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Maupassant（居·莫泊桑）was born in 1850 in northern France. His early life was not happy. His parents separated when he was 11. Most of his education came informally from Gustave Flaubert—his mother’s friend and his godfather, a journalist and novelist. Often Flaubert would let him take a walk and then ask him to write 100 lines about what he saw. This type of training developed in Maupassant a sense of observation, which he later put to use in his writing. Flaubert also allowed Maupassant to attend his Sunday gatherings with others in his literary circle
For a few years, Maupassant was connected with the Ministry of Public Instruction. It is interesting to note that Monsieur Loisel, a poor man character in The Necklace, worked there. He also served in the French army during the Franco-Prussian War. His favorite writing subjects were peasants, servants, in the city, and the Francd-Prussian War.
At an early age, Maupassant started writing short stories. In 1880, some of his works were published and he received a wide reputation for Boule de Suif (Ball of Tallow). With this success, he began to work full-time on writing. During the next ten years, he wrote over 300 stories, including six novels, three travel books, and a book of verse. Through them, he earn a lot of money.
His writing was classical and simple, avoiding social comments and dirty details. His works often showed a real world and an accurate knowledge of the subject. Although Maupassant wrote in many forms, he received widest recognition for his short stories. By 1890, Maupassant was suffering from the latter staged of syphilis（梅毒）. He died in 1893 in Paris.
小题1: Which of the following is TRUE about Gustave Flaubert?

A．He often went out for a walk with Maupassant.

B．He was a journalist and novelist working for church.

C．He had a great influence on Maupassant’s writing..

D．He often helped Maupassant with his writing homework.

小题2: From text we know Monsieur Loisel is _______.

A．a man selling necklaces

B．a character in one of Maupassant’s works.

C．a short story

written by Maupassant

D．a friend of Maupassant the Ministry of Public Instruction

小题3: What are the characteristics of Maupassant’s stories?

A．They have few social comments.

B．They are simple and humorous.

C．They only focus on the lives of peasants.

D．They are full of imagination.

小题4:What can we learn about Maupassant from the text?

A．Only in his 30s did he begin to write stories.

B．He did not received any formal education.

C．He spent his last years happily.

D．Boule de Suif was his first success.

答案

小题1:C
小题1:B
小题1:A
小题1:D

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小题1: All of the following books have children as their main characters (主角) except _________.

A．PETER PAN	B．GONE WITH THE WIND
C．A LITTLE PRINCESS	D．THE SECRET GARDEN

小题2: We can know from the passage that _________.

A．there are only three books with tapes

B．we can buy 5 kinds of the above books in bookstores

C．two of the above books are written by Frances Hodgson Burnett

D．THE SECRET GARDEN is ￥5 cheaper in bookstores than online

小题3: Mary in THE SECRET GARDEN brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life with the help of _________.
a. the power of hope b. friendship c. her uncle d. nature’s magic

A．abc

B．acd

C．bcd

D．abd

小题4: This article may appear ___________.

A．as an advertisement	B．as an introduction to the western literature (文化)
C．in a Chinese film	D．only to middle school students

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“The Lord of the Rings”, one of the best sellers in the new millennium(千年), was made up of three parts—“The Fellow Ship of the Ring”, “Two Towers”, and “The Return of the King”. Millions upon millions of people have read it in over 25 different languages, but fewer know about the author and the history of the composition of the creative masterwork.
John Ronald Refuel Tolkien was born in South Africa in 1892. His parents died when he was a child. Living in England with his aunt, Tolkien and his cousins made up play languages, a hobby that led to Tolkien’s becoming skilled in Welsh, Greek, Gothic, Old Norse and Anglo—Saxon.
After graduating from Oxford, Tolkien served in World War I. In 1917, while recovering from trench fever he began composing the mythology for The Rings. As a professor of Anglo-Saxon in the 1930s at Oxford, Tolkien was part of an informal discussion group called the Inklings, which included several writers. The group was soon 1istening to chapters of Tolkien’s imaginative work “The Hobbit”.
Hobbit was a name Tolkien created for people that could best be described as half-sized members of the English rural(乡村的)class. Hobbits live in hillside holes. One of them，Bilbo Baggins, looks for treasures with a group of dwarves(侏儒). On the way, he meets the twisted, pitiful creature Gollum, from whom he sees a golden ring that makes the holder invisible.
One of Tolkien’s students persuaded her employer, publisher Allen & Unwind, to look at a draft (草稿). The chairman of the firm, Stanley Unwind, thought that the best judge for a Children’s book would be his ten-year-old son. The boy earned a shilling for reporting back that the adventure was exciting, and “The Hobbit” was published in 1937.
It sold so well that Unwind asked for a continuation. Over a dozen years later, in 1954, Tolkien produced “The Lord of the Rings”, a series of books so creative that they hold readers both new and old -- after their publication.
小题1:What can we learn from the text?

