Dear March - Come in -
How glad I am -
I hoped for you before ...
Who knocks? That April –共和国广告广告
Lock the Door -
I will not be pursued -
He stayed away a year to call -
When I am occupied -
But trifles(琐事) look so trivial(不重要的) -
As soon as you have come ...
This lovely poem was written by Emily Dickinson, who is considered a major American poet, though she was not accorded (符合) this honor until well after her death.
Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts. She attended school for only one year. Throughout her life, she seldom left her home and visitors were few. She lived in almost complete isolation(隔离) from the outside world.
She admired the poetry of Robert and Elizabeth Barren Browning, as well as John Keats. Though she was dissuaded (劝阻) from reading the poetry of her contemporary Walt Whitman by rumors of its disgracefulness, the two poets are now connected by the distinguished place they hold as the founders of a uniquely American poetic voice.
While Dickinson was extremely prolific (多产的) as a poet, she was not publicly recognized during her lifetime. Upon her death, Dickinson's family discovered forty hand-bound volumes of nearly 1,800 poems. Her younger sister began to share the enormous body of work that Emily left behind.
Emily's odd punctuation, capitalization(大写), and formatting(格式) did not meet with standard publishing "approval" for earlier editions. There is a whimsical (古怪的) nature to many other poems, as the subject of death was the most frequent theme.
1. In the poem, the poetess was speaking to ______.
A. a little girl B. a long-lost family member
C. a nice season D. a cute animal
2.What is a feature of Emily Dickinson's poems?
A. They do not pay attention to rhymes.
B. They resemble those of Walt Whitman.
C. They have a strange format.
D. They reflect her personal and social life.
3.According to the text, Emily Dickinson _______.
A. was completely homeschooled and had a talent for writing poems
B. was greatly influenced by four of her contemporary poets
C. is regarded as a leading poet in American literature
D. published a large number of poems during her lifetime
I was waiting for a phone call from my agent. He had left a message the night before, telling me that my show was to be cancelled. I called him several times, but each time his secretary told me that he was in a meeting and that he would call me later. So I waited and waited, but there was still no call. Three hours passing by, I became more and more impatient. I was certain that my agent didn't care about my work, and he didn't care about me. I was overcome with that thought. I started to shout at the phone, "Let me wait, will you? Who do you think you are?"
At that time I didn't realize my wife was looking on. Without showing her surprise, she rushed in, seized the phone, tore off the wires, and shouted at the phone, "Yeah! Who do you think you are? Bad telephone! Bad telephone!" And she swept it into the wastebasket.
I stood watching her, speechless. What on earth?
She stepped to the doorway and shouted at the rest of the house, "Now hear this! All objects in this room -- if you do anything to upset my husband, out you go!"
Then she turned to me, kissed me, and said calmly, "Honey, you just have to learn how to take control." With that, she left the room.
After watching a crazy woman rushing in and out, shouting at everything in sight, I noticed that something in my mood had changed. I was laughing. How could I have trouble with that phone? Her antics helped me realize I had been driven crazy by small things. Twenty minutes later my agent did call. I was able to listen to him and talk to him calmly.
1.Why did the author shout at the telephone?
A. He was mad at the telephone.
B. He was angry with his agent.
C. He was anxious about his wife.
D. He was impatient with the secretary.
2.What did the author's wife do after she heard his shouting?
A. She said nothing. B. She shouted at him.
C. She called the agent. D. She threw the phone away.
3.What made the author laugh?
A. His own behavior.
B. His wife's suggestion.
C. His changeable feelings
D. His wife's sweet kiss.
4.What does the underlined word "antics" refer to?
A. Smart words. B. Unusual actions.
C. Surprising looks. D. Anxious feelings.
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短文改错
假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的一篇作文。文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不记分。
My brother Tom was very selfish when he was a little boy. He didn't want share things with other people. For an example，when he bought a chocolate cake，he put them in a secret place where I could not find . Then he eats it all by himself. He never helped others. He said he was busy. In fact，a game of tennis making him very busy. He didn't care if something he did made people angrily. For instance，in a cold night he played strong and loudly music till 4 o'clock in the morning. But he is difference now. He often helps Grandma with housework，mom with cooking and his classmates with their lessons.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式（不超过3个单词）。
My friend had a chance to make a trip to Hong Kong 1. August 15,2015. He had dreamed about 2. (visit) it since his boyhood and it was the first time that he 3. (be) there. The following was ____4.__he had seen.
5. (arrive) there, he was 6. (shock) by its beautiful scenery and tall buildings. ___7. we all know, Hong Kong has the most skyscrapers in the world. Wherever he went, he saw many smiling faces. People in Hong Kong were kind, generous, easygoing and ready to help others. Much to his surprise, he saw that people there always kept order in public places. __8. a great number of people were waiting for the next train at the subway station, they were talking in such a low voice as not to disturb others.
Chinese and English are the official languages of Hong Kong. English is 9. (wide) used in governments, markets, service centers and other fields.
Staying there for a week was a good experience for him ， 10. he would never forget.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Once upon a time a teacher and his student lay down under a big tree near the big grass area．Then ________ the student asked the teacher，“Teacher，I’m puzzled．How do we ________ our soul mate(知己)?Could you please ________ me?”
________ for a few seconds，the teacher then answered，“Well，it’s a pretty hard and easy question．” The teacher ________ ，“Look that way．There is a lot of ________ ．Why don’t you walk there? But please don’t walk ________ ．On your way，try to find a blade(叶片)of beautiful grass and ________ it and then give it to me．But just one”.
The student said OK and then he walked straight ________ to the grassy field．A few minutes later，the student came back ________ ．When the teacher asked the ________ , the student said，“On my journey，I found quite a ________ beautiful blades of grass，but I ________ that I would find a better one，so I didn’t pick it． ________ I didn’t realize that I was at the ________ of the field，and I hadn’t picked any because you told me not to go back，so I didn’t go back.” Hearing this, the teacher said，“That’s ________ will happen in real life”.
What is the ________ of this story? In the story，grass is the people around you；the beautiful blade grass is the people that ________ you and the grassy field is time．In looking for your soul mate，please don’t always ________ and hope that there will be a better one．By doing that，you’ll ________ your lifetime．Remember “Time Never Goes Back．”
1.A. personally B. absolutely C. suddenly D. immediately
2.A. discover B. treat C. search D. find
3.A. ask B. help C. beg D. order
4.A. Silent B. Still C. Quiet D. Calm
5.A. repeated B. waved C. charged D. continued
6.A. grass B. earth C. field D. leaves
7.A. straight B. forwards C. backwards D. directly
8.A. observe B. pick C. arrest D. solve
9.A. up B. back C. ahead D. along
10.A. green-hand B. empty-handed C. single-hand D. second-hand
11.A. evidence B. shape C. reason D. purpose
12.A. little B. few C. much D. many
13.A. thought B. doubted C. admitted D. attached
14.A. And B. Although C. While D. But
15.A. end B. center C. bottom D. top
16.A. how B. why C. when D. what
17.A. result B. content C. limit D. message
18.A. attract B. hate C. form D. upset
19.A. forgive B. compare C. appreciate D. complain
20.A. run B. inspect C. waste D. save
