New Annotated Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Price: ￡28.00

Publication Date: 30/11/2006

Publisher’s description:

Collect Doyle’s fifty-six classic short stories, arranged in the order in which they appeared in late-nineteenth-and-early-twentieth-century book editions, in a set complemented by four novels, editor biographies of Doyle, Holmes, and Watson as well as literary and cultural details about Victorian society.

Breaking Ground by Daniel Libeskind

Price: ￡16.00

Publication Date:11/10/2006

Brief description:

This is a book about the adventure life that can offer each of us if we seize it, and about the powerful forces of tragedy, memory and hope. For Daniel Libeskind, life’s adventure has been through architecture, which he has found has the power to reshape human experience. Although often relating to the past, his buildings are about the future. This biology of one man’s journey brings together history, personal experience, our physical environment and a fresh international vision.

In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Spiegelman

Price: ￡16.00

Publication Date:02/09/2006

Brief description:

On 11^th September 2001, Art Spiegelman raced to the world Trade Center, not knowing if his daughter Nadja was alive or dead. Once she was found safe---in her school at the foot of the burning towers---he returned home, to mediate(反省) on the trauma(创伤), and to work on a comic strip(连环漫画). In the Shadow of No Towers is New Yorker Art Spiegelman’s extraordinary account of “the hijacking(劫机) on 9.11 and the following hijacking of those events” by America.

Light on Snow by Anita Shreve

Price: ￡14.00

Publication Date:07/10/2006

Publisher’s description:

This is the 11^th novel by Anita Shreve, the critically accepted bestseller. A moving story of love and courage and tragedy and of the ways in which the human heart always seeks to heal itself.

Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv

Price: ￡20.99

Publication Date:11/08/2006

Brief description:

Camping in the garden, riding bikes through the woods, climbing trees, picking wildflowers, running through piles of autumn leaves… these are the things childhood memories are made of. But for a whole generation of today’s children the pleasures of a free-range childhood are missing, and their indoor habits contribute to obesity, attention disorder and childhood depression. This book shows how our children have become increasingly distanced from nature, why this matters and how we can make a difference. Richard Louv is chairman of the Children and Nature Network and co-chair of the National Forum on Children and Nature. He is the author of seven other books and has written for newspapers and magazines including the New York Times and the Washington Post.

1.Who is the writer of the latest book published among the four books?

A．Arthur Conan Doyle                     B．Daniel Libeskind

C．Art Spiegelman                         D．Anita Shreve

2.If one wants to know something about Victorian society, he or she may read____.

A．Light on Snow                          B．In the Shadow of No Towers

C．Breaking Ground                        D．New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

3.Which of the following refers to tragedies?

A．Light on Snow　＆　Breaking Ground

B．Light on Snow ＆　In the Shadow of No Towers

C．In the Shadow of No Towers ＆　Breaking Ground

D．New Annotated Sherlock Holmes　＆　In the Shadow of No Towers

4.Which book is based on a real big event?

A．Breaking Ground                        B．In the Shadow of No Towers

C．Light on Snow                          D．Last Child in The Woods

5.Who has also written for newspapers and magazines according to the text?

A．Arthur Conan Doyle.                     B．Daniel Libeskind

C．Art Spiegelman                         D．Richard Louv

 

　　Once upon time there was a man named Lord Ye. 1. ________

　　It was said that he was very fond of                    2. ________

　　dragons that he had them painting all over               3. ________

　　his house. When the real dragon in the heaven heard of this, 4. ________

　　it decided fly down and pay                          5. ________

　　a visit to him. It put it's head through one               6. ________

　　of Lord Ye's windows. If the lord saw                  7. ________

　　the dragon, he got up immediately and runs away,        8. ________

　　frightened nearly out of his wits.

