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W: Hello, may I speak to Mr. Black, please?
M: Speaking.  【小题1】 
W: This is the Town Job Center. We have received your Email  【小题2】 .
M: Can you tell me more about it? What kind of jobs? Where?
W:  【小题3】  It’s the kind of job you would like to do, as we can see from your Email.
M: Yes, I did put that in my Email.
W: Yes. They also want a person who knows how to operate computer,  【小题4】 .
M: What about the pay and the work hours?
W: I am coming to that. The pay they have offered is satisfactory,  【小题5】. Sometime early in the                  morning, sometimes late in the afternoon.
M: Well, I am interested in it, but I need some more details so that I can talk it over with my wife.
W: Why don’t you come over here tomorrow?
M: OK, I’ll do that. See you tomorrow then. Bye!

A．and we would like to make friends with you.

B．and we are quite interested in you.

C．Who are you, please?

D．so we think you are just the right kind of person for the job.

E. but the work hours are a bit changeable.
F. Who’s calling, may I ask?
G. Well, a college wants to find some laboratory assistants.

Mark Twain left school when he was twelve. He had little school education. In spite of this, he became the most famous writer of his time. He made millions of dollars by writing. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but he is better known all over the world as Mark Twain, his penname.
Mark Twain was born in 1835 and he was not a healthy baby. In fact, he was not expected to live through the first winter. But with his mother’s care, he managed to survive. As a boy, he caused much trouble for his parents. He used to play jokes on all his friends and neighbors. He didn’t like to go to school, and he often ran away from home. He always went in the direction of the nearby Mississippi(密西西比河). He was nearly drowned nine times.
After his father’s death, Mark Twain began to work for a printer, who only provided him with food and clothing. Then, he worked as a printer, a river-boat pilot and later joined the army. But shortly after that he became a miner. During this period, he started to write short stories. Afterwards he became a full time writer.
In 1870, Mark Twain got married. In the years that followed he wrote many books including Tom Sawyer in 1876, and Huckleberry Finn in 1884, which made him famous, and brought him great fortune.
Unfortunately, Mark Twain got into debts in bad investments(投资) and he had to write large numbers of stories to pay these debts. In 1904, his wife died, and then three of his children passed away.
At the age of 70, his hair was completely white. He bought many white suits and neckties. He wore nothing but white from head to foot until his death on April 21, 1910.
【小题1】In his childhood, Mark Twain, ________.

A．learned a lot at school

B．he often went swimming with other boys

C．his mother often worried about his safety

D．he often played games with other boys

【小题2】Which of the following shows the right order about Mark Twain?
a. He became a miner.           b. He worked as a printer.
c. He got into debts.           d. His father died.
e. He became a full-time writer.    F. He joined the army.

A．a—d—b—c—e—f	B．d—b—f—a—e—c
C．d—a—f—e—b—c	D．c—b—d—f—e—a

【小题3】In order to make a living, Mark Twain _______.

A．first worked as a printer	B．did many kinds of work
C．wrote stories in the beginning	D．joined the army after he worked in a mine

【小题4】From the passage we can see that Mark Twain _______.

A．had a happy childhood

B．was a good boy and always did what he was asked

C．was very naughty when he was young

D．lived a pleasant life

【小题5】Before his death, Mark Twain _______.

A．became a white man	B．was in low spirits
C．liked to buy all kinds of clothes	D．had nothing on

A trip to Key West

As we cross the bridge to Key West, we can see many boats.___1.____ Others belongs to people who have sailed their boats here from many different places.

In the city, the houses are almost all painted white.A few are pink or light blue.Many houses are very old and very small.Key West is a very old city._______2._______.

Many palm trees (棕榈树) grow here. Colorful flowers grow in front of many of the little houses. You can stay in a room in one of these houses for the night.You can smell the ocean on the soft warm wind that blows across the island.

We drive past several streets and then come to Whitehead Street. There is a monument there. The signs says this is the southernmost part of the United States.The sign says “ America Begins Here.” __3.____ It is the second largest ocean.

