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Danielle Steel, America’s sweetheart, is one of the hardest working woman in the book business. Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time, she can work on up to five. Her research some before writing takes at least three years. Once she has fully studied her subjects, ready to divided 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, he 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 problem of death, new babies and new schools. Her l998 book about the death of her was 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 film. She is listed in the Guinness Books 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 moat important resource 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. One of Danielle Steel’ a 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
9. 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
10. What does the underlined word “inimitable” mean?
A. hardworking             B. attractive           C. strange              D. unique
答案
6-10  ACCBD
解析
本文介绍了一位美国最杰出的女作家,她的出类拔萃在于两方面:其一是出的书多,其二她的意志坚强及她的写作风格都是与众不同的,因而受到美国人的爱戴。
6.    细节理解题。第一段第二句“不像其他多产作者一次只写一书本,她一次能写五本”这句话交待了她与其他作者不同之处。
7.    细节理解题。第二段中间部分关于一套为孩子们写的“Max and Martha’’故事书,目的是帮助他们解决现实生活中有关死,新的生命及新学校问题,说明读了此书就该知道家里一旦有新的生命诞生如何去做。
8.    细节理解题。第二段中问“她的成就是令人难以置信的”开始,下面介绍了她的成就其中“1998年关于她的儿子之死的那本书一出版就列在畅销书之首”与C答案不符;她的28部书已拍成电影,而A项是电视剧与原文不符。D与本段最后一句不符,B画图书为孩子们而写而非young men。
9.    推理判断题。最后一段中交待Danielle Steel认为她的读者是最重要的资源,她一直和他们通过e-mail保持联系,可见她非常重视她的读者。
10.    词义猜测题。根据文章最后两句话意思推知。
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MOST recently, my world has been shaken by the death of a teacher at my school. He was Dr Allan Woolley and he was only 52. Suddenly he took his own life, which remains a mystery.
That morning, everyone sensed that something wasn"t right. During our lessons, an announcement was made that an assembly (集会) was scheduled for morning break, which was only done in emergencies.
Once morning break came, the entire school gathered in the main hall. As our headmaster marched out to announce the "momentous (重大的) news", it felt like the air around us trembled . Many students broke down in tears, and the reaction afterward was intensely powerful and unifying .  
The headmaster said that students were allowed to miss lessons and have a free period to collect themselves if they found the news too distressing (悲伤的). Many students went outside and shared memories of Dr Woolley to control theirselves.
Dr Woolley taught me chemistry two years ago, but up until his death he still taught many of my close friends. Many of my friends were so shocked that they still couldn"t believe the person that they had owed (欠) some homework to was now dead.
It was heart-warming to spend time with teachers that morning and get to know more about them. Despite the time of sadness, I feel that every cloud has a silver lining. Although Dr Woolley"s death is something nobody wanted to see, we must move on.
小题1:What did the students feel at the news of his teacher’s death?
A.unhappy   B shocked    C.surprised    D.silent
小题2:What does the underlined word “collect” in Paragraph4 mean?
A.bring something togetherB.calm down
C.increase in amountD.get and keep
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.The real cause of Dr Woolley’s death is known to us.
B.Many students didn’t prepare themselves for the bad news so that they felt very sad.
C.It takes the whole school some time to recover from the dispressing news.
D.Dr Woolley’s death allows students to understand teachers better.
小题4:It can be inferred from the underlined sentences in the last paregraph that______.
A.Dr Woolley’s death made students sad.
B.There is still some comfort and hope in trouble
C.Dr Woolley’s death disappointed students greatly
D.We should forget the fact to study better.
小题5:The best title for the passage should be_______.
A.Our School Faces a Tragedy
B.Dr Woolley—A Great Teacher
C.The Living Live For the Death
D.Lesson From the Death.

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第一节完形填空 (共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Tales of the supernatural are common in all parts of Britain. In particular, there was (and perhaps still is) a belief in fairies(仙女). Not all of these   1  are the friendly, people-loving characters that appear in Disney films, and in some folktales they are   2  and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the Changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows   3  and pale and has changed so much that it is almost   4  to the parents. It was then   5  that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and   6  the human baby with a fairy Changeling. There were many ways to prevent this from happening: hanging a knife over the baby’s head while he slept or covering him with some of his father’s clothes were just two of the recommended   7 . However, hope was not lost even if the baby had been   8 . In those cases there was often a way to get the   9  baby back. You could   10 
the Changeling on the fire--then it would rise up the chimney, and you would hear the sound of fairies’ laughter and soon after you would find your own child safe and sound nearby.
小题1:
A.babiesB.believersC.fairies D.supermen
小题2:
A.powerfulB.cruelC.frightened D.extraordinary
小题3:
A.sickB.slimC.short D.small
小题4:
A.uncomfortableB.unbelievableC.unacceptable D.unrecognizable
小题5:
A.fearedB.predictedC.heard D.reported
小题6:
A.coveredB.changedC.replaced D.terrified
小题7:
A.casesB.toolsC.stepsD.methods
小题8:
A.missedB.stolenC.found D.lost
小题9:
A.1ittleB.paleC.sad D.real
小题10:
A.seizeB.burnC.place D.hold

