【题目】 The person who set the course of my life was a school teacher named Marjorie Hurd. When 1 stepped off a ship in New York Harbor in 1949, I was a nine-year-old war refugee, who had lost his mother and was coming to live with the father he did not know. My mother, Eleni Gatzoyiannis, had been imprisoned and shot for sending my sisters and me to freedom.

I was thirteen years old when I entered Chandler Junior High. Shortly after I arrived, I was told to select a hobby to pursue during“club hours.” The idea of hobbies and clubs made no sense to my immigrant ears, but I decided to follow the prettiest girl in my class. She led me into the presence of Miss Hurd, the school newspaper adviser and English teacher.

A tough woman with salt-and pepper hair and determined eyes, Miss Hurd had no patience with lazy bones. She drilled us in grammar, assigned stories for us to read and discuss, and eventually taught us how to put out a newspaper. Her introduction to the literary wealth of Greece gave me a new perspective on my war-torn homeland, making me proud of my origins. Her efforts inspired me to understand the logic and structure of the English language. Owing to her inspiration, during my next twenty-five years, I became a, journalist by profession.

Miss Hurd retired at the age of 62. By then, she had taught for a total of 41 years. Even after her retirement, she continually made a project of unwilling students in whom she spied a spark of potential. The students were mainly from the most troubled homes, yet she alternately bullied and charmed them with her own special brand of tough love, until the spark caught fire.

Miss Hurd was the one who directed my grief and pain into writing. But for Miss Hurd, I wouldn't have become & reporter. She was the one who sent me into journalism and indirectly caused all the good things that came after.

1What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?

A.Hobbies and clubs did not interest the author.

B.The author turned a deaf ear to joining clubs.

C.Hobbies and clubs were inaccessible to immigrants like the author.

D.The author had no idea what hobbies and clubs were all about.

2Which of the following caused the author to think of his homeland differently?

A.Stepping on the American soil for the first time.

B.Being exposed to Greek literary works.

C.Her mother's miserable death.

D.Following the prettiest girl in his class.

3It can be inferred from Paragraph 4 that

A.Miss Hurd employed a unique way to handle these students.

B.Miss Hurd's contribution was recognized across the nation.

C.Students from troubled homes preferred Miss Hurd's teaching style.

D.The students Miss Hurd taught were all finally fired.

4What is the text mainly about?

A.How the author became a journalist.

B.The importance of inspiration in one's life.

C.The teacher who shaped the author's life.

D.Factors contributing to a successful career.

【题目】 To this day, I remember my mum’s letters. It all ______ in December 1941. Every night she wrote to my brother Johnny, who had been ______ that summer. We had not heard from him since the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Mum claimed that there was a direct ______ from the brain to the written word that was just as strong as the light God has granted us. She trusted that this light would ______ Johnny. I don’t know if she said that to ______ her mind or all of ours. But I do know that it helped us ______ together, and one day a letter from Jonny really did arrive. Johnny was alive on an island.

I had always been amused by the fact that mum ______ her letters, “Cecilia Capuzzi”, and I ______ her about why she didn’t just write “Mum”. I hadn’t been aware that she ______ thought of herself as Cecilia Capuzzi. Not as Mum. I began seeing her in a new light, this small _____ yet strong woman. We often sat recalling the days when our family was filled with laughter of four boys. They had all moved away from home to work, enrolled in the ______, or got married. All except me. Around next spring mum had got two more sons to ______. Little by little, the rumour about mum’s letters ______. One day a small woman knocked at our door. She opened her bag and ______ a pile of airmail letters, begging mum to read them from her son who was a soldier in Europe. Mum read the letters one by one. The woman’s eyes ______ with tears. A few days later the woman returned with a friend, then another one and yet another one—they all needed letters. Mum had become the _______ in our town.

“All people in this world are here with one particular ______,” Mum said. “______, mine is to write letters.” She tried to explain why it ______ her so much. “A letter_______ people like nothing else. It can make them cry, it can make them laugh and it makes the world seem very small. My dear, a letter is life itself!”

1A. gatheredB. disappearedC. startedD. happened

2A. calledB. draftedC. arrestedD. trained

3A. linkB. signalC. routeD. result

4A. warmB. guideC. tellD. find

5A. focusB. calmC. broadenD. strengthen

6A. swingB. struggleC. stickD. settle

7A. beganB. answeredC. signedD. sealed

8A. teasedB. persuadedC. remindedD. informed

9A. neverB. seldomC. everD. always

10A. liberalB. delicateC. reliableD. uneducated

11A. universityB. serviceC. courseD. army

12A. cater toB. relate toC. write toD. subscribe to

13A. circulatedB. aroseC. fadedD. ceased

14A. set outB. pulled outC. put outD. turned out

15A. sprang upB. welled upC. looked upD. turned up

16A. writerB. editorC. assistantD. correspondent

17A. orderB. ambitionC. letterD. purpose

18A. ApparentlyB. GraduallyC. InitiallyD. Eventually

19A. pushedB. challengedC. absorbedD. relaxed

20A. unitesB. drawsC. cheersD. associates

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