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the attention of his very wealthy parents, who loved his "clever" old brother better. At age 8,Horowitz was
sent away to an abusive (辱骂的) boarding school in his native England, even though he screamed and
pleaded (恳求) with his parents year after year not to send him," The thought was, It"ll be good for him."
He recalled.
It was not. Horowitz did badly in his studied, had few friends and was bullied (欺负) for five years.
"My teachers couldn"t have had a lower opinion of me." He said. "I wasn"t even smart enough to rebel. The
one thing I remember from the very earliest age was this desire to write. When I was 10 years old, I
remember asking my parents to get me a typewriter for my birthday because I wanted to be a writer."
Now, at the age of 55, Horowitz is one of the world"s most successful children"s book authors. His Alex
Rider series has sold more than 5 million copies, and the eighth book featuring the young spy, Crocodile
Tears, came out this month.
The Alex Rider books tell the adventures of 14-year-old Alex Rider, an agent for The British intelligence
agency M 16.
Horowitz said he doesn"t try to write for kids; it just comes out that way. "I have a feeling that it"s to do
with purity and simplicity. I give as little information as is necessary to describe the room, the character in
the room, and get on with the action," he said.
The style has also made Horowitz a successful writer of television shows for adults in Britain because,
he says, writing books for kids is a lot like writing television for grown-ups. In both cases, it"s all about
entertaining people with a good story.
Now, Horowitz couldn"t be happier with his life. He sums up his success " … you can be anything you
want to be if you just believe in yourself. I do believe it completely."
B. showed great concern for him
C. taught him how to write storied
D. thought little about his ability
B. He benefited a lot from boarding school.
C. He emphasizes the plot rather than character in stories.
D. Although he is successful, he isn"t very happy.
B. Hardship teaches valuable lessons
C. Interest is the best teacher
D. Industry is the parent of success
B. Culture & Leisure
C. Our World
D. Science Life
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designed were works of art. He looked at the ugly square buildings around him, and he did not like what
he saw. He wondered why people built ugly homes, when they could have beautiful ones.
Frank Lloyd Wright lived from 1869 to 1959. When he was young, there were no courses in architecture,
so he went to work in an architect"s office in order to learn how to design buildings. Soon he was designing
buildings that were beautiful.
He also wanted to make his buildings fit into the land around them. One of the houses he designed is on
top of a high hill. Other people built tall, square houses on hills, but Wright did not want to lose the beauty
of the hill. He built the house low and wide.
Now other architects know how to design buildings to fit into the land. Frank Lloyd Wright showed them
how to do it.
B. the buildings he designed were beautiful
C. he began his professional life as a painter, before becoming an architect
D. he is excellent in art
B. When did he live?
C. How many buildings did he design?
D. where are the buildings he designed?
B. they captured the classical beauty of earlier periods of history
C. they produced an effect of lightness and gracefulness in spite of being high and square.
D. they were not square ones
B. He built a low and wide house on top of a high hill to keep the beauty of the hill.
C. Many architects learned from Frank Lloyd Wright to design buildings to fit into the land.
D. When he was young he took courses in architecture in college.
picture frames. In 1945, Ruth and Elliot joined their close friend Harold Mattson to form a company that
would be known for the most famous and successful doll ever created. This company would be named
Mattel after Mattson and Elliot.
In the mid-1950"s, while visiting Switzerland, Ruth Handler purchased a German Lilli doll. Lilli was a
shapely, pretty fashion doll first made in 1955. She was originally fashioned after a famous cartoon character
in the West German Newsletter, Build.
Lilli is the doll that would inspire Ruth Handler to design the Barbie doll (芭比娃娃). With the help of her
technicians and engineers at Mattel, Barbie was born. Ruth then hired Charlotte Johnson, a fashion designer,
to create Barbie"s wardrobe. It was in 1958 that the patent for Barbie was obtained. This would be a fashion
doll unlike any of her time. She would be long-limbed (长肢的), shapely, beautiful, and only 11.5 inches tall.
Ruth and Elliot would name their new fashion doll after their own daughter, Barbie.
In 1959, the Barbie doll would make her way to the New York Toy Show and receive a cool reception
from the toy buyers.