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Dorothea Dix left home at an early age—of her own free will—to live with her grandmother.
At fourteen, Dorothea was teaching school at Worcester, Massachusetts. A short time after she had begun teaching, she set up a school for young girls in her grandparents’ home. Stress was placed on moral character at Dorothea’s school, which she conducted until she was thirty-three.
She was forced to give up teaching at her grandparents’ home, however, when she became ill a few years of inactivity followed.
In 1841 Dorothea began to teach again, accepting a Sunday school class in the East Cambridge, Massachusetts prison. Here she first came upon insane people (精神病人) locked up together with prisoners.
In those days insane people were treated even worse than prisoners. There were only a few madhouses in the entire country. Therefore prisons, poor houses, and houses of correction were used to keep the insane.
Dorothea Dix made a careful investigation of the inhuman treatment of the insane. It was considered unfeminine (不适合) for a woman to devote herself to such work at this time. But this did not stop Dorothea Dix from providing proper medical care for the insane.
Gradually, because of her investigations, conditions were improved. More than thirty mental institutions were founded or rebuilt in the United States because of her hard work. Dorothea also spread her investigations to England and to other parts of Europe.
During the Civil War, Dorothea served as superintendent (负责) of women hospital nurses in the Union army. When the war was over, she returned to her work of improving conditions for insane people.
小题1:This article is mainly about ________.
social problems of the nineteenth century
how Dorothea Dix got her education
how Dorothea Dix devoted herself to education
how Dorothea Dix devoted herself to the work of improving conditions for insane people
小题2:How did Dorothea Dix first realize the mistreatment of insane people?
Her grandmother treated the mistreatment of insane people.
She worked in an insane hospital as a young woman.
She taught Sunday school in a prison.
She was asked to investigate the problem.
小题3:The author implies Dorothea Dix’s work with the insane was interrupted because of ________.
A.an illnessB.the Civil WarC.her trip to EnglandD.her grandmother’s death
小题4:How are the events of Dorothea Dix’s life presented in the passage?
A.In space order.B.In time order.
C.In alphabetical (字母的) order.D.From greatest to least important.

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Since my retirement(退休) from teaching music in 2001, I have spent a good deal of time painting as an artist. I actually began drawing again in the summer of 1995 when my father died, so perhaps I was trying to recover from the loss of my father, or maybe it was just that it brought back memories of him. In any case, I drew pen and ink animals and landscapes(风景画) much influenced(影响) by Krenkel and St. John for five years.
For some strange reason, I had been waiting until my retirement to start doing watercolors again, but as soon as I walked out of the school door for the last time I picked up my brushes and rediscovered Andrew Wyeth, who quickly became my favorite artist. I had looked through all the art books I had on my shelves and found his watercolors to be the closest to how I thought good watercolors should look. So I painted landscapes around Minnesota for three years and tried out many other types of painting. However, watercolors remained my first choice, and I think I did my best work there, showing my paintings at a number of art exhibitions.
Art is now together with my piano playing and reading. There is a time for everything in my world, and it is wonderful to have some time doing what I want to do. As Confucious once said, “At seventy I can follow my heart’s desire.”
小题1:What is the text mainly about?
A.Learning to paint in later life.B.How to paint watercolors
C.An artist-turned teacherD.Life after retirement
小题2:The author started drawing again in 1995 because_________.
A.he hoped to draw a picture of his father
B.he couldn’t stop missing his father
C.he had more time after retirement
D.he liked animals and landscapes
小题3:We can infer from the text that the author__________.
A.had been taught by Krenkel and St. John
B.painted landscapes in Minnesota for 5 years
C.believed Wyeth to be the best in watercolors
D.started his retirement life at the age of severty
小题4:How does the author probably feel about his life as an artist?
A.Very enjoyable.B.A bit regretfulC.Rather busy.D.Fairly dull.

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Moses Mendelssohn, the grandfather of the well-known German composer(作曲家), was far from being handsome. Along with a rather short stature(身材), he had a hunchback(驼背) .
One day he visited a merchant in Hamburg who had a lovely daughter named Frumtje. Moses fell hopelessly in love with her. But Moses was refused by his ugly appearance
When it was time for him to leave, Moses picked up his courage and climbed the stairs to
her room to take one last chance to speak with her. She was a heavenly beauty, but caused him deep sadness by her refusal to look at him. After several attempts at conversation, Moses shyly asked, “Do you believe marriages are made in heaven?”
“Yes, ”She answered, still looking at the floor. “And do you?”
“Yes I do, ”He replied. “You see, in heaven at the birth of each boy, the God announces which
girl he will marry. When I was born, my future bride(新娘) was pointed out to me. Then the God added, ‘But your wife will be humpbacked. ’”“Right then and there I called out, ‘Oh God, a humpbacked woman would be a tragedy(不幸). Please, God, give me the hump and let her be beautiful. ’”
Then Frumtje looked up into his eyes and was stirred by some deep memory. She reached out and gave Mendelssohn her hand and later became his devoted wife.
小题1:At first Moses was refused by Frumtje because_______.
A.he had a bad intention
B.he was not handsome and humpbacked
C.he had no courage to express himself
D.he was a hopeless man
小题2:Frumtje accepted Moses’ request in the end because of_______.
A.Moses’ good heart and honesty
B.Moses’ sweet words and devotion
C.Moses’ tricks and lies
D.Moses’ wealth and humor.
小题3: Which of the following word can replace the underlined word “stirred” in the last paragraph ?
A.mixedB.movedC.causedD.surprised
小题4:The writer of the passage intends to try to tell us _______.
A.how to run after e a girlB.a marriage in heaven
C.a moving love storyD.What true love is.

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