Mr Bean, who is silly, awkward (笨拙的)    1   always funny and enjoyable, is a world-famous comedy character on TV and in movies. He makes people    2 through a series of simple and funny acts   3  body languages. Rowan Atkinson is the   4  who plays Mr Bean. Mr Atkinson is quite   5   for playing Mr Bean. 
Rowan was born on January 6, 1955, and   6  his early years on the family farm with his mother, three older brothers and his strict father, who did not believe   7  the value of television. For a time, he attended the same school as Tony Blair, who was two years older than him. At the age of 13, he   8   at Newcastle University where he had the highest marks in his year. At Oxford he got his Master’s degree (硕士学位) in electrical engineering. He was particularly  9  fast cars, of which he has a large collection.
Rowan’s career change from an electrical engineer to a famous comedian was partly   10  some speaking problems he had in his childhood.
While he was still at primary school, Rowan had already shown great talent in    11  . Although his teachers predicted (预言) a career in acting, Rowan was not confident   12   he met a group of talented people at university, and he realized this could be a career for him. Another important event    13  . One day in 1976, he was playing around and making faces  14 . He realized something. “I discovered my face,” he said later. John Lloyd, who worked for the BBC, says, “When I watched Mr Atkinson act for the first time, I was   15  that he would be more famous than Chaplin.”

Mr Bean, who is silly, awkward (笨拙的)    1   always funny and enjoyable, is a world-famous comedy character on TV and in movies. He makes people    2 through a series of simple and funny acts   3  body languages. Rowan Atkinson is the   4  who plays Mr Bean. Mr Atkinson is quite   5   for playing Mr Bean. 

Rowan was born on January 6, 1955, and   6  his early years on the family farm with his mother, three older brothers and his strict father, who did not believe   7  the value of television. For a time, he attended the same school as Tony Blair, who was two years older than him. At the age of 13, he   8   at Newcastle University where he had the highest marks in his year. At Oxford he got his Master’s degree (硕士学位) in electrical engineering. He was particularly  9  fast cars, of which he has a large collection.

Rowan’s career change from an electrical engineer to a famous comedian was partly   10  some speaking problems he had in his childhood.

While he was still at primary school, Rowan had already shown great talent in    11  . Although his teachers predicted (预言) a career in acting, Rowan was not confident   12   he met a group of talented people at university, and he realized this could be a career for him. Another important event    13  . One day in 1976, he was playing around and making faces  14 . He realized something. “I discovered my face,” he said later. John Lloyd, who worked for the BBC, says, “When I watched Mr Atkinson act for the first time, I was   15  that he would be more famous than Chaplin.”

1.                A．and            B．or             C．but  D．while

2.                A．laugh          B．sing            C．cry  D．dance

3.                A．use            B．using           C．to use    D．to using

4.                A．doctor         B．writer          C．actor     D．farmer

5.                A．honest         B．friendly `        C．helpful   D．famous

6.                A．cost           B．took           C．paid D．spent

7.                A．in             B．on             C．at   D．/

8.                A．worked         B．studied         C．played   D．helped

9.                A．good at         B．amazed at       C．interested in   D．worried about

10.               A．because        B．because of      C．so    D．since

11.               A．swimming       B．driving         C．acting D．singing

12.               A．until           B．but            C．after  D．before

13.               A．caused         B．missed         C．caught    D．occurred

14.               A．in the mirror    B．in class         C．on the wall D．in the playground

15.               A．afraid          B．sure           C．worried   D．surprised

Ralph Ellison’s novel, “Invisible 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 New York University in nineteen eighty .While he was alive, he published only two other books .They were books of criticism（批判）and essays（随笔）, 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.”

61．We can see from the passage ,when Ellison’s first novel appeared ,he was in his_______ .
A．twenties B．thirties C．forties D．fifties

62．Which of the following statements about “Invisible Man” may NOT be right?
A．It was written when Ellison was a professor in New York University.
B．It is Ellison’s first novel.
C．It is still used in many universities now.
D．It is so successful that it wins itself a place in American literature.

63. How many books did Ellison publish when he was alive?

A. 1      B. 2      C. 3      D.4

64．According to the passage, “Juneteenth” _____.
A．is written by John Callahan
B．is Ellison’s second novel
C．was published in Ellison’s seventies
D．was published 10 years after his death

65．What can we infer from the passage?
A．Ellison was a great white writer.
B．“Flying Home” is one of Ellison’s novels.
C．It took half of Ellison’s life time to write “Juneteenth”.
D．Ellison didn’t live to see the publication of “Shadow and Act” and          “Going to the Territory”.