Anthony Burgess was 40 when he learned that h...

Anthony Burgess was 40 when he learned that he had only one year to live. He had a brain tumor(肿瘤) that 　　 1.　　 (kill) him within a year. He knew he had a battle on his hands. He was completely broken at the time, so he had 　 2. to leave behind for his wife, Lynne.

Brugress had never been a professional novelist in the past, 　　 3.　　 he always know the potential was inside him to be a writer. So, for the purpose of 　　 4.　　 (leave) something behind for his wife, he put a piece of paper into a typewriter and began writing. He was not sure

5.　　 the book would be published nor not, but he couldn’t think of anything else to do.

“　　 6.　　 was January of 1960,” he said, “and according to the prognosis, I had a winter and spring and summer 　　 7.　　 (live) through, and would die with the fall of the leaf.”

In that time Burgress wrote energetically, finishing a lot of novels before 　　 8.　　 year was through. Burgress did not die. His cancer had gone into remission and then disappeared 　 9.

(magic). In his long and full life as a novelist, he wrote more than 70 books, 　　 10.　　 turns out to be an amazing achievement. Without the death sentence from cancer, he may not have written at all.

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Anthony Burgess was 40 when he learned that he had only one year to live. He had a brain tumor(肿瘤) that 1. (kill) him within a year. He knew he had a battle on his hands. He was completely broken at the time, so he had 2. to leave behind for his wife, Lynne.

Brugress had never been a professional novelist in the past, 3. he always know the potential was inside him to be a writer. So, for the purpose of 4. (leave) something behind for his wife, he put a piece of paper into a typewriter and began writing. He was not sure

5.the book would be published nor not, but he couldn’t think of anything else to do.

“6.was January of 1960,” he said, “and according to the prognosis, I had a winter and spring and summer 7.　 (live) through, and would die with the fall of the leaf.”

In that time Burgress wrote energetically, finishing a lot of novels before8. year was through. Burgress did not die. His cancer had gone into remission and then disappeared9.(magic). In his long and full life as a novelist, he wrote more than 70 books, 10.turns out to be an amazing achievement. Without the death sentence from cancer, he may not have written at all.

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When residents learned on Wednesday that only one of the 13 workers __________ underground had survived, they burst into tears.

A.was trapped B.trapped C.being trapped D.were trapped

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My son was born 12 weeks premature(早产的）．When he was born, the doctors told me that he had only 12 % chance of 　　　　 ．And if he did survive，there was a 99％chance that he would have serious health problems. They said he would be in the hospital for a lifetime. But they would never 　　　　 ，even if there was only a little hope.

I didn't think he would live until the day I had to go back home without my　　　　 ．A nurse took me to my son's room when I was　　　　 the hospital.“He hasn't been able to open his eyes yet"，the　　　　 told me. I spoke to him with tears. To my great 　　　　 ，he opened his eyes! I was so 　　　　 ．！My baby heard my voice and was trying to 　　　　 me!

My son began to prove the doctors were 　　　　 ．When he was 6 weeks old，he finally left the hospital.

　　　 But he 　　　　 had a lot of trouble learning how to breathe on his own. I remember he once stopped 　　　　 and turned grey after eating. I turned to the doctors and they made him 　　　　 again. he also had difficulty with　　　　 ．The doctors had to leave a tube placed in his stomach　　　　 he could get enough food.

When my little baby was 3 months old，he was so 35 at that time---he was only 5 pounds in weight. The doctors got the 　　　　 out last year because he could eat without it and now he is a 5-year-old healthy boy.

