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摘要： .Mark was a student at this university from 2002 to 2006, he studied very hard and was made Chairman of the Students’ Union. A. during which time B. for which time C. during whose time D. by that time

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　　Mark Twain has been called the inventor of the American novel．And he surely deserves additional praise：the man who popularized the clever literary attack on racism．

　　I say clever because anti-slavery fiction had been the important part of the literature in the years before the Civil War．H．B．Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is only the most famous example．These early stories dealt directly with slavery．With minor exceptions, Twain planted his attacks on slavery and prejudice into tales that were on the surface about something else entirely．He drew his readers into the argument by drawing them into the story．

　　Again and again, in the postwar years, Twain seemed forced to deal with the challenge of race．Consider the most controversial, at least today, of Twain's novels, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn．Only a few books have been kicked off the shelves as often as Huckleberry Finn, Twain's most widely read tale．Once upon a time, people hated the book because it struck them as rude．Twain himself wrote that those who banned the book considered the novel “trash and suitable only for the slums(贫民窟)．” More recently the book has been attacked because of the character Jim, the escaped slave, and many occurences of the word nigger．(The term Nigger Jim, for which the novel is often severely criticized, never appears in it．)

　　But the attacks were and are silly-and miss the point．The novel is strongly anti-slavery．Jim's search through the slave states for the family from whom he has been forcibly parted is heroic．As J．Chadwick has pointed out, the character of Jim was a first in American fiction-a recognition that the slave had two personalities, “the voice of survival within a white slave culture and the voice of the individual：Jim, the father and the man．”

　　There is much more．Twain's mystery novel Pudd’nhead Wilson stood as a challenge to the racial beliefs of even many of the liberals of his day．Written at a time when the accepted wisdom held Negroes to be inferior(低等的)to whites, especially in intelligence, Twain's tale centered in part around two babies switched at birth．A slave gave birth to her master's baby and, for fear that the child should be sold South, switched him for the master's baby by his wife．The slave's lightskinned child was taken to be white and grew up with both the attitudes and the education of the slave-holding class．The master's wife's baby was taken for black and grew up with the attitudes and intonations of the slave．

　　The point was difficult to miss：nurture(养育), not nature, was the key to social status．The features of the black man that provided the stuff of prejudice－manner of speech, for example-were, to Twain, indicative of nothing other than the conditioning that slavery forced on its victims．

　　Twain's racial tone was not perfect．One is left uneasy, for example, by the lengthy passage in his autobiography(自传)about how much he loved what were called “nigger shows” in his youth－mostly with white men performing in black-face-and his delight in getting his mother to laugh at them．Yet there is no reason to think Twain saw the shows as representing reality．His frequent attacks on slavery and prejudice suggest his keen awareness that they did not．

　　Was Twain a racist? Asking the question in the 21st century is as wise as asking the same of Lincoln．If we read the words and attitudes of the past through the “wisdom” of the considered moral judgments of the present, we will find nothing but error．Lincoln, who believed the black man the inferior of the white, fought and won a war to free him．And Twain, raised in a slave state, briefly a soldier, and inventor of Jim, may have done more to anger the nation over racial injustice and awaken its collective conscience than any other novelist in the past century．

(1)

How do Twain's novels on slavery differ from Stowe's?
[　　]
A．	Twain was more willing to deal with racism．
B．	Twain's attack on racism was much less open．
C．	Twain's themes seemed to agree with plots．
D．	Twain was openly concerned with racism．

(2)

Recent criticism of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn arose partly from its ________．
[　　]
A．	target readers at the bottom
B．	anti-slavery attitude
C．	rather impolite language
D．	frequent use of “nigger”

(3)

What best proves Twain's anti-slavery stand according to the author?
[　　]
A．	Jim's search for his family was described in detail．
B．	The slave's voice was first heard in American novels．
C．	Jim grew up into a man and a father in the white culture．
D．	Twain suspected that the slaves were less intelligent．

(4)

The story of two babies switched mainly indicates that ________．
[　　]
A．	slaves were forced to give up their babies to their masters
B．	slaves’ babies could pick up slave-holders’ way of speaking
C．	blacks’ social position was shaped by how they were brought up
D．	blacks were born with certain features of prejudice

(5)

What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 7 refer to?
[　　]
A．	The attacks．
B．	Slavery and prejudice．
C．	White men．
D．	The shows．

(6)

What does the author mainly argue for?
[　　]
A．	Twain had done more than his contemporary writers to attack racism．
B．	Twain was an admirable figure comparable to Abraham Lincoln．
C．	Twain's works had been banned on unreasonable grounds．
D．	Twain's works should be read from a historical point of view．

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　　 Mark Twain was asked one day if he could remember the first money　　 he got.

