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It’s hard to find Alice Munro in the media. Even after she won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Canadian writer just appeared for a quick interview and then dropped out of sight. On Dec 29, she still didn't seek the spotlight（聚光灯）when she was named one of the five Women of the Year by the Financial Times.

In Munro's eyes, ordinary lives always hide larger dramas. So she records what we casually think of as the everyday actions of normal people. She often focuses on life in her hometown, a small village in Ontario which she is most familiar with. She writes about the ordinary things in the village－fox forming, trees filled in the Ontario wilderness, poor country alcohol and long last illnesses. Above all, she talks about girls and women who have seemingly ordinary lives but struggle against daily misfortune.

She has a special talent for uncovering the extraordinary in the ordinary. These are ordinary people, ordinary stories, but she has the magic. Her precise language, depth of detail and the logic of her storytelling have made her stories inviting.

Runaway, one of Munro’s representative works, is a good example of her writing style. One of the stories centers on the life of an ordinary woman Carla, who lives in a small Canadian town with her husband Clark. The story slowly forms a picture of Carla, trapped in a bad marriage, her unhappiness building into desperation until she decided to flee. The story of Carla is a story of the power and betrayals of love. It is about lost children and lots of chances that we can all find in life, There is pain beneath the surface, like a needle in the heart.

Since she published her first collection of short stories in 1968, Munro has won many awards, with the Nobel Prize being her biggest honor. On Oct 10, 2013, the Nobel Prize committee named Munro the “master of the contemporary short story”.

1.We learn from Paragraph 1 that Alice Munro_____

A．didn't get on well with the media

B．remained modest though very successful

C．didn’t value the title of Women of the Year

D. was surprised at winning the Nobel Prize

2.What makes Alice Munro’s stories fascinating according to the text?

A．Her writing techniques

B．The complicated plots

C．The humorous language

D．Her rich imagination

3.In her representative work Runaway, Carla_____

A．leads a happy life with Clark

B．is a faithful wife to her husband

C．loses all hopes for a better life

D．tries to run away from her husband

4.What is the text mainly about?

A．Alice Munro and her hometown

B．The awards Alice Munro won

C．Alice Munro and her writing style

D．Alice Munro’s literary life

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A．which B．that

C．when D．as

D

My mom has eyes in the back of her head. She also taught me from an early age to be suspicious of strange men, especially when they give you presents. One day, a “nice man” bearing flowers managed to steal 20 euros from her purse, while she was holding it in her hands. “He said he was collecting for a church charity so I pulled out a euro,” she explains, “He said ‘no, no, that’s too much’ and offered to look in my purse to find a smaller coin. He must have slid out that 20 euro note at the same time. I did not even notice until an hour later. I felt so stupid.”

According to neuroscientists, the key requirement for a successful pickpocket is not having nifty (熟练的) fingers, it’s having a working knowledge of the loopholes (漏洞) in our brain. The most important of these loopholes is the fact that our brains are not set up to multi-task. Most of the time that is a good thing — it allows us to filter (过滤) out all but the most important features of the world around us. But a good trickster can use it to against you. This kind of trick involves capturing all of somebody’s attention with other movements. Street pickpockets often use this effect to their advantage by manufacturing a situation that can not help but overload your attention system. Other strategies are more psychological. Pickpockets tend to hang out a “beware of pickpockets” signs, because the first thing people do when they read it is check they still have their valuables, helpfully giving away where they are. And in my mom’s case, the thief’s best trick was not coming across like a pickpocket. “He was a very nice guy and very confident. Not someone that would cause you to suspect,” she says. Apollo Robbins, a stage pickpocket, said smart move, like moving your hand in an arc (弧) motion rather than a straight line, is another popular strategy employed by tricksters.

At last, it should be pointed out that most thefts are opportunistic. The skill level of most thieves is far less than you think. But they are opportunistic enough to keep up with new technology.

1.What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A. People’s brains are not designed to multi-task.

B. People’s brains can filter out all but the most important features.

C. Somebody’s attention can be distracted by a certain trick.

D. Somebody’s overload attention system.

2.According to the passage, all of the following are pickpocket strategies except _________.

A. having nifty fingers

B. hanging out “beware of pickpockets” sign

C. displaying confidence

D. moving hand in an arc motion

3.In the author’s opinion, _________.

A. people’s brains have many loopholes

B. thieves are more skillful than opportunistic

C. his mom’s losing money is nothing but a by-accident experience

D. signs reminding people of pickpockets can play a negative role in protecting valuables

4.What will the author probably talk about next?

A. Mom’s another suffering

B. Pickpockets concerning new technology

C. Pickpockets’ tricks

D. Apollo Robbins’ stage pickpockets

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed worriedly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but 1.seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he 2. (eventual) managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him 3. the bad weather, and to store his few possessions. But then one day, after searching for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, the smoke 4. (roll) up to the sky. The worst had happened; 5. was lost. He was almost fainted with grief and anger. "God, how could you do this to me!" he cried. Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that6. (approach) the island. It had come to rescue him. "How did you know I was here?" he asked one of his7. (rescue). "We saw your smoke signal," they replied.

