Ralph Ellison’s novel, “Invisible Man”, was published in nineteen fifty-two. Ellison was at once called a major new writer. The book won the National Book Award, a high and rare honor for a first novel.
    Since then millions of copies have been printed. The book is still used in many universities and other schools. One professor said that he has used the book in his teaching for twenty-five years. He said that each time he returns to “Invisible Man” he finds new ideas in it.
    After “Invisible Man” was published, Ralph Ellison taught at a number of universities. He retired from New York University in nineteen eighty .While he was alive, he published only two other books .They were books of criticism（批判）and essays（随笔）, called “Shadow and Act” and “Going to the Territory”.
    Ralph Ellison died in nineteen ninety-four, at the age of eighty. After his death, a book of his stories, “Flying Home”, was published. Shortly before his death, Ellison had told someone that his second novel was almost finished. He had worked on the novel for forty years without finishing it.
    Parts of the book had appeared in magazines during the nineteen sixties and seventies. Ellison had to rewrite the novel after a large part of it was burned in a fire at his home in nineteen sixty-seven. The novel was said to be two thousand pages long. Finally, his friend John Callahan put the book together after Ellison died. The novel was published in nineteen ninety-nine. It was called “Juneteenth”.
    Since “Invisible Man” was published, many American writers have said how much Ellison influenced them.
    In nineteen ninety, another black writer, Charies Johnson, was given the National Book Award. In receiving the prize, Johnson thanked Ralph Ellison for leading the way for black writers. Ellison was present at the ceremony. He thanked Johnson. Then he expressed his belief that black writers should not be influenced only by other black writers. He said:
“You do not write out of your skin. You write out of your ideas and the quality of your mind.”

61．We can see from the passage ,when Ellison’s first novel appeared ,he was in his_______ .
A．twenties B．thirties C．forties D．fifties

62．Which of the following statements about “Invisible Man” may NOT be right?
A．It was written when Ellison was a professor in New York University.
B．It is Ellison’s first novel.
C．It is still used in many universities now.
D．It is so successful that it wins itself a place in American literature.

63. How many books did Ellison publish when he was alive?

A. 1      B. 2      C. 3      D.4

64．According to the passage, “Juneteenth” _____.
A．is written by John Callahan
B．is Ellison’s second novel
C．was published in Ellison’s seventies
D．was published 10 years after his death

65．What can we infer from the passage?
A．Ellison was a great white writer.
B．“Flying Home” is one of Ellison’s novels.
C．It took half of Ellison’s life time to write “Juneteenth”.
D．Ellison didn’t live to see the publication of “Shadow and Act” and          “Going to the Territory”.

Far, far away, there is a bad king. All his people   56   him. One hot day, the King goes to swim  57   himself in the river.

Suddenly he feels very   58   and can’t move his hands and legs. He begins to sink.   59  , two farmers are working in the filed nearby and see everything. Of course, the farmers don’t know the man in the river is the terrible king.   60   the farmers jump into the river and   61    him.

The king thanks the farmers and says, “I’m your king. Ask me for  62  , and I will give it to you.”

“My mother and father are sick in bed,” one farmer says, “Can you give me some   63    to send them to a doctor?” The King agrees.

Then he asks   64     farmer, “How about you? What do you want?” The farmer looks worried and unhappy. “  65 let other people know I met you.” he says.

1.A. hate           B. love         C. stand       D. mind    

2.A. to             B. for              C. with             D. by  

3.A. happy          B. glad         C. weak         D. strong    

4.A. Friendly       B. Luckily          C. Slowly           D. Quickly    

5.A. Though    B. Or           C. But         D. So    

6.A. thank          B. save         C. catch       D. hug

7.A. something     B. everything     C. anything      D. nothing   

8.A. flowers        B. time             C. money            D. help    

9.A. the other          B. another      C. other            D. others    

10.A. What about   B. Why not      C. Please           D. Don’t

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）。

A More Successful Person Sees More and Farther

John and Bobby joined a company together the same year.　 61　　 worked very hard. After several years, however, the boss promoted（提升） Bobby to manager but John 　 62　 　 a worker. John could not take it anymore and wanted to leave this company.

The boss knew that John worked very hard for years and wanted to 　　 63　 his mind to leave. He asked John to find out anyone selling watermelon in the market. John went and returned soon. He said he had found out a man selling watermelon. The boss asked how much per kg?　 John　　 64　 his head and went back to the 　　65　　 to ask and returned to inform the boss $1.2 per kg. Boss told John to wait a second, and he called Bobby to come to his office. He asked Bobby to go and find anyone selling watermelon in the market. Bobby went,　 66　　 and said, boss, only one person selling watermelon. $1.2 per kg, $10 for 10kg, he has 340 melons. On the table 58 melons, every melon 　　67　　 about 2 kg, bought from the South two days ago, they are fresh and　　 68　 , good quality. John was very impressed and realized the difference between　 69　　 and Bobby. He decided not to leave 　　70　　 to learn from Bobby.