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　　Ernest Miller Hemingway，one of six children， was born into the family of a small town doctor at Oak Park，Illinois， on July 21，1899．His parents wanted him to become a doctor or a musician， but after graduation from high school，he began his writing career（生涯）as sports reporter for the Kansas City Star．

　　When World War I broke out，Hemingway left his job and tried to join the army．After repeated rejections，he was finally accepted as an ambulance driver with the Red Cross in Italy，where he was badly wounded two weeks before his 19th birthday．

　　After the war, Hemingway went to live in Toronto，Canada，where he worked for the Toronto Star．Two years later, in 192l，he went to work for the International News Service．in Paris．From 1921 to 1927，he lived in Europe，where he wrote his first three works：Three Short Stories and Ten Poems（1923）；In Our Time（1924），a collection of short stories；and The Torrents of Spring（1926），a novel，which went unnoticed by the public．

　　With the publication of The Sun Also Rises in 1926，Hemingway's first major success as a novelist was established．This novel is considered by many critics（评论家）to be his finest work．In 1927 Hemingway published a collection of short stories called Men Without women, The following year he returned to the United States, where he lived for the next ten years at Key West, Florida. There he worked on A Farewell to Arms（1929）, a novel based on his World War I experiences. In 1932 Hemingway published Death in the Afternoon, a moving study of bullfighting, a subject in which he had shown a constant interest both in his short stories and in The Sun Also Rises.

　　The Old Man and the Sea（1952）tells of an old Cuban fisherman who, after a run of bad luck, hooks a giant marlin. The story of the old man's struggle with the fish, of his final victory which turns into defeat as sharks attack the catch and reduce it to a skeleton, ends with the words,“Man is not meant for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”The novel led to Hemingway's receiving the Pulitzer Prize given each year for distinguished American fiction.

　　In 1954 the Swedish Academy awarded him the Noble Prize for Literature for“his powerful, style-forming mastery of the art of modern narration, as most recently revealed in The Old Man and the Sea.”

（1）Ernest Hemingway has ever been a (an) ________ Which is wrong?

[　　]

A. sports report

B. soldier

C. short-story writer

D. actor

（2）Hemingway joined the army ________.

[　　]

A. right after graduation from high school

B. as a volunteer

C. in Italy as an ambulance driver

D. without any difficulties

（3）Hemingway was first successful ________.

[　　]

A. after he wrote his first work In Our Time

B. with the publication of The Sun Also Rises

C. When The Old Man and the Sea was published

D. when he worked for the Kansas City Star

（4）How many books of Hemingway are talked in this passage?

[　　]

（5）Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature after ________ was published.

[　　]

A. Men Without Women

B. The Old Man and the Sea

C. The Sun Also Rises

D. In our Time

Paul, the oracle octopus (神算章鱼), was given a replica (复制品) of the World Cup as a reward for his perfect eight-for-eight record in predicting the results of matches.

The two-year-old octopus with possible supernatural powers turned into a worldwide celebrity for accurately predicting the German team’s five World Cup wins as well as their two defeats. Paul also tipped Spain to beat Netherlands in the final.

“We have had a lot of offers for Paul but he will definitely be staying with us and returning to his usual job-making children smile,” Sea Life spokeswoman Tanja Munzig in Oberhausen said after presenting Pual with the World Cup replica.

There’s no rational(合理的)reasons why Paul always got it right. Bettors around the world made small fortunes based on Paul’s guess, said Graham Sharpe, media relations director at William Hill in London. “I’ve seen a lot of things in my lifetime but this is the first time I’ve ever seen people making their picks based on what an octopus tells them. We had people coming in saying they didn’t know how to place a bet but heard about this German octopus and wanted to bet with him. It’s funny. But he kept getting it right.” said Sharpe.

Sharpe said that anyone who had placed a 10-pound accumulator bet(累计下注)on Paul’s prediction from the start of the World Cup would have won 3,000 pounds($4,500)by the end of the tournament.

