The Bronte Family

Yorkshire, England was the setting for two great novels of the 19^th century. These were Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Emily Bronte’s Wathering Heights. The youngest sister, Anne, was also a gifted novelist, and her books have the same extraordinary quality as her sisters’.

Their father was Patrick, born in Ireland. He moved with his wife, Maria Bront , and their six small children to Haworth in Yorkshire in 1820. Soon after, Mrs. Bronts and the two eldest children died, leaving the father to care for the remaining three girls and a boy.

Charlotte was born in 1816. Emily was born in 1818 and Anne in 1820. Their brother Branwell was born in 1817. Left to themselves, the children wrote and told stories and walked over the hills. They grew up largely self-educated. Branwell showed a great interest in drawing. The girls were determined to earn money for his art education. They took positions as teachers or taught children in their homes.

As children they had all written many stories. Charlotte, as a young girl, alone wrote 22 books, even with 60 to 100 pages of small handwriting. Therefore, they turned to writing for income. By 1847, Charlotte had written The Professor; Emily, Wathering Heights; and Anne, Agnes Grey. After much difficulty Anne and Emily found a publisher; but there was no interest shown in Charlotte's book. (It was not published until 1859.) However, one publisher expressed an interest in seeing more of her work. Jane Eyre was already started, and she hurriedly finished it. It was accepted at once; thus each of the sisters had a book published in 1847.

Jane Eyre was immediately successful; the other two, however, did not do so well. People did not like Wathering Heights. They said it was too wild, too animal-like. But gradually it came to be considered one of the finest novels in the English language. Emily lived only a short while after the publication of her book, and Anne died in 1849.

Charlotte published Shirley in 1849, and Vilette in 1853. In 1854 she married Arthur Bell Nicholls. But only a year later, she died of tuberculosis(肺結(jié)核) as her sister had.

1．What did the Bront sisters want to do for Branwell Bronte？

A．Help him write stories.                         B．Help him get trained in art.

C．Teach him how to draw well.               D．Teach him how to educate himself.

2．We know from the text that __    __.

A．Jane Eyre was published in 1847

B．Charlotte Bront wrote 22 books in all

C．The Bronts sisters received good education

D．Patrick Bront helped his daughters with their writing

3．Which of the following was published after the death of its writer

A．Shirley.                                              B．Villette .

C．Agnes Grey.                                       D．The Professor.

4．The underlined words "the other two" in the 5th paragraph refer to ____.

A．Shirley and Villette

B．The Professor and Agnes Grey

C．Agnes Grey and Wathering Heights

D．The Professor and Wathering Heights

5．What do we know about the Bronts sisters from the text?

A．Their novels interested few publishers.

B．None of them had more than two books published.

C．None of them lived longer than 40 years old.

D．Emily was the least successful of the three.

Giving Back

Fair Way

The Westborough High School golf team had taken the official photos with the state prize. The other teams, disappointed, were on the bus heading home. And then Westborough instructor Greg Rota noticed something wrong on one of the score cards. A 9 had been recorded as a 7. They were not the state prize winner; Wobum High had won. "No one would have known," said Wobum's instructor, Bob Doran. For Rota, it wasn't a difficult decision: "The prize wasn't ours to take."

Coin Stars

"College students are lazy, but they also want to help," says University of Pennsylvania graduate Dana Hork. So she made it easy, placing cups in rooms where students could leave their spare coins, and handing out cups to first-year students to keep in their room. Her " Change for Change" effort has collected $40,000 for charities 慈善機構(gòu)) , which were decided upon by students.

Never Forgotten

A school in Massachusetts received a $ 9.5 million check from Jacques LeBermuth. But it took officials several days of digging to discover his connection to the school. Records showed the LeBermuth came from Belgiun and studied in the school in the 1920s. When his family fell on hard times, he was offered free room and board. LeBermuth became a trader, owned shares of AT&T and lived off the earnings until he died, at age 89.

１．What did Greg Rota probably do in the end?

A．Took photos of Doran.                        B．Had a meeting with Doran.

C．Returned the prize to the organizer.       D．Apologized to Wobum High School.

２．Greg Rota’s decision shows that he was _______.

A．honest                 B．polite                  C．careful               D．friendly

３．The underlined word “Change” in the second paragraph means         .

A．Idea                   B．Decision             C．Cups                  D．Coins

４．What did the school officials do after receiving the check from Mr. LeBermuth?