It is easy to get discouraged when things are going bad. But we 8. lose heart, 9. God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and suffering.

Remember, next time your little hut is burning to the ground it just may be 10. smoke signal from the grace of God. For all the negative things we have to say to ourselves, God has a positive answer for them.

Here are the comments on CRI (China Radio International) given by people from different countries on the Internet.

People

Comments

Yingtian Hu

Guangzhou, China 

This is the first time that I participate in CRI. And I like it very much. I hope its website will become the most excellent one with the foreign languages. And I choose the important news which I think has a great influence on our society and our lives. In the end, I hope that more and more persons join in CRI and make it perfect!

SujanParajuli,

Select city, Nepal

I am both a regular listener of CRI and visitor of its wonderful Website. First of all, I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to CRI for its great efforts to keep the listeners up-to-date during the year 2008. We, the listeners, are greatly grateful to CRI for its praise-worthy efforts to quench the thirst of its dear listeners. During the Year 2008, I found all of your programs quite interesting, informative and educational. Once again, thanks a lot for offering lots of information, news, entertainment and many items which have indeed broaden the horizons of our knowledge and understanding as well.

Ibrahim

Rustamov,

Tajikistan 

With CRI, I was impressed by China’s rapid development in all spheres. But I felt so sorry to get to know about the snowstorms in China and Wenchuan earthquake. CRI and CCTV play a great role in introducing China to the world! Kudos! My friends and I wish CRI all the best!

Mike Thatcher,

London 

My family and I are all keen on Chinese Culture, especially the beautiful Chinese folk music. Various interesting programs by CRI just open a window for us foreigners, through which we can know more about China and have a better understanding of the Chinese culture. Best wishes to CRI! Best wishes to China!

1.Which of the following benefits of CRI is NOT mentioned above?

A. CRI helps to keep its listeners up-to-date.

B. CRI helps its listeners to better understand China.

C. CRI helps its listeners to practice and improve foreign languages.

D. CRI helps its listeners broaden their knowledge with its rich contents.

2.The underlined phrase “quench the thirst” refers to _____.

A. satisfy one’s need

B. supply drinks

C. take care of

D. keep in touch with

3.What can be concluded from the four comments?

A. CRI has a great influence on our society and lives.

B. Wonderful though CRI is, there are still many weaknesses.

C. CRI plays an important role in introducing the world to China.

D. CRI has made great efforts to make itself better and gained popularity.

请你根据以下提示，结合生活中的一个事例，用英语写一篇短文，谈谈兴趣的作用。

Interest plays an important role in our life. Interest is the best teacher for a learner and can make learning more effective and efficient. With the motivation of interest, we will win ourselves lots of chances and eventually make our way to success.

注意：①无须写标题；

②内容侧重写一个方面；

③词数为120左右

Financial markets will be disturbed as ______ business adjusts its working approaches and policies from an assumption of 3-3.5% potential output growth.

A. compulsory B. conventional

C. contradictory D. contemporary

完形填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I went to a group activity, “Sensitivity Sunday” which was to make us more ________ the problem faced by disabled people. We were asked to “ ________ a disability” for several hours one Sunday. Some member ________ chose the wheel chair. Other wore sound-blocking earplugs (耳塞) or blindfolds (眼罩).

Just sitting in the wheelchair was a ________ experience, I had never considered before how ________ it would be to use one. As soon as I sat down my ________ made the chair begin to roll. Its wheel were not ________ . Then I wondered where to put my________ , It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into ________ , I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of ________ for several hours. For disabled people, “adopting a wheelchair” is not a temporary(临时的) ________ .

I tried to find a ________position and thought it might be restful, ________ kind of nice to be ________ around for a while. Looking around, I________ would have to handle the thing myself! My hands started to ache as I ________ the heavy wheels, I came to know that controlling the ________ of the wheelchair as not going to be ________ task, My wheelchair experiment was soon ________ . It made a deep impression on me. A few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the ________, both physical and mental, that disabled people must overcome.

1.A. curious about B. aware of C. interested in D. careful with

2.A. cure B. adopt C. prevent D. analyze

3.A. inserted B. strangely C. as usual D. like me

4.A. learning B. working C. satisfying D. relaxing

5.A. convenient B. awkward C. boring D. exciting

6.A. height B. force C. skill D. weight

7.A. locked B. repaired C. powered D. grasped

8.A. hands B. feet C. keys D. handles

9.A. place B. action C. play D. effect

10.A. operation B. communication C. transportation D. production

11.A. exploration B. education C. experiment D. entertainment

12.A. flexible B. safe C. starting D. comfortable

13.A. yet B. just C. still D. even

14.A. shown B. pushed C. driven D. guided

15.A. realized B. suggested C. agreed D. admitted

16.A. lifted B. turned C. pressed D. seized

17.A. path B. position C. direction D. way

18.A. easy B. heavy C. major D. extra

19.A. forgotten B. repeated C. conducted D. finished

20.A. weaknesses B. anxieties C. challenges D. illnesses

－Mary，how did your Math test go?

－I had thought I _________，but in fact I came in the top 10 in my class.

A． should have failed

B． couldn’t have failed

C． have failed

D． shouldn’t have failed

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