Born in Oak Park, Illinois, on January 17, 1922, Betty White was the only child of Horace and Tess White. Indeed, while most young kids were begging their parents for pets, White said she was the lucky little girl whose parents went for a walk and would come home with a dog or a cat.
The personal passion for animals has often mixed with her professional work. She created, produced and hosted a 1971 animal show called the Pet Set, which featured both wild animals and her friends’ own pets. She also wrote the 2011 book Betty & Friends: My Life at the Zoo and even lent her voice to the animated series (动画系列) of Pound Puppies.
“I’m the luckiest person in the world—my life is divided in absolute half: half animals, half show business,” she said.
She started working with the Los Angeles Zoo in the 1960s. “My interest in zoos started early on, because my mom and dad went to the zoo often, not just to please their little girl, but because they enjoyed the experience,” she wrote in her book. She worked with the Los Angeles Zoo because she was kind of shocked that Los Angeles had such a poor zoo inside. She said, “I’ve never been one to stand outside and criticize (批评). I’d rather get inside and see what’s going on, see how I can help.”
“Zoos don’t only exhibit animals; they do a lot of wonderful protection work,” she said. “Many people have a closed mind on zoos. They think no animal should be kept in zoos. Instead, they should all be in the wild in their own habitat. Well, of course, that is a myth.”
1.White said she was lucky because __________.
A.she could often read books on animals
B.her parents often kept pets at home
C.her parents often took a walk together with her
D.she lent her voice to the animated series of Pound Puppies
2.What can we infer from the text?
A.Only wild animals performed in the show “Pet Set”.
B.White started working in a zoo several years ago.
C.Betty & Friends: My Life at the Zoo was written in 1971.
D.White’s interest in zoos was developed under the influence of her parents.
3.What did White do after seeing the Los Angeles Zoo?
A.She just stood outside to criticize.
B.She got inside and saw the animals.
C.She decided never to visit the zoo again.
D.She worked with the zoo and did something to help.
4.What is White’s attitude towards zoo?
A.Supportive. B.Indifferent (漠不关心的).
C.Hopeless. D.Disapproving.
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Born in Oak Park, Illinois, on January 17, 1922, Betty White was the only child of Horace and Tess White. Indeed, while most young kids were begging their parents for pets, White said she was the lucky little girl whose parents went for a walk and would come home with a dog or a cat.
The personal passion for animals has often mixed with her professional work. She created, produced and hosted a 1971 animal show called the Pet Set, which featured both wild animals and her friends’ own pets. She also wrote the 2011 book Betty & Friends: My Life at the Zoo and even lent her voice to the animated series (动画系列) of Pound Puppies.
“I’m the luckiest person in the world—my life is divided in absolute half: half animals, half show business,” she said.
She started working with the Los Angeles Zoo in the 1960s. “My interest in zoos started early on, because my mom and dad went to the zoo often, not just to please their little girl, but because they enjoyed the experience,” she wrote in her book. She worked with the Los Angeles Zoo because she was kind of shocked that Los Angeles had such a poor zoo inside. She said, “I’ve never been one to stand outside and criticize (批评). I’d rather get inside and see what’s going on, see how I can help.”
“Zoos don’t only exhibit animals; they do a lot of wonderful protection work,” she said. “Many people have a closed mind on zoos. They think no animal should be kept in zoos. Instead, they should all be in the wild in their own habitat. Well, of course, that is a myth.”
1.White said she was lucky because __________.
A.she could often read books on animals
B.her parents often kept pets at home
C.her parents often took a walk together with her
D.she lent her voice to the animated series of Pound Puppies
2.What can we infer from the text?
A.Only wild animals performed in the show “Pet Set”.
B.White started working in a zoo several years ago.
C.Betty & Friends: My Life at the Zoo was written in 1971.
D.White’s interest in zoos was developed under the influence of her parents.
3.What did White do after seeing the Los Angeles Zoo?
A.She just stood outside to criticize.
B.She got inside and saw the animals.
C.She decided never to visit the zoo again.
D.She worked with the zoo and did something to help.
4.What is White’s attitude towards zoo?
A.Supportive. B.Indifferent (漠不关心的).
C.Hopeless. D.Disapproving.
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Born in Detroit, Michigan, on January 10th, 1928. Philip Levine was formally educated in the Detroit public school system. After graduation from university, Levine worked a number of industrial jobs, including the night work in factories, reading and writing poems in his off hours. In 1953, he studied at the University of Iowa. There, Levine met Robert Lowell and John Berryman, whom Levine called his “one great guide”.
