The story tells of a woman who during the war...

The story tells of a woman who during the war went to live with her husband in camp on the Mojave Desert. She 1. (simple) hated the place. The heat was almost 2. (bearable), 125 degrees in the shade. The wind 3. (blow) continually, and there was sand everywhere. At the beginning, she just tolerated it and expected to leave as early as possible.

Finally, in desperation she wrote to her parents in Ohio that she couldn’t stand 4. (live) there for another minute and was coming home.

Quickly came the reply by airmail from her father — just the two familiar lines: ＂Two men looked out from prison bars...one man saw the mud, while 5. other man saw stars.＂

The daughter did some real thinking, not only with the intelligence but also with her heart. She decided 6. (stick) to her post.

Making 7. (friend) with the natives, she learned to love the country, and eventually wrote a book 8. was based on her experiences in the country.

The desert didn’t change, 9. her attitude changed. Because she listened with her heart 10. the words her father sent, a whole new world opened up to her.

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_____the 19th-century America, the novel Gone with the Wind tells the story of a woman facing war and starvation bravely.

A. Set up            B. Set down         C. Set in          D. Set off

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During the war, my husband was stationed at an army camp in a desert in California. I went to live there in order to be _______ him. I hated the place. I had never _______ been so unhappy. My husband was ordered out on a long-term duty, and I was left in a tiny shack(棚屋) alone. The heat was _______ — almost 125°F even in the shade of a cactus(仙人掌). _______ a soul to talk to. The wind blew non-stop, and all the food I ate, and the very air I breathed, were _______ with sand, sand, sand!

I was so sorry for myself that I wrote to my parents. I told them I was _______ and coming back home. I said I couldn’t stand it one minute longer. I _______ be in prison! My father answered my _______ with just two lines — two lines that will always sing in my _______— two lines that completely changed my life:

Two men looked out from prison bars,

One saw the mud, the other saw the stars.

I read those two lines ________. I was ashamed of myself. I made up my mind I would find out what was good in my present ________; I would look for the stars.

I made friends with the natives, and their ________ amazed me. They gave me presents of their favorite artworks which they had ________ to sell to tourists. I studied the delightful forms of the cactus. I watched for the desert sunsets, and ________ for seashells that had been left there millions of years ago when the sands of the desert had been an ocean ________.

What brought about this ________ change in me? The desert hadn’t changed, ________ I had. I had changed my ________. And by doing so, I changed an unhappy experience into the most amazing ________ of my life. I was excited by this new world that I had discovered. I had looked out of my self-created prison and ________ the stars.

1.A.off B.behind C.near D.beyond

2.A.before B.already C.then D.still

3.A.inflexible B.incomprehensible C.uncontrollable D.unbearable

4.A.Only B.No C.Many D.Such

5.A.covered B.filled C.buried D.charged

6.A.catching up B.keeping up C.giving up D.getting up

7.A.ought to B.might well C.would rather D.had better

8.A.request B.call C.question D.letter

9.A.comparison B.imagination C.consideration D.memory

10.A.over and over B.by and by C.up and down D.now and then

11.A.company B.occupation C.situation D.relationship

12.A.movement B.reaction C.guidance D.purpose

13.A.refused B.failed C.managed D.happened

14.A.asked B.hunted C.waited D.headed

15.A.floor B.surface C.rock D.level

16.A.shocking B.challenging C.puzzling D.astonishing

17.A.as B.but C.for D.or

18.A.attitude B.principle C.identity D.standard

19.A.vacation B.operation C.affair D.adventure

20.A.sought B.counted C.found D.reached

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Few of us haven’t read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams．Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone’s heart—we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity （默默无闻）．

Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too．Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school．

Mary is shy but loves to dance．Compared with other girls, she is invisible．However, her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears．

Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not—kind, handsome and desirable．Mary and Joey’s paths cross at a ball．They meet and fall in love with each other．But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams．Of course, there is a wicked stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies．Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn’t get into the top dance school．Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her．

The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale．Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful．There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies．

“The movie takes the Cinderella fairytale as its jumping off point,” writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson．“Yet the focus is firmly on following your dream．”

1.The first paragraph is mainly to _________．

A．inform us of the importance to marry a prince

B．remind us why Cinderella is popular all the years

C．build interest and lead us to Mary’s secret dream

D．tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is

2.In the movie, Mary Santiago is the main character who _________．

A．is badly treated by the stepmother

B．is brave in expressing her love

C．has a dream of meeting a prince

D．is embarrassed by the pop singer

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A．Joey is just like other boys in Mary’s class．

B．The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary．

C．Not many people have a dream to be realized．

D．Mary’s mother influences her a lot in singing．

4.What does movie critic Amber Wilkinson mean by his words about Another Cinderella Story?

