摘要: Is it true she has never got married? A. that B. what C. when D. whether

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Doris Lessing, a novelist whose books have swept across continents and reflects her concern about the social and political issues of her time, won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. The award comes with about $1.6 million.

    Ms Lessing never finished high school and largely educated herself through reading. She has written dozens of books of fiction, as well as plays, nonfiction and two volumes of autobiography. She is the 11th woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

    Ms. Lessing was born Doris May Tayler in 1919 in what is now Iran. Her father was a bank clerk, and her mother was trained as a nurse. Attracted by the promise of farming riches, the family moved to Zimbabwe, where Ms. Lessing had what she has called a painful childhood.

She left home when she was 15, and in 1937 she moved to Salisbury in southern Rhodelsia, where she took jobs as a telephone operator and nursemaid. She married at 19 and had two children. A few years later, feeling as if she were put in prison, she abandoned her family. She later married Gottfried Lessing, and they had a son.

    When Mr. Lessing and her marriage broke up, she and her young son, Peter, moved to London, where she began her writing career. Her first novel, The Grass Is Singing was published in Britain in 1949. Ms Lessing’s strongest influence may be that she inspired a generation of feminists(女权主义者)with her breakthrough novel, The Golden Notebook. The book was published in 1962, which wrote about  the story of Anna Wulf, a woman who wanted to live freely and was, in some ways, Ms. Lessing’s secondary personality. She wrote about the inner lives of women and rejected the opinion that they should abandon their lives to marriage and children.

1. Ms. Lessing’s family moved from Iran to Zimbabwe because__________.

A.farming could make them become well off

B.her laid-off parents could find jobs

C.she could receive a better education

D.she could have a chance to take up writing

2. It can be learned from the passage that ________.

A.Doris Lessing is Ms. Lessing’s pen name.

B.Doris May Tayler is the name of Ms.Lessing’s birth place

C.Anna Wulf is Ms. Lessing’s name used before

D.Doris May Tayler is Ms. Lessing’s once used name

3. Which of the following statements is true?

A.Ms. Lessing is the 11th person to win the Nobel Prize Literature.

B.Ms. Lessing got down to writing after graduation from high school.

C.Ms. Lessing married three times and has three children

D.Ms. Lessing disapproves of women abandoning their life to their marriage.

4. We can know from the text that _________.

A.Ms. Lessing’s writing career took off in her twenties

B.The Golden Notebook was about Ms. Lessing’s broken marriage life

C.Ms. Lessing’s books are involved in social and political issues of her time

D.The failure of Ms. Lessing’s marriage was due to her devotion to career.

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  “It was all his own idea,” says Pat Peters, the 38-year-old wife of Palo Alto California high school football coach Bob Peters.39 Bob had just drawn up a "motherhood contract"-a document(文件)stating that for 70 days this summer he would take over the care and feeding of the couple's four children, plus all household chores(杂务).Although he didn't even know how to make coffee when he signed, he was quite confident.(He thought the experience would make a nice book.)

  After 40 of the 70 days, he was ready to give up.“I was beaten down, completely humbled,” admits Peters.Three weeks later he spoke to the local press(also part of the bargain), stating, “Not only is motherhood a difficult task, not only is it never-ending, it is an impossible job for any normal human being.”

  Bob and Pat were high school sweethearts.After they got married in 1960, she worked as a secretary to help put iron through university.Since then Bob has been the football and wrestling coach at Palo Alto's Cubberley High while Pat raised the kids.

  Then two years ago Pat went back to work as a secretary at Cubberley.“I had been around children so much,” she sighs(叹气).“I couldn't talk to a grown-up.” She continued to run the household, however, until Bob signed the contract, whereupon she decided to relax and enjoy it.Although Peters had consulted with his school's home economics teachers and the head of the cafeteria(食堂), his meals were sometimes a disaster.“I tried to slip the butter I'd forgotten under the eggs after they were frying,” he says.For the last three weeks, the family ate out a lot-sometimes having Macdonald's hamburgers for lunch and dinner.

  As for housekeeping, a home economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean if the bed is made."I found an easier way-I shut the doors," he says.Soon the kids were wearing the same clothes for a week."I made them wear their shirts inside out, and when we went to pick up Pat at work they turned them right side out so they would look clean."

  Now that Bob has publicly admitted he was wrong, he is routinely(日常地)sharing the child-raising and household tasks with Pat, The tentative(暂定的)title of his book about the summer is taken from something he shouted at the kids one day.

