Hemingway was one of the famous writers. He was born in America in 1899. His father was a doctor and loved sports very much, and his mother taught music. Among the six children in the family, Hemingway was the second oldest.
Hemingway had written many books in his life. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the most famous and also my favourite. It came out in 1952. The main character in the book is a fisherman. He is an old man and fishes alone. People think he is a man with bad luck, because he doesn’t get a fish in eighty-four days. Every evening, he comes home with his empty boat. But the old man believes himself. Then on the eighty-fifth day the man takes a big fish. Although he meets a lot of trouble, the old man never gives up(放弃).
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. Hemingway’s father was a fan of _____.
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A．books |
B．sports |
C．music |
D．art |
2.The Old Man and the Sea was published(出版) in _____.
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A．1852 |
B．1899 |
C．1952 |
D．1989 |
3.The old man doesn’t get a fish until the _____ day.
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A．fifteenth |
B．eightieth |
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C．eighty-fourth |
D．eighty-fifth |
4.What does the old man do when he can’t get a fish?
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A．He has to look for food somewhere else. |
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B．He doesn’t give up fishing. |
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C．He doesn’t fish any more. |
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D．He has nothing to do. |
5. What can we learn from the old man?
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A．When we are in trouble, we should not give up. |
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B．When we want to fish, we can get a big fish. |
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C．We can do everything well because we are young. |
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D．We can live a better life if we like fishing. |
In 1608 an Englishman called Thomas travelled in Italy. He liked the country and 2 down everything interesting. But he found one thing 1 interesting than others. In his diary Thomas wrote, “ 3 Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They don’t eat with hands because, as they say, people don’t always have 4 hands.” Before he went home, Thomas bought a few 5 . One day he invited his friends to dinner at home. He took out a fork and wanted to 6 the steak(牛排) as Italians did. His friends were very 7 . Thomas told them what the fork was. But they all thought the fork was not easy to use at all. Thomas tried to prove that his friends were 8 . But the first 9 he took with the fork fell onto the floor. His friends began to 10 at him and he had to take the forks away. Fifty years later, people in England began to use forks.
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1. A. broke 2. A. less 3. A. Why 4. A. clean 5. A. knives 6.A. use 7. A. worried 8. A. honest |
B. wrote B. much B. When B. big B. dishes B. eat B. bored B. correct |
C. went C. even C. Which C. dirty C. forks C. make C. tired C. wrong |
D. climbed D. more D. Where D. free D. place D. take D. surprised D. clever |
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9. |
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10. |
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— I have got 59 points in the English test.
— .
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A．It’s a pity |
B．Good luck |
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C．Congratulations |
D．Thank you all the same |
Millions of tourists to travel to Mount Tai every year.
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A．attract |
B．have attracted |
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C．are attracting |
D．are attracted |
So far man hasn’t found any things on the moon.
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A．lovely |
B．alive |
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C．living |
D．lively |
Four years, from the 2004 Olympics to the 2008 Olympics, _____ a long time to wait for Lin Dan.
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A．are |
B．were |
C．was |
D．be |