About writing poems, Levine wrote: “I believed even then that if I could change my experience into poems I would give it the value and honor that it did not begin to have on its own. I thought too that if I could write about it, I could come to understand it: I believed that if I could understand my life——or at least the part my work played in it——I could write it with some degree of joy, something obviously missing from my life.”
Levine published (出版) his first collection of poems. On the Edge in 1961, followed by Not This Pig in 1968. Throughout his life Levine published many books of poems, winning many prizes. A review said: “Levine writes poems about the bravery of men, physical labor, simple pleasures and strong feelings, often set in working-class Detroit or in central California, where he worked or lived.”
He taught for many years at California State University, Fresno and served as Distinguished Poet in Residence for the Creative Writing Program at New York University. After retiring from teaching, Levine divided his time between Brooklyn, New York, and Fresno, California, until his death on February 14th, 2015. His final poem collection, The Last Shift, as well as a collection of essays (短文) and other writings, My Lost Poets: A Life in Poetry, were published in 2016.
1.How did Levine make a living right after graduation from his university?
A. He worked as a full-time writer.
B. He worked as a worker in factories.
C. He worked as a teacher in university.
D. He worked as a great guide in writing.
2.According to Levine’s words, he thought_______.
A. he had lived the life he wanted
B. poems made him misunderstand life
C. his life was valueless and dishonorable
D. poems could give him much pleasure
3.What was the main subject of Levine’s poems?
A. The scenes of his hometown
B. Love stories
C. The imaginary future
D. Life of common people.
4.Which poem collection was published after his death?
A. The Last Shift B. Not This Pig
C. My Lost Poets: A Life in Poetry D. On the Edge
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Stephen William Hawking was born on January 8th, 1942 in Oxford, England. His parents’ house was in North London, but during the Second World War Oxford was considered a safer place to have babies. When he was eight, his family moved to St Albans. At eleven Stephen went to St. Albans School, and then on to University College, Oxford, his father’s old college. Stephen wanted to do math, although his father would have preferred medicine. Math was not available at University College, so he did physics instead.
Stephen then went on to Cambridge to do research in Cosmology (宇宙论). After gaining his Ph.D. （哲学博士）he became first a Research Fellow, and later on a Professorial Fellow at Gonville and Caius College. After leaving the Institute of Astronomy in 1973, Stephen came to the Department of Applied Math and Theoretical Physics (理论物理), and since 1979 has held the post of Lucasian Professor of math.
Stephen Hawking has worked on the basic laws which rule the universe. With Roger Penrose he showed that Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity implied space and time would have a beginning in the Big Bang and an end in black holes. These results show it was necessary to unify（统一）General Relativity with Quantum Theory （量子论）. One result of such a unification that he discovered was that black holes should not be completely black, but should give off radiation and disappear in the end.
59. Which of the following is NOT suitable for describing Stephen Hawking?
A. He once studied at the same college that his father studied at.
B. At one time he did research in Cosmology in Oxford.
C. He preferred math to medicine at college.
D. He contributed to the unification of General Theory of Relativity and Quantum Theory.
60. The underlined word “available” in the first paragraph probably means “________”.
A. able to be had B. allowed to study
C. easy to understand D. limited to learn
61. Why did Stephen Hawking’s parents move to Oxford from North London?
A. Because they liked it better than North London.
B. Because there was a world-famous university there.
C. Because they were tired of living in North London.
D. Because it was safer to give birth to a baby in Oxford.
62. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Einstein and Stephen Hawking
B. Big Bang, a great theory
C. Stephen Hawking, a great British scientist
D. The unification of two theories
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Jay Chou（周杰伦）was born in Taiwan on January 18, 1979. Now he is one of the most popular singers in China and famous as the king of Chinese popular music.
Jay was _________ by his mother who was a single mother and a teacher in a high school. Showing _________ in music, little Jay was taught to play the piano at the age of three. _________ he was a third-grade student in a primary school, his mother _________ to give him music lessons every day. She also took him to concert（音乐会）to _________ his taste for music. Those were beneficial to his careers later.
Jay first entered the music industry when he _________ a talent show as a pianist with his friends. Although his performance wasn’t _________, the organizer saw his music _________ and gave him a chance. He was _________ to write music for other singers. During the following years, he ____________ many songs and some of them became popular, but almost ____________ knew him.
Later, Jay got a ____________ to produce an album of his own. In 2000, he released（发行）his first ____________, to everyone’s ____________, which became an instant hit（成功）. Soon he is popular throughout Asia, ____________ Taiwan.
