59.What can be inferred from the text?

　 A.Sacagawea is still highly honored by Americans

　 B.Sacagawea’s husband was unfamiliar with the West

　 C.Sacagawea stayed on the Pacific coast for half a year

　 D.Sacagawea’s husband did little for the expedition

答案　 56 .D　 57.C　 58.D　 59.A　　　

Passage 10

(西安交大附中2007-2008学年度下学期高三第四次模拟考试D篇)

Ralph Ellison’s novel, “Invisible(看不见的) Man”, was published in nineteen fifty-two. Ellison was at once called a major new writer. The book won the National Book Award ,a high and rare honor for a first novel.

　　　 Since then millions of copies have been printed .The book is still used in many universities and other schools. One professor said that he has used the book in his teaching for twenty-five years. He said that each time he returns to “Invisible Man” he finds new ideas in it.

　　　 After “Invisible Man” was published ,Ralph Ellison taught at a number of universities. He retired from Now York University in nineteen eighty .While he was alive ,he published only two other books .They were books of criticism(批判)and essays ,called “Shadow and Act” and “Going to the Territory”.

　　　 Ralph Ellison died in nineteen ninety-four ,at the age of eighty. After his death ,a book of his stories, “Flying Home” ,was published .Shortly before his death ,Ellison had told someone that his second novel was almost finished .He had worked on the novel for forty years without finishing it.

　　　 Parts of the book had appeared in magazines during the nineteen sixties and seventies. Ellison had to rewrite the novel after a large part of it was burned in a fire at his home in nineteen sixty-seven. The novel was said to be two thousand pages long. Finally ,his friend John Callahan put the book together after Ellison died. The novel was published in nineteen ninety-nine. It was called “Juneteenth”.

　　　 Since “Invisible Man” was published ,many American writers have said how much Ellison influenced them.

　　　 In nineteen ninety ,another black writer ,Charies Johnson ,was given the National Book Award. In receiving the prize ,Johnson thanked Ralph Ellison for leading the way for black writers. Ellison was present at the ceremony .He thanked Johnson. Then he expressed his belief that black writers should not be influenced only by other black writers. He said:

　　　 “You do not write out of your skin. You write out of your ideas and the quality of your mind.”

58.During the expedition, what excited Sacagawea most was that she______.

　 A.bought horses for Lewis and Clark　　　　　 B. saved important documents and supplies

　 C.was considered as a symbol of peace　　　　 D. reunited with her brother Cameahwait

57.What’s one of the purposes of the Corps of Discovery?

　 A. To drive the Indians away　 　　　　　　　　B. To explore the Rocky Mountains

　 C. To find how to reach the Pacific　　　　　　 D. To look for Sacagawea for help

56.The text is mainly about_______.

　 A. the whole life of Sacagawea　　　　　 B. the difficulties the Corps of Discovery met

　 C. American history in exploration　　　 D. Sacagawea’s contribution to the Corps of Discovery

71．What can we learn about Fan Yi from the passage?

A．She’s beliveed to be writing more bird stories.

B．Her Chinese version of Swordbird has been published in China.

C．She is learning how to write English poems from her parents.

D．She’s likely to become a full-time writer.

答案　 68.B　 69.B　 70.B　 71.A

Passage 9

(衡阳市八中2008届高三模拟试题A篇)

Sacagawea, the only woman on the Lewis and Clark expedition into the American West, was the daughter of a Shoshone chief. Around the age of 12, Sacagawea was captured by Hidatsa Indians, an enemy of the Shoshones. She was then sold to a French-Canadian trapper named Toussaint Charbonneau and became one of his wives.

In November 1804, an expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark arrived there. Often called the Corps of Discovery, the expedition planned to explore newly acquired western lands and find a route to the Pacific Ocean. Lewis and Clark hired Charbonneau to serve as interpreter on their expedition. Even though she was pregnant with her first child, Sacagawea was chosen to accompany them.

She was killed at finding eatable plants. When a boat she was riding on turned over, she was able to save some of its goods, including important documents and supplies. She also served as a symbol of peace---a group traveling with a woman and a child were treated with less suspicion than a group of men alone.

Sacagawea also made a miraculous discovery of her own during the trip west. When they met a group of Shoshone Indians, she soon realized that its leader was actually her brother Cameahwait. It was through her that the expedition was able to buy horses from the Shoshone to cross the Rocky Mountains.

After reaching the Pacific coast in November 1805, they remained there until March of the following year. Sacagawea, her husband, and her son remained with the expedition on the return trip east until they reached the Mandan villages. And for her contribution to the Crops of Discovery, she was even featured on a dollar coin issued in 2000 by the US Mint.

70．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Swordbird is an English adventure story.

B．One of her dreams made her begin to write Swordbird.

C．Swordbird only has an English version.

D．Swordbird is an excellent adult fiction.

69．Fan Yi’s book was related to the 9.11 terrorist attacks because　　　　 .

A．it was being written when the attacks happened

B．it expressed her desire for peace and an end to terrorism

C．they both involved fighting in the air

D．the attacks were mentioned in her book

68．The underlined words “rosefinches” and “bluejays” in Paragraph 2 probably refer to　　　 .

A．creatures from outer space　　　　　　　　　　　　　

B．different kinds of birds

C．different kinds of planes　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

D．people from different races

59．The best title of the story is　　　　 .

A．A poor girl　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

B．A dancer in the silent world　　

C．A beautiful dancer　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

D．The dance duringt the CCTV Spring Festival Gala

答案　 56.C　 57.D　 58.D　 59.B

Passage 8

(安徽省芜湖一中2008年高三5月最后一模D篇)

A 13-year-old Chinese girl, Fan Yi (Nancy), who had her primary education in the US, recently published her first fairy tale, Swordbird. The fairy tale written in English has appeared on the children’s fiction bestseller list in the US, the Shanghai Evening Post reported.

Fan Yi was greatly interested in observing birds ever since she was a little girl. In Hamilton, New York, where she lives, she often watches kingfishers and woodpeckers flying over her house from the small woods nearby. The inspiration for writing the book Swordbird actually came from one of her dreams. At that time, she was studying American history in school and happened to read many articles in magazines about the 9.11 terrorist(恐怖分子) attacks. One day, she had a dream in which some rosefinches and bluejays were controlled by some black birds and began to fight with each other. When she woke up, she decided to turn her dream into a story and to convey her message of peace to the public.

In order to get her book published in China, Fan translated the entire English version into Chinese.

“It is a learning process. Since I didn’t know many Chinese idioms, I had to get help from my mom and dad from time to time. For another thing, a lot of poems in the original story are written in rhyme, so when I translated them into Chinese, I wanted to make sure that they were in rhyme, too.” she said.

Fan Yi was born in Beijing in 1993. She stayed in Beijing until she finished her first grade of primary school. Then she moved with her parents to the United States when she was seven. Two years later, she started to write her English story.

In March this year, the book was published by HarperCollins Publishers. It was selected as the week’s bestseller of children’s fiction by the New York Times soon after it was published.

Fan Yi has said she will write more books in the future. It is expected that the sequel(续篇) to Swordbird will come out next year.

58．People could not forget Tai Lihua because　　　　 .

A．she was born mute and deaf and good at dancing

B．she used her mind more than the others and could use dance to express what she thought about life

C．she has been to many countries and now lives a happy life

D．though mute and deaf, she is beautiful and hard working and good at dancing