O. Henry was the name used by William Sidney Porter. He was in Greensboro, North Carolina in eighteen sixty-two. His mother died when he was three years old. He school at the age of fifteen to work in his uncle’s drug store. He to Texas five years later. He lived in the city of Austin where he married, worked in a local bank and a weekly newspaper.
William Sidney Porter had bad in Texas. His wife became sick, their baby died and his newspaper . Then he was accused of money from the bank where he worked. He fled to Honduras, but returned to be with his wife. She died in eighteen ninety-seven. Porter was to prison. That is where he started to . His first story was published in a national magazine in eighteen ninety-eight. After being from prison in nineteen oh-one, Porter went to New York City. He published more stories, all under the name O. Henry. No one really knows where he got that name.
O. Henry"s first book was a short story collection called “Cabbages and Kings”. It was published in nineteen-oh-four. O. Henry published thirteen other of short stories. He wrote six hundred stories during his life. He wrote so that he could complete about one story a week.
Porter tried to forget his , but could not. He did not have any good friends. He began to drink too much alcohol. A second marriage failed. He died of tuberculosis in New York City in nineteen ten. He was forty-eight years old.
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| 小题2: | | A．attended | B．left | C．finished | D．taught |
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| 小题3: | | A．related | B．referred | C．returned | D．moved |
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| 小题4: | | A．got | B．changed | C．felt | D．turned |
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| 小题5: | | A．read | B．owned | C．bought | D．booked |
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| 小题6: | | A．day | B．habit | C．luck | D．future |
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| 小题7: | | A．failed | B．influenced | C．spread | D．appeared |
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| 小题8: | | A．stopping | B．robbing | C．losing | D．stealing |
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| 小题9: | | A．lovely | B．careful | C．ill | D．sick |
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| 小题10: | | A．sentenced | B．attached | C．accused | D．caught |
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| 小题11: | | A．wonder | B．write | C．worry | D．sink |
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| 小题12: | | A．fled | B．released | C．driven | D．forced |
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| 小题13: | | A．collections | B．films | C．plays | D．works |
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| 小题14: | | A．interestingly | B．well | C．quickly | D．richly |
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| 小题15: | | A．past | B．mistake | C．shortcomings | D．stories |
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记叙文。美国著名小说家O. Henry富于传奇性的一生。他出身于医师家庭，当过药房学徒、新闻记者、 银行出纳员等。因银行短缺了一笔现金，为避免审讯，他离家流亡。后因回家探视病危的妻子被捕入狱，并在狱中开始写作。
小题1:根据O. Henry的生(1862)卒(1910)年代和最后一段最后一句判断，他出生于Greensboro。
小题2:他在15岁时辍学(left school)去到他叔叔的药店工作。
小题3:五年之后他搬迁(moved)到德克萨斯州。
小题4:get married结婚。
小题5:下文语境判断：他主办一份报纸(own a newspaper)。
小题6:他在德克萨斯州很倒霉(had bad luck)。
小题7:他办的报纸失败了。
小题8:接着他被指控从其所工作的银行偷钱。
小题9:根据前文的His wife became sick判断，她的妻子生病了，他回去陪伴他。
小题10:他被判刑入监狱(sentenced to prison)。
小题11:他在监狱里开始写作(write)。
小题12:在被释放出监狱之后，他来到纽约。
小题13:他出版了其它的13部短篇小说集(collections)。
小题14:根据complete判断。
小题15:他想设法忘记他的过去(past)。 |
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One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap(包装).
On September 11th. 1958. Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying. "I promised you a gift, and here it is. " What an honor! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I told it stories. 1 told it over and over how much I loved it!
One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it. Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days, I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as "hopeless", "pitiful", and "dying", which sounded ominous.
Christmas was coming. "Don’t expect any presents this year." Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room. "If your baby brother lives, that"ll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with tears. I"d never seen him cry before.
The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say. "What? He"s all right?" He hung up and shouted upstairs. " The hospital said we can bring Richard home!"
"Thank God."" I heard Mum cry.
From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I downstairs. My sacks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!
小题1:What happened to the author on September 11 1958 ?| A．He received a doll | B．He got a Christmas gift. | | C．He became four years old. | D．He got a baby brother. |
小题2:What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean？| A．Fearful. | B．Boring. | C．Difficult. | D．Impossible. |
小题3:Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?| A．Excitement. | B．Happiness. | C．Disappointment. | D．Sadness. |
小题4:What is the passage mainly about ?| A．A sad Christmas day. | B．A special Christmas gift. | | C．Life with a lovely baby. | D．Memories of a happy family. |
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Surfing: It"s Not Just for Boys Anymore
If you asked high school girls to name their favorite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyball. I happen to be one of the few girls who would : surfing. But isn"t that a boy thing? Some people . Most certainly not.
