Danielle Steel,America’s sweetheart,is one of the hardest working women in the book business.Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time,she can work on up to five.Her research alone before writing takes at least three years.Once she has fully studied her subjects,ready to dive into a book,she can spend twenty hours nonstop at her desk.
Danielle Steel comes from New York and was sent to France for her education.After graduation,she worked in the public relations and advertising industries.Later she started a job as a writer which she was best fit for.Her achievements are unbelievable:390 million copies of books in print,nearly fifty New York Times best-selling novels, and a series of “Max and Martha” picture books for children to help them deal with the real-life problems of death,new hobbies and new schools. Her 1998 book about the death of her son shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came out.Twenty-eight of her books have been made into films.She is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for one of her books being the Times best-seller for 381 weeks straight.
Not content with a big house,a loving family,and a view of the Golden Gate Bridge, Danielle Steel considers her readers to be the most important resource(资源) and has kept in touch with them by e-mail.While she is often compared to the heroines(女主人公) of her own invention,her life is undoubtedly much quieter.But,if she does have anything in common with them,it is her strength of will and her inimitable style.There is only one Danielle Steel.
小题1:Danielle Steel is different from other writers in that .| A．she can write several books at the same time | | B．she often does some research before writing a book | | C．she is one of the most popular American women writers | | D．she can keep writing for quite a long time without a break |
小题2:Children who have read “Max and Martha” picture books may know .| A．how to deal with affairs at school | | B．what to do if Max and Martha die | | C．what to do when new babies are born into their families | | D．how to solve the difficult problems in their writing classes |
小题3:One of Danielle Steel’ achievements is that .| A．some TV plays were based on her books | | B．her picture books attracted a lot of young men | | C．one of her books became a best-seller in 1998 | | D．she wrote the Guinness Book of World Records |
小题4:We can learn from the passage that Danielle Steel .| A．lives an exciting life | B．values her readers a lot | | C．writes about quiet women | D．is pleased with her achievements |
小题5:What does the underlined word “inimitable” mean?| A．hardworking | B．attractive | | C．strange | D．unique |
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小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:B
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试题分析：文章介绍美国的畅销书作者Danielle Steel,的出生家庭和写作生涯，以及写作风格和一些代表作。
小题1:推断题。根据第一段“Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time,she can work on up to five.”可知她和其他高产作家不同的是她可以同时写几本书。选A
小题2:推理题。根据第二段“...a series of ‘Max and Martha’ picture books for children to help them deal with the real-life problems of death,new babies and new schools.”可知“Max and Martha”这套书可以教给孩子如何对待新生儿。选C
小题3:推断题。根据第二段“Her 1998 book about the death of her were shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came out.”可知她的一本书在1998年成为最畅销的书。选C
小题4:推断题。根据最后一段“Danielle Steel considers her readers to be the most important resource and kept in touch with them by e-mail.”可知Danielle Steel把她的读者当成最重要的资源,所以她很珍视这些读者。选B
小题5:猜词题：从文章的最后一句话：There is only one Danielle Steel.可知她的风格是独特的，选D |
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Adventure is in my blood. And I had been considering how I was going to celebrate my high school graduation. I didn’t just want a small __21___ in the backyard. I started thinking about doing a solo ___22___ somewhere out of the ordinary. I took out ___23___ and drew the 1,500-mile route along which I would be ___24___ from the northernmost point in Norway to the southernmost section of Sweden. When I ___25___ my plans with my dad, he ___ 26___ as I thought he would. Because I get my adventurous ___27___ from him, he was all for it.
I had only been away from my ___28___ three days now, but there was an inner ___29___ going on inside of me. Part of me was homesick and doubting whether I ___30___ could make it. The other part of me was ready to ___31___ to myself and my family that I could do it by myself.
On the road, I met another ___32___ who was quite a bit older than I was. He had started his journey ___33___ by bike at the southern part of Norway and had just finished. I could tell he had a great sense of ___34___. It encouraged me not to ___35___.
