题目内容
England was one of the first countries to set aside a day to recognize mothers．In the eighteenth century, 31 many people worked as household servants for the 32 , "Mothering Sunday" was _ 33 for them to return home to be with their mothers．Though this 34 stopped when the Industrial Revolution altered the working and living patterns of people, one 35 for mothers was established as a holiday in the twentieth century．
In the United States, Mother's Day did not become a（n） 36 holiday until 1915．Its establishment was 37 due to the perseverance and love of one 38 , Anna Jarvis．Anna's mother had provided strength and support as the family 39 their home in West Virginia and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 40 her father served as a minister．
When Mrs Jarvis died on May 5, 1905, Anna was determined to 41 her．She asked a minister at the church in West Virginia to give a sermon（布道） 42 memory of her mother．
On the same Sunday in Philadelphia, ministers there honoured Mrs.Jarvis and all mothers with a (n) 43 Mother's Day service．Anna Jarvis began writing to congressmen, asking them to 44 a day to honour mothers. In 1910, the governor of West Virginia proclaimed(宣布) the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day and a year later every state 45 it．
On Mother' s Day morning some American children 46 the tradition of serving their mothers breakfast in bed．Other children will give their mothers 47 which they have made themselves or bought in 48 ．Adults give their mothers red carnations, the official Mother's Day flower．If their mothers 49 , they may bring white carnations to their grave（坟墓）sites．This is the busiest day of the year for American 50 ．On the special day, family members do not want Mom to cook dinner!
31．A．before B．since C．when D．until
32．A．rich B．poor C．living D．injured
33．A．protected B．reserved C．changed D．persuaded
34．A．form B．custom C．habit D．plan
35．A．Monday B．Wednesday C．Sunday D．Friday
36．A．ordinary B．common C．regular D．official
37．A．nearly B．largely C．deeply D．highly
38．A．mother B．sister C．daughter D．waitress
39．A．destroyed B．found C．made D．left
40．A．where B. when C．why D．how
41．A．reward B．honour C．award D．inspire
42．A．on B．at C．in D．for
43．A．special B．expensive C．simple D．easy
44．A．put off B．give up C．take on D．set aside
45．A．understood B．received C．celebrated D．prevented
46．A．follow B．refuse C．accept D．support
47．A．letters B．gifts C．calls D．toys
48．A．schools B．churches C．stores D．hospitals
49．A．went ahead B．moved on C．stayed up D．passed away
50．A．restaurants B．departments C．offices D．markets
31-35 CABBC 36-40 DBCCA 41-45 BCADC 46-50 ABCDA
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.
【小题1】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 |
| A．Shirley and Villette | B．The Professor and Agnes Grey |
| C．Agnes Grey and Wutheriing Heights | D．The Professor and wuthering Heights |
| 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. |
Charles Dickens (1812-1870), the great nineteenth century English novelist, was born near Portsmouth. His father ran heavily into debt and when he was twelve, he had to go and work in a factory for making boot polish. The only formal education he received was a two-year schooling at a school for poor children. In fact, he had to teach himself all he knew. He worked for a time as junior clerk in a lawyer's office. After that, he worked as a reporter in the law courts, and later in parliament, for London newspapers. His career as a writer of fiction began in 1833 with short stories and essays in periodicals, and in 1837 his comic novel The Pickwick Papers made him the most popular author at his time in England.
He was a great observer of people and their places because he was attracted by life and conditions in mid-nineteenth century London. He wrote 19 novels all his life and in many of them, Dickens gave a realistic picture of all classes of England society, showing deep sympathy for the poor and unfortunate, exposing the injustice and inhumanity（不人道） of the bourgeoisie（布尔乔亚阶级）.
Many of his novels like Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities and so on drew attention to the unsatisfactory social conditions that existed in England over a hundred years ago.
Dickens criticized capitalist society from the point of view of bourgeois humanism. He wished to see improvement in the living conditions of the poor, but failed to find any effective means to achieve that end.
1.Dickens only received a little formal education because______.
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A．he wanted to teach himself |
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B．he wanted to work and made a lot of money |
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C．he was too poor to afford any more formal education |
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D．he wanted some working experiences to be a novelist |
2.According to Dickens, the society at his time in England was________.
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A．just |
B．poor |
C．comfortable |
D．unsatisfying |
3.Which of the following novel made Dickens the most popular writer at his time in England?
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A．Oliver Twist |
B．The Pickwick Papers |
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C．A Tale of Two Cities |
D．Great Expectations |
4.According to the passage, which of the following about Dickens is true?
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A．He didn't go to school at all. |
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B．He only wrote about poor people and showed deep sympathy for them. |
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C．He began to write fictions when he was 21 years old. |
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D．He found some effective ways to improve the living conditions of the poor. |
5.It can be inferred from the passage that________.
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A．Dickens had a miserable childhood |
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B．Dickens tried many different jobs before he became a professional writer |
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C．Dickens wrote many novels but only some of them are popular |
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D．Dickens criticized capitalist society and helped to improve the living conditions of the poor |
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.
1.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 |
2.The underlined words “the other two” in the 5 th paragraph refer to .
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A．Shirley and Villette |
B．The Professor and Agnes Grey |
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C．Agnes Grey and Wutheriing Heights |
D．The Professor and wuthering Heights |
3. What do we know about the Bronte sisters from the text?
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A．Their novels interested few publishers. |
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B．None of them had more than two books published. |
|
C．None of them lived longer than 40 years old. |
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D．Emily was the least successful of the three. |