(1)

The couple signed the contract because ________

[  ]

A.

Pat complained a lot about her doing the housework all by herself

B.

Bob loved taking care of children and wanted his wife to have a good rest

C.

they agreed that husband and wife should share household tasks

D.

Bob thought it easy to take care of the family and wanted the experience for a book

(2)

It was agreed that if Bob failed to keep to the contract, he would have to ________.

[  ]

A.

pay a certain amount of money

B.

do all the housework for years

C.

say sorry to his wife

D.

admit publicly he was wrong about motherhood

(3)

What can we learn about Pat Peters'?

[  ]

A.

She was hard-working and selfless.

B.

She was pretty and kind-hearted.

C.

She was tired of the child-raising and household tasks.

D.

She did not love Bob any longer.

(4)

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

[  ]

A.

Bob managed to keep the kids' clothes clean.

B.

Bob tried to cook good meals for his children.

C.

Bob frequently took the kids out to eat because he was too busy at work.

D.

Bob taught the kids to make their beds every day.

(5)

Which of the following can best end the story?

[  ]

A.

“My experience of being a mother.”

B.

“I’m proud of you all, my dear!”

C.

“Wait till your mother gets home!”

D.

“Motherhood:an impossible job for anyone.”

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“It was a11 his own idea,”says Pat Peters,the 38-year-old wife of Palo Alto,California high school football coach Bob Peters,39.Bob had just drawn up a “motherhood contract”-a document(文件)stating that for 70 days this summer he would take over the care and feeding of the couplets four children,plus all household chores(杂务).Although he didn’t even know how to make coffee when he signed,he was quite confident.(He thought the experience would make a nice book.)

      After 40 of the 70 days,he was ready to give up.”I was beaten down,completely humbled” admits Peters.Three weeks later he spoke to the local press(also part of the bargain),stating,”Not only is motherhood a difficult task,not only is it never—ending,it is an impossible job for any normal human being.”

      Bob and Pat were high school sweethearts、After they got married i11 1 960,she worked as a secretary to help put him through university.Since then Bob has been the football and  wrestling coach at Palo Alto’s Cubberley high while Pat raised the kids.

     Then two years ago Pat went back to work as a secretary at Cubberley.”I had been around children so much,”she sighs(叹气).”I couldn’t talk to a grown—up.”She continued to run the household,however—until Bob signed the contract.Where upon she decided to relax and enjoy it .Although Peters had consulted with his school’s home economics teachers and‘he head of the cafeteria(食堂),his meals were sometimes a disaster.”I tried to slip the butter. I’d forgotten under the eggs after they were flying,”he says.For the last three weeks, the family ate out a lot——sometimes having Macdonald’s hamburgers for lunch and dinner.

    As for housekeeping.a home economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean if the bed is made.”I found an easier way-I shut the doors,”he says.Soon the kids were wearing the same clothes for a week.”I made them wear their shirts inside out,and when we went to Dick up Pat at work they turned them right side out so they would look clean.”

    Now that Bob has publicly admitted he was wrong,he is routinely(日常地)sharing the child-raising and household tasks with Pat.The tentative(暂定的)title of his book about the summer is taken from something he shouted at the kids one day....

1.File couple signed the contract because      

  A.Pat complained a lot about her doing the housework all by herself

  B.Bob loved taking care of children and wanted his wife to have a good rest

  C.They agreed that husband and wife should share household tasks

  D.Bob thought it easy to take care of tile family and wanted the experience for a book

2.It was agreed that if Bob failed to keep to the contract.he would have to     

  A.pay a certain amount of money

  B.do all tile housework for years

  C.say sorry to his wife

  D. admit publicly he was wrong about motherhood

3.What call we 1earn about Pat Peters?

  A.She was hard—working and selfless.

  B.She was pretty and kind—hearted.

  C.She was tired of tile child.raising and household tasks.

  D.She did not love Bob any longer.

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

  A.Bob managed to keep the kids’ clothes clean.

  B.Bob tried to cook good meals for his children.

  C.Bob frequently took the kids out to eat because he was too busy at work.

  D.Bob taught the kids to make their beds every day.

5.Which of the following can best end tile story?

  A. “My experience of being a mother.”

  B.”I’ll proud of you all,my dear!”

  C.”Wait till your mother gets home!”

