1 . Art and magic often go hand in hand. These four new releases explore the magic of the arts and art of magic.
Wolfwood by Marianna Baer
Indigo’s mom used to be a celebrated artist. Finishing the painting series — Wolfwood, which shows four teenagers in a terrifying jungle, can make her famous and wealthy again, but she is unwilling to. Desperate, Indigo begins working on the paintings herself, but soon she realizes there’s a horrifying reason why her mother stopped painting Wolfwood.
Blood Debts by Terry Benton-Walker
Twins Chris and Clem’s family once ruled over the magic world in New Orleans until a horrible incident ended that forever, and since then the family has suffered and Chris has sworn off magic. Then they discover their mother is being slowly killed by a curse (诅咒). The twins begin to pick apart the secrets and lies, and realize the only way to make things right is to fight for justice.
That Self-Same Metal by Brittany Williams
Joan Sands has a special bond with metal. She uses her powers to help her goldsmith father in his workshop and to tend the stage weapons used by William Shakespeare’s acting company. When some evil powers flood London, Joan discovers she may be the only one to stop them and that she must decide how to protect the people she loves.
Unraveller by Frances Hardinge
In a world where anger can grow into curses, you might end up turned into a frog. A boy named Kellen can unravel (解除) your curse, setting you free. With the mysterious power, he tries to right the wrongs with his companion Nettle, which in turn made himself cursed. So they must go into the unpredictable wilds to seek out the truth behind curses once and for all.
1. What discourages Indigo’s mother from finishing Wolfwood?| A．Surprising difficulty. | B．Horrifying secrets. |
| C．Declining interest. | D．Serious diseases. |
| A．Dealing with metal. | B．Designing stage weapons. |
| C．Fighting against evil powers. | D．Introducing an acting company. |
| A．They solve real-life problems. | B．They show the power of friendship. |
| C．They contain supernatural elements. | D．They transform art works into magic. |
2 . Born in 1926, Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was not originally chosen for the special position. However, that changed in 1936, when her father’s brother Edward Ⅷ gave up being the king and her father, George Ⅵ, took his place as the king. Suddenly, the 10-year-old was the heiress(女继承人).
Elizabeth’s royal(王室的)duties didn’t stop her interest in technology. During World War II, the princess wanted her father to allow her to do something for her country. Her father finally agreed to let her volunteer for the British Army, where she became a driver and trained in auto mechanics.
It was a pioneering move: Not only was she the first member of her family ever to serve in the military, but the sight of a woman taking apart engines and changing tires signalled a sea change in social and gender roles that would continue throughout the future queen’s lifetime.
In 1952, Elizabeth became queen of her country upon her father’s death. Her rule was modern from the very start. The new queen’s birth had roughly happened at the same time as the development of television, and during planning for her coronation(加冕礼)she broke with tradition and allowed the BBC to broadcast the event over live TV. It was the first coronation ever televised, and it literally created must-see TV.
Elizabeth came to power as the atomic age kicked into full swing, and she helped introduce the nation to those nuclear advances. In 1956, she opened the world’s first complete nuclear power station, Calder Hall. But the technology came with risk: The next year, a reactor at a nearby nuclear power plant, Windscale, caught fire, which was Great Britain’s worst nuclear disaster.
The queen also launched live broadcasts of royal addresses and permitted royal use of the Internet. Besides, she was one of the first people to ride through the Channel Tunnel, the undersea railway linking Britain to the rest of Europe.
1. After World War Ⅱ broke out, how did Elizabeth support her country?| A．By encouraging women to volunteer. | B．By using her influence to stop the war. |
| C．By getting away from her royal duties. | D．By joining the army to serve her country. |
| A．Normal. | B．Significant. | C．Unnecessary. | D．Unreasonable. |
| A．She didn’t really want to be queen. |
| B．She loved watching TV very much. |
| C．She liked adopting new technology. |
| D．She didn’t consider her coronation modern. |
| A．She considered nuclear power important for her country. |
| B．She was satisfied with her country’s nuclear advances. |
| C．She didn’t show much interest in nuclear power. |
| D．She considered nuclear power dangerous. |
The 2023 Pulitzer Prize (普利策奖)
The Pulitzer Prizes for books are awarded
“Memoirs and autobiographies are flourishing,” said Marjorie Miller, Administrator of the Prizes. “
The new Pulitzer Prize category will be for a distinguished and factual memoir or autobiography by an American author.
First awarded in 1917, Biography is one of the
This year, the criteria for entry in all categories remain the same: To be eligible,
Poetry probably had
5 . Elizabeth Bishop is considered one of the best American poets of the 20th century. She was born in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1911. Her dad died when she was just a baby and her mom never recovered from the loss. She went to live with her grandparents in Nova Scotia, Canada when she was five. Eventually Bishop attended Vassar College, where she began to write poetry.
At Vassar she discovered Marianne Moore’s poetry and met Ms. Moore and began their life-long friendship. She later met poet Robert Lowell. She wrote tons and tons of letters to both of them, which is good for us because we would otherwise know very little of her personal life. Bishop published her first book of poetry in 1946 and wrote until her death in 1979. She would spend years working on a single poem. Her poems are not the result of hasty scribbling (匆忙乱写) on paper while eating breakfast. She would look through drafts of poems again and again and improve them until they were as close to perfect as she could get them.
Reading Elizabeth Bishop is like being transported to the very place, the very moment she’s writing about. She leads us to a microscope so we can see every smallest part of the scene. It seems that she’s always asking us to notice more, and more until the poem is so clear in our minds that it’s almost painful—like a light that’s too bright.
1. What do we know about Bishop’s early life?| A．She spent her childhood mainly in Worcester. |
| B．She was mainly brought up by her grandparents. |
| C．She was always encouraged by her parents. |
| D．She started to write poems at five. |
| A．They offer much information about her life. |
| B．They have a deep influence on other poets. |
| C．They help us study Moore and Lowell’s poetry. |
| D．They prove she had friendships with famous poets. |
| A．She liked to write in the morning. |
| B．She could write poems at high speed. |
| C．She tried her best to achieve perfection. |
| D．She published hundreds of books of poetry. |
| A．Hard. | B．Romantic. | C．Humorous. | D．Exact. |
1. 故事梗概；
2. 内容分析；
3. 个人观点。
1. 词数100左右。
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Poetry of the Song Dynasty,
Ci,
Poets in the Song Dynasty developed ci that was
From ancient times to the present, People have been addicted to Poetry. There are various reasons
1. 诗歌简介；
2. 诗歌赏析；
3. 个人感受。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
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