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road,I always answer with the famous saying: The end is nothing；the road is all. That is
what I mean when I say writing has been a pleasure. I have never used the computer with
the thought that one more task had to be done."
Like most writers, Willa Cather did not write books for the money that they brought her,
but rather for the pleasure that came in their writing. Her works were, like her, simple and
full of the vigor of her days in Nebraska, where she grew from child to young womanhood
and where she developed a deep love for the treeless land of the great plain with its wild
flowers, wheat fields and rivers.
"It"s a rather strange thing about the flat country," she wrote later. "It takes hold of you or
it leaves you perfectly cold. A great many people find it very dull; they like a church tower,
an old factory, a waterfall, the country all made to look like a German Christmas card...But
when I come to the open plain, something happens. I"m home. I breathe differently."
B. opened up a road to success
C. neither too hard nor too easy
D. interesting and enjoyable
B. It was vast,open and flat.
C. It was like a German Christmas card.
D. It was a colorful world of wild flowers.
meant that _____.
B. you decide either to stay or to leave
C. some find the place warm; others find it cold
D. some find the place peaceful; others find it wild
B. She wants to make the place her home.
C. She feels completely comfortable.
D. She finds the place similar to her home.
答案
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试题【阅读理解。 Willa Cather once said, "When people ask me whether writing has been a 】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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daughter to a successful business woman, her life has all the marks of a Hollywood blockbuster.
Madam Tussaud was born in 1761 and named Marie Grosholtz. Her father was killed in battle only two
months before Mane"s birth. For the first five years of her life, Marie lived in Berne with her mother, who
worked as housekeeper for Dr Philippe Curtius. A doctor, with a talent for wax modeling, Curtius became
her teacher.
It was Curtius who opened the original wax exhibition in Paris in 1770 and introduced Marie to some
famous people. At only 17, she modeled the famous writer Francois Voltaire, followed by a portrait of
American statesman Benjamin Franklin when he was in Paris as US ambassador. Both figures are still on
display at Madame Tussaud"s, London today.
Her work at Curtius successful wax exhibition led to an invitation to the court of Louis XVI and his
queen. For nine years she lived at the palace of Versailles guiding the artistic education of the king"s sister.
Meanwhile the French Revolution was about to erupt. Aware of the political arrest, Philippe Curtius called
Marie back to Paris. Marie"s connection with the royal family made her guilty. Both she and her mother
were arrested. After she was set free, Marie was forced to make death masks (a death mask is a model of
a dead person"s face, made by coving their face with a soft substance and letting it become hard) of executed
(被处决的) nobles. Many were former friends at court, including her former employers, the king and queen.
By 1800 Marie was married with two young children and a poor business inherited from Curtius. Madame
Tussaud made the decision to take her exhibition on tour. In 1802, she left France. For the next 33 years,
Madame Tussaud traveled the British Isles, exhibiting her growing collection of portraits. In those pre-television
days, this was the only way most people had direct contact with the famous people of the time. The exhibition
became permanently based in London in 1835, moving to its present site in Marylebone Road in 1884. Her last
work, a remarkable self-portrait that is still on show, was completed only eight years before her death aged 89.
B. successful
C. peaceful
D. lonely
B. her gift for wax modeling
C. her mother"s help
D. her friendship with the king"s sister
B. she had modeled the French royal family
C. she had worked at the place of Versailles
D. she had refused to make death masks
B. how Marie balanced her family and work
C. the establishment of Madame Tussaud"s, London
D. the popularity of Madame Tussaud"s wax exhibition
a. She hadn"t seen his father since she was born.
b. She modeled the portrait of Francois Voltaire.
c. She modeled the portrait of Francois Voltaire.
d. She guided the artistic education of the king"s daughter.
e. In 1842, she completed her last work.
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
mathematical calculations 2 the same conclusion: 3 the earth was not the centre of the solar system.
Only if you put the sun there did the movements of 4 planets in the sky make sense. Yet he could not tell
anyone about his theory as the powerful Christian Church 5 him for even suggesting such an idea. They
believed God had made the world and for that reason the earth was special and must be the centre of the
solar system and all planets went round it.
