Without his wartime experiences, Hemingway___...

Without his wartime experiences, Hemingway____ his famous novel A Farewell to Arms.

A. didn’t write　　　　 　　 　 B. hadn’t written

C. wouldn’t write　　　　 　 D. wouldn’t have written

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Without his wartime experiences, Hemingway____ his famous novel A Farewell to Arms.

A. Didn’t write　　　　　 B. hadn’t written

C. wouldn’t write　 　　 D. wouldn’t have written

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Without his wartime experiences, Hemingway____ his famous novel A Farewell to Arms.

A. didn’t write　　　　 　 　 B. hadn’t written

C. wouldn’t write　　　 　 D. wouldn’t have written

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Every day we experience one of the wonders of the world around us without even realizing it．It is not the amazing complexity of television, nor the impressive technology of transport．The universal wonder we share and experience is our ability to make noise without mouths, and so transmit ideas and thoughts to each other’s minds．This ability comes so naturally that we tend to forget what a miracle （奇迹） it is．

Obviously, the ability to talk is something that marks humans off from animal．Of course, some animals have powers just as amazing, Birds can fly thousands miles by observing positions of the stars in the sky in relation to the time of day and year．In Nature’s talent show, humans are a species of animal that have developed their own special act．If we reduce it to basic terms, it’s an ability for communicating information to others, by varying sounds we make as we breathe out．

Not that we don’t have other powers of communication．Our facial expressions convey our emotions, such as anger, or joy, or disappointment．The way we hold our heads can indicate to others whether we are happy or sad．This is so-called “body language”．Bristling （直立的） fur is an unmistakable warning of attack among many animals．Similarly, the bowed head or drooping tail shows a readiness to take second place in any animal gathering．

Such a means of communication is a basic mechanism that animals, including human beings, instinctively acquire and display．Is the ability to speak just another sort of instinct? If so, how did human beings acquire this amazing skills ? Biologist can readily indicate that particular area of our brain where speech mechanisms function, but this doesn’t tell us how that part of our bodies originated in our biological history．

1.According to the passage, the wonder we take for granted is         ．

A．our ability to use language

B．the miracle of technology

C．the amazing power of nature

D．our ability to make noises with mouth

2.What feature of “body language” mentioned in the passage is common to both human an animals?

A．Lifting heads when sad．

B．Keeping long faces when angry．

C．Bristling hair when ready to attack．

D．Bowing heads when willing to obey．

3.What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?

A．Body language is unique to humans．

B．Humans are no different from animals to some degree．

C．Humans have other powers of communication．

D．Animals express emotions just as humans do．

4.This passage is mainly about           ．

A．the development of body language．

B．the special role humans play in nature

C．the power to convey information to others

D．the difference between humans and animals in language use

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In space, there is no up or down. Without the gravity that we experience on Earth, as-tronauts and everything else on a spaceship float freely.

Humans can experience the sense of zero gravity without going into space. How？A zero-gravity flight. When an airplane flies in a lot of parabolas（抛物线）, a man-made zero-gravity environment is set up. Everything in the plane floats, even passengers.

Gravity has an effect on everything from the human body and mind to the behavior of plants and the way machines run. Space travel is expensive and dangerous. But zero-gravity flights let scientists conduct experiments in an environment that mimics（模拟） the conditions of space. On each of its research trip, Zero-G flies about 30 parabolas, each of which creates a period of weightlessness that lasts about 30 seconds. Nikolaus Kuhn of the University of Ba-sel, in Switzerland, flew with Zero-G. He was conducting an experiment about soil and the flow of water on Mars. The Red Planet has about one-third of the gravity that Earth has. This means water flows more slowly on Mars. By making the parabolas less steep, zero-gravity flights can make the feeling of Martian gravity. Flying with Zero-G has been necessary for Kuhn’s research. “It is the only chance, other than going to Mars, to mimic movement of water as it would be on Mars,” he told TFK.

For years, NASA used zero-gravity flights to prepare and train astronauts. “I have not been to space,” Peters of Zero-G says, “But I have been told by astronauts that zero-gravity feels exactly the same.” As humans continue to explore the universe beyond Planet Earth, zero-gravity flights will remain an important and fun tool. “It never gets old,” Peters says “I would do it every weekend for the rest of my life if I could.”

