Jane Austen(1775-1817),an English novelist, started writing young and completed six novels in her life. Today Austen’s books are more popular than ever. In the last 10 years, five of her six novels have been made into Hollywood films, while her books continue to be best-sellers.

Richard Jenkyns, a professor of English at Oxford University, says that her novels are about marriage, friendships and the family, which are still with us today. “The stories are timeless,”Jenkyns said.

Pride and Prejudice(偏见)(1813) is Austen’s most famous work. It is a love story about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. At first, these two dislike each other. Elizabeth is pretty ,smart and lively. She is proud because Darcy doesn’t know about her family. Mr. Darcy is handsome, rich and has a better family background. So, he is proud as well. At the same time, Darcy holds a prejudice against the Bennet family. He has no nderstanding of why the family, especially its mother and daughters should try so hard to find wealthy and powerful husbands. He thinks they are vulgar. Anyway, Elizabeth and Darcy finally fall in love and become a romantic couple but their families don’t want them to.

In Pride and Prejudice, some of the main things that Jane Austen wants to teach people are as follows. Opposites can attract each other. Lovers should not ony make each other feel relaxed or comfortable, but also educate and improve each other.

Austen is often called the greatest romanti writer,so it is surprising she remained unmarried. ‘Maybe she was too romantic, waiting for the perfect man,” Jenkyns says.

1.From Paragraph 1and Paragraph 2,we can know .

A. Jane Austen passed away in her fifties

B. Austen’s works remain popular today

C. all of Austen’s works have been made into Hollywood films.

D. Austen’s works are mostly about war and the family.

2.Which of the following sentences is True?

A. Elizabeth and Darcy fall in love at first sight.

B. Elizabeth has a better family background than Darcy.

C.Darcy has a first good impression of Elizabeth’s family.

D. Elizabeth and Darcy become a romantic couple in the end.

3.What does the underlined word”vulgar” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A.粗俗的 B.鲁莽的 C.吝啬的 D.伪善的

4.From what Jenkyns says,we can learn __________.

A. opposites can attract each other

B. lovers should improve each other.

C. Austen’s works go beyond her times

D.Austen married a perfect man at last

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A first-grade student whose best friend is battling cancer thought that hours of playing and telling jokes was not enough - he wanted to show his buddy just how he understood the____time he was going through.

Seven-year-old Vincent Butterfield ______ the only way was to cut off his hair in support of his best friend Zac who lost his hair through chemotherapy(化疗).

Zac Gossage is receiving treatment but _____ goes to Union Central Elementary School in Missouri every day,______ that's where he gets to play on the swing with Vincent. Vincent found out that Zac might ______ his hair because of the chemotherapy treatment. So one day, he showed up in the first grade class wearing a ______ . He said to his teacher Mrs. Koester, "I have a surprise for Zac." And he pulled off his cap and other _____ saw that he already had all his hair ______ off. "I did it just to make Zac feel he's not the only one without any ______." said Vincent.

Vincent has also been raising money for his best friend after learning how ______ his chemotherapy treatments are. He asked his mother to make ______ than 20 scarves and gloves. He and his mother ______ them at the price of 10 dollars each, raising over $200 for Zac. The encouragement from Vincent seems to be working. Though Zac is receiving treatments, he has ______ missed any days of school. He knows that Vincent is out on the playground, waiting for him at break.

When asked ______ friendship was, Vincent looked at his friend Zac, thought for a(an) ______and responded, "It's a beautiful thing."

Clearly, wisdom doesn't always come with age.

1.A. hard B. exciting C. unpleasant D. pleasant

2.A. decided B. refused C. agreed D. disliked

3.A. ever B. never C. just D. still

4.A. though B. but C. because D. so

5.A. raise B. add C. lose D. fall

6.A. mask B. scarf C. glove D. cap

7.A. teachers B. kids C. parents D. patients

8.A. pulled B. sent C. cut D. put

9.A. friends B. money C. clothes D. hair

10.A. expensive B. successful C. important D. meaningful

11.A. fewer B. more C. worse D. better

12.A. made B. donated C. sold D. collected

13.A. already B. always C. nearly D. hardly

14.A. how B. what C. where D. which

15.A. moment B. hour C. morning D. Day

American boys and girls love watching television. Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the television set. Some even watch television for eight hours or more on Saturday.

Televisions are like books or films. A child can learn both bad things and good things from them. Some programs help children to understand the world, and others show people the places of other countries or other time in history. With television, a child does not have to go to the zoo to see animals or to the ocean to see a ship. Boys and girls can see a play, a concert or a game at home.

Television brings many places and events into our homes. Some programs show crimes(犯罪活动)and other things that are bad for children, so parents sometimes help them to find other interesting things to do.

1.Some children spend eight hours or more _____ on Saturday.

A. studying B. playing card games

C. watching TV D. helping their parents

2.On television children can see_____.

A. games B. big animals

C. oceans D. almost everything

3.Children usually spend _____ a day in school.

A. six hours B. more than eight hours

C. only a few hours D. four hours

4.The underlined sentence means_____.

A. television makes things happen in homes

B. we can know places and events on TV without going to see them

C. we can see houses and buildings on TV

D. we can find the places easily

5.Parents sometimes help their children find other things to do when there is _____ for children.

A. a bad program B. an animal

C. a game D. an uninteresting film

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