We admire Susan for her persistence, the only...

We admire Susan for her persistence, the only one of the young girls who __________ in the rock band for 3 years so far.

A.played B.play C.have played D.has played

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Mom wanted only one thing for her birthday. “Can you find me another copy of this song?” she asked, and handed me a worn-out cassette tape (磁带). I knew exactly what was recorded on it: My Redeemer (救世主). I heard the song played at least a thousand times while growing up. After so many years, the cassette tape was too worn out to be used. I promised her I would find a replacement.

My Redeemer became Mom’s favorite song after my younger brother Tim was killed by a drunk driver in 1973. The only thing that helped her calm down was the soulful sound of My Redeemer from the local radio station.

We recorded it on a cassette tape so she could listen to it any time she wanted but none of us knew who the soloist (独唱者) was. These days, I thought the song would be easy to find out. I went home and searched the Internet. Several songs with that title popped up, but none of them was the one Mom loved. I got frustrated.

Mom’s birthday drew near and then one day, I was driving home, listening to our local radio station. A familiar tune came on. It was My Redeemer! As soon as I could, I phoned the station. I got a line on the soloist, who was called Alan Parks. I typed his name into Google and found his home number in South Carolina. Minutes later, I was telling him how much his recording meant to Mom. He offered to ship two CDs out to me personally. I gave him my address.

‘Red Lion, Pennsylvania?’ he said. ‘Do you know the Logans?’ ‘They are our neighbors!’ ‘I’ve been friends with them for 25 years,’ Alan said. ‘They’ll be at my concert at York Gospel Chapel on April 17th. Would you and your mom come too” We sure would. Mom was excited to hear Alan sing My Redeemer to her, live in concert —on the evening of her 87th birthday.

1.Why was the song My Redeemer so important to the author’s mother?

A. Tim gave it to her.

B. It was a comfort to her.

C. It was a love for her husband.

D. It reminded her of her friends.

2.What does the underlined part “popped up” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. Looked up.　　 B. Showed up.

C. Got up.　　 D. Woke up.

3.What can we learn about Alan Parks from this passage?

A. He lived in Red Lion, Pennsylvania.

B. He offered to give the author two cassette tapes.

C. He invited the author and her mother to the concert.

D. He would sing for the author’s mom on the radio station.

4.Which of the following is most surprising?

A. The author’s mother celebrated her 87th birthday.

B. Alan Parks was an old friend of the author’s neighbors.

C. Alan Parks happened to get to know the author’s mother

D. The author and Alan Parks lived in the same neighborhood.

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Susan Williams went to a boarding school. Here is one of the letters she wrote to her parents from the school.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I'm afraid I have some very bad news for you, I have been very naughty and the school principal is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer.

The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed. This is against the rules, of course. We are not supposed to smoke at all.

As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room. I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away. Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste-paper basket, which caught, fire, there was a curtain near the waste-paper basket which caught fire, too. Soon the whole room was burning. The principal phoned for the fire department. The school is a long way from the town and by the time the fire department arrived, the whole school was in flames.

Many of the girls are in the hospital.

The principal says that the fire was all my fault and you must pay for fire damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.

I am very sorry about this.

Much love,

Susan.

PS (附言). None of the above is true, but I have failed my exams. I just want you to know how bad things could have been!

1.Susan wrote home ______.

A. to tell her parents about the fire

B. to ask for a million dollars

C. to tell her parents she had failed her exams

D. to tell her parents she had to leave school

2.The principal was angry with Susan for the reason that ______.

A. she had failed her exams

B. she had been caught smoking in bed

C. it was her fault that the school had caught fire

D. she had not phoned for the fire-department in time

3.Susan told her parents about the fire ______.

A. to warn them about what the principal would do

B. to make them feel worried

C. to make them less angry at her real news

D. to make them laugh

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Susan Williams went to a boarding school. Here is one of the letters she wrote to her parents from the school.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I’m afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty and the school principal（校长）is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer.

The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed．This is against the rules, of course. We are not supposed to smoke at all.

As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room. I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away. Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste-paper basket, which caught fire. There was a curtain near the waste-paper basket which caught fire, too. Soon the whole room was burning. The principal phoned for the fire department. The school is a long way from the town and by the time the fire department arrived, the whole school was in flames. Many of the girls are in the hospital.

The principal says that the fire was all my fault and you must pay for the damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.

I am very sorry about this.

Much love, Susan.

P.S. None of the above is true, but I have failed my exams. I just want you to know how bad things could have been!

1.Susan wrote home ________.

A. to tell her parents she had failed her exams

B. to ask for a million dollars

C. to tell her parents about the fire

D. to tell her parents she had to leave school

2.In the letter, Susan told her parents that the principal was angry with her for the reason that_____.

A. she had failed her exams.

B. she had been caught smoking in bed.

C. it was her fault that the school had caught fire.

D. she had not phoned for the fire department in time.

3.Susan told her parents about the fire ________.