As I listened to my ___36___ artists on my MP4 player, I pedaled (踩踏板) with my feet. There was ___37___ around me for miles. ___38___, that wasn’t entirely true. There were mosquitoes--- millions of them. My arms were so dotted with ___39___ that they looked like a topographical map (地形图). But, however ___40___ it would be, nothing could stop my advance towards the destination. As you know, adventure is in my blood.
| 小题1: | | A．party | B．meeting | C．conversation | D．lecture |
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| 小题2: | | A．flight | B．interview | C．performance | D．trip |
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| 小题3: | | A．instructions | B．maps | C．magazines | D．newspapers |
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| 小题4: | | A．walking | B．flying | C．biking | D．running |
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| 小题5: | | A．compared | B．shared | C．prepared | D．changed |
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| 小题6: | | A．agreed | B．sighed | C．left | D．cried |
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| 小题7: | | A．stories | B．spirits | C．skills | D．hobbies |
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| 小题8: | | A．hotel | B．school | C．home | D．office |
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| 小题9: | | A．battle | B．activity | C．request | D．discussion |
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| 小题10: | | A．certainly | B．really | C．usually | D．reasonably |
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| 小题11: | | A．turn | B．reply | C．prove | D．adapt |
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| 小题12: | | A．driver | B．jogger | C．bicyclist | D．pilot |
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| 小题13: | | A．alone | B．slowly | C．patiently | D．worriedly |
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| 小题14: | | A．humour | B．direction | C．balance | D．satisfaction |
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| 小题15: | | A．calm down | B．break down | C．speed up | D．give up |
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| 小题16: | | A．favourite | B．personal | C．professional | D．successful |
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| 小题17: | | A．nobody | B．everybody | C．anything | D．everything |
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| 小题18: | | A．Firstly | B．Actually | C．Eventually | D．Fortunately |
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| 小题19: | | A．wounds | B．cuts | C．bites | D．dots |
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| 小题20: | | A．boring | B．confusing | C．complex | D．difficult |
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The unwanted disturbing of a mobile phone ringing at a critical moment has led to some famously strong reactions
British actor Richard Grif-fiths，stopped a performance at the National Theatre and ordered The offending party to leave
Judge Robert Restaino went considerably further．He was hearing a session of domestic violence offenders in a court when proceedings were interrupted by rings of a phone．
“Everyone is going to jail unless I get that instrument now,” he shouted．
Over the next two hours，the judge entered a period of “incredible madness”．He began by ordering the doors of the court locked，and set the officers to searching for the phone．
When that failed to find the offending item he ordered each of the defendants(被告) present in the room up to his bench and in turn asked them if they had no idea, he sent each in turn to jail(监狱).
All 46 of them．
When a defendant protested the judge’s actions were not fair to those who didn’t possess the phone，Restaino replied：“I know it isn’t．
Judge’s actions caused chaos．Extra officers had to be drafted into the court to control the crowd．and booking officers at the city jail were at full stretch．“We were playing Twister in here”, one said at the time．
Fourteen of the defendants were shackled(束缚 )in irons and sent to the county jail．
The judge cooled off and later that afternoon released all 46．
The “two hours of viral lunacy（疯狂）”, has probably cost Restaino his job．The commission ruled that he should be removed from his $14,000 job．Restaino now has 30 days to appeal(上诉)．
His lawyer pointed out that until that moment he had served 11 years as a judge without any disciplinary issues．“With the exception of two hours．his record is spotless．”
小题1:The underlined sentence in the passage means _____．| A．we are just playing games | | B．we are struggling to control the crisis here | | C．we can hardly survive the crisis | | D．we’re searching casually |
小题2:Why is British actor Richard mentioned?| A．To indicate the disadvantage of mobile phone． | | B．To scold the misusage of mobile phone． | | C．To provide an excuse for Richard’s offence． | | D．To support the opinion above |
小题3:Two hours of viral lunacy will_____| A．make Robert pay a large sum of money | | B．make no difference to Robert | | C．most likely make Robert lose his job | | D．make him world famous |
小题4:What’s the best title of the passage?| A．Phone-rage(狂怒) judge | B．Judge，prisoner and mobile phone | | C．The story in court | D．Mobile phone in court |
小题5:From the passage we can find_____．| A．Robert is always challenging the disciplines | | B．Robert is now in jail | | C．judge is not a well-paid job | | D．all the defendants didn’t follow Robert’s instructions willingly |
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My husband and I arrived in a new country just a month ago, We were sort of 16 about what was waiting for us, However, when we 17 at the airport ,a tall man with smiling eyes greeted us, The days and months were 18 made easy for us by this kind man.
