8．The young girl quite well when her mother was away on holiday．( )A．got overB．got inC．got alongD——青夏教育精英家教网——

8．The young girl___ quite well when her mother was away on holiday．（　　）

7．The isolated village seemed to be_____ to visitors as very little was known about it and its inhabitants appeared somewhat hostile to strangers．（　　）

6．My friend Mary is ______ beautiful girl，_______ girl everyone likes to work with．（　　）

5．How is the woman feeling？
A．Ill．
B．Hot．
C．Cold．

4．Basketball is my favorite sport．There is_______ like basketball as a means of keeping fit．（　　）

3．The fear of failing exams can cause you to panic and stress can be a（n）___ to your performance at school．（　　）

2．It's hard to find Alice Munro in the media．Even after she won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature，the Canadian writer just appeared for a quick interview and then dropped out of sight．On Dec 29^th，she still didn't seek the spotlight when she was named one of the five Women of the Year by the Financial Times．
In Munro's eyes，ordinary lives always hide larger dramas．So she records what we casually think of as the everyday actions of normal people．She often focuses on life in her hometown，a small village in Ontario which she is most familiar with．She writes about the ordinary things in the village-trees in the Ontario wilderness，poor country schools and long last illnesses．Above all，she talks about girls and women who have seemingly ordinary lives but struggle against daily misfortune．
She has a special talent for uncovering the extraordinary in the ordinary．These are ordinary people，ordinary stories，but she has the magic．Her precise language，depth of detail and the logic of her storytelling have made her stories inviting．
Runaway，one of Munro's representative works，is a good example of her writing style．One of the stories centers on the life of an ordinary woman Carla，who lives in a small Canadian town with her husband Clark．The story slowly forms a picture of Carla，trapped in a bad marriage，her unhappiness building into desperation until she decides to flee．The story of Carla is a story of the power and betrayals of love．It is about lost children and lost chances that we can all find in life．There is pain beneath the surface，like a needle in the heart．
Since she published her first collection of short stories in 1968，Munro has won many awards，with the Nobel Prize being her biggest honor．On Oct 10^th，2013，the Nobel Prize committee named Munro the"master of the contemporary short story"．

51．We learn from Paragraph 1 that Alice MunroD．
A．didn't get on well with the media
B．was surprised at winning the Nobel Prize
C．didn't value the title of Women of the Year
D．remained modest though very successful
52．Many of Alice Munro's worksC．
A．center on the happy life of country women
B．are about betrayals of love and violence
C．focus on everyday life of ordinary people
D．are romantic stories setting in her hometown
53．What makes Alice Munro's stories fascinating according to the text？C
A．The complicated plots．
B．Her rich imagination．
C．Her writing techniques．
D．The humorous language．
54．In her representative work Runaway，CarlaA．
A．tries to run away from her husband
B．is a faithful wife to her husband
C．leads a happy life with Clark
D．loses all hopes for a better life
55．What is the text mainly about？B
A．Alice Munro and her hometown．
B．Alice Munro and her writing style．
C．Alice Munro's representative works．
D．The awards Alice Munro won．

1．After a terrible electrical accident，which caused him to become both blind and deaf，the whole world became completely dark and quiet for Robert Edwards for almost ten years．The loss of sight and hearing threw him into such sorrow that he tried a few times to put an end to his life．His family，especially his wife，did their best to tend and comfort him and finally he regained the will to live．
One hot summer afternoon，he was taking a walk with a stick near his house when a thunderstorm started all at once．He stood under a large tree to avoid getting wet，but he was struck by the lightning．Witnesses thought he was dead but he woke up some 20 minutes later lying face down in muddy water at the base of the tree．He was trembling badly，but when he opened his eyes，he could hardly believe what he saw：a plough and a wall．When Mrs Edwards came running up to him，shouting to their neighbors to call for help，he could see her and hear her voice for the first time in nearly ten years．
The news of Robert regaining his sight and hearing quickly spread，and many doctors came to examine him．Most of them said that he regained his sight and hearing from the shock he got from the lightning．However，none of them could give a convincing answer as to why this should have happened．The only reasonable explanation given by one doctor was that，since Robert lost his sight and hearing as a result of a sudden shock，perhaps，the only way for him to regain them was by another sudden shock．

41．The reason for Robert's attempts to kill himself was thatA．
A．he had to live in a dark and silent world
B．a terrible traffic accident happened to him
C．he was struck by the lightning once more
D．nobody in the world cared about him
42．What was Robert doing when he was struck by the lightning？C
A．Taking a walk with a stick．
B．Driving a car．
C．Sheltering from the rain under a tree．
D．Lying on the ground．
43．What did Robert see first when he regained his sight after the shock？A
A．A plough and a wall．
B．His neighbors．
C．His wife who called for help to save him．
D．Many doctors surrounding him．
44．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage？C
A．Robert had been deaf and blind for nearly ten years．
B．Robert could hear his wife's shouting for help when he woke up．
C．Robert hid himself under the tree for 20minutes．
D．The family's love helped Robert regain confidence to live．
45．We can infer from the text thatD．
A．many doctors came because Robert was badly injured
B．a sudden injury in the head led to Robert's recovery
C．Robert's wife sent for doctors immediately after the shock
D．there was no accurate explanation for Robert's recovery．

20．Bless your heart，I know you didn't break the vase ________．Don't cry!（　　）

19．It is important to pay your electricity bill on time，as late payments may affect your________．（　　）

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