A. to warn them about what the principal would do

B. to make them less angry at her real news

C. to make them feel worried

D. to make them laugh

4.How true was the letter before the P.S.?

A. Partly true.

B. All true.

C.　 The story doesn’t really tell us.

D. Completely untrue

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Susan Williams went to a boarding school. Here is one of the letters she wrote to her parents from the school.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I’m afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty and the school principal（校长）is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer.

The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed．This is against the rules, of course. We are not supposed to smoke at all.

As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room. I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away. Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste-paper basket, which caught fire. There was a curtain near the waste-paper basket which caught fire, too. Soon the whole room was burning. The principal phoned for the fire department. The school is a long way from the town and by the time the fire department arrived, the whole school was in flames. Many of the girls are in the hospital.

The principal says that the fire was all my fault and you must pay for the damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.

I am very sorry about this.

Much love, Susan.

P.S. None of the above is true, but I have failed my exams. I just want you to know how bad things could have been!

1.Susan wrote home ________.

A. to tell her parents about the fire

B. to ask for a million dollars

C. to tell her parents she had failed her exams

D. to tell her parents she had to leave school

2.In the letter, Susan told her parents that the principal was angry with her for the reason that_____.

A. she had failed her exams.

B. she had been caught smoking in bed.

C. it was her fault that the school had caught fire.

D. she had not phoned for the fire department in time.

3.Susan told her parents about the fire ________.

A. to warn them about what the principal would do

B. to make them feel worried

C. to make them less angry at her real news

D. to make them laugh

4.How true was the letter before the P.S.?

A. Partly true.

B. All true.

C. Completely untrue

D. The story doesn’t really tell us.

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Susan Sontag (1933 — 2004) was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature. For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everything — to read every book worth reading, to see every movie worth seeing. When she was still in her early 30s, publishing essays in such important magazines as Partisan Review, she appeared as the symbol of American cultural life, trying hard to follow every new development in literature, film and art. With great effort and serious judgment, Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture.

Seriousness was one of Sontag’s lifelong watchwords（格言）, but at a time when the barriers between the well-educated and the poor-educated were obvious, she argued for a true openness to the pleasures of pop culture. In ‘‘Notes on Camp”, the 1964 essay that first made her name, she explained what was then a little-known set of difficult understandings, through which she could not have been more famous. ‘“Notes on Camp”, she wrote, represents “a victory of ‘form’ over ‘content’ ,‘beauty’ over ‘morals’”.

By conviction（信念）she was a sensualist（感觉论者）, but by nature she was a moralist（伦理论者）, and in the works she published in the 1970s and 1980s, it was the latter side of her that came forward. In Illness as Metaphor — published in 1978, after she suffered cancer — she argued against the idea that cancer was somehow a special problem of repressed personalities （被压抑的个性）, a concept that effectively blamed the victim for the disease. In fact, re-examining old positions was her lifelong habit.

In America, her story of a 19th century Polish actress who set up a perfect society in California, won the National Book Award in 2000. But it was as a tireless, all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame. “Sometimes,” she once said, “I feel that, in the end, all I am really defending ... is the idea of seriousness, of true seriousness.” And in the end, she made us take it seriously too.

1.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means Sontag _____ .

A. was a symbol of American cultural life        B. developed world literature, film and art

C. published many essays about world culture

D. kept pace with the newest development of world culture

2.She first won her name through _____ .

A. her story of a Polish actress                  B. her book Illness as Metaphor

C. publishing essays in magazines like Partisan Review

D. her explanation of a set of difficult understandings

3.According to the passage, Susan Sontag ______.

A. was a sensualist as well as a moralist       B. looked down, upon the pop culture

C. thought content was more important than form

D. blamed the victim of cancer for being repressed

4.As for Susan Sontag’s lifelong habit, she ______.

A. misunderstood the idea of seriousness         B. re-examined old positions

C. argued for an openness to pop culture       D. preferred morals to beauty

5.Susan Sontag’s lasting fame was made upon _____ .

A. a tireless, all-purpose cultural view     B. her lifelong watchword: seriousness

C. publishing books on morals    D. enjoying books worth reading and movies worth seeing

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Susan Sontag (1933—2004) was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature. For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everything — to read every book worth reading, to see every movie worth seeing. When she was still in her early 30s, publishing essays in such important magazines as Partisan Review, she appeared as the symbol of American culture life, trying hard to follow every new development in literature, film and art. With great effort and serious judgment, Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture.

Seriousness was one of Sontag’s lifelong watchwords (格言), but at a time when the barriers (障碍)between the well-educated and the poor-educated were obvious, she argued for a true openness to the pleasure of pop culture. In “Notes Camp”, the 1964 essay that first made her name, she explained what was then a little-known set of difficult understandings, through which she could not have been more famous. “Notes on Camp”, she wrote, represents “a victory of ‘form’ over ‘content’, ‘beauty’ over ‘morals’ ”.

