The apple is more than just a fruit. People use it for city names and business logos, too.

　　“The Big Apple”stands for New York City.

　　The phrase was first used in a 1909 book called“The Wayfarer in New York”It was used to show how rich New York is.

　　Later, jazz musicians in the 1930s and 1940s made the phrase more popular. At that time, musicians earned money by playing in cities and towns across America.

　　They said each city in America was an apple on a tree. But New York city, where most fans of their music lived, was“the big apple”. It was there they got the most pay.

　　In the 1970s, the city wanted to make itself more popular with tourists. It started to use an apple as its symbol.（象征）

　　Apples are also hot in the computer world. Apple Computer, a big company in America, uses a picture of an apple with a bite taken out of it as its logo. Some say that the bite（一口）means“learning knowledge”. Also,“bite”sounds similar to“byte（字節(jié)）,”a unit（單位）in computer science.

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(1) Which of the following is NOT true?.

[　　]

A．The apple can be used for city names.

B．“The Wayfarer in New York”came out in 1909.

C．New York people like eating big apples.

(2) What became more popular in the 1930s and 1940s.

[　　]

A．The use of“Big Apple”as another name for New York.

B．The Wayfarer in New York.

C．Jazz musicians.

(3) Musicians played in cities and towns across America for ________.

[　　]

A．books

B．money

C．computers

(4) When did New York start to use an apple as its symbol?

[　　]

A．In the 1930s

B．In the 1940s

C．In the 1970s

(5) The word“hot”in the last paragraph（段落）means ________.

[　　]

A．炎熱的

B．暢銷的

C．流行的
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Mr. John is standing beside the window． His wife, Mrs. John is sitting near the window．She's reading a book．“What are you looking at？” She asks her husband．

“I'm looking at a boy,” Mr. John answers, “He’s near our wall． He's looking at our apple tree．”

“Ah,” his wife says, “What is he doing now？”

“He's taking an apple now．Look！ He's eating it now．” Mrs. John looks out of the window and says, “Ah，What do you see！That is our own son.”

“Is that？ How is he there？ Isn't he sleeping in bed now？”

“I think he just wants to eat some apples before he sleeps．”says Mrs. John．

“Perhaps ！” they smile．

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1．Mr. and Mrs. John have____________.

A．an apple tree　　　　　　　　 B．two boys

C．a daughter　　　　　　　　    D．some apple trees

2．Mr. and Mrs. John are the boy's____________.

A．teachers　　　　　　　　　　  B．friends

C．father and mother　　　　　　 D．uncle and aunt

3．Mr. John is____________.

A．sitting near the window　　   B．looking at the boy

C．looking for his son　　　　   D．eating an appl?e

4．The boy is____________.

A．looking at the wall　　　　   B．reading a book

C．eating an apple　　　　　　   D．looking for his parents

5．How many people are there in the passage？

A．One．　　    B．Two．　　　　  C．Three．　　　　 D． Four．

 

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