A．“The Lord of the Rings” didn"t sell well in the last millennium.

B．People know better about Tolkien himself than about his works.

C．Tolkien was quite familiar with Old English.

D．Tolkien knew very well about different kinds of local languages in Africa.

小题2:What can we learn about "Hobbit" that Tolkien created in his works?

A．Hobbit was a race living in English downtown areas.

B．Hobbit was a local people who were very tall and strong.

C．Hobbit was a social group of people who lived in old castles.

D．Hobbit was a group of people who were mostly dwarves.

小题3: Which of the following helped most in making “The Hobbit” published?

A．One of Tolkien"s students.	B．Stanley Unwind"s son.
C．Allen & Unwind.	D．Bilbo Baggins.

小题4:What is mainly discussed in the text?

A．“The Lord of the Rings” and its writer.

B．A completely new masterwork in the new millennium.

C．A famous professor at Oxford University.

D．The power of the magic ring.

小题5: Which of the following shows the right order of Mr. Tolkien"s life experience?
a. He had his “The Hobbit” published.
b. He became a member of the Inklings.
c. He served in World War I.
d. He became an undergraduate at Oxford.
e. His work “The Lord of the Rings” came to the world.
f. He moved to England to live with his aunt.

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

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In this voyage I visited my new colony on the island, saw the Spaniards(西班牙人), had the whole story of their lives and of the villains(罪犯) I left there; how at first they treated the poor Spaniards badly,·how they afterwards agreed, disagreed, unired, separated, and how at last the Spaniards were forced to use violence with them; how they gave in to the spaniards, how honestly the Spaniards used them ---- a history, if it were entered into, as full of variety and wonderful accidents as my own part ---- particularly, also, as to their battles with the Caribbeans, who landed several times upon the Island, and as to the improvement they made upon the Island itself, and how five of them made an attempt upon the main land, and brought away eleven men and five women prisoners, by which, at my coming, I found about twenty young children on the Island.
Here I stayed bout 20 days, left them supplies of all necessary things, and particularly of arms, powder, shot, cloths, tools, and two workmen, which I brought from England with me, namely a carpenter and a smith.
Besides this, I shared the Island into parts with them, reserved to myself the property of whole but gave them such parts resoeetively as they agreed on; and having settled all things with them and encouraged them not to leave the place, I left them there.
From then on I landed the Brazils, from where I sent a bark, which I bought there, with more people to the island; and in it, besides other supplies, I sent seven women, being such persons as I found proper for service, or for wives to such as would take them. As to the Englishmen, I promised them to send them some women from England, with a good cargo(船货) of necessaries, if they would apply themselves to planting ---- which I afterwards could not perform. And the fellows proved very honest an

d diligent after they were mastered and had their properties set apart for them. I sent them also from the Brazils five cows, three of them being big with calf, some sheep, and some pigs, which when I came again were considerably increased.
But all these things, with an account how 300 Caribbeans came and invaded(入侵) them, and ruined their plantations, and how they fought with that whole number twice, and were at first defeated, and one of them killed; but at last a storm destroying most of their enemies’ boats, they destroyed almost all the rest, and renewed and recovered the possession of their plantation, and still lived upon the Island.
All these things, with some very surprising incidents in some new adventures of my own, for ten years more, I may perhaps give a further account of the story.
小题1:From Paragraph l, we know _______ .

A．the Spaniards were always getting along well with the villains

B．the Spaniards were always the rulers of the island

C．the Spaniards and the villains both ruled the island peacefully

D．the Spaniards and the villains once had battles witll each other

小题2:In Paragraph 2, the place where I stayed was probably ________.

