F. Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24, 1896, an American novelist, was once a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton University for a short while.
In 1917 he joined the army and was sent to Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.
His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary: “My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”
This side of Paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. Encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to spend more time on his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Tales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest successful novel, The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, which quickly brought him praise from the literary(文学) world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men.
However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first mental breakdown and went to a Swiss hospital. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934. While his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol(酗酒). Fitzgerald died in 1940, before he could complete the novel The Love of the Last Tycoon.
1. How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage?| A．5 | B．6 | C．7 | D．8 |
| A．Fitzgerald was famous for writing diaries |
| B．Fitzgerald loved his wife deeply and felt happy |
| C．Fitzgerald’s wife had a less influence on his writing |
| D．Fitzgerald didn’t live happily with his wife so he couldn't share it with others |
a. He became addicted to drinking.
b. He studied at St. Paul Academy.
c. He published the novel This Side of Paradise.
d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.
e. He tried to reorder his life.
f. He joined the army and met Zelda.
| A．f, c, e, a, b, d | B．b, e, a, f, c, d | C．f, d, e, c, b, a | D．b, f, c, d, e, a |
| A．The Beautiful and Damnd was Fitzgerald’s first novel |
| B．the work The Great Gatsby made Fitzgerald rich and famous |
| C．Fitzgerald succeeded in reordering his life during the 1920s |
| D．Fitzgerald’s wife broke down more than once |
| A．Fitzgerald struggled with alcohol | B．the reasons for Fitzgerald’s death |
| C．comments on Fitzgerald’s literary contributions | D．summary of Fitzgerald’s family life |
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Thanks for your nice letter.
After I had spent a week with my English family, I slowly began to understand their English a little better. It’s very different from what I learned at school! Students in my group are from different cities of Britain and their dialects (方言) are different too! Some of their accents (口音) are quite strong and they also have their own words and expressions.
But it’s not the language that’s different and surprising. Before I came to England I had thought that fish and chips were eaten every day. That’s quite wrong! I get rather mad now when I hear all the foolish words about typical (典型的) English food.
I had expected to see “London fog”. Do you remember our texts about it? We had no idea that most of this ‘thick fog’ disappeared many years ago when people stopped using coal in their homes. But the idea to speak about the weather was very helpful. The weather in London is really changeable.
On the other hand habits are different. People tell me what is typically British here in London is not always typical in Wales or Scotland. Local habits and traditions are not the same as what we knew.
But what is ordinary for all British is that they follow traditions. Probably Britain has more living signs of its past than many other countries. And people have always been proud of having ancient buildings in capitals, big cities and the countryside.
I will tell you more about Britain in my other letters.
Love from Britain,
Peter
1. What does Pete feel about the English language?
| A．At first it was difficult for him to understand people. |
| B．He can understand different dialects and accents. |
| C．He can speak English better than others. |
| D．People can’t understand his English. |
| A．makes people mad | B．can’t be seen now |
| C．is always fish and chips | D．is not what he knew |
| A．there is thick fog in London |
| B．they like the weather in Britain |
| C．the weather changes a lot |
| D．it can be helpful |
| A．They are not the same in different parts of Britain. |
| B．Habits in Wales and Scotland are typically British. |
| C．There are no typical British habits in Britain. |
| D．All that is typically British is in London. |
| A．What he’s seen is quite different from what he’d learned |
| B．British people like to follow traditions. |
| C．Peter had learned about Britain before. |
| D．Peter doesn’t like his life in Britain. |
By chance, I won some prizes and rewards for literature. A young woman from a TV company came to the college one day. She wanted to make a short film about me, to which I said, “No, I couldn’t do that.” Not that I had any real excuse, I was just frightened. In the end she advised me that I should do it the following day.
So I did. They made a short film of me reading one of my poems and I became more interested in literature than ever. I wondered what I should do after this, and decided some weeks later that I could not imagine myself spending the rest of my days dealing with machines. So one evening, I hesitatingly（支吾其词地） told my parents that I wanted to return to school. They wanted to know if I was sure, if I knew what it meant and whether I realized that if I gave up my job training, it would be very difficult to get a good job. But nothing could stop me, and they asked about the matter on future.