I started surfing about five years ago and in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding that first was the best feeling I had ever experienced.
When I try to surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my , there"s nothing like it. It involves body, , and soul. There"s sand between my toes and cool, salt water all us. The feeling I get when I"m surfing across that , becoming one with the , is like I"m weightless.
The one thing I can from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge. You can never be the "best surfer" because the ocean an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some surfers are free and flowing; others are very aggressive and . All of these things attract me to surfing and make it from any other sport.
I"ve to tell every girl I know to do something that people don"t think girls can do. It"s part of being human to advance to new , so shouldn"t it be expected that girls should step up and start the limits of things boys and men used to dominate（主宰）？
There"re women side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to , and they will.
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| 小题2: | | A．wonder | B．understand | C．reply | D．believe |
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| 小题3: | | A．stayed | B．came | C．dropped | D．fell |
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| 小题4: | | A．wave | B．storm | C．sail | D．boat |
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| 小题5: | | A．bring | B．connect | C．compare | D．tie |
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| 小题6: | | A．work | B．study | C．holiday | D．life |
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| 小题7: | | A．mind | B．effort | C．health | D．time |
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| 小题8: | | A．along | B．above | C．around | D．by |
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| 小题9: | | A．beach | B．water | C．board | D．lake |
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| 小题10: | | A．sky | B．world | C．earth | D．ocean |
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| 小题12: | | A．catches | B．includes | C．offers | D．collects |
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| 小题13: | | A．sharp | B．great | C．hard | D．calm |
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| 小题14: | | A．known | B．right | C．far | D．different |
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| 小题15: | | A．chosen | B．tried | C．learned | D．promised |
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| 小题17: | | A．reaching | B．accepting | C．pushing | D．setting |
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| 小题18: | | A．sitting | B．walking | C．fighting | D．working |
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Family traditions were important in our house, and none was more appreciated than the perfect Christmas tree
"Dad, can we watch when you trim（修剪）the tree?" My eldest son. Dan, nine, and his seven -year-old brother John, asked
"I won"t be cutting this year," my husband Bob said. "Dan, you and John are old enough to measure things. Do it all by yourselves. Think you boys can handle it?
Dan and John seemed to grow six inches in their chairs at the thought of such an amazing responsibility. "We can handle it." Dan promised. "We won"t let you down." .
A few days before Christmas. Dan and John rushed in after school. They gathered the tools they"d need and brought them out to the yard .where the tree waited. I was cooking when I heard the happy sounds as the boys carried the tree into the lying room. Then I heard the sound that every mother knows is trouble: dead silence I hurried out to them. The tree was cut too short. John crossed his arms tight across his chest. His eyes filled with angry tears.
I felt worried The tree was central to our holiday. I didn"t want the boys to feel ashamed every tune they looked at it. I couldn"t lower the ceiling, and I couldn"t raise the floor either. There was no way to undo the damage done. Suddenly, a thought came to my mind, which turned the problem into the solution.
“We can"t make the tree taller." I said. "But we can put it on a higher position"
Dan nodded his head sideways. "We could put it on the coffee table. It just might work! Let"s try it!“
When Bob got home and looked at the big tree on top of the coffee table, Dan and John held their breath.
"What a good idea!" he declared "Why didn"t I ever think of such a thing?"
John broke into a grin Dan"s chest swelled with pride.
小题1:Who trimmed the Christmas tree this year?| A．The writer | B．Bob | C．Dan and John | D．The whole family |
小题2:The underlined part "grow six inches" (Para. 4) implies the brothers felt ______.| A．proud | B．nervous | C．worried | D．scared |
小题3:What happened after the brothers moved the Christmas tree into the living room?
A. They rushed into school.
B They began to decorate the tree.
C. They got angry with each other
D. They found the tree was cut short
小题4:What the writer"s husband said in the end showed________.| A．he expected too much of the brothers_ | | B．he should not have given the brothers the task to trim the Christmas | | C．he was too stupid to think of such an idea_ | | D．he really appreciated what the brothers had done. |
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Sure. you know their names, possibly better than you know the name of the street you live on.
