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An oral history is a piece of writing based on an interview with a person who has lived through a significant period in history or experienced a historical event. His or her memories provide a personal view of the past. The first goal of all oral histories is to record stories about a specific subject. That subject may be a historical event like the D-Day invasion. It may be a period of history like the Depression, or a social or cultural trend, such as child labor. The first step in an oral history project, therefore, is to select a subject that interests you and is of historical significance. Before attempting to identify people to interview for your project, you must first gather background information about the subject. The Library of Congress, which houses thousands of oral histories, provides these tips for researching your subject. Before entering the library or logging onto the internet, decide on key words to use in your search. Use detailed search words. For example, search for rock and roll of the ’60s instead of the more general term music. Look through newspaper and magazine articles and Internet Web sites to identify documents that are related to your subject. Make copies of those that will help you plan your interview questions and discard all others. Discuss what you’ve read about your subject surprised you? What aspect of your subject would you like to know more about? Asking questions like these will help you to focus your subject and to identify the voice or voices you need to interview. Oral histories are as much about self as they are about subject. One goal of an oral history interview is to find out what happened. A second and equally important goal is to discover how people reacted to or were affected by what happened. The person you select to interview, therefore, should have had some experience with the subject – either as a participant or a witness. Once you have identified one or more people to interview, begin preparing your questions. The best questions are open-ended, encouraging the speaker to respond with more than a mere “Yes” or “No.” For example, an interviewer might have asked Clarence Hughart this question about his D-Day experience: Were you scared? That question, however, would probably not have elicited the sort of dramatic storytelling that Hughart provided. Make a list of ten possible interview questions. The first two or three should be fairly general, asking the interviewee to talk about his or her childhood, perhaps. These kinds of questions put people at ease. Save more sensitive questions until the interview has been underway for five, 10, or 15 minutes or more. After the interview come the final steps: writing a summary of the interview and then shaping it into a finished piece of writing.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Deciding what you want to learn more about.
| | | Selecting either a participant or a __(9) .
| | | Making a list of possible interview questions.
| | | (10) with general questions and save more sensitive ones for later.
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1. significant 2. historical 3.interesting 4. Identify 5. Shape 6. on/what 7. log 8. related/relevant 9. witness 10. Starting/Beginning |
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Section C (请将本大题答案写于答题纸上,答题卡76—80题空开不涂点) Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.A.The factors leading to a good speaker | B.The importance of enunciation | C.Talk with strangers | D.Pronunciation, the other important assistant in conversation | E. A famous master of conversation F. The great use of dictionary 76. _________________________ The ancient Greeks were very good at making conversations, and the greatest talker of them all was philosophers Socrates. His student Plato surpassed some of his supposed conversations, and we read them in The Dialogue of Plato. In many classrooms today, Socrates’ method of teaching is used. 77. _________________________ The best talkers appear to have had a great interest in and love for their follow creatures, a curiosity about the world in general, some powers of observation and tolerance for those of others, and quick thinking. And they talk for the fun of it, not to show off their knowledge. 78. _________________________ A good voice must have the help of good speech, whose two assistants are clear enunciation and correct pronunciation. Poor enunciation may suggest to your listeners that you lack consideration, and that you are not especially concerned about their opinion of you. 79. _________________________ Pronunciation is settled by common agreement of the community of group speaking the particular language or dialect. For standard pronunciations of words, a dictionary is your best friend. 80. _________________________ Think of meeting a stranger as a chance to have a good time to talk, to make a friend. Look with a smile directly into the other’s eyes when you are introduced, and shake hands with a firm, friendly clasp (紧握). This will give you confidence. Then try to have a smooth and pleasant conversation with him. |
Ⅳ阅读理解(每小题2分,共40分)阅读下面短文,从所给的四个选项中,选出最佳答案。 We shall not drown(淹死)if we remember these rules: 1, Never swim alone. 2, Never swim at a beach if there is no lifeguard(救生员). 3, Never swim after a meal or when you feel hungry or tired. 4, Never depend on rings, floats(漂浮物)or other swimming aids(助游具). You may lose them or they may let you sink(下沉). 5, Don’t stay in the water too long , especially if it is cold. 6, Before you dive, be sure the water is deep enough and you will not hit anybody. 7, Never go out in a boat if you can not swim or if you are not wearing a life jacket. If you get into difficulty, this is what you should do : 1, Keep calm(镇定). Save you strength and your breath. 2, Try to float on your back or tread(踩水)water. To tread water, move your feet as if you are climbing some stairs. 3, Raise your right arm for help. Remember : a red flag means that it is dangerous for all swimmers to enter the water. A blue flag means that it is dangerous for children and weak swimmers to enter the water. 1. When you see a red flag, you know that ______ swim there. A. no one should B. anyone may C. only strong swimming should D. children should not 2. We can go swimming ________. A. after a meal B. if we have a ring C. when the water is dirty D. when we are not alone 3. We should dive only when _______. A. the water is deep enough B. the water is cold C. the water is warm D. we are not alone 4. What the writer wants to say is that ______. A. rings and floats are of no use B. boats are not safe C. we must be very careful in swimming D. swimming is bad for your health |