1.Why do scientists set up man-made zero-gravity environment？

A.To study the water on the earth.

B.To offer weightlessness as a business.

C.To take scientists to any other planets.

D.To mimic the condition of space for experiments.

2.How much time of weightlessness can a Zero-G light offer？

A.About 30 seconds. B.About 90 seconds.

C.About 15 minutes. D.About 30 minutes.

3.What feature do the parabolas in Zero-G flights have？

A.The gentler parabolas are, the more satisfied the researchers are.

B.The steeper parabolas are, the less weight the passengers feel.

C.The steeper parabolas are, the more successful the experiments are.

D.The gentler parabolas are, the more quickly water on Mars flows.

4.What can be inferred about the Zero-G flight from the text？

A.It is useless for training astronauts.

B.It has no side effect on human body.

C.It creates a substitutable environment of zero gravity in space.

D.It is cheaper but more dangerous than space travel.

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Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899—July 2, 1961) was an American writer and journalist. His writing style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image(形象) affected later generations. Hemingway produced most of his works between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.

Hemingway was raised in Illinois. After high school he reported for The Kansas City Star, before leaving for the Italian front to enlist with the World War I ambulance drivers. In 1918, he was seriously wounded and returned home. In 1922, he married Hadley Richardson. The couple moved to Paris, where he worked as a foreign journalist. Advised and encouraged by other American writers in Paris—F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, he began to see his work appear in print there, and in 1925 his first important book, a collection of stories called In Our Time, was published. A year later, he published The Sun Also Rises, a novel with which he scored his first solid success. The writing of books occupied Hemingway for most of the postwar years. He remained based in Paris, but he traveled widely for bullfighting(斗牛), fishing, and hunting that by then had become part of his life and formed the background for much of his writing. Hemingway’s love of Spain and bullfighting resulted in Death in the Afternoon (1932). His position as a master of short fiction had been advanced by Men Without Women in 1927. The harvest of Hemingway’s considerable experience of Spain in war and peace was the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940). In the public view, however, the novel A Farewell to Arms (1929) overshadowed such works.

Shortly after he published The Old Man and the Sea in 1952, Hemingway went to Africa, where he was almost killed in a plane crash that left him in pain or ill-health for much of the rest of his life. Hemingway lived in Florida and Cuba during the 1930s and 1940s, but in 1959 he moved from Cuba to Ketchum, Idaho, where ended his life in the summer of 1961.

1.Which best arranges Hemingway’s works in the correct order of time?
a. A Farewell to Arms　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 b. Men Without Women
c. The Old Man and the Sea　　　　　　　　　 d. Death in the Afternoon
e. The Sun Also Rises　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 f. For Whom the Bell Tolls
A. e, a, b, f, d, c　　　　　　　　　 B. e, b, a, d, f, c　　　　　　　　　

C. b, a, d, f, e, c　 　　　　　　　　　 D. b, d, a, e, c, f

2.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 probably means that A Farewell to Arms 　　　　　 .
A. was thought to be better than other works of Hemingway’s
B. was considered to make a show in Hemingway’s life
C. was only as excellent as the other works of Hemingway’s
D. was believed to be among the worst works of Hemingway’s

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Hemingway must have spent his childhood in Italy.
B. Hemingway was an energetic writer with a wide interest.
C. Hemingway’s first book In Our Time was published before 1925.
D Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for Literature just before his death.

4.It can be concluded from the passage that 　　　　　　 .
A. Hemingway produced most of his works in Africa
B. Hemingway led a very happy life in his last few years
C. most of Hemingway’s works were based on his life experience
D. Hemingway’s writing style affected the life of later generations

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- Was it because of his laziness_______ he didn't do the experiment successfully?

- No, it was because of his carelessness.

A. that      B. while     C. for      D. as

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—Was it because of his laziness_______ he didn't do the experiment successfully?

—No, it was because of his carelessness.

