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    He's an old cobbler (修鞋匠) with a shop in the Marais, a historic area in Paris. When I took him my
shoes, he at first told me: "I haven't time. Take them to the other fellow on the main street; he'll fix them
for you right away. "
     But I'd had my eye on his shop for a long time. Just looking at his bench loaded with tools and pieces
of leather, I knew he was a skilled craftsman (手藝人). "No," I replied, "The other fellow can't do it well."
"The other fellow" was one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys "while-U-wait" -without
knowing much about mending shoes or making keys. They work carelessly, and when they have finished
sewing back a sandal strap (鞋帶) ,you might as well just throw away the pair.
     My man saw I wouldn't give in, and he smiled. He wiped his hands on his blue apron (圍裙), looked
at my shoes, had me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said, "Come back in a week."
I was about to leave when he took a pair of soft leather boot off a shelf.
     "See what I can do " he said with pride. "Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of work."
     When I got back out into the street, the world seemed brand-new to me. He was something out of an
ancient legend, an old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his pride in his craft.
     These are times when nothing is important but the bottom line, when you can do things any old way as
long as it "pays", when, in short, people look on work as a path to ever-increasing consumption (消費(fèi))
rather than a way to realize their own abilities. In such a period,it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who
gets his greatest satisfaction from pride in a job well done.
1. Which of the following is true about the old cobbler?
A. He was equipped with the best repairing tools.
B. He was the only cobbler in the Marais.
C. He was proud of his skills.
D. He was a native Parisian.
2. The sentence "He was something out of an ancient legend." ( paragraph 7 ) implies that _____.
A. nowadays you can hardly find anyone like him
B.it was difficult to communicate with this man
C. the man was very strange
D. the man was too old
3. According to the author, many people work just to_____ .
A. realize their abilities
B. gain happiness
C. make money
D. gain respect
4. This story wants to tell us that_____ .
A. craftsmen make a lot of money
B. whatever you do, do it well
C. craftsmen need self-respect
D. people are born equal
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He was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929. He was black. He died in his thirties, but he became world-famous during that short time. He grew up in the southeastern part of the United States. He studied at Morehouse College, where he met many outstanding men whose ideas he found important and exciting. There he read the writings of Thoreau, which gave him many ideas about freedom.

　　After he finished studying in Morehouse, he went on to study at the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, and Boston University. At Boston University, he met his wife, Corretta. In 1954, after he got his Ph. D. degree (哲學(xué)博士學(xué)位), he became a minister (牧師) of a small church in the South. Then he became the leader of the black people, who were poor and powerless. He gave speeches and led parades. For his ideas and actions, he was in prison for a short time.

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　　A. In the University of Pennsylvania.      B. In Harvard University.

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    A. Because he was a minister of a small church.

　　B. Because he was black and world-famous.

　　C. Because he gave a speech called “I have a dream”.

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　　A. It is so famous that people today still remember it.

　　B. It was such a famous speech that he won the Nobel Peace Prize.

　　C. It was famous only before he died.

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