The Antarctic is actually a desert. It’s the only continent on the earth without a river or lake. The Antarctic is all ice all year round. The warmest temperature ever recorded there is zero, at the South Pole. Explorers used to think that a place so cold would have a heavy snowfall. But less than ten inches of snow falls each year. That is less than half an inch of water. The times that much water falls in parts of the Sahara. The little snow that falls never melts. It continues to pile up deeper and deeper year after year and century after century. When the snow gets to be about 80 feet deep it is turned to ice by the weight of the snow above it. 1. Antarctic is called a desert because it _______. A. is sandy B. is cold C. has little water D. is high 2. The snow there is very deep because it _______. A. never stop falling B. piles up year after year C. never melts D. falls often 3. The best title for the passage is ______. A. Waterfall at the South Pole B. The Antarctic ------An Ice Desert C. Snowfall at the South Pole D. The world’s Great Desert |
The Mona Lisa, one of the world’s most famous paintings, has been recreated with 3,604 cups of coffee—and 564 pints of milk. The different colors were created by adding no, little or lots of milk to each cup of black coffee. The recreated Mona Lisa measured 20 feet long and 13 feet wide. It took a team of eight people three hours to complete the work. It was created for The Rocks Aroma Festival in Sydney, Australia, and seen by 130,000 people who attended the one-day coffee-lovers event. Elaine Kelly, one of the organizers from the Sydney Harbor Foreshore Authority, was delighted with the result. She said, “Each coffee cup was filled with varying amounts of milk to create the different shades(色度) of the painting. We wanted to create an element of surprise and a sense of fun in the way we communicated with the public.” “Once we had the idea of creating an image(像) out of coffee cups we searched for something iconic(有代表性的)to reproduce(复制).And after some time we chose the most iconic painting in history. The Mona Lisa has been reproduced so many times in so many different mediums but, as far as we know, never out of coffee,” Kelly continued. “Besides, the idea is practical.” “It was fantastic. It really looked like the famous painting—the Mona Lisa. It was wonderful,” said one visitor. After much planning it was great to see it coming together so well and the 130,000 people who attended the event certainly enjoyed it and were deeply attracted by it,” said Kelly. 1.How were the different colors of the recreated Moma Lisa created? A.By adding different amounts of black coffee to each cup of milk. B.By adding different amounts of milk to each cup of black coffee. C.By using paints of different colors D.By using different kinds of coffee 2.How large is the recreated Mona Lisa? A. 20 square feet B. 260 square feet C. 564 square feet D. 3,604 square feet 3.The people who saw the recreated Mona Lisa are all_______ lovers. A.Mona Lisa B.milk C.coffee D.painting 4.The event organizers chose to recreate the Mona Lisa for the following reasons EXCEPT that _________ . A. the Mona Lisa is a very iconic painting in history B. the Mona Lisa has never been reproduced out of coffee C. the idea can be actually carried out D. it is very easy to do so |
第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分) 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。 I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be 21 Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, "What would I say when the other kids asked what I"d 22 ?" Just when I started to 23 that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women 24 at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of 25 that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn"t 26 . Somebody had thought 27 of me to bring me a gift. Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my 28 Christmas there special and memorable, I 29 remembered the women"s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of 30 for as many children as I could possibly reach. So I 31 a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, 32 with a child"s name. We wanted all of them to know they were. 33 . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I 34 them that they couldn"t open their presents 35 every child had come forward. Finally the 36 they had been waiting for came as I called out, "One, two, three. Open your presents!" As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles 37 up the room. The 38 in the room was obvious, and 39 wasn"t just about toys. It was a feeling — the feeling I knew 40 that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn"t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter. 21. A. sending B. receiving C. making D. exchanging 22. A. found B. prepared C. got D. expected 23. A. doubt B. hope C. suggest D. accept 24. A. broke in B. settled down C. turned up D. showed off 25. A. relief B. loss C. achievement D. justice 26. A. blamed B. loved C. forgotten D. affected 27. A. highly B. little C. poorly D. enough 28. A. present B. first C.. recent D. previous 29. A. hardly B. instantly C. regularly D. occasionally 30. A. strength B. independence C. importance D. safety 31. A. kept up with B. caught up with C. came up with D. put up with 32. A. none B. few C. some D. each 33. A. fine B. special C. helpful D. normal 34. A. reminded B. guaranteed C. convinced D. promised 35. A. after B. until C. when D. since 36. A. chance B. gift C. moment D. reward 37. A. lit B. took C. burned D. cheered 38. A. atmosphere B. sympathy C. calmness D. joy 39. A. it B. such C. something D. everybody 40. A. by B. till C. for D. from |
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