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    This is basically a letter of . A. apology B. sympathy C. appreciation D. dissatisfaction D When it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminateme and train me up for love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share. When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and “too serious about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say:“Let’s start with a train whistle today. We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that school year, we, too, were changing into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped. When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend. He was in despairand I was in despair. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other. For almost four years I have had remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the other’s dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments, I often think:“Yes, I must tell-. We have never met. It is such comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist.who will only fill up the healingsilence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend. 【查看更多】

     

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    　　Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family．As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had "seven fathers," because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her．Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated(躲避)into books．Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate．

    　　In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine．Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband．Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa．At the university's Writers' Workshop, however, she felt lonely－a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families．The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her "creative voice．"

    　　"It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice．I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn't think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it!That's when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn't write about．"

    　　Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine．The book tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child．The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level．Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children's book, and a short-story collection．

    (1)

    Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?

    [　　]

    A．

    She had seven brothers．

    B．

    She felt herself a nobody．

    C．

    She was too shy to go to school．

    D．

    She did not have any good teachers．

    (2)

    The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    work for a school magazine

    B．

    run away from her family

    C．

    make a lot of friends

    D．

    develop her writing style

    (3)

    According to Cisneros, what played the decisive role in her success?

    [　　]

    A．

    Her early years in college．

    B．

    Her training in the Workshop．

    C．

    Her feeling of being different．

    D．

    Her childhood experience．

    (4)

    This is basically a letter of ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    apology

    B．

    sympathy

    C．

    appreciation

    D．

    dissatisfaction

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    Dear Hamilton,

        We are fortunate that in such a large, high-pressure office we all get along so well. You are one of the people who keep the social temperature at such a comfortable setting. I don’t know anyone in the office who is better liked than you.

        You can perhaps help with this. The collection of contributions towards gifts for employees’ personal-life events is becoming a little troubling. Certainly, the group sending of a gift is reasonable now and then. In the past month, however, there have been collections for two baby shower gifts, one wedding shower gift, two wedding gifts, one funeral（葬礼）remembrance, four birthday gifts, and three graduation gifts.

       It’s not only the collected-from who are growing uncomfortable (and poor), but the collected-for feel uneasy receiving gifts from people who don’t know them outside the office, who wouldn’t even recognize their graduating children, their marrying daughters and sons, or their dead relatives.

        This is basically a kind gesture (and one that people think well of you for), but the practice seems to have become too wide-ranging and feels improper in today’s office setting.

        Thank you for understanding.

    The underlined word “contributions” probably means ________.

    A. money         B. suggestions        C. reports          D. understanding

    Hamilton is expected to _______.

    A. show more kindness.                  B. discontinue the present practice

    C. quit being the organizer for gift giving    D. know more about co-workers’ families

    This is basically a letter of ________.

    A. apology    B. sympathy      C. appreciation   D. dissatisfaction

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    Dear Hamilton,

        We are fortunate that in such a large, high-pressure office we all get along so well. You are one of the people who keep the social temperature at such a comfortable setting. I don’t know anyone in the office who is better liked than you.

        You can perhaps help with this. The collection of contributions towards gifts for employees’ personal-life events is becoming a little troubling. Certainly, the group sending of a gift is reasonable now and then. In the past month, however, there have been collections for two baby shower gifts, one wedding shower gift, two wedding gifts, one funeral（葬礼）remembrance, four birthday gifts, and three graduation gifts.

       It’s not only the collected-from who are growing uncomfortable (and poor), but the collected-for feel uneasy receiving gifts from people who don’t know them outside the office, who wouldn’t even recognize their graduating children, their marrying daughters and sons, or their dead relatives.

        This is basically a kind gesture (and one that people think well of you for), but the practice seems to have become too wide-ranging and feels improper in today’s office setting.

        Thank you for understanding.

    63. The underlined word “contributions” probably means ________.

    A. money      B. suggestions        C. reports       D. understanding

    64. Hamilton is expected to _______.

    A. show more kindness.                      B. discontinue the present practice

    C. quit being the organizer for gift giving         D. know more about co-workers’ families

    65. This is basically a letter of ________.

    A. apology    B. sympathy      C. appreciation   D. Dissatisfaction

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    Dear Hamilton,

        We are fortunate that in such a large, high-pressure office we all get along so well. You are one of the people who keep the social temperature at such a comfortable setting. I don’t know anyone in the office who is better liked than you.

        You can perhaps help with this. The collection of contributions towards gifts for employees’ personal-life events is becoming a little troubling. Certainly, the group sending of a gift is reasonable now and then. In the past month, however, there have been collections for two baby shower gifts, one wedding shower gift, two wedding gifts, one funeral（葬礼）remembrance, four birthday gifts, and three graduation gifts.

       It’s not only the collected-from who are growing uncomfortable (and poor), but the collected-for feel uneasy receiving gifts from people who don’t know them outside the office, who wouldn’t even recognize their graduating children, their marrying daughters and sons, or their dead relatives.

        This is basically a kind gesture (and one that people think well of you for), but the practice seems to have become too wide-ranging and feels improper in today’s office setting.

        Thank you for understanding.

    1．The underlined word “contributions” probably means ________.

    A．money                B．suggestions          C．reports               D．understanding     

    2．Hamilton is expected to _______.

    A．show more kindness.                                                                                   B．discontinue the present practice

    C．quit being the organizer for gift giving 

    D．know more about co-workers’ families

    3．This is basically a letter of ________.

    A．apology                                              B．sympathy

    C．appreciation                                        D．dissatisfaction

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    Dear Hamilton,

        We are fortunate that in such a large, high-pressure office we all get along so well. You are one of the people who keep the social temperature at such a comfortable setting. I don’t know anyone in the office who is better liked than you.

        You can perhaps help with this. The collection of contributions towards gifts for employees’ personal-life events is becoming a little troubling. Certainly, the group sending of a gift is reasonable now and then. In the past month, however, there have been collections for two baby shower gifts, one wedding shower gift, two wedding gifts, one funeral（葬礼）remembrance, four birthday gifts, and three graduation gifts.

       It’s not only the collected-from who are growing uncomfortable (and poor), but the collected-for feel uneasy receiving gifts from people who don’t know them outside the office, who wouldn’t even recognize their graduating children, their marrying daughters and sons, or their dead relatives.

        This is basically a kind gesture (and one that people think well of you for), but the practice seems to have become too wide-ranging and feels improper in today’s office setting.

        Thank you for understanding.

    1.The underlined word “contributions” probably means ________.

    A. money   B. suggestions   C. reports    D. understanding

    2.Hamilton is expected to _______.

    A. show more kindness.

    B. discontinue the present practice

    C. quit being the organizer for gift giving

    D. know more about co-workers’ families

    3.This is basically a letter of ________.

    A. apology    B. sympathy

    C. appreciation   D. dissatisfaction

     

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