Gabriel Garcia Márquez ,who was awared the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982，passed away at the age of 86 on April 17，2014. The world paused to remember the cultural giant .
Garcia Márquez was born in Colombia ,but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City . As one of the most famous writers ,he was widely regarded as “a giant of 20th-century literature ” . Garcia Márquez wrote in a style called “magical realism ”In such works,people live a daily life in a certain period of time in history . But meanwhile ,magical things happen to them .
Garcia Márquez is best known for his 1967 novel ,One Hundred Years of Solitude ,which has sold about 50 million copies . It tells the tale of the small and isolated town of Macondo which was separated from the outside world –of its founding and its troubled history over a hundred years . The story is a metaphor for the development of Colombia since the 19century . As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santons said , Garcia Márquez wrote about “the very essence of the Latin American beings ” .
1.Garcia Márquez was born in the year _________.
A. 1914 B. 1928 C. 1967 D. 1982
2.We can know from Paragragh 2 that Garcia Márquez______.
A. was born in Mexico City
B. spent most of his adult life in Colombia
C. had a writing style called “magical realism ”
D. was famous but lived a simple daily life
3.The underlined word “isolated”means ________.
A. 隔绝的 B. 安逸的 C. 喧嚣的 D. 繁华的
4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Garcia Márquez?
A. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982
B. His novel One Hundrend Years of Solitude was a great success.
C. He was widely known as “a girl of 20th-century literature ”.
D. Magical things happened to him during his stay in Mexico City.
5.The writer quotes from the President to ______.
A. praise Garcia Márquez for his achievement
B. show the deep sadness of the President
C. explain the writing style of Garcia Márquez
D. describe the character of Garcia Márquez
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Book Description
This isn’t an education children’s picture book with plenty of facts to expand young minds. Sara Myers simply explains all about dogs with easy words or phrases. Children will learn about :
★What dogs are
★Where they can be found
★What they eat
★And much more !
The fantastic photos are sure fire your chid’s imagination ,and keep them interested all the way through .
Publication Date :September 3,2013 Publisher: Hazed Published Language:English
1.You can most probably find the material above ________.
A. in a novel B. on a website C. in a news report D. in a TV program
2.Sara Myers is _______.
A. the mother of a child B. the name of a writer
C. the owner of a pet store D. the name of a publisher
3.The book is written mainly for ________.
A. children B. teenagers C. adults D. old people
4.What is NOT mentioned in the material ?
A. The name of the book. B. The details of publication.
C. The price of the book. D. The advantages of the book
5.According to the material, the book may be chosen for the reasons EXCEPT
A. easy English B. fantastic photos C. plenty facts D. lots of pages
阅读下面短文，从下列各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中、选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
Lesson from Dad
When he was 11years old ,he loved fishing in the lake near his family’s house in New Hampshire.
On the day before bass season began ,he and his father ________in the evening . When his fishing pole bent over ,he knew something _________ was on the other end . The boy skillfully pulled the fish in . It was the largest one he had ever __________，but it was a bass .
The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish . The father looked at his watch . Ithe was 10p. m. .
--two hours __________bass season began . He looked at the fish ,then at the boy .
“You’ll have to __________，soon ,”he said .
“Dad!”cried the boy .
“There will be other fish ,”said his father .
“Not as his as this one ,”cried the boy .
He looked around the lake . ________other fishermen or boats were anywhere around . He looked again at his father’s stem face . He knew that it was __________to change the decision . Slowly ,he lowered the fish back into the water .
That was thirty –four __________ago . Today,the boy is a successful architect in New York City. He has never caught such a large fish , _________he does see that fish again and again –every time he faces a question of right and wrong . His father taught him it is the practice of doing right that is ___________.
Do we do right when no one is looking ?
1.A.went boating B. went fishing C. went swimming
2.A.huge B.light C.small
3.A.eaten B.seen C.bought
4.A.after B.when C.before
5.A.look it over B.put it back C.pick it up
6.A.No B.Any C.Some
7.A.suitable B.impossible C.necessary
8.A.weeks B.months C years
9.A.or B.and C.but
10.A.difficult B.terrible C.dangerous
阅读下面对话，从方框中选择适当的句子补全对话。（其中有两项是多余的）
A: Hi,Li Jun,____1.______
B: Yes,the first National Youth Games will be held in Fuzhou.
A: Great! ____2.______
B: It’ll start in Octobor ,2015. Look,here is a photo of the main stadium .
A: Wow,it Look grand. _____3._______
B: Fuzhun Strait Olympic Games Center.
A: Really nice . What else about the Games?
B: Thirty-one thousand volunteers are wanted. _____4._______
A: Sure!It’s an honor to serve the players and visitor.
B: So it is. _____5._______
A: Let’s look forward to this big event .
—Miss Lin ,could you tell me _________about the local education ?
---I think WWW. fzedu. gov. CNN will be helpful .
A. how can I find information
B. what information can I get
C. Where I can get the news
—The relation between the two countries gets _________. A war seems to break out soon .
--I hope they will make peace with each other .
A. worse and worse B. better and better C. more and more peaceful
