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O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the readers’ surprise.
小题1: In which order did O. Henry do the following things?
a. Lived in New York.
b. Worked in a bank.
c. Traveled to Texas.
d. Was put in prison.
e. Had a newspaper job.
f. Learned to write stories.

A．e, c, f, b, d, a	B．c, b, e, d, a, f
C．e, b, d, c, a, f	D．c, e, b, d, f, a

小题2:People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because _____.

A．they had surprise endings	B．they were easy to understand
C．they showed his love for the poor	D．they were about New York City

小题3:What do we know about O. Henry before he began writing?

A．He was well-educated.

B．He was very good at learning.

C．He was devoted to the poor.

D．He was not serious about his work.

小题4: Where did O. Henry get most material for his short stories?

A．His life inside the prison.	B．The newspaper articles he wrote.
C．The city and people of New York.	D．His exciting early life as a boy.

答案

小题1:D小题1:A小题1:B小题1:C

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16-35各题所给的四个选项中，选择最佳答案。
Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist(打击乐器独奏演员) though she was a disabled woman.
“Early on I decided not to allow the   16  of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began   17  piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion(酷爱) for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my   18  . Doctors told me that the nerve (神经) damage was the   19  and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never   20   me.”
“My   21  was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I   22  to ‘hear’ music differently from others. I play using my feet and can   23  the pitch of a note(音调高低) by the vibrations(振动). I feel through my body and through my 24 . My entire sound world exists by making full ___25___ of every sense that I have.”
“I was   26  to be considered as a musician, but not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had   27  this before and some teachers were ___28___ to admit me. However, based on my performance, I was   29  admitted and went on to   30  with great honour.”
“After that, I became a full-time solo percussionist. I   31 a lot of musical pieces since   32__ had been written specially for solo percussionists.”
“I have been a soloist for over ten years.   33  the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn’t   34  that my passion couldn’t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be   35  by others’ attitude. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go.”

小题1:

A．conditions

B．opinions

C．actions

D．suggestions

小题2:

A．enjoying

B．choosing

C．taking

D．giving

小题3:

A．sight

B．hearing

C．touch

D．taste

小题4:

A．evidence

B．result

C．excuse

D．cause

小题5:

A．left

B．excited

C．supported

D．disappointed

小题6:

A．achievement

B．decision

C．promise

D．goal

小题7:

A．turned

B．learned

C．used

D．ought

小题8:

A．tell

B．see

C．hear

D．smell

小题9:

A．carefulness

B．idea

C．imagination

D．experience

小题10:

A．use

B．effort

C．feeling

D．idea

小题11:

A．dissatisfied

B．shocked

C．determined

D．unhappy

小题12:

A．done

B．accepted

C．advised

D．admitted

小题13:

A．learning

B．excited

C．willing

D．unwilling

小题14:

A．usually

B．finally

C．possibly

D．hopefully

小题15:

A．study

B．research

C．graduate

D．progress

小题16:

A．wrote

B．translated

C．heard

D．read

小题17:

A．enough

B．some

C．many

D．few

小题18:

A．However

B．Although

C．When

D．Since

小题19:

A．mean

B．seem

C．conclude

D．say

小题20:

A．failed

B．beaten

C．taught

D．affected

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Jane Austen, a famous English writer, was born at Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16,1775, and died on July 18, 1817. She began writing early in life, although the prejudices (偏见) of her times forced her to have her books published anonymously (匿名 ).
But Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath’s many famous local people and visitors. She paid two long visits here during the last five years of the eighteenth century and from 1801 to 1806, Bath was her home. Her deep knowledge of the city is fully seen in two of her novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, which are largely set in Bath. The city is still very much as Jane Austen knew it, basically keeping its streets and public buildings in the original shape, just like what she described in her novels. Now the pleasure of learning Jane Austen’s Bath can be enhanced (增强)by visiting the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street. Here, in a Georgian town house in the heart of the city, you can find out more about Bath in Jane Austen’s time and the importance of Bath in her life and work.
The Centre has been set up with the help and guidance of members of the Jane Austen Society. After your visit to the Centre, you can look round the attractive shop, which offers a huge collection of Jane Austen related books, cards and many specially designed gifts. Jane Austen quizs (小测验) are offered to keep the children busy.
You can also have walking tours of Jane Austen’s Bath, which is a great way to find out more about Jane Austen and discover the wonderful Georgian city of Bath. The tour lasts about one and a half hours. The experienced guides will take you to the places where Jane lived, walked and shopped.
小题1: Jane Austen paid two long visits to Bath________.

