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Alan left school at fifteen with one `O’ level in Art and took a job as an apprentice(学徒)gardener in Ilkley Parks Department nursery, studying for his City and Guilds in Horticulture(园艺)in the evening.
He went on to horticultural college at Oaklands in Hertfordshire where he studied for one year full-time, being awarded the National Certificate in Horticultural. This was followed by three years at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, resulting in the award of the Kew Diploma.
After two years as supervisor of staff training at Kew, Alan entered journalism where he became first a gardening books editor, and then Deputy Editor of Amateur Gardening magazine. He appeared regularly on BBC Radio and Television in programs such as Nationwide , Breakfast Time, Open Air, Pebble Mill, Songs of Praise, Titchmarsh’s Travels, and the Chelsea Flower Show. He presented the 100th edition of The Word for Channel 4, and hosted the quiz show Ask the Family.
Gardeners’ World and the hugely popular Ground Force, second only to Easterners in the BBC1 ratings, are broadcast as far as Australia, New Zealand and North America. After leaving both programs, Alan worked on two other series for the BBC to be transmitted in 2003 and 2004, one of them a landmark series on the natural history of Britain. Alan writes for the Daily Express, Sunday Express, Radio Times and BBC Gardeners’ World magazine, and has more than thirty gardening books to his credit. His four novels, as well as a book about his own life, have been best sellers.
Alan, 53, gardens organically, and lives with his wife, two daughters and a medley of animals.
小题1:We know that Alan ______in his school days.
A.was good at writing novels | B.loved Horticulture very much even |
C.didn’t do so well in his studies | D.decided to be an apprentice |
A.Alanaccepted little education | B.Alan wrote many books about food |
C.Alan had never been married | D.Alan was first a gardening books editor |
A.Alan’s school teachers were not good at teaching the subject: Botany |
B.when Alan was successful he was working as a journalist of the time |
C.Alan had had four years of training in Horticulture before being a journalist |
D.born as a man of many talents, Alan didn’t realize the fact until years later |
A.Breakfast Time. | B.Radio Time. | C.Gardeners’ World. | D.Easterners. |
A.A Man of Many Talents. | B.Botany Makes Him What He Is Today. |
C.No Pains, No Gains. | D.Can’t a Poorly-graded Student Be Successful? |
答案
小题1:C
小题1:D
小题1:C
小题1:D
小题1:B
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试题【Alan took an early interest in gardening---first on his grandfather’s Yorkshire 】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Luckily, both the mother and son were 39 seatbelts. The mother suffered a blow to her head and was unable to move. The boy was frightened but 40 . As water came through broken windows in the car, he 41 unbuckled (解开) himself, climbed out of the 42 window, made his way around to the driver"s side, and reached inside the 43 to free his trapped mother. With great effort, he managed to 44 her, pull her through the window and up to the road, where they were soon 45 .
His mother later recalled her experience of the 46 . Being unable to move or even 47 to offer instructions ( 指导) or encouragement to her son, she was 48 by her little son"s action. She recalled 49 her boy saying out loud as he pulled her through the water, “I think I can, I think I can!”
It seemed 50 that this little boy"s act of courage was from one of his favourite books: The Little Engine that Could. In that 51 , when everyone else had 52 hope, the Little Engine carried the heavy load of toys and good things to eat over the hill to the children waiting on the other side. He had 53 and took action. Obviously this book had left a 54 impression before the accident that rainy 55 and motivated ( 激励) the son to take action if the terrifying moments.
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As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep. Her ___18___ kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of ___19___, she went to sleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination ___20____, but she couldn’t answer any of the questions. Everyone around her was writing pages and gages. Though she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write about . She kept looking at her ___21____. Time was running out. There was only an hour to go. She started one question, wrote two sentences, ___22____ and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started ___23___. Her whole body shook. It shook so much that she ___24___ up. She was still in bed and it had all been a ___25____ dream. A minute later, Barbara called her name.
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Last month his family had to move to an old house outside the city. It"s farther from the post office and he has to get up early in the morning in order to catch the 6:30 train. The head of his office is strict and everybody has to get there on time. He knows what it"ll mean if he"s late. A friend of his had pity on(同情) him and lent his old car to him. The young man was happy and from then on he could go to work by car.
Last Saturday Charlie went to buy some medicine for his mother. Bad luck! When he came out of the shop, he couldn"t find the car. He was quite worried and began to look for it in front of the shop but he didn"t find it. Suddenly he saw a woman parked a car there and hurried into the shop. Charlie saw the car wasn"t locked. He got on it and drove it at once. He was afraid the loser would run after him and drove fast. A truck hit it at a crossing and he lost consciousness.(知觉)
This morning the young man came back to life and saw there were a few policemen standing by his bed. He asked, "Where am I?"
"In Room 103."
"In hospital or in prison ?"
小题1:There’re ________ people in Charlie"s family.
A.four | B.five | C.six | D.seven |
A.it"s very quiet there | B.they hoped to save some money |
C.he could get to his office by train | D.his father had found a job there |
A.the head is strict with them | B.he wishes to be praised |
C.he"s usually on duty | D.he"s afraid to be fired |
A.himself | B.his father |
C.his sister. | D.his mother |
A.to be late | B.to meet the red lights |
C.to be caught by the loser | D.to miss the 6:30 train |
At first she was 40 and decided against it. As I was 41 our plates into the dustbin she turned to him and quietly 42 him a Happy Birthday. I could tell he was 43 by the way he looked at her. I 44 behind her and gave him my own wishes. He was grateful.
45 we walked away he called my daughter back and 46 her a brand-new gold $1 coin. She thanked him. But that wasn"t enough for him. He 47 his pocket and at that I kindly told him that wasn"t 48 . He ignored me and 49 out an envelope with about a dozen of a different kind of gold coins. He continued to give her another one and tell her how 50 it was and that one day it would be worth 51 . He then 52 me in the eye and wished me a good day.
What a kind man. I"m sure my daughter 53 his day. On such a special day, 54 can I take away his glory and 55 his offering of thanks?
Happy Birthday!
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Sports are something that keeps her going, a way to release stress. Usually, you will see Rachael out with friends or just sitting down reading a good book. She takes pride in the fact that she can read a whole book in one day, and that she still doesn’t consider herself a bookworm.
Some people call Rachael strange because of things she does. She’s learned to disregard what other people think because she just doesn’t care any more. She likes to surround herself with people like her so it makes he feel like she is the less strange one in most situations.
Rachael wants to be two completely different people in her life. A communication journalist for one, she has always wanted to be that person. The second possible career would be lawyer. It’s a huge goal, and one day you’ll see her doing something she loves.
Influenced by her parents, Rachael enjoys listening to all kinds of music. Rarely, if ever, do you see her without some sort of music. Every morning you can see Rachael in her bathroom getting ready for school with her player at maximum volume(音量).Her parents always get mad at her about that, but she can’t hear them anyway over the music. They don’t know that she uses their surround sound stereo when they aren’t at home!
小题1: Rachael likes to be with people like her because_______.
A.she only wants to make friends with the people like her |
B.many people think she is strange and don’t like to be with her |
C.she knows there are many other people who are also strange |
D.it makes her feel like she is not so strange as people think |
A.ignore | B.realize | C.accept | D.mind |
A.be late for school |
B.use their surround sound stereo |
C.listen to the music in the bathroom |
D.play music to loudly |
A.Rachael likes to be different from others |
B.Rachael never reads books carefully |
C.Rachael will be a lawyer in the future |
D.Rachael’s parents also like music |
A.hobby | B.personality | C.ideal jobs | D.appearance |
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