A．a wild island	B．a deserted downtown
C．a primitive supermarket	D．a new city

小题3:The underlined word “respectively” in the third paragraph probably means ______ .

A．separately

B．particularly

C．specially

D．surprisingly

小题4:The writer of the story once went to _______.

A．Japan and Brazil	B．England and Brazil
C．France and Spain	D．Korea and Caribbean

小题5:From the story, we can judge the Writer might be _______ .

A．an invader

B．a carpenter

C．an adventurer

D．a prisoner

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I used to believe in the American dream that meant a job，credit and success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us separately chasing the same thing.
One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell apart. I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $ 56. I searched the countryside for some place I could rent for the cheapest possible amount. I came upon a deserted cottage in a small remote valley.I hadn"t been alone for 25 years. I was scared, but I hoped the hard work would distract and heal me.
I found the owner and rented the place for$ 50 a month.The locals knew nothing about me. But slowly they started teaching me the art of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, tools and canned deer meat and began sticking around to chat. They would ask if I wanted to meet cousin Albie or go fishing. They started to teach me a belief in a different American dream, not the one of individual achievement but

of neighborliness. Men would stop by with wild berries, ice cream or truck parts to see if I was up for courting. I wasn"t, but they were civil anyway.The woman on that mountain worked harder than any I"d ever met. They taught me how to store food in the stream and keep it cold and safe._I_learned_to_keep_enough_for_an_extra_plate_for_company.
What I had believed in, all those things I thought were necessary for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place.Up on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my relationships with my neighbors.
After four years in that valley, I moved back into town.

I saw a lot of people were having a really hard time, losing their jobs and homes. With the help of a real estate broker (房地产经纪人) I chatted up at the grocery store, I managed to rent a big enough house to take in a handful of people. It"s four of us now，but over time I"ve had nine come in and move on to other places from here. We"d all be in shelters if we hadn"t banded together.
The American dream I believe in now is a shared one. It"s not so much about what I can get for myself; it"s about how we can all get by together.
小题1:Before a series of unhappy events happened, the writer________.

A．had a wellpaid job	B．worked hard for his American dream
C．worked hard and liked to share	D．felt hopeless about his American dream

小题2:What does the underlined word

“it” in the second paragraph refer to?

A．The house.	B．The job.
C．The company.	D．The American dream.

小题3:

小题4:

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In the 19^th century, Americans from the eastern states moved out west to settle in the rich new lands along the Pacific Coast. The most difficult part of their trip was crossing “the Great American Desert” in the western part of the United States by horse and wagon.
The western desert can be very dangerous. There is little water and there are few trees. But the desert also has scenery of great beauty. Tall towers of red and yellow stone rise sharply from the flat, sandy valley floor. The scene has been photographed many times and appears in movies and on TV.
In Arizona, man-made dams across the Colorado River have made two large lakes in the middle of the dry desert country. At Lake Powell, the red stone arch of Rainbow Bridge rises high above the blue lake.
There are few roads. Many areas of Lake Powell’s shore can only be reached by boat or on foot. But hikers in this empty desert land sometimes find very old native American pictures, painted on the rocks.
In Death Valley, California, the summer temperature rises to 130°F—165°F. There is less than inches of rain each year. Death Valley is the lowest place in America---925 metres below sea level. In the 1800s, many travelers died when they tried to cross this waterless valley in the terrible heat.
Although the desert is dry and seems empty, there is plenty of life if you look closely. Snakes and rats have learned how to live in the desert heat. They live underground and come out at night, when it is cool. Plants such as cacti need very little water. When it does rain in the desert (sometimes only once or twice a year), plants grow quickly, and flowers open in a single day. For a short time, the desert is covered with brilliant (very bright) colours.
小题1:In the 19^th century, Americans moved from east to west because they .

A．enjoyed the trip	B．wanted to make their home there
C．wanted to find new grassland there	D．had no water to drink

小题2:From this passage. we can conclude that .

A．the western desert is a good place for people to live in

B．there is little water but there are many trees in the desert

C．the desert is dangerous but it is full of beauty

D．till now, people know little about the desert

小题3:In the 1800s, many travelers died in Death Valley because of .

A．illness	B．high temperature
C．cold weather	D．poisonous water

小题4:In the desert, animals will die .

A．if they move about	B．if they can’t make holes underground
C．if they come out at night	D．if they drink much water

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