After taking a few photographs of the sign, we turn the car around and follow Whitehead Street to number 1907.____4._____  For a few dollars, you can see the inside of the house.Hemingway had many cats when he lived here.He is gone, but the cats remain.Many are asleep on the beds or chairs.They are used to seeing people walking through the old house.

_____5.____ There is a private museum here we want to visit.It is the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society Museum.The museum is named after treasure hunter Mel Fisher, who discovered an old sunken Spanish treasure ship near Key West more than twenty years ago.

A．Finally, we go back home.

B．Beyond the sign is the Atlantic Ocean.

C．Some are fishing boats you can use for the day.

D．After that, we travel a little way to Green Street.

E.Many of the buildings are more than 100 years old.

F.It is made of modern materials, i.e.steel and concrete.

G.This house belonged to the famous American writer Ernest Hemingway.

 

 

                               One of the most popular American singers of the twentieth century was Elvis Presley. He made the rock ”n” roll music popular all over the world, He sold millions of records and made many successful films, and he helped change the direction of popular music in the 1960s.

         Elvis Presley was born in a poor family in 1935, His parents were simple country people who often took him to church, where he learned to sing, and he never forgot the kind of songs that he used to sing in church as a child.

         When he was young, Elvis moved from Toledo to Memphis in Tennessee, where he attended high school, but he was not a good student, His only real interest was singing. He began to sing in the style that is called “country and western”.

         In 1955 he recorded some songs for his mother’s birthday. The people at the recording studio liked his singing and his music. It was country and western music, but it also sounded a little like the music which black people used to sing in the American South. It was called “blues”.

         Shortly after that, Elvis met Tom Parker, who became his manager and arranged (安排) concerts for him across the United States and new recordings as well. Soon Elvis became famous around the country. Later Elvis went to Hollywood and began to appear in films such as Love Me Tender and King Creole.

         But Elvis found it difficult to live with success. Like many other famous people, He began to take drugs and his health started to suffer. When he died at an early age of 42 in 1977,his many millions of fans were shocked, “The King Is Dead!” the newspaper said, But today his memory and his music live on and will always be remembered as the King of Rock “n” roll.

66. From the passage, we can see________________.

         A. the church songs didn’t help Elvis develop his own style

         B. Elvis forgot his church music at a later age

         C. Elvis didn’t get any help from his parents

         D. the church songs helped Elvis’ development in his singing

67. Who was Tom Parker?

         A. A manager of a bank                                        B. A famous singer

         C. Elvis’ manager                                                   D. Elvis’ best friend since childhood

68. What caused Elvis’ death?

         A. His singing too much                                        B. His taking the drugs

         C. His parent’s death                                            D. Tom Parker’s help

69. What was Elvis’ music style like most?

         A. Only country and western

         B. Only country and blues

         C. Both western and church music

         D. Not only country and western but also a bit “blues”

70. Which is the right order of Elvis’ life?

         a. Elvis learned to sing at church

         b. Elvis gave concerts all across America

         c. Elvis recorded some songs for his mother’s birthday

         d. Tom Parker became his manager

         e. Elvis went to high school in Memphis

         f. Elvis was born in Toledo

         A. f; a; e; c; d; b                                                       B. f; a; c; e; d; b

         C. f; e; a; d; b; c                                                       D. f; e; a; c; d; b

 

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框中选出能填入文中空白处的最合适的单词，并将该单词的标号（A、B、C、D、E…）填写在答题卡对应题号的横线上。

A. usual       B. graduating      C. give       D. shortcoming       E. hardly

F. schedule     G. made           H. Ever       I. that              J. organize 

I am Wang Kun.   1  since middle school, my sister and I have dreamed about taking a bike trip along the Mekong River. After   2  from college, we got the chance to make our dream come true. My sister planned our   3  for the trip. I am fond of my sister but she has a serious   4 . Sometimes she can be really stubborn. Once she has   5  up her mind, nothing can change it. Although she didn’t know the best way to get to places, she insisted that she

  6  the trip. I had to   7  in to her. My sister rode in front of me as   8  . We reached Tibet first. It was snowing and our legs were so heavy and cold   9  they felt like blocks of ice. However, it was great fun as we found ourselves cycling through clouds. Our next stop is Yunnan Province, where we can see our cousins. We can   10  wait to see them!