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Cricket-anything with a round ball, I was useless, "he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the
object of jokes in school gym classes in England"s rural Devonshire.
It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first the teen went biking
alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind
building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance. At age 18, he ran his first marathon.
The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat
across the Atlantic Ocean. Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway"s school of Adventure in Scotland,
where he learned about the older man"s cold-water exploits (成就). Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about
Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future.
Journeys to the Pole aren"t the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his
dream as fantasy."John Ridgway was one of the few who didn"t say, "You are completely crazy," Saunders
says.
In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North
Pole. He suffered frostbite, had a closer encounter (遭遇) with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit.
Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he"s skied more of the
Arctic by himself than any other Briton. His old playmates would not believe the transformation.
This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis.
B. he got a mountain bike at age 15
C. he ran his first marathon at age 18
D. he started to receive Ridgway"s training
B. built up his body together with Saunders
C. hired Saunders for his cold-water experience
D. won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic
B. He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole.
C. He was chosen for the school sports team as a kid.
D. He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole.
B. Convinced
C. Delighted
D. Fascinated
B. set a record in the North Pole expedition
C. was supported by other Arctic explorers
D. made him well-known in the 1960s
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Love, but it is also the tenth anniversary of her Nobel Prize for Literature. Morrison is the first black
woman to receive a Nobel, and so honored before her in literature are only two black men: Wole Soyinka,
the Nigerian playwright, poet and novelist, in 1986; and Derek Walcott, the Caribbean-born poet, in 1992.
But Morrison is also the first and only American-born Nobel prizewinner for literature since 1962, the year
novelist John steinbeck received the award.
Like Song of Solomon, Love is a multigenerational story, revealing the personal and communal legacy
of an outstanding black family. As Morrison scholars will tell you, Love is the third volume of a literary
master"s trilogy (三部曲) investigating the many complexities of love. This trilogy began with Beloved
(1988), which deals with a black mother"s love under slavery and in freedom. Jazzy (1993), the second
volume, tells a story of romantic love in 1920s Harlem. This latest novel looks back from the 1970s to the
1940s and 50s.
The emotional center of Love is Bill Cosey, the former owner and host of the shabby Cosey"s Hotel and
Resort in Silk, North Carolina, described in the novel as "the best and best-known vacation sport for colored
folk on the East Coast." We get to know Cosey through the memories of five women who survive and love
him: his granddaughter, his widow, two former employees, and a homeless young girl.
The latest novel, Love, had been described in the promotional material from her publisher as "Morrison"s
most accessible work since Song of Solomon." This comparison to her third novel, published in 1977, was
an effective selling point.
B. Toni Morrison and her trilogy
C. Toni Morrison and her novel Love
D. Toni Morrison, the Nobel prizewinner
B. He was born in America.
C. He received the Nobel Prize after Morrison
D. He was the first American novelist to win a Nobel
B. concern families of more than one generation
C. deal with life of blacks under slavery
D. investigate life in 1920s Harlem
B. the life of an outstanding black family under slavery
C. the miserable experience of the five women in Harlem
D. the memories of five women about Bill Cosey
he was afraid. However, the young nurse 2 by his bed smiled so 3 that the little boy smiled back. He 4
to be afraid. The young nurse was May Paxton 5 she was deaf (聋的). May Paxton graduated 6 the
Missouri School for the Deaf near the year 1909.Three years 7 she went to see Dr. Richard son about 8
a nurse. Dr Richardson was one of the founders of Mercy Hospital of Kansas City. 9 had never heard of a
deaf nurse. She told May that her 10 would be very low and that the work would be 11 . However, May said
that hard work did not frighten her. Dr. Richardson was 12 her, and accepted May as a student nurse.
Dr. Richardson never 13 her decision 14 , she was so pleased with May"s work that she later accepted two
other deaf women as student nurses. The 15 was Miss Marian Finch, who was hard of 16 . The second was
Miss Lillie Bessie. These three were 17 "the silent angles (天使) of Mercy Hospital" during the 18 they worked
there.
