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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
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