6、November not only marks the publication of Toni Morrison’s eagerly anticipated（期待）eighth novel, Love, but it is also the tenth anniversary of her Nobel Prize for Literature, Morrison is the first black woman to receive a Nobel, and so honored before her in literature are only two black men:Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian playwright, poet and novelist, in 1986; and Derek Walcott, the Caribbean-born poet, in 1992．But Morrison is also the first and only American-born Nobel prizewinner for literature since 1962, the year novelist John Steinbeck received the award．

Like Song of Solomon, Love is a multigenerational story, revealing the personal and communal legacy（遗产）of an outstanding black family．As Morrison scholars will tell you．Love is the third volume of a literary master’s trilogy（三部曲）investigating the many complexities of love．This trilogy began with Beloved （1998）, which deals with a black mother’s love under slavery and in freedom．Jazz（1993）, the second volume, tells a story of romantic love in 1920s Harlem, This latest novel looks back from the 1970s to the 1940s and ‘50s．

The emotional center of Love is Bill Cosey, the former owner and host of the shabby Cosey’s Hotel and Resort in Silk, North Carolina, described in the novel as “the best and best-known vacation spot for colored folk on the East Coast．”We get to know Cosey through the mernories of five women who survive and love him: his granddaughter, his widow, two former employees, and a homeless young girl．

The latest novel, Love, had been described in the promotional material from her publisher as “Morrison’s most accessible work since Song of Solomon．”This comparison to her third novel, published in 1997, was an effective selling point．

1．What would be the best title for the text?

       A．Toni Morrison’s latest novels

       B．Toni Morrison and her trilogy

       C．Toni Morrison and her novel Love

       D．Toni Morrison, the Nobel prizewinner

2．What can we learn about John Steinbeck?

       A．He was a black writer．

       B．He was born in America．

       C．He received the Nobel Prize after Morrison．

       D．He was the first American novelist to win a Nobel．

3．The similarity between Love and Song of Solomon is that they both         ．

       A．belong to the same trilogy together with Beloved

       B．concern families of more than one generation

       C．deal with life of blacks under slavery

       D．investigate life in 1920s Harlem

4．The novel Love mainly describes          ．

       A．the best-known vacation spot for blacks

       B．the life of an outstanding black family under slavery

       C．the miserable experience of the five women in Harlem

    D．the memories of five women about Bill Cosey

5、FILM DESCRIPTIONS

Back to the Future

With the help of a local inventor’s time machine, Marty travels back to the 1950s．There his ‘80s hipness stands out, and he inadvertently interferes with the fledgling romance of his parents-to-be．Can Marty keep them together? He’d better, or his own future will fade away．Featuring: Christopher Lloyd, Michael J．Fox．A Universal Pictures release．I hr．55min．

Beethoven’s 2nd

In this sequel to the popular Beethoven, our canine hero falls for Missy, who soon has puppies．Missy’s greedy owner, Regina, who sees only money in the little purebreds, separates mom and pups from Beethoven．His owners rescue the puppies, but Regina still has Missy．Featuring: Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt．A Universal Pictures release, I hr．26 min．

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory．

Despite the popularity of his treats, candy maker Willy Wonka shuts himself inside his factory．But then Willy holds a contest, offering five lucky children the chance to see his company．Poor but pleasan’t Charlie Bucket finds a ticket, as do four less-deserving children．Featuring; Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore．A Warner Bros．release．I hr．56 min．

Cinderella Man

Based on actual events, this film follows the life of Jim Braddock, a boxer in New York city during the Great Depression．After a series of losses, Braddock is forced into retirement．But he never  gives up his boxing dream, and neither does his manager, Featuring: Russell Crowe．Renee Zellweger．A Universal Pictures release, 2 hr．14 min．

Liar Liar

Lawyer Fletcher Reede has never told the truth in his life．Then his son makes a birthday wish that his dad would stop lying for 24 hours．Suddenly, Fletcher’s mouth spouts everything he thinks．His compulsion brings disaster to the courtroom, where he must defend a client whose case was built on lies．Featuring: jim Carrey, Justin Cooper．A Universal Pictures release, I hr．25 min．

1．Which of the following is probably the name of a dog?

       A．Marty．           B．Missy．              C．Fletcher．           D．Charlie

2．Willy Wonka is         ．

       A．a boxer who suffers a series of losses

       B．a lawyer who has never told the truth

       C．a man who runs a chocolate factory

       D．a man who invents a time machine

3．Which film is about the life of a real person?