Paul’s home at Sea Life aquarium(水族馆)in Oberhausen has been crowded with visitors and media from across Europe. Many networks broadcast his predicting live. Many networks broadcast his picks live. Hundreds were on hand to watch the World Cup replica lowered into his tank on Monday, 12 July, 2010.

Paul was rewarded a replica of the Word Cup because he           .

A. will celebrate his birthday soon

B. predicted the results of matches accurately

C. helped beat Netherlands in the final

D. helped many fans earn much money

If a fan had placed a 200-pound accumulator bet on Paul’s prediction, he would have won

            during the tournament.

A. $30,000           B. $45,000           C. $60,000             D. $90,000

The underlined word “tipped” in the 2nd paragraph probably means           .

A. ordered           B. announced         C. predicted             D. helped

From what Sharpe said we can learn that           .

A. it’s amazing for Paul to make more exact prediction than people

B. octopus like Paul may all have the ability to predict exactly

C. it’s common for people to believe in sea life for prediction

D. we’d better not bet with animals when we have trouble making our picks

We can learn from this passage that           .

A. Paul used to be children’s favorite sea life

B. it’s useless to bet with the oracle octopus

C. Paul was born with the ability to predict World Cup results

D. Germany will never be beaten if Paul stays with them

Paul, the oracle octopus (神算章鱼), was given a replica (复制品) of the World Cup as a reward for his perfect eight-for-eight record in predicting the results of matches.
The two-year-old octopus with possible supernatural powers turned into a worldwide celebrity for accurately predicting the German team’s five World Cup wins as well as their two defeats. Paul also tipped Spain to beat Netherlands in the final.
“We have had a lot of offers for Paul but he will definitely be staying with us and returning to his usual job-making children smile,” Sea Life spokeswoman Tanja Munzig in Oberhausen said after presenting Pual with the World Cup replica.
There’s no rational(合理的)reasons why Paul always got it right. Bettors around the world made small fortunes based on Paul’s guess, said Graham Sharpe, media relations director at William Hill in London. “I’ve seen a lot of things in my lifetime but this is the first time I’ve ever seen people making their picks based on what an octopus tells them. We had people coming in saying they didn’t know how to place a bet but heard about this German octopus and wanted to bet with him. It’s funny. But he kept getting it right.” said Sharpe.
Sharpe said that anyone who had placed a 10-pound accumulator bet(累计下注)on Paul’s prediction from the start of the World Cup would have won 3,000 pounds($4,500)by the end of the tournament.
Paul’s home at Sea Life aquarium(水族馆)in Oberhausen has been crowded with visitors and media from across Europe. Many networks broadcast his predicting live. Many networks broadcast his picks live. Hundreds were on hand to watch the World Cup replica lowered into his tank on Monday, 12 July, 2010.
【小题1】 Paul was rewarded a replica of the Word Cup because he          .

Paul, the oracle octopus (神算章鱼), was given a replica (复制品) of the World Cup as a reward for his perfect eight-for-eight record in predicting the results of matches.

The two-year-old octopus with possible supernatural powers turned into a worldwide celebrity for accurately predicting the German team’s five World Cup wins as well as their two defeats. Paul also tipped Spain to beat Netherlands in the final.

“We have had a lot of offers for Paul but he will definitely be staying with us and returning to his usual job-making children smile,” Sea Life spokeswoman Tanja Munzig in Oberhausen said after presenting Pual with the World Cup replica.

There’s no rational(合理的)reasons why Paul always got it right. Bettors around the world made small fortunes based on Paul’s guess, said Graham Sharpe, media relations director at William Hill in London. “I’ve seen a lot of things in my lifetime but this is the first time I’ve ever seen people making their picks based on what an octopus tells them. We had people coming in saying they didn’t know how to place a bet but heard about this German octopus and wanted to bet with him. It’s funny. But he kept getting it right.” said Sharpe.

Sharpe said that anyone who had placed a 10-pound accumulator bet(累计下注)on Paul’s prediction from the start of the World Cup would have won 3,000 pounds($4,500)by the end of the tournament.