1. Which of the following has most probably been discussed in the paragraphs above this text?
| A．The writer’s unhappy childhood. |
| B．The poor teaching quality of the writer’s school. |
| C．The writer’s leaving school against his teacher’s advice. |
| D．Whether it was worth leaving school for job training. |
| A．he found it difficult to make friends with his classmates |
| B．he had to walk a long distance to the evening school |
| C．he could not put his heart into reading books after he was caught in the rain |
| D．all of the above |
| A．decided to get a good job |
| B．decided to continue his studies in literature at the evening school |
| C．decided to return to the school he once left |
| D．began to feel very important and proud |
【推荐3】Last summer I went on holiday with my family to our friends’ summer house in the countryside near a national park. We used to go there every year when we were little, but we hadn’t been back for years. I had really nice memories of the place as a young child, boating on the lake and walking through the fields nearby. When we were little, our parents had always taught us to respect the countryside and wildlife and leave no mark, and that’s what we always did.
On the first morning after we arrived, we decided to go hiking around the lake. But instead of the beautiful area I remembered, it was just a mess. It looked like people had camped near the lake and just left all their things there. I had read about this before: it’s called “fly-camping”. Instead of staying at campsites, people who fly-camp want to travel light, so they only buy basic camping tools, then just leave all their things there in the wild.
We picked up the rubbish and took it into the local village to throw it away properly. While we were there, we decided to have lunch at a café and spoke to the owner. We told her about how we had visited here when we were younger and how it hadn’t been a problem then. “It’s got really bad over the last few years. It’s almost like people think it’s a waste dump (垃圾场),” she said. “The other day, I was walking my dog over there and he came running back to me. He had found some food boxes, and one of them had stuck to his face and he couldn’t get it off. Poor thing.” She also said she’d reported it to an environmental organization, but they hadn’t been able to do anything yet.
After that, we decided to spend another day picking up the rubbish we found. We used some big bags we had brought from the village and filled them up every day. I hope the situation gets better in the future.
1. What did the countryside use to be like when the writer was young?| A．Dirty and dangerous. | B．Beautiful and fun. |
| C．Crowded and messy. | D．Noisy and busy. |
| A．Camping by the beautiful lake. | B．Going camping by airplane. |
| C．Leaving camping things behind. | D．Using special camping tents. |
| A．To show the rubbish problem. | B．To share a funny pet story. |
| C．To draw attention to her café. | D．To talk about the local wildlife. |
| A．Going to parties. | B．Picking up rubbish. |
| C．Enjoying nature. | D．Talking to a child. |
【推荐1】How do you spend your spare time? There will be different answers to it. Most people in Poland have their own ways of spending free time. Sometimes they just want to have a rest, but they try to do something more pleasant most of the time. They have many different hobbies, which help them to get away from their everyday problems and spend their free time happily.
Many Polish people like traveling. They look for new places that they have never been to and add new and exciting experiences to their journey. Some of them like to climb mountains, others like to go to the sea or a lake to swim, because these can make them get exercise and are good for their health.
Many Polish people also like to do sports in their free time. They are usually crazy about football, and football is regarded as the Polish national sport. Many football fans may support a certain team, so they go to watch every match of the team they support, and they buy many things that have any relation with the team. Watching sport and doing it are both good ways to relax themselves.
In addition, doctors say that doing sports is very good for the health. Many people in town, especially young men, often go to the gym to attend the exercise classes to keep fit.
Besides these ways, Polish people have many other ways to spend their free time. And they really enjoy their free time.
1. Polish people have many different hobbies in order to .| A．solve their daily problems | B．finish all their work |
| C．make some friends | D．relax themselves in their spare time |
| A．Because they hate traveling. | B．Because they can get exercise from it. |
| C．Because they can find a new place. | D．Because it is comfortable and funny. |
| A．Playing sports. | B．Climbing mountains. |
| C．Skating. | D．Swimming. |
| A．Polish culture is colorful. | B．We can have many ways of spending our free time. |
| C．A doctor can give you good advice. | D．It is no use doing sport activities. |
The first is through reading . Go back to your favorite articles and read them once more . Just reread them and do not worry about each vocabulary item . If there are some that you are not sure about , make a guess and you will probably guess right .
