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B. A write with enduring popularity
C. Well-received creation to encourage Brits
D. The insight into human nature
E. Writing styles in different stages
F. The story appreciate for school studentsKs
old-fashioned and his story plots often improbable. Why, Dickens, out of so many other great English
writers, has made the list? How then to explain Dickens’s enduring popularity?
at school. Alongside Willian Shakespeare, Charles Dickens is a compulsory (必读的)writer on every
English literature school reading list. His stories, though often over-long by today’s standard,are superbly
written moral tales. They are filled with colorful characters.
Dickens, like Shakespeare, tells us truths about human behavior that are as true to citizens of the 21st
century as they were to his readers in the 19th century. Readers have returned to Dickens’s books again
and again over the years to see what he has to say about readers’own time.
that introduced many Brits to the novel for the first time. A dark story about greed and money, it was the
perfect story to illustrate the bad times. No surprise then that it was Dickens Britons turned to, during the
economic crisis last year, to make sense of world rapidly falling apart.
pathos(悲痛). While recognizing the virtues of these books, critics today tend to rank more highly the later
works because of their formal coherence and acute perception(洞察力) of the human condition. For as
long as Dickens’s novels have something to say to modern audiences, it seems likely that he will remain
one of Britain’s best loved writers.
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试题【根据短文内容，从下框的A-F 选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余项。A. The secret of the writer’s succe】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Of all the people Steve remembered, one woman, his primary-school teacher, Mrs Beneduci, 2 in
his mind. Mrs Beneduci was a wise person. She realized that mere words to a kid 3 not carry much
weight. So instead, with the secret aid of a little mouse, she found a 4 to show Steve his real talent.
One day Mrs Beneduci began her 5 with the question: who was Abraham Lincoln? Amy was
required to answer it. She said in a 6 voice, "Uh…he, uh, had a beard." The students burst into 7 . "Steve?" said the teacher. Steve stood up and 8 confidently, "He was the 16th President of the United
States."
9 with Steve"s performance, the teacher then added that Abraham Lincoln had be
en President during the Civil War…Then she stopped, 10 she was listening to something. It sounded like a
mouse. The little girls screamed. Some stood on their chairs. Mrs Beneduci tried to 11 the students
down, and asked Steve to find the poor little creature.
Steve sat straight up in his chair and asked everybody to be 12 . In the sudden stillness he
raised his head, hesitated for a moment, and 13 to the wastebasket. "He"s right over there!" said
Steve 14 " I can hear him!"
And so he was: a frightened little mouse that was 15 beneath the wastepaper, hoping to go
16 . Nature gave him a remarkable pair of 17 to make up for his blindness. In the heart of
small, sightless Steve a pride was born, and that pride is with him still. 18 the incident,
Mrs Beneduci would continue to 19 his talent, and she always reminded Steve of the little
mouse.
A little mouse gave a small boy 20 . Steve Morris is now a singer who is popular all over the
world.