A．They tried to find out why he gave them the money.

B．They went to Belgium to pay their respects to him.

C．They dug out the records that were buried underground.

D．They decided to offer their students free room and board.

５．Jacques LeBermuth gave the money to the school because _______.

A．the school asked for it

B．he had no need for that much money

C．the school had helped him in the past

D．he wanted to be remembered by the students

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Wed. Thurs. 9:30 a.m. -- 9:30 p. m.

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1．If you want to buy a new jacket, you have to go to            .

A．3031No. 3 Road                                 B．5300 No. 3 Road

                                 C．9020 Bridgeport Road                         D．1100 Chestnut Street

2．If you want to go out for lunch on Sunday you can call up the number.

      A．2785161 or2706030                           B．2706030 or 3562367 

       C．7364431 or 2785161                          D．3562367 or 2785161

3．You don’t have to pay on Mondays if you go to _______.

      A．Skyline Hotel                                     B．Lansdowne Park Shopping Center

      C．New York Museum                            D．Garden Restaurant

4．If you want to enjoy yourself on Sunday morning, you can go to           .

      A．Lansdowne Park Shopping Centre        B．New York Museum

       C．The Hangar Den                                 D．Coffee Shop

5．Visiting New York Museum, you can know        .

      A．the history of American’s native people

       B．the history of New York

       C．the history of America

    D．the art of New York

根據(jù)對話內(nèi)容，從對話后的選項中選出能填入下面空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

Tom：Would you please read this letter of application I’ve just written?   1 

Sam：Oh, let me have a look.   ２  But I have one suggestion.

Tom：Good! What’s that?

Sam：If I were you, I would change the beginning. ３  .

Tom：Good idea, and what do you think about the second part?

Sam：Since you’ve asked me, I think it’s too short. You should write much more information about your work experience.

Tom： ４  I’ll change it. How do you feel about the last part of the letter?

Sam：It’s OK.  ５  .

Tom：I agree. I really appreciate your help. Do you think the end is all right?

Sam：Oh, yes.

A．I suppose you’re right.

B．You should write your education first.

C．It looks fine to me.

D．I’d like to have your advice

E．But you should say something about your family, too.

F．That’s what I want to say.

G．What will you say about it?

1．It seems to me that no        （原因）that you gave us for your mistake is sound.

2．The new railway is under        （建設）.

3．Before giving evidence you must        （發(fā)誓）to speak the truth.

4．Instead, he chose the weakest man he could find to go to the bar with and         （逮捕）the sailor who was breaking the things in the bar.

5．As with drawing a picture, you should be        （耐心）and careful in doing this job.

6．He fell ill and        （最終）dead.

7．        （供應）electricity to houses is their work.

8．We are        （不愿意）that she should join our club.

9．Eggs are sold by the        （打）.

10．The communication between        （飛行員）and controllers is extremely important to air safety.

How I hate act dishonestly in exams! This morning, Henry tried to                      1．   

copy his answers. He whispered to me so that the teacher couldn’t hear. I                     2．   

didn’t know what to do it. If I didn’t show him the answers, he might be                      3．   

mad. Henry is my friend. I really don’t want to destroy our                                          4．   

friendship. But showing him the answers would be something that goes                        5．   

against my beliefs. During an exam I tried several ways to guard my                             6．   

answers so that Henry wouldn’t be able to see it. I

moved myself closer                                                                                                 7．   

to my desk, and I covered my papers with my arm. After the exam. I                           8．   

explained how I was felt to Henry and promised to help him study                                9．   

before the next exam. Henry understood that and I finally able to breathe again.       　　10．  

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*活動時間：2008年7月底，共4天。

*參加人員：

1．全國中學生英語能力競賽獲獎者。

2．中國、美國，英國和澳大利亞的英語教師。

*活動內(nèi)容：

1．舉行英語演講比賽；

2．觀看學生表演；游覽青島風景名勝；

3．交流英語學習經(jīng)驗。

Come on, Join us!

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Only after you see her _____how beautiful __ ___.

A．can you know; is she      　　B．you can know; is she

C．can you know; she is         D．you can know; she is

Tom thought that he himself, rather than Lucy and Lihua, _____for the mistake.

A．were to blame      　　　　B．was to be blamed  

C．were to be blamed     　　　　D．was to blame

The house is so large that we can _______it _______flats.

A．divide; from         B．divide; up        C．divide; to       D．divide; into