       A．Beethoven’s 2^nd                                   B．Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

       C．Cinderella Man                               D．Liar Liar

4、Increasingly, Americans are becoming their own doctors by going online to diagnose their symptoms, order  home health tests or medical devices, or even self-treat their illnesses with drugs from Internet pharmacies（药店）．Some avoid doctors because of the high cost of medical care, especially if they lack health insurance．Or they may stay away because they find it embarrassing to discuss their weight, smoking, alcohol consumption or couch potato habits．Patients may also fear what they might learn about their health．or they distrust physicians because of negative experiences in the past．But playing doctor can also be a deadly game．

Every day, more than six million Americans turn to the Internet for medical answers—and most of them aren’t nearly sceptical enough of what they find．A 2002 survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 72 percent of those surveyed believe all or most of what they read on health websites．They shouldn’t．Look up “headache,”and the chances of finding reliable and complete information, free from a motivation for commercial gain, are only one in ten, reports an April 2005 Brown Medical School study．Of the 169 websites the researchers rated, only 16 scored as “high quality．”Recent studies found faulty facts about all sorts of other disorders, causing one research team to warn that a large amount of incomplete, inaccurate and even dangerous information exists on the Internet．

The problem is most people don’t know the safe way to surf the Web．“They use a search engine like Google, get 18 trillion choices and start clicking．But that’s risky, because almost anybody can put up a site that looks authoritative （权威的），so it’s hard to know if what you’re reading is reasonable or not，”says Dr．Sarah Bass from the National Cancer Institute．

1．According to the text, an increasing number or Americans          ．

       A．are suffering from mental disorders

       B．turn to Internet pharmacies for help

       C．like to play deadly games with doctors

       D．are sceptical about surfing medical websites

2．Some Americans stay away from doctors because they         ．

       A．find medical devices easy to operate

       B．prefer to be diagnosed online by doctors

       C．are afraid to face the truth of their health

       D．are afraid to misuse their health insurance

3．According to the study of Brown Medical School,       ．

       A．more than 6 million Americans distrust doctors

       B．only 1/10 of medical websites aim to make a profit

       C．about 1/10 of the websites surveyed are of high quality

       D．72% of health websites offer incomplete and faulty facts

4．Which of the following is the author’s main argument？

       A．It’s cheap to self-treat your own illness．

       B．It’s embarrassing to discuss your bad habits．

       C．It’s reasonable to put up a medical website．

    D．It’s dangerous to be your own doctor．

3、PITTSBURGH—For most people, snakes seem unpleasant or even threatening．But Howie Choset sees in their delicate movements a way to save lives．

The 37-year-old Carnegie Mellon University professor has spent years developing snake-like robots he hopes will eventually slide through fallen buildings in search of victims trapped after natural disasters．

Dan Kara is president of Robotics Trends, a Northboro, Mass-based company that publishes an online industry magazine and runs robotics trade shows．He said there are other snake-like robots being developed, mainly at universities, but didn’t know of one that could climb pipes．

The Carnegie Mellon machines are designed to carry cameras and electronic sensors and can be controlled with a joystick（操纵杆）．They move smoothly with the help of small electric motors, or servos, commonly used by hobbyists in model airplanes．

Built from lightweight materials, the robots are about the size of human arm or smaller．They can sense which way is up, but are only as good as their human operators, Choset added．

Sam Stover, a search team manager with the Federal Emergency Management Agency based in Indiana, said snake-type robots would offer greater mobility than equipment currently available, such as cameras attached to extendable poles．

“It just allows us to do something we’ve not been able to do before．”Stover said,“We needed them yesterday．”

He said sniffer dogs are still the best search tool for rescue workers．but that they can only be used effectively when workers have access to damaged buildings．

Stover, among the rescue workers who handled the aftermatch（后果）of Hurricane Katrina, said snake robots would have helped rescuers search flooded houses in that disaster．

Choset said the robots may not be ready for use for another five to ten years．depending on funding．

1．Which institution is responsible for the development of Choset’s robots?

       A．Robotics Trends．

       B．Pittsburgh City Council．

       C．Carnegie Mellon University．

       D．Federal Emergency Management Agency．

2．Choset believes that his invention          ．

       A．can be attached to an electronic arm

       B．can be used by hobbyists in model airplanes

       C．can find victims more quickly than a sniffer dog

       D．can sense its way no better than it operators

3．By saying “We needed them yesterday”（paragraph 7）, Stover means that snake-like robots         ．

       A．could help handle the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

       B．would have been put to use in past rescue work

       C．helped rescuers search flooded houses yesterday

       D．were in greater need yesterday than today

4．What is the text mainly about?

       A．Snake-like robots used in industries．

       B．Snake-like robots made to aid in rescues．

       C．The development of snake-like robots．

       D．The working principles of snake-like robots．

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—I’m sorry to say, ______．I forgot

A．none        B．no one        C nothing            D．no

27、This design is ________ satisfactory．So you’ll have to try your best to better it．

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