Further reading made me realize that it was h...

Further reading made me realize that it was hard work and determination as well as her good nature _____ had got her into medical school.

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A Writing Fool

In the seventh grade I realized I was dyslexic, which made it difficult for me to read and spell. I did really badly in my history course, so my mother said to me, “I’ll work with you for a full week. I’m going to show you what you can do if you put in the right amount of effort.” So we did. We worked on history for a full week, an extra hour every day. Then I went to school and failed the test, as always. It was really upsetting.

By the time I got to college I came to know that I couldn’t spell no matter how hard I tried. So I would sign up for extra courses. I’d be in registration lines all day. Then I would go around the first day of class and ask each professor: “What’s your policy on misspelling?” If he said, “Three misspellings is a fail,” I’d drop it.

Although I was an academic failure, I had a great time. I had many friends and I was always popular. I was a good football player, which was important in those years because I could read my name in the newspaper. I never had a day when I would think, “People don’t like me.”

In spite of my obvious weaknesses, I became successful in my career, so much so that people say to me, “So you’ve overcome dyslexia.” No. I don’t overcome it. I just learn to compensate for it. Some easy things are hard for me. Most people read 500 words a minute. I only read 200. I try not to dial a phone because I sometimes have to dial three times to get the number right. I owe my successful career to my writing instructor, Ralph Salisbury. He looked past my misspellings and gave　 me　 encouragement.　 So　 I　 always　 feel　 confident.　 When　 I　 write　 my　 books, I’m　 seeing everything in my imagination. I write quickly and go like the wind.

The real fear that I have for dyslexic people is not that they have to struggle with their reading skills or that they can’t spell correctly, but that they will quit on themselves before they get out of school.

1.When the author did badly in the course, his mother thought that　 　　 .

A. he needed a better teacher

B. he did not work hard enough

C. he was probably too ill to study

D. he was not as smart as other children

2.In college, the author was in registration lines all day to　 　　 .

A. choose most interesting courses

B. become friends with new classmates

C. stay distance from language teachers

D. avoid courses that require correct spelling

3.Which of the following best describes the author in college?

A. Happy and active.

B. Shy and unhappy.

C. Successful and funny.

D. Quiet and unsuccessful.

4.According to the author, it is important for dyslexic people　 　　 .

A. not to get out of school

B. not to give up so easily

C. to learn to spell correctly

D. to develop reading skills

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My first job was working for a women’s clothes manufacturer at the age of 15. It made me realize what I didn’t want to do for my future employment.

The only advantage of this job was receiving a wage at the end of the week and sometimes getting clothes for free if they were to my taste. I carried on doing this for only a year, as my studies at school were getting more serious and I wanted to study more to get the right grades.

After I had finished college, my first real job was working for a play publisher in central London. I remember writing a letter of application for the post of administration for Samuel French Limited. I had put so much effort into writing it, not realizing that this would be my first step in the process of finding out what I really wanted to do for my future employment. I didn’t think I would get the job, but as it turned out, I got a telephone call quickly and started a week later. I remember being excited that I would be working for a publisher in London. Although I had thought I would prefer to work for a book publisher, a play publisher was just as enjoyable.

Looking back now, not all first jobs turn out to be enjoyable. Some of my friends worked in supermarkets while they were at college just to earn a bit of money. I remember thinking how much happier I felt working in a clothes factory than in a supermarket.

Years later, I can see how good it is to experience work at an early age, as it gives people the opportunity to decide what kind of career will be most suitable for them one day. The boring task of a job will make a person want to pursue an education to get into the right type of employment, which was what I had realized in the end.

1.The author did her first job for only a year because _______.

A.the clothes made there didn’t suit her taste

B.she really didn’t like such a boring job

C.she wanted to get the right grades at school

D.she didn’t get well paid at the end of the week

2.What can we learn about the author in the third paragraph?

A.She was confident that she could get the first job.

B.She telephoned Samuel French Limited for a post.

C.She was aware of the importance of writing the application letter.

D.She used to think she would prefer to work for a book publisher.

3.It could be inferred from the text that the author _______.

A.took her first job in order to support her poor family

B.realized what her first job meant to her future employment

C.had a great interest in her first job in a clothes factory

D.thought her friends’ job in supermarkets was more interesting

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A.My Experience in a Clothes Factory

B.The Qualities of a Play Publisher

C.Importance of Early Work Experience

D.The Secrets to Get the Right Grades

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The plan was so shallow and impractical that no serious _______ was ever made to realize it.

A．recognition        B．comment          C．attempt           D．credit

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The plan was so shallow and impractical that no serious _________was ever made to realize it.

A．recognition        B．comment          C．attempt           D．credit

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Ladies and gentlemen,

I feel that this award was not made to me as a man, but to my work - a life's work in the agony（痛苦） and sweat of the human spirit. But I would like to use this moment as a climax from which I might be listened to by the young men and women already dedicated to the same agony and sweat, among whom is already that one who will someday stand here where I am standing.

Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it. Because of this, the young man or woman writing today has forgotten the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat.

He, the writer, must learn them again. He must teach himself that the worst of all things is to be afraid; and, teaching himself that, forget it forever, leaving no room in his workshop for anything but the old truths of the heart, the old universal truths lacking which any story is short-lived and doomed - love and honor and pity and pride and sympathy and sacrifice. Until he does so, he labors under a curse（诅咒）. He writes not of love but of desire, of defeats in which nobody loses anything of value, of victories without hope and, worst of all, without pity or sympathy. His griefs grieve on no universal bones, leaving no scars. He writes not of the heart but of the glands（腺体）.

Until he relearns these things, he will write as though he stood among and watched the end of man. I decline to accept the end of man. It is easy enough to say that man is immortal simply because he will endure. I refuse to accept this. I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of sympathy and sacrifice and endurance. The poet's, the writer's, duty is to write about these things. It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and sympathy and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past. The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the pillars to help him endure and prevail.

1.The word “that” in the 2nd paragraph probably means ______.

A. the agony and sweat of the human spirit

B. the general and universal physical fear

C. the sustenance and endurance for a long time

D. the human heart in conflict with itself

2.According to the speaker, the old truths of the heart are so important that ______.

A. they are love, honor, pity, pride, sympathy and sacrifice

B. they prolong a writer’s life and protect him from curses

C. they are the soul of a real and powerful piece of writing

D. they can effectively stop the trend towards the end of man

3.How can poets / writers help man endure and prevail?

A. By inspiring man with his past glories through words.

B. By helping man endure the end through endless voices.

C. By recording sympathy, sacrifice and endurance in his soul.

D. By building spiritual pillars through immortal hearts.

4.The speaker may probably agree that ______.

A. the award was not fair because his life was too painful

B. young writers now are too fearful to bear the agony and sweat

C. the biggest obstacle to good writing is the writer’s fear

D. writing about man’s soul signals his final prevalence

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　　　after a whole day’s work that he could hardly stand it.

A .So was tired and hungry he  B. Was so tired and hungry he

C. So tired and hungry was he  D. So tired and hungry he was

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__________ after a whole day’s work that he could hardly stand it.

A．So he was tired and hungry                B．Was he so tired and hungry

C．So tired and hungry was he                D．So tired and hungry he was

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________him that she would fail as she was so able and worked so hard.

A. It never occurred to　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 B. That never occurred to

C. It never occurred with　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 D. That never occurred for

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It was the principles I learned from my reading ____enabled me to get bigger and better jobs.

A. that                          B. which                                C. what                                  D. who

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