题目内容
The fire ________ soon after it broke out．大火烧起来不久就被扑灭了。
（完成单词）The fire s______ to the next house．
Frankenstein is one of the world’s most famous horror stories. It’s about a doctor who creates a new man from the body parts of dead people and brings it to life. But the experiment goes wrong and the monster(怪兽) kills the doctor and many others. The story has been read by millions since it was first published and in the last hundred years it has been made into dozens of movies. Many people are surprised to learn its writer was a 19-year-old woman, called Mary Shelley.
Mary was born into a rich London family in August 1797. She was educated by her parents and when she was 13 decided to become a writer. In 1812, she met the famous writer Percy Shelley and they soon got married. Sadly for Mary, their first child died soon after birth in Italy. In her diary, Mary wrote about a dream: “I dreamt that my little baby came to life again—that it had only been cold and that we rubbed it before the fire and it lived.”
In 1816, Percy Shelley and 19-year-odl May visited the poet Lord Byron at his home in Switzerland. Because of the bad weather they stayed indoors reading horror stories. One night, Byron asked everyone to write their own story. Mary thought of her dream and wrote the story Frankenstein.
Frankenstein was published when Mary was 21, and became a huge success. Many people didn’t think a 19-year-old woman could write so well and believed her husband was the real writer.
Although famous, Shelley’s life was full of sadness. Only one of her four children lived and in 1822 her husband died in a swimming accident. Mary was broken-hearted and decided not to marry again. She devoted herself to her child and continued to write until her death in 1851.
1. What do we know about he story Frankenstein?
A. It was really written by Mary Shelley’s husband.
B. It was been read by millions of people.
C. It was written to remember Shelley’s husband.
D. It is the most famous story in the world.
2.Where was Mary Shelley when she wrote the story Frankenstein?
A. In England. B. In Italy. C. In Switzerland. D. In France.
3. In which order to the following take place?
a. Bad weather made everyone stay indoors reading horror stories.
b. The story Frankenstein was first published.
c. Mary wrote about a dream in her diary.
d. Mary met the famous writer Percy Shelley.
e. Movies based on the story of Frankenstein were made.
A. a, c, b, e, d B. d, c, a, b, e C. c, a, b, d, e D. b, a, d, c, e
4. How old was Mary Shelley when she died?
A. 43 B. 48 C.51 D. 54
5.What can we learn about Mary Shelley from this passage?
A. She experienced a lot of sadness in her life.
B. She wasn’t considered a good writer during her life.
C. She was educated at her local school.
D. She became very rich because of the story Frankenstein.
Do you know who invented tea? It is said that the emperor Shen Nong discovered tea when he was boiling drinking water 21 an open fire. Some leaves from a nearby tree fell into the water and the leaves were in the water for 22 . The emperor noticed that the leaves in the water produced a 23 smell. Later he decided 24 the hot water with the leaves. It was quite delicious. And 25 , one of the worl’s favorite drinks was invented.
26 is the home of tea. And tea has more than 4,000 years history. 27 the three drinks—tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by 28 people in the world. Tea 29 China began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export (出口商品) 30 .
Tea leaves 31 mainly in the south of the Yangtze River, 32 the warm climate (气候)there. Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all 33 kinds of tea.
Over the past centuries, Chinese people 34 their tea culture(文化), including tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making and so on. We know tea is 35 a popular topic(主题) in dances, songs, poems and novels.
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2. A. sometimes B. some time C. some times D.some days
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11. A. produce B. are produced C. make D. are made
12. A. becauuse of B. because C. as D. for
13.A. interesting B. important C. famous D. expensive
14.A. had developed B. have developed C. developed D.are developing
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