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Most people know that Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the first person to
win it twice. However, few people know that she was also the mother of a Nobel Prize winner.
Born in September, 1987, Irene Curie was the first of the Curies" two daughters. Along with nine other
children whose parents were also famous scholars, Irene studied in their own school, and her mother was
one of the teachers. She finished her high school education at the College of Sévigné in Paris.
Irene entered the University of Paris in 1914 to prepare for a degree in mathematics and physics. When
World War I began, Irene went to help her mother, who was using X-ray facilities (设备) to help save the
lives of wounded soldiers. Irene continued the work by developing X-ray facilities in military hospitals in
France and Belgium. Her services were recognized in the form of a Military"s Medal by the French
government.
In 1918, Irene became her mother"s assistant at the Curie Institute. In December 1924, Frederic Joliot
joined the Institute, and Irene taught him the techniques required for his work. They soon fell in love and
were married in 1926. Their daughter Helene was born in 1927 and their son Pierre five years later.
Like her mother, Irene combined family and career. Like her mother, Irene was awarded a Nobel Prize,
along with her husband, in 1935. Unfortunately, also like her mother, she developed leukemia because of her
work with radioactivity (辐射能). Irene Joliot-Curie died from leukemia on March 17, 1956. |
| 1. Why was Irene Curie awarded a Military Medal? |
A. Because she received a degree in mathematics.
B. Because she contributed to saving the wounded.
C. Because she won the Nobel Prize with Frederic.
D. Because she worked as a helper to her mother. |
| 2. Where did Irene Curie meet her husband Frederic Joliot? |
A. At the Curie Institute.
B. At the University of Paris.
C. At a military hospital.
D. At the College of Sevigne. |
| 3. When was the second child of Irene Curie and Frederic Joliot born? |
A. In 1932.
B. In 1927.
C. In 1897.
D. In 1926. |
| 4. In which of the following aspects was Irene Curie different from her mother? |
A. Irene worked with radioactivity.
B. Irene combined family and career.
C. Irene won the Nobel Prize once.
D. Irene died from leukemia. |
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William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin on June 13,1865. His childhood
lacked the harmony (和睦) that was typical of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying
that he remembered "little of childhood but its pain". In fact, he inherited (继承) excellent taste in art from
his family-both his father and his brother were painters. But he finally settled on literature, particularly drama
(戏剧) and poetry.
Yeats had strong faith in coming of new artistic movements. He set himself the fresh task in founding
an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s. His early theatrical experiments, however, were not received
favorably at the beginning. He didn"t lose heart, and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama.
Compared with his dramatic works, Yeats"s poems attract much admiring notice. The subject matter
includes love, nature, history, time and aging. Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he
brought modern sensibility to them. As his literary life progressed, his poetry grew finer and richer, which
led him to worldwide recognition.
He had not enjoyed a major public life since winning the Nobel Prize in 1923. Yet, he continued writing
almost to the end of his life. Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would probably now his valued as a
manor poet, for there is no other example in literary history of a poet who produces his greatest works
between the ages of 50 and 75. After Yeats"s death in 1939, W.H. Auden wrote, among others, the following
lines:
Earth, recive an honoured guest:
William Yeats is laid to rest.
Let the Irish vessel (船) lie
Emptied of its poetry |
| 1. Which of the following can describe Yeats"s family? |
A. It filled Yeats"s childhood with laughter.
B. It was shocked by Yeats"s choice.
C. It was a typically wealthy family.
D. It had an artistic atmosphere. |
| 2. According to these passage, what do we know about Yeats"s life? |
A. Yeats founded the first Irish theater.
B. Yeats stuck to modern forms in his poetry.
C. Yeats began to produce his best works from the 1910s.
D. Yeats was not favored by the public until the 1923 Noble Prize. |
| 3. What kind of feeling is expressed in W.H. Auden"s lines? |
A. Envy
B. Sympathy
C. Emptiness
D. Admiration |
| 4. What is the passage mainly about? |
A. Yeats"s literary achievements
B. Yeats"s historical influence
C. Yeats"s artistic ambition
D. Yeats"s national honor |
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Arthur Miller (1915-2005) is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century.
