科目:初中英语 来源:2011年山东省东营市中考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Frankenstein is one of the world’s most famous horror stories. It’s about a doctor who creates a new man from the body parts of dead people and brings it to life. But the experiment goes wrong and the monster(怪兽) kills the doctor and many others. The story has been read by millions since it was first published and in the last hundred years it has been made into dozens of movies. Many people are surprised to learn its writer was a 19-year-old woman, called Mary Shelley.
Mary was born into a rich London family in August 1797. She was educated by her parents and when she was 13 decided to become a writer. In 1812, she met the famous writer Percy Shelley and they soon got married. Sadly for Mary, their first child died soon after birth in Italy. In her diary, Mary wrote about a dream: “I dreamt that my little baby came to life again—that it had only been cold and that we rubbed it before the fire and it lived.”
In 1816, Percy Shelley and 19-year-odl May visited the poet Lord Byron at his home in Switzerland. Because of the bad weather they stayed indoors reading horror stories. One night, Byron asked everyone to write their own story. Mary thought of her dream and wrote the story Frankenstein.
Frankenstein was published when Mary was 21, and became a huge success. Many people didn’t think a 19-year-old woman could write so well and believed her husband was the real writer.
Although famous, Shelley’s life was full of sadness. Only one of her four children lived and in 1822 her husband died in a swimming accident. Mary was broken-hearted and decided not to marry again. She devoted herself to her child and continued to write until her death in 1851.
【小题1】 What do we know about he story Frankenstein?
A.It was really written by Mary Shelley’s husband. |
B.It was been read by millions of people. |
C.It was written to remember Shelley’s husband. |
D.It is the most famous story in the world. |
A.In England. | B.In Italy. | C.In Switzerland. | D.In France. |
A.a, c, b, e, d | B.d, c, a, b, e | C.c, a, b, d, e | D.b, a, d, c, e |
A.43 | B.48 | C.51 | D.54 |
A.She experienced a lot of sadness in her life. |
B.She wasn’t considered a good writer during her life. |
C.She was educated at her local school. |
D.She became very rich because of the story Frankenstein. |
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科目:初中英语 来源:2011年江苏省常州市第五中学初三英语单选竞赛题 题型:完型填空
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One day. A farmer was walking along a road with his son Thomas. The father said, “Look! There’s a horseshoe 31 the ground. Pick it up and put it in your bag.” Thomas said, “It wastes my time. ” His father said 32 but he picked it up himself. When they got to a nearby town, they had a rest. There the farmer 33 the horseshoe and with the money he bought some strawberries.
The father and the son went on walking. The sun was well up in the 34 . They soon drank up their water, and there wasn’t a house or even a tree for them to 35 . Thomas felt too 36 to walk on. At this time, his father gave Thomas a strawberry 37 he quickly ate it. After a while, his father gave him 38 strawberry and once again, his son lost no time in putting it in his mouth.
And so they 39 . The old farmer gave the strawberries and the son ate them. When Thomas had eaten up all the strawberries, his father said to him, “My dear son, if you picked up that horseshoe, you would have your own strawberries 40 . Always remember the lesson: If you don’t worry about the little things, you’ll find difficult to do the great things.”
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科目:初中英语 来源:2013年初中毕业升学考试(江苏苏州卷)英语(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Tony Wheeler was born to travel. His father worked for an airline. For the first 16 years of his life,Wheeler and his family lived in many different countries.
In the early 1970s,Wheeler met a young woman named Maureen. They soon married. Before getting jobs, Tony and Maureen wanted to travel. They took a year-long trip from London,through Asia,to Australia. On the trip,they visited places like India, Iran, and Afghanistan.
When Tony and Maureen arrived in Australia,people asked many questions about their trip. To answer these questions,Wheeler wrote a guidebook called Across Asia on the Cheap . The book told people about different countries' weather,customs(风俗),and places to see. But unlike travel guides in the 1970s,Wheeler’s book also talked about places most tourists did not go. He also wrote about unusual things to see and do. The book was very popular.
Wheeler and Maureen started a company called Lonely Planet. They continued travelling. They wrote guidebooks for each place they visited. Today,400 people work for Lonely Planet. The company has over 650 guidebooks. Wheeler still writes about travel “hot spots” (for example,Cambodia in Asia and Croatia in Europe). For more information,read the books!
1.Which trip was Tony Wheeler’s first guidebook about?
A.The United Kingdom.
B.From Asia to England.
C.From Australia to Afghanistan.
D.From England to Australia.
2.Why did Tony Wheeler write his first guidebook?
A.He needed the money.
B.His wife asked him to do it.
C.Many people asked questions about his travels.
D.He liked writing books.
3.How was Across Asia on the Cheap different from other travel guides?
A.It talked about places most tourists did not go .
B. It was longer and more expensive.
C.It told people about a country’s weather,customs,and places to see.
