11．The underlined word “around the corner” probably means “_________”.

　　　　 A．in the immediate future　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．at present

　　　　 C．in the distant future　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．around here

10．Which of the following statements is true according to the webpage?

　　　　 A．Alumni Web cares about BU’s scientific research rather than international situations.

　　　　 B．BU provides students with homeschooling.

　　　　 C．Reunion Weekend 2004 is one of the most important news of this week.

　　　　 D．Amumni Web was set up 15 years ago.

9．Which of the following shows the right order of Mr J.R.R.Tolkien’s life experience?

　　　　 a．He had his “The Hobbit” published.

　　　　 b．He became a member of the lnklings.　　　 c．He served in World WarⅠ

　　　　 d．He became an undergraduate at Oxford.

　　　　 e．His work “The Lord of the Rings” came to the world.

　　　　 f．He moved to England to live with his aunt.

　　　　 A．f-d-b-c-a-e　　　　　　　 B．f-d-c-b-a-e　　　　　　　 C．f-c-d-b-e-a　　　　　　　 D．d-f-c-a-b-e

C

　 ★This Week’s Highlights

●Visit the new College of Engineering Alumni Web for

coming events, photo collections, and career services.

●Reunion Weekend 2004 is just around the corner, and we

invite you back to BU to take part in all the fun.

★BU Breaking News

□Boston University Professor demands Napping at the Workplace in His Speech.(3/18)

□Boston University Hosts Discussion on Putin, U.S.-Russian ties for Future.(3/11)

□BU Physicist Receives Boltzmann Award For Excellent Work In Physics at the Conference.(3/8)

★Features

□Learn more about the Young Alumni Council, serving alumni up to 15 years out of BU.

□Offer students jobs for earning income to pay their taxes.

★Student Village will be the center of BU life.

□Four BU students share their homeschooling experiences,

and the lessons they learned.

□Scientists at the South End will study the world’s most

dangerous microbes(微生物), and develop measures to

bioterrorism.

8．What is mainly discussed in the text?

　　　　 A． “The Lord of the Rings” and its writer.

　　　　 B．A completely new masterwork in the new millennium.

　　　　 C．a famous professor at Oxford University.

　　　　 D．The power of the magic ring.

7．Which of the following helped most in making “The Hobbit” published?

　　　　 A．One of Tolkien’s students.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．Stanley Unwin’s son.

　　　　 C．Allen & Unwin.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．Bilbo Baggins.

6．What can we learn about “Hobbit” that Tolkien created in his works?

　　　　 A．Hobbit was a race living in English downtown areas.

　　　　 B．Hobbit was a local people who were very tall and strong.

　　　　 C．Hobbit was a social group of people who lived in old castles.

　　　　 D．Hobbit was a group of people who were mostly dwarves.

5．What can we learn from the text?

　　　　 A． “The Lord of the Rings” didn’t sell well in the last millennium.

　　　　 B．People know better about Tolkien himself than about his works.

　　　　 C．Tolkien was quite familiar with Old English.

　　　　 D．Tolkien knew very well about different kinds of local languages in Africa.

4．We can infer from the text that _________.

　　　　 A．the writer is still a teenager　　　　　　　

B．the writer is now a middle-aged woman

　　　　 C．Monkey Ian got angry for being left alone　

D．Uncle Ian has a monkey-like face

B

　　　　 “The Lord of the Rings”, one of the best sellers in the new millennium(千年), was made up of three parts--“The Fellowship of the Ring”, “Two Towers”, and “The Return of the King”. Millions upon millions of people have read it in over 25 different languages, but fewer know about the author and the history of the composition of the creative materwork.

　　　　 John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in South Africa in 1892. His parents died when he was a child. Living in England with his aunt, Tolkien and his cousins made up play languages, a hobby that led to Tolkien’s becoming skilled in Welsh, Greek, Gothic, Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon.

　　　　 After graduating from Oxford, Tolkien served in World War I. In 1917, while recovering from trench fever, he began composing the mythology for The Rings. As a professor of Anglo-Saxon in 1930s at Oxford, Tolkien was part of an informal discussion group called the Inklings, which included several writers. The group was soon listening to chapters of Tolkien’s imaginative work “The Hobbit”.

　　　　 Hobbit was a name Tolkien created for a local people that could best be described as half-sized members of the English rural(乡村的)class. Hobbits live in hillside holes. One of them, Bilbo Baggins, looks for treasures with a group of dwarves(侏儒). On the way, he meets the twisted, pitiful creature Gollum, from whom he sees a golden ring that makes the holder invisible.

　　　　 One of Tolkien’s students persuaded her employer, publisher Allen & Unwin, to look at a draft(草稿). The chairman of the firm, Stanley Unwin, thought that the best judge for a children’s book would be his ten-year-old son. The boy earned a shilling for reporting back that the adventure was exciting, and “The Hobbit” was published in 1937.

　　　　 It sold so well that Unwin asked for a continuation. Over a dozen years later, in 1954, Tolkien produced “The Lord of the Rings”, a series of books so creative that they hold readers-new and old -after their publication.

3．We can learn from the text that the writer believes ________.

　　　　 A．keeping stuffed animals is babyish

　　　　 B．maturity doesn’t mean growing up and taking on more responsibility

　　　　 C．one should keep to his childhood and act young sometimes even when he has grown up

　　　　 D．human beings should be kind to animals

2．The writer loved Monkey Ian deeply because __________.

　　　　 A．he could understand her　　 B．he was a fashionable monkey

　　　　 C．he could talk with her　　　 D．he was her most honest listener