| ( )1. A. to confuse ( )2. A. leads to ( )3. A. which ( )4. A. another ( )5. A. punished | B. confuses B. lead to B. that B. other B. would punish | C. confused C. led to C. what C. the other C. could punish | D. confusing D. leading to D. where D. the others D. would have punished |
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| On August 15th, in the women"s individual all-around final of gymnastics of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Chusovitina is a shining star although she failed to win a medal eventually. When 33-year-old Oxana Chusovitina competes in her fifth Olympics (Beijing Olympics), she is twice the age of most of her competitors. In addition, she has also competed in ten World Championships, three Asian Games and three Goodwill Games. Chusovitina holds the record for the most individual World Championships medals on a single event. She won an Olympic team gold medal as a 17-year-old in 1992. Since then she has won a record of eight world titles. Her long career owes something to fate. In 2002, when her son Alisher, now aged nine, was diagnosed with leukemia (白血病), she moved to Germany so that he could get the best possible treatment. To help in those difficult times she kept up her training. It has paid off. But saving Alisher"s life is not her only motivation. As she recently told German media, "There is nothing in the world I enjoy more than gymnastics." Chusovitina was born on June 19, 1975 in Uzbek USSR. She was formerly a citizen of, and a competitor for, the former Soviet Union (before 1993) and Uzbekistan (1993-2006). She has competed for Germany since 2006. By the year of 2008, Chusovitina"s career in gymnastics had been twenty years. She is one of only a handful of women to return to high-level gymnastics and international competition after becoming a mother. Chusovitina is remarkable in her ability to remain competitive for so many years, often in the face of great difficulty, and has been considered as a role model and an inspiration by many people in the gymnastics community. | |||
| 1. When she was 17 years old, Chusovitina won an Olympic team gold medal for _____. | |||
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| A. the former Soviet Union B. Uzbekistan C. Germany D. Russia | |||
| 2. Chusovitina might begin her career in gymnastics in _____. | |||
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| A. 1975 B. 1988 C. 1992 D. 1992 | |||
| 3. Chusovitina left her homeland because _____. | |||
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| A. she wanted to compete in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games B. she wanted to serve for Germany C. she wanted her son to get the best treatment D. she had to face great difficulty in her homeland | |||
| 4. According to the passage, Chusovitina is different from the other competitors in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games because _____. | |||
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| A. she is the best competitor in the games B. she is much older than other gymnastics girls C. she won an Olympic team gold medal when she was very young D. she competes in order to earn money | |||
| 5. According to the passage, which of the following words can best describe Chusovitina? | |||
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| A. Kind-hearted. B. Lovable. C. Tough-minded. D. Serious-minded. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Wong Fuk-wing (黄福荣), a Hong Kong volunteer (志愿者) at an orphanage (孤儿院) in Yushu, was killed in the earthquake when he was trying to save others on April 14, 2010. Wong managed to run safely out of the building with some children when the first quake happened at 7:50 am on April 14, but he went back inside to rescue three other children and three teachers inside, although he knew the danger of aftershocks (余震). At 10 am, all the children and one of the teachers were saved. However, Wong was buried under the fallen building and died. The other two teachers were still waiting to be rescued. 46-year-old Wong was a truck driver, who often said he could only give his efforts to charity (慈善) instead of money, as he did not earn a lot. His tragic (悲剧的) end touched the hearts of many people both in Hong Kong and on the mainland. Wong began volunteering in 2002. In 2003, Wong was told by the doctor he got serious illness, which gave him a great blow. However, the illness did not deter the warm-hearted man. When the earthquake struck Wenchuan is Sichuan Province in 2008, Wong rushed to the disaster area of Shifang to offer his help though his family did not want him to go. In fact, Qinghai is a place Wong had often visited since 2006. As a volunteer, he gave out medicine and clothing to the orphanage there. No one could expect that Wong would die helping others. Hong Kong Chief Secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen said he had "the highest respect" for the hero who gave his life for others. "What he did has shown the Hong Kong spirit." The citizens of Hong Kong called him "the pride of Hong Kong"s people" and people on the mainland have also praised him as "a true hero". | |||
| 1. Wong died in the earthquake _____. | |||
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| A. after he sent medicine and clothing to the orphanage B. when he returned to save the teachers and students C. because he suffered from his serious illness again D. as the first earthquake happened | |||
| 2. The underlined word "deter" in Para. 5 refers to "_____". | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. prevent B. refuse C. beat D. encourage | |||
| 3. What can we know about Wong from the passage? | |||
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| A. He never visited Qinghai before 2010. B. He was supported by his family being a volunteer. C. He was thought highly of by the Chinese. D. He was a taxi driver before he died. | |||
| 4. Why are so many people deeply moved by the story of Wong? | |||
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| A. He always offered money to the orphanage. B. He fought against his illness bravely. C. He helped the orphanage though being poor. D. He put other people"s lives above own. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| The majority of astronauts from America have been men. At the start of the space programme there was strong resistance from some people against having women in space. However, some women were very keen to become astronauts and in the end they were successful. In 1978, NASA began the first training programme for women astronauts. Judy Resnick and Christa McAuliffe were both astronauts and they were both women, but in many other ways they were very different. Both of them were on Flight STS-5L-L. Judy Resnick was born in 1949 and studied engineering at university and went on to obtain a PhD in 1977. She was a member of the first group of women selected for astronaut training in 1978, and in 1984, she became the second woman in space. During that flight, she helped to launch three new satellites and she carried out a programme of research. She was, in many ways, a professional astronaut whose whole life was devoted to space travel. Christa McAuliffe was born in 1948 and she was an astronaut almost by accident. In 1984, NASA decided to find a teacher who could accompany (go with sb. esp. on a journey ) astronauts into space. They hoped that she would be able to communicate with students from space and encourage every one of them to be interested in space travel. Christa was a secondary teacher in history and social studies. She was a gifted teacher and she was selected from over 11,000 applicants to go on flight STS-51-L. She was also a very good communicator and she immediately established (set up) a very good relationship with the news media (radio, television and newspapers). It was partly because of this that there was a great deal of interest and excitement about the flight. Thousands of students in schools and universities all around the country were looking forward to communicating with Christa in space. Millions of people were watching her flight with great interest. It is partly because of the excitement over McAuliffe"s place in the flight that the disaster in 1986 had such an effect on people. | |||
| 1. We can learn from the first two paragraphs that _____. | |||
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| A. Judy was against the idea of having women in space at first B. Judy was the first woman selected for astronaut training C. Judy helped to launch three new satellites at the age of 35 D. Judy carried out a programme during her second space travel | |||
| 2. Christa McAuliffe was chosen for training because _____. | |||
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| A. she was popular with the news media B. she expected to give history lessons in space C. she was an excellent teacher and communicator D. she made the students in space very excited | |||
| 3. The reason why there was great interest in Flight STS-51-L is that _____. | |||
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| A. both Christa and Judy got PhD degrees in the same year B. a young secondary school teacher was on the flight C. students were going to learn more about space travel D. it was the first time for women to travel in space | |||
| 4. What would be the best title for the passage? | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. Two Astronauts B. Flight STS-51-L C. Travelling in Space D. The Training Programme |