D . It was the first guidebook about Asia .
4.Which sentence below is true?
A.Tony Wheeler still travels and writes guidebooks.
B.Tony Wheeler’s first guidebook was not popular.
C.After their first trip,Maureen did not travel with Tony .
D.Today,Lonely Planet is still a small company.
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科目:初中英语 来源:2011-2012学年江苏省海门市初三中考适应性测试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:完型填空
Adults usually do not remember most of the things that are taught by their teachers at school. But this story is one 16 that I will never forget.
It was a normal Monday morning, and my teacher was teaching us about 17 things in life and about devoting ourselves to what we really need. This is how the story went:
18 lived in a certain part of London, and he would wake up every morning and go to the underground. He would get onto the train right to Central London, and then sit at the street corner and 19 . He would do this every single day of his life. He sat at 20 street corner and begged for almost 20 years.
His 21 was dirty, and a stench (恶臭) came out. The neighbors could not bear the 22 any more, so they called for the police officers to clear the place. The officers knocked down the door and 23 the house. There were small bags of 24 all over the house that he had collected over the years.
The police counted the money, and they soon 25 that the old man was a millionaire. They waited outside his house expecting to 26 the good news with him. When the old man arrived home that evening, one of the officers told him that there was no need for him to beg any more as he was a 27 man now, a millionaire.
But the old man said 28 ;he went into his house and locked the door. The next morning he woke up 29 ,went to the underground, sat at the same street corner and continued to beg.
Clearly, this old man had no great plans, 30 or anything significant (重大的) for his life. We learn nothing from this story but to stay focused on the things we enjoy doing.
1.A. class B. teacher C. lesson D. study
2.A. important B. difficult C. thoughtful D. grateful
3.A. An office man B. An old man C. A sick man D. A rude man
4.A. sing B. sleep C. think D. beg
5.A. a different B. another C. the same D. a strange
6.A. house B. coat C. cap D. bag
7.A. smell B. house C. rubbish D. money
8.A. moved B. cleaned C. hit D. opened
9.A. food B. money C. books D. clothes
10.A. told B. said C. realized D. thought
11.A. tell B. share C. cover D. discuss
12.A. rich B. lucky C. nice D. hardworking
13.A. thanks B. something C. nothing D. much
14.A. much later B. much earlier C. so quickly D. as usual
15.A. friends B. jobs C. chances D. dreams
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科目:初中英语 来源:2011年山东省东营市中考英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
Frankenstein is one of the world’s most famous horror stories. It’s about a doctor who creates a new man from the body parts of dead people and brings it to life. But the experiment goes wrong and the monster(怪兽) kills the doctor and many others. The story has been read by millions since it was first published and in the last hundred years it has been made into dozens of movies. Many people are surprised to learn its writer was a 19-year-old woman, called Mary Shelley.
Mary was born into a rich London family in August 1797. She was educated by her parents and when she was 13 decided to become a writer. In 1812, she met the famous writer Percy Shelley and they soon got married. Sadly for Mary, their first child died soon after birth in Italy. In her diary, Mary wrote about a dream: “I dreamt that my little baby came to life again—that it had only been cold and that we rubbed it before the fire and it lived.”
In 1816, Percy Shelley and 19-year-odl May visited the poet Lord Byron at his home in Switzerland. Because of the bad weather they stayed indoors reading horror stories. One night, Byron asked everyone to write their own story. Mary thought of her dream and wrote the story Frankenstein.
Frankenstein was published when Mary was 21, and became a huge success. Many people didn’t think a 19-year-old woman could write so well and believed her husband was the real writer.
Although famous, Shelley’s life was full of sadness. Only one of her four children lived and in 1822 her husband died in a swimming accident. Mary was broken-hearted and decided not to marry again. She devoted herself to her child and continued to write until her death in 1851.
1. What do we know about he story Frankenstein?
A. It was really written by Mary Shelley’s husband.
B. It was been read by millions of people.
C. It was written to remember Shelley’s husband.
D. It is the most famous story in the world.
2.Where was Mary Shelley when she wrote the story Frankenstein?
A. In England. B. In Italy. C. In Switzerland. D. In France.
3. In which order to the following take place?
a. Bad weather made everyone stay indoors reading horror stories.
b. The story Frankenstein was first published.
c. Mary wrote about a dream in her diary.
d. Mary met the famous writer Percy Shelley.
e. Movies based on the story of Frankenstein were made.
A. a, c, b, e, d B. d, c, a, b, e C. c, a, b, d, e D. b, a, d, c, e
4. How old was Mary Shelley when she died?
A. 43 B. 48 C.51 D. 54
5.What can we learn about Mary Shelley from this passage?
A. She experienced a lot of sadness in her life.
B. She wasn’t considered a good writer during her life.
C. She was educated at her local school.
D. She became very rich because of the story Frankenstein.
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