1. When did Dennis Hutton die according to the dialogue?
| A．In 1836. | B．In 1956. | C．In 1920. |
| A．He entered the University of London. |
| B．He graduated from university. |
| C．He went to America. |
| A．To further his study. |
| B．To work as a teacher. |
| C．To enjoy his holidays. |
2 . It’s hard to find Alice Munro in the media. Even after she won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Canadian writer just appeared for a quick interview and then dropped out of sight. On Dec 29th, she still didn’t seek the spotlight when she was named one of the five Women of the Year by the Financial Times.
In Munro’s eyes, ordinary lives always hide larger dramas. So she records what we casually think of as the everyday actions of normal people. She often focuses on life in her hometown, a small village in Ontario which she is most familiar with. She writes about the ordinary things in the village —trees in the Ontario wilderness, poor country schools and long last illnesses. Above all, she talks about girls and women who have seemingly ordinary lives but struggle against daily misfortune.
She has a special talent for uncovering the extraordinary in the ordinary. These are ordinary people, ordinary stories, but she has the magic. Her precise language, depth of detail and the logic of her storytelling have made her stories inviting.
Runaway, one of Munro’s representative works, is a good example of her writing style. One of the stories centers on the life of an ordinary woman Carla, who lives in a small Canadian town with her husband Clark. The story slowly forms a picture of Carla, trapped in a bad marriage, her unhappiness building into desperation until she decides to flee. The story of Carla is a story of the power and betrayals of love. It is about lost children and lost chances that we can all find in life. There is pain beneath the surface, like a needle in the heart.
Since she published her first collection of short stories in 1968, Munro has won many awards, with the Nobel Prize being her biggest honor. On Oct 10th, 2013, the Nobel Prize committee named Munro the “master of the contemporary short story”.
1. We learn from Paragraph 1 that Alice Munro ________.| A．didn’t get on well with the media | B．was surprised at winning the Nobel Prize |
| C．didn’t value the title of Women of the Year | D．remained modest though very successful |
| A．center on the happy life of country women |
| B．are about betrayals of love and violence |
| C．focus on everyday life of ordinary people |
| D．are romantic stories setting in her hometown |
| A．The complicated plots. | B．Her rich imagination. |
| C．The humorous language. | D．Her writing techniques. |
| A．tries to run away from her husband | B．is a faithful wife to her husband |
| C．leads a happy life with Clark | D．loses all hopes for a better life |
| A．Alice Munro and her hometown. | B．Alice Munro and her writing style. |
| C．Alice Munro’s representative works. | D．The awards Alice Munro won. |
3 . A young man returns to his hometown of Colombia. He visits the house where he lived as a child. Here, he remembers the most important memories of his childhood. Standing in front of his old house, the young man makes an important decision. He says to himself, “I will start my life over again. I will become a writer.”
This man is world famous writer. Marquez.
Marquez was born on March 6, 1928. During his early life, Marquez’s grandmother and grandfather told him many stories. His grandmother would tell him legends as if they were real. Marquez says that his grandmother’s way of storytelling later influenced his own methods.
When Marquez was about 20 years old, he left Colombia and attended university in Bogota. He began studying law because this was what his father wanted him to study. However, Marquez was not happy.
During this time Marquez returned to Colombia. It was on this visit that he realized he must stop studying law. And he recognized that he must return to the passion of his childhood — writing. For the next few years, Marquez wrote for many different newspapers. And in 1955, he published his first book called “Leaf Storm”.
For many years, Marquez knew he wanted to write about his grandfather’s house in Colombia. To write this book, Marquez and his wife had to sell almost all of their possessions to survive. But their sacrifice (牺牲) was worth it. The book, “One Hundred Years of Solitude” was immediately successful. And this book created a path for Marquez’s future success.
In 1982, Marquez was given the Nobel Prize in Literature for his book “One Hundred Years of Solitude.” He was the first Colombian and the fourth Latin American to win a Nobel Prize for Literature.
1. Who influenced Marquez’s writing style?| A．His grandfather. | B．His grandmother. | C．His father. | D．His wife. |
| A．when he worked for a newspaper | B．under the influence of his family |
| C．after a visit to his hometown | D．when he graduated from college |
| A．was written in the 1950s | B．enjoyed a quick success |
| C．helped Marquez lead a better life | D．was about Marquez’s grandfather |
| A．He is the first Latin American to win a Nobel Prize in Literature. |
| B．His book “Leaf Storm” marked his great success in literature. |
| C．He followed his father’s wish to become a writer. |
| D．He wrote for newspapers before publishing his own books. |
| A．book review | B．biography | C．boring story | D．science report |
4 . What are scientists?They are often described as gray-haired white-coated dull scholars.
But the world has changed.Young scientists are making their voices heard and releasing their powers on the world stage.
This is also true in China.Rising stars include new materials expert Gong Yongji,university professor Liu Mingzhen,and biologist Wan Ruixue.At the age of 28 in 2018,Wan Ruixue received the 2018 Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists.This is a global prize to reward outstanding scientists at an early stage of their careers.
She focuses mainly on biomedicine (生物医学) and artificial intelligence.“Both are cutting-edge (前沿) technologies at an early stage of development,” she said.
