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Standing alone at Browns party,Anna Mackintosh thought about her husband Edward,establishing him clearly in her mind’s eye. He was a thin man,forty-one years of age,with fair hair that was often untidy.In the seventeen years they’d been married he had changed very little:he was still nervous with other people,and smiled in the same shy way,and his face was still almost boyish.
She believed she had failed him because he had wished for children and she had not been able to supply any.She had been annoyed for this fact over the years and in the end,quite some time ago now,she had consulted Dr.Abbat at Edward’s request.
In the Browns’rich living room,its walls and ceilings giving out a bright light with a metallic surface of imitation gold,Anna listened to dance music coming from a tape recorder and continued to think about her husband.
In a moment he would be at the party too,since they had agreed to meet there,although by now it was three quarters of an hour later than the time he had planned to come.
The Browns were people he knew in a business way,and he had said he thought it wise that he and Anna should attend this gathering of theirs. She had never met them before,which made it more difficult for her,having to wait about,not knowing a soul in the room.
When she thought about it she felt herself unfairly treated,for although Edward was kind to her and always had been,it was far from thoughtful to be as late as this. Because of her nervous condition she felt afraid and had developed a sickness in her stomach.She looked at her watch and sighed.
小题1:What made Anna feel that she had failed her husband,Edward?
A.Her bad relationship with her husband.
B.Her husband"s youthful appearance
C.Her inability to have children
D.Her nervousness at parties
小题2:Why did Anna stand alone at the party?
A.Her husband’s nervousness affected her
B.She didn’t like the Browns.
C.She wanted to enjoy the music.
D.She didn’t know anybody in the room
小题3:Anna started to get angry because        
A.she wasn’t feeling well
B.her husband had usually been more thoughtful
C.she hated to see the Browns" wealth
D.she came to know that Mr.Brown was only a businessman
小题4:Why did Edward want Anna to attend the party?
A.He knew that he was going to be late.
B.He believed she would impress the Browns.
C.He thought it clever for her to associate with the Browns.
D.He wanted her to learn how to do business from the Browns
小题5:Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.Edward had changed very little in character and appearance in the seventeen years after he got married.
B.Anna went to the Btowns’ house alone.
C.Anna was very anxious to meet her husband
D.It was exactly half an hour after the party began that Edward arrived at the Browns’party.

答案

小题1:C
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5: D
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试题分析:文章介绍了Anna参加布朗一家聚会时,因为丈夫还没有到达,一个人站在那里的心理活动的描写,从中可以看出她和丈夫的关系。
小题1:细节题:从第二段的句子:She believed she had failed him because he had wished for children and she had not been able to supply any.可知Anna觉得对不起丈夫因为她没有能够给他生个孩子,选C。
小题2:推理题:从文章倒数第二段的句子:She had never met them before,which made it more difficult for her,having to wait about,not knowing a soul in the room.可知Anna在聚会上一个人站着因为她不认得任何人,选D
小题3:细节题:从文章最后一段的句子:When she thought about it she felt herself unfairly treated,for although Edward was kind to her and always had been,it was far from thoughtful to be as late as this.可知Anna开始生气的,因为他的丈夫通常是考虑周到的人,选B
小题4:细节题:从文章第五段的句子:The Browns were people he knew in a business way,and he had said he thought it wise that he and Anna should attend this gathering of theirs.可知Edward 想让Anna参加聚会是因为他认为Anna和布朗一家联系是明智的,选C
小题5:细节题:从文章第四段的句子:In a moment he would be at the party too,since they had agreed to meet there,although by now it was three quarters of an hour later than the time he had planned to come.可知Edward 比约好的时间迟了45分钟还没有到,所以D的表达是错误的。
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For over one hundred and fifty years, Americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans. 小题1: Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today.Strauss" invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world.
Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829. 小题2:   He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847.Before becoming an American citizen and moving to the West in 1853, Strauss worked in his brother"s dry goods business.This gave him a chance to produce his famous invention.After the gold rush of 1949, Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortunes.
Strauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for minerals.Instead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the miners.At first, he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth. 小题3: When he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining, he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the miners.These pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make more.
In 1873, Strauss received a letter from a Jewish tailor named Jacob Davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets(铆钉).This made the pants last a long time.Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent. 小题4:  .
The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss" company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the world.
By the time Strauss died in 1902, he had made a great contribution to American fashion.小题5:  
A.As a young boy, he moved with his family to the United States.
B.Nobody knew what kind of material was suitable.
C.He did and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since.
D.However, he did not get much business for those products.
E.He also made a great contribution to America"s clothing industry.
F.Since they were invented by Levi Strauss, they have become a symbol of American consumer culture.
G.As the business grew, Strauss got much money from it.
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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
My First Day
I was still shy in the presence of a crowd.And my first day at the new       made me a laughing stock of the classroom. I was sent to the blackboard to write my       .I knew my name, and knew how to write it, but standing at the blackboard with the ____   of so many pupils on my back made me       inside and I was unable to write a single letter.
"Write your name," the teacher called to me. I        the white chalk to the blackboard and, as I was about to write, my mind went blank; I could not remember my name,        the first letter.
Somebody laughed and I became         "Just forget us and write your name," the teacher called and walked to my side,       at me to give me confidence.
"What’ s your name?" she asked. "Richard," I ____  . "Then write it."
I turned to the blackboard and lifted my hand to write, but then I was        again. I tried to     ___  my senses but I could remember nothing.I realized how totally I was        and I grew weak and leaned my hot forehead        the cold blackboard. The room burst into a loud       and my muscles froze. I sat and        myself.Why did I always appear so dumb        I was called upon to perform in a crowd? I knew how to write as well as any other pupil in the classroom, and there was no         I could read better than any of them, and I could talk        when I was sure of myself. Then why did strange        make me freeze? I sat with my ears and neck    __, hearing the pupils around me whisper, hating myself.
小题1:
A.schoolB.houseC.officeD.lab
小题2:
A.address B.nameC.websiteD.hobby
小题3:
A.presenceB.pressureC.eyesD.smiles
小题4:
A.freezeB.struggleC.fallD.think
小题5:
A.tookB.pickedC.carriedD.lifted
小题6:
A.stillB.everC.evenD.also
小题7:
A.delightedB.nervousC.disappointedD.angry
小题8:
A.pointing B.looking C.smiling D.waving
小题9:
A.whisperedB.explainedC.shoutedD.nodded
小题10:
A.emptyB.stupidC.quietD.blank
小题11:
A.formB.collect C.make D.catch
小题12:
A.fightingB.feelingC.failingD.afraid
小题13:
A.byB.beforeC.fromD.against
小题14:
A.laughterB.noiseC.cryD.cheer
小题15:
A.calmedB.hidC.comfortedD.blamed
小题16:
A.whereB.thatC.whenD.as
小题17:
A.needB.doubtC.wonderD.use
小题18:
A.correctly B.anxiouslyC.clearlyD.freely
小题19:
A.faces B.teachers C.placesD.classrooms
小题20:
A.shakingB.sufferingC.burningD.Hurting

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English was always my favorite subject. In my freshman year of high school, I could write a killer composition. In my second year, my teacher        me to give spelling tests to the class. I had a      time of my junior year. Mrs Alexander        me to sit at her desk and take over the class when she had to leave the room. Only my senior English class was       , as we had a teacher right out of college who expected       work. Every student received a "C" or "D" grade the first quarter. But English was still my favorite subject.
I graduated from high school,      early and had children.       about my English, I often helped my kids with their English homework. And I wrote long articles and beautiful poetry as a columnist for a newspaper. Fifteen years later, I went to college, and because I had been an "A" student, I remained an "A" student. I       up to my own expectations.
