Pearl S.Buck(赛珍珠·巴克)was a very popular American writer Of her day.She was famous for her books about China.Pearl S.Buck was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature(诺贝尔文学奖)in 1938.
The writer was born in West Virginia, America.She spent almost half of her long life in China.Her youth was spent in Jiangsu Province, China.She learned to speak Chinese before she could speak English.
Her mother had traveled widely in her youth and liked literature very much.After being educated by her mother and by a Chinese teacher, Pearl S.Buck went to school in Shanghai at the age of fifteen.She continued her education in the United States at a Woman's College to study psychology(心理学).After graduating in 1914, she returned to China as a teacher.In the l920s her family moved to Nanjing.There she taught English and American literature at a university.
As a writer, Buck's book, The Good Earth, appeared in l931 and sold quite well in its first Year.It has been translated into over thirty languages.In l938 she became the third American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.By the time of her death, Pearl had published(出版)more than seventy books.Pearl S.Buck died in March,1973, just two months before her 81st birthday.
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Before she went to school in Shanghai, Pearl S.Buck studied all by herself.
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Pearl S.Buck was known to many people for her books about China.
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In l914, Pearl S.Buck worked as a literature teacher at a university in Nanjing.
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Pearl S.Buck went to study literature at a Woman's College in America.
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Pearl S.Buck won the Nobel Prize for Literature in l938 and published over seventy books in her life.
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offer get take it easy relax suppose
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Some old people always _______ around the lake on foot.
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The weather makes us _______ .
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I have been _______ a job in Japan.
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_______ , we have 10 minutes left.
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Is it _______ to be very crowded?
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bamboo,symbol,in danger,nature reserves,research,live in
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1.Most zoos do ________ into the way animals live?what they eat and what they do.
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2.The panda has become a ________ of China for the whole world.
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3.We must make sure pandas have enough places to ________.
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4.What should you do about the animals ________?
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5.Everyone knows pandas eat ________.
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miss, advertise, save, swim, talk, watch
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I don't like advertisements I refuse _________ them on TV.
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He gets up early every morning in order not __________ the early bus.
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Now they are trying _________ the endangered animals.
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What are they doing? They _________ about the new movie.
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It's a sunny day,why not go _________?
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The company makes their products“cool”by _________.
选择合适的单词,并用其适当形式填空。
health carry colour one visit
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The tall boy scores 16 goals in his ________ basketball match.
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You look ________ today.Your shirt is purple and your trousers are white.
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I'd like ________ the shopping bags for you.
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It is important for us to keep ________.
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________ from all over the world come to see the Great Wall every year.
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borrowed...from asks...about raise money for at the moment go shopping
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I want to ________ with you right now.
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The children had a fashion show to ________ Project Hope.
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Amy ________ a desk ________ us last Friday.
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The students are listening to the teacher ________.
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My brother often ________ me ________ my homework.
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leave... for,arrive in,travel from... to..., be famous for,go on holiday,plan to stay
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China _______ its long history.
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During the summer holiday,we _______ Japan ______ India.
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This is the last day he stays in Shanghai.He _______ Shanghai _______ _______
his hometown tomorrow.
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Five minutes later,the tourists _______ Nanjing,an old city.