Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated (躲避) into books. Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.
In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’ Workshop, however, she felt lonely-a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “creative voice”.
“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about.”
Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book talks about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school to graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.
1.What can we know about Cisneros in her childhood?
A. Her brothers disliked her.
B. She felt herself a nobody.
C. She was too shy to go to school.
D. She did not meet any good teachers.
2.The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to ________.
A. run away from her family B. develop her writing style
C. make a lot of friends D. search for a husband
3.According to Cisneros, what was the key factor in her success?
A. Her childhood experience.
B. Her training in the Workshop.
C. Her feeling of being different.
D. Her early years in college.
4.What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?
A. It enjoys great popularity among students.
B. It is a book of poetry written by Cisneros.
C. It wasn’t a success as it was written in Spanish.
D. It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine.
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Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated (躲避) into books. Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.
In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’ Workshop, however, she felt lonely-a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “creative voice”.
“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about.”
Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book talks about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school to graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.
1.What can we know about Cisneros in her childhood?
A. Her brothers disliked her.
B. She felt herself a nobody.
C. She was too shy to go to school.
D. She did not meet any good teachers.
2.The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to ________.
A. run away from her family B. develop her writing style
C. make a lot of friends D. search for a husband
3.According to Cisneros, what was the key factor in her success?
A. Her childhood experience.
B. Her training in the Workshop.
C. Her feeling of being different.
D. Her early years in college.
4.What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?
A. It enjoys great popularity among students.
B. It is a book of poetry written by Cisneros.
C. It wasn’t a success as it was written in Spanish.
D. It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine.
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Betty Ford was born in 1918 in Chicago. Her family moved to Michigan when she 1. (be) young. Betty did everything2. (careful) and enjoyed music best. After high school, she went to school 3. (learn) more about dancing. Later on, she met a famous 4. (dance), Martha Graham. She joined Graham’s troupe(表演团) in New York. After five years, Betty moved back to Machigan 5. started a dancing group there. She taught dancing to children with disabilities. Betty met Gerald Ford in 1947. They got 6. (marry) the next year. Gerald chose to work for Congress (国会) after 7. (wed). He was in Congress for 25 years. Betty took care 8. their children. A short time later, Nixon gave up his position of the president. As a result, Gerald Ford 9. (elect) president and Betty became 10. First Lady.
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阅读下面短文,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Betty Ford was born in 1918 in Chicago. Her family moved to Michigan 1. she was young. Betty did everything 2.(careful)and enjoyed music best. After high school, she went to school 3.(learn)more about dancing. Later on, she met a famous 4.(dance), Martha Graham. She joined Graham's troupe(表演团)in New York. After five years, Betty moved back to Machigan 5.started a dancing group there. She taught dancing to children with disabilities. Betty met Gerald Ford in 1947. They got 6.(marry)the next year. Gerald chose to work for Congress(国会)after 7.(wed). Betty took care 8. their children. A short time 9.(late), Nixon gave up his position of the president. As a result, Gerald Ford 10.(elect)president and Betty became the First Lady.
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Michael Jordan was born on February 17, 1963. In 1984 he joined the NBA's Chicago Bull. His wonderful performance with leaping ability earned him the nickname “Air Jordan”. In 1991, he won his first NBA championship with the Bulls, and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and1993.
Because of some personal reasons, he left the team in 1993, he returned to the Bulls in 1995. Then, he got three additional championships in the following three years. Jordan retired for a second time in 1999, but he returned for two more NBA seasons in 2001.
In Jordan’s career, he was awarded with different titles and reputations, which included 5 MVP awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star appearances and so on.
Jordan played on two Olympic gold medal-winning American basketball teams. As a college player he participated, and won the gold, in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Jordan led the team in scoring averaging 17.1 points per game for the tournament. In the 1992 Summer Olympics he was a member of the star-studded team that included Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and David Robinson and was known as "Dream Team". Playing limited minutes due to the frequent blowouts, Jordan averaged 12.7 points per game, finishing fourth on the team in scoring. The team won the gold medal, restoring the United States to the top of the basketball world.
Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. He has gained tremendous popularity throughout the world. People of all ages and from all nationalities have gathered to watch him play. He is a hero among basketball spectators.
1.What earned Michael Jordan the nickname "Air Jordan"?
(no more than 6 words)
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2.How many times was he awarded with the title of Most Valuable Player?
(no more than 2 words)
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3.What was the Olympic gold medal-winning American basketball team called in 1992?
(no more than 3 words)
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4.How does the writer comment on Michael Jordan? ( no more than 10 words)
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James Cameron was born in a small town in Canada on August16,1954. At 15 he discovered what he wanted to do with his life. 1. The movie was Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Cameron set his hope high. 2. But he didn’t know anything about cinema. What’s more, he lived far away from Hollywood, the place for him to realize his dreams.