By conviction (信念) she was a sensualist(感觉论者), but by nature she was a moralist(伦理学者), and in the works she published in the 1970s and 1980s , it was the latter side of her that came forward. In illness as Metaphor —published in 1978, after she suffered cancer—she argued against the idea that cancer was somehow a special problem of repressed personalities (被压抑的性格), a concept that effectively blamed the victim for the disease. In fact, re-examining old positions was her lifelong habit.

In America, her story of a 19th  century Polish actress who set up a perfect society in California, won the National Book Award in 2000. But it was as a tireless all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame. “Sometimes,” she once said,“I feel that, in the end, all I am really defending …is the idea of seriousness, of true seriousness.” And in the end, she made us take it seriously too.

1.The underlined sentence in paragraph 1 means Sontag  ______.

A. was a symbol of American cultural life

B. developed world literature, film and art

C. published many essays about world culture

D. kept pace with the newest development of world culture

2.She first won her name through ___________.

A. her story of a Polish actress

B. her book illness as Metaphor

C. publishing essays in magazines like partisan Review

D. her explanation of a set of difficult understandings

3.According to the passage, Susan Sontag ________.

A. was a sensualist as well as a moralist

B. looked down upon the pop culture

C. thought content was more important than form

D. blamed the victim of cancer for being repressed

4.As for Susan Sontag’s lifelong habit, she __________.

A. misunderstood the idea of seriousness

B. re-examined old positions

C. argued for an openness to pop culture

D. preferred morals to beauty

5.Susan Sontag’s lasting fame was made upon___________.

A. a tireless, all-purpose cultural view

B. her lifelong watchword：seriousness

C. publishing books on morals

D. enjoying books worth reading and movies worth seeing

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—Hi, Susan, you look tired.

—I ________ for months for the coming celebration of our school’s 90th anniversary.

A．was preparing      B．have been preparing C．had prepared      D．prepare

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We talk about the persistence(坚持不懈) needed to make our dream come true today. Just think of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Their ___certainly didn’t happen overnight!

Wilbur was 12 years old and Orville 8 when their father brought home a____. It was a rubber____made in France. They____it so much that they played with it until it broke. Immediately, they began____copies. They were hooked on aviation(飞行器制造)! In 1900, as young men, having built their first glider(滑翔机), they decided to ____it out at Kitty Hawk on Kill Devil Hills. The place____consistent strong winds, and the somewhat cushioning effects of sand. That first flight was unsuccessful, ___it didn’t stop them. After several more tries, on December 17, 1903, with a much____plane, they risked their lives to drive it in the wind. They____flying the world’s first powered airplane. Beginning at 10:35 a.m. that day, Orville____it 120 feet in about 12 seconds. At 12:00, Wilbur flew it 852 feet in 59 seconds! Johnny Moore, one of five men who____them that morning (in charge of dragging the plane across the sand for positioning), ran to the village of Kitty Hawk____, “They’ve made it!” This was the ____of aviation! At this time, Wilbur was 36 and Orville 32. Roughly 24 years had passed____their father gave them that toy!

If you have a____, work at it. If it doesn’t turn out as____, don’t give up! Try again! Who wants to live and say somewhere, “If only” or “What if?” ___what you want and accomplish it. Don’t ever give up! ___in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more____than unsuccessful men with talent. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts(流浪汉). Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent(无所不能的).

1.A. failure　　 B. accident　　 C. achievement　　 D. change

2.A. toy　　 B. tool　　 C. book　　 D. pet

3.A. car　　 B. bicycle　　 C. helicopter　　 D. ship

4.A. desired　　 B. missed　　 C. needed　　 D. liked

5.A. building　　 B. selling　　 C. buying　　 D. drawing

6.A. put　　 B. try　　 C. pick　　 D. carry

7.A. avoided　　 B. prevented　　 C. provided　　 D. caught

8.A. but　　 B. and　　 C. so　　 D. or

9.A. ordinary　　 B. similar　　 C. organized　　 D. improved

10.A. objected to　　 B. added to　　 C. gave up　　 D. ended up

11.A. flew　　 B. placed　　 C. dragged　　 D. pulled

12.A. noticed　　 B. met　　 C. visited　　 D. helped

13.A. laughing　　 B. complaining　　 C. crying　　 D. explaining

14.A. result　　 B. birth　　 C. target　　 D. chance

15.A. since　　 B. until　　 C. though　　 D. when

16.A. reason　　 B. dream　　 C. present　　 D. task

17.A. allowed　　 B. decided　　 C. expected　　 D. required

18.A. Worry about　　 B. Return to　　 C. Forget about　　 D. Stick to

19.A. Something　　 B. Nothing　　 C. Anything　　 D. Everything

20.A. common　　 B. active　　 C. satisfactory　　 D. exciting

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He is the only one of the students who _____ a winner of scholarship for three years.

A.     is             B. are         C. have been      D. has been

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