A．in her early twenties	B．in her early teens
C．in her late twenties	D．in her late teens

小题2:What can we learn about Bath from the passage?

A．Bath has greatly changed since Jane Austen’s death.

B．The city has changed as much as J

ane Austen knew it.

C．Bath remains almost the same as in Jane Austen’s time.

D．No changes have taken place in Bath since Jane Austen’s time.

小题3: The author writes this passage in order to________.

A．attract readers to visit the city of Bath

B．ask readers to buy Austen’s books

C．tell readers about Jane Austen’s experience

D．give a brief introduction to the Jane Austen Society

小题4:It takes you about one and a half hours________.

A．to get to the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street

B．to buy Jane Austen related books, cards and gifts

C．to find a guide to take you to the Centre

D．to look around the city of Bath on foot

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A middle-aged stranger visited us late on a dark rainy night when my father was working the night shift (a job for a period during the night). The stranger asked if he could wait under the eaves of our roof for the rain to stop. Then he disappeared, and we started hearing footsteps and creaking boards in the attic(the space or room at the top of a building, under the roof, often used for storing things). Was the stranger inside our house? My whole body couldn’t help but stiffen. In my mind’s eye, I could imagine the stranger pu

shing through the attic door and approaching us.
We immediately called Jerry, our neighbor, for help. He searched everywhere, but the visitor was nowhere to be found. As Jerry looked in the garage, he found the stranger lying underneath the car. Jerry exclaimed with fright, “You are not allowed to enter the house. Get off the property right now.”
We were determined to leave the house immediately. As we drove away, we saw the man blocking our way on the road and staring at us. We had to swerve to miss him. After that, I never saw the stranger again.
小题1:The text is mainly about .

A．the neighbor Jerry	B．a strange dream
C．a strange visitor	D．footsteps in the attic

小题2:Based on the text, which of the following statements is true?

A．The family h it the stranger with their car.

B．The stranger pushed through the family’s door.

C．Jerry was hurrying back from the night shift.

D．The author’s father wasn’t at home that night.

小题3:Why did the family leave their house on a late, dark night?

A．It was raining hard and the eaves of their roof were broken.

B．There was a ghost wandering around the house.

C．They did not feel safe in their house.

D．The stranger was still somewhere inside the house.

小题4:The text was written in order of .

A．time

B．space

C．importance

D．age of the family

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阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从 21～40 各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
Once upon a time, there was a herd offorest deer. In this herd was a wise and respected    21 , tricky in the ways of deer. He taught the tricks and strategies of   22  to the young fawns.
One day, his younger sister brought her son to him, to be taught   23  is so important for deer. She said, "Oh brother teacher, this is my son. Please   24  him the tricks and strategies of deer." The teacher said to the fawn, " 25 , you can come at this time tomorrow for your first lesson."
26 , the young deer came to the lessons as he was   27  to. But soon, he became more interested in playing with the other young bucks 28 does（雌鹿）. He didn"t 29 how dangerous it   30   be for a deer who learned nothing but deer games. So he started cutting classes. Soon he was playing hooky all the time.
31 , one day the fawn who played hooky   32  in a snare and was trapped. Since he was missing, his mother   33 . She went to her brother the teacher, and asked him, "My brother, how is my son? Have you taught your   34  the tricks and strategies of deer?"
The teacher replied, "My sister, your son was   35  and unteachable. Out of respect for you, I tried my best to teach him. But he did not want to learn the tricks and strategies of deer. He played hooky! How could I   36  teach him? You are obedientand faithful, but he is not. It is useless to try to teach him."
Later they heard the   37  news. The naughty fawn who played hooky had been   38 and killed by a   39 . He skinned him and took the meat home to his family.
The moral is:   40  can be learned from a teacher by one who misses the class.