I will never forget how　　　　 his life is and how many people fought to save him. I am forever 　　　　 for what the doctors did. I really believe that it was 　　　　 that saved my baby's life. So never 　　　　 hope！

1.A. surviving　　　 B. recovering　　　 C. succeeding　　　　 D. escaping

2.A. get back　　　 B. give up　　　　　 C. give in　　　　　　 D. get up

3.A. brother　　　　 B. husband　　　　 C. baby　　　　　　　 D. parent

4.A. visiting　　　　 B. calling　　　　　 C. approaching　　　 D. leaving

5.A. doctor　　　　 B. nurse　　　　　　 C. cleaner　　　　　　 D. reporter

6.A. surprise　　　　 B. disappointment　 C. knowledge　　　　 D. sadness

7.A. curious　　　　 B. interested　　　　 C. excited　　　　　 D. satisfied

8.A. hurt　　　　 B. see　　　　　　　 C. influence　　　　 D. touch

9.A. right　　　　　 B. wise　　　　　　　 C. serious　　　　　 D. wrong

10.A. hardly　　　　 B. never　　　　　　 C. still　　　　　　　 D. seldom

11.A. jumping　　　　 B. walking　　　　　 C. moving　　　　 D. breathing

12.A. alive　　　　　　 B. active　　　　　　 C. dead　　　　　　 D. powerful

13.A. eating　　　　　 B. sleeping　　　　　 C. standing　　　　 D. sitting

14.A. if　　　　　　　　 B. as　　　　　　　　 C. so　　　　　　　 D. after

15.A. strong　　　　　 B. thin　　　　　　　　 C. tall　　　　　　 D. clever

16.A. bag　　　　　　 B. tube　　　　　　　　 C. food　　　　　　 D. metal

17.A. wonderful　　 B. short　　　　　　　 C. strong　　　　　 D. valuable

18.A.regretful　　　　 B. hateful　　　　　　 C. thankful　　　　 D. fearful

19.A. hope　　　　　　 B. encouragement　　 C. money　　　　 D. bravery

20.A. forget　　　　　 B. find　　　　　　　　 C. get　　　　　　 D. lose

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I was three months pregnant with twin boys when my husband and I learned that one of them had a fatal birth defect (缺陷). His skull and brain were not ______ properly. Babies with this ______ typically die within minutes, hours or days of being born.

This news was devastating (毁灭性的), and also ______. I wondered, was it something I ate, was it something I ______, was it something I did? But then, ______ it was, why was one of them healthy? So I was ______ with a lot of questions that would never have answers.

Six months later, the twins were born, and they were both born ______. Thomas lived for six days. Callum was healthy. We had decided to ______ Thomas's organs to science. While his death was inevitable, we thought maybe it could be ______.

Three years later. I ______ whether these donations made a ______. So I ______ at the Schepens Eye Research Institute the next day. A receptionist ______ me to Dr. James Zieske, a professor of Hansard Medical School. He ______ my hand and said, “Do you have any questions for me?” I was so ______ at meeting him. I said. “How many corneas (眼角膜) do you request in a year?” He said, “'About ten a year. We would request more, but they are hard to get, and infant eyes are like ______ to us.” My heart was just in my throat. I could ______ choke out the words. He added, “We are likely still studying your son's eye cells, and they are probably in this lab right now.”

When the tour ______, I felt something in me starting to ______. I felt that my son had ______ his place in the world, and that place was Harvard. I'm now an Ivy League mum.

1.A.combined B.formed C.distributed D.adapted

2.A.diagnosis B.judgment C.position D.symbol

3.A.shocking B.encouraging C.confusing D.terrifying

4.A.bought B.collected C.drank D.ignored

5.A.even if B.as if C.in case D.regardless of

6.A.meeting B.associating C.wrestling D.competing

7.A.deaf B.alive C.blind D.equal

8.A.deliver B.apply C.attach D.donate

9.A.ambitious B.inspiring C.rewarding D.productive

10.A.wondered B.imagined C.assumed D.explained

11.A.deal B.difference C.mistake D.fortune

12.A.showed up B.pulled up C.set out D.brought out

13.A.recommended B.related C.introduced D.announced

14.A.grabbed B.shook C.rubbed D.touched

15.A.sensitive B.heartbroken C.privileged D.emotional

16.A.gold B.sunshine C.silver D.light

17.A.slightly B.rarely C.hardly D.definitely

18.A.repeated B.concluded C.expanded D.processed

19.A.disappear B.hurt C.change D.arise

20.A.found B.set C.confirmed D.proved

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JAYCE began noticing when he was 5 in kindergarten that others had two hands but he had one.

