题目内容
When Beethoven was in his twenties, he began to deaf. The deafness changed his behavior(举止). He became withdrawn(沉默寡言) and bad-tempered. His friends found him hard to be around. But he kept composing even when he lost all his hearing. The music he heard was in his head.
As 1809 drew to its close, Beethoven gave several main works. On the 22nd of December, he gave a concert which included the Fifth Symphony and the Piano Concerto（协奏曲）. In May 1890 Haydn died. There was no one to challenge Beethoven’s right to be the musical king of Vienna. At the end of 1813, the Seventh Symphony was performed for the first time, between 1819 and 1823 he composed his Ninth Symphony and some more piano sonatas.
Beethoven died when he was 57 years old. He had composed over a hundred pieces. His music spanned(跨越) two stages of music history. His early music was more formal. It followed certain steps and patterns(模式). But his later music changed. The style is now called romantic music. This type of music is written to stir the listeners’ feelings. This romantic style changed the way people thought about music. Many later composers got new ideas from his musical discoveries.
60. The underlined word “challenge” in the second paragraph means_________.
A. question B. natural C. romantic D. formal
61. According to the passage, Beethoven was a _________.
A. king of Vienna B. great composer
C. very easy man to get on with D. music fan
62.When Beethoven was in his twenties, he _________.
A. lost his friend B. became angry easily C. became famous D .lost his hearing
ABD
Why does night fall but never break and day break but never fall?
Why are people who ride motorcycles called bikers and people who ride bikes called cyclists?
In what other language do people drive in a parkway and park in a driveway?
In what other language do they call the third hand on the clock the second hand?
Let’s face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweet-meats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes (探讨它的矛盾), we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them.
And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce, and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geese — so one moose, two meese?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of human beings. That’s why, when stars are out, they are visible; but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it; but when I wind up this essay, I end it.
【小题1】 According to the passage ______.
| A．sweet-meats and sweetbreads are different things |
| B．there should be egg in an eggplant |
| C．pineapples are the apples on the pine tree |
| D．boxing rings should be round |
| A．A wise man and a wise guy. |
| B．Overlook and oversee. |
| C．Quite a lot and quite a few. |
| D．Hot as hell and cold as hell. |
| A．blow | B．roll up | C．get hurt | D．finish |
| A．clever | B．crazy | C．lazy | D．dull |
Why does night fall but never break and day break but never fall?
Why are people who ride motorcycles called bikers and people who ride bikes called cyclists?
In what other language do people drive in a parkway and park in a driveway?
In what other language do they call the third hand on the clock the second hand?
Let’s face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweet-meats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes (探讨它的矛盾), we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them.
And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce, and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geese — so one moose, two meese?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of human beings. That’s why, when stars are out, they are visible; but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it; but when I wind up this essay, I end it.
1. According to the passage ______.
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A．sweet-meats and sweetbreads are different things |
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B．there should be egg in an eggplant |
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C．pineapples are the apples on the pine tree |
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D．boxing rings should be round |
2.Which of the following includes two items which have the similar meaning?
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A．A wise man and a wise guy. |
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B．Overlook and oversee. |
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C．Quite a lot and quite a few. |
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D．Hot as hell and cold as hell. |
3.The underlined words “wind up” in the last paragraph probably mean “______”.
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A．blow |
B．roll up |
C．get hurt |
D．finish |
4. Through the many paradoxes in the English language, the writer wants to show that human beings are ______.