The second way to recycle it through writing. Look at some of your favorite articles and write either a short paragraph or a few sentences in your own words. After you have done this a few times, go back and read through what you have written, checking vocabulary functions. Don’t worry if you have made mistakes. You should learn from mistakes.网]
The third way to recycle language is by having a chat with yourself about your favorite articles at home . You can pretend there is someone with you who speaks English and tell him what you are thinking about or how you feel .
1. According to the passage , recycling language means __________ .
| A．using less vocabulary |
| B．writing vocabulary over and over again |
| C．learning more new vocabulary |
| D．using vocabulary that we have learned very often |
| A．be kept in our mind |
| B．be forgotten easily |
| C．pile up in our environment |
| D．disappear from our mind soon |
| A．correct it at once | B．learn from it |
| C．be worried about it | D．forget about it |
| A．Reading. | B．Listening. | C．Writing. | D．Speaking. |
【推荐3】Wherever travellers go, cameras are sure to follow. It's great fun to take photos, and even more fun to show slides of the trip to friends and relatives when they come back home.
There's Aunt Sarah, smiling in front of Buckingham Palace, Aunt Sarah, smiling under the Eiffel Tower, and Aunt Sarah, smiling in a Venetian Canal. Everyone knows what Aunt Sarah looks like；they also know what Europe's great landmarks(地标)look like.
But a young man named David, just back from a trip to Greece, asked a few friends over to see his slides. The young man had an artist's eye. His pictures were not of familiar Greek architectures. Instead, he took pictures of farmers at work in the field, fishermen repairing their nets, and bearded priests(牧师)bending over their Bibles. He captured(抓住)the colour and character of the country. His friends were so interested that they asked for more.
Any amateur(外行)can do the same. All he needs is a simple camera and a little sensitivity(灵敏度). When he learns that a nation lives in its people as well as in its landmarks, he moves from an amateur to an artist.
1. People who watch Aunt Sarah's slides would be ________.| A．frightened | B．excited |
| C．bored | D．sad |
| A．landmarks | B．architectures |
| C．people | D．history |
| A．takes a camera with him |
| B．knows the history of a place |
| C．is interested in not only the landmarks but also the people of a place |
| D．learns how to draw and paint pictures of a place |
【推荐1】The wellknown “new great inventions” in modern China have made our daily lives more convenient.
Highspeed trains China created its first highspeed railway line in 2008.Since then, the number of passenger trips has grown by over 30 percent every year.By 2016, more than 5 billion trips had been taken on the trains.By 2020, one fifth of the country's 150,000km railway network will be used by the trains.This network will link more than 80 percent of major cities across China. |
Mobile payment Mobile payment is turning China into a “cashless society”. Instead of paying by cash, customers now pay for their goods and some kinds of bills simply by typing a short password into the Ali-pay or We-Chat Pay App on their mobile phones. |
Shared bikes China has surprised the world with how quickly shared bikes are widely used.Nowadays, bike users can simply pick up or park a bike on the street through GPS and smart-phone Apps.China's two leading bikesharing companies, Mo-bike and ofo, have been opening their overseas markets in Singapore, the UK and the United States. |
Online shopping With around 751 million Internet users, China has been the world's largest and fastest growing online shopping market. Because of lower costs and fewer licensing requirements (执照要求), it's easier for sellers to open an online shop in China.In 2016, more than 20 million jobs in rural areas were created, with over 8.1 million running their own online shops. |
1. What's the passage mainly about?
| A．The fastdeveloping technology. | B．Modern China. |
| C．China's new great inventions. | D．Convenient daily lives in China. |
| A．30 percent | B．Onefifth | C．80 percent | D．20 percent |
| A．Because customers can go shopping without mobile phone. | B．Because customers needn’t take cash. |
| C．Because customers don't have to use a password. | D．Because customers needn't pay for the bills. |
| A．On the street. | B．In Mo-bike and ofo. | C．In parks. | D．In markets. |
| A．Lower costs | B．Fewer licensing requirements | C．More job chances | D．A, B & C |
【推荐2】Hello! I'm Betty. This is a photo of my room. Can you see the books? Yes. They are in the bookcase, These are my notebooks and pencil box. They are on the desk. Where are my pencils? They are in the pencil box. That's my bed. What is that on it? It's a white jacket. What's this on the sofa? It's my hat. It's purple. There are two photos on the wall(墙). This is a photo of my family. Look! These are my parents. Those are my grandparents. And this is me. That is a photo of my dog. What's her name? Her name is Lucky. Oh, where is Lucky? She is not on the sofa. She is not under my desk. Aha! She's under the chair.
