When I was fifteen, I announced to my English class that I was going to write and illustrate my own books. Half the students sneered. The rest nearly fell out of their chairs laughing. “Don’t be silly, only geniuses can become writers,” the English teacher said, “And you are getting a D this semester.” I was so humiliated(羞辱) that I burst into tears.
That night I wrote a short sad poem about broken dreams and mailed it to the Capri’s Weekly newspaper. To my astonishment, they published it and sent me two dollars. I was a published and paid writer. I showed it to my teacher and fellow students. They laughed. “Just plain dumb luck,” the teacher said. I tasted success. I’d sold the first thing I’d ever written. That was more than any of them had done and if it was just dumb luck, that was fine with me.
During the next two years I sold dozens of poems, letters, jokes and recipes. By the time I graduated from high school, with a C minus average, I had scrapbooks filled with my published work. I never mentioned my writing to my teachers, friends or my family again. They were dream killers and if people must choose between their friends and their dreams, they must always choose their dreams.
I had four children at the time, and the oldest was only four. While the children slept, I typed on my ancient typewriter. I wrote what I felt. It took nine months, just like a baby.
A month later Crying Wind, the title of my book, became a best seller, was translated into fifteen languages and Braille and sold worldwide. I appeared on TV talk shows. I traveled from New York to California and Canada on promotional tours. My first book also became required reading in native American schools in Canada.
People ask what college I attended, what degrees I had and what qualifications I have to be a writer. The answer is: “None.” I just write. I’m not a genius. I’m not gifted and I don’t write right. To all those who dream of writing, I’m shouting at you: “Yes, you can. Yes, you can. Don’t listen to them.” I don’t write right but I’ve beaten the odds. Writing is easy, it’s fun and anyone can do it. Of course, a little dumb luck doesn’t hurt.
小題1:Why did many students laugh after hearing what the writer said?
A．Because they didn’t like him
B．Because they wished he could be successful as a writer
C．Because their teacher laughed, too
D．Because they felt it impossible for him to succeed
小題2:When the writer graduated from high school, ___________.
A．he had become a famous writer
B．he had made progress in his studies.
C．his classmates and teachers changed their attitudes towards him
D．he decided he wouldn’t become a writer
小題3:What prevented him telling others about his writing?
A．The characters in his story. B．His teacher.
C．His early experience.D．His parents.
小題4:What can we infer from the passage?
A．It is difficult for a person, who cares about what others say, to succeed.
B．It is important for a person to tell others what he wants to do.
C．It is necessary for a person, who wants to succeed, to take others’ advice.
D．It is impossible for an ordinary person to be a writer in the future.
小題5:Which of the following is the best title?
A．A famous writer
B．I Hate My Classmates and Teachers
C．I Never Write Right
D．A Genius Can Be a Writer