Jay ____________ both Chinese and western music to produce his own music, which is quite different from mainstream Taiwanese music. His songs cover ____________ topics. For example, the song Dad I am Back is about family life, and the song Rice Fields ____________ environmental protection. Taipei Times once named his music Chou Style.
According to Baidu, the most popular Internet search engine in China, Jay is the number one searched singer in 2002, 2006 and 2007. And Jay was ____________ as one of the 50 most important ____________ in China in 2009.
1.A. raised B. conducted C. treated D. shocked
2.A. weakness B. concern C. interest D. possibility
3.A. While B. Because C. If D. So
4.A. hoped B. turned C. managed D. led
5.A. perform B. develop C. learn D. guide
6.A. relied on B. kept up with C. made it to D. took part in
7.A. foolish B. beautiful C. optional D. extraordinary
8.A. talent B. effect C. aspect D. comment
9.A. attached B. ordered C. taken D. invited
10.A. designed B. made C. wrote D. sang
11.A. many B. no one C. someone D. everyone
12.A. chance B. time C. money D. company
13.A. album B. song C. article D. works
14.A. amusement B. joy C. satisfaction D. surprise
15.A. partly B. mostly C. mainly D. especially
16.A. hosts B. combines C. removes D. limits
17.A. various B. narrow C. same D. important
18.A. depends on B. focuses on C. makes up D. ends up
19.A. admired B. promoted C. forecast D. thought
20.A. millionaires B. audiences C. figures D. actors
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Anne Sewell Young was born on January 2, 1871, in the United States. She earned her bachelor’s degree in 1892 from Carleton College in Minnesota, where she also completed a master’s degree in 1897. She went on to earn a PhD (something very unusual for women in those days) from Columbia University in 1906.
Anne Sewell Young was the most famous of the early astronomy students at Carleton College, and one of the few professional women astronomers of her days. Carleton produced half a dozen professional women astronomers in the first 50 years of the course, but she was the only one whose name was recorded in the college’s “Who’s Who”(名人录)
Anne Sewell Young was a number of the AAVSO(美国变星观测者协会). She handed in over 6,500 observations over a 33-year period, and was also one of the first AAVSO Council members.
In 1881, Mt. Holyoke College set up the John Payson Williston Observatory (天文台), and in 1899 Young was named its director. In 1903, a library and a lecture room were added to the observatory building, and in 1907 astronomy was made a course in which one could major at the college, with Yong serving as Department Chair. She retired in 1936, and Alice Farnsworth succeeded her.
Young continued to work on astronomy, publishing her last paper in 1942. She died on August 15, 1961, in California.
68. Put the following events in the correct order.
a. Young graduated from Columbia University.
b. Young served at Carleton College.
c. Young served as Department Chair.
d. Young publish her last paper.
A. b, a, c, d B. c, b, d, a
C. b, c, d, a D. b, d, a, c
69. From the passage we learn that Carleton College made great contribution to________.
A. “Who’s who”
B. astronomy
C. the AAVSO
D. Mt. Holyoke College
70. What is the author’s attitude toward Anne Sewell Young?
A. Negative B. Neutral C. positive. D. We don’t know.
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10. My brother was born on January, 10th, 1990 ________ it was snowing heavily.
| A．which | B．when | C．in which | D．That |
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Mr. White was born in a small village. His parents worked hard on their farm but they couldn’t get enough food for the family. Of course, he couldn’t be sent to school and his uncle who worked in a school taught him at home. And he learned a lot before he left there. When he was sixteen, he found work in a factory. As an abled worker, the boss liked him and seven years later the boss married his daughter to him and with his help, Mr White had his own factory after another seven years passed.
Mrs. White liked her husband very much. So she was always afraid he loved the other women. She often asked him a lot of questions. He wouldn’t make her angry and was more careful.
One evening Mr. White was very busy and he told his secretary to help him. When they finished the work, it was ten in the evening. He had to see her home. That night his wife felt unwell and told him to take her to a hospital. He helped her to get on the car and started. But soon after that he found there was a shoe in the car. He had a look at his wife. The woman seemed to be asleep. He picked it up gently and threw it out of the window.
Soon they got to the hospital. As he was going to help her to get off, suddenly the woman called out, “Where’s my shoe?”
1.Why could Mr. White not be sent to school?
A. His parents were both farmers
B. He was born in a poor family
C. He could learn all subjects by himself
D. They were often worried about food
2.How old was Mr. White when he had his own factory?
A. sixteen B. twenty-three C. thirty D. forty
3.Mr. White tried to be careful,because he was afraid .
