1 . Considered the world’s most widely read Spanish-language author, Isabel Allende is known for her many novels including “Eva Luna”, “Of Love and Shadows” and “A Long Petal of the Sea”. With “The Wind Knows My Name”, Allende has added a new dimension to her already varied works.
She skillfully creates and twists the unfortunate stories of two apocryphal children in her newest novel. They are fictionally named Samuel Adler and Anita Diaz, aged 5 and 7 respectively. Both of them are left alone, torn from their families by war or immigration as we witness the dramatic sacrifices parents sometimes must make to protect their sons and daughters and give them the best lives possible.
Early on in this work, a Nazi mob (暴徒) attacks the Jewish (犹太的) neighborhood where Samuel lives with his parents. Afterwards the father turns up in a hospital, but then is taken to a concentration camp and the mother sends the boy to safety in England. Samuel never sees his parents again. Decades later on the U.S.-Mexico border, Anita Diaz, 7, is separated by her mother under the U.S. government’s previous no tolerance policy that tore child migrants from their parents. The little girl is sent to live in a group home for children while her mother keeps missing. Through a series of circumstances, Samuel and Anita eventually meet through Leticia, a woman who migrated to the U.S. as a child herself after losing most of her family in El Salvador.
Allende moves the story back and forth between Europe and the United States, switches between the past and present, as two very different children in very different places and circumstances search for the safety of home and family. It’s a very different kind of book for Allende, who often places her stories in her native Latin America.
1. What can be learned about Allende?| A．She has traveled around the world. | B．She is a productive writer. |
| C．She reads works written in Spanish. | D．She creates novels of the same style. |
| A．Not real. | B．Not happy. | C．Not perfect. | D．Not lucky. |
| A．They grow up together in the US. | B．They make sacrifices for their parents. |
| C．They meet each other through a women. | D．They live unhappily with their families. |
| A．By placing background in Latin America. | B．By setting in different times and places. |
| C．By following hero and heroine’s search. | D．By discussing children’s circumstances. |
2 . Borrowing Policies
The Henry G. Bennett Memorial Library provides materials and services to meet the information needs of graduate and undergraduate students, face-to-face and online learners as well as teachers and community members.
Borrowing for Students
General Collection: 21 days (fall and spring); 14 days (summer)
Curriculum Collection: 7 days (fall and spring); 7 days (summer)
Borrowing for Teachers
General Collection: 90 days (fall and spring); 90 days (summer)
Curriculum Collection: 90 days (fall and spring); 90 days (summer)
OK-Share Card
Any teachers or students of any OK-Share institution may use the collections of any OK-Share library on site. Upon completion of the OK-Share card application at their home library, teachers or students will be given an OK-Share card.
Services
OK-Share card borrowers are allowed two books in their possession at one time. Electronic tools may not be available to the OK-Share card borrowers.
Inform the library you use immediately if your card is lost or stolen. A $5.00 charge for a second OK-Share card must be paid to the lending library.
Books should be returned to the library where the library materials were borrowed. Materials returned by mail should be sent by first-class, insured mail. Materials sent by post office must be insured for at least $100.
Billing
The library is not responsible for informing borrowers that materials are overdue. OK-Share card borrowers are billed for fines for materials returned late.
1. What is the similarity for teachers and students to borrow materials?| A．They can keep them for 90 days anyway. |
| B．They all can borrow them in winter. |
| C．They can keep them in autumn for 14 days. |
| D．They can keep either general or curriculum collections. |
| A．Borrowing two books at a time. | B．Using necessary electronic tools. |
| C．Getting another card for free. | D．Getting materials mailed for free. |
| A．Tell them the date in advance. |
| B．Punish them by fining them. |
| C．Forbid them to borrow books again. |
| D．Force them to hand in the OK-Share card. |
3 . In 2008, first grade teacher Alvin Irby stopped by a barbershop (理发店) after school for a haircut. Before long, one of his students
That moment
Irby’s program may seem
Putting books in barbershops is not the finish line. Irby says, “Many kids
Irby believes that
| A．went away | B．stood up | C．stepped aside | D．came in |
| A．amused | B．bored | C．worried | D．terrified |
| A．chair | B．mirror | C．student | D．worker |
| A．book | B．coach | C．parent | D．picture |
| A．met | B．ended | C．failed | D．stayed |
| A．replaced | B．founded | C．remembered | D．checked |
| A．cover | B．equip | C．confuse | D．associate |
| A．wise | B．proud | C．slow | D．sure |
| A．equal | B．formal | C．easy | D．risky |
| A．consideration | B．curiosity | C．experience | D．hesitation |
| A．casual | B．attractive | C．secret | D．familiar |
| A．carefully | B．temporarily | C．constantly | D．accidentally |
| A．dream | B．reply | C．method | D．quality |
| A．safely | B．hardly | C．partly | D．slightly |
| A．praises | B．observes | C．involves | D．misses |
| A．encourage | B．promise | C．teach | D．warn |
| A．selling | B．discussing | C．moving | D．donating |
| A．powerful | B．confident | C．concrete | D．generous |
| A．put | B．force | C．turn | D．divide |
| A．position | B．invitation | C．memory | D．chance |
4 . Every child in Montana will have a chance to get free books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library which is in partnership with the state’s first lady, Susan Gianforte.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program to improve childhood literacy and a love for reading. The program provides free age-appropriate (与年龄相符的) books to children from birth to age five, regardless of the money their family makes. By providing free books and improving early reading ability, the program hopes to improve educational outcomes and create a foundation (基础) for a lifelong love of learning in young children.
“I’m so excited to be starting my Imagination Library widely in Montana!” said Parton. “I want to send my very special thanks to first lady Susan Gianforte for her partnership in making this amazing gift available (可获得的) to children and families across the state.”
Parton’s Imagination Library will provide a free book each month to any Montana child, ages 0 to 5 years old, who is registered with the organization.
“The ability of reading and writing helps the kids a lot with their development. When parents read to their kids or when the kids read alone, books attract them, fire their imagination, and spark their curiosity,” Gianforte said.
1. What does the underlined word “literacy” in paragraph 2 mean?| A．The idea of sharing. |
| B．The habit of listening. |
| C．The skill of solving problems |
| D．The ability of reading and writing. |
| A．By selling books statewide. |
| B．By working together with Gianforte. |
| C．By improving their early reading ability. |
| D．By organizing learning activities for their parents. |
| A．4. | B．6. | C．7. | D．8. |
| A．It’s costly. | B．It’s important. | C．It’s difficult. | D．It’s doubtful. |
