Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding of black culture in America.

During the 1940’s and the 1950’s, Gwendolyn Brooks used her poems to describe conditions among the poor, racial (种族的) inequality and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women.

But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She combined traditional European poetry styles with the African American experience.

Gwendolyn Brooks once said that she wrote about what she saw and heard in the street. She said she found most of her materials through looking out of the window of her second-floor apartment in Chicago, Illinois.

In her early poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the South Side of Chicago, where many black people live. In her poems, the South Side is called Bronzeville. It was “A Street in Bronzeville” that gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. Critics praised her poetic skills and her powerful descriptions about the black experience during the time. The Bronzeville poems were her first published collection.

In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature. She won the prize for her second book of poems called “Annie Allen”. “Annie Allen” is a collection of poetry about a Bronzeville girl as a daughter, a wife and a mother. She experiences loneliness, loss, death and poverty (贫穷).

Gwendolyn Brooks said that winning the prize changed her life.

Her next work was a novel written in 1953 called “Maud Martha”. “Maud Martha” attracted little attention when it was first published. But now it is considered an important work by some critics. Its main ideas about the difficult lives of many women are popular among female writers today.

1.Gwendolyn Brooks became world-famous because        .

A．she was an expert on the language of poetry

B．she introduced black culture by writing poems

C．she fought for black rights by writing poems

D．her poems showed the lives of black women

2.Which of the following can we learn from the text?

A．Gwendolyn Brooks’ poems focused on black people in Africa.

B．Winning the Pulitzer Prize for Literature was important to Brooks.

C．Gwendolyn Brooks used to suffer a lot from drugs.

D．Gwendolyn Brooks was very strict with herself.

3.How did Gwendolyn Brooks get ideas for most of her poems?

A．By observing life.    B．By having talks.      C．By reading widely.   D．By traveling.

4.We can infer that the book “Annie Allen” mainly deals with       .

A．family life         B．inequality         C．adventure         D．failure

Once upon a time there was a painter who had just finished his course from a great painter. He wanted to assess his skills, so he decided to display one of his best works on a busy street.

He put his painting at a busy street-crossing. And below it a board read — "Gentlemen, I have painted this piece. Since I'm new, I might have made some mistakes in my work.  1. "

When he came back in the evening to collect his painting, he was completely shocked to see that the whole painting was filled with crosses.

    2. He burst into tears and said sadly, "I'm useless and if this is what I have learned to

paint, I'm not worth teaching."

The master smiled and suggested, "My son, I will prove that you are a great artist." The master told him, "Just paint the same painting once again and give it to me."

Then they went to the same street the next morning and displayed the same painting. The master took out another board which read — "Gentleman, I have painted this piece. Since I'm new, I might have made some mistakes. I have put a box with colors and brushes just below. Please dome a favor.  3. "The master and the young painter went back home.

They visited the place in the evening. The young painter was surprised to see that actually there was not a single correction done!  4.  If you want to help people improve their behaviors, it is worth investing your effort in learning how to help people change their behaviors, attitudes and skills. Also, always remember not to get carried away or judge yourself by someone else's criticism and feel depressed as you are the best judge to judge yourself!

A．It is easy to criticize, but difficult to improve.

B．Please put a cross wherever you see a mistake.

C．Discouraged and broken, he ran to his master's place.

D．If you see a mistake, kindly pick up the brush and correct it.

E. Criticizing has the function of helping people improve themselves.

根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母或中文，写出各单词的正确形式(每空限填一词)。

1.With exams approaching, I am under a lot of s___________.

2.You must make a f____________ plan in case anything happens.

3.People can easily become____________ (智力上) addicted to drugs when they start taking them.

4.She hopes to get a job on the local newspaper and ____________ (最后) work for The Times.

5.An _______(合适) method must be found to deal with such situation.

6.Good news! The medicine has a good e______________ on patients.

7.My father has q____________ smoking due to its being harmful

8.The doors opened____________ (自动地) as we approached.

9.He should feel a_____________ of his impolite behavior.

10.At the end of each game, players traditionally____________ (交换) shirts with each other.

阅读下面的短文，在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中动词的适当形式。

It seems   1.    that at my age I am still fit enough to cycle  20 kilometers in an afternoon. I think my long and active life must be   2.  to the healthy life I live. I know how easy it is to start smoking and how    3.  it is to stop. During adolescence, I also became  4.  to cigarettes. When l was young, I didn't know that it could do 5.  to my heart and lungs.    6.    did I know that my cigarette smoke could affect the health of non-smokers. However, what I   7.   (do) know was that my girlfriend thought I smelt terrible and that she wouldn't go out with me again unless I stopped. 1 also noticed that I became breathless quickly. Then I knew  8. was time to quit smoking. I'm sending you some advice to help you  9.your resolve. Every time you feel like 10.(smoke), remind yourself that you are a non-smoker. Keep trying, and you will succeed.

My little cousin is greatly interested on science. And he does some dangerous experiments sometime. Although his parents want to encourage him to be great scientist, at times they worry about his safety. Last week, when my cousin was doing an experiment, he hurts his thumb. My aunt felt sadly and wanted him to stop from doing that experiment. However, my cousin didn’t want to give up. She said, “Many scientists got hurt when they were doing experiments, so they didn’t give up.” My aunt had to let him finish the experiments and he finally succeeded in finish it.

临近期末，英语老师为了提高复习效率，广泛征求学生意见。假如你叫李红，请根据以下提示，给英语老师写封信，表达你们的需求和建议。

●适当放慢进度，留出思考时间

●反复训练重要、易错知识点

●指导方法

●减少作业量以保证质量

●给予更多鼓励

注意：1.根据以上内容写一篇短文，不要逐句翻译，可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。

2.要准确使用语法和词汇；使用一定的句型、词汇，清楚、连贯地表达自己的意思；

3. 词数：100个左右。开头已给出，不计词数。

Dear Miss. Wang,

We’re so pleased that you are willing to share our views.

In the course of the general revision, what we need is solid foundation.

___________________________________________________________________________________

-- Have you seen ______pen? I left it here this  morning

-- Is it ______black one? I think I saw it somewhere

A．a；the            B．the；the          C．a；a             D．the；a

When was it________you let out the secret?

A．which            B．what             C．that              D．why

Our efforts resulted________failure.I think I’m also responsible________it.

A．in；to            B．from；to          C．in；for           D．from；for

As the busiest woman in Norton,she made ________ her duty to look after all the other people’s affairs in that town.

A．this              B．that              C．one              D．it