Barbie has undergone a lot of changes over the years and has managed to keep up with current trends in
hairstyles, makeup and clothing. She is a reflection of the history of fashion since her introduction to the toy
market.
Barbie has a universal appeal and collectors both young and old enjoy time spent and memories made with
their dolls.
B. She reflects the history of fashion.
C. She was first made in 1958.
D. She was Ruth"s daughter"s doll.
B. they asked a fashion designer to help
C. the doll had a universal appeal
D. the doll had created a promising market
B. she stands for the toy tendency
C. she is popular with children
D. she has a large market in the world
B. Barbie Doll-Toy of New Time
C. Current Trend of Barbie Doll
D. Birth and Popularity of Barbie Doll
Brown, a young girl who wins first place in a famous horse race, At first, the producers of the movie told
Taylor that she was too small to play the part of Velvet. However, they waited for her for a few months as
she exercised and trained-and added three inches to her height in four months! Her acting in National Velvet
is still considered the best by a child actress.
Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932. Her parents, both Americans, had moved there for business
reasons. When World war II started, the Taylor moved to Beverly Hills, California, and there Elizabeth started
acting in movies. After her success as a child star, Taylor had no trouble moving into adult (成人) roles and
won twice for Best Actress: Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who"s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Taylor"s fame (名声)and popularity gave her a lot of power with the movie industry, so she was able to
demand very high pay for her movies. In 1963, she received $1 million for her part in Cleopatra-the highest
pay received by any star up to that time.
Elizabeth Taylor is a legend (传奇人物) of our time. Like Velvet Brown in National Velvet, she has been
lucky, she has beauty, fame and wealth. But she is also a hard worker. Taylor seldom acts in movies any
more. Instead, she puts her time and efforts into her businesses, and into helping others-several years ago,
she founded an organization that has raised more than $40 million for research and education.
B. was too young
C. did not play well enough
D. did not show much interest
B. famous actresses
C. successful when very young
D. rich and kind-hearted
B. 28
C. 31
D. 34
B. turning herself into a legend
C. collecting money for the poor
D. going about research and education work
Miller"s father had moved to the USA from Austria Hungary, drawn like so many others by the "Great
American Dream". However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined
in the Great Depression of the early l930s.
Millers"s most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system,with its
aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In
Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with his worth. Willy is "burnt
out" and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment: if he can"t do the work, then he is no
good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at loss as
to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the
end.
When it was first staged in 1949,the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews, and it won the Tony
Award for Best Play, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was
the first play to win all three of these major awards.
Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, on the evening of February 10, 2005,
the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.
B. He was attracted by the"Great American Dream.
C. He hoped to make his son a dramatist.
D. His family business failed.
B. discusses the ways to get promoted in a company
C. talks about the business career of Arthur Miller
D. focuses on the skills in doing business
B. He runs the Wagner Company.
C. He is a victim of the American system.
D. He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues.
B. won the first Tony Award
C. was warmly welcomed by salesmen
D. was severely attacked by dramatists
B. The awards Arthur Miller won.
C. The hardship Arthur Miller experienced.
D. Arthur Miller and his best-known play.
when he was just eight. "You need 1 ," his father said. "But if you don"t work hard, no fortune will come".
What made him sad was 2 his piano teacher in Beijing didn"t like him. You have no talent (天赋). You
will never be a pianist. 3 a nine-year-old boy. Lang Lang was badly 4 . He decided that he didn"t want lo
be a 5 any more, For the next two weeks he didn"t touch the piano. 6 , his father didn"t push, but waited.
Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to 7 some holiday songs. He didn"t want to, but as
he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he 8 that he could show others that he had talent 9 . That day he
told his father 10 he had been waiting to hear-that he wanted to study with a new teacher. 11 that point on,
everything turned around.
He started 12 competitions (比赛). In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition, when it was 13
that Lang Lang had won, he was too 14 to hold back his tears. Soon 15 was that he couldn"t stay in China
forever-he had to play on the world"s big 16 . In 1997 Lang Lang 17 again, this time to Philadelphia U.S. There
he spent two years practising, and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over. After his 18
performance at Chicago"s Ravinia Festival, gigs (特邀演出) in Lincoln Center and Carnegie hall started 19 Lang
Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots (发现) him. and lets him 20 .