B
On one of her trips to New York several years ago, Eudora Welty decided to take a couple of New York friends out to dinner. They settled in at a comfortable East Side cafe and within minutes, another customer was approaching their table.
＂Hey, aren’t you from Mississippi?＂ the elegant, white-haired writer remembered being asked by the stranger. ＂I’m from Mississippi too.＂
Without a second thought, the woman joined the Welty party. When her dinner partner showed up, she also pulled up a chair.
＂They began telling me all the news of Mississippi,＂ Welty said. ＂I didn’t know what my New York friends were thinking.＂
Taxis on a rainy New York night are rarer than sunshine. By the time the group got up to leave, it was pouring outside. Welty’s new friends immediately sent a waiter to find a cab. Heading back downtown toward her hotel, her big-city friends were amazed at the turn of events that had changed their Big Apple dinner into a Mississippi.
＂My friends said: ‘Now we believe your stories,’＂ Welty added. ＂And I said: ‘Now you know. These are the people that make me write them.’＂
Sitting on a sofa in her room, Welty, a slim figure in a simple gray dress, looked pleased with this explanation.
＂I don’t make them up,＂ she said of the characters in her fiction these last 50 or so years. ＂I don’t have to.＂
Beauticians, bartenders, piano players and people with purple hats, Welty’s people come from afternoons spent visiting with old friends, from walks through the streets of her native Jackson, Miss., from conversations overheard on a bus. It annoys Welty that, at 78, her left ear has now given out. Sometimes, sitting on a bus or a train, she hears only a fragment(片段) of a particularly interesting story.
1.What happened when Welty was with her friends at the cafe?
A. Two strangers joined her.
B. Her childhood friends came in.
C. A heavy rain ruined the dinner.
D. Some people held a party there.
2. The underlined word ＂them＂ in Paragraph 6 refers to Welty’s.
A. readers B. parties C. friends D. stories
3.What can we learn about the characters in Welty’s fiction?
A. They live in big cities.
B. They are mostly women.
C. They come from real life.
D. They are pleasure seekers.
A
My first day of high school was like any other’s: registering, finding new classmates, meeting new teachers, and seeking new friends.
During lunch, I ran into my first snag(困难) of the day. At the dining hall, as the checkout(付款处) lady asked for my money, I realized that I had forgotten my lunch money. When I told her about it, I heard a voice behind me. I turned around and there stood a teacher telling her he would pay for my lunch. He told me his name, Mr Pete Walker, and said, ＂If you get a chance, you should take my history class.＂ I recognized his name, and told him I was in his class later that day. Mr Walker befriended me on the very first day of school at a very crucial time of the day — lunch!
He always told us we should do more than we ever thought. He pushed us to do all things better. He coached many sports, and sponsored many after-class activities. If we were interested in something, he would find a way to expose us to it by inviting speakers, taking us on field trips, or obtaining information for us.
Two years later, my junior year in school was clicking along nicely when one day I was riding my motorcycle and I was hit by a car. I spent six days in hospital and was at home in bed for two weeks before returning to school. Mr Walker stopped by the hospital each day with my work from my teachers. Once I was at home, he would bring my work too.
After high school, I attended the United States Army Airborne School in Fort Benning, Georgia. I knew my parents would be there the day I graduates, but they brought an unexpected guest. They came across Mr Walker at lunch several days before and told him I was about to graduate. His visit, however, was not a surprise to me.
1.At the dining hall, .
A. the lady didn’t want to charge the author for his lunch
B. the author knew Mr Walker was right behind him
C. Mr Walker didn’t know the author was his student
D. the author decided to invite Mr Walker to lunch
2. The story in Paragraph 4 showed that Mr Walker was .
A. caring B. strict C. skilled D. learned
3.What happened on the author’s graduation day?
A. His parents met Mr Walker by chance.
B. His family invited Mr Walker to lunch.
C. Mr Walker brought an unexpected guest.
D. His parents came together with Mr Walker.
4. What can we infer from the last sentence of the passage?
A. The author had invited Mr Walker to his graduation ceremony.
B. The author’s parents had informed him of Mr Walker’s visit.
C. Mr Walker had a very close relationship with his students.
D. Mr Walker went to visit the author frequently.
将下列直接引语转换为间接引语，每空一词。
1. She asked me, ＂When are you going to Shanghai?＂
She asked me when ______ ______ going to Shanghai.
2. My brother told me on the phone, ＂I will go back tomorrow.＂
My brother told me on the phone that he ______ ______ back ______ ______ ______.
3. Our headteacher told Li Ming’s mother, ＂He has gone home.＂
Our headteacher told Li Ming’s mother that ______ ______ gone home.
4. The reporter asked the girl, ＂Do you like your volunteer work on weekends?＂
The reporter asked the girl ______ she ______ ______ volunteer work on weekends.
5. ＂Why do you stay at home?＂ my father asked.
My father asked ______ ______ ______ at home.
6. The woman teacher asked the students, ＂Can you understand what I am saying?＂
The woman teacher asked the students ______ ______ could understand what ______ ______ saying.
7. She said, ＂Are you from the south?＂
She asked ______ ______ ______ from the south.
8. Mr. Paul said to us, ＂The moon goes around the earth.＂
Mr. Paul ______ us that the moon ______ around the earth.
9. ＂I can’t find my wallet,＂ he said to me.
He ______ me that ______ ______ ______ ______ wallet.
10. ＂I will take it home with me,＂ she said.
She said that ______ ______ ______ it home with ______.
用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空
congratulate…on do damage to in honour of give out judging by |
1. ______ his accent, he may be from my hometown.
2. Many volunteers ______ food in the area hit by the earthquake.
3. The stadium was named ______ the club’s first chairman.
4. She ______ me warmly ______ my exam results.
5. The earthquake ______ the area where many houses fell down and many people were trapped in ruins.
单词拼写
1. A man should be j______ by his deeds, not by his appearance.
2. He can e______ himself in fluent English now after four years’ hard learning.
3. We c______ him on his winning the prize.
4. We sent Nancy our c______ on her winning the gold medal in the 1,500-meter race.
5. I ______（真诚地）hope that you recover quickly after the operation.
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Last Sunday, my father go to see a film. But in our surprise, he came back soon. He told us about the funny thing what had happened. He was sitting in his seat while a woman came to her and said the seat was hers. So they looked at their tickets careful, only to find the seats were the same while the color were different. After while, my father apologized to the woman, saying, ＂Sorry, I make a mistake.＂ The fact was that his ticket found out under the glass on his desk was for the film a month ago.