  D.”Motherhood:an impossible job for anyone。”

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  When my father married my mother in 1943, he gave my mother a 1937 crown coin and told her to keep it in the back of her purse and not spend it.This would mean that she always felt that she was protected and would always have money if she really needed it.

  When I was married in 1970 my husband who had heard this story, obtained a 1937 crownfor me and I have always kept it in my wallet, and I have always had enough for my needs.

  A friend recently fell on hard times, partly through external(外部的)circumstances and partly through poor planning.Friends and I have loaned her money, paid her bills, even given her food.tried to teach her budget techniques, and none of them has been a solution.She has just slipped deeper and deeper into financial trouble and depression.

  Last week she looked pale and unwell, very depressed and hopeless.I then thought about how the crown.a reminder of another's care and love, had protected me, so 1 went to the bank for a$100 dollar bill.I told my friend the story and asked her to keep the$100 in the back of her wallet.It turned out that she didn't have a wallet, so she put the money in a little pencil case where she kept her coins.She immediately felt better.“I feel rich, and thank you for being a good friend”, she said, and we were both a bit teary.

  The reason for passing this on is not to praise any generosity on my part, but to show the power of“random acts of kindness”.I went home and remembered a little wallet I had that I'd never used, and thought,“I'II give that to my friend”.I opened it, and inside, found $100.

  The universe is very just and if your heart is open the reward always comes.

(1)

The writer's husband gave her a crown coin when they married because ________.

[  ]

A.

it was specially made of pure gold

B.

it was a reminder of care and love

C.

it was passed down from her parents

D.

it was a magic coin which can protect her.

(2)

The writer and her friends did the following to help the friend in trouble except ________.

[  ]

A.

paying her bills

B.

giving her food

C.

teaching her budget techniques

D.

working for her

(3)

Which of the following is true of the writer's friend?

[  ]

A.

Her trouble was partly due to her poor planning.

B.

She needed the$100 badly in face of trouble.

C.

She refused our loan in spite of difficulty.

D.

Her friend's financial generosity helped her out finally.

(4)

The writer's friend immediately felt better after she got the$100 because ________.

[  ]

A.

she had a rich and generous friend

B.

the $100 helped her a lot financially

C.

she felt rich from the heart

D.

she got what she wanted at last

(5)

What is the writer's purpose in writing this text?

[  ]

A.

To p raise her own generosity.

B.

To obtain rewards from others.

C.

To celebrate their marriage.

D.

To show the power of acts of kindness.

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  Every year, for Mom's birthday, Mother's Day, or Christmas, my dad goes out for presents.He gets her something he knows she would love to have, but Mom would never admit to it.He's a true handyman with tools and wood, so Mom has just about every type of shelving and other wooden furniture she needs in the house.Mom is an American flag fan.There are many patriotic(爱国的)things in Mom and Dad抯 house and they are proud to live in Texas.

  My dad gets in a bad mood sometimes when things aren't going as planned, and he has a fairly short temper(脾气)with the family.He doesn't hit us, but he simply expresses his anger with words.Later, he is sorry for everything he has said to us, so he usually buys roses for Mom.

  Mom is his number-one girl.June 1st of 2008 was their 23rd wedding anniversary(周年纪念), and I find that they have grown closer and closer, and in almost every one of those years, my dad has surprised me.Unlike a great number of fathers nowadays, my dad has never been bad to the family.He was a frequent drinker before he and my mom met, but now he drinks less.

  Any time Mom needs him, he is there for her.My dad won't even allow a representative of any company on the phone being rude to my mom.He has even taught me how to deal with them, and also how to deal with my own difficulties.

(1)

From the passage, we can learn that the author抯 father _________

[  ]

A.

is an American flag fan

B.

has a short temper

C.

always drinks a lot

D.

is rude to his wife

(2)

What will the author抯 father do after expressing his anger?

[  ]

A.

Buy presents for the author.

B.

Make every type of shelving.

C.

Buy roses for his wife.

D.

Drink more.

(3)

What can we learn from the passage?

[  ]

A.

Mother likes making handicrafts.

B.

Father dislikes buying roses.

C.

Father often hits his child after drinking.

D.

Mother and Father got married in 1985.

(4)

The passage mainly tells us how _________.

[  ]

A.

Father married Mother

B.

Father taught the author to face difficulties

C.

How devoted Father is to his family

D.

Father keeps his word

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