Maupassant（居·莫泊桑）was born in 1850 in northern...

Maupassant（居·莫泊桑）was born in 1850 in northern France. His early life was not happy. His parents separated when he was 11. Most of his education came informally from Gustave Flaubert—his mother’s friend and his godfather, a journalist and novelist. Often Flaubert would let him take a walk and then ask him to write 100 lines about what he saw. This type of training developed in Maupassant a sense of observation, which he later put to use in his writing. Flaubert also allowed Maupassant to attend his Sunday gatherings with others in his literary circle

For a few years, Maupassant was connected with the Ministry of Public Instruction. It is interesting to note that Monsieur Loisel, a poor man character in The Necklace, worked there. He also served in the French army during the Franco-Prussian War. His favorite writing subjects were peasants, servants, in the city, and the Francd-Prussian War.

At an early age, Maupassant started writing short stories. In 1880, some of his works were published and he received a wide reputation for Boule de Suif (Ball of Tallow). With this success, he began to work full-time on writing. During the next ten years, he wrote over 300 stories, including six novels, three travel books, and a book of verse. Through them, he earn a lot of money.

His writing was classical and simple, avoiding social comments and dirty details. His works often showed a real world and an accurate knowledge of the subject. Although Maupassant wrote in many forms, he received widest recognition for his short stories. By 1890, Maupassant was suffering from the latter staged of syphilis（梅毒）. He died in 1893 in Paris.

1. Which of the following is TRUE about Gustave Flaubert?

A. He often went out for a walk with Maupassant.

B. He was a journalist and novelist working for church.

C. He had a great influence on Maupassant’s writing..

D. He often helped Maupassant with his writing homework.

2. From text we know Monsieur Loisel is _______.

A. a man selling necklaces

B. a character in one of Maupassant’s works.

C. a short story written by Maupassant

D. a friend of Maupassant the Ministry of Public Instruction

3. What are the characteristics of Maupassant’s stories?

A. They have few social comments.

B. They are simple and humorous.

C. They only focus on the lives of peasants.

D. They are full of imagination.

4.What can we learn about Maupassant from the text?

A. Only in his 30s did he begin to write stories.

B. He did not received any formal education.

C. He spent his last years happily.

D. Boule de Suif was his first success.

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I was born in 1642 in France. After I was programmed by an operator 1. used cards with holes, I could “think” 2.(logical). In 1936, my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how computers could be made 3.(work) to solve any mathematical problem by 4.(build) a universal machine. People were surprised at my artificial intelligence.

At first, I was as large 5. a room. As time 6.(go) by, I was made smaller and smaller. It was in the early 1960s 7. I got a family connected by a network. My memory became 8.large that even I couldn’t believe it! I could share information 9. others and since the 1970s, my family and I have been used by millions of people. I am now filled with 10. (happy) that I am a good helper of the human races.

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Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy. He was the oldest of five children in his family. His father was a wool weaver. He helped his father with the weaving, but he always wanted to sail the seas.

He didn’t get to school very much, but he learned to read and write Spanish during his travels. He also taught himself Latin because all the geography books were written in Latin. Some people thought he was trying to prove the world was round, but this is not true. He wanted to find a short way to get to the Indies by ship.

He was a Christian and wanted to tell the story of Christ to the people he would find in the far-away lands. He also wanted wealth for himself and for Spain, and he wanted to be famous. He tried for eight years to get King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella to supply him with ships and money.

They left Spain on August 3, 1492 and sailed toward the west. After many days, the sailors had covered a long distance on the sea and were ready to turn around for home when they saw land, an island Columbus named San Salvador. He thought he had found the Indies and called the people he saw there “Indians”. When they got to Cuba, he thought he was in Japan. The world was a lot larger than he thought.

On Christmas Eve, the Santa Maria was wrecked near Haiti. Columbus built a fort(城堡) and left 40 men to hunt for gold. Then he returned to Spain on the Nina. The people of Spain welcomed him as a hero. He made three more voyages across the ocean. His 13-year-old son, Ferdinand, went with him on the fourth voyage.

Columbus did not become rich as he had hoped. At the end of his life he only had a pension the king and the queen had given him because he was the first to reach the New World. He spent the last few months of his life in bed because of the pain of arthritis(关节炎). Columbus not only discovered a New World, but he led the way for other explorers.

1.Columbus taught himself Latin because _______.