When the need comes, these names roll off our tongues like they were our own brothers. I am writing about the famous Webster s Dictionary and Roget s Thesaurus.
Webster s Dictionary. Many people can respond immediately: Noah Webster. We are aware that he is the father of the dictionary. But who was he? What did he do for a living? When did he live?
Noah was born in 1758, graduated from Yale University in 1778. and later graduated from law school He produced the first American dictionary in 1806 and published his influential work An American Dictionary of the English Language in l828. His interests led him to be a lexicographer (词典编纂者). textbook editor, author, Bible translator and spelling reformer. He also produced a large number of writings in medicine, mythology (神话), and the relationship of European and Asian languages. In addition, he .founded the first New York daily newspaper in 1793. He died in 1843.
Roget"s Thesaurus. And it gives us The chance to learn about Roget, the man-Peter Mark Roget, And who? What? When?
Englishman Peter Roget, MD, was born in 1779. He studied medicine and mathematics at the University of Edinburgh. He is considered as the creator of the first-ever thesaurus (同义词典). It has been called one of the three most important books ever printed. along with the Bible and Webster s Dictionary. He began his work Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in I 805 but did not publish it until 1852-47 years later. In his lifetime. he became a noted lecturer and writer on anatomy(解剖学 ). geology(地质学).bees，and more . When Roget died in 1869 at age 90. his son, John . took over the Thesaurus arid he gradually expanded it.
So now you know the two famous books. Not enough information? As well-known humourist James Thurber suggested in the title of his 1941 magazine short story about baseball, You Could Look It Up!
小题1:The author states that "these names roll off our tongues" in order to show that people______.| A．will learn from the two writers | B．have ignored the two writers | | C．are familiar with the names | D．know a lot about the two |
小题2:According to the text. Noah Webster and Peter Roget are alike because they both______.| A．had many interests | B．studied medicine | | C．were professors | D．liked baseball |
小题3:The purpose of the last paragraph is to_______.| A．attract more readers | B．come to a conclusion | | C．encourage further research | D．provide background information |
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"How was school, Ben?" I asked my after he began kindergarten(幼儿园) this year. "The work is too and there"s not enough time to play." he replied with a deep .
I couldn"t help but remember Ben"s mother. my daughter, Jane, and her to the first day of school. When Julie home that afternoon. I asked her the same question . She also replied with a long, face but her answer was a little different as she announced . " I didn"t learn to today."
What a disappointment for a little girl who thought she would know how to read her little books after the first day of school. I had to explain to her that she would learn to read but didn"t happen quite that fast.
My went back to my school days again I could almost the chalk dust in the air. I suppose few schools still use chalk and blackboards. They have probably been with newer equipment and large computer screens
On the first day of school, the expectation was s0 that I would be up early in the morning and long before it was time to leave for school We . about 6 blocks to school new shoes that felt tight and carried our small supplies inside a cigar box from one of the local stores. The stores must have saved cigar boxes just to give to us children .We them from year to year until they fell apart.
The first day of school was a new beginning, although there might be on the first day. The doors of knowledge had been opened and we great learning adventures. It is an in our lives that most of us remember. It"s a big step for a small child toward leaving babyhood and so "there isn"t enough time to play".
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| 小题4: | | A．attention | B．approach | C．reaction | D．access |
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| 小题5: | | A．returned | B．left | C．headed | D．escaped |
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| 小题6: | | A．cheerful | B．friendly | C．sad | D．familiar |
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| 小题7: | | A．write | B．read | C．listen | D．speak |
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| 小题8: | | A．widely | B．magically | C．perfectly | D．commonly |
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| 小题9: | | A．eventually | B．originally | C．occasionally | D．constantly |
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| 小题10: | | A．idea | B．view | C．mind | D．sight |
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| 小题11: | | A．smell | B．imagine | C．taste | D．reach |
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| 小题12: | | A．decorated | B．replaced | C．exchanged | D．equipped |
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| 小题13: | | A．small | B．great | C．faint | D．slight |
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| 小题14: | | A．anxious | B．nervous | C．curious | D．ready |
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| 小题15: | | A．walked | B．drove | C．ran | D．rode |
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| 小题17: | | A．saved | B．used | C．protected | D．hid |
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| 小题18: | | A．excitement | B．anxiety | C．disappointment | D．sorrow |
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| 小题19: | | A．expected | B．promised | C．demanded | D．appreciated |
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| 小题20: | | A．matter | B．affair | C．fact | D．event |
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