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These are the messages that Helen got yesterday. Read them carefully and find the best answers.

Helen,

Happy Feet is on at New Times Theater now. Would you like to see it?

                         Chris

Helen,

I’m going to have a birthday party next weekend. Can you come?

                          Jenny

Helen,

Buy some milk and sugar on your way home. Thanks.

                          Jack

Helen,

One of your students called. I told him to call back later.

                          Alice

Helen,

I found a new brand of dog food, it’s called Rover. You can buy some for your dog!

                           Lisa

Helen,

Mr. White has mended your car. You can go to get it at 5:00 pm tomorrow.                        

 Steve

1. What’s “Happy Feet”? 

A. A book.                            B. A film.              C. A song.       D. A pair of shoes.

2. What is Rover?

A. Helen’s friend.            B. A dog.               C. A cat.               D. A kind of dog food.

3. What did Jenny ask Helen to do?

A. She asked her to buy a ticket.                          B. She asked her to buy some presents.

C. She asked her to call her student.                            D. She asked her to go to a party.

4. Who asked Helen to buy something?

A. Lisa and Steve.           B. Jack and Alice.          C. Jack and Lisa.           D. Jenny and Jack.

5. What did Mr. White do for Helen?

A. He mended her car.                                        B. He decided to buy her car.

C. He prepared dinner for her.                             D. He found a new brand of dog food.


Gabriel Garcia Márquez ,who was awared the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982,passed away at the age of 86 on April 17,2014. The world paused to remember the cultural giant .

Garcia Márquez was born in Colombia ,but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City . As one of the most famous writers ,he was widely regarded as “a giant of 20th-century literature ” . Garcia Márquez wrote in a style  called “magical realism ”In such works,people live a daily life in a certain period of time in history . But meanwhile ,magical things happen to them .

Garcia Márquez is best known for his 1967 novel ,One Hundred Years of Solitude ,which has sold about 50 million copies . It tells the tale of the small and isolated town of Macondo which was separated from the outside world –of its founding and its troubled history over a hundred years . The story is a metaphor for the development of Colombia since the 19century . As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santons said , Garcia Márquez wrote about “the very essence of the Latin American beings ” .

1.Garcia Márquez was born in the year _________.

A. 1914     B. 1928   C. 1967    D. 1982

2.We can know from Paragragh 2 that Garcia Márquez______.

A. was born in Mexico City      B. spent most of his adult life in Colombia  

C. had a writing style called “magical realism ”

  D. was famous but lived a simple daily life 

3.The underlined word “isolated”means ________.

A. 隔绝的  B.  安逸的  C. 喧嚣的    D. 繁华的

4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Garcia Márquez?

A. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982 

B. His novel One Hundrend Years of Solitude was a great success.

C. He was widely known as “a girl of 20th-century literature ”.

D. Magical things happened to him during his stay in Mexico City.

5.The writer quotes from the President to ______.

A. praise Garcia Márquez for his achievement

B. show the deep sadness of the President   

C. explain the writing style of Garcia Márquez   

D. describe the character of Garcia Márquez

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