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| Warren Buffett For someone who is such a successful investor, Warren Buffett comes off as a pretty ordinary guy. He was born on August 30, 1930. 1 He used to go door-to-door and sell soda water. When his family moved to Washington, Buffett became a paperboy for The Washington Post. Buffett ran his five paper routes and even added magazines to round out his product offerings. While still in school, he was making $175 a month, a full-time wage for many men. 2 He spent $1,200 on 40 acres of farmland in Nebraska. He and a friend also made $50 a week by placing pinball machines in barber shops. They called their venture（企业）Wilson Coin Operated Machine Co. Although already a successful small-time businessman, Buffett wasn’t interested in going to college but ended up at the University of Pennsylvania ---- his father encouraged him to go. 3 . But he was turned down and that had to be one of the worst admission decisions in Harvard history. The outcome affected Buffett’s life, for he ended up attending Columbia Business School, where he studied under Professor Benjamin Graham, the father of securities analysis who provided the foundation for Buffett’s investment strategy. From the beginning, Buffett made his fortune from investing. He started with all the money he had made from selling soda water, delivering papers, and operating pinball machines. Between 1950 and 1956, he grew his $9,800 to $14,000. 4 And then he gradually drew in other investors through word of mouth and very attractive terms. 5 He doesn’t collect houses or cars or works of art, and he disdains（鄙视）companies that waste money on expensive cars, private dining rooms, and high-priced real villas. He is a creature of habit-----same house, same office, same city and same soda water. A．Then Bufftt applied to Harvard Business School. B．Buffett is more likely to be found in a four star restaurant. C．When he was 14, Buffett kept great interest in investment. D．Even as a young child, Buffett was serious about making money. E．One thing is for sure about Buffett: he is happy doing what he is doing. F．Buffett’s investment strategy mirrors his lifestyle and his overall philosophy. G．From there, he organized investment partnerships with his family and friends. | |||
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| Visitors to central Austin Texas would be easy to miss a small, old house called the O. Henry Museum. William Sydney Porter(1862-1910)---better known as O. Henry, was one of America"s best loved writers of short stories. Beginning in 1893, he lived here. It was saved from destruction, moved, and turned into a museum in 1934. The museum is a good way to learn about the interesting life of him. William Porter Sydney rented this house and lived with his wife Athol and daughter for about 2 years. Many objects in the museum belonged to the Porters. Others didn"t, but are in the house to recreate the way it looked during their lifetime. Porter worked at a pharmacy, farm, land office and bank. He also loved words and writing. The museum has special proof of Porter"s love of language---his dictionary. It is said that he read every word in it. Porter started a small publication called "The Rolling Stone". He wasn"t being published early on, so he published himself. His funny stories, poems, and drawings were published in the magazine. But it was too costly to continue for long, so he closed the project after about one year. Other troubles would lead the Porters to leave Austin. Porter was accused of financial wrongdoing at the bank and lost his job. Fearing a trial, he fled the country. But he returned because his wife was dying. After her death, he faced the trial and was found guilty. He served three and a half years in a feder  al prison in Ohio.Porter would keep his time in prison a secret. But there was one good thing about it. It provided him with time to write. By the time of his release, he had published 14 stories and was becoming well-known as O. Henry. Porter would later move to New York City and find great success there. He published over 380 stories in the last 8 years of his life. 1. What does the author want to tell us in the passage? A. O. Henry"s experience in prison B. The objects in the O. Henry Museum C. O. Henry"s achievement in literature D. A brief introduction of O. Henry"s life 2. What is the author"s purpose of writing Paragraph 3? A. To attract more visitors to the O. Henry Museum B. To show the jobs O. Henry did C. To show O. Henry"s publication called "The Rolling Stone" D. To show O. Henry"s early love of words and writing 3. Which of the following shows the right order about O. Henry? ① He was committed to prison. ② He settled down in central Austin, Texas. ③ His wife died. ④ He started a small publication called "The Rolling Stone". ⑤ He moved to New York City. A. ②④③①⑤ B. ②③①④⑤ C. ②④③⑤① D. ②①③④⑤ 4. What can be inferred from the passage? A. Most of O. Henry"s short stories were finished in prison. B. O. Henry didn"t start his career as a successful writer when living in Austin. C. O. Henry was born in a small, old house which is called the O. Henry Museum now. D. O. Henry spent  his last life in the small, old house in Texas. | |||