Dr. Richardson often 19 her faith in the girls" ability to learn nursing. She wrote to May, "For three years,
you have been with us… It is wonderful to me that no man, 20 or child ever, to my knowledge, made a
complaint (投诉) against you…"
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| 阅读理解。 | |||
| LONDON Thursday Just Read-Eddy missed his girlfriend so made he flew back to Britain from Australia to propose (求婚) to her. The problem is she did the same in the opposite direction. He and Anna even managed to miss each other when they sat in the same airport waiting room in Singapore at he same time to wait for connecting flights. Anna, heartbroken, when she arrived at Eddy"s Sydney flat to find he had flown to London, told The times:"It was as though someone was playing a cruel joke on us." "He is the most romantic person I have ever known. I think our problem is that we are both quite impulsive (冲动的) people. We are always trying to surprise each other." After an 11,000-mile flight across the globe, she was greeted by Eddy"s astonished roommate asking what she was doing. Eddy, a 27-year-old engineer taken year off to travel round Australia. But he was missing Anna, a 26-year secretary, so much he got a job on a Sydney building site (工地) and started saving for a surprise. He then flew home to Britain and went to her flat armed with an engagement (订婚) ring, wine and flowers. "I really missed Anna and I"d been thinking about her all the time. I was so excited when she phoned me from Australia," he said. Eddy then asked Anna to marry him on the phone. "I didn"t know whether to laugh or cry but I accepted," she said. Anna was given a tour of Sydney by Eddy"s friends before going back home. Eddy and to stay in Britain for two weeks because he could not change his ticket. | |||
| 1. What does the last sentence of the first paragraph tell us? | |||
| A. Anna flew to Britain from Australia to marry him. B. Anna flew to Australia from Britain to marry him. C. Anna flew to Britain from Australia to propose to him. D. Anna flew to Australia from Britain to propose to him. | |||
| 2. The underlined word "miss"in paragraph 2 most probably means _____. | |||
| A. escape from B. fail to understand C. fail to meet D. long to see | |||
| 3. Eddy got a job on a Sydney building site because he _____. | |||
| A. wanted to travel round Australia B. needed money to pay his daily cost C. was an engineer at this building site D. hoped to make money from this job | |||
| 4. Which of the following is TRUE about Eddy and Anna according to the text? | |||
| A. Eddy proposed to Anna on the phone and Anna accepted. B. Anna stayed in Australia waiting for Eddy"s arrival. C. Anna bad a good time touring Sydney with Daddy. D. Eddy met Anna in the airport waiting room by chance. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| When I was in the third grade, I was picked to be the princess (公主) in the school play. For weeks my mother had helped me practice my lines. But once onstage, every word disappeared from my head. Then my teacher told me she had written a narrator"s (解说者的) part for the play, and asked me to change roles. Though I didn"t tell my mother what had happened that day, she sensed my unhappiness and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the yard. It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions (蒲公英) popping through the grass in bunches, as if a painter had touched our landscape with bits of gold. I watched my mother carelessly bend down by one of the bunches."I think I am going to dig up all these weeds," she said."From now on, we"ll have only roses in this garden." "But I like dandelions," I protested. " All flowers are beautiful-even dandelions!" My mother looked at me seriously. "Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn"t it?" she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. " And that is true of people, too,"she added. When I realized that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth. "But you will be a beautiful narrator," she said, reminding me of how much I loved to read stories aloud to her. Over the next few weeks, with her continuous encouragement, I learned to take pride in the role. The big day finally came. A few minutes before the play, my teacher came over to me. "Your mother asked me to give this to you," she said, handing me a dandelion. After the play, I took home the flower, laughing that I was perhapes the only person who would keep such a weed. | |||
| 1. The girl did not play the role of the princess mainly because _____. | |||
| A. she felt nervous on the stage. B. she lost her interest in that role. C. she preferred the role of the narrator D. she had difficulty memorizing her words | |||
| 2. Why did the mother suggest a walk in the garden? | |||
| A. To remove the dandelions B. To enjoy the garden scene C. to have a talk with her daughter. D. to hlep her daughter with the play. | |||
| 3. What is the main idea of the story? | |||
| A. Everybody can find his or her own way to success. B. Everybody has his or her own value in the world. C. Everybody should learn to play different roles D. Everybody has some unforgettable memory. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| The summer I was ten, my mother decided to bring us to the world of art. My brother and I were not very excited when we realized what my mother meant. What she meant was not that we could take drawing classes or painting classes but that we would have to spend one afternoon a week with her at the Fine Arts Museum. Before each visit to the museum, she made us read about artists and painting styles (风格). It was almost as bad as being in school. Who wants to spend the summer thinking about artists when you could be with your friends at the swimming pool? First we had to read about ancient Egyptians (古埃及人) and their strange way of painting faces and then go to look at them at the museum. My 12-year-old brother thought this was so funny, but I was not interested. Later we had to learn about artists in the Middle Ages who painted people wearing strange long clothing. We had to look at pictures of fat babies with wings and curly (鬈曲的) hair and with no clothes on flying around the edges of paintings. I certainly couldn"t see what was so great about art. On our last visit to the museum, something happened when I saw a painting by a woman called Mary. In it, a woman was reading to a child. The colors were soft and gentle, and you could tell by the mother"s expression how happy she was just to be with the child. I couldn"t stop looking at this painting! I wanted to see every painting Mary had ever made! It was really worth looking at so many paintings to find a painter who could interest me so much. | |||
| 1. The aim of the mother"s plan was to _____. | |||
| A. take them to visit the museum B. introduce them to the world of art C. ask them to read about artists D. show them different painting styles | |||
| 2. What was the writer"s experience in the museum before the last visit? | |||
| A. She came to feel her mother"s love. B. She liked many paintings. C. She hardly enjoyed herself. D. She could understand the pictures of fat babies. | |||
| 4. What was the writer"s experience in the museum before the last visit? | |||
| A. She came to feel her mother"s love. B. She liked many paintings. C. She hardly enjoyed herself. D. She could understand the pictures of fat babies. | |||
| 5. From the text, we can see _____. | |||
| A. the importance of curiosity B. the effect of art C. the value of learning D. the power of family education |