“Racism (种族歧视) is a grown-up disease,” declares the saying on Ruby Bridge’s website along with a photo of Mrs. Bridge today, a 6-year-old girl four decades ago. In the photo, she is walking up the steps of the William Frantz Public School in New Orleans, a little black girl accompanied by two officers who protect her on her way to school.

Her name then was Ruby Nell. It was Nov. 14, 1960. She was the first black child to enroll at this all-white elementary school according to the court order to desegregate in New Orleans schools. Her story is moving -- she was a very courageous child -- and remains a significant proof against intolerance (不宽容) of all kinds. Ruby’s photo brings out another powerful image on her website: Norman Rockwells symbolic painting for Look magazine on Jan. 14, 1964, “The Problem We All Live With.”

Rockwell was an illustrator of exceptional skill and charm. He produced a vast number of unforgettable images over a long career, many of them involving children. His American kids are innocent and appealing, but often, at the same time, decidedly naughty. His method was to photograph his models, and the resulting paintings were photographic． But it is revealing to see how the artist slightly changed facial expressions from photo to oil painting in order to make his paintings communicate with the viewer. Communication, even persuasion, lay at the back of his work; this was art for effect.

“The Problem We All Live With” belongs to Rockwell’s later work, when he began openly showing his strong belief in liberty. This is a highly persuasive image. Before he arrived at the final copy, one sketch (草图) shows the little girl closer to the two officers following her than to those in front. In the finished picture, the girl seems more determined, independent, and untouched． The unfriendly tomatoes thrown on the wall are behind her now, and she, is completely unaffected．

1.Ruby Nell was protected by officers on her way to school, because   .

A．she was a little fighter against racism

B．she was very young, short and timid

C．she was the first black to study in an all-white school

D．she was chosen by the com t0be’wi’th white children

2.According to the passage, “The Problem We All Live With” is a(n)     .

A．social program for American children

B．famous painting by Norman Rockwell

C．photo displayed on Ruby Bridges’ website

D．exhibition at the Norman Rockwell Museum

3.The word “desegregate” in paragraph 2 probably means“   ”.

A．fight against the white	B．end racial separation
C．struggle for freedom	D．stop the black-white conflict

4.The main topic of this passage is   .

A．how Rockwell encouraged Ruby to fight against racism

B．how Ruby won her fight to go to an all-white school

C．how Rockwell expressed his protest in .Iris work

D．how persuasive Rockwell’s earlier work of art is

 

完形填空(共20小题；每小题l.5分，满分30分)

Once upon a time, there lived many doves (鸽子) in the jungle. One day they went out in search of food. They flew long distances   1  did not get anything to eat. All of them were now completely  2.

A young dove asked the King Dove, “Your Majesty(陛下), please   3  us to take some rest.” The king replied, “Have   4, my dear young fellow. We shall   5   get something to eat very soon.”

The young dove started flapping(拍打) his wings with   6  and soon left everyone else behind. After some time, he   7  and spoke to others, “Hey, I see lots of   8 down there.”

Hearing this, all the doves started  9  the scattered (散落的) grains under a banyan tree.   10  the King Dove said, “It is too good to be true. There is something wrong. Don’t rush towards the grains. It may be a   11 . Some hunter must have laid a trap(陷阱).”

But the doves were extremely hungry. The   12  of the grains was too tempting (诱惑人的). Without giving a(n)   13  to the king’s advice, they swooped (突然下降) down and started eating the grains. After having a big   14, they tried to fly away only to   15 that they were caught in a net.

The King Dove said, “I told you before that it is a trick of some hunter.”

All of them felt ashamed and   16  . One of them said to the King Dove, “Oh, Your Majesty, please save us.”

So the King Dove said, “All of you must try to fly with the   17  at the same time and in the same   18, all of you.”

Just then they saw a(n)   19  show up. The King Dove said, “Now all of you, fly together.”

So all the doves flapped their wings together and flew with the net. The hunter stood shocked. He couldn’t   20  what he had just seen.