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:A
小題5:C

試題分析：作者寫這篇文章是告訴我們在實現(xiàn)夢想的道路上，不要聽信別人的嘲笑和諷刺，堅持做自己的事情，持之以恒，終會成功的。
小題1:推理題：根據(jù)第一段中“Don’t be silly, only geniuses can become writers”別傻了，只有天才才能成為作家，可知老師和同學(xué)們都不相信他可以成功。故選D。
小題2:推理題：根據(jù)第一段中“And you are getting a D this semester”你這個學(xué)期的成績只可能是D和第三段中“By the time I graduated from high school, with a C minus average,”中學(xué)畢業(yè)時，我的平均成績是C+，可知作者的學(xué)習(xí)成績提高了。故選B。
小題3:推理題：閱讀第一和第二段內(nèi)容可知，當(dāng)作者說自己要寫書、畫插圖時，老師和同學(xué)嘲笑他異想天開，當(dāng)他把第一份發(fā)表的詩拿給老師和同學(xué)時，他們又說作者是瞎貓碰到死耗子，從那以后作者再也不把自己發(fā)表的了文章拿給他們看了。這是作者學(xué)生時期的經(jīng)歷，故選C。
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)最后一段““Yes, you can. Yes, you can. Don’t listen to them”行的，你一定能行，不要聽信別人,由此可知如果你聽信別人對你的嘲笑放棄努力就不會成功。故選A。
小題5:推理題：閱讀最后一段內(nèi)容可知作者不是天才，并沒有寫作天分也不懂寫作，還很懶惰、沒有經(jīng)過正式訓(xùn)練，但是就是這樣堅持寫，不理會別人的嘲笑諷刺，最終取得了成功。故選C。
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The Sunday visit was something to desire strongly. It was the repetition to church, our reward for an hour of devotion, an opportunity to take advantage of the fact that Dad was not at work, we were not in school, and there was no housework that couldn’t wait until Monday. Sunday was, indeed, different from the other days of the week, because everyone seemed to be on the same schedule, which means that there was one day when everyone seemed to have time for everybody else.
Sunday as a day of rest is, or was, so deeply rooted in the culture that it’s surprising to find that, in a short span of time, it has almost entirely lost this association. In my childhood, it was assumed that everyone would either be home or visiting someone else’s home on Sunday. But now the question is, “What do you plan to DO this Sunday?” The answer can range from going to the mall, to participating in a road race, to Montreal for lunch. If one were to respond, “I’m making a Sunday visit to family,” such an answer would feel strange, which sounds like an echo from another era.
I suppose I should be grateful to live in Maine, a state of small towns, abundant land and tight relationships. Even though folks work as hard here as they do anywhere else, the state’s powerfully rural feature still keeps at least remnants(殘余部分) of the moral of yesterday’s America, where people had to depend on one another in the face of economic vagaries(反復(fù)無常的情況) and a challenging environment.
小題1:The writer’s general impression of the Sunday in the past was a day when＿＿.
A．everyone was paying a visit to some relatives far away
B．everyone seemed to be free for others
C．Dad was not at work while Mom was busy cleaning the house
D．nearly every adult would go to church and children weren’t at school
小題2:In the fourth paragraph, the writer compares the response “I’m making a Sunday visit to family” to an echo from another era because_____.
A．people nowadays prefer staying at home on Sunday
B．such answers are rarely heard in our modern society
C．people in the city dislike being disturbed on Sunday
D．visiting someone on Sunday was routine in the past
小題3:From the last paragraph we may infer that_____.
A．people in Maine suffer more from economic depression and the changed environment
B．people in Maine have abandoned their tradition and lived an absolutely new life
C．land in Maine is short, thus the relationship between people is tense
D．people in Maine tend to help each other out of necessity
小題4:What’s the main idea of the passage?
A．Doing many activities on Sunday is beneficial.
B．We should often travel a long distance to visit some friends and relatives.
C．Nowadays, Sunday has almost lost its association as a day of rest.
D．We should abandon some old tradition.

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閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從 31～50 各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中,選出最佳選項,并在答題紙上將該選項標(biāo)號涂黑。
The other day, I happened to meet someone I hadn’t seen for many years. I couldn’t believe the change in him. As a matter of fact, he didn’t even seem like the    person.
When I first knew Bill, back in     , he was one of the most carefree(無憂無慮的) people I had ever      . He was always ready to have a     . He usually went out for beer at three o’clock in the morning or drove 50 miles to see an old      he really liked. Bill and I were in the same class in college, and      was never dull when he was     . With him there was one wild      after another. Sometimes I wonder how we      to study for our exams.
Last week I was in Houston on business, and I ran into Bill in the bar at the hotel.     , I wasn’t even      it was he. Was this short-haired businessman really the same person? I wasn’t really sure until I came near him, but it indeed was Bill. Now he works for a bank. He      most of the evening about his job, his new car and his house. How he had changed! Back when we were in college, the     thing Bill cared about was possessions. Now they seemed to be his main     . Although I have changed quite a bit myself, somehow, I never      Bill changing so much. My image of him      the one I had formed      the time when we were college students together.
I suppose it’s      to expect people to remain the same, especially      I have changed so much myself. But I must say that I enjoyed the old Bill much more than the new Bill. Maybe he       the same way about me.
小題1:
A．proper B．same C．regularD．common
小題2:
A．childhood B．primary schoolC．high schoolD．college
小題3:
A．consideredB．supposedC．metD．expected
小題4:
A．partyB．quarrelC．meeting D．class
小題5:
A．manB．hospital C．filmD．hotel
小題6:
A．studyB．life C．work D．fun
小題7:
A．in B．down C．a(chǎn)way D．a(chǎn)round
小題8:
A．dreamB．mistake C．chance D．joke
小題9:
A．decided B．continuedC．managed D．hoped
小題10:
A．As usual B．By accidentC．From then onD．All the time
小題11:
A．glad B．surprisedC．excitedD．sure
小題12:
A．thought B．talked C．a(chǎn)rgued D．spent
小題13:
A．best B．last C．next D．only
小題14:
A．interest B．career C．subject D．problem
小題15:
A．forgot B．mindedC．liked D．imagined
小題16:
A．remained B．remindedC．suggested D．became
小題17:
A．since B．from C．a(chǎn)tD．till
小題18:
A．unnecessary B．foolishC．common D．unusual
小題19:
A．becauseB．thatC．howD．when
小題20:
A．felt B．a(chǎn)cted C．looked D．Discovered

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