“So,I think they have great potential to be developed.I think in the study of cutting-edge technologies,China and other leading countries in the world are standing on the same starting line.And in the study of structural biology,China is likely to become the leader.”
She felt it was her fate to become a biologist.“I grew interested in the natural world,when I was very young,” she said.In 2009,she entered Sun Yat-sen University.
In her third year at the university,she realized that she wanted to do something related to biomedicine.So she emailed China’s top biologist Shi Yigong,hoping to join his lab at Tsinghua University.
Shi recognised her talent and welcomed her.Years of efforts at the lab have paid off.Her research on the high-definition 3D structure of spliceosome led to a scientific breakthrough.
Unlike many of other young scientists who choose to pursue further study abroad,Wan currently has no plan to go overseas.
“The whole ecosystem for scientific research is continually improving in China,” she said,adding that the country has great science facilities.
1. What does the underlined word “releasing” in paragraph 2 mean?| A．Giving out. | B．Getting over. |
| C．Finding out. | D．Taking over. |
| A．Anxious. | B．Confident. |
| C．Disappointed. | D．Satisfied. |
| A．Her teacher led her into the field. |
| B．She finds it’s easier than she thought. |
| C．Her contribution has been recognised. |
| D．She thinks it’s boring but worth trying. |
| A．China’s Breakthrough in Science |
| B．Rising Young Scientists in China |
| C．Wan Ruixue:A Successful Young Scientist |
| D．New Image of Chinese Scientists |
5 . He was a scientist, an airplane engineer and a general in the United States Army. At one time, he held the record for flying faster than any other person, the first pilot to cross the United States in less than 24 hours and the first pilot to fly “blind,” that is, using only instruments to guide his airplane. And when his country entered World War II, he led one of the first successful attacks against the enemy.
His name was James Harold Doolittle, who was born on December 14th, 1896, in the western state of California. His family soon moved to Nome, Alaska. James was a small boy and never grew to be very big. Yet larger boys made a mistake if they thought being small also meant being weak. James would fight if someone tried to hurt him. And he almost never lost.
As a young man James became a boxing champion and held the American West Coast championship for his weight. He continued to box when he entered the University of California to study mineral engineering. When the US entered World War I, young James joined the army and was trained as a pilot. After the war, he stayed in the army, thinking this would give him a chance to combine his flying skills with his interest in engineering.
For most of the years of the world wars, James was involved in the growth of the airplane industry. He helped test new airplanes, flew longer and longer distances and entered the world-famous air races of the time. In 1989, President Ronald Reagan conferred the Presidential Medal of Freedom on James. The award honored his work in aviation (飞机制造业) and his service to his country.
On September 27th, 1993, James died at the age of 96.
1. What was James Harold Doolittle? (no more than 10 words)2. Why did James Harold Doolittle stay in the army after World War I? (no more than 10 words)
3. What does the underlined word “conferred” in Paragraph 4 mean? (1 word)
4. How old was James Harold Doolittle when he died? (no more than 5 words)
5. What’s James Harold Doolittle like in your opinion? (no more than 20 words)
1.简单介绍我最钦佩的人；
2.你对他／她的评价；
3.他／她对你产生的影响。
注意：1.词数100词以上；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
My Most Admirable Person
Dear teachers and classmates,
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That’s all. Thank you!
7 . One of the best-known American writers of children’s books is Alfred Strong, or Doctor Strong, as he is better known to readers everywhere. Now, an art show called “Doctor Strong From Then to Now” is travelling around the United States. The pictures and drawings show the history of Doctor Strong.
Doctor Strong first became famous almost fifty years ago when his first children’s book was published. Since then, he has written forty-five books that have sold more than one hundred million copies around the world.
Doctor Strong’s books are known for their easy use of words and colorful, hand-drawn pictures. These drawings bring life to his imaginary creatures. The Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, and hundreds of others.
The San Diego Museum, in California, organized the art show. It included about three hundred Doctor Strong’s original drawings and some of his writings.
Most of Doctor Strong’s books, although written in a funny way, have serious messages. For example, in Mc Elligot’s Pool, he describes the danger of pollution. He discusses the arms race in The Butter Battle Book, written in nineteen eighty-four.
Doctor Strong is almost eighty-four years old now. He says he never planned to write stories just for children. He says he writes stories that interest people of all ages. He says he uses easy words so that everyone, even a child, can understand.
1. Doctor Strong is a famous ________in the United States.| A．doctor | B．artist | C．writer | D．reader. |
| A．his eighties when an art show was travelling around the United States |
| B．his fifties when his drawings and writings were published |
| C．nineteen eighty-four wen his book MeEligor’s Pool was published |
| D．his thirties when his first book was published |
| A．they are stories about animals such as cats, elephants and so on |
| B．they are written in easy words with colourful pictures |
| C．he organized the art show in California |
| D．they are written in a funny way |
| A．unreal | B．interesting | C．lively | D．terrible |
| A．to show his original pictures and drawings |
| B．to organize a special art show of his own |
| C．to make his readers laugh or smile when they read his books |
| D．not only to interest people but to expose some serious social problems |
8 . We’re going to take a moment now to remember a man who lived a long life. Johan van Hulst was known for his great efforts during World War II, saving hundreds of Jewish children, but he was haunted (忧心忡忡的) by not being able to do more.