1.                A．but            B．and            C．so   D．however

 

2.                A．excited         B．surprised       C．tired D．embarrassed

 

3.                A．let            B．leave           C．permit   D．accept

 

4.                A．rest           B．courage         C．luck D．belief

 

5.                A．slowly          B．perhaps         C．possibly  D．surely

 

6.                A．surprise        B．pleasure        C．force D．anger

 

7.                A．turned down    B．turned back      C．held back D．held down

 

8.                A．persons        B．hunters         C．plants    D．grains

 

9.                A．rushing towards  B．looking for      C．picking up D．dropping down

 

10.               A．Gladly          B．Amazedly       C．Hardly D．Suddenly

 

11.               A．magic          B．trick           C．dream D．mistake

 

12.               A．color          B．smell          C．view  D．sight

 

13.               A．sound          B．thought         C．idea  D．care

 

14.               A．meeting        B．discussion       C．meal  D．break

 

15.               A．appreciate      B．understand      C．realize    D．concern

 

16.               A．pleased        B．scared         C．full   D．sick

 

17.               A．food           B．king           C．net   D．wing

 

18.               A．way           B．place          C．circle D．direction

 

19.               A．hunter         B．guide          C．adult D．child

 

20.               A．believe         B．remember      C．tell   D．catch

 

 

Today I am known for my voice. Perhaps the greatest honor came when I was asked to read The New Testament（《新约全书》）on tape .

         But it  21  a long time to believe such good things could happen to me. When I was a child, I stuttered（结巴）so badly that I was completely  22  to speak in public.

          23  when I was 14, Professor Donald Crouch came to my school. He was a retired college professor. English was his favorite subject and  24  was his deepest love. He held a book of poems as if it were a crystal,  25  pages as if uncovering treasures. When he heard that our school was teaching Shakespeare and other classics, he felt  26  for not being a part of our school sooner.

         When he  27  that I not only loved poetry but was  28  it, we became closer. There was, however, one  29 -- Professor Crouch could not stand the  30  that I refused to read my poems to the class.

    “Jim, poetry is  31  to be read aloud,” he said. “You should be able to speak those beautiful words.” I shook my head and  32  .

         One day he   33  me .

         After handing in a poem, I waited for his  34  . It didn’t come. Instead one day as the students had gathered together, he  35  me , “Jim, I don’t think you wrote this poem.”

         I stared at him in disbelief. “Why,” I started,  36  flooding me. “of course I did !” “Well, then,” he said, “you’ve got to prove it by getting up and reciting it from  37  .”

         By then the other students had settled at their desks. With knees shaking, I walked up to the front. For a moment I stood there  38  Then I began, and kept going. I recited my poem all the way   39  !

         Afterwards, Professor Crouch encouraged me to read other writers’ poetry before the public. I discovered I did have a(n)  40  and found my classmates actually looked forward to hearing me recite.

1.A．lasted       B．took    C．spent  D．wasted

2.A．impatient B．disabled      C．unable         D．impossible

3.A．But  B．Then   C．Besides        D．However

4.A．archaeology     B．art       C．architecture        D．poetry

5.A．drawing   B．turning        C．writing         D．finding

6.A．regretful  B．thankful       C．relieved      D．annoyed

7.A．decided   B．recognized C．learned       D．proved

8.A．reading    B．reciting        C．publishing   D．writing

9.A．problem  B．promise       C．agreement  D．difference

10.A．matter   B．fact     C．idea    D．belief

11.A．said        B．found C．prepared    D．meant

12.A．turned away  B．sat down     C．talked back D．gave in

13.A．greeted B．scolded       C．tricked         D．comforted

14.A．help       B．idea    C．reward       D．comment

15.A．challenged     B．attracted     C．noticed        D．talked

16.A．pride      B．anger  C．excitement D．joy

17.A．heart      B．beginning    C．mind   D．memory

18.A．panic      B．disappointed       C．breathless   D．aimless

19.A．down     B．up       C．around        D．through

20.A．voice      B．sound C．appearance         D．interest

 

“Scotty!” Mr. Brown, my Year 11 English teacher, called me by my nickname (绰号) across the classroom. His eyes were bright and a secret   36   was half hidden behind the beard.

Once he finished joking over my unbearable   37  , I realized he was going to read my story aloud to the class. I turned red, feeling at once both embarrassed and   38  . I had my very   39   reading audience! Though my classmates were a ‘passive audience’, it didn’t weaken my feeling of being   40  .

After that, I came to   41   those Year 11 English classes. Throughout school I had always studied hard and achieved well in my school subjects. But creative   42   was a passion, and it was not an assignment, but a way of understanding the world and of   43   my thoughts and feelings about events and attitudes.

