Born in Iran in 1919 and brought up in Zimbabwe, Doris Lessing spent her childhood on a remote farm in the African bush．Basically self-educated, she dropped out of school at 13, and married 6 years later．
Lessing's first novel, The Grass Is Singing, was a critique(评论)of racial politics in Rhodesia(the former name for Zimbabwe)．In 1949, she left the country with her young son and came to England．And her first novel was published the next year．
In London she wrote a series of semi-autobiographical(半自传的)novels from 1952－1969, the Children of Violence series, which explored the developing consciousness of her heroine, Martha Quest．In 1962, Lessing published her best-known work, TheGolden Notebook, which has become a feminist(女权主义的)classic．From 1979, Lessing developed this theme with a science fiction series, Canopus in Argus：Archives(1979－1983)．Contemporary society continued to interest Lessing, and in 1985 she published The Good Terrorist, a satire(讽刺文)on student politics．
Two volumes of autobiography were published in 1995 and 1997, covering the period from her African childhood to the publication of The Golden Notebook．
In 1999, she was appointed a Companion of Honour for her service to literature and at the same year, she finished another book, Mara and Dann, which tells of a brother and a sister in a world full of violence and adventures in the future．And in 2007, Doris Lessing, who explored relationships between the genders(性别)and races, won the Nobel Prize in literature．
(1)
Doris Lessing's The Grass Is Singing was published in ________．
[ ]
A．
1949
B．
1950
C．
1951
D．
1952
(2)
Which of Doris Lessing's works is about women's rights?
[ ]
A．
The Grass Is Singing．
B．
Mara and Dann．
C．
The Golden Notebook．
D．
The Good Terrorist．
(3)
We can learn from the passage that ________．
[ ]
A．
Doris Lessing spent her childhood in a city in Zimbabwe．
B．
Doris Lessing began her education when she was 13．
C．
Marha Quest is the leading character in The Golden Notebook．
D．
Doris Lessing won the Nobel Prize when she was 88．
(4)
Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Doris Lessing?
One of the largest countries in Texas is named for Captain Erastus“Deaf”Smith－a deaf man．Captain Smith was the leader of General Sam Houston's scouts during the Texas Revolution, the war in which Texas won its freedom from Mexico．The county named in his honor is called Deaf Smith County．
A scout in the days of the Texas Revolution was much like what a spy is today．Captain“Deaf”Smith would find out where enemy troops were camped and how many men the enemy had, and he would report to Sam Houston．Even when other people could not see or hear any sign of people or animals, Captain Smith would know where they were．Sometimes he would guide Texas troops through enemy territory without the enemy even knowing they were there．
Erastus Smith was born in New York on April 19,1787; but went to live：in Mississippi when he was 11 years old．He went to Texas for a short time in 1817, and four years later returned to Texas to stay; He wandered over Texas as a surveyor(测量员)before he volunteered for army service after the start of the Texas Revolution．
Smith married a Mexican woman, and they had four children－three girls and one boy．He spent a lot of time learning the customs, manners, and language of the Mexican settlers．When the Texas Revolution began in 1835, Smith at first refused to take part in it out of respect for his family's heritage(传统)．However, after Mexican troops tried to stop him from going to San Antonio to visit his family, he volunteered for service with the Texans．He was made a captain．
(1)
At first, Smith refused to take part in the Texas Revolution because ________．
[ ]
A．
he was a peace-loving person and hated fighting
B．
Mexican soldiers stopped him from going to San Antonio
C．
the Texans were not very good to him and his family
D．
his wife was Mexican and he didn't want to fight against her people
(2)
How old was Smith when he settled in Texas?
[ ]
A．
Thirty－four．
B．
Eleven．
C．
Thirty．
D．
Twenty-seven．
(3)
Which of the following is the correct order of the events?
a．A county in Texas was named after Smith．
b．Smith got married to a Mexican woman．
c．Smith volunteered for service with the Texans．
d．Mexican troops tried to stop him from seeing his family．
e．Smith went to live in Mississippi．
f．The Texas Revolution started．
[ ]
A．
a－b－c－d－e－f
B．
e－b－d－c－a－f
C．
b－e－f－d－c－a
D．
e－b－f－d－c－a
(4)
Which of the following was a great help in Smith's work as a scout?
[ ]
A．
His family's heritage．
B．
His experience as a surveyor．
C．
His deafness．
D．
His good eyesight．
(5)
Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
Some fish spend all their lives in the place where they were born．Salmon do not．Born in the fresh water of rivers, they migrate(迁徙)to the ocean when young, then go back to the rivers as adults．
When fall comes, it is time for salmon to spawn(产卵)．They leave the ocean and travel to the beginning of the river where they were hatched(孵化)．Sometimes these trips are more than 2,000 miles．On the long journey they have to fight against the current of the stream．Sometimes they even jump up waterfalls．When they reach the beginning of the river, they are often very tired from their long and difficult journey．
But they cannot rest．The mother fish makes a nest in the sand on the bottom of the river by slapping the sand with her tail．In this nest the mother lays her eggs and the father leaves his sperm．Then the mother covers the nest with sand leaves the baby fish to hatch．
The young fish hatch in the winter．Some species(种类)of salmon start the journey down the river to the ocean when they are a few inches long．They seem to be swimming backwards, but they are really carried downstream by the current．Others live in the river for two or three years before going to the ocean．All of these salmon, however, will make the trip back to where they first lived．
(1)
What’s the passage mainly about?
[ ]
A．
how the mother salmon makes her nest．
B．
Salmon’s jumping up waterfalls．
C．
Salmon’s swimming back for spawning．
D．
How salmon go to the ocean．
(2)
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
[ ]
A．
Salmon stay in one place all the time．
B．
the father fish makes the nest．
C．
the current helps salmon in their journey up the river．
D．
Salmon always go back to the place they were hatched to lay their eggs．
(3)
Which of the following is the right order in which they appear in the passage?
a．They leave the ocean and travel far up river．
b．Some salmon, when a few inches long, swim down the river．
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