In 1940, the year Nazi Germany invaded (入侵) the Netherlands, Van Hulst headed a college in Amsterdam. The school he was running was next to a Jewish daycare center. When the Nazis took children from their parents, it was where the kids under the age of 12 went. When space ran out there, the Germans asked Johan van Hulst to house children in his school. He came up with an idea along with two people at the daycare center. If, for example, 20 children were transferred to his school, he’d only list 10 or 15, and the unregistered kids were then taken to safety More than 600 children were saved.
Israel’s Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in 1973 recognized Van Hulst as a “Righteous Among the Nations”—a title for non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews from the Holocaust. In 2012, Israeli Prime Minister (总理) Benjamin Netanyahu honored Van Hulst during a state visit to the Netherlands. That year, Van Hulst’s heroism was adapted into a film titled “Sussman.”
Johan van Hulst died at the age of 107. Today, Amsterdam’s National Holocaust Museum stands at the site of the college. Emile Schrijver, who directs the museum, says Johan van Hulst always spoke of what he couldn’t do. “I was never a hero. I had to live the rest of my life with the knowledge that I’d only been able to save around 600 children rather than 700, 800, 900, or 1,000 children.”
Schrijver says Johan van Hulst’s long life allowed many generations to learn by his example — that even under the worst conditions, there’s always an option to choose right over wrong.
1. What did Van Hulst do for the Jewish children during World War Ⅱ?| A．He hid them in his school secretly. | B．He set up a daycare center for them. |
| C．He helped them to find their parents. | D．He managed to transport them to safety. |
| A．By awarding him a title. |
| B．By making a movie about him. |
| C．By arranging a state visit to his hometown. |
| D．By inviting him to meet with the Prime Minister. |
| A．He lived all alone in later life. |
| B．He had a deep love for his school. |
| C．He regretted not saving more children. |
| D．He called on the public to recognize other heroes. |
| A．He needs more national attention. |
| B．He serves as an example to everyone. |
| C．He cares very little about his own name. |
| D．He offers young people a chance to do right. |
| A．To report some history fact. |
| B．To remember a great man. |
| C．To discuss a film adapted from a real man. |
| D．To introduce The World Holocaust Remembrance Center. |
9 . Mona Lisa, the famous picture
Da Vinci himself loved it so much that he always
| A．written | B．praised | C．bought | D．painted |
| A．less | B．more | C．worse | D．better |
| A．changes | B．expressions | C．kisses | D．gloves |
| A．see | B．visit | C．greet | D．examine |
| A．laughing | B．smiling | C．crying | D．shouting |
| A．says | B．sits | C．stands | D．stops |
| A．Therefore | B．Otherwise | C．However | D．Instead |
| A．carried | B．hid | C．kept | D．buried |
| A．actually | B．finally | C．really | D．hopefully |
| A．taken | B．destroyed | C．broken | D．stolen |
| A．school | B．museum | C．house | D．factory |
| A．give | B．send | C．take | D．return |
| A．France | B．Germany | C．Italy | D．England |
| A．kept | B．hid | C．put | D．grew |
| A．feet | B．clothes | C．hands | D．hats |
While other teenagers might be busy taking care of their personal pages online or playing games for hours, 14-year-old Jackson Oswalt from Memphis has been busy doing something different. He has spent his free time building his own nuclear reactor (核反应堆) in his home. Now, the boy is praised by city leaders for his achievement as he is the youngest person to have achieved nuclear fusion (核聚变).
At just 12 years old, Jackson chose to spend his time exploring his interest in nuclear physics. After scouring the Internet, the student learned of the story of Taylor Wilson, an Arkansas boy who won recognition in the field of science as the youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion in 2008 at the age of 14. Jackson was greatly inspired by him.
The process of the nuclear experiment is not easy at all. But Jackson thought if Wilson could do it, then he could, too. Maybe he could even break Wilson’s record in the process. The boy started his project by turning his playroom into a laboratory. Then he bought different kinds of things to build own nuclear fusion reactor.
“The beginning of the scientific research was just learning about what other people had done with their fusion reactors,” Jackson said. His parents spent nearly $8,000 to $10,000 supporting his nuclear experiment. “With the money, I searched for and bought the parts that I needed. Often the parts I found were not exactly what I wanted, so I had to make improvements to them.”
Jackson’s hard work finally paid off. Hours before his 13th birthday, he made history as the youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion in January last year. Months after the project, Jackson continued to test his fusion reactor to further prove his project. On Tuesday, Memphis City leaders officially praised Jackson’s achievements with a resolution.
1. What has Jackson Oswalt spent his free time doing? (no more than 10 words)2. What does the underlined word in Para.2 probably mean? (1 word)
3. How did Jackson Oswalt start his project?(no more than 10 words)
4. Why did Jackson have to make improvements to the parts?(no more than 15 words)
5. What do you think of Jackson Oswalt ? Please explain.(no more than 20 words)
