43. What can we learn from the story?
A. Giving is always a pleasure. B. People should respect each other.
C. An act of kindness can bring people great joy. D. People should learn to appreciate others’ concern. www.kuaixue5.com
B
Robert Spring， a 19th century forger（伪造者）， was so good at his profession that he was able to make his living for 15 years by selling false signatures of Americans. Spring was born in England in 1813 and arrived in Philadelphia in 1858 to open a bookstore. At first he became rich by selling his small but real collection of early U.S. autographs （手稿）. Discovering his ability at copying handwriting， he began imitating signatures of George Washington and Ben Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To lessen the chance of detection（察觉）， he sent his forgeries to England and Canada for sale.
Forgers have a hard time selling their products. A forger can’t deal with a respectable buyer but people who don’t have much knowledge in the field. Forgers have many ways to make their work look real. For example， they buy old books to use the aged paper of the title page， and they can treat paper and ink with chemicals.
In Spring’s time right after the Civil War， Britain was still fond of the Southern states， so Spring invented a respectable maiden lady known as Miss Fanny Jackson， the only daughter of General “Stonewall” Jackson. For several years Miss Fanny’s financial problems forced her to sell a great number of letters and manuscripts (手稿). Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. All this activity did not prevent Spring from dying in poverty， leaving sharp-eyed experts the difficult task of separating his forgeries from the originals.
44. Why did Spring sell his false autographs in England and Canada?
A. There was a greater demand there than in America.
B. There was less chance of being detected there.
C. Britain was Spring’s birthplace. D. The prices were higher in England and Canada.
45. After the Civil War， there was a great demand in Britain for________.
A. Southern money B. Signatures of George Washington and Ben Franklin
C. Southern manuscripts and letters D. Civil War battle plans
46. According to the passage， forgeries are usually sold to________.
A. sharp-eyed experts B. persons who aren’t experts
C. book dealers D. owners of old books
47. Who was Miss Fanny Jackson?
A. The only daughter of General “Stonewall” Jackson.
B. A little - known girl who sold her father’s papers to Robert Spring.
C. Robert Spring’s daughter.
D. An imaginary person created by Spring.
C
Do you know about a series of books that say they are “for dummies”? These American self-help books have been translated into more than thirty-nine languages including Chinese， Arabic， Russian， French， German， Greek and Spanish.
“Dummy” is a word for a stupid person. The dummies books are not really for stupid people. They are designed to show people how to do something they may never have tried before， like painting a house or learning a language. The books all say in a funny way that they are for dummies， such as World History for Dummies， Rabbits for Dummies， Chinese Cooking for Dummies， and Wedding Planning for Dummies. The first such book， DOS for Dummies， was published in 1991. It helped people learn how to use the DOS operating system for computers. Since then， more than one hundred fifty million dummies books have been sold.
The dummies.com website explains the idea behind the books. It says that they show that people can be taught to do anything. First they can make fun of ideas that are difficult to understand. Then they show how the information can be interesting and easy. The publishers say that the books do not provide more information than necessary. They give readers just enough information to do what they want. They say that the dummies books give the best and easiest way to do something. And the books use simple and easy language.
There are more than one thousand different dummies books. A report in New York Times says that the top-selling dummies books are those that explain technology and personal finance.
The publishers say that the best-selling dummies books are those providing information many people need — like information about diseases， education and cooking. People interested in opera， car repair and wine can also find dummies books to help them. And there are even more dummies books to come. The publishers say that they publish about two hundred new dummies books every year.
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