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1、TherewasonshopinthetownofMufulira，whichwasnotiousfitscolbar.Itwasadrugste.WhileEuropeanswereservedatthecounter，alonglineofAfricansqueuedatthewindowoftennotonlywerekeptwaitingbut，whentheirturncametobeserved，wererudelytrea

2、tedbytheshopassistants.OnedayIwasdeterminedtomakeapublicprotestagainstthiskindofthing，manyoftheschoolboysinmyclassfollowedmetothestewaitedoutsidetoseewhatwouldhappenwhenIwentin.Isimplywentintotheshopaskedthemanagerpolite

3、lyfsomemedicine.AssoonashesawmestingintheplacewhereonlyEuropeancustomerswereallowedtostheshoutedatmeinabastardlanguagethatisonlyusedbyanemployedwhenspeakingtohisservants.IstoodatthecounterpolitelyrequestedinEnglishthatIs

4、houldbeserved.ThemanagerbecameexasperatedsaidtomeinEnglish，“IfyousttheretillChristmasIwillneverserveyou.”IwenttotheDistrictcommissionersoffice.FtunatelytheDistrictCommissionerwasout，fhewasoneoftheoldschool；however，Isaway

5、oungDistrictOfficerwhowasafriendofmine.HewasveryconcernedtohearmystytoldmethatifeverIwantedanythingmefromthedrugsteallIhadtodowascometohimpersonallyhewouldbuymymedicinefme.Iprotestedthatthatwasnotgoodenough.Iaskedhimtoac

6、companymebacktothestetomakeaprotesttothemanager.Thishedid，Iwellrememberhimsayingtothemanager，“HereisMr.KaundawhoisaresponsiblememberoftheUrbanAdvisyCouncil，youtreathimlikeacommonservant.”Themanagerofthedrugsteapologizeds

7、aid，“Ifonlyhehadintroducedhimselfexplainedwhohewas，then，ofcourseIshouldhavegivenhimproperservice.”Ihadtoexplainonceagainthathehadmissedmypoint.WhyshouldIhavetointroducemyselfeverytimeIwentintoaste…anymethanIshouldhavetob

8、uymymedicinebygoingtoaEuropeanfriend？Iwanttoprovethatanymanofanycol，whateverhisposition，shouldhavetherighttogointoanyshopbuywhathewanted.1.“Colbar”inthefirstparagraphcomesclosestinmeaningto___.A.abarwhichispaintedindiffe

9、rentcols.B.thefactthatwhiteblackcustomersareservedseparately.C.abarofchocolatehavingdifferentcols.D.acounterwherepeopleofdifferentcolsareservedwithbeer.2.Thewriterwas，atthetimeofthesty，___.A.ablackschoolteacherLathamShol

10、es.Hismachinewasknownasthetypewriter.Ithadamovablecarriagealeverfturningpaperfromlinetolineakeyboardonwhichtheletterswerearrangedinalphabeticalder.ButSholeshadaproblem.Onhisfirstmodelhis“ABC“keyarrangementcausedthekeysto

11、jamwhenthetypistwkedquickly.Sholesdidntknowhowtokeepthekeysfromstickingsohissolutionwastokeepthetypistfromtypingtoofast.Sholesaskedhisbrotherinlawtorearrangethekeyboardsothatthecommonestletterswerenotsoclosetogetherthety

12、pebarswouldcomefromoppositedirections.Thustheywouldnotclashtogetherjamthemachine.ThenewarrangementwastheQWERTYarrangementtypistsusetoday.OfcourseSholesclaimedthatthenewarrangementwasscientificwouldaddspeedefficiency.Theo

13、nlyefficiencyitaddedwastoslowthetypistdownsincealmostanywdintheEnglishlanguagerequiredthetypistsfingerstocovermedistanceonthekeyboard.Theadvantagesofthetypewriteroutweighedthedisadvantagesofthekeyboard.Typistsmemizedthec

14、razyletterarrangementthetypewriterbecameahugesuccess.Bythetimetypistshadmemizedthenewarrangementoflettersbuilttheirspeedtypewritertechnologyhadimprovedthekeysdidntstickasbadlyastheyhadatfirst.1.Weknowfromthepassagethatth

15、einventofthefirstpracticaltypewriteris_____.A.HenryMillB.ChristopherLathamSholesC.SholesbrotherinlawD.AllbertEinstein2.TheauththinksthemachineinventedbyHenryMillcouldnotbesoldbecause_____.A.itwasdifficultfpeopletoacceptn