　　 He thought for a long time before answering and then said, "Yes,　　 it was at school. I can remember everything about it. Schoolboys in those days never respected teachers and never took care of the things　　 of the school. They often damaged(损坏) their desks. There was a rule　　 in our school that anybody who damaged his desk with a pencil or knife　　 would be beaten before the whole school or have to pay five dollars."　　　　

　　 "One day, I damaged my desk in some way. I had to tell my father　　 I had broken the rule, and had to pay five dollars or be beaten before　　 the whole school . He agreed to give. My father said it would be too　　 bad to have our face lost in front of the whole school. He agreed to　　 give me five dollars to hand over to the teacher. But before giving me　　 the money he took me upstairs and gave me a beating."　　　　

　　 "But as I had had one beating and wasn't afraid of it any more. I　　 decided I would take another beating at school and keep the five　　 dollars. So that was what I did. That was the first money I ever got."

1. Why did the schoolboys often damage the desks in those days?　　

[　　]

A. Because the schoolboys loved their teachers and obeyed (服从,听　　　　从)them

　　B. Because they didn't obey their teachers and weren't careful of　　　　 anything in the school.

C. Because they were too small to look after the things.

D. Because their parents told them to damage them.

2. Why did Mark Twain's father give him five dollars?

[　　]

A. Because he was very rich.

B. Because he loved his son and didn't want the teacher 　　to beat his son.　　

C. Because he didn't want his son to be beaten in front 　　 of the whole school.

D. Because he didn't like money.

3. When and where did Mark Twain get his first money?

[　　]

A. He got his first money at school when he was a school boy there.

B. He got his first money at school when he damaged his desk.

C. He got his first money at school after his father gave him a　　　　 beating.

D. He got his first money at home after his father gave him a beating.

4. After Mark Twain was given a good beating ________, he got the　　 first money.

[　　]

A. once B. twice C. three times D. four times

5. The best title of the passage may be _________.

[　　]

A. The First Money　　 B. Schoolboys in Those Days

C. How to Get Money D. A Good Beating

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Even　though　he　was　guilty，the＿＿judge　did　not　send　him　to　prison．

A)merciful? B)impartial? C)conscientious? D)conspicuous

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Since　the　matter　was　extremely＿＿，we　dealt　with　it　immediately．　　

A)tough? B)tense? C)urgent? D)instant

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第二节：完型填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)
Recently I was invited to a friend’s house for supper—and had a meal I have never had before.
All the friends invited were a little 　36　. It’s not that Ben is unsociable, or a bad cook, but it’s just that he never　37　more than he has to. So how come he was inviting us round for a meal? Had he bought something　38　 for his friends? He greeted us at the door and showed us into his dining room where a　39　table was waiting for us. “Nothing but the　40　 for my friends! ” said Ben. We all sat down and looked　41　at each other—what was he 　42　?
Ben returned with four bowls of hot soup. “It’s a　43　of carrots, potatoes and tomatoes, ”said Ben. The next　44　was also a little strange　45　we didn’t quite know what it was again. “It’s just another mixture of vegetables. ”
As we ate we chatted and finally the　46　turned back to what we were eating. “Was there a recipe(菜谱) for this, ”asked Marina, “or did you　47　it up? ”Ben put his fork down. “What I cooked　48　what I could find. ”Marina was surprised. “But you can find anything in supermarkets these days. ”“But there’s　49　choice in what you can find　50　supermarkets, ” he replied.
　51　that we had all finished the food, Ben decided to tell the truth. He had read recently that supermarkets usually　52　away 5 percent of their food every day. So Ben decided to look inside his local supermarket bins. There he found food that was slightly out of　53　, boxes of thrown-away vegetables and fruit.
So Ben had　54　 provided a decent meal for his friends, and made us aware of the fact that there are many poor people who need the food, but the amount of food thrown away is enough to 　55　millions of people.
36.A. excited      B. disappointed C. surprised   D. delighted
37.A. takes        B. spends       C. uses       D. does
38.A. cheap        B. special       C. practical    D. usual
39.A. new         B. separate      C. booked     D. laid
40.A. freshest      B. most         C. best        D. least
41.A. nervously     B. carefully      C. sadly      D. happily
42.A. in for         B. up to         C. away from   D. out of
43.A. mixture       B. liquid         C. matter      D. dish
44.A. course      B. food            C. soup       D. salad
45.A. in that      B. on condition that C. in case that   D. so that
46.A. dinner      B. idea            C. food        D. subject
47.A. pick        B. look            C. make       D. take
48.A. referred     B. depended on     C. lay in       D. resulted from
49.A. less         B. more           C. some       D. any
50.A. within       B. beyond         C. inside      D. outside
51.A. Feeling      B. Seeing          C. Realizing   D. Thinking
52.A. store        B. move           C. throw      D. hide
53.A. order        B. place           C. season     D. date
54.A. successfully   B. possibly        C. hardly     D. hopefully
55.A. enrich        B. please          C. affect     D. Feed

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