42. The underlined word “borrow” means_______.

A. read and write with no help from another person

B. use for a short time and then return

C. like very much

D. lend

43. The passage does not say it, but we can guess that_______.

A. there were free schools in the United States before there were free libraries

B. free schools and free libraries in the United States began at about the same time

C. the library in New Hampshire also had a free school in it

D. there were free libraries in the United States before there were free schools

44. Harvard University began_______.

A. in 1731 B. in 1730

C. in 1833 D. in 1638

45. At the library that Franklin started, ________.

A. people could use books for no money at all

B. people paid a little money in the beginning but none after that

C. people paid a lot of money in the beginning but none after that

D. both A and B

B

Gladys Holm was a secretary (秘书). She worked in an office all her life. Gladys made about $15,000 a year. She died when she was 86 years old. And she left a big surprise—$18 million! She gave the money to a children’s hospital.

Gladys Holm never got married or had any children. But she always liked children, and she wanted to help them. When her friend’s daughter was ill in hospital, Gladys brought her a toy bear. After that, she visited the hospital many times. Every time she visited, she brought toy bears for those ch ildren. After that, people started to call Gladys the “Toy Bear Lady”.

Gladys always gave toys and other presents to her friends but no one knew she had a lot of money. She lived in a small house outside Chicago. Everyone was very surprised when they learned that she was a millionaire. One of her friends said, “She always gave us nice presents and things, but we didn’t know she was rich.”

How did Gladys get so much money? She asked her boss how to make more money, and she listened to what he said. She bought the stocks (股票) that he told her to buy, and she got very rich. Before she died, she talked to her friends about “giving something to the children’s hospital”. No one knew that the “something” was $18 million!

46. Gladys Holm often visited the hospital and gave children toy bears because______.

A. she had too much money

B. she had a lot of toy bears

C. she had never got married and had no children

D. she liked children very much

47. People started to call Gladys the “Toy Bear Lady”_______.

A. after she visited the children in hospital many times

B. after she died

C. before her friend’s daughter was ill

B. before she worked with his boss

48. Everyone was surprised that________.

A. Gladys lived such a long life

B. Gladys lived in a small house outside Chicago

C. Gladys had so much money

D. Gladys always gave her friends nice presents

49. ________, so she got rich.

A. Gladys made $15,000 a year as a secretary

B. Gladys did what the boss told her to do

C. Gladys got the money from the boss

D. Gladys did another job in the hospital

50. When Gladys Holm became a millionaire,________.

A. she spent most of the money on nice presents and things

B. she stopped working

C. she still lived in the same way

D. she could hardly wait to tell her friends and family

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