　　                                                9. ________

　　This shows that the lord was not real fond of dragons.    10. ________

At the age of 13，I visited a doctor with my parents. As I sat in the examining chair，the doctor looked into my 　31　.“She did inherit (继承) it，”he said with coldness.“You need to be prepared. There is no 　32　 for this disease.”
My father 　33　a gene which，in most cases，results in blindness. I’d inherited the gene. He gradually 　34　 his eyesight and so did I. At last we were both 　35　 blind—he was fifty-seven years old，　36　 I was only twenty-eight.
My world 　37　 as the darkness fell，　38　 the dreams my husband and I had for us and for our three little boys. But 　39　 I tried to find some hope and 　40　，my eyes were opened to a new realization.
My father had 　41　 me not just failing eyesight，but an example of 　42　 in the face of hardships as well. We were all living in Bolivia in 1964 when he decided to 　43　 the family to America. He worked tirelessly to 　44 the right of living in the US.
Alone in the States，he 　45　 his helplessness and lack of fluency in English. He managed to rent a small apartment，and nine months later，sent airline tickets for my mom，my brother and me.
Decades later，　46 an American citizen，I look back at what he'd shown me. He set an example proving that determination is important to success. His 　47　 taught me valuable lessons for my own path in the darkness.
I did the same as I stepped into a 　48　 world. I fulfilled (完成) my own 　49　 as a wife，mom，Sunday school teacher and Spanish interpreter. What I inherited from my father helped me to 50　 my life in a whole new light.

【小题1】

A．mouth B．eyes C．ears D．throat

【小题2】

A．solution B．reason C．excuse D．cure

【小题3】.

A．carried

B．spread

C．infected

D．raised

【小题4】

A．damaged B．lost C．recovered D．gained

【小题5】

A．rapidly B．nearly C．completely D．terribly

【小题6】

A．though B．but C．so D．since

【小题7】

A．broke down B．broke off C．broke away D．broke out

【小题8】

A．realizing B．sharing C．disturbing D．destroying

【小题9】

A．when B．before C．unless D．until

【小题10】

A．honour B．beauty C．strength D．failure

【小题11】

A．handed B．rewarded C．given D．taught

【小题12】

A．contribution B．determination C．challenge D．honesty

【小题13】

A．move B．settle C．arrange D．send

【小题14】

A．enjoy B．declare C．apply D．win

【小题15】

A．accepted B．admitted C．overcame D．met

【小题16】

A．as B．like C．for D．to

【小题17】

A．knowledge B．journey C．situation D．event

【小题18】

A．cruel B．inner C．modern D．dark

【小题19】

A．promises B．hopes C．roles D．changes

【小题20】

A．touch B．end C．save D．see

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　　From Monday till Friday most people are busy__1__or studying, __2__in the evenings and on weekends they___3___enjoy ___4___. Some watch TV or go to movies; others engage in sports. It ___5___ individual（个人的）interests. ___6___ many different ways to spend our spare time.

　　Almost everyone has some kind of hobby. It may be anything ___7___collecting stamps___8___model airplanes. Some hobbies are very expensive, but others___9___anything at all. Some collections are worth a lot of money, others are ___10___only to___11___.

　　I know a man who has a coin___12___worth seven thousand dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare fifty-cent piece worth 250 dollars! He was very happy about that and thought the price was___13___. On the other hand, my younger brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them but I___14___if they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are extremely___15___ ___16___makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.

　　That's___17___a hobby means, I guess. It is something we like to do in our spare time simply___18___of it.___ 19___in dollars is not important but the pleasure it___20___us is important.

(1)A.with 　　 working	B.working
C.At 　　 working	D.with 　　 work
(2)A.but	B.however
C.when	D.and
(3)A.like	B.consider
C.are 　　 thought to	D.are 　　 free to
(4)A.it	B.sports
C.themselves	D.lives
(5)A.depends 　　 on	B.is 　　 of
C.decides	D.depends
(6)A.Everyone 　　 has	B.There 　　 has
C.There 　　 are	D.People 　　 invent
(7)A.for 　　 example	B.such 　　 as
C.from	D.like
(8)A.to 　　 making	B.and 　　 make
C.to 　　 make	D.besides 　　 making
(9)A.are 　　 not	B.are 　　 not worthy
C.don't 　　 cost	D.aren't 　　 cost
(10)A.important	B.expensive
C.good	D.valuable
(11)A.their 　　 own	B.their 　　 owners
C.themselves	D.young
(12)A.which	B.collecting
C.collected	D.collection
(13)A.expensive	B.low
C.cheap	D.reasonable
(14)A.am 　　 sure	B.doubt
C.think	D.believe
(15)A.valuable	B.expensive
C.important	D.cheap
(16)A.It	B.What
C.Nothing	D.Everything
(17)A.how	B.what
C.why	D.called
(18)A.to 　　 Enjoy	B.for 　　 pleasure
C.for 　　 the fun	D.to 　　 please ourselves
(19)A.The 　　 value	B.The 　　 money
C.The 　　 expenses	D.The 　　 cost
(20)A.that 　　 gives	B.gives
C.giving	D.is 　　 given