综合填空
Mark Twain was an American writer, journalist and humorist, who won a worldwide audience for his stories
Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835 in Florida, of a Virginian family. He was 1. b______ up in Hannibal, Missouri. At the2. a_____ of 12,his father died ,he became a printer .To make a 3.l______, he wrote for his brother's newspaper. He later worked as a licensed Mississippi river-boat pilot though he was very 4.y______.
No one knew the 5.e_____ date when Twain left for California, and worked in San Francisco as a reporter. He visited Hawaii as a correspondent for The Sacramento Union, publishing letters on his trip and giving lectures. He set out on a world tour, traveling in France and Italy. His experiences were recorded in 1869 in The Innocents Abroad, which made him famous 6.a______ the world.
The success as a writer made him rich enough to 7.m_____ the beautiful girl Olivia Langdon in 1870. They moved next year to Hartford. Twain continued to lecture in the United States and England. Between 1876 and 1884 he published several masterpieces, Tom Sawyer (1881) and The Prince And The Pauper (1881).He became a 8.s______ writer.
In the 1890s Twain lost most of his earnings in financial speculations and in the failure of his own publishing firm. To recover from the bankruptcy, he started a world lecture tour. Twain toured New Zealand, Australia, India, and South Africa. He wrote many 9.w______ such as The Tragedy Of Pudd'head Wilson (1884), Personal Recollections Of Joan Of Arc (1885), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and the travel book Following The Equator (1897).They were translated into many 10.l______ later.
He died on April 21, 1910
情景交际
A.Did they buy presents for each other in the past? B.He was born in November 1952. C.Your uncle is waiting for you at the school gate. D.They married in July 1976. E.Did he have a house on the beach? F.Today is June 12th, and it’s my grandma’s birthday. |
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A：Be quick, Betty. 1.________.
B: My uncle? No, I don’t have an uncle.
A: Then who is he?
B: He is my grandpa.
A: Really? But he looks so young. How old is he?
B: 2.________ Nearly sixty.
A: Why is he waiting for you?
B: 3.______ I will help my grandpa buy some present for my grandma.
A: 4._________
B: Yes, they did.
A: When did they marry?
B: 5.________
A: Did they travel by car?
B: No, they didn’t. they didn’t have a car. They travelled by train.
I am my mother’s third girl. When I was born, the doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was missing, below the elbow(肘). Then he gave her some advice, “Don’t treat her any differently from the other girls.” And she did!
There were five girls in our family and we all had to help out. Once when I was about seven, I came out of the kitchen, “Mum, I can’t peel(削……皮)potatoes. I only have one hand.” “You get back to peel those potatoes, and don’t ever use that as an excuse for anything again!”
Of course I could peel potatoes—with my good hand and my other arm. “Jenny, if you try hard enough,” she said, “you can do anything.”
Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bar(攀爬架).When it was my turn, I said no, Some kids laughed. I went home crying.
The next afternoon Mum took me back to the school playground. “Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She praised me when I made progress. I’ll never forget when I was crossing the bar, the kids were standing there with their mouths open.
It was the way with everything. Mum had the courage to face anything. And she taught me I could, too.
1.How many younger sisters do I have?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five
2.What does the doctor’s advice mean?
A. My are could be all right soon.
B. The other girls had the same arms as me.
C. My mum should look after me differently.
D. My mum should treat me the same as others.
3.Who peeled the potatoes at last?
A. Jenny. B. Jenny’s mum. C. Jenny’s sister. D. Nobody.
4.Why did Mum take me back to the school playground the next day?
A. she wanted to tell me I could do anything.
B. she wanted the teacher to let me try again.
C. she would punish the kids who laughed at me.
D. she would like to praise me before the other kids.
5.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. My bad-tempered mother B. Different mother love
C. A doctor’s advice D. My childhood(童年)
Healthy eating doesn’t just mean what you eat, but how you eat. Here is some advice on healthy eating.
Eat with others. It can help you to see others’ healthy eating habits. If you usually eat with your parents, you will find that the food you eat is more delicious.
Listen to your body. Ask yourself if you are really hungry. Have a glass of water to see if you are thirsty—sometimes you are just thirsty, you need no food. Stop eating before you feel full.
Eat breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. After you don’t eat for the past ten hours, your body needs food to get you going. You will be smarter after eating breakfast.