1. A is on my bed.| A．jacket | B．sweater | C．T-shirt | D．hat |
| A．Red. | B．Green. | C．Black. | D．Purple. |
| A．Three | B．Four | C．Five | D．Six |
| A．On the sofa. | B．Under the sofa. | C．Under my desk. | D．Under the chair. |
| A．Betty's family | B．Betty's room | C．Betty's parents | D．Betty's books |
Humans have sewn by hand for thousands of yeas. It was said hat the fist thread was made from animal muscle and sinew. And the earliest needles were made from bones. Since those early days, many people have been involved in the process of developing a machine that could do the same thing more quickly and with greater efficiency.
Charles Wiesenthal, who was born in Germany, designed and received a patent on a double-pointed needle that eliminated the need to turn the needle around with each stitch（缝合）in England in 1755. Other inventors of that time tried to develop a functional sewing machine, but each design had at least one serious imperfection.
Frenchman Barthelemy Thimonnier finally engineered a machine that really worked. However, he was nearly killed by a group of angry tailors when they burned down his garment factory. They feared that they would lose their jobs to the machine.
American inventor Elias Howe, born on July 9th, 1819, was awarded a patent for a method of sewing that used thread from two different sources. Howe’s machine had a needle with an eye at the point, and it used the two threads to make a special stitch called a lockstitch. However, Howe faced difficulty in finding buyers for his machines in America. In frustration, he traveled to England to try to sell his invention there. When he finally returned home, he found that dozens of manufacturers were adapting his discovery for use in their own sewing machines.
Isaac Singer, another American inventor, was also a manufacturer who made improvements to he design of sewing machines. He invented an up-and-down-motion mechanism that replaced the side-to-side machines. He also developed a foot treadle（脚踏板）to power his machine. This improvement left the sewers hands free. Undoubtedly, it was a huge improvement of the hand-cranked machine of the past. Soon the Singer sewing machine achieved more fame than the others for it was more practical, it could be adapted to home use and it could be bought on hire- purchase. The Singer sewing machine became the first home appliance, and the Singer company became one of the first American multinationals.
However, Singer used the same method to create a lockstitch that Howe had already patented. As a result, Howe accused him of patent infringement（侵犯）. Of course, Elias Howe won the court case, and Singer was ordered to pay Howe royalties（版税）. In the end, Howe became a millionaire, not by manufacturing the sewing machine, but by receiving royalty payments for his invention.
1. ______ made it unnecessary to turn the needle around with each stitch.| A．Barthelemy Thimonnier | B．Charles Wiesenthal |
| C．Elias Howe | D．Isaac Singer |
| A．people did not know how to put out the fire |
| B．Elias Howethought Thimonier had stolen his invention |
| C．the sewing machines was couldn’t work finally |
| D．workers who feared the loss of their jobs to a machine set fire |
| A．Barthelemy Thimonnier | B．Charles Wiesenthal |
| C．Isaac Singer | D．Elias Howe |
| A．The Singer sewing company became more practical. |
| B．Singer is an American inventor and manufacturer. |
| C．The foot treadle helped to make the sewer's hands free. |
| D．Singer made improvements to the design of sewing machines. |
| A．Because the judge was against Singer for his surly attitude. |
| B．Because Howe had already patented the lockstitch used by Singer. |
| C．Because Singer had borrowed money from Howe and never repaid it. |
| D．Because Singer and Howe had both invented the same machine. |
| A．A Stitch in Time Saves Nine. | B．The Case between Howe and Singer. |
| C．Patent Laws on the Sewing Machine. | D．The Early History of the Sewing Machine. |
His father spent all his summer teaching him how to drive, from the ABC to the XYZ. Thinking of the great feeling of driving a new car, Martin learned very quickly, and received his driver’s license just before his eighteenth birthday.
The second day, all the family, and their dog, went to a car shop. Martin spent almost all the morning going from one car to another. Finally he saw a red Blue Bird. He had a test drive on the open ground, and called out, “This is what I want, Dad!” When everything was done, they were ready to leave.