He greeted us every day with his smiling face, He 19 us in going to the bank; in buying our groceries, in telling us 20 to buy almost everything , He told us he is our big brother.
21 , we watched the match in a coffee shop, During the first get- together ,he 22 us that we’re lucky-my husband and I are 23 in this foreign land, He said he has been 24 for eight years now because he rarely sees his family, 25 they are in his home country.
During the second get-together, he 26 told us that we are his family , He said that he loves us and that he will 27 us because he has been given a 28 of 45 days to go back to his home country, That night, he spoke these words which 29 a great impact in my life：“You changed my life ……”
That night deep in our hearts we were 30 by our friend’s words, We texted him up-on reaching home, 31 him for being a Big Brother to us in the foreign land, We told him 32 that we feel safe in going out when we are with him, to which he 33 ,“You are my family here.”
On the first week of October, we’re going to 34 him back from his vacation, We’ll watch the football match again in that 35 shop that holds dear memories.
| 小题1: | | A．curious | B．worried | C．certain | D．crazy |
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| 小题2: | | A．checked | B．dropped | C．landed | D．settled |
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| 小题3: | | A．therefore | B．instead | C．anyhow | D．otherwise |
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| 小题4: | | A．expected | B．troubled | C．comforted | D．accompanied |
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| 小题5: | | A．when | B．where | C．why | D．whether |
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| 小题6: | | A．Once | B．So | C．Twice | D．Finally |
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| 小题7: | | A．informed | B．warned | C．blamed | D．convinced |
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| 小题8: | | A．together | B．nearby | C．around | D．apart |
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| 小题9: | | A．sick | B．lonely | C．cheerful | D．scared |
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| 小题10: | | A．if | B．unless | C．as | D．although |
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| 小题11: | | A．secretly | B．jokingly | C．proudly | D．sincerely |
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| 小题12: | | A．remember | B．miss | C．forget | D．respect |
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| 小题13: | | A．delay | B．miss | C．vacation | D．date |
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| 小题14: | | A．created | B．designed | C．solved | D．received |
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| 小题15: | | A．puzzled | B．touched | C．astonished | D．flattered |
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| 小题16: | | A．thanking | B．forgiving | C．repaying | D．punishing |
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| 小题17: | | A．after all | B．as well | C．in return | D．in advance |
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| 小题18: | | A．agreed | B．objected | C．added | D．replied |
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| 小题20: | | A．book | B．grocery | C．coffee | D．sports |
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Linda Evans was my best friend –like the sister I never had ,We did everything to— gether ：piano lessons ,movies, swimming , horseback riding.
When I was 13, my family moved away , Linda and I kept in touch through letters ,and we saw each other on special times – like my wedding and Linda’s. Soon we were busy with childern and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often , One day a card that I sent came back , stamped “Address Unknown”, I had no idea about how to find Linda.
Over the years, I missed Linda very much, I wanted to share happiness of my children and then grandchildren , And I needed to share my sadness when my brother and then moth-er died, There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Linda could fill.
One day, I was reading a newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked very much like Linda and whose last name was Wagman —Linda’s married name.“There must be thousands of Wagmans.”I thought, but I still wrote to her.
