Tristan da Cunha, a 38–square–mile island, is the farthest inhabited island in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records. It is 1,510 miles southwest of its nearest, St. Helena, and I,950 miles west of Africa. Discovered by the Portuguese admiral (上将) of the same name in 1506, and settled in 1810, the island belongs to Great Britain and has a population of a few hundred.
Coming in a close second–and often wrongly mentioned as the most distant land–is Easter Island, which lies 1,260 miles east of its nearest neighbor, Pitcairn Island, and 2,300 miles west of South America.
The mountainous 64–square–mile island was settled around the 5th century, supposedly by people who were lost at sea. They had no connection with the outside world for more than a thousand years, giving them plenty of time to build more than 1,000 huge stone figures, called moai, for which the island is most famous.
On Easter Sunday, 1722, however, settlers from Holland moved in and gave the island its name. Today, 2,000 people live on the Chilean territory (智利领土). They share one street, a small airport, and a few hours of television per day.
1.It can be learned from the text that the island of Tristan da Cunha ________.
A. was named after its discoverer
B. got its name from Holland settlers
C. was named by the British government
D. got its name from the Guinness Book of Records
2.Which of the following is most famous for moai?
A. Tristan da Cuha. B. Pitcairn Island.
C. Easter Island. D. St. Helena.
3.Which country does Easter Island belong to?
A. Britain. B. Holland. C. Portugal. D. Chile.
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A．show; areB．shows; are
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Characters in novels don’t always do what the writer wants them to do. Sometimes they cause trouble, take on lives of their own, or even work against the writer. It’s not just a problem for inexperienced authors: famed children’s novelist Roald Dahl said he got the main character in his book Matilda so “wrong”that when he’d finished his first version, he threw it away and started again.
Of course it’s not the characters’ fault. The problem lies with the author. Take Stephen King, who admitted that writing working-class characters is more difficult nowadays because his own circumstances have changed. “It is definitely harder,”King said.“When I wrote Carrie many years ago, I was one step away from physical labour.”
This is also true for characters’ ages, added King.“When you have small children, it is easy to write young characters because you observe them and you have them in your life all the time. But your kids grow up, it’s been harder for me to write about this little 12-year-old girl in my new book because my models are gone.”
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“That is a fantastic thing to happen,”Mukherjee says.“I celebrate it. It is one of the great, lucky gifts given to a writer.”
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A.It was his most difficult book to write.
B.It was the first successful novel King wrote.
C.There were few children featured in the story.
D.Some of its main characters were working class.
2.Why did Karen Fowler have trouble writing the main character in her novel Sister Noon?
A.She disagreed with the character’s attitudes.
B.The age difference between the two was too large.
C.She found the character very uninteresting.
D.The historical setting made accuracy difficult.
3.What does Neel Mukherjee think of his difficult-to-write characters?
A.They are a sign that the story is not realistic.
B.They are often the most interesting.
C.They should be praised by all authors.
D.They need to be researched more thoroughly.
4.In which part of the newspaper would you expect to find the passage?
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Her children didn’t have material ________, but they certainly received the necessary and ________ things in life: love, spiritual guidance, concern for others, appreciation for a table filled with food, and ________ for the law. She was truly a(n) ________ of all that is good.
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1.A. successB. taskC. challengeD. job
2.A. thinkingB. complainingC. talkingD. dreaming
3.A. sentB. putC. cheatedD. changed
4.A. oppositeB. positiveC. wrongD. dark
5.A. valueB. ideaC. painD. result
6.A. ifB. althoughC. unlessD. since
7.A. needsB. comfortsC. wealthD. hope
8.A. importantB. interestingC. strangeD. natural
9.A. fearB. loveC. demandD. respect
10.A. userB. speakerC. exampleD. corrector
11.A. taughtB. chargedC. encouragedD. judged
12.A. usuallyB. neverC. evenD. also
13.A. pleasureB. beautyC. rewardD. treat
14.A. gave upB. picked upC. threw awayD. took away
15.A. strongB. curiousC. intelligentD. attractive
16.A. inB. beyondC. forD. without
17.A. insistedB. warnedC. remindedD. persuaded
18.A. goB. performC. exchangeD. play
19.A. engineerB. dancerC. guideD. worker
20.A. noticedB. heardC. discussedD. forgotten
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I couldn’t believe it. But then I couldn’t believe what happened next. The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, turned his head around and he started shouting at us. I couldn’t believe it!
My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. So, I said, “Why did you just do that? This guy could have killed us!” And this is when my taxi driver told me what I now call, “The Law of the Garbage Truck”. He said, “Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of anger and disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they look for a place to dump it. And if you let them, they’ll dump it on you.”
So I started thinking how often I let Garbage Trucks run right over me and how often I take their garbage and spread it to other people.
I began to see Garbage Trucks. I see the load people are carrying. I see them coming to dump it. And like my taxi driver, I don’t take it personally. I just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on.
1.What happened to the author on his way to Grand Central Station?
A. He was caught in a traffic jam.
B. He had a fight with his taxi driver.
C. His taxi almost ran into another car.
D. His taxi suddenly got a flat tire.
2.When the author saw his taxi driver smile and wave at the driver of the black car, he_______.
A. got very angry
B. was deeply impressed
C. felt quite disappointed
D. praised him for his manners
3.The underlined part “the load” in the last paragraph probably refers to _______.
A. the bad mood B. poor habits
C. waste materials D. great pressure
4.How did the author learn to deal with Garbage Trucks?
A. Fight back immediately.
B. Call the police for help.
C. Dump it on someone else.
D. Smile and move on.
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I bought the ________ and went home. As soon as I got there I began to tell my wife my ________ “You won’t believe what happened to me,” I started. She immediately ________ me, “I know, you left the money for the bread on the kitchen table.”
1.A. studying B. working C. running D. reading
2.A. proud B. nervous C. sad D. happy
3.A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. night
4.A. Unless B. Though C. If D. Because
5.A. find B. believe C. rob D. cheat
6.A. borrow B. taste C. eat D. buy
7.A. school B. park C. office D. house
8.A. continued B. practiced C. stopped D. started
9.A. different B. strange C. dangerous D. harmful
10.A. hat B. purse C. pocket D. bag
11.A. suddenly B. immediately C. generally D. calmly
12.A. finally B. nearly C. possibly D. hopefully
13.A. smelling B. shouting C. explaining D. asking
14.A. simply B. secretly C. usually D. especially
15.A. anger B. surprise C. hurt D. frighten
16.A. paid B. lent C. showed D. gave
17.A. fast B. early C. far D. safely
18.A. clothes B. milk C. bread D. newspaper
19.A. meeting B. story C. job D. holiday
20.A. disturbed B. trusted C. understood D. accepted
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