When one boy _______ him, Jayce felt very sad. He returned home with _______ : Why am I different? Why?

"He _______ told us he was mad at God for making him that way, " Lewis, his mother　 says. "That was a huge knife to the _______."

Lewis _______ she didn't know what to do at that point. One day, when Jayce was 12, Lewis _______ the TV to a news story about Trashaun, an eighth grader from Washington, Trashaun, then 14, two years older than Jayce, had become an Internet sensation after _______ videos of his slam dunks(灌篮). Like Jayce, he was _______ most o£ his left arm. Lewis called Jayce in. He watched _______ dunk after mazing dunk.

It seemed that watching Trashaun would simply be a(n) ________ moment for Jayce—he'd see a surprising role model with a similar　 ________. Had it stayed just that; Lewis would have been ________. Little did she know that a family friend had already ________ the newspaper to help set up a meeting with Trashaun to build Jayce's ________.

The boys met on a Saturday afternoon two months later, in April 2017.

The day was not spent being buried in self-pity—it was devoted to ________ , They rode bikes around, took photos, played hide-and-seek, and ________ baskets.

Trashaun ________ their left arms. He told Jayce not to let words ________ his confidence or anyone dray him down,________ that he was perfect the way God made him.

Since that meeting, Lewis has seen a pronounced ________ in her son.

1.A.hit B.teased C.praised D.attacked

2.A.questions B.anxiety C.requirements D.surprise

3.A.hardly B.casually C.gradually D.actually

4.A.head B.hand C.heart D.back

5.A.admits B.agrees C.notices D.accuses

6.A.got to B.came to C.looked at D.turned on

7.A.purchasing B.posting C.attracting D.donating

8.A.considering B.using C.missing D.observing

9.A.hopefully B.thankfully C.carefully D.excitedly

10.A.interesting B.boring C.thrilling D.inspiring

11.A.disability B.height C.strength D.idea

12.A.tired B.worried C.happy D.hopeful

13.A.ordered B.entered C.asked D.left

14.A.ambition B.confidence C.business D.house

15.A.fun B.talk C.work D.study

16.A.shot B.grasp C.caught D.took

17.A.put up B.waved down C.lay down D.talked about

18.A.increase B.shake C.build D.lose

19.A.but B.so C.because D.or

20.A.achievement B.difficulty C.difference D.help

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When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines, Iowa, he told me about the only time he had been there. It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor of the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University（SMU）in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU, and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease. She couldn’t afford the operation because her family was poor.

Her mother ran a boardinghouse in Galveston, a seaside town near Houston, Texas. She was cleaning out the attic（阁楼）one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript（手稿）. On its top page were the words, “By O. Henry”. It was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter at SMU, who showed it to my father. My father had never read the story before, but it sounded like O. Henry, and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Galveston boardinghouse, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York, whoauthenticatedthe story as O. Henry’s.

My father then set out to sell it. Eventfully, he found himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles, a top editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loves the story and bought it on the spot. My father took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.

My father never told me what the O. Henry story was about. But I doubt that it could have been better than his own story.

1.Who found the O. Henry’s manuscript?

A. The girl’s mother.　　 B. The author’s father.

C. The girl.　　 D. The author.

2.Which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found in the　 attic?

A. O. Henry once worked in Houston.

B. O. Henry once stayed in Galveston.

C. O. Henry once moved to Des Moines.

D. O. Henry once taught at SMU.

3.The underlined word “authenticated” in Paragraph 2 probably means ______.

A. named　　 B. treated

C. proved　　 D. described

4.According to the text, why did the author’s father go to Des Moines?

A. To sell the O. Henry story.

B. To meet the author himself.

C. To talk with the O. Henry expert.

D. To give money to the girl.

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When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines, Iowa, he told me about the only time he had been there. It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor if the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University（SMU）in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU, and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease. She couldn;t afford the operation because her family was poor.