小题1:

A．leader

B．student

C．pupil

D．teacher

小题2:

A．survival

B．approval

C．arrival

D．travel

小题3:

A．that

B．what

C．how

D．it

小题4:

A．learn

B．study

C．teach

D．bring

小题5:

A．How simple

B．Very well

C．Quite easy

D．What a pity

小题6:

A．At first

B．For the first

C．The first time

D．Firstly

小题7:

A．preserved

B．thought

C．supposed

D．suspected

小题8:.

A．nor

B．or

C．but

D．and

小题9:

A．realize

B．orgnize

C．admit

D．clarify

小题10:

A．should

B．could

C．would

D．must

小题11:

A．Generally

B．Luckily

C．However

D．Unfortunately

小题12:

A．banned

B．caught

C．stepped

D．broke

小题13:

A．fainted

B．delighted

C．shocked

D．worried

小题14:

A．uncle

B．aunt

C．nephew

D．niece

小题15:

A．dishonest

B．disobedient

C．inconvenient

D．unbelievable

小题16:

A．possibly

B．likely

C．necessarily

D．logically

小题17:

A．rare

B．good

C．sad

D．popular

小题18:

A．bought

B．kidnapped

C．transported

D．trapped

小题19:

A．hunter

B．researcher

C．advocator

D．settler

小题20:

A．Anything

B．Nothing

C．Something

D．Everything

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An Australian man who has been donating his extremely rare kind of blood for 56 years has saved the lives of more than two million babies.
James Harrison has an antibody in his plasma that stops babies dying from Rhesus disease, a form of severe anaemia. He has enabled countless mothers to give birth to healthy babies, including his own daughter, Tracey, who had a healthy son thanks to her father"s blood.
Mr. Harrison has been giving blood every few weeks since he was 18 years old and has now racked up a total of 984 donations. When he started donating, his blood was deemed so special that his life was insured for one million Australian dollars.
He was also nicknamed the “man with the golden arm” or the “man in two million”. He said: “I"ve never thought about stopping. Never.” He made a pledge to be a donor aged 14 after undergoing major chest surgery in which he needed 13 litres of blood. “I was in hospital for three months,” he said. “The blood I received saved my life so I made a pledge to give blood when I was 18.”
Just after he started donating he was found to have the rare and life-saving antibody in his blood. At the time, thousands of babies in Australia were dying each year of Rhesus disease. Other newborns suffered permanent brain damage because of the condition. The disease creates an incompatibility between the mother"s blood and her unborn baby"s blood. It stems from one having Rh-positive blood and the other Rh-negative.
His blood has since led to the development of a vaccine called Anti-D. After his blood type was discovered, Mr. Harrison volunteered to undergo a series of tests to help develop the Anti-D vaccine. “They insured me for a million dollars so I knew my wife Barbara would be taken care of,” he said. “I wasn"t scared. I was glad to help. I had to sign every form going and basically sign my life away.”
Mr. Harrison is Rh-negative and was given injections of Rh-positive blood. It was found his plasma could treat the condition and since then it has been given to hundreds of thousands of women. It has also been given to babies after they are born to stop them developing the disease.
It is estimated he has helped save 2.2 million babies so far. Mr. Harrison is still donating every few weeks now.
小题1:How old is James Harrison？

A．56

B．70

C．74

D．78

小题2:What does the underlined phrase “two million” refer to?

A．babies

B．mothers

C．dollars

D．all of the above

小题3: Why did James decide to donate his blood? Because _____.

A．his daughter asked him to help her son

B．he has a golden arm worth a million dollars

C．a vaccine called Anti-D is to be developed

D．someone else’s blood saved his life

小题4:The sentence “The disease creates an incompatibility between the mother"s blood and her unborn baby"s blood” (underlined in Paragraph 5) suggests that _____.

A．babies suffer permanent brain damage before born

B．the mother and the baby have different types of blood

C．Rhesus disease contributes to permanent brain damage

D．all the patients have a rare antibody in their blood

小题5: What can we infer from the sixth paragraph?

A．Some of the tests to develop the vaccine are dangerous.

B．His wife Barbara needed to be taken care of badly then.

C．Mr. Harrison was glad to help develop a new vaccine.

D．His blood type was accidentally discovered after tests.

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