslist.org

　　I have a wooden boat with a 350 hp Chevy engine. Boat hull(船身) and floors have been redone. The motor works. The boat is not in the water, but has been standing on blocks for a year and the inside will need to be put back together as it was taken apart to redo the floors. Everything taken off is still there. Please call 440­942­2763 if you are interested.

　　8­piece Kid's Bedroom Set—$600

　　Date: 2016­4­20, 11：29 PM EDT

　　Reply to：sale­473ny­1836608704@ craigslist. org

　　This is an 8­piece bedroom set. It includes five different dressers, one mirror and two beds with bed boards. My girls are older and have their own rooms and wanted a change. Cash and carry only. I cannot deliver, but I can assist in the set­up of the beds.

　　1.What do the four goods have in common?

　　A.They all cost a little.

　　B.They are all for the poor.

　　C.They are all second­hand goods.

　　D.They are all completely new.

　　2.The owner of the air­conditioner wants to sell his air­conditioner because ________.

　　A.it doesn't work very well

　　B.he needs some money badly

　　C.he has a new air­conditioner now

　　D.his house doesn't need an air­conditioner now

　　3.What do we know about the wooden boat?

　　A.It needs to be put together.

　　B.It has been used for only a year.

　　C.The motor should be replaced.

　　D.Boat floors need some more pieces of wood.

　　4.If you want to buy the 8­piece kid's bedroom set, you can reply to ________.

　　A.sale­473ny­1836608704@ craigslist.org

　　B.sale­fndfx­1836614645@ craigslist.org

　　C.sale­vyuvv­1836588920@ craigslist.org

　　D.sale­nkzcp­1836592471@ craigslist.org

　　B

　　Jerome Kern was born into a middle­class family in New York City in 1885. Jerome's mother began to teach Jerome how to play the piano when he was very young. He became a fair piano player and anyone expected him to become a great musician.

　　Jerome was not a top student. When Jerome completed high school, his father said he would have to work in the family's store. But he later believed that Jerome might do better in music than in business. So he let the boy go to Europe to study music, as almost all young musicians did at the time.

　　Jerome Kern began his career as a songwriter in theaters in London and New York City. By the early 1920s, Kern was a successful young composer.

　　Other people wrote the words for Kern's songs. Kern wrote only the music. And he worked with each song until he was satisfied that the music was perfect.

　　Jerome Kern once said he was trying to bring modern art to music. One critic (评论家) wrote this about his music: Kern's songs are like black and white drawings. They need no color, no decoration. A Kern song is always in balance, perfect in form and pleasing in design.

　　American musical plays at that time were still usually copied from European ones. Kern wanted to try something completely new. He thought a musical play should be a real work of art. In 1927, he found the story: Show Boat. It showed the hard lives of African­Americans in the South. Show Boat became the greatest work of American musical theater.

　　Kern's effect on musical theater was revolutionary.

　　Kern died in 1945 at the age of sixty.

　　5.What was Kern's mother good at?

　　A.Teaching at school.

　　B.Working in the store.

　　C.Playing the piano.

　　D.Studying music.

　　6.From the passage, we can know that ________.

　　A.Europe was a good place for a slow student

　　B.young musicians could learn much in Europe

　　C.people could do much business with others

　　D.young musicians should make much money

　　7.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

　　A.His grade was not satisfactory at school.

　　B.He became famous in the 1920s.

　　C.He was strict in the music.

　　D.He wrote words and music.

　　8.Kern changed the American theater music in his ________.

　　A.20s 　 B.30s

　　C.40s 　 D.50s

　　C

　　American sign language has an interesting history. Although there have always been deaf people in America, the history really began in 1817.Before 1817 deaf people communicated by using “home signs”. Gestures were personally created and used within the home for simple communication. There were no schools or formal sign language training for the deaf.

　　So, why was 1817 important? Well, the story begins with Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet. Gallaudet met his neighbor's daughter Alice Cogswell. Alice was the young deaf daughter of Dr.Mason Cogswell from Hartford, Connecticut. Gallaudet began teaching Alice to read and write a few simple words. Excited by the success, Dr Cogswell encouraged Gallaudet to set up a school for the deaf. Cogswell raised the money and Gallaudet traveled to Britain to learn the methods used there. However, the schools refused to share their instructional techniques and methods because they wanted to keep them secret.

　　While in London, there happened to be a show of the French method of deaf education. Britain was using an oral method of instruction; however, the French method used signs. Gallaudet was interested in the method and was able to meet with the instructor, Sicard, and his two deaf pupils, Jean Massieu and Laurent Clerc. Sicard agreed to teach Gallaudet his method and Gallaudet went to Paris to learn French signs. After a while, Gallaudet wished to return home and convinced Clerc to go with him and help him set up the school. The trip home was a 52­day voyage during which Clerc taught Gallaudet French signs and Gallaudet taught Clerc English.

　　On April 15, 1817, Laurent Clerc and Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet set up what is still known as the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut. The opening of the first school for the deaf can be viewed as one of the most important events in current deaf culture.

　　9.What is the text mainly about?

　　A.Who invented American sign language.

　　B.What contributions Gallaudet made to America.

　　C.Different methods of teaching the deaf in the world.

　　D.How Gallaudet set up the first school for the deaf in America.

　　10.Before 1817, deaf people in America ________.

　　A.could make no communication

　　B.could only communicate with other deaf people

　　C.could only communicate by speaking silently

　　D.could only have simple communication within home

　　11.Schools in Britain didn't teach Gallaudet because ________.

　　A.their methods were quite different

　　B.they wanted to keep their methods secret

　　C.Gallaudet knew little about sign language

　　D.they thought it impossible for Gallaudet to learn

　　12.What happened during the 52­day voyage back to America?

　　A.Gallaudet began to study French.

　　B.American sign language came into being(形成).

　　C.Gallaudet learned many French signs.

　　D.The two learned all sign languages.