__3.__ His father told him they would be moving to California and living only a few miles from Hollywood. At that time, he had a great desire to attend film school, but his family couldn’t afford it. So he went to study physics at Fullerton College.
Before long Cameron dropped out of college and began earning his living as a truck driver. But he still hadn’t given up his dream of becoming a movie maker. His first professional film job was an art director in 1980, and in 1984 he wrote and directed the Terminator. 4._ after it came a series of successful science fiction action films.
Cameron now could do whatever he wanted. He had several projects in mind, including Titanic. 5. But it ended up earning almost $ 2 billion. After Titanic, Cameron started making Avatar in 2005. It took his team two years just to do the technical research, but the movie has become another huge success.
A. It was a huge success.
B. He wanted to make movies.
C. Cameron had to face the facts.
D. This movie cost $ 200 million to make.
E. However, Cameron got a lucky break in 1971.
F. It happened one night after he saw a movie.
G. They used high technology to get the effects they wanted.
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There was a time when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago had to pay large sums of money to gangsters(匪徒)in return for “protection”. If the money was not paid immediately, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop. Getting “protection money” is not a modern means. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.
Then Sir John Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a group of soldiers and settled near Florence. He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto. Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other, Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to those who were willing to pay the high price he demanded. In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away if protection money was paid to them. Hawkwood made large sums of money with this method. In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero .When he died at eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had his picture painted, which was in memory of “this bravest man”.
1.What protection did Chicago gangsters give to those who paid them?
A. They saved those people’s businesses from destruction.
B. They left those people’s business unharmed much.
C. They sent soldiers to serve them no matter what help they needed willingly.
D. They didn’t take those people’s lives
2.Sir John Hawkwook's Italian name “Giovanni Acuto” was one which .
A. he gave himself in order to become better known to the Italians
B. he earned through his sharp practice of selling his ‘protection’
C. he needed so as to hire his soldiers to Italians
D. was given him in telling his services to the others’
3.The Italians regarded Hawkwood as a sort of hero .
A. because they couldn’t help admiring his bravery and boldness(胆大)
B. as he aided the citizens in peacetime when business was bad for them
C. he had played an important role in their daily life
D. for he lived so long and was given a state funeral by the Florentines
4.From the passage, we can guess the gangsters were those .
A. who were of great importance to the poor
B. who made the businessmen do whatever they were in need of
C. who were always ready to be sent abroad
D. who did harm to others
5.According to the writer, Hawkwood was .
A. a sort of national hero B. an experienced leader C. a brave soldier D. a noble gangster
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Bob was born in Cambridge. When he was in elementary school, he asked his mother to take him to parks in their community so he could collect empty soda cans to recycle. His mother agreed, as long as he saved part of the money he earned for college.
Bob’s mother remembers Bob as the most determined of her seven kids. Bob’s hard work paid off. On Friday, he will become the first person in his family, originally from El Salvador, to graduate from college. And he’s graduating with university honors.
For his honors thesis(毕业论文)he researched unmanned solar-powered(太阳能)airplanes, which BYU students have been building and testing for about 10 years. Bob’s study helps discover the best way to fly a solar-powered airplane so that it uses the least amount of power. The goal is to design and build an airplane that flies uncertainly. Bob’s thesis helps lay the basis for this work.
“My parents were always hard-working,” Bob said. “They often tell us hard work leads to success.” Bob’s father taught him to read at the age of 3, and his mother is now a student at Utah Valley University in a way to becoming a dentist.
Bob recognized he overcame some obstacles(障碍)to get where he is. For starters, English is his second language. He also faced stereotypes(模式化的形象). Although Bob never doubted that he would be a college graduate, other people believed he wouldn’t because he didn’t come from a family of high income. There were other obstacles as well, but Bob viewed them all as opportunities.
Bob’s mother says she feels very happy and proud that her son is about to graduate with honors, and remembers the effort he’s made to get there. “He has worked very hard. He started something, and now he has finished it,” Cathy says. “I have always told him, ‘If this is your dream, then you can get it! Keep working hard and you can get it!’”
1.From the passage we can know that Bob’s honors thesis __________.
A. makes his mother feel surprised
B. helps to save the power of flying a solar-powered airplane
C. is done with BYU students
D. doubts the way of flying a solar-powered airplane
2.According to the passage, Bob .
A. researched unmanned solar-powered airplanes for 10 years
B. paid for all his study by collecting empty soda cans
C. worked hard and has graduated from college
D. was affected by his family and has made some achievements
3.People thought Bob couldn’t graduate from college because _________.
A. his parents had little money to support him
B. his teacher didn’t think he could graduate
C. he didn’t work hard on his study
D. he didn’t dare to face the obstacles for short of confidence
4.It can be inferred that .
A. Bob’s mother is on the way to becoming a dentist
B. Bob’s mother works in their community
C. Bon’s father will graduate from Utah Valley University on Friday
D. Bob’s father learnt to read at the age of 3
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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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