Yesterday, I        my high school report cards when I was reading old papers. That bundle of report cards        back the old days. I remembered sitting in my advisor"s office, explaining that I had always be       at  English, and recommending that I did not deserve a ""D" from that inexperienced teacher of my senior year. The  advisor was        but unable to change a (an)       . Reading through my old report cards revealed something  else too. I wanted to       them or hide them. I was not an "A" student in high school English! Somehow, I had         myself of this, when the grades clearly reflected an average student with an        "A" or "B" but mostly "C” S.
Had I lived up to those grades and       myself according to those letters, I would have never confidently sought my writing career. Had I       my early grades instead of myself, I would have allowed my fear of failure to       enthusiasm and damage my creativity. Instead, I       my younger self as an "A" English student, except for that undeserved "D".
小题1:
A.scolded B.allowedC.orderedD.reminded
小题2:
A.badB.complexC.terribleD.wonderful
小题3:
A.approveB.appointedC.expectedD.urged
小题4:
A.flexible B.creativeC.disappointingD.controversial
小题5:
A.college-levelB.basedC.difficultD.easy
小题6:
A.marriedB.workedC.succeeded D.progressed
小题7:
A.SadB.Confident C.AnxiousD.Curious
小题8:
A.added B.lived C.grew D.went
小题9:
A.countedB.rememberedC.approachedD.discovered
小题10:
A.broughtB.turnedC.heldD.kept
小题11:
A.nervous B.excelled C.poorD.terrible
小题12:
A.impoliteB.impatientC.inexperiencedD.sympathetic
小题13:
A.gradeB.figureC.paperD.entry
小题14:
A.tearB.fireC.cryD.escape
小题15:
A.warnedB.reminded C.informedD.convinced
小题16:
A.average B.enthusiastic C.outstandingD.occasional
小题17:
A.consideredB.definedC.reflected D.described
小题18:
A.abandonedB.given C.believed inD.doubted
小题19:
A.changeB.riskC.defeat D.reminded
小题20:
A.lookedB.viewedC.sang D.criticized

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How far would you walk to learn about something that interested you? When he was young, Jacob Lawrence often walked more than sixty     from his home in the Harlem section of New York City to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Jacob wanted to be a(n)     ,and he believed that studying the famous paintings     in that museum would help him.
It was 1930,when many people were out of work, money was     and people suffered a lot.Still the streets were     with energy and color.As he walked through Harlem, Jacob looked hard at the people, the churches, and barbershops and so on.He     those images in his mind, along with the images of paintings he saw in the     
Jacob came from a poor family.His mother believed there was little chance     her son could grow up to be a successful painter.She wanted him to aim for something more     .But Jacob"s teacher, Alston, in an art program saw that he was talented.Alston     him how to use paints to make stage sets.
As time passed, Alston let Jacob rent work space in his own studio. That was an exciting place for a young black man       to become an artist.Many creative people     there to talk about art, literature and history.From their     ,Jacob learned that history books often       the accomplishments of African Americans.He decided to paint a sel1es of pictures describing the story of a black hero.He        Toussaint, who had helped free his people     French ruling.
Many people admired Jacob"s pictures, but he needed     admiration.To help his family, he often had to work at jobs that     him away from painting.Then something encouraging happened.An artist named Augusta got Jacob a job.For eighteen months, Jacob was given a     to paint pictures. For the first time, he felt like a     artist.
