题目内容
The poet and_______pianist is going to give us a talk this afternoon.
A. a B. the C. 不填 D. an
C
解析:
当and 并列的是同一事物、同一人或同一概念时,其后面的名词前不用冠词。若在pianist前加the,则是指the poet 和the pianist 两个人,而题目中的the poet and pianist 是指一个人,即这个人即是诗人又是钢琴家。
November not only marks the publication of Toni Morrison’s eagerly anticipated(期待) eighth novel, Love, but it is also the tenth anniversary of her Nobel Prize for Literature. Morrison is the first black woman to receive a Nobel, and so honored before her in literature are only two black men:Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian playwright, poet and novelist, in 1986; and Derek Walcott, the Caribbean-born poet, in 1992. But Morrison is also the first and only American-born Nobel prizewinner for literature since 1962, the year novelist John steinbeck received the award.
Like Song of Solomon, Love is a multigenerational story, revealing the personal and communal legacy() of an outstanding black family. As Morrison scholars will tell you, Love is the third volume of a literary master’s trilogy(三部曲)investigating the many complexities of love. This trilogy began with Beloved(1988), which deals with a black mother’s love under slavery and in freedom. Jazzy(1993), the second volume, tells a story of romantic love in 1920s Harlem. This latest novel looks back from the 1970s to the 1940s and 50s.
The emotional center of Love is Bill Cosey, the former owner and host of the shabby Cosey’s Hotel and Resort in Silk, North Carolina, described in the novel as “the best and best-known vacation sport for colored folk on the East Coast.” We get to know Cosey through the memories of five women who survive and love him: his granddaughter, his widow, two former employees, and a homeless young girl.
The latest novel, Love, had been described in the promotional material from her publisher as “Morrison’s most accessible work since Song of Solomon.” This comparison to her third novel, published in 1977, was an effective selling point.
1. What would be the best title for the text?
A.Toni Morrison’s latest novels |
B.Toni Morrison and her trilogy |
C.Toni Morrison and her novel Love |
D.Toni Morrison, the Nobel prizewinner |
2. What can we learn about John Steinbeck?
A.He was a black writer. |
B.He was born in America. |
C.He received the Nobel Prize after Morrison |
D.He was the first American novelist to win a Nobel |
3. The similarity between Love and Song of Solomon is that they both _____.
A.belong to the same trilogy together with Beloved |
B.concern families of more than one generation |
C.deal with life of blacks under slavery |
D.investigate life in 1920s Harlem |
4. The novel Love mainly describes ______.
A.the best-known vacation spot for blacks |
B.the life of an outstanding black family under slavery |
C.the miserable experience of the five women in Harlem |
D.the memories of five women about Bill Cosey |
When a first-time father saw his newborn son, he immediately noticed the baby's ears obviously standing out from his head. He expressed his concern to the nurse that some children might be made fun of his child. A doctor examined the baby and reassured the new dad that his son was healthy---- the ears presented only a small problem with its appearance.
But the nervous father continued. He wondered if the child might suffer psychological effects of ridicule, or if they should consider plastic surgery(整形手术). The nurse assured him that it was really no problem, and he should just wait to see if the boy grows into his ears.
The father finally felt more optimistic about his child, but now he worried about his wife's reaction to those large ears. She had been delivered by operation, and had not yet seen the child.
“She doesn't take things as easily as I do,” he said to the nurse.
By this time, the new mother was settled in the recovery room and ready to meet her new baby. The nurse went along with the dad to lend some support in case this inexperienced mother became upset about her baby's large ears.
The baby was in a blanket(毛毯) with his head covered for the short trip through the cold air-conditioned corridor. The baby was placed in his mother's arms, who eased the blanket back so that she could look at her child for the first time.
She took one look at her baby's face and looked to her husband and gasped, “Oh, Honey! Look! He has your ears!”
No problem with Mom. She married those ears...and she loves the man to whom they are attached.
The poet Kahlil Gibran said, “Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.” It's hard to see the ears when you're looking into the light.
1.When the father first saw his baby, he was worried that________.
A.The baby might not grow up healthily. |
B.The baby might be laughed at by others. |
C.The baby might disappoint its mother. |
D.the baby might have mental problems. |
2.According to the doctor and nurse, the baby’s ears________.
A.could not function well. |
B.looked the same as others. |
C.only caused a small problem. |
D.needed to have plastic surgery. |
3.What is true about the baby’s mother?
A.She blamed her husband for the baby’s big ears. |
B.She was the first to discover the baby’s large ears. |
C.She suggested having an operation on the baby immediately. |
D.She found something similar between the baby and its father. |
4.What does the underlined word they refer to in the last but on paragraph(倒数第2段)?
A.The ears. |
B.The parents. |
C.The doctor and nurse. |
D.The problems |
5.What’s the function of the last paragraph?
A.To advise readers to listen carefully. |
B.To draw a conclusion from the story. |
C.To criticize the wrong attitude to physical beauty. |
D.To stress the importance of doctor-patient relationship. |