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the work seriously and finally they became the most popular band in the USA.
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试题【仔细阅读课文 The Band That Wasn"t，写出文章的段落大意。 _____________________________________】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Then 2.________ do people get to form a band? Usually bands are formed by music lovers
3.________ come together to write and play their own music. First, they may play to
4.________ to earn money to make a living, and at the same time 5.________ their music
and improve themselves.
6．________,there was a band called "The Monkees" which wasn"t formed 7.________.
It was formed by TV organizers who had 8.________ for four musicians in a newspaper.
At first not 9.________ the members in the band could sing well, neither could they
create their 10.________ music. They 11.________ on each other while playing music. Both
the jokes and music were 12.________ loosely on the band called "The Beatles". In spite
of this, the band soon attracted many people, who supported them 13.________. After a
year 14.________, they began to play their own instruments and write their own music.
And they became even more popular than "The Beatles" and sold even more records. However,
the band 15.________ in 1970, but reunited in the mid-1980s.
William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an
exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself every
thing he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where
he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank, when
some money went missing from the bank. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because
of that, he was sent to prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short
stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote
mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because
simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the
reader"s surprise.
a. Lived in New York.
b. Worked in a bank.
c. Traveled to Texas.
d. Was put in prison.
e. Had a newspaper Job.
f. Learned to write stories.
B. c. e. b. d. f. a
C. e. b. d. c. a. f.
D. c. b. e. d. a f.
B. they were easy to understand
C. they showed his love for the poor
D. they were about New York City
B. he broke the law by not using his own name
C. he wanted to write stories about prisoners
D. people thought he had taken money that was not his
B. He was not serious about his work.
C. He was devoted to the poor.
D. He was very good at learning..
London with 1 money in his pockets. In order to get some food and clothes he wrote the
story of his life and managed to have it 2 . But not many copies of his books were 3
in the shops, and he was still living a hard life. Because of anxiety and malnutrition,
he became very weak and before long fell 4 , and a doctor was sent for. The doctor was
not rich enough, but 5 literature. He tried his best to cure Savage of his illness and
a week later Savage was out of 6 When he finally recovered his 7 , the doctor sent a
bill to Savage for his 8 , but poor Savage had no money to 9 it. The doctor waited for
a month and sent another bill. 10 no money again, the doctor went to Savage himself.
"You know you 11 your life to me," said the doctor, "and I should 12 some
thankfulness from you."
"I 13 ," said the writer, "you"ve done a great favour for me and to 14 that I"m not
ungrateful for your kindness, I"ll 15 my life to you."
With these 16 he handed the doctor two copies of The Life of Richard Savage.
The doctor took the books home and began to 17 them carefully.
"I see I"ve 18 the life of a great writer," the doctor said to himself with a sense
of pride. "Maybe this is the only thing I could be really 19 in my life."
Five years later Savage called on the doctor to pay his bill, only to find that the
doctor had already 20 .
| ( )1.A.much ( )2.A.published ( )3.A.bought ( )4.A.weak ( )5.A. was interested in ( )6.A.safety ( )7.A.sight ( )8.A.care ( )9.A.pay ( )10.A.Receiving ( )11.A.promise ( )12.A.wish ( )13.A.refuse ( )14.A.explain ( )15.A.offer ( )16.A.words ( )17.A.write ( )18.A.made ( )20.A.fond of ( )21.A.passed away | B.a little B.found B.sold B.anxious B.was familiar with B.power B.health B.aid B.supply B.Received B.return B.choose B.agree B.prove B.contribute B.drills B.correct B.saved B.famous for B.escaped | C.little C.encourage C.printed C.frightened C.was popular with C.danger C.movement C.attention C.afford C.Keeping C.lend C.get C.warn C.describe C.give C.compositions C.improve C.trained C.proud of C.hurried off | D.enough D.protected D.showed D.ill D.struggled against D.injury D.action D.treatment D.allow D.Kept D.owe D.master D.suppose D.plan D.damage D.collections D.read D.taught D.worried about D.run away |
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Willa Cather once said, "When people ask me whether writing has been a hard or easy 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." | |||
| 1. Willa Cather wrote because she found writing _____. | |||
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| A. simple and lively B. opened up a road to success C. neither too hard nor too easy D. interesting and enjoyable | |||
| 2. What was the place like where Cather grew up? | |||
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| A. It was cold,plain and without a church. B. It was vast,open and flat. C. It was like a German Christmas card. D. It was a colorful world of wild flowers. | |||
| 3. When she said "It takes hold of you or it leaves you perfectly cold.", Willa Cather meant that _____. | |||
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| A. you either love the place or hate it 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 | |||
| 4. What happens when Cather comes to the open plain? | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. She breathes differently from others. B. She wants to make the place her home. C. She feels completely comfortable. D. She finds the place similar to her home. | |||
| Reading comprehension. | |||
| The story of Madame Tussaud is as fascinating as that of the exhibition itself. From a housekeeper"s 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. | |||
| 1. The underlined part in Para. 1 implies that Madame Tussaud"s life was _____. | |||
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| A. complicated B. successful C. peaceful D. lonely | |||
| 2. Marie got a job at that court of Louis XVI because of _____. | |||
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| A. Curtius" recommendation B. her gift for wax modeling C. her mother"s help D. her friendship with the king"s sister | |||
| 3. Marie was arrested during the French Revolution because _____. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. she had worked for Dr Philippe Curtius 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 | |||
| 4. The last paragraph is mainly about _____. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. how Marie"s was modeling business became successful 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 | |||
| 5. According toe the passage, how many of the following statements about Marie are TREU? 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. | |||
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| A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 |