2.How was Columbus able to make his voyage to the west?

3.Why did Columbus call the local people in Salvador “Indians”?

4.From the fifth paragraph we can infer that “Santa Maria” and “Nina” must be the names of_________.

5.From the text we know that ________.

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Christopher Reeve, 1.was born in September, 1952, was in his first school play when he was eight and he started to act in TV shows and films while he was still in college. He made many2. (success) films and TV shows but he was most famous 3. his Superman films.

4. (lucky), disaster came in 1995 when he fell from his horse and 5.(break) his back. The doctors did not expect him to live. 6., he made amazing progress. At first, he couldn’t breathe without a machine, but he learnt to breathe on his own. He would never walk again but he started 7. new life with great courage.

The second year after his accident, Christopher returned to film making. He also raised a lot of money 8. (help) medical research into back injuries. He made 9.(speech) all over the USA about his experiences. This not only drew public attention to research into back injuries 10. encouraged a lot of people living with all kinds of problems.

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Christopher Reeve was born in September, 1952. He was in his first school play when he was eight and he started ________1. (act) in TV shows and films while he was still in college. He made many successful films and TV shows but he is ________2.________ (famous) for his Superman films.

Unfortunately, disaster came in 1995 ________3.________ he fell from his horse and broke his back. The doctors did not expect him to live. ________4.________, he made ________5.  (amaze) progress. At first, he couldn’t breathe ________6.  a machine, but he learnt to breathe on his own. He would never walk again ________7.________ he started a new life with great courage.

The second year after his accident, Christopher returned to film making. He also raised a lot of money to promote medical research into back ________8.________ (injure). He made speeches all over the USA about ________9.________ experiences. This not only drew public attention ________10.________ research into back injuries but also encouraged a lot of people living with all kinds of problems.

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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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Charles Babbage was born in 1791 in Britain. He was in poor health in his 1.（young）so he had to be educated at home. Concerned 2.his health, his mother was advised that he should not be taught too much. However, the boy showed 3.early interest in mathematics and worked 4.（hard）at it than anyone else. Later he 5.（admit）into Cambridge University.

In 1827 he became a professor of mathematics. He worked selflessly, 6.（devote）a lot of his wealth and energy to computing machines. In 1834 he 7.（invent）the Analytical Machine which is the prototype（原型）of a computer. This was a great achievement but Charles Babbage never produced a real computer.

Finally in 1871, Charles Babbage, 8. is remembered as the "grandfather of computing", died 9. （peaceful）. However, his principles are still those on 10. modern computers are based.

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Charles Babbage was born in 1791 in Britain. He was 　 1.　　 in his youth so he had to be taught at home. His mother worried about his health and she was advised that he 　 2.　　 too much. However, the boy 　 3.　　 mathematics and worked hard at it. Later he was accepted by Cambridge University.

Babbage began to work on a small difference engine in 1819, which could 　 4. mathematical tables by itself.

A blog 　 5.　 a traditional website in several ways. 　　 6.　 , it is updated much more regularly. Many blogs are updated every day, and some are updated several times a day. Also, most blogs use special software or web sites which are 7.　　 bloggers, so you do not need to be a computer expert to create your own blog. This means that ordinary people who may 　 8. can easily set up and start writing their own blog.

The most popular type is an online diary of links, where the blog writer

9.　 and then posts links to sites or news articles that they find interesting,

10. each one. Other types are personal diaries, where the writer talks about their life and feelings.

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Charles Babbage was born in 1791 in Britain. He was in poor health in his1.(young) so he had to be educated at home. Concerned2.his health, his mother wan advised that he should not be taught too much. However, the boy showed 3.early interest in mathematics and worked4.(hard) at it than anyone else. Later he 5.(admit) into Cambridge University.

In 1827 he became a professor of mathematics. He worked selflessly, 6. (devote) a lot of his wealth and energy to computing machines. In 1834 he7.(invent) the Analytical Machine which is the prototype(原型）of a Computer. This was a great achievement but Charier Babbage never produced a real computer.

Finally in 1871 , Charles Babbage, 8.is remembered as the “ grandfather of computing ,”died 9.(peaceful). However, his principles are still those on 10. modern computers are based.

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His grandparents were born in ______ Qing Dynasty, while he was born in ______ 1920’s.

A. a; an    B. /;the    C. the; the       D. a; the

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