题目内容
Hold on a minute! Mr. Wang is coming. He is in the next room. The underlined part above means _____.
A. Don’t hang up the telephone B. Put up the telephone
C. Take down the telephone D. Hand in the telephone
A
When Jane Austen (1775--1817) wrote her novels in England, she was writing about a 21 that most of us would not recognize.
But today Austen’s books are in great 22 than ever. In the last ten years, five or six novels have been 23 into Hollywood films, while her books continue to be bestsellers. So why is Austen still 24 ?
Richard Jenkyns, a professor of English at Oxford University argued that her novels still 25 people because they 26 the same issues today as they were when she wrote them.
Her novels are about women 27 to find a perfect husband, but also 28 issues surrounding marriages, friendships and the family. “The plots are fairly timeless about human interaction 29 are familiar to us,” Jenkyns says.
The most famous book Austen wrote is Pride and Prejudice, a 30 story between Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy. At first the two 31 do not get on. They 32 fall in love, but still have to 33 opposition to their relationship from their families.
All of Austen’s books are 34 to read, making them popular with children and adults,
35 they work on different levels so people can take 36 they need from them, author Kate Henry says.
“You can choose to see the politics and feminism(男女平等思想) in them, 37 you don’t want to take on those issues you can turn a blind eye to it,” she says.
38 is often hailed(赞扬) as the greatest romance writer in the English language, so it is surprising she remained 39 . “Maybe she was too much of a romantic, waiting for a 40
man,” Henry says.
| A. circle | B. world | C. village | D. city |
| A. requirement | B. desire | C. demand | D. hope |
| A. done | B. made | C. developed | D. project |
| A. optimistic | B. particular | C. special | D. popular |
| A. appeal to | B. keep to | C. get to | D. turn to |
| A. focus on | B. depend on | C. rely on | D. hold on |
| A. leading | B. intending | C. trying | D. planning |
| A. solve | B. answer | C. explore | D. discuss |
| A. what | B. who | C. how | D. which |
| A. family | B. love | C. couple | D. friend |
| A. men | B. actors | C. heroes | D. characters |
| A. eventually | B. partly | C. obviously | D. fortunately |
| A. meet | B. overcome | C. offer | D. create |
| A. difficult | B. worth | C. easy | D. worthy |
| A. and | B. so | C. for | D. since |
| A. that | B. which | C. when | D. what |
| A. but if | B. and that | C. now that | D. and so |
| A. Henry. | B. Jenkyns | C. Austen | D. Elizabeth |
| A. married | B. young | C. unmarried | D. beautiful |
| A. handsome | B. perfect | C. tough | D. strong |
---You aren’t looking well. Anything the matter?
---I’ve been surfing the net too long. I’m a bit tired.I can hold on,____.
| A．though | B．yet | C．besides | D．therefore |
—Hey, you are wanted on the phone.
—_________ I’m coming.
|
A．So what? |
B．Hold on a minute. |
C．You guessed it. |
D．What a shame! |