阅读下列短文，从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。CMark Twain (1835-1910)●Mark Twain was a great American wri...

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阅读下列短文，从下面每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Mark Twain (1835-1910)

●Mark Twain was a great American writer, and he was also a famous speaker.

●Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) was born in Florida and he was not a healthy baby. In fact, he was not expected to live through the first winter. But with his mother's tender care, he managed to survive. As a baby, he caused much trouble for his parents. He used to play jokes on all of his friends and neighbours. He didn't like to go to school, and he constantly ran away from home.

Early life experience

●Born in Florida

●At 11, he lost his father

●At 13, he stopped schooling

●Tramp (流浪汉) printer

●Steamboat pilot on the Mississippi

●Prospector (探矿者)

●Reporter on the far western frontier (边远地区)

●Travel abroad

His death

Mark Twain died of illness on April 21, 1910. When he passed away, newspapers around the country reported, "The whole world is mourning (哀悼). "He was a proud possession of the American nation.

（1）、Where was Mark Twain born?

A、In the US. B、In the UK. C、In France. D、In Canada.

（2）、What does the underlined word "tender" mean?

A、Rude. B、Gentle. C、Careless. D、Great.

（3）、Which of the following jobs did NOT Mark Twain do during his life?

A、Printer. B、Teacher. C、Speaker. D、Prospector.

（4）、Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A、Mark Twain always played jokes on his parents. B、Mark Twain was in poor health when he was born. C、All the people in America were sad about the death of Mark Twain. D、Mark Twain didn't like studying when he was at school.

（5）、Where can you get the information above?

A、In a science book. B、In a fairy tale book. C、In an encyclopaedia. D、In a dictionary.

举一反三

When I was a teenager growing up in Russia, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could do this was to work in the local brick factory in my town, or get married. I was nervous when I told my father I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “No! You are going to college.” He took me by surprise when he said, “OK. We'll go to the brick factory.”
Two days later, he took me to the factory. I had a very romantic idea of working in a factory. I had imagined everyone to be friends working together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager.
When we arrived at the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we were inside. My father said, “Take your time. Look around.” I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was horrible. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”
He asked me, “What do you think of the factory?”
“It's terrible,” I replied.
“And marriage is even worse!” he said.
I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard so I could get into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our trip to the brick factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!

     He was a single father, raising a 5-year-old boy alone. He worried about his son growing up without a mother to care for him.
One day he went away on business, leaving the child alone. He was worried about the child all the way, not knowing if he had eaten. But his child always told him not to worry. He went home quickly after finishing his work.
     When he got home, the child was deep asleep. He was tired out. When he was about to sleep himself, he was surprised to find an overturned bowl of noodles under the quilt. He spanked his sleeping son angrily:"Why are you so naughty, making the quilt dirty? Who will wash it?" It was the first time that he had hit his boy after his wife's death.
    "I haven't," the boy explained with tears in his eyes. "This is your supper, Daddy." In order to let his father eat dinner as soon as he got home, the boy cooked two bowls of noodles: one for himself, the other one for his father. He was afraid his father's noodles would get cold, so he placed them under the quilt to keep them hot.
    Hearing this, the father hugged his boy tightly without saying a word.

   A man came home from work late, tired and unhappy, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.
    The boy asked, "Daddy, how much do you make per hour?" The father was furious at his son's question.
    When he said $20 an hour, the little boy asked his father to lend $10 to him. The father was even angrier because he thought the boy just wanted some money to buy a toy. So he didn't answer his son.
    The little boy quietly went to his room. After about an hour or so, the man calmed down and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10.
    "Maybe I was too hard on you just now," the man went into the room and said. "Here's the $10 you asked for."
    "Oh, thank you, Daddy!" He said. Then, he reached under his pillow, pulled out some crumpled coins and said, "Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."

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Autumn de Forest is an American painter．She was born on December 27，2001．Her father is a musician and he plays the drums very well．Her mother was an actress and model．

Autumn de Forest has been painting sinnce she was five，and she is really good at it．She has become one of Park West Gallery's top﹣selling artists．With her work being sold for as much as $ 25，000，Autumn was even called"an artistic talent"and a"child prodigy"in a special program produced by The Discovery Channel．Now you can see her in many TV shows．Autumn also loves helping others．She often teaches children to paint in her fee time．Autumn doesn't go to school and she studies at home．She works very hard bccause she wants to to go to Yale University．

A 17﹣year﹣old girl，with her rich knowledge of the ancient culture and works，won first prize in the Chinese Poetry Conference（中国诗词大会）．

Wu Yishu，a high school student in Shanghai，beat the other competitors in the second season of the Chinese Poetry Conference．

"I get feelings from ancient poetry that modern people cannot give me，I pay little attention to the competition result，but I love poetry，"Wu said．

In the final of the competition，all the competitors were asked to recite poem by looking at sand paintings and recite as many poems as they could think of about the Chinese character jiu．Wu did quite well．

阅读理解

An Irish priest (牧师) loved going fishing. It was his favourite hobby. However, the weather was so bad this year that he didn't have a chance to go fishing.

It was very strange that the weather was good every Sunday. But Sunday was the day when he had to go to work. The coming Sunday was good again according to the weather report, so he called another priest and told him that he lost his voice and was in bed with the fever. He asked him to take over his work.

The priest drove fifty miles to a river so that no one would find him. An angel in Heaven was keeping watch and saw what the priest was doing. He reported it to God. He thought God would do something about it.

With the first throw of us line, a huge fish bit down the fish food. For over an hour the priest was busy running up and down the river bank to fight the fish. In the end, he landed the large size fish. It was a world record — a Salmon (鲑鱼).

The angel did not know what was happening and asked God, “Why did you let him catch that huge fish? I thought you were going to teach him a lesson." God replied, "I did. Who do you think he's going to tell?"

阅读理解

Life may be boring in Melbourne for people who enjoy exciting nightlife. Shops here often close at 6 p.m. and there are no places to go at night. But things were different this summer, as the Victoria Night Market recently opened!

I went to the market at 7 p.m.. The smoky smell of kebabs(烤肉串) created a nice summer atmosphere(氛围). DJs on the stage played songs and the streets were packed with people. At that time, I thought I returned to China.

I went to a stall(摊位) with bright red and orange decorations. A sign with the words "typical(典型的) Spanish" hung at the front of the stall. The dishes in front of me were confusing(困惑的), because I had never tried Spanish food before. A woman at the stall smiled, pointed at some food and said: "You can try this seafood rice. It's a very typical Spanish dish. Unlike Chinese fried rice, the rice was as orange as the stall's decorations. I tried it. I found that it was quite delicious as soon as I put it into my mouth.

I spent 50 Australian dollars in total, but I got to taste Greek meatballs, Thai noodles and a Brazilian burger. I'm glad that the Victoria Market offers so many great foods from every corner of the world!

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