As we all know, Charles Dickens is considered to be a great English writer. He"s very famous not only in
Britain, but also in many other 1 in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote lots of
books, and he also liked 2 . He was an actor.
Maybe it"s interesting to hear that and that"s 3 his books were so good. He gave public readings of his
stories that were very popular. His stories first appeared in a magazine, in parts. People always wanted 4 part.
He wrote a lot, and most of them are popular. There are films and plays of them 5 : Oliver Twist became a
famous musical play, and Great Expectations was a wonderful 6 . Dickens" early life was very hard. His family
was poor, and his mother sent him out to work in a factory when he was 12. He 7 it, but he used his
experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued to write 8 he
died. When he died in 1870, he was 9 a story. But what a pity! We"ll never know 10 it ended. |
( )1. A. cities
( )2. A. reading
( )3. A. what
( )4. A. the next
( )5. A. too
( )6. A. book
( )7. A. hated
( )8. A. as
( )9. A. drawing
( )10. A. what | B. countries
B. writing
B. how
B. next
B. as well
B. story
B. enjoyed
B. while
B. singing
B. how | C. towns
C. acting
C. when
C. next to
C. as well as
C. play
C. wanted
C. until
C. writing
C. who | D. villages
D. playing
D. why
D. next time
D. also
D. film
D. shamed
D. since
D. making
D. which |
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| 阅读理解。 | Zhang Ziyi First movie in English:
In 2001, Zhang had a small part in an American
film (Rush Hour 2) with Jackie Chan. The role was
difficult because she didn"t speak English. Chan had
to translate everything from Chinese into English for
her.
How she learned English:
After Rush Hour 2, Zhang studied English in
New York City. She also watched television and
listened to music in English. She liked watching TV
advertisements since the actors spoke slowly and
clearly.
Biggest challenge:
Playing the leading role in the film Memoirs
of a Geisha. A friend told Zhang. "It will be
difficult to express your feelings in English." This
made Zhang nervous, but she took the part and
studied harder. As a result, her role in the movie
was a big hit. | Shakira First album in English:
Laundry Service
How she learned English:
Many people wanted to translate Shakira"s songs from
Spanish into English. Shakira agreed, but she felt nervous
about losing control of her music. So she decided to
write her own songs in English. Shakira studied grammar
and common expressions. She also wanted to know how
people use English to express their feelings. So she also
listened to the radio, read newspapers and poems.
Biggest challenge:
Writing her first songs in English. Sometimes,
finding the right words was difficult. Today, Shakira
writes and performs her music in Spanish and English
for fans around the world. | | 阅读短文，还原句子。 | Wilma Rudolf was born in Clarksville, Tennessee, in 1940. There were twenty-two children in her family.
Wilma was not a strong child. When she was very young her leg began to have problems. Wilma"s family
loved her and helped her. Her mother and her sisters massaged (按摩) her bad leg. The doctor put a brace
(矫形 支架) on her leg for six years. 1_____
At high school Wilma started to run. Soon she won every race she ran. Then she prepared for the
national races. 2____ The next year, 1956, Wilma was in the Olympic Games in Australia. Wilma came
back with a bronze medal.
In 1960, Wilma went to the Olympic Games in Italy. The weather was very hot just as it was in
Tennessee. The Italians cheered her. Wilma won the 100-meter race, the 200-meter race, and the 400-meter
relay. 3____
4____ That year she married her high school sweetheart, and now they have four children. | | 阅读短文，还原句子。 | Elena Desserich was a beautiful girl. 1_____She had dreamed of becoming an artist when she grew up-but
sadly, she never had the chance to be an adult. When Elena was only five years old, the doctor said that she
had brain cancer and only had135 days to live.
Elena spent the long days in the hospital working on her paintings, which were full of hearts and smiling
families. One of her paintings was shown in a gallery, right next to a Picasso"s painting. 2_____And then she
began to "talk" with her family bywriting notes.
3_____Her parents were very sad, even though they knew the day would come. When they were tidying up
her things, they began to find notes. All through her final days, Elena had been writing love notes to her family
and hiding them in secret places throughout the house.
Her parents started to collect them and all the notes would say, "I love you, Mum, Dad and Crace. " 4_____ | A. She loved painting and writing.
B. Elena died in 2007.
C. A month later, she lost the use of her voice.
D. Her parents loved her so much.
E. They kept finding them - the amazing gifts from Elena. | 阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多
余选项。 | Lang Lang is only 27 years old, but has already been called "the most popular pianist on the planet" by
American television network CNN.
Like every successful person, Lang went through years of hard and lonely practice before making his
name. 1_____ With great talent (天赋), he won his first competition at the age of 5. Lang"s father pushed
little Lang very hard to succeed. When he was nine, Lang went to leam music in Beijing. 2_____ But Lang
got fired (开除) by the piano teacher six months later. 3_____ Hearing about his son"s failure, Lang"s father
was so angry that he told Lang to jump off a building!
4_____ His big break came at age 17, when he gained worldwide fame at "Gala of the Century", a well-
known concert in Chicago, the US. Lang said it was his true love of music and piano that made him keep
working. | A. However, Lang didn"t jump, and pressure (压力) soon changed to power.
B. He has performed in almost every big city around the world.
C. It totally destroyed (毁灭) his piano dream.
D. He began to take piano lessons at the age of 3.
E. His father even gave up his job and moved to Beijing with his son. | | 阅读理解。 | Jackie Heinricher"s love with bamboo started in her backyard. "As a child, I remember playing among the
golden bamboo my dad had planted, and when it was windy, the bamboos sounded musical. It was my
favorite place."
A biologist (生物学家) by training, Heinricher, 47, planned to work in a company in Seattle, where she
lived with her husband, but she found it too boring. Her garden gave her the idea for a business. She would
plant bamboo on their private farm.
Heinricher started Boo-shoot Garden in 1998. She realized early on what is just now beginning to appear
on the rest of the world. Bamboo is useful as well as earth-friendly. It can be used to make skate-boards,
buildings, fumiture, floors and even clothing. Bamboo takes in four times as much carbon dioxide (CO2) as
hardwood trees and gives out 35% more oxygen (O2).
First she had to find a way to produce a lot of the plants. It was a hard task since bamboo flowers create
seed (种子) only once every 50 to 100 years. And dividing a
bamboo plant too often kills it."People kept telling us we"d never succeed," says Heinricher. " Others had
worked on it for 27 years! I believed in what we were doing, though, so I just kept going."
After a nine-year experiments, she found a way to grow millions of plants. The number of workers in her
company increased from 5 to 55. Now she is working on all kinds of bamboo and selling them all over the
world.
"We are at the wonderful moment," she says. "It takes me a lot of time to decide where to pay my
attention. Producing bamboo products? Selling plants to gardeners? Educating farmers about the economic
(经济的) and environmental value of bamboo forests? Or asking the govemment to line roads with bamboo?" | | 1. When did Heinricher begin to love bamboo? | A. When she was a child.
B. When she was
C. Twenty-seven years ago.
D. About ten years ago. | | 2. Bamboo is earth-friendly because _______. | A. it can produce musical sounds
B. it can be used widely
C. it can make our city beautiful
D. it can help clean the air | | 3. What does the passage mainly talk about? | A. Heinricher"s bamboo garden.
B. Heinricher"s bamboo company.
C. Heinrieher"s bamboo story.
D. Heinricher"s bamboo products. | | 4. What is Heinricher"s work like now? | A. It"s still in great trouble.
B. It has been successful.
C. It"s in perfect condition.
D. It has begun to go easily. | 最新试题
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