A. he would be sent away
B. his wife wouldn’t help him
C. he would be busy
D. his wife would be unhappy
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Hemingway(1898~1961) was born in Illinois. His family took him, as a boy, hunting and fishing trips and so made him know early the kinds of virtues, such as courage and endurance (忍耐), which were later shown in his stories. After high school, he worked as a newspaper reporter and then went abroad to take part in World War I. After the war, he lived for several years in Paris. It was not long before he began publishing remarkable short stories. In the year he left Paris he published the powerful novel The Sun Also Rises. His subjects were often war and its effects on people, or contests, such as hunting or bullfighting, which demand endurance and courage.
Hemingway’s style of writing is striking. His sentences are short, his words are simple, yet they are often filled with feelings. A careful reading can show us, further more, that we see how the action of his stories continue during the silence, during the times his character say nothing. This action is often full of meaning. There are times when the most powerful effect comes from restraint(克制). Such times happen often in Hemingway’s writings. He perfected the art of expressing excitement with few words.
1.Which of the following was written by Hemingway?
A. The Old Man and the Sea. B. The Ugly Duckling.
C. The Daughter of the Sea. D. The Gifts.
2.Hemingway’s short stories were first published_______.
A. before World War I. B. during World War I.
C. after World War I. D. in the year before he left Pairs.
3.What do you know about Hemingway as a boy from the article?
A. He was very brave and bright.
B. He liked writing short stories.
C. He often went hunting and fishing.
D. He was good at hunting and fishing.
4.Why is Hemingway’s style of writing striking?
A. Because his words are short.
B. Because his sentences are simple.
C. Because his writings are filled with feelings.
D. Because he is a master of the pause.
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The British Museum
What’s on
Although many parts of Asia have long been connected through trade along Silk Road and shared religious systems, there are strong regional differences. In addition to various languages, Asia has developed its cultural networks, patterns of government, technology and styles of artistic representation.
The diverse cultural life of Africa has been expressed through everyday cooking objects and unique works of art since ancient times. The Museum’s collection of over 200,000 African items includes archaeological and contemporary material from across the continent.
The Iron Age was a time of big change for the people of Britain and Europe.Iron replaced bronze as the material used to make tools and weapons, while religion, art, daily life, economics and politics changed greatly.
Admission and opening times
The Museum is free and open daily 10:00-17:30 except Friday, and is open until 20:30 on Fridays, except Good Friday. The Museum is open every day except for 24,25 and 26 December and 1 January.
Museum shops
Bookshop
Monday-Thursday 10:00-17:30 Friday 10:00-20:00
Saturday 10:30-17:30 Sunday 10:00-17:30
Collections shop
Monday-Thursday 09:30-17:30 Friday 09:30-20:00
Saturday 09:30-17:30 Sunday 10:00-17:30
Getting here
By Tube
Nearest underground stations:
Tottenham Court Road(500m) Holborn (500m)
Russell Square(800m) Goodge Street(800m)
By bus
Buses that stop near the Museum:1,8,19,X25,38,55,98,242
By car
The Museum lies within the Congestion(拥堵) Charge Zone. There is little on-street parking nearby. The nearest car park to the Museum is located at Bloomsbury Square. There is limited parking in the Museum’s open space for disabled visitors only.
1.In the museum, you may not see items from ________.
A.Asia B.Africa C.Europe D.America
2.If you want to buy artists’ works of the Iron Age,you may go to the Museum at ________.
A.20:15 Friday, July 11
B.14:45 Saturday, January 1
C.18:00 Wednesday, February 14
D.10:30 Sunday, December 28
3.Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A.It is not convenient to drive cars to the Museum.
B.The No.55 bus stop is the nearest to the Museum.
C.It is 500 meters from Russell Square to the Museum.
D.The old can park their cars in the Museum’s open area.
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Born into 1. poor family in Gaomi, Shandong Province on February 17, 1955, Mo Yan, 2.original name is Guan Moye, threw himself into reading and calligraphy 3. (enthusiastic) in his early years. Not only did he have a strong sense of humor, 4. he was intelligent and patient. With his attention 5. (fix) on literature, Mo Yan went on further education and received a Master’s Degree in arts from Beijing University five years later after graduating from the PLA Academy of Arts in 1986. What happened next was 6. he won China's 7. (high) literary prize — Mao Dun Literature Prize by his book Frog in 2011. To all Chinese's 8. (amaze), he became the first Chinese writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012, which will certainly make great contributions to development of Chinese literature. Since then, he 9. (consider) as the best Chinese writer in modern China. Although he is famous, he is still as common as an old shoe and he doesn’t keep his readers 10. a distance.
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