__________at the gate of the theater, Susan found the ticket for the play was left at home.

A. To arrive         B. On arriving       C. As arriving     D. While arrived

 

 单词拼写（10分）

1.Sam became rich because of the _________ (发现)of gold in this area.

2.Sam was getting b______with the TV programme, so he turned off the TV and went to bed.

3.Charlie made people laugh and feel c_________（满足的）with their lives.  

4.People are ________ （困惑的）about all the different labels on food .

5.In the past ten years, Government has ___________(减少) the price of certain drugs for some 11 times.     

6.Charlie was given a special Oscar for his__________ (杰出的)work in films. 

7.The news spread t_________     the world quickly.

8.___________ (不幸的是) both his parents were killed in an accident.

9.He ___________ (克服) his fear of heights and followed the others to the top of the mountain.

10.The play was so ________  (幽默的)that the audience laughed all through it.

 

17._____ at the gate of the theatre, he found the ticket for the play was left at home.

A．To arrive

B．On arriving

C．As arriving

D．While arriving

 

  Arthur  Miller(1915-2005)is universally  recognized  as one of the greatest dramatists  of the 20^th  century. Miller`s father  had  moved to the USA from  Austria Hungary．Drawn like so many other by the“Great American  Dream”However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the  earlv l930s.
Milles's most famous play, Death of a SaIesman, is a powerful attack on the American system.with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into double with his worth. Willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment : if he can't do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at loss as to what to do with his lack of sucess. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.
When it was first staged in 1949 ,the  play was greeted with enthusiastic revews,and it won the Tony Award for Best Play,the New York Drama Critics` Circle Award,and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.
Millerl died  of hear failure at his home in Roxbury,Connecticut,on the evening of February 10,2005,the 56th anniversary  of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.
【小题1】
Why did Arthur Miller' s father move to the USA?

A．He suffered from severe hunger in his home country.

B．He was attracted by the "Great American Dream.

C．He hoped to make his son a dramatist.

D．His family business failed.

【小题2】
The play Death of a Salesman

A．exposes the cruelty of the American business world

B．discusses the ways to get promoted in a company

C．talks about the business career of Arthur Miller

D．focuses on the skills in doing business

【小题3】
What can we learn about Willy Loman?

A．He treats his employer badly.

B．He runs the Wagner Company.

C．He is a victim of the American system.

D．He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues.

【小题4】
After it was first staged, Death of a Salesman

A．achieved huge success

B．won the first Tony Award

C．was warmly welcomed by salesmen

D．was severely attacked by dramatists

【小题5】
What is the text mainly about?

A．Arthur Miller and his family.

B．The awards Arthur Miller won.

C．The hardship Arthur Miller experienced.

D．Arthur Miller and his best-known play.

第II卷

第三部分:主观题（共三节，满分45分）

第一节：单词拼写,写出单词的正确形式,并写在答题纸上（共10题，每小题1分，满分10分）

1. You must a_________ to your teacher for the rude things you said to her.

2. Lewis was much  ______（欣赏）for his work on the advanced medical research.

3. Have you been s________ on me?.

4.You can __________（查阅）a telephone directory for the number.

5. Careless driving a____________ for many accidents.

6. Dictionaries are not p____to be brought into the classroom when students take exams.

7. The last __________(一场)of the play was very impressive.

8. The girl had a ____________（猛烈的） toothache after eating too many candies.

9. Your plan is good in ___________(理论)，but does it work in practice?

10. Hard work is f______________ to success.