A．The movie is exactly another copy of the Cinderella fairytale．

B．The movie is as good as the story Cinderella．

C．The movie and Cinderella both focus on following your dream．

D．The movie is based on the story Cinderella while a little different from it．

5.The passage is mainly about _________．

A．an introduction to Mary Santiago

B．a review about a film

C．an essay about dreams

D．an advertisement of Cinderella

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Few of us haven't read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams, Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone's heart—we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity（默默无闻） or neglect．

Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too．Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high Mary is shy but loves to dance．Compared with other girls, she is invisible．However, her world changes completely when a famous teenage pop singer, Joey Parker, appears．

Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not—kind, handsome and desirable．Mary and Joey's paths cross at a ball．They meet and falHn love with each other．But when Mary has to．rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams．Of course, there is a wicked（邪恶的） stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies．Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn't get into the top dance school．Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her．

The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modem day twists to the classic fairy tale．Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful．There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies．

"The movie takes the Cinderella fairytale as its jumping off point," writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson．"The focus is firmly on following your dream．"

1.The first paragraph is mainly to _____．

A．build interest and lead us to Mary's secret dream

B．remind us why Cinderella is popular all the years

C．inform us of the main topic of the whole passage

D．tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is

2.In the movie, Mary Santiago is the main character who________.

A．is brave in expressing her iove

B．is attended badly by the stepmother

C．has a dream of meeting a prince

D．is embarrassed by the pop singer

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A．Joey is just like other boys in Mary's class．

B．Mary's mother influences her a lot m singing．

C．Not many people have a dream to be realized．

D．The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary．

4.The passage is mainly _____．

A．an introduction to a film

B．a review about a film

C．an essay about dreams

D．an advertisement of Cinderella

5.According to the passage．Another Cinderella Story _____．

A．follows Cinderella with nothing new

B．pays more attention to the looks of the actors

C．encourages young people to follow their dreams

D．focuses more on materialism than other films

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Few of us haven’t read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone’s heart—we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity(默默无闻)or neglect.

Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.

Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenage pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.

Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not—kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joey’s paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked(邪恶的)stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn’t get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.

The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.

“The movie takes the fairy tale Cinderella as its jumping off point, ”writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson. “The focus is firmly on following your dream. ”

1.The first paragraph is mainly to　　　.

A. build interest and lead us to Mary’s secret dream

B. remind us why Cinderella is popular all the years

C. inform us of the main topic of the whole passage

D. tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is

2. In the movie, Mary Santiago is the main character who　　　.

A. is brave in expressing her love

B. is attended to badly by the stepmother

C. has a dream of meeting a prince

D. is embarrassed by the pop singer

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Joey is just like other boys in Mary’s class.

B. Mary’s mother influences her a lot in singing.

C. Not many people have a dream to be realized.

D. The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary.

4.The passage is mainly　　　.

A. an introduction to a film

B. a review about a film

C. an essay about dreams

D. an advertisement of Cinderella

5.According to the passage, Another Cinderella Story　　　.

A. follows Cinderella with nothing new

B. pays more attention to the looks of the actors

C. encourages young people to follow their dreams

D. focuses more on materialism than other films

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Few of us haven’t read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone’s heart—we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity（默默无闻）.

Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.

Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.

Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not—kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joey’s paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn’t get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.

The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.

“ The movie takes the Cinderella fairy tale as its jumping off point,” writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson. “Yet the focus is firmly on following your dream.”

1.The first paragraph is mainly to ____________.

A. inform us of the importance to marry a prince

B. remind us why Cinderella is popular all the years

C. build interest and lead us to Mary’s secret dream

D. tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is

2.In the movie, Mary Santiago is the main character who _____________.

A. is brave in expressing her love

B. is badly treated by the stepmother

C. has a dream of meeting a prince

D. is embarrassed by the pop singer

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Joey is just like other boys in Mary’s class.

B. The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary.

C. Not many people have a dream to be realized.

D. Mary’s mother influences her a lot in singing.

4.What does movie critic Amber Wilkinson mean by his words about Another Cinderella Story?

A. The movie is exactly another copy of the Cinderella fairy tale.

B. The movie is as good as the story Cinderella.

C. The movie and Cinderella both focus on following your dream.

D. The movie is based on the story Cinderella while a little different from it.

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Few of us haven’t read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone’s heart—we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity or neglect.

Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.

Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.

Joey is everything that the rest of the boys in her class are not — kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joey’s paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked(邪恶的) stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn’t get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.

The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.

“The movie takes the Cinderella fairytale as its jumping off point,” writes the movie critic Amber Wilkinson. “The focus is firmly on following your dream.”

1.In the movie, Mary Santiago _____________.

A. is brave in expressing her love　　 B. has a dream of meeting a prince

C. is badly treated by the stepmother　　 D. is embarrassed by the pop singer

2.What does the underlined word in Paragraph1 probably mean？

A. being popular　　 B. being selfish　　 C. being famous　　 D. being unknown

3.According to the passage, Another Cinderella Story ________.

A. follows Cinderella with nothing new special

B. encourages young people to follow their dreams

C. pays more attention to the looks of the actors

D. focuses more on materialism than other films

4.The passage is mainly about ___________.