Martin climbed into the front seat. He said excitedly, “It’s my first day driving alone. Dad, Mom, and Poo! Enjoy it!”
His dad immediately took the back seat, right behind the new driver. Martin wondered why his father chose that seat, for his father always enjoyed looking in front.
So he said, smiling, “I’m sure you’re back there to have a change after all those weeks of sitting in the front seat teaching me how to drive.”
“No,” Dad replied, “Do you remember what you did to me all those years when I took you to and from school? I am sitting here to hit and kick the back of your seat all the way!”
1. Which of the following is NOT the reason why Martin’s father agreed to buy him a car?.
| A．Martin would go to college and it was far from home. |
| B．Martin preferred living at home to living at college. |
| C．Martin didn’t want to take the public transport. |
| D．Martin was able to learn how to drive very quickly. |
a. He finished his high school. b. He test-drove driving the new car.
c. He got his driver’s license. d. He decided to buy the Blue Bird.
e. He kicked the front seat while his father was driving.
| A．e—a—c—b—d | B．a—c—b—d—e | C．e—c—a—b—d | D．a—c—d—b—e |
| A．Angry | B．Sad | C．Cheerful | D．Shocked |
Bring your strong shoes and warm clothes for this walk in a beautiful area of the Green Mountains. You may go hiking or have a try of rock climbing. This is also a protection area for wild animals. You can find many kinds of animals living in this area.
Time: May 8-May 14
Tel: 64639818
Adult(成年人) : $110,00
Child: $ 55.00
Trip 2 Three Days in the Country
There are many beautiful gardens. Take your camera and enjoy the wonderful sight in Hunter Valley. It is a good place for fishing and horse riding. You can also find different kinds of flowers here. This is also a great walk for bird lovers.
Time: May 20-May 22
Tel: 63986432
Adult: $ 50. 00
Child: $ 25.00
Trip 3 Flashlight Adventure
Put on you warm clothes, bring a flashlight（手电筒），and come for a night walk along the Dungog Valley. It is a trip full of adventure（冒险）. A guide will lead the tour. Many of the plants you will see on this trip can only be seen at night.
Time: May 16-May 18
Tel: 63875629
Adult: $ 30. 00
Not for children
Trip 4 Five Days by the Sea
Wear your sun hat and enjoy wonderful sunshine all the time from morning to evening. Our hotel is next to the sea. We have our own boats, too. You can swim in the sea or in the swimming pool. Every day our boats will take you to different places for swimming.
Time: May 23-May 27
Tel: 67538293
Adult: $ 80. 00
Child: $40.00
1. What number may you call if you and your friends want to enjoy the sunshine at the seaside?
| A．67538293 | B．63986432 | C．64639818 | D．63875629 |
| A．$ 25 | B．$50 | C．$100 | D．$150 |
| A．Hiking in the mountains. |
| B．Fishing in the country. |
| C．Watching plants at night. |
| D．Swimming in the sea. |
| A．Trip 1． | B．Trip 2. | C．Trip 3. | D．Trip 4. |
| A．A | B．B | C．C | D．D |
English is most widely spoken in the world, while Chinese has the largest number of speakers. There are not only over one billion people living in China, but also many Chinese people living outside of China. You can find large or small groups of Chinese people living in almost every country in the world.
There are some other important languages in the world, too. Chinese is of course very important, especially in Asia. Arbic is widely spoken in many parts of Asia and Africa. Russian is spoken both in Europe and Asia. French is widely understand, not only in Europe, but also in parts of Canada, Africa and Asia, Spanish has a growing number of speakers all over the world, especially in Central and South Africa.
What language do people speak in the United Nations? There are so many different languages in the world, but they decide to use only six of them. There are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. Everything spoken or written in one language is translated into the other five.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. What’s the first language of sports and science？
| A．Chinese | B．English |
| C．Russian | D．French |
| A．English is spoken by the most people |
| B．Chinese is spoken by the most people |
| C．English is spoken in most parts of the world |
| D．Chinese is spoken in very parts of the world. |
| A．Russian | B．Spanish | C．French | D．Arabic |
| A．Four | B．Five | C．Six | D．Seven |
| A．Different countries, different languages |
| B．The importance of English |
| C．The number of languages in the world |
| D．Languages used in the United Nations |