小题1:
A.stepsB.blocksC.buildingsD.avenues
小题2:
A.artistB.tutorC.scholarD.official
小题3:
A.swingingB.existingC.hangingD.twisting
小题4:
A.blankB.looseC.toughD.tight
小题5:
A.linedB.decoratedC.associatedD.filled
小题6:
A.storedB.receivedC.createdD.remembered
小题7:
A.museumB.studioC.churchD.street
小题8:
A.whetherB.whichC.thatD.when
小题9:
A.preciousB.practicalC.standardD.flexible
小题10:
A.recommendedB.remindedC.providedD.showed
小题11:
A.hesitatingB.strugglingC.marchingD.participating
小题12:
A.settledB.wanderedC.gatheredD.rushed
小题13:
A.experiencesB.performancesC.accentsD.conversations
小题14:
A.acknowledgedB.accusedC.ignoredD.witnessed
小题15:
A.choseB.acceptedC.countedD.employed
小题16:
A.againstB.fromC.forD.with
小题17:
A.more thanB.rather thanC.other thanD.less than
小题18:
A.brokeB.gaveC.permittedD.took
小题19:
A.awardB.titleC.salaryD.prize
小题20:
A.permanentB.popularC.positiveD.professional

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Henry Ford grew up on an un-electrified farm, and as a young man he followed Edison"s career as the inventor became a national role model.Ford took a job at the Edison Illuminating Company working his way up to chief engineer.
In 1896 Ford was thirty-three and, though still working for Edison Co.,he had created his first experimental automobile the Ford Quadricycle2 during his off-time. At an Edison company party in New York, Ford had his first chance to meet his hero Edison and was able to explain his new automobile to the great inventor. Edison was impressed. Edison is said to have slammed his fist downand shouted ¨Young man, that"s the thing! You have it! Your car is self-contained and carries its own power plant." Edison himself had been working on the idea, but had only been considering electricity as the power source, so the idea of a gas engine was a somewhat new one.
The words comforted Ford greatly, who immediately set out building a second car which was to become the Model-T.6.The two men became f"ast friends and would go on camping trips together.When Edison later became limited to a wheelchair, Ford brought an extra one to his house so they could race.At the 50th anniversary of the invention of light-bulb, Ford honored Edison.When Edison spoke, he ended his speech directed at Ford:“ As to Henry Ford, words fail to express my feelings.I can only say that he is my friend." Therefore it is no surprise that Ford wanted something to remember Edison by after he passed away in 1931.
Once, Ford asked Thomas Edison"s son Charles to sit by the dying inventor"s bedside and hold a test tube next to his father"s mouth to catch his final breath. Ford was a man with many strange behaviors( as was Edison)including some interest in reanimation and spiritualism(夏活通灵术)and some say that he was attempting to catch Edison"s soul as it escaped his body in hopes of later bringing the inventor back to life.
The test tube itself didn"t turn up until 1950 when it was listed in the Ford possessions after Clara Ford"s passing away, and then lost again until 1978 when it was discovered in an exhibit Entitled “Henry Ford-A Personal History"  in the Henry Ford Museum.It would then be discovered that the tube was labeled “Edison"s Last Breath".
There is a further mystery of this “last breath"  test tube. It would seem as if Edison had quite a last breath indeed, as the Edison Estate holds a collection of 42 test tubes all supposedly containing Edison"s last breath.
Regardless of the excitement over the last breath, the test tube is quite touching in its meaning.Although both men were known for all sorts of poor behavior towards .their loved ones and mistreatment of employees, between them at least, there was clearly a deep respect and admiration.
小题1:The passage can be sorted as a        
A.science research B.short storyC.news reportD.self-introduction
小题2:From the underlined sentence in Paragraph2 we can learn that       
A.Edison envied what Ford had achieved
B.Edison was annoyed that Ford did better him
C.Edison was angry because Ford stole his idea
D.Edison was extremely amazed at Ford"s new idea
小题3:In Paragraph 3,the writer mentions Ford bought an extra wheelchair       
A.to remind Edison was Ford"s role model
B.to suggest Ford was a man of strange behavior
C.to tell us the importance of a creative idea then
D.to show the close friendship between Henry Ford and Edison
小题4:¨The 61ast breath" test tube" can probably be regarded as       
A.a symbol of a friendship and memory
B.a witness to a scientific breakthrough
C.a failure to bring Edison back to life
D.a sign of the two inventors" poor behavior
小题5:It can be learned from the last paragraph that“      ” .
A.Great minds think alike
B.Nobody is perfect
C.Two heads are better than one
D.A friend in need is a friend indeed

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