题目内容
Dou Te, a 54 – year – old single man, sleeps for extremely long periods of time in winter, thinking it helps him to lose weight and brings him good luck. Sometimes he sleeps for a week, sometimes for a month, waking only occasionally for a drink of water. This unusual habit of his attracted (吸引) the attention of a professor at a local university, who is studying him.
Dou Te is an agricultural consultant (顾问) and has no fixed working hours. He says he has had this habit of hibernation since the 1960’s, when one winter he felt particularly tired and became seriously overweight. Because of bad weather, he had to stay at home for several weeks, and he found that sleeping is the only way to get rid of the boredom, and from then on, he started to sleep in winter, whether it was day or night. As a result he lost 50 pounds that first year. At the beginning, he would get up in the mornings and have something to eat and take a shower, but then he read some materials and learned that every kind of need could be reduced during the hibernation, and he gradually learned to control his instincts. Now when he hibernates, he need only drink some water once a week; all his system slows down. And he hardly needs any food and certainly doesn’t need to wash.
Says he “For four months, I don’t eat or play. I save a lot of money, and when I wake up, I can use the money to improve my quality of life. Hibernation is really a good idea. If anyone else is interested, it is worth trying.”
1．Dou Te sleeps for a very long period of time in winter for the thinks .
A．it helps him to lose weigh and brings him good luck.
B．it helps him to get rid of work and worries of life.
C．he can have a very good rest.
D．it helps him to gain weight and brings him good luck.
2．He started his hibernation in one winter when .
A．he felt a little tired and became slightly overweight.
B．he particularly felt bored and became seriously overweight.
C．he was particularly tired and became seriously overweight.
D．he particularly felt tired and lost 50 pounds.
3．After hibernation, Dou Te thinks .
A．he can get rid of the boredom.
B．he can get rid of the troubles of eating and drinking.
C．he can save money and improve the quality of his life.
D．he can be free from his work and away from people.
Rembrandt was an extraordinary Dutch painter. He was most well-known for his brushwork and the way in which he connected with the human soul. His life, however, was not happy.
He was born on July 15, 1606 in Leiden, the Netherlands. His father wanted him to have a real, learned profession but Rembrandt left the University of Leiden after becoming bored. He began studying art under a local teacher but soon left and studied in Amsterdam where he mastered all his lessons in six months!
At the age of 22, he moved back to Leiden and began to get his own students. One of his students was the famous artist Gerrit Dou. In 1631 he returned to Amsterdam where he became the most popular portrait painter in Holland. Rembrandt met Saskia and married her in 1634. She was a cousin of a very successful art dealer and she helped him to meet wealthy people who commissioned (委任制作) many paintings from him. He used her as a model in many of his paintings.
Rembrandt’s private life, however, was very unfortunate. He had four children with Saskia but only one, Titus, survived. Saskia died in 1642 at the age of only 30. In 1649, his housekeeper became his second wife and was also a model for many of his paintings. Even though Rembrandt was very successful as an artist, art dealer and teacher, he lived in a careless way and had to declare bankruptcy (破产) in 1656. He even had to sell his whole art collection and his house to pay off his debts.
His unfortunate life, however, didn’t affect his art. He painted many great paintings during that time. His new love, Hendrickje, died in 1663 and his 27-year-old son, Titus, died in 1668. Eleven months later, on October 4, 1669, Rembrandt died in Amsterdam. He produced more than 600 paintings and over 2,000 drawings!
56. Which of the following is the reason that made his business fail?
A. As an extraordinary Dutch painter, he knew nothing about business.
B. He spent most of his time on art, leaving no time to care his business.
C. All his children but Titus died, which made him very sad.
D. Like other famous artists, he was thoughtless.
57. From the passage we learn that Rembrandt .
A. graduated from the University of Leiden. B. began his teaching career in 1628.
C. married Saskia when he was 22 years old. D. was good at drawing animals and flowers.
58. How many members of Rembrandt’s family died before him, not including his parents?
A. Four B. Five C. Six D. Seven
59. What’s the best title for this passage?
A. A brief biography of Rembrandt B. A great Dutch painter
C. The greatest painter in the world D. Rembrandt’s unhappy family