A. a fairy tale　　 B. an essay about dreams

C. a film review　　 D. an advertisement of a film

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Few of us haven’t read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone’s heart—we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity(默默无闻).

Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.

Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.

Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not—kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joey’s paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked(邪恶的) stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn’t get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.

The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.

“The movie takes the Cinderella fairytale as its jumping off point,” writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson. “The focus is firmly on following your dream.”

1.The first paragraph is mainly to ____________.

2.In the movie, Mary Santiago is the main character who _____________.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

4.The passage is mainly about ___________.

5.According to the passage, Another Cinderella Story ________.

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A story posted by The New York Post Monday tells the tale of Katrina Holte, a Hillsboro woman who quit her job to cosplay a 1950s housewife.

Let me start by expressing admiration to Holte for using her 2019 freedoms to follow her 1950s dreams. Everyone should be so lucky as to get to decide what they wear and how they spend their time. That’s the future our foremothers fought for.

But as much fun as I am sure she is having living a vintage (复古的) life, which literally includes watching shows like “I Love Lucy” and listening to vinyl recordings (刻录碟片) , I think it’s important to remember that being a 1950s housewife was actually totally awful, and something our grandmothers and mothers fought against.

For example, once I called my grandma and asked her for her recipe for Cloud Biscuits, these delicious biscuits she used to make that we would cover with butter and homemade raspberry jam on Thanksgiving.

“Why would you want that?” she said. “Go to the store. Go to the freezer section. Buy some pre-made biscuits and put them in the oven.”

She straight-up refused to give me the recipe, because it was hard and took a long time to make. In her mind, it was a waste of time.

Getting off the phone, it occurred to me that spending every day of your life serving a husband and five children wasn’t fun at all. And then there are the grandchildren who eventually come along demanding Cloud Biscuits, a whole new expanded set of people to feed.

She was basically a slave to those hungry mouths, cooking scratch meals three times a day

When she wasn’t trapped in the kitchen, she had to keep the house clean, make sure she looked good enough to be socially acceptable, and make sure her kids and husband looked good enough to be socially acceptable. And she had no days off.

I know my grandma loves her kids and her grandkids, her husband and the life she led, but man, it must have been a lot of thankless, mindless labor.

No wonder everyone went all-in on processed foods when they came around. Imagine the nice break something like a microwave dinner would give a woman working, unpaid, for her family every single day?

I also had another grandma. She was a scholar who helped found the Center for the Study of Women in Society at University of Oregon. She was a pioneering second-wave feminist who wrote books, gave lectures and traveled the world.

But, she did all of that after divorcing my grandpa, when most of her kids were out of the house. Back then, in the 1950s and the 1960s, there was no illusion about women “having it all”. How could that even possibly happen? If you were taking care of a family, waiting on your husband, you had no time to follow your dreams, unless you made that your dream

A lot of women took that approach. We call it Stockholm Syndrome now.

And of course, these women I am talking about are upper-middle-class white women. Romanticizing the 1950s is especially disgusting when you think about how women of color and poor women were treated back then, and the lack of education and choices available to them.

Because the women in this country demanded something approaching equality, Holte has the chance to live out her fantasy. Not every woman in America is so lucky.

We still don’t have pay equality and in many states, we still don’t have autonomy over our own bodies. Poor women and women of color still lack the opportunities of their wealthy and white peers.

And while it’s getting better, women are still expected to be responsible for the emotional labor of running a household and raising the children.

But at least we can get jobs. At least we don’t have to sew our own clothes, wear a full face of makeup every day and spend hours making Cloud Biscuits some ungrateful kid will wolf down, barely remembering to say thank you.

1.According to the author, what is the future our foremothers fought for?

A.Watching shows like “I Love Lucy” and listening to vinyl recordings.

B.Having the freedom to make choices in their daily life.

C.Making Cloud Biscuits for their kids and husbands.

D.Making sure their kids and husbands socially acceptable.

2.What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 13 refer to?

A.Writing books, giving lectures and traveling the world.

B.Divorcing husband when kids were out of house.

C.Taking care of a family and waiting on husband.

D.Women’s illusion about “having it all”.

3.What does the “Stockholm Syndrome” in paragraph 14 really mean in the passage?

A.Women have been used to the unfair treatment at home

B.Women nowadays like the way of life in the 1950s.

C.Victims end up sympathizing with the abusers.

D.Women have the chance to live out their dreams.

4.The author thinks of the life of a 1950s housewife as ________.

A.fantastic B.admirable

C.awful D.unforgettable

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A.It was a waste of time to give grandchildren the recipe.

B.All women are not lucky to follow their own dreams in America now.

C.Housewives received recognition for their efforts from family members.

D.The upper-middle-class white women did a better job in running the household.

6.What is the author’s main purpose in writing this passage?

A.To show great appreciation to her grandmas.

B.To call on housewives to claim the pay for the housework they undertake.

C.To draw readers’ attention to the situations women face, especially those poor and of color.

D.To arouse women’s awareness of equal pay at work.

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