Eat healthy snacks like fruits, yogurt or cheese. We all need snacks sometimes. In fact, it’s a good idea to eat two healthy snacks between your three meals This doesn’t mean that you can eat a bag of chips instead of a meal.
Don’t eat dinner late. With our busy life, we always put off eating dinner until the last minute. Try to eat dinner at least 3 hours before you go to bed. This will give your body a chance to digest most of the food before you rest for the next 8—10 hours.
1.The writer gives us _____ pieces of advice on healthy eating.
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
2.Which snack is Not mentioned in the passage?
A. Fruits B. Yogurt C. Chips D. Ice cream
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Snacks are bad for our health.
B. We should keep eating until we are full.
C. Dinner is the most important meal of the day.
D. We should have dinner at least 3 hours before going to bed.
4.The underlined(画线)word “digest” means “_____ ” in Chinese.
A. 消化 B. 享用 C.储存 D. 循环
5.The passage mainly tells us_____.
A. where to eat B. how to eat C. why to eat D. when to eat
Once Effendi（阿凡提）had a joke with the Prime Minister (宰相). He said that the Minister would die the next day.
The next day, the Minister fell to the ground from the horse and really died. When the king learned this, he got angry and sent his men to catch Effendi at once.
When Effendi was brought to him, the king shouted angrily, “Effendi, since (既然) you knew when my Minister would die, you must know the date of your own death (死). Say it out, or you'll die today.”
Effendi looked at the king for a while. Then he answered, “But how can I know? I'll die two days earlier than you.” The king was afraid that if he killed Effendi, he himself would die after that. He thought he must keep Effendi alive (活着) as long as possible, so he let Effendi go.
1.This story tells us ______.
A. how Effendi fooled (愚弄) the king
B. when the king would die
C. why the Minister died
D. Effendi knew the dates of everyone's death
2.The Prime Minister died because ______.
A. Effendi killed him B. Effendi said he would die
C. He was badly ill D. He fell off the horse
3.Why did the king ask Effendi to tell him the date of Effendi's own death?
A. Because the king wanted to know when he himself would die.
B. Because the wanted to find an excuse to kill Effendi.
C. Because he himself had known the date of Effendi's death.
D. Because he wanted to know when Effendi would die.
4.The king let Effendi go because ______.
A. he hoped to live a long life
B. he was afraid of Effendi
C. he didn't believe Effendi's words
D. He knew he would die two days later
5.Which of the following is not true?
A. Effendi played a joke on the Minister
B. The king was afraid of death.
C. Effendi didn't know when the king would die.
D. If the king killed Effendi, he himself would die two days later.
In a cold winter, a couple had to move out of their big house because of bankruptcy（破产）. The husband worked day and night but with no care of his wife. So she thought, “He doesn’t love me any more; he just thinks about his work.”
One day, she wanted to take a shower, but her husband stopped her at the door. “Let me take it first, OK?” “Why not let me take it first?” she asked. “I’m tired, dear. You take it later, OK?” She was very sad.
On a rainy day, she found nothing to do and turned on his computer. After a few minutes, her eyes were full of tears...it was his diary:
Today, I was quite sad. She asked me why I was always taking the shower first, and I said I was tired. She was unhappy. I wasn’t as rich as before! We moved to the small house and it was very cold. I found that if one person took the shower first, the bathroom could get a little warmer. So I always rushed to the bathroom first. When she took the shower, the bathroom could get warmer, at least 1°C. I can’t give her more, but at least I can give her 1°C love.
1.The couple moved out of their house ________.
A. on a rainy day
B. in a cold winter
C. when the husband lost his work
D. when the wife saw her husband’s diary
2.The woman thought her husband didn’t love her because ________.
A. he didn’t buy her beautiful clothes
B. he didn’t have enough money
C. he always worked with no care of her
D. he had another woman
3.The woman’s eyes were full of tears because ________.
A. she felt sad by her husband’s words
B. the rainy day made her sad
C. her eyes were hurt by the computer
D. she was moved by her husband’s diary
4.The man wanted to take the shower first because ________.
A. he was tired and wanted to sleep earlier
B. he wanted to make the bathroom warmer
C. he wasn’t as strong as before
D. he couldn’t stand the cold winter
5.From the reading, we know that ________.
A. the man loved his wife very much
B. the woman didn’t love her husband any more
C. the man was very poor before
D. the woman had no job
