题目内容
Her skill in painting makes her different __________other girls__________a job.A.from; to find B.among; in find
C.from; finding D.with; for finding
解析:
different 常和from
搭配,在某方面,应该用in 来引出。in可以省略。
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提示:
Picking tomatoes
For as long as I can remember, Grandma’s plentiful tomato garden has been a sign of summer’s end. Each September, just as the decreased heat of the sun suggests cooler days, Grandma requests my help in her tomato garden. She convinces me she cannot pick tomatoes without my youthful eyes and quick mind. She says we need to examine each tomato and agree on its readiness for picking. While Grandma’s request for my help in the tomato garden is always the same, her desire for my help seems to increase each year.
Grandma has eyes for finding even the tomatoes hidden by undergrowth and other tomatoes. I, however, just turn circles looking for the ones I think Grandma will like. I spot what looks like a ripe tomato, head in its direction, and then get sidetracked by another that appears to be equally ripe. I usually end up watching Grandma and trying to stay out of her way, which seems the only way my eyes and mind ale useful.
There we are, lost in the tomato vines(藤). Grandma’s eyes are always knowing, and they are no different in the vegetable garden. From afar she spots what looks like a ripe tomato. As she walks toward the garden, she evaluates the tomato for a second time. but from a different angle. I already know it will end up in the basket with the pile of others Grandma has carefully chosen. However, Grandma acts as if she needs a final look to be sure. She calls me to her side, kneels beside the vine while enjoying the warmth of the fading sunlight on her face, and grasps the tomato in her hand. She turns each round, red ball toward the sunlight before disconnecting it from thevine with a half-hearted smile.
She then looks at me. I nod my head and smile. Grandma assumes I smile in agreement with her tomato selection. I know I smile, instead, at her.
【小题1】Why does Grandma ask the author to go to the tomato garden with her?
A.He can help pick more tomatoes. |
B.He can learn the hardship of labor. |
C.She enjoys staying with him while working. |
D.She tries to share the happiness of harvest with him. |
A.is an inefficient tomato picker |
B.really has youthful eyes and quick mind |
C.has spent a lot of time gardening with Grandma |
D.is a naughty child trying to be out of Grandma’s sight |
A.realizes her true intentions |
B.feels very happy to pick tomatoes for her |
C.confirms that her choice of tomato is great |
D.appreciates her skill in finding ripe tomatoes |
A.The grandchild will become more skillful at gardening than Grandma. |
B.Grandma will develop more patience in working with the grandchild. |
C.The grandchild will gradually become more independent of Grandma. |
D.Grandma’s need for the grandchild's company will grow over time. |
Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding of black culture in America.
During the 1940’s and the 1950’s, Gwendolyn Brooks used her poems to describe conditions among the poor, racial (种族的) inequality and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women.
But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She combined traditional European poetry styles with the African American experience.
Gwendolyn Brooks once said that she wrote about what she saw and heard in the street. She said she found most of her materials through looking out of the window of her second-floor apartment in Chicago, Illinois.
In her early poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the South Side of Chicago, where many black people live. In her poems, the South Side is called Bronzeville. It was “A Street in Bronzeville” that gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. Critics praised her poetic skills and her powerful descriptions about the black experience during the time. The Bronzeville poems were her first published collection.
In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. She won the prize for her second book of poems called “Annie Allen”. “Annie Allen” is a collection of poetry about a Bronzeville girl as a daughter, a wife and a mother. She experiences loneliness, loss, death and poverty (贫穷).
Gwendolyn Brooks said that winning the prize changed her life.
Her next work was a novel written in 1953 called “Maud Martha”. “Maud Martha” attracted little attention when it was first published. But now it is considered an important work by some critics. Its main ideas about the difficult lives of many women are popular among female writers today.
【小题1】Gwendolyn Brooks became world-famous because .
A.she was an expert on the language of poetry |
B.she introduced black culture by writing poems |
C.she fought for black rights by writing poems |
D.her poems showed the lives of black women |
A.Gwendolyn Brooks’ poems focused on black people in Africa. |
B.Winning the Pulitzer Prize for Literature was important to Brooks. |
C.Gwendolyn Brooks used to suffer a lot from drugs. |
D.Gwendolyn Brooks was very strict with herself. |
A.By observing life. | B.By having talks. |
C.By reading widely. | D.By traveling. |
A.family life | B.inequality | C.adventure | D.failure |