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(1)The passage is mainly about how Elvis Presley began his career.
A、T
B、F
(2)Mourners are usually record-producers.
A、T
B、F
(3)Without the record for his mother, Elvis might not have become a star.
A、T
B、F
(4)When Presley died, people went to Memphis for his mother’s story of life.
A、T
B、F
(5)The passage shows that many people loved Elvis.
A、T
B、F
A.brought up
B.brought out
C.grown up
D.taken out
A.brought up
B.grown up
C.brought out
D.taken out
A、错误
B、正确
A.Robert Frost was born in 1874 in Lawrence, educated at San Francisco, and died in Vermont.
B.Robert Frost was born in 1874 in San Francisco, educated at Lawrence, and died in Vermont.
C.Robert Frost was born in 1874 in San Francisco, educated at Vermont, and died in Lawrenc
D.Robert Frost was born in 1874 in Vermont, educated at Lawrence, and died in San Francisco.
Mystery of the White Gardenia
Marsha Aron
Every year on my birthday , from the time I turned 12 , a white gardenia was delivered to my house in Bethesda , Md. No card or note came with it. Calls to the florist were always in vain 一 it was a cash purchase. After a while I stopped trying to discover the sender' s identity and just delighted in the beauty and heady perfume of that´ one magical , perfect flower nestled in soft pick tissue paper.
But I never stopped imagining who the anonymous giver might be. Some of the happiest moments were spent daydreaming about someone wonderful and exciting but too shy or eccentric to make known his or her identity.
My mother contributed to these imaginings. She' d ask me if there was someone for whom I had done a special kindness who might be showing appreciation. Perhaps the
neighbor l' d helped when she was unloading a car full of groceries. Or maybe it was the old man across the street whose mail I retrieved during the winter so he wouldn't have to venture down his icy steps. As a teen-ager , though , i had more fun speculating that it might be a boy i had a crush on or one who had noticed me even though i didn´t know him.
When 1 was 17 , a boy broke my heart. The night he called for the last time , i cried myself to sleep. When i awoke in the morning , there was a message scribbled on my mirror in red lipstick: Heartily know , when half-gods go , the gods arrive. i thought about that
quotation by Emerson for a long time , and until my heart healed , i left it where my mother had written it. When i finally went to get the glass cleaner , my mother knew everything was all right again.
I don' t remember ever slamming my door in anger at her and shouting , "You just don' t understand!" because she did understand.
One month before my high-school graduation , my father died of a heart attack. My feelings ranged from grief to abandonment , fear and overwhelming anger that my dad was missing some of the most important events in my life. I became completely uninterested in my upcoming graduation , the senior class play and the prom. But my mother , in the midst of her own grief , would not hear of my skipping any of those things.
The day before my father died, my mother and i had gone shopping for a prom dress. We found a spectacular one , with yards and yards of doted swiss in red , white and blue , it made me feel like Scarlet 0' Hara ,
but it was the wrong size. When my father died iforgot about the dress.
My mother didn't . The day before the prom , i found that dress 一 in the right size - draped majestically over the living room sofa. It wasn't just delivered , still in the box. It was presented to me - beautifully , artistically , lovingly. i didn' t care if 1 had a new dress or no. But my mother did.
She wanted her children to feel loved and lovable , creative and imaginative , imbued with a sense that there was magic in the world and beauty even in the face of adversity. In truth. my mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia 一 lovely ,strong ,
and perfect - with an aura of magic and perhaps a bit of mystery.
My mother died ten days after i was married. i was 22. That was the year the gardenias stopped coming.
26. When did the narrator discover the mystery of the white gardenias? Why was the sender' s identity kept secret?
27. When and how did the father die? How did the narrator feel at her father' s death?
28. What traits of the mother' s characters are highlighted in the story? Cite examples from the story to support your answer.
29. What do you think of the title of the story? What does the gardenia symbolize in the story?
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26. The narrator got to know the truth when she was 22. It was her mother who sent her the flowers. She kept it a secret so that the daughter could have the self-knowledge of her own good deeds as she speculated about who the sender might be.
27. The father died of heart attack close to her graduation from high school. She felt sad , disappointed that her father would not experience the important events in her life.
28.a. The mother' s wisdom: She thought of a wise way to encourage kindness in her daughter: to send flowers secretly; or she wisely scribbled a quotation from Emerson on her daughter' s mirror instead of directly talking her teenage daughter into accepting the loss of her boyfriend.
b. Her strength in the face of adversities: she stood strong when her husband died.
29.It is a good / helpful title. The title tickles the reader' s curiosity. OR It' s not a good title. When we are told of the "mystery" in the title , our curiosity is destroyed. The gardenia is the essential symbol in the story , helping to bring about the theme of the story: mother' s love. The gardenia symbolizes the qualities that the mother hoped for her daughter , qualities such as magical (aura of magic , a bit of mystery) , loving , strong , perfect , etc.
B、When he was three, his father died; he and his mother were in a difficult situation as there was nobody to support them.
C、At the age of three, he lost his father; he and his mother were in a difficult situation as there was nobody to support them.
D、At the age of three, his father died. With no one to support them, mother and son found life still more difficult.
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(1)( ) It is correct.
(2)( ) It is incorrect because ______
A. I have no idea. I am not responsible for arrangement-making.
B. You are on the schedule. 1 can call you later with a more specific time.
C. He might be there sometime between 12:00 and 5:00.
1. What did Thomas Jefferson get from his father?
A. Political ideas.
B. A lot of documents.
C. Slaves and estate.
D. Nothing.
2. Which of the following documents was Thomas Jefferson not involved with?
A. Declaration of Independence.
B. Statute on Religious Freedom.
C. Ordinance of 1784.
D. Ordinance of 1786.
3. Why did Thomas Jefferson resign as Secretary of State?
A. There were political differences between cabinet members.
B. He was about to be president.
C. He had to write The Declaration of Independence.
D. He was fired.
4. Which of the following did Thomas Jefferson not serve as before he was president?
A. Vice president.
B. Governor.
C. Senator.
D. Secretary of State.
5. Which of the following events happened last?
A. Jefferson was elected president.
B. Jefferson founded the University of Virginia.
C. The Lewis and Clark Expedition.
D. John Adams died.
Case 1 When Zhang Tao traveled in America , he lived in the home of his American friend , Bill. Once after he had traveled back ,
he found Bill was in a bad mood. When he asked what the problem was , Bill told Zhang Tao that his son Adam got furious about the noise Zhang made when walking upstairs and also because he was using too much water in the solar powered shower and Adam had to have his shower in cold water. Bill told Zhang Tao that he should walk more softly in future , and have a fast shower to save water. Zhang Tao felt uneasy.
How could the host set such rules for his guest?!
Question:
Why did Zhang Tao feel uneasy?