About  ______ of the books in our school library are written in Chinese.

A．four-fifth                              B．four-fifths

C．fourth-fifths                           D．fourths-fifth

 

Qian Zhongshu was one of the most well-known Chinese __【小题1】__ to the western world. Born on November 21, 1910 in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, he grew up with his uncle, who didn’t have a son.
Qian liked reading books and had a ___【小题2】___ memory（记忆力）. He only needed to read something once before learning it by heart. (【小题3】)He showed his good memory(记忆力) at an early age. When he was a small boy, his uncle often__【小题4】___ him to tea houses. He liked reading story books in the tea houses. When they returned home, he could repeat the stories to his cousins.
Qian went to Tsinghua University in 1929. Although he failed his math test, (【小题5】)he entered the university because he was so good at Chinese and English. In Tsinghua University he met his wife Yang Jiang, who is one year __【小题6】___ than him and a famous writer, too. They married in 1935. （【小题7】）两年以后，他们的女儿钱媛出生了。
Qian died of illness on December 19, 1998. He left many works to the world. His most famous novel, Fortress Besieged（围城）, came out in 1947. It has been translated into（已经被翻译成）more than six foreign languages.
任务一：用下列方框中所给词的适当形式完成文中四空，使其语意正确，逻辑合理。（每词限用一次,每空限填一词）4’

young  take write  surprise

【小题8】________ 【小题9】__________ 【小题10】_________ 【小题11】_________
任务二：将（【小题12】）处划线句子翻译成汉语。2’
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任务三：将（【小题13】）处划线句子进行同义句转化。2’
he entered the university because he ___ so _____   ______ Chinese and English.
任务四：将（【小题14】）译成英语。
 

Lucy is a new student in the school. And there are thirty-nine students in___ __ class. That’s twenty-one boys and___ ___girls.There are two ___ ___girls. Their names are Tina and Linda. They__ __twelve years old. They ___  ___China.They like Chinese people and food, ___ ___.

  ___ ___any buildings in their school? Yes, there are. Boys and girls often have classes（上课）in the classrooms, play game___ ___ their classmates(同学) in the sports hall, and___ ___books in the library. There is a dining hall in the ___ ___.It’s next to the sports hall.

1.A. your           B. her                     C. my

2.A.nine            B. thrity-two                C. eighteen

3.A.American        B. England                 C. China

4.A.am             B. is                       C. are

5.A.drink           B. make                    C. like

6.A.so             B. too                      C. also

7.A.Is there         B. Have you                 C. Are there

8.A.with            B. from                    C. to

9.A.ride            B. read                     C. play

10.A.school          B. park                     C. hospital

 

 Hemingway was one of the famous writers. He was born in America in 1889. His father was a doctor and loved sports very much, and his mother taught music .Among the six children in the family, Hemingway was the second oldest.

  Hemingway had written many books in his life. The old man and the sea is one of the most famous and also my favourite . It came out in 1952 .The main c haracter in the book is a fisherman. He is an old man and fishes alone. People think he is a man with bad luck , becau se he does not get a fish in eighty-four days .Every evening ,he comes home with his empty boat .But the old man believes himself . Then on the eighty-fifth day the man takes a big fish. Although he meets a lot of trouble, the old man never gives up.

选择正确答案，

1.Hemingway’s father was a fan of __________.

A.books     B. sports   C.  music    D. art

2.The old man and the sea was published in __________.

A. 1852     B.1899     C.  1952     D. 1989

3.The old man does not get a fish until the _______day.

A. fifteenth             B. eightieth

C. eighty-fourth         D. eighty—fifth

4.What does the old man do when he can not get a fish?

A. He has to look for food somewhere.

B. He does not give up fishing.

C. He does not fish any more.

D. He has nothing to do .

5.What can we learn from the old man ?

A. When we in trouble , we should not give up.

B. When we want to fish , we can get a big fish .

C. We can do everything well because we are  young .

D. We can live a better life if we like fishing .

 

Today we tell about Louisa May Alcott. She wrote one of America’s best loved children’s books.

In 1868, an American publisher asked Louisa May Alcott to write a book for girls. At first, she was not sure if she wanted to do it. She said she didn’t like girls.

However, she decided to write the book finally. She told about her experiences growing up in the northeast of the United States. The book was quite interesting. Little Women became one of the most popular children’s books in American literature. It was published (出版）in more than 50 languages.

Alcott was born in Pennsylvania in 1832. The Alcotts did not have much money. She tried teaching, sewing(缝纫) and taking care of children. She did not like any of these jobs.

At the age of 16, she wrote her first book, Flower Fables. Her stories were exciting, but unreal. She sold them to newspapers and magazines for money.

The first volume (卷) of Little Women came out in 1868. It made Alcott famous and get a lot of money. She continued writing other popular books for young people. These books included An Old-Fashioned Girl, Little Men and Eight Cousins.

Alcott wrote many exciting stories about love. But she was single (独身的) all her life. She continued to help her family during the last years of her life.

1.Alcott grew up in the ______ of the US.

A. southeast        B. northwest        C. northeast         D. southwest

2.“One of America’s best loved children’s books” refers to (指的是) the book____.

A. Little Women              B. Flower Fables  

C. An Old-Fashioned Girl      D. Eight Cousins

3.The first paragraph tells us that the article is about ______.

   A. a famous children’s book    B. a famous writer

   C. how a book came out         D. why a book is so loved

4.Alcott wrote her first book in ______.  A. 1832  B. 1848  C. 1850  D. 1868

5.From the article, we can learn ______.

   A. Alcott was born into a rich family

B. Alcott had a happy childhood

 C. Alcott didn’t live with her family

D. Alcott never married all her life