题目内容
Born into a poor family，two of the Durers' children still had a dream for art，but they knew their father could not afford to send either of them to the academy(院校)．
After discussions，the two boys finally agreed to toss a coin．The loser would go to the nearby mines and support his brother while he attended the academy．Then，when the winner completed his studies，he would support the other brother，either with sales of his art work or，if necessary，by working in the mines．So they tossed a coin．Albrecht Durer won the toss and went to Nuremberg．Albert went to the dangerous mines and financed his brother，whose work at the academy was almost an immediate success，and by graduation，he was beginning to earn considerable fees for his works．
When the Durer family held a dinner to celebrate Albrecht's homecoming， Albrecht drank a toast to his brother，“Now，Albert，it is your turn to go to Nuremberg and follow your dream，and I will take care of you．”
Albert wiped the tears from his cheeks，glanced at the faces he loved，and said softly，“No，brother．It is too late for me．Look….look what four years in the mines have done to my hands! The bones in every finger have been broken at least once，and lately I have been suffering from arthritis(关节炎)so badly in my right hand that I cannot even hold a glass to return your toast，much 1ess make lines on canvas(画布)with a pen or a brush．No，brother …for me it is too 1ate．”
Therefore，Albrecht took pains to draw his brother’s injured hands with palms together and thin fingers stretched skyward．The entire world almost immediately opened their hearts to his great masterpiece and named it “The Praying Hands”．
1.The passage is mainly about
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A．the early life of Albrecht Durer |
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B．the story behind “The Praying Hands” |
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C．the sacrifice Albrecht made for his brother |
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D．a young man showing his talent through effort |
2.According to the two brothers’ agreement，．
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A．they let the coin decide who would go to the academy first |
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B．the winner would work at the academy in exchange for the loser’s help |
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C．the loser would go to the mines and earn money to pay for his own education |
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D．the winner would work in the mines after graduation in return for the loser's support |
3.Albert refused his brother’s offer because．
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A．he was too old to learn drawing |
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B．he suffered an accident. |
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C．he was not used to holding a pen or brush |
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D．his hands were out of shape as a result of hard work |
4.The artist created the masterpiece “The Praying Hands”
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A．to show kindness to his poor brother |
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B．to encourage people to realize their dreams |
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C．in praise of his brother’s sacrifice and love |
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D．in honor of his brother as a symbol of working people |
1.B
2.A
3.D
4.C
【解析】文章想我们讲述的正是The Praying Hands背后的故事，这幅画是如何画出来的，及其背景。
1.B 主旨大意题。文章想我们讲述的正是The Praying Hands背后的故事，这幅画是如何画出来的，其背景是什么，故B正确。
2.A细节题。根据第二段1,2行，the two boys finally agreed to toss a coin．The loser would go to the nearby mines and support his brother while he attended the academy．说明他们是靠抛硬币的方式来决定谁先去上学。故A正确。
3.D 细节题。根据第四段最后三行I have been suffering from arthritis(关节炎)so badly in my right hand that I cannot even hold a glass to return your toast，much 1ess make lines on canvas(画布)with a pen or a brush．说明D正确。
4.C 推理题。根据文章最后一段可知他画这份作品正是为了表示对哥哥的爱，表示对哥哥的感激之情。
I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language — the way it can evoke（唤起） an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all—all the Englishes I grew up with.
Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, I’ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” English. But feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken”, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. I’ve heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’s perceptions（认识）of the limited English speaker.
I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.
I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I won’t get into today, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”, and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal（内在的）language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure: I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show; her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts.
【小题1】By saying “Language is the tool of my trade”, the author means that ______.
| A．she uses English in foreign trade | B．she is fascinated by languages |
| C．she works as a translator | D．she is a writer by profession |
| A．impolite | B．amusing | C．imperfect | D．practical |
| A．Americans do not understand broken English. |
| B．The author’s mother was not respected sometimes. |
| C．The author’ mother had positive influence on her. |
| D．Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts. |
| A．well structured | B．in the old style | C．easy to translate | D．rich in meaning |
| A．The changes of the author’s attitude to her mother’s English. |
| B．The limitation of the author’s perception of her mother. |
| C．The author’s misunderstanding of “limited” English. |
| D．The author’s experiences of using broken English. |
People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word “mouth.”
For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say “Do not bad mouth me.” Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that person’s feelings. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say: “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.” If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth. In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.
Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something. The other person might protest: “I did not say that. Do not put words in my mouth.”
Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this, too. You might say such a person, “was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.” This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.
Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things. For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child. The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off.
But enough of all this talk. I have been running my mouth long enough.
【小题1】People use their mouths for many things. Which is NOT RIGHT?
| A．eat | B．talk | C．sing | D．hear |
| A．When he feels down . | B．When he feels regretful. |
| C．When he is spoken ill of. | D．When he feels innocent. |
| A．Do not bad mouth me | B．I really put my foot in my mouth this time |
| C．Do not put words in my mouth | D．Stop mouthing off |
| A．he is badly – off(家境贫寒) | B．he is hard – working |
| C．he is well – off（家境好） | D．he has enough to eat |
| A．I have run a long way | B．I have been a mouthy person |
| C．I have learned a lot | D．I have talked too much |