阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Jane Austen (1775817), an English novelist, started writing young and completed six novels in her life．Today Austen’s books are more popular than ever．In the last 10 years, five of her six novels have been made into Hollywood films, while her books continue to be best-sellers．
Richard Jenkyns, a professor of English at Oxford University, says that her novels are about marriage, friendships and the family, which are still with us today．“The stories are timeless,” Jenkyns said．
Pride and Prejudice(偏见)(1813) is Austen’s most famous work．It is a love story about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr．Darcy．At first, these two dislike each other．Elizabeth is pretty, smart and lively．She is proud because Darcy doesn’t know about her family．Mr．Darcy is handsome, rich and has a better family background．So, he is proud as well．At the same time, Darcy holds a prejudice against the Bennet family．He has no understanding of why the family, especially its mother and daughters should try so hard to find wealthy and powerful husbands．He thinks they are vulgar．Anyway, Elizabeth and Darcy finally fall in love and become a romantic couple(夫妻) but their families don’t want them to．
In Pride and Prejudice, some of the main things that Jane Austen wants to teach people are as follows．Opposites can attract（吸引） each other．Lovers should not only make each other feel relaxed or comfortable, but also educate and improve each other．
Austen os often called the greatest romantic writer, so it is surprising she remained unmarried．‘Maybe she was too romantic, waiting for the perfect man,” Jenkyns says．
1.From Paragraph 1and Paragraph 2,we can know_________．
A．Jane Austen passed away in her fifties
B．Austen’s works remain popular today
C．all of Austen’s works have been made into Hollywood films．
D．Austen’s works are mostly about war and the family．
2.Which of the following sentences is True?
A．Elizabeth and Darcy fall in love at first sight．
B．Elizabeth has a better family background than Darcy．
C．Darcy has a first good impression of Elizabeth’s family．
D．Elizabeth and Darcy become a romantic couple in the end．
3.What does the underlined word”vulgar” in Paragraph 3 mean ?
A．粗俗的 B．鲁莽的
C．吝啬的 D．伪善的
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
As a child, I was really afraid of the dark and of getting lost．These fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments.
Maybe it was the strange way things looked and sounded in my own room at night that scared (使惊恐) me so much．There was never complete darkness, but always a streetlight or passing car lights, which made clothes on the back of a chair take on the shape of a wild animal．Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the curtains (窗帘) seem to move when there was no wind．A very low sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the day．My imagination would run wild, and my heart would beat fast．I would lie very still so that the “enemy” would not discover me.
Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, especially on the way home from school．Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home．That was no problem．After school, though, when all the buses were lined up along the street, I was afraid that I would get in the wrong one and be taken to some other strange places．On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn’t let the leaders out of my sight.
Perhaps one of the worst fears of all I had as a child was that of not being liked or accepted by others．Being popular was so important t o me then, and the fear of not being liked was a serious one.
One of the processes (过程) about growing up is being able to realize and overcome (克服) our fears．Understanding the things that scared us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life.
1.________would scare the writer at night.
A．Streetlight and car lights
B．Wild animals and enemies
C．Moving curtains and wind
D．Strange sights and sounds
2.When she went to some other places, she would________.
A．walk away without others
B．take a bus by herself
C．follow others closely
D．make sure not to take a wrong bus
3.Which of the following statements would be possibly TRUE when she was a child?
A．She thought being popular among people was important.
B．She was always the leader of the others.
C．She always got poor grades.
D．She was not at all liked by others.
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—10各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
I sat down to read under an old tree in the park．I felt my life was______, for my whole world was dark.
A young boy ran up to me, out of breath．He stood right before me with his head down and said_______, “Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and______．I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes away so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play.
However, he sat n ext to my side and placed the flower to his_______and said in surprise, “It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too．That’s_______I picked it．Here, it’s for you.” The flower before me was dead．But I knew I must_______ it, or he might never leave．So I accepted the flower, and replied, “This is just what I want.” Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not see — he was blind.
Tears (眼泪) came down my face as I_______him for picking the best one．“You’re welcome,” he smiled, and then ran off to______．I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain.
Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me．And for all those years I myself always was _______．I decided to see the beauty in life, and_______every second of my life．And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose.
1.A．hopeless B．colorful C．simple D．wonderful
2.A．sadly B．strictly C．angrily D．excitedly
3.A．dead B．fresh C．alive D．heavy
4.A．head B．nose C．ear D．neck
5.A．how B．when C．where D．why
6.A．buy B．sell C．accept D．break
7.A．forgave B．thanked C．paid D．hated
8.A．sleep B．study C．dance D．play
9.A．cheerful B．useful C．blind D．deaf
10.A．waste B．enjoy C．lose D．forget
—The food here is very nice．Thank you for inviting me.
— _____ I’m glad you enjoyed it.
A．Don’t mention it． B．Don’t thank me
C．Don’t worry D．Don’t you think so
— Kitty, do you know ______?
— Sure, about forty minutes.
A．when did their class meeting begin.
B．where their class meeting was held
C．how often their class meeting is held
D．how long their class meeting will last
The mobile phone has changed people’s life a lot ________ it was invented.
A．until B．since
C．before D．after
