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THE BRONTE FAMILY

Yorkshire, England was the setting for two great novels (小说) of the 19th century. These were Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. The youngest sister, Anne, was also a gifted novelist, and her books have the same extraordinary quality as her sisters’.

Their father was Patrick Bronte, born in Ireland. He moved with his wife, Maria Bronte, and their six small children to Haworth in Yorkshire in 1820. Soon after, Mrs. Bronte and the two eldest children died, leaving the father to care of the remaining three girls and a boy.

Charlotte was born in 1816. Emily was born in 1818 and Anne in 1820. Their brother Branwell was born in 1817. Left to themselves, the children wrote and told stories and walked over the hills. They grew up largely self-educated. Branwell showed a great interest in drawing. The girls were determined to earn money for his art education. They took positions as teachers or taught children in their homes.

As children they had all written many stories. Charlotte, as a young girl, alone wrote 22 books, each with 60 to 100 pages of small handwriting. Therefore, they turned to writing for income. By 1847, Charlotte had written The Professor; Emily, Wuthering Heights; and Anne, Agnes Grey. After much difficulty Anne and Emily found a publisher(出版商), but there was no interest shown in Charlotte’s book. (It was not published until 1859.) However, one publisher expressed an interest in seeing more of her works. Jane Eyre was already started, and she hurriedly finished it. It was accepted at once; thus each of the sisters had a book published in 1847.

Jane Eyre was immediately successful; the other two, however, did not do so well. People did not like Wuthering Heights. They said it was too wild, too animal-like. But gradually it came to be considered one of the finest novels in the English language. Emily lived only a short while after the publication of the book, and Anne died in 1849.

Charlotte published Shirley in 1849, and Villette in 1853. In 1854 she married Arthur Bell Nicholls. But only a year later, she died of tuberculosis(肺结核) as her sisters had.

We know from the text that .

A. Jane Eyre was published in 1847

B. Charlotte Bronte wrote 22 books in all

C. the Bronte sisters received good education

D. Patrick Bronte helped his daughters with their writing

The underlined words “the other two” in the 5 th paragraph refer to .

A. Shirley and Villette B. The Professor and Agnes Grey

C. Agnes Grey and Wutheriing Heights D. The Professor and wuthering Heights

What do we know about the Bronte sisters from the text?

A. Their novels interested few publishers.

B. None of them had more than two books published.

C. None of them lived longer than 40 years old.

D. Emily was the least successful of the three.

Animation means making things which are lifeless come alive and move.

Since earliest times, people have always been astonished by movement. But not until last century had we managed to take control of movement, to record it, and in the case of animation, to retranslate it and recreate it. To do all this, we use a movie camera and a projector (放映机).

In the world of cartoon animation, nothing is impossible. You can make the characters do exactly what you want them to do.

A famous early cartoon character was Felix the Cat, created by Pat Sullivan in America in the early nineteen twenties. Felix was a wonderful cat. He could do all sorts of things no natural cat could do like taking off his tail, using it as a handle and then putting it back.

Most of the great early animators lived and worked in America, the home of the moving picture industry. The famous Walt Disney cartoon characters came to life after 1928. Popeye the Sailor and his girl friend Olive Oyo were born at Max Flcischer in 1933.

But to be an animator, you don’t have to be a professional. It is possible for anyone to make a simple animated film without using a camera at all. All you have to do is to draw directly onto an empty film and then run the film through a projector.

What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. Animal world B. Movie camera C. Cartoon making D. Movement

Which of the following statements is True?

A. People were unable to recreate the movement or record it in the nineteenth century.

B. Pat Sullivan was a famous early cartoon character.

C. It is impossible to make cartoon characters to do what they are designed to do.

D. Only professional animators can make animated films.

According to the passage, Felix the Cat _________.

A. was created by the American cartoonist Felix.

B. was designed by Pat Sullivan in the early twentieth century.

C. was unable to do what natural cats could not do.

D. was created in the United States in the nineteenth century.

It can be inferred from the passage that _________.

A. Walt Disney’s cartoon characters were born earlier than Pat Sullivan’s.

B. only professionals can create cartoon character

C. Popeye the Sailor and Olive Oyo were famous cartoonists.

D. the cartoon industry started in the United States.

Only when we failed ________ the importance of study.

A．we realized B．we had realized C．did we realize D．had we realised

Tom was a middle-aged leather trader (皮货商) whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often __21_ that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so __22__ with the city that he had to leave.

So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Tom and his wife were busily _23_ up their new home, the light suddenly __24_. Tom was regretful to have forgotten to bring along 25__ and had to wait _26_ in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant 27_ on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the __28__ night.

“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Tom was a _29__ to this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be __30__, so he went to the door and opened it __31_. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor. ” “No,” answered Tom in anger and shut the door __32__.“What a nuisance (麻烦事)!” He complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to _33__ things.”

After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. __34_ this time she was _35__ two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She _36_ me here to give you these.” Tom was very _37__ by what he saw. At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his _38__ in life. It was his _39_ and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was _40__ nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic （无同情心的）mind.

1. A．complaining B．telling C．hoping D．pretending

2. A．pleased B．disappointed C．exhausted D．encouraged

3. A．looking B．turning C．coming D．tidying

4. A．went on B．went down C．went out D．went through

5. A．candles B．matches C．lights D．flashlights

6. A．happily B．patiently C．hopefully D．helplessly

7. A．steps B．words C．knocks D．screams

8. A．dark B．quiet C．noisy D．crowded

9. A．newcomer B．stranger C．guest D．settler

10. A．called B．disturbed C．watched D．offered

11. A．surprisingly B．delightedly C．impatiently D．willingly

12. A．gently B．kindly C．politely D．violently

13. A．lend B．sell C．harness D．borrow

14. A．And B．But C．So D．For

15. A．holding B．hiding C．fetching D．lifting

16. A．suggested B．commanded C．sent D．forced

17. A．frightened B．pleased C．puzzled D．surprised

18. A．failure B．success C．complaint D．determination

19. A．warmth B．coldness C．kindness D．nearly

20. A．doubtfully B．hardly C．actually D．sympathy

____ in Jiangxi Province the next morning _____ we found many places flooded by the thunderstorm.

A．Hardly we had arrived; when	B．No sooner did we arrive; than
C．Hardly had we arrived; when	D．No sooner had we arrived; then

Had we caught your meaning, we ___ you to repeat.

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