Miller"s father had moved to the USA from Austria Hungary, drawn like so many others by the "Great American
Dream". However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great
Depression of the early l930s.
Miller"s most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system, with its
aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In
Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with his worth. Willy is "burnt out"
and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment: if he can"t do the work, then he is no good
to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at loss as to what
to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.
When it was first staged in 1949, the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews, and it won the Tony
Award for Best Play, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was the
first play to win all three of these major awards.
Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, on the evening of February 10, 2005, the
56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway. |
| 1. Why did Arthur Miller"s father move to the USA? |
A. He suffered from severe hunger in his home country.
B. He was attracted by the"Great American Dream.
C. He hoped to make his son a dramatist.
D. His family business failed. |
| 2. The play Death of a Salesman _____. |
A. exposes the cruelty of the American business world
B. discusses the ways to get promoted in a company
C. talks about the business career of Arthur Miller
D. focuses on the skills in doing business |
| 3. What can we learn about Willy Loman? |
A. He treats his employer badly.
B. He runs the Wagner Company.
C. He is a victim of the American system.
D. He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues. |
| 4. After it was first staged, Death of a Salesman _____. |
A. achieved huge success
B. won the first Tony Award
C. was warmly welcomed by salesmen
D. was severely attacked by dramatists |
| 5. What is the text mainly about? |
A. Arthur Miller and his family.
B. The awards Arthur Miller won.
C. The hardship Arthur Miller experienced.
D. Arthur Miller and his best-known play. |
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was one of the most private women in the world, yet when she
went to work as an editor in the last two decades of her life, she revealed (展现) herself as she did nowhere
else.
After the death of her second husband, Greek shipping magnate (巨头) Aristotle Onassis, Jacqueline"s
close friend and former White House secretary Letitia Baldrige made a suggestion that she consider a career
(职业) in publishing. After consideration, Jacqueline accepted it. Perhaps she hoped to find there some ideas
about how to live her own life. She became not less but more interested in reading. For the last 20 years of
her life, Jacqueline worked as a publisher"s editor, first at Viking, then at Doubleday, pursuing (追求) a late-
life career longer than her two marriages combined. During her time in publishing, she was responsible for
managing and editing more than 100 successfully marketed books. Among the first books were In the Russian
Style and Inventive Paris Clothes. She also succeeded in persuading TV hosts Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell
to transform their popular television conversation into a book, The Power of Myth. The book went on to
become an international best-seller. She dealt too with Michael Jackson as he prepared his autobiography (自
传), Moonwalk.
Jacqueline may have been hired for her name and for her social relations, but she soon proved her worth.
Her choices, suggestions and widespread social relations were of benefit both to the publishing firms and to
Jacqueline herself. In the books she selected for publication, she built on a lifetime of spending time by herself
as a reader and left a record of the growth of her mind. Her books are the autobiography she never wrote, Her
role as First lady, in the end, was overshadowed by her performance as an editor. However, few knew that
she had achieved so much. |
| 1. We can learn from the passage that Jacqueline _____. |
A. because fond of reading after working as an editor
B. was in charge of publishing 100 books
C. promoted her books through social relations
D. gained a lot from her career as an editor |
| 2. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that _____. |
A. Jacqueline"s ended up as an editor rather than as First Lady
B. Jacqueline"s life as First Lady was more colorful than as an editor
C. Jacqueline was more successful as an editor than as First Lady
D. Jacqueline"s role as First Lady was more brilliant than as an editor |
| 3. What can be inferred from the passage? |
A. Jacqueline"s two marriages lasted more than 20 years.
B. Jacqueline"s own publishing firm was set up eventually.
C. Jacqueline"s views and beliefs were reflected in the books she edited.
D. Jacqueline"s achievements were widely known. |
| 4. The passage is mainly _____. |
A. an introduction of Jacqueline"s life both as Fist Lady and as editor
B. a brief description of Jacqueline"s lifelong experiences
C. a brief account of Jacqueline"s career as an editor in her last 20 years
D. an analysis of Jacqueline"s social relations in publishing |
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Alfred Nobel became a millionaire and changed the ways of mining,construction, and warfare as
the inventor of dynamite (炸药). On April 12, 1888, Alfred"s brother Ludwig died of heart attack. A
major French newspaper 1 his brother for him and carried an article 2 the death of Alfred Nobel.