A. that　　　　　　　　 B. while

C. for　　　　　　 　 D. as

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Recently， a 1935 letter in which Ernest Hemingway detailed his catch of a 500lb blue marlin（青枪鱼）， an adventure that is believed to have partly inspired his novel The Old Man and the Sea， has been sold for﹩28，000 （£22，000）．

The handwritten letter was sent by Hemingway on 8 May to the fishing editor of the Miami Herald， laying out in great detail how the author and his friend Henry Strater battled to keep sharks away from the marlin after catching it off the Bahamian island of Bimini．

Nate D Sanders， the auction（拍卖） company which sold the letter， said it documented for the first time in Hemingway's own words not only the size of the marlin， but also the attack by sharks， reflecting the plot of the novel．

The company added that Hemingway's account of the marlin catch differed from other anecdotes of it， one of which described Hemingway using a machine gun on the sharks， which is said to have attracted more sharks rather than frightened them away．

The Old Man and the Sea was also inspired by an anecdote told by Hemingway's Cuban friend Carlos Gutierrez． In 1936， Hemingway wrote in a magazine that Carlos had told him about an old fisherman who caught a great marlin alone．

Three years later， Hemingway told his editor Max Perkins that he was planning a short story about the old commercial fisherman who fought the swordfish all alone in his sailing boat． Instead， he ended up writing For Whom the Bell Tolls， not returning to the story about the old fisherman until January 1951． It won him the Pulitzer in 1953， and was specifically cited when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1954．

1.What does the underlined phrase "laying out" in the second paragraph mean？

A. Discussing．

B. Wondering．

C. Imagining．

D. Presenting．

2.What did the auction company stress when selling the 1935letter？

A. The style of the writer．

B. The history of the letter．

C. The contents of the letter．

D. The popularity of the writer．

3.What inspired Hemingway to write The Old Man and The Sea besides his own adventure？

A. Henry Strater's account．

B. Carlos Gutierrez's story．

C. Max Perkins' life experience．

D. Nate D Sanders' description．

4.Which is the correct order of time for the following facts in the passage？

1Hemingway wrote a letter to describe his adventure．

2Hemingway caught a big blue marlin．

3The letter was sold at auction．

4The Old Man and The Sea won the Nobel Prize．

A. ①③②④

B. ②①④③

C. ②④①③

D. ②③①④

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Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on July 21st, 1899. Influenced by his father, he enjoyed camping, fishing and hunting at his early age. In 1917, after graduation from high school, Hemingway began his writing career with The Kansas City Star. And then, after being rejected for army service in World War I because of poor vision, he volunteered to serve as a driver for an American ambulance unit in France. In 1918, he transferred to duty on the Italian front, where he was seriously wounded in an explosion. After his recovery, he returned home. He worked for The Toronto star, covered the Greco-Turkish war as a foreign reporter, and then returned to Paris, which was a city full of intellectual life, creativity, and genius after the war. In Paris, where he accomplished a revolution in literary style and language, his first book, Three Stories and Ten Poems, appeared in 1923, and was followed by a short story collection In Our Time, which marked his entry to American literature in 1925.

Hemingway’s status as a remarkable writer of his time was confirmed with the publication of A Farewell to Arms in 1929. The novel represented a farewell both for war and for love. In 1937, he became a foreign reporter covering the Spanish Civil war. Three years later, he published For Whom the Bell Tolls. Set in Spain during the Civil war, the novel restated his view of love found and lost and described the tough spirit of the common people. In 1912, the same judgment was reflected in his portrait of fisherman, Santiago, with an indomitable spirit in defeat, in The Old Man and the Sea, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. With one of the most important influences on the development of the American short story and novel, Hemingway has seized the imagination of the American public like no other twentieth-century author. He died by suicide, in Ketchum, Idaho, in 1961.

1.Hemingway was turned down for army service in World war I because ______ .

A. he was unlearned　　　　　 B. he was in poor condition

C. he was inexperienced　　 D. he had bad eyesight

2.The publication of _______ proved Hemingway one of the greatest literary lights of the 20th century.

A. Three Stories and Ten Poems

B. A Farewell to Arms

C. The Old Man and the Sea

D. In Our Time

3.Which is the correct order of the following events given in this passage?

a. Hemingway’s work For Whom the Bell tolls came out.

b. Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

c. Hemingway’s first book was published in Paris.

d. Hemingway got wounded on the Italian front.

e. Hemingway covered the Greco-Turkish war as a foreign reporter.

A. d, e, c, a, b　 B.e, c, d, a, b

C.a, c, e, b, d　 D. c, e, a, b, d

4.The underlined word “indomitable” in the last paragraph probably means ______.

A. unending　 B. unselfish　 C. unbending　 D. Unchanging

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