33. 你已经决定要放弃了吗？

you to give up ?

  Helen Keller was a very bright and beautiful girl. At the age of six months,she could already say a few words. But before she was two years old,she was hit by a serious illness. She could not see or hear,and soon she could not even talk. When she was six,her parents invited a teacher for her. With the help of the teacher,she began to “see” and “hear” the world around her through her hands. She learned to read books for the blind people. She also learned to swim and ride a horse. After she grew up,she became a famous writer in America. Her first and most famous book is The Story Of My Life. Her story has brought hope to many blind and deaf people. It encouraged them to live and work.

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   When Helen Keller was a 26. baby,she could already say a few words. But tnen she was badly 27. . She could neither see nor hear and soon she could not talk. When she was six,a teacher came to her. The teacher 28. her to feel the world around her through her hands. After 29. up,she became famous as a writer.Many blind and deaf people were hopeful and encouraged to live and work 30. of her story.

34. 教室里至少有50名学生。

There  50 students in the classroom.

   Gabriel Garcia Marquez,who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982,passed away at the age of 86 on April 17,2014. The world paused to remember the cultural giant (巨匠) .

   Garcia Marquez was born in Colombia,but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City. As one of the most famous writers,he was widely regarded as “a giant of 20th-century literature”. Garcia Marquez wrote in a style called “magical realism (魔幻现实主义）”. In such works,people live a daily life in a certain period of time in history. But meanwhile,magical things happen to them.

   Garcia Marquez is best known for his 1967 novel,One Hundred Years of Solitude  (《百年孤独》) ，which has sold about 50 million copies. It tells the tale of the small and isolated town of Macondo which was separated from the outside world一of its founding and its troubled history over a hundred years. The story is a metaphor (暗喻) for the development of Colombia since the 19th century. As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said,Garcia Marquez wrote about “ the very essence (精髓) of the Latin American being”.

() 21. Garcia Marquez was born in the year.

   A. 1914   B. 1928

   C. 1967   D. 1982

() 22. We can know from Paragraph 2 that Garcia Marquez .

   A. was born in Mexico City

   B. spent most of his adult life in Colombia

   C. had a writing style called ^magical re-alism”

   D. was famous but lived a simple daily life

() 23. The underlined word “isolated” means.

   A. 隔绝的   B. 安逸的

   C. 喧嚣的   D. 繁华的

() 24. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Garcia Marquez?

   A. He was the winner of the Noble Prize for Literature in 1982.

   B. His novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was a great success.

   C. He was widely known as “a giant of 20th-century literature”.

   D. Magical things happened to him during his stay in Mexico City.

() 25,The writer quotes (引述) from the President to .

   A. praise Garcia Marquez for his achievement

   B. show the deep sadness of the President

   C. explain the writing style of Garcia Marquez

   D. describe the character of Garcia Marquez

32. 我几乎等了他一整天。

I have  him for a whole day.

31. 小汤姆努力读完这本枯燥的书。

Little Tom   this boring book.

  “The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence. ” That's an old 11 in English. It means other places often look better,more interesting than the place 12 you live. Some people worry 13 young Chinese are beginning to feel that way. They see young Chinese ignoring Chinese culture and,instead,14 Japanese cartoon books,watching Korean soap operas and even celebrating Western holidays.

   Foreign books and soap operas are good,15 Chinese writers and actors are just as good. As for holidays,Christmas is nice,but it can 16 have the meaning for Chinese that Spring Festival has,and the West has nothing to compare with Mid-Autumn Festival. And let’s not forget the part of Chinese culture I like best： 17 friendliness. Not all countries are as 18 as China.

   It's good to enjoy other cultures and to learn 19 them,but they cannot replace your own culture. It's good to look on the other side of the fence,but 20 you take a good long look. You will find that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side of the fence.

() 11. A. saying   B. words   C. voice   D. talk

() 12. A. why   B. when   C. where   D. how

() 13. A. if   B. that   C. what   D. whether

() 14. A. buy   B. refusing   C. refused   D. buying

() 15. A. but   B. so   C. or   D. because

() 16. A. always   B. ever   C. still   D. never

() 17. A. it   B. they   C. its   D. their

() 18. A. warmer   B. warm   C. cold   D. colder

() 19. A. from   B. with   C. to   D. over

() 20. A. make up   B. make sure   C. make up of   D. be sure to

() 10. This red pen is and the black one belongs to .

   A. mine;hers   B. me;her

   C. mine;her   D. me;hers

() 9. I heard a new song on the radio. I high and low in the music store,but I can't find the song.

   A. search   B. have searched

   C. am searching   D. will search

() 8. Many people in our country away money to help the poor last year.

   A. give   B. gave

   C. have given   D. will give