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Arthur Miller (1915—2005) is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. Miller's father had moved to the USA from Austria Hungary, drawn like so many others by the “Great American Dream”. However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early 1930s.
Miller's most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a powerful attack on the American system, with its aggressive way of doing business and its insistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with this system. Willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment: if he can't do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this, and at a loss as to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.
When it was first staged in 1949, the play was greeted with enthusiastic reviews, and it won the Tony Award for Best Play, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.
Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut, on the evening of February 10, 2005, the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on Broadway.
【小题1】Why did Arthur Miller's father move to the USA?
| A．He suffered from severe hunger in his home country. |
| B．He was attracted by the “Great American Dream.” |
| C．He hoped to make his son a dramatist. |
| D．His family business failed |
| A．exposes the cruelty of the American business world |
| B．discusses the ways to get promoted in a company |
| C．talks about the business career of Arthur Miller |
| D．focuses on the skills in doing business |
| A．He treats his employer badly. |
| B．He runs the Wagner Company. |
| C．He is a victim of the American system. |
| D．He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues. |
| A．achieved huge success |
| B．won the first Tony Award |
| C．was warmly welcomed by salesmen |
| D．was severely attacked by dramatists |
| A．Arthur Miller and his family. |
| B．The awards Arthur Miller won. |
| C．The hardship Arthur Miller experienced. |
| D．Arthur Miller and his best known play. |
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| 500 Days of Summer Tom is in love with Summer from the moment he sees her. Can he accept that she simply likes him for now, not for forever? The movie is about Tom wrestling with that reality. Tom remembers his love, Summer, as a series of joys and bafflements. But Summer is just herself and he cannot have her. Here is a rare movie that begins by telling us how it will end and is about how the hero has no idea why. | 2012 The director Roland Emmerich successfully dresses a corny story with an old Mayan prediction, which is believed by many to happen in the coming 2012 and as a result, attracts millions of people into the cinema. It’s just an entertaining Hollywood blockbuster(大片) with plenty of jokes, instead of a description of what the end of the world is really like. Don’t take it too seriously! |
The hero of the story is an artist in his_________ .?
A.thirtieth B.thirty C.thirty’s D.thirties
A house in Clarktown caught fire on Christmas Eve,1982. The 1 who lived in the house was already in 2 .Being in poor health, she had trouble in 3 even when things were fine. 4 her house burning down around her, she was not able to go 5 .The smoke 6 her choke(窒息) .The fire was very hot. Without quick help she would have 7 .
Fire fighters 8 the house. They started to put the fire out. They did not know the old woman was still 9 .The people 10 her crying for help. The fire was still very hot 11 there was lots of smoke.
A man 12 like Santa Claus(圣诞老人) was passing by. He was on his way to give gifts to poor families. 13 had he heard the old woman’s cry when he ran into the 14
house. After a while he rushed out with the old woman on his back and came to her safety. Then, as
15 as he had done that, the man left. No one knew the real name of the hero who had saved the old woman’s life.
The man went on and took the gifts to the poor children. He did not return home 16 it was dark. He told his 17 what had happened. She decided that she did not 18 to keep the story a secret. She told people that Santa Claus was 19 David Rodriguez, her husband. Mr. Rodriguez is a music teacher 20 he is not playing Santa Claus.
1. A. hero B. woman C. child D. man
2. A. the eighty B. eighties C. her eightieth D. her eighties
3. A. walking B. speaking C. thinking D. laughing
4. A. Because B. For C. With D. During
5. A. everywhere B. nowhere C. anywhere D. somewhere
6. A. suffered B. broke C. forced D. made
7. A. lived B. died C. left D. stayed
8. A. looked for B. searched through C. got to D. set up
9. A. out of doors B. in the open air C. outside D. inside
10. A. heard B. stopped C. felt D. kept
11. A. but B. and C. or D. though
12. A. dressed B. chosen C. looked D. acted
13. A. Only B. Hardly C. Never D. Badly
14. A. empty B. crowded C. burnt D. burning
15. A. bravely B. carefully C. quickly D. proudly
16. A. until B. unless C. while D. or
17. A. friend B. son C. daughter D. wife
18. A. want B. like C. refuse D. need
19. A. nearly B. really C. impossibly D. probably
20. A. so that B. even if C. when D. since
Wong Fuk-wing(黄福荣), a Hong Kong volunteer（志愿者）at an orphanage（孤儿院）in Yushu, was killed in the earthquake when he was trying to save others on April 14, 2010.
Wong managed to run safely out of the building with some children when the first quake happened at 7:50 am on April 14, but he went back inside to rescue three other children and three teachers inside, although he knew the danger of aftershocks（余震）.
At 10 am, all the children and one of the teachers were saved. However, Wong was buried under the fallen building and died. The other two teachers were still waiting to be rescued.
46-year-old Wong was a truck driver, who often said he could only give his efforts to charity（慈善）instead of money, as he did not earn a lot. His tragic（悲剧的）end touched the hearts of many people both in Hong Kong and on the mainland.
Wong began volunteering in 2002. In 2003, Wong was told by the doctor he got serious illness, which gave him a great blow. However, the illness did not deter the warm-hearted man. When the earthquake struck Wenchuan is Sichuan Province in 2008, Wong rushed to the disaster area of Shifang to offer his help though his family did not want him to go.
In fact, Qinghai is a place Wong had often visited since 2006. As a volunteer, he gave out medicine and clothing to the orphanage there. No one could expect that Wong would die helping others.
Hong Kong Chief Secretary Henry Tang Ying-yen said he had “the highest respect” for the hero who gave his life for others. “What he did has shown the Hong Kong spirit.” The citizens of Hong Kong called him “ the pride of Hong Kong’s people” and people on the mainland have also praised him as “ a true hero”.
Wong died in the earthquake .
A. after he sent medicine and clothing to the orphanage
B. when he returned to save the teachers and students
C. because he suffered from his serious illness again
D. as the first earthquake happened
The underlined word “ deter” in Para. 5 refers to “ ”.
A. prevent B. refuse C. beat D. encourage
What can we know about Wong from the passage?
A. He never visited Qinghai before 2010.
B. He was supported by his family being a volunteer.
C. He was thought highly of by the Chinese.
D. He was a taxi driver before he died.
Why are so many people deeply moved by the story of Wong?
A. He always offered money to the orphanage. B. He fought against his illness bravely.
C. He helped the orphanage though being poor. D. He put other people’s lives above own.
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