13. What did the Bronte sisters want to do for Branwell Bronte?

A. Help him write stories.　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Help him get trained in art.

C. Teach him how to draw well.　　　　　　　　　 D. Teach him how to educate himself.

12. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Animals move in order to find food more easily.

B. The migration of the fish called“salmon”is the most famous migration.

C. Living things move from one place to another because they like to travel.

D. Sometimes we know why and how living things move from one place to another, but sometimes we don’t.

D

THE BRONTE FAMILY

(2004,全国)

Yorkshire, England was the setting for two great novels(小说)of the 19th century. These were Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. The youngest sister, Anne, was also a gifted novelist, and her books have the same extraordinary quality as her sisters’.

Their father was Patrick Bronte, born in Ireland. He moved with his wife, Maria Bronte, and their six small children to Haworth in Yorkshire in 1820. Soon after, Mrs Bronte and the two eldest children died, leaving the father to care for the remaining three girls and a boy.

Charlotte was born in 1816. Emily was born in 1818 and Anne in 1820. Their brother Branwell was born in 1817. Left to themselves, the children wrote and told stories and walked over the hills. They grew up largely self-educated. Branwell showed a great interest in drawing. The girls were determined to earn money for his art education. They took positions as teachers or taught children in their homes.

As children they had all written many stories. Charlotte, as a young girl, alone wrote 22 books, each with 60 to 100 pages of small handwriting. Therefore, they turned to writing for income. By 1847, Charlotte had written The Professor; Emily, Wuthering Heights; and Anne, Agnes Grey. After much difficulty Anne and Emily found a publisher(出版商),but there was no interest shown in Charlotte’s book.(It was not published until 1859.) However, one publisher expressed an interest in seeing more of her work. Jane Eyre was already started, and she hurriedly finished it. It was accepted at once; thus each of the sisters had a book published in 1847.

Jane Eyre was immediately successful; the other two, however, did not do so well. People did not like Wuthering Heights. They said it was too wild, too animallike. But gradually it came to be considered one of the finest novels in the English language. Emily lived only a short while after the publication of her book, and Anne died in 1849.

Charlotte published Shirley in 1849, and Villette in 1853. In 1854 she married Arthur Bell Nicholls. But only a year later, she died of tuberculosis(肺结核)as her sisters had.

11. The lobsters move __________ .

A. to the fresh water　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. to the sea floor

C. at a certain time　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. to find more food

10. The mice in northern Europe move when __________ .

A. they give birth　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. the weather is bad

C. the place gets too crowded　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. they haven’t enough food

9. The fish called “salmon”spends a long life in __________ .

A. salt water　　　　　　　　 B. rivers　　　　　　　　 C. fresh water　　　　　　　 D. its birthplace

8. Most animals move from one place to another at a certain time to __________ .

A. give birth　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. enjoy warmer weather

C. find food more easily　　　　　　　 D. find beautiful places

7. What is the subject discussed in the text?

A. The history of Great Britain.

B. The similarity between English and French.

C. The rule of England by William the Conqueror.

D. The French influences on the English language.

C

We know that many animals do not stay in one place. Birds, fish and other animals move from one place to another at a certain time. They move for different reasons: most of them move to find food more easily, but others move to get away from places that are too crowded.

When cold weather comes, many birds move to warmer places to find food. Some fishes give birth in warm water and move to cold water to feed. The most famous migration(迁移)is probably the migration of the fish, which is called“salmon”. This fish is born in fresh water but it travels many miles to salt water. There it spends its life. When it is old, it returns to its birthplace in fresh water. Then it gives birth and dies there. In northern Europe, there is a kind of mouse. Then it gives birth and dies there. In northern Europe, there is a kind of mouse. They leave their mountain homes when they become too crowded. They move down to the low land. Sometimes they move all the way to the seaside, and many of them are killed when they fall into the sea.

Recently, scientists have studied the migration of a kind of lobster(龙虾). Every year, when the season of bad weather arrives, the lobsters get into a long line and start to walk across the floor of the ocean. Nobody knows why they do this, and nobody knows where they go.

So, sometimes we know why humans and animals move from one place to another, but at other times we don’t. Maybe living things just like to travel.

6. Why does France appear less foreign than Germany to Americans on their first visit to Europe?

A. Most advertisements in France appear in English.

B. They know little of the history of the English language.

C. Many French words are similar to English ones.

D. They know French better than German.

5. Which of the following groups of words are, by inference; rooted in French?

A. President; lawyer; beef.　　　　　 　　　　　　　 B. President; bread; water.

C. Bread; field; sheep.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Folk; field; cow.

4. The two major languages spoken in what is now called Great Britain before 1066 were __________ .

A. Welsh and Scottish　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Nordic and Germanic

C. Celtic and Old English　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Anglo-Saxon and Germanic