When my daughter was five, we gave her a piano as her birthday gift, with great excitement; she began learning piano under the teacher’s guidance. However, when she was no longer curious about it, she became sick of it. After all, it is a tough job to learn piano, not to mention the daily routine of practice. Therefore, every time, I had to urge her again and again, either to force or offer her some profits for the practice. She always felt uncomfortable sitting on that stool, so she would either scratch her nose or ears, or hide in the bathroom for quite a long while. Her first teacher left and moved somewhere else; my friend introduced me to an American teacher. The American teacher’s way of teaching was complete American style. After practicing, she would give my daughter some good comments on the excellent part (despite it being just a small one), and then point out what should be improved. What’s more, every time she came, instead of beginning the lesson right away, she would first play some music. She said, “To learn playing the piano, you should learn not only the skills of playing, but more importantly, to feel the music and love it.” To my surprise, my daughter gradually became fond of piano lessons. Sometimes she even would like to show off a little bit in class after her skill had reached a certain level. Her confidence and sense of achievement were enhanced with the appreciation and acknowledgement from her teachers and classmates. Surprisingly, my daughter said to me one day, “Mom, I was lucky because you didn’t give up my piano lessons.Learining piano is like climbing a mountain. You’ll feel tired when you are on the way. When you look down from where you are, you will realize that you have been making progress. But if you stop, you will never take one more step.” Hearing these inspiring words, I could not hold back my tears, thinking: that is the very thing I want to teach her, something that is more important than learning piano. 56. My daughter __________ when she was not curious about piano. A. became sick B. got tired of it C. felt tired D.felt relaxed 57. According to the passage, what is most important for the children to learn to play the piano _______ A.praise B.encourage C.force D.help 58. What made my daughter interested in piano again? A. Showing off in class. B. Her skillful performance. C. Her confidence and sense of an achievement. D. Her acknowledge from classmates. 59. What is best title of the passage? A.Piano is an useful instrument B. American teachers are excellent. C.Playing the piano is very important D. Be addicted, and you’ll succeed | |||
| 阅读理解: 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 The traditional tent cities at festivals such as Glastonbury may never be the same again. In a victory of green business that is certain to appeal to environmentally-aware music-lovers, a design student is to receive financial support to produce eco-friendly tents made of cardboard that can be recycled after the bands and the crowds have gone home. Major festivals such as Glastonbury throw away some 10,000 abandoned tents at the end of events each year. For his final year project at the University of the West of England, James Dunlop came up with a material that can be recycled. And to cope with the British summer, the cardboard has been made waterproof. Taking inspiration from a Japanese architect, who has used cardboard to make big buildings including churches, Mr. Dunlop used cardboard material for his tents, which he called Myhabs. The design won an award at the annual New Designers Exhibition after Mr. Dunlop graduated from his product design degree and he decided to try to turn it into a business  To raise money for the idea, he toured the city’s private companies which fund new business and found a supporter in the finance group Mint. He introduced his idea to four of Mint’s directors and won their support. Mint has committed around £500,000 to MyHabs and taken a share of 30 per cent in Mr. Dunlop’s business. The first Myhabs should be tested at festivals this summer, before being marketed fully next year. Mr. Dunlop said that the design, which accommodates two people, could have other uses, such as for disaster relief and housing for the London Olympics. For music events, the cardboard houses will be ordered online and put up at the sites by the Myhabs team before the festival-goers arrive and removed by the company afterwards. They can be personalized and the company will offer reductions on the expense if people agree to sell exterior (外部的) advertising space. The biggest festivals attract tens of thousands of participants, with Glastonbury having some 150,000 each year. Altogether there are around 100 annual music festivals where people camp in the UK. The events are becoming increasingly environmentally conscious. 1. “Eco-friendly tents” in paragraph 1 refer to tents _______. A. economically desirable B. favorable to the environment C. for holding music performances1 D. designed for disaster relief 2. Mr. Dunlop established his business . A. independently with an interest-free loan from Mint B. with the approval of the City’s administration C. in partnership with a finance group D. with the help of a Japanese architect 3. It is implied in the passage that _______. A. the weather in the UK is changeable in summer B. most performances at British festivals are given in the open air C. the cardboard tents produced by Mr. Dunlop can be user-tailored D. cardboard tents can be easily put up and removed by users. 4. The passage is mainly concerned with . A. an attempt at developing recyclable tents B. some efforts at making full use of cardboards C. an unusual success of a graduation project D. the effects of using cardboard tents on music festivals 5. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? A. Don’t Use Tents Again B. The Advantages of Tents C. How to Produce Tents D. The Development of Recyclable Tents |