"The merchant of death is dead."the article read." Dr. Alfred Nobel, who became 3 by finding ways
to kill more people faster than ever before,died yesterday. "Nobel was 4 to find out not that he had
died, but that, when his time was up, he would be thought of only as one who profited from 5 and
destruction."
To make sure that he was 6 with love and respect. Nobel arranged in his 7 to give the largest
part of his money to 8 the Nobel prizes,which would be awarded to people who made great 9 to
the causes of peace, literature, and the sciences. So 10 , Nobel had to die before he realized what his
life was really about. |
( )1. A. found
( )2. A. introducing
( )3. A. famous
( )4. A. upset
( )5. A. death
( )6. A. repaid
( )7. A. book
( )8. A. establish
( )9. A. additions
( )10. A. generally | B. misunderstood
B. announcing
B. sick
B. anxious
B. disease
B. described
B. article
B. form
B. sacrifices
B. basically | C. mistook
C. implying
C. rich
C. excited
C. trouble
C. supported
C. will
C. develop
C. changes
C. usually | D. judged
D. advertising
D. popular
D. pleased
D. attack
D. remembered
D. contract
D. promote
D. contributions
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Grammy nominated (格莱美奖提名) artist and globally admired DJ and Producer Paul van Dyk continues
to lead the electronic music charts and appears at the highpoint of every Top DJ list across the globe. PvD,
as his fans have nicknamed him, is currently ranked the World"s No. 1 DJ by DJ Magazine"s "Top 100 DJs
poll" for the second successive year.
PvD is well-known as one of the hardest working artists, with sold-out tours that cross each continent,
headline spots at every major festival, and a hugely successful recording career. With over 3 million albums
sold worldwide, van Dyk travels around the world over 16 times each year to sold out performances
internationally.
Born in Eisenhuettenstadt, East Germany, Paul van Dyk grew up in East Berlin. Because his community
did not have a true club culture, Paul van Dyk listened to the radio where he discovered his passion for music
that extended beyond Techno music-he wanted to create a different, more unique sound. In the early 1990"s
Paul van Dyk was performing regularly at various clubs in Berlin before releasing his first album 45 RPM in
1994. But it was the release of his second album Seven Ways that put him into Top 100, followed by the
release of his hit single "For An Angel," which began to earn him praise across the globe. By the time Paul van
Dyk released Out There & Back in 2000, it became clear that the Berlin-based musician had far more to offer
than his signature club sets that had already defined him as one of the most influential DJs and producers of
all time. His first mix CD Politics of Dancing was released in 2001, followed by Global in 2003-a DVD which
illustrates his own experiences traveling the world. | | 1. What activity does this passage introduce to us? | A. Paul van Dyk Volume World Tour at Babyface Guangzhou.
B. Grammy Prize Ceremony at Babyface Guangzhou.
C. Release of PvD"s original album Reflections.
D. The foundation of Babyface China Official. | | 2. Which album first made PvD into the Top 100? | A. For An Angel.
B. Seven Ways.
C. 45 RPM.
D. Out There & Back. | | 3. According to the passage PvD can be best described as _____. | A. intelligent but proud
B. hardworking but absent-minded
C. optimistic and outgoing
D. creative and potential | | 4. PvD"s passion for music originated from _____. | A. performing at various clubs
B. listening to the radio
C. his tours across the globe
D. his true club culture | | 5. According to the passage, PvD _____. | A. is ranked the world"s No.1 DJ in Top 100 DJs Poll for life
B. shows us his travelling experience in Global
C. sings about politics in his mix CD Politics of Dancing
D. received Grammy Prizes several times | 最新试题
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