　　　 Her mother ran a boardinghouse in Galveston, a seaside town near Houston, Texas. She was cleaning out the attic（阁楼）one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript（手稿）. On its top page were the words, “By O. Henry”. It was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter at SMU, who showed it to my father. My father had never read the story before, but it sounded like O. Henry, and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Gainestown boardinghouse, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York, who authenticated the story as O. Henry’s.

　　　 My father then set out to sell it. Eventfully, he foud himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles, a top editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loves the story and bought it on the spot. My father took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.

　　　 My father never told me what the O. Henry story was about. But i doubt that it could have been better than his own story.

1.Who found the O. Henry’s manuscript?

A. The girl’s mother.　　　　　　     B. The author’s father.

C. The girl.　　　　     　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. The author.

2.Which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found in the attic?

A. O. Henry once worked in Houston.　　　　　　

B. O. Henry once stayed in Galveston.

C. O. Henry once moved to Des Moines.　　　

D. O. Henry once taught at SMU.

3.The underlined word “authenticated” in Paragraph 2 probably means __________.

A. named　　　　　　　     B. treated　　　　　　　     C. proved　　　　     D. described

4.According to the text, why did the author’s father go to Des Moines?

A. To sell the O. Henry story.　　　　　　     B. To meet the author himself.

C. To talk with the O. Henry expert.　　　     D. To give money to the girl.

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Tom was sorry to learn that his grandfather _____ for half an hour when he got to the hospital．

A．had died　　　　 B．had been dead

C．Died　　　　 　　 D．has been dead

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Kalle Lasn was in a supermarket parking lot one afternoon when he had an experience that changed his life．In order to shop at the store, he needed to put money into the shopping cart to use it．Annoyed that he had to "pay to shop," Lasn jammed the coin into the cart so that it wouldn't work．It was an act of rebellion—the first of many—for Lasn．

Born in Estonia, Kalle Lasn moved to Australia as a young man and then later to Japan, where he founded a marketing research firm in Tokyo．Eventually, Lasn moved to Canada and for several years produced documentaries （纪录片） for public television．In the late 1980s, Lasn made an advertisement that spoke out against the logging industry and the deforestation going on in the Pacific Northwest．When he tried to show his ad on TV, though, no station in this area would give him airtime．In response, Lasn and a colleague founded Adbusters Media Foundation, a company for the "Human right to communicate．

Adbusters produces magazine, newspaper, and TV ads with a social message．Many use humor and irony to make their points: In one, for example, a man chain smokes a brand of cigarettes called "Hope"．In another, a child is dressed in an outfit used in fast-food ads．Next to the child is a note from its mother telling the restaurant to leave her child alone．

Adbusters also has a magazine and a web site, the Culture Jammers Network, whose members include students, artists, and activists as well as educators and businesspeople interested in social change．Many of these "culture jammers" are working to raise awareness about different social issues by hosting events like "Buy Nothing Day" , " No Car Day" and "TV Turnoff Week" ．Lasn and his partners hope these events will encourage people to think about questions such as;

·What kinds of things are we being encouraged to buy by the media?

·Should cars be our primary means of transportation?

·How are television and radio being used now? How could we be using them?

Some culture jammers are using other methods to challenge how people think．Some pretend to be shoppers．They move items in stores from one shelf to another making it difficult for people to find things easily．Other culture jammers break into large company well sites and jam them so that they become unusable．The goal in both cases ia to prevent "Business as usual" and to gel people to ask themselves questions such as "Why am I shopping here?" or "Why should I buy this product?"

Lasn and members of the Culture Jammers Network want to make people aware of social issues, but they also believe it's important to think of solutions, too．"A lot of people tell you everything that's wrong but they never say much about how to fix these problems," says Lasn．"But there is plenty we can do．If you start despairing, you have lost everything．"

Though many TV stations still won't show Adbusters' " uncommercials" , some cable TV stations have started to．People all over the world have joined the Culture Jammers Network and are doing their part to promote social change．

1.What does the underlined word "rebellion" in Paragraph 1 most probably mean?

2.What's the main point of the ad for "Hope" cigarettes?

3.Some culture jammers break into websites in order to ________．

4.It can be inferred from the passage ________．

5.Which of the following best describes what Lasn has done?

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