She called as soon as she got my letter, “Mrs , Tobin!”she said excitedly, “Linda Ev-ans Wagman is my mother.”
Minutes later I heard a voice that I recognized at once, even after 40 years ,We laughed and cried and caught up on each other’s lives, Now the empty place in my heart is filled, And there’s one thing that Linda and I know for sure; We won’t lose each other again!
小题1:The writer went to piano lessons with Linda Evans .| A．at the age of 13 | | B．before she got married | | C．before the writer’s family moved away | | D．after they moved to new homes |
小题2:They didn’t often write to each other because they .| A．got married | | B．had little time to do so | | C．didn’t like writing letters | | D．could see each other on special times |
小题3:There was an empty place in the writer’s heart because she .| A．was in trouble | | B．didn’t know Linda’s address | | C．received the card that she sent | | D．didn’t have a friend like Linda |
小题4:The writer was happy when she .| A．read the newspaper | | B．heard Linda’s voice on the phone | | C．met a young woman who looked a lot like Linda | | D．wrote to the woman whose last name was Wangman |
小题5:They haven’t kept in touch .| A．for about 40 years | | B．for about 27 years | | C．since they got married | | D．since the writer’s family moved awasy |
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Audrey Hepburn（奥黛丽·赫本）won an Academy Award as Best Actress for her first major American movie, Roman Holiday, which was released in 1953,But she is remem bered as much for her aid work as for her acting.
Born in Belgium in 1929, Audrey’s father was British and her mother was Dutch, Audrey was sent to live at a British school for part of her childhood , During World war ll , she lived and studied in the Netherlands , Her mother thought it would be safe from German attacks ,Audrey studied dance as a teenager and during college when she returned to London after the war, But she realized she wasn’t going to be a ballerina（芭蕾舞女演员）,So she began taking acting parts in stage shows, Later she began to get small parts in movies.
But it was Audrey Hepburn’s move to America that brought her true fame ,In 1951 she played the character“Gigi”in the Broadway play of the same name to great critical praise, Two years later, Roman Holiday made her a star at the age of 24.
Audrey make more than 25 movies, Among her most popular roles was Hoolly Golinghtly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s in 1961, There years later she played Eliza Doolittle in my Fair Lady.
She was married two times and had one by each husband, In 1989,the UN Children’s Fund named Audrey a goodwill ambassador, She travelled all over the world in support of UNICEF(联合国儿童基金会) projects ,The UN agency said she was a tireless worker, She often gave 15 interviews a day to gain money and support for UNICEF projects.
Audrey Hepburn often said her loyalty to UNICEF was the result of her experiences as a child during World War II, She said she knew what it was like to be starving and to be saved by international aid , She was a goodwill ambassador until her death in 1993 from colon cancer.
小题1:In Paragraph 1,“her aid work”means .| A．winning an Academy Award as Best Actress | | B．taking acting parts in stage shows | | C．making her own movies | | D．acting as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF |
小题2:The reason why Audrey lived and studied in the Netherlands was that .| A．she wanted to be a ballerina | B．her parents were from Britain | | C．it was safe there | D．the education there was excellent |
小题3:We can infer from the passage that .| A．Audrey’s parents lived in Germany during World War II | | B．Audrey lived in America in the 1950s | | C．Audrey was made to give up dancing | | D．the character“Gigi”in the Broadway play was her most popular role |
小题4: is NOT mentioned in the passage about Audrey Hepburn| A．Marriage | B．Identity | | C．Contribution | D．Religion |
小题5: is the right order for Audrey’s life.
①The first time she began to play in movies
②She returned to London from the Netherlands
③She won an Academy Award as Best Actress
④She travelled all over the world in support of UNICEF projects
⑤She played a part in My Fair Lady| A．②①③⑤④ | B．①②③⑤④ | C．②①⑤③④ | D．①②⑤③④ |
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