Paul’s home at Sea Life aquarium(水族馆)in Oberhausen has been crowded with visitors and media from across Europe. Many networks broadcast his predicting live. Many networks broadcast his picks live. Hundreds were on hand to watch the World Cup replica lowered into his tank on Monday, 12 July, 2010.

1. Paul was rewarded a replica of the Word Cup because he           .

A. will celebrate his birthday soon

B. predicted the results of matches accurately

C. helped beat Netherlands in the final

D. helped many fans earn much money

2. If a fan had placed a 200-pound accumulator bet on Paul’s prediction, he would have won

            during the tournament.

A. $30,000           B. $45,000           C. $60,000             D. $90,000

3. The underlined word “tipped” in the 2nd paragraph probably means           .

A. ordered           B. announced         C. predicted             D. helped

4. From what Sharpe said we can learn that           .

A. it’s amazing for Paul to make more exact prediction than people

B. octopus like Paul may all have the ability to predict exactly

C. it’s common for people to believe in sea life for prediction

D. we’d better not bet with animals when we have trouble making our picks

5. We can learn from this passage that           .

A. Paul used to be children’s favorite sea life

B. it’s useless to bet with the oracle octopus

C. Paul was born with the ability to predict World Cup results

D. Germany will never be beaten if Paul stays with them

Paul, the oracle octopus (神算章鱼), was given a replica (复制品) of the World Cup as a reward for his perfect eight-for-eight record in predicting the results of matches.
The two-year-old octopus with possible supernatural powers turned into a worldwide celebrity for accurately predicting the German team’s five World Cup wins as well as their two defeats. Paul also tipped Spain to beat Netherlands in the final.
“We have had a lot of offers for Paul but he will definitely be staying with us and returning to his usual job-making children smile,” Sea Life spokeswoman Tanja Munzig in Oberhausen said after presenting Pual with the World Cup replica.
There’s no rational(合理的)reasons why Paul always got it right. Bettors around the world made small fortunes based on Paul’s guess, said Graham Sharpe, media relations director at William Hill in London. “I’ve seen a lot of things in my lifetime but this is the first time I’ve ever seen people making their picks based on what an octopus tells them. We had people coming in saying they didn’t know how to place a bet but heard about this German octopus and wanted to bet with him. It’s funny. But he kept getting it right.” said Sharpe.
Sharpe said that anyone who had placed a 10-pound accumulator bet(累计下注)on Paul’s prediction from the start of the World Cup would have won 3,000 pounds($4,500)by the end of the tournament.
Paul’s home at Sea Life aquarium(水族馆)in Oberhausen has been crowded with visitors and media from across Europe. Many networks broadcast his predicting live. Many networks broadcast his picks live. Hundreds were on hand to watch the World Cup replica lowered into his tank on Monday, 12 July, 2010.

1. 1.

   Paul was rewarded a replica of the Word Cup because he          .

   1. A.
      will celebrate his birthday soon
   2. B.
      predicted the results of matches accurately
   3. C.
      helped beat Netherlands in the final
   4. D.
      helped many fans earn much money
2. 2.

   If a fan had placed a 200-pound accumulator bet on Paul’s prediction, he would have won
             during the tournament.

   1. A.
      $30,000
   2. B.
      $45,000
   3. C.
      $60,000
   4. D.
      $90,000
3. 3.

   The underlined word “tipped” in the 2nd paragraph probably means          .

   1. A.
      ordered
   2. B.
      announced
   3. C.
      predicted
   4. D.
      helped
4. 4.

   From what Sharpe said we can learn that          .

   1. A.
      it’s amazing for Paul to make more exact prediction than people
   2. B.
      octopus like Paul may all have the ability to predict exactly
   3. C.
      it’s common for people to believe in sea life for prediction
   4. D.
      we’d better not bet with animals when we have trouble making our picks
5. 5.

   We can learn from this passage that          .

   1. A.
      Paul used to be children’s favorite sea life
   2. B.
      it’s useless to bet with the oracle octopus
   3. C.
      Paul was born with the ability to predict World Cup results
   4. D.
      Germany will never be beaten if Paul stays with them