Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899—July 2, 1961) was an American writer and journalist. His writing style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image(形象) affected later generations. Hemingway produced most of his works between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.

Hemingway was raised in Illinois. After high school he reported for The Kansas City Star, before leaving for the Italian front to enlist with the World War I ambulance drivers. In 1918, he was seriously wounded and returned home. In 1922, he married Hadley Richardson. The couple moved to Paris, where he worked as a foreign journalist. Advised and encouraged by other American writers in Paris—F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, he began to see his work appear in print there, and in 1925 his first important book, a collection of stories called In Our Time, was published. A year later, he published The Sun Also Rises, a novel with which he scored his first solid success. The writing of books occupied Hemingway for most of the postwar years. He remained based in Paris, but he traveled widely for bullfighting(斗牛), fishing, and hunting that by then had become part of his life and formed the background for much of his writing. Hemingway’s love of Spain and bullfighting resulted in Death in the Afternoon (1932). His position as a master of short fiction had been advanced by Men Without Women in 1927. The harvest of Hemingway’s considerable experience of Spain in war and peace was the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940). In the public view, however, the novel A Farewell to Arms (1929) overshadowed such works.

Shortly after he published The Old Man and the Sea in 1952, Hemingway went to Africa, where he was almost killed in a plane crash that left him in pain or ill-health for much of the rest of his life. Hemingway lived in Florida and Cuba during the 1930s and 1940s, but in 1959 he moved from Cuba to Ketchum, Idaho, where ended his life in the summer of 1961.

1.Which best arranges Hemingway’s works in the correct order of time?
a. A Farewell to Arms????????????? ????????????? b. Men Without Women
c. The Old Man and the Sea????????????? d. Death in the Afternoon
e. The Sun Also Rises????????????? ????????????? f. For Whom the Bell Tolls
A. e, a, b, f, d, c????????????? B. e, b, a, d, f, c?????????????

C. b, a, d, f, e, c? ????????????? D. b, d, a, e, c, f

2.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 probably means that A Farewell to Arms ??????? .
A. was thought to be better than other works of Hemingway’s
B. was considered to make a show in Hemingway’s life
C. was only as excellent as the other works of Hemingway’s
D. was believed to be among the worst works of Hemingway’s

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Hemingway must have spent his childhood in Italy.
B. Hemingway was an energetic writer with a wide interest.
C. Hemingway’s first book In Our Time was published before 1925.
D Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for Literature just before his death.

4.It can be concluded from the passage that ????????? .
A. Hemingway produced most of his works in Africa
B. Hemingway led a very happy life in his last few years
C. most of Hemingway’s works were based on his life experience
D. Hemingway’s writing style affected the life of later generations

Steve Fossett did not really look like an adventurer, but he reached some of the most difficult goals in sailing and flying.
Fossett was most proud of being the first person to fly around the world alone in a hot-air balloon. To make a trip around the world alone, it was necessary to have an improved autopilot (自动驾驶仪) device. Fossett had one of his team members develop a more advanced balloon autopilot that would allow him to sleep and do other tasks while flying safely.
Steve Fossett attempted the hot-air balloon trip around the world six times. This was not easy to do. He flew in the balloon’s capsule (密封舱) that was too small to stand upright. During his fourth attempt in 1998, he was almost killed during a storm off the coast of Australia. He fell 9,000 meters into the Coral Sea with his balloon’s capsule on fire. He was later rescued at sea.
Fossett successfully made the trip in 2002. The trip started and ended in Australia. He traveled more than 33,000 kilometers for more than 14 days. On this flight, Fossett set other records including a speed record of 322 kilometers per hour. One main problem with earlier balloon flights was the threat of dangerous storms. A team of weather experts e-mailed and talked to Fossett by a satellite telephone to help him avoid such weather.   
Steve Fossett’s hot-air balloon is now at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.  It is there as an example for other people to try and succeed in doing something important to them.
【小题1】What did Steve Fossett specially prepare for the trip around the world?

66. The poor man was s________ by lightning and he was almost killed.

67. Lucy had many f________ before finding the right method.

68. Give me a s________ of your report―I have no time to read right through it.

69. Can you tell me the g________ idea of this passage?

70. The service of v________ in the 2008 Beijing Olympics was thought highly of.

71. Don’t keep scolding Jim. He has r________ doing that and promised never to do that again.

72. G________, with repeated experiences, children begin to form mental images of the object or person.

73. Our teachers won’t t________ any cheating on exams.

74. The P________ in Egypt were among the seven wonders of the world.

75. Nowadays, it’s too much of an e________ to own a car―the prices of fuels are too high.

Steve Fossett did not really look like an adventurer, but he reached some of the most difficult goals in sailing and flying.
Fossett was most proud of being the first person to fly around the world alone in a hot-air balloon. To make a trip around the world alone, it was necessary to have an improved autopilot (自动驾驶仪) device. Fossett had one of his team members develop a more advanced balloon autopilot that would allow him to sleep and do other tasks while flying safely.
Steve Fossett attempted the hot-air balloon trip around the world six times. This was not easy to do. He flew in the balloon’s capsule (密封舱) that was too small to stand upright. During his fourth attempt in 1998, he was almost killed during a storm off the coast of Australia. He fell 9,000 meters into the Coral Sea with his balloon’s capsule on fire. He was later rescued at sea.
Fossett successfully made the trip in 2002. The trip started and ended in Australia. He traveled more than 33,000 kilometers for more than 14 days. On this flight, Fossett set other records including a speed record of 322 kilometers per hour. One main problem with earlier balloon flights was the threat of dangerous storms. A team of weather experts e-mailed and talked to Fossett by a satellite telephone to help him avoid such weather.   
Steve Fossett’s hot-air balloon is now at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.  It is there as an example for other people to try and succeed in doing something important to them.

1. 1.

   What did Steve Fossett specially prepare for the trip around the world?

   1. A.
      He made the balloon’s capsule bigger.
   2. B.
      He had an autopilot impvoved.
   3. C.
      He formed a team to fly with him.
   4. D.
      He improved the balloon’s engine.
2. 2.

   Steve Fossett solved the problem of bad weather on his trip by ______.

   1. A.
      communicating with experts
   2. B.
      using his rich experience
   3. C.
      inventing a satellite phone
   4. D.
      consulting other adventurers
3. 3.

   We can learn from the text that Steve Fossett was ______.

   1. A.
      patient and careful
   2. B.
      modest and easy-going
   3. C.
      brave and determined
   4. D.
      energetic and kind-hearted
4. 4.

   What can we learn about Steve’s flight in 2002?

   1. A.
      He was rescued during the trip.
   2. B.
      He lost his way over the sea.
   3. C.
      It lasted over three weeks.
   4. D.
      He set a speed record of balloon flight.