题目内容
It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005．While most people were warming up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from home to work．On arrival, he parked his bike outside the back door as he usually does．After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone．
The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only transport．Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour weeks to support his young family．And the bike was also used to get groceries（食品杂货）, saving us from having to walk long distances from where we live．
I was so sad that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story．Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help．One wonderful stranger even bought a bike, then called my husband to pick it up．Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job．It really is an honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before．
People say that a smile can be passed from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so．This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it strengthened our faith in humanity（人性）as a whole．And it has influenced（影响）us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can share with others．No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone cares．And the results can be everlasting．
1.Why was the bike so important to the couple?
A．The man’s job was bike racing．
B．It was their only possession．
C．It was a nice Kona 18 speed．
D．They used it for work and daily life．
2.We can infer from the text that ____________．
A．the couple worked 60 hours a week．
B．people were busy before Christmas
C．the stranger brought over the bike
D．life was hard for the young family．
3.How did people get to know the couple’s problem?
A．From radio broadcasts．
B．From a newspaper．
C．From TV news．
D．From a stranger．
Novel is typically written in a narrative (叙事) style and presented as a book. Novels tell stories, in which the characters and events are usually imaginary. The novel has been a part of human culture for over a thousand years, although its origins are somewhat debated. Regardless of how it began, the novel has remained one of the most popular and treasured examples of human culture and writing. It remains an essential part of the literary cultures of nearly all societies around the world.
Novella is classified as “Too short to be a novel，too long to be a short story”. There is no precise definition in terms of word or page count. Literary prizes and publishing houses often have their own arbitrary limits, which vary according to their particular intentions.
A short story is different from novels or novellas in that the plot is usually tied to one single chain of events. Because the reader must identify with a character quickly to become engaged, the tale is often told from the chief character’s point of view.
A drama refers to a play for the theatre，television or radio. It generally consists of chiefly dialogue between characters. It also uses dance to convey their message. Dramas usually aim at dramatic performance rather than at reading. In theater, a drama is presented by actors to an audience.
Good literary works depend on literary techniques. A literary technique can be used by authors in order to improve the written framework of a piece of literature, and produce specific effects.
Literary techniques include a wide range of approaches to crafting a work. The ability to let readers know what might happen in the future in an indirect way is possible through the technique foreshadowing. The practice of representing objects and qualities as human beings in literature is personification. Symbolism is the use of symbols to represent ideas.
Literature | |
Definitions of literature | Definitions of literature have kept 1.all the time. |
They are connected with 2. | |
Among them are “books and writing”, “ ‘imaginative’ literature” and “written or spoken material”. | |
3.▲of literature | Poetry, with rhyme, uses unusual word order in lines, which may be a barrier to see what it 4. |
A novel takes the form of a book, talking about what is 5._up by the writer. | |
The novella, as for length, exists 6.the novel and short story. | |
A short story tells a comparatively 7.story compared with novels and novellas. | |
Dramas are performed rather than read, with the ideas expressed either orally or 8.. | |
Literary techniques | Give a warning or sign of a 9.event by using the technique called foreshadowing. |
When personification is used, something without 10.is treated as if it were a human being. | |
Symbolism is the practice of representing things by means of symbols. | |