Regarded as something like a slave,______.

A. his masters did not allow him to eat with them

B. no boys wanted to be his friends

C. little Tom’s could not send him to school

D. he was not allowed to play with the white children

Regarded as one of the English language’s most gifted poets, John Keats wrote poetry that concentrated on imagery human nature, and philosophy. Although Keats didn’t receive much formal literary education, his own studies and passion brought him much success. Additionally, his own life situation influenced his poetry greatly.

   At around the age of 16, John Keats began studying under a surgeon so that he too might become a doctor. However, his literary appetite had taken too much of his time. He was completely addicted to the poetry of Edmund Spenser. He published his first poem in  the examiner in 1816, named O solitude! If I Must with Thee Dwell. Within two months in 1817, Keats wrote a volume(集) of poetry, but was sharply criticized by a magazine. However, the negative response didn’t stop him.

   John Keats’ next work was Endymion, which was published in May1818. The story involves a boy who falls in love with the moon goddess. He begins an adventure and overcomes the limitations of a human being. Following Endymion, he wrote Isabella.  During this period, John know found his limitations of poetry due to his own limit of life  experiences. He would have to have the “knowledge ” associated with his poems. His next work was Hyperion that would attempt to combine all he learned. However, a bout of tuberculosis (肺结核发作) while visiting Italy kept him form his work and eventually took his life in 1821.

67. According to the passage, John Keats’ attitude towards life was changed by ____.

A. the death of his parents 

B. his early education at school 

C. the poetry of Edmund Spenser 

D. the criticism from a magazine 

68. From the passage, we know that _______

A. Keats hardly received education at school 

B. Keats once liked Edmund’s poetry best 

C. Endymion was a real love story 

D. in 1817 Keats spent two months writing a poem

69. What can be inferred from the passage? 

A. The poem Hyperion might remain uncompleted. 

B. Edmund Spenser was the greatest poet in Keats’ time 

C. It was most likely that Keats rewrote his poem Isabella

D. Keats’ family must be very poor when he was young 

70. What’s the possible order of the events related to John Keats?

a. His father died 

b. He tried to be a doctor 

c. His first poem was published

d. He began to study at a public school 

e. He found he lacked life experiences

A. a-b-c-d-e                B. b-a-c-e-d

C. c-a-b-e-d                D. d-a-b-c-e

As was recorded in history , Diaoyu Island has been _________ part of China.

As a young boy, I sometimes traveled the country roads with my dad. He was a rural mill carrier, and on Saturdays he would ask me to go with him. Driving through the countryside was always an adventure: There were animals to see, people to visit, and chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop, and Dad did.
In the spring, Dad delivered boxes full of baby chickens, and when 1 was a boy it was such a fun to stick your finger 'through one of the holes of the boxes and let the baby birds peck on your fingers.
On Dad' s final day of work, it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds because at least one member from each family was waiting at their mailbox to thank him for his friendship and his years of service. "Two hundred and nineteen mailboxes on my route." he used to say, "and a story at every one. " One lady had no mailbox, so Dad took the mail in to her every day because she was nearly blind. Once inside, he read her mail and helped her pay her bills.
Mailboxes were sometimes used for things other than mail. One note left in a mailbox read. "Nat, take these eggs to Marian; she's baking a cake and doesn't have any eggs. " Mailboxes might be buried in the snow, or broken, or lying on the groom:. bat the mail was always delivered On cold days Dad might find one of his customers waiting for him with a cup of hot chocolate. A young wrote letters but had no stamps, so she left a few button on the envelope in the mailbox; Dad paid for the stamps. One businessman used to leave large amounts of cash in his mailbox for Dad to take to the bank. Once, the amount came to 8 32,000.
A dozen years ago, when I traveled back to my hometown on the sad occasion of Dad’s death,  the mailboxes along the way reminded me of some of his stories. I thought I knew them all, but that wasn't the case.
As I drove home, I noticed two lamp poles, one on each side of the street. When my dad was around, those poles supported wooden boxes about four feet off the ground. One box was painted green and the other was red, and each had a long narrow hole at the top with white lettering: SANTA CLAUS, NORTH POLE. For years children had dropped letters to Santa through those holes.
I made a turn at the comer and drove past the post office and across the railroad tracks to our house. Mom and I were sitting at the kitchen table when I heard footsteps. There, at the door, stood Frank Townsend, Dad's postmaster and great friend for many years. So we all sat down at the table and began to tell stories.
At one point Frank looked at me with tears in his eyes. " What are we going to do about the letters this Christmas?" he asked.
"The letters?"
'I guess you never knew. "
"Knew what?"
" Remember, when you were a kid and you used to put your letters to Santa in those green and red boxes on Main Street? It was your dad who answered all those letters every year. "
I just sat there with tears in my eyes. It wasn’t hard for me to imagine Dad sitting at the old table in our basement reading those letters and answering each one. I have since spoken with several of the people who received Christmas letters during their childhood, and they told me how amazed they were that Santa had known so much about their homes and families.
For me, just knowing that story about my father was the gift of a lifetime.
【小题1】It can be inferred from the passage that the writer regarded his travels with Dad us_____.

As you probably know,  J．Paul Getty was one of the richest and moat successful American industrialists in history．Quite ambitious from an early age, Getty made his first million at age 23 in 1916．He later went on to found the Getty oil company, In 1957, Fortune magazine named him the richest living American and in 1966, the Guinness Book of Records named him as the world's richest private citizen．
Although he is highly regarded by vast numbers of people for his financial success, as a younger man, his drive to acquire power and money had a detrimental impact on other aspects of his life, particularly in his relationships with women．He was, at one point quoted assaying "A lasting relationship with a woman is only possible if you are a business failure．” He married five times, having children with four of these wives．He couldn’t seem to keep a marriage going for very long．His obsession with having a fortune and power alienated （疏远） each of his wives, eventually driving them away． His marriage with his first wife Jeanette lasted for only three years, with Allene for two years, Adolphine, four years, Ann, four years, and finally Louise, nineteen years．
Perhaps as a young man, Getty was willing to pay whatever price for financial success．Yet Paul came to feel some regret in regard to his life priorities as he approached his later years when he Wrote: "I hate and regret the failure of my marriages．I would gladly give all of my millions for just one lasting marriage success．"
At the end of Getty's life, all of the wealth that he had got meant very little to him．It was only then that he became wise enough to understand what really mattered most．Despite all of his accomplishments, he died with great regret．
It' s a sad story and a cautionary tale for those of us who may have chosen to make career building our highest priority（优先权）, thereby ignoring our relationships．Like any other living organism, relationships require care and attention in order to grow．Even the strongest relationships will he damaged, if there is not enough care．
【小题1】What is Paragraph l mainly about?