Mr. Brown was the first to   44   me for my writing so openly. My scores were always 19/20 or 20/20. My stories were often read out to the class. He even   45   one with the respected Head of English teachers, which was the most   46   part that is impressed on my memory. But   47   that, he offered a belief in me that no other teacher had.

My school   48   often stated, ‘Candice is a quiet achiever.’ I thought it was meant as a(n)   49   for being hard-working. I was someone that no one really   50   before, but Mr. Brown managed to   51   all that by bringing me to the attention of the world. Though it was the relatively   52   world of school, it put the seed of belief in myself that some day I could be an   53   person rather than the person who faded into the background.

I   54   touch with my teacher long ago, as we do when we move away from the school system and enter life. I wish I could tell him now how much he   55   me.

1.A. trick            B. fear                                   C. surprise                    D. smile

2.A. sadness      B. shyness          C. weakness      D. kindness

3.A. ashamed    B. calm      C. thrilled D. depressed

4.A. unfriendly B. devoted         C. small     D. first

5.A. special        B. intelligent      C. famous D. diligent

6.A. love   B. hate      C. attend   D. miss

7.A. thinking      B. reading C. writing  D. speaking

8.A. organizing  B. collecting      C. expressing    D. hiding

9.A. train  B. recommend  C. criticize          D. acknowledge

10.A. compared         B. shared  C. composed    D. exchanged

11.A. interesting B. shocking     C. challenging D. exciting

12.A. more than        B. other than     C. instead of     D. in spite of

13.A. days         B. efforts           C. books    D. reports

14.A. praise       B. urge           C. reason    D. competition

15.A. believed  B. noticed C. supported     D. respected

16.A. forget       B. compensate  C. change D. prove

17.A. developed        B. limited  C. preserved     D. disturbed

18.A. important  B. educated   C. honest  D. optimistic

19.A. sought      B. regained        C. lost      D. ignored

20.A. owed        B. influenced    C. satisfied         D. attracted

 

 

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后个题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved.That person was my stepmother.

I was nine years old when she enterd our home in rural Virginia. My father__36__me to her with these words:“I would like you to meet the fellow who is___37  for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no ___38  than tomorrow morning.”

My stepmother walked over to me, ___39  my head slightly upward,and looked me right in the eye.Then she looked at my father and replied,“You are ___40  .This is not the worst boy at all, ___41   the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet（释放的途径）for his enthusiasm.”

That statement began a(n) ___42   between us.No one had ever called me smart,My family and neighbors had built me up in my ___43   as a bad boy . My stepmother changed all that.

She changed many things.She ___44   my father to go to a dental school,from which he graduated with honors.She moved our family into the county srat,where my father’s career could be more ___45   and my brother and I could be better___46   .

When I turned fourteen,she bought me a secondhand___47   and told me that she believed that I could become a writer.I knew her ernthusiasm,I___48

it had alreadly improved our lives.I accepted her ___49  and began to write for local newspapers.I was doing the same kind of___50   that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later.I wasn’t the ___51   beneficiary (受益者).My father became the ___52   man in town.My brother and stepbrthers became a physician,a dentist,a lawyer,and a college president.

  What power __53  has!When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is ___54  strengthened by faith,it becomes an irresistible（不可抗拒的）force which poverty and temporary defeat can never ___55   .

  You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it.This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.

36.A.rushed           B.sent           C.carried        D.introduced

37.A.distinguished      B.favored        C.mistaken      D.rewarded

38. A.sooner           B.later          C.longer         D.earlier

39. A.dragged          B.shook         C.raised         D.bent

40. A.perfect           B.right          C.wrong         D.impolite

41. A.but              B.so            C.and           D.or

42. A.ageement         B.friendship     C.gap            D.relationship

43. A.opinion          B.image         C.espectation      D.mind

44. A.begged           B.persuaded     C.ordered         D.invited

45. A.successful        B.meaningful     C.helpful         D.useful

46. A.treared          B.entertained      C.educated        D.respected

47. A.cemera          B.radio          C.bicycle         D.typewriter

48. A.considered       B.suspected       C.ignored        D.appreciated

49. A.belief           B.request         C.criticism        D.description

50. A.teahing          B.writing         C.studying       D.reading

51. A.next            B.same           C.only          D.real

52. A.cleverest        B.wealthiest       C.strongest       D.bealthiest

53. A.ebthusiasm      B.sympathy        C.fortune        D.confidence

54. A.deliberately      B.happily         C.traditionally     D.constantly

55. A.win            B.match           C.reach          D.doubt