The Story of My Life by Helen Keller is the most __31____(influence) book in my life. It is filled with courage, struggle and faith throughout. Helen Keller was once in deep despair in her __32____, but finally she decided to overcome her physical defects and live happily. Furthermore, she showed great patience__33____ her long and hard learning period.

    I have learned, above all, three lessons from her story. First, she taught me that often the road to success is to face hardships __34____(bravety). Maybe you are born under an ill star yet you can stand a better chance _35____ others. It is therefore important that you screw up your courage__36____  courage is needed. Second, the impairment of part of her senses did not stop__37____ learning: on the contrary, she had made continual __38____ to go deeper into the realm of knowledge, and her perseverance had thus helped her overcome many handicaps. __39____, she advised that we should make the most of our sense-organs as if we __40____(lose) them soon because this way we would observe the world more carefully than ever before.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870), the great nineteenth century English novelist, was born near Portsmouth. His father ran heavily into debt and when he was twelve, he had to go and work in a factory for making boot polish. The only formal education he received was a two-year schooling at a school for poor children. In fact, he had to teach himself all he knew. He worked for a time as junior clerk in a lawyer’s office. After that, he worked as a reporter in the law courts, and later in parliament, for London newspapers. His career as a writer of fiction began in 1833 with short stories and essays in periodicals, and in 1837 his comic novel The Pickwick Papers made him the most popular author at his time in England.

He was a great observer of people and their places because he was attracted by life and conditions in mid-nineteenth century London. He wrote 19 novels all his life and in many of them, Dickens gave a realistic picture of all classes of England society, showing deep sympathy for the poor and unfortunate, exposing the injustice and inhumanity of the bourgeoisie.

Many of his novels like Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities and so on drew attention to the unsatisfactory social conditions that existed in England over a hundred years ago.

Dickens criticized capitalist society from the point of view of bourgeois humanism. He wished to see improvement in the living conditions of the poor, but failed to find any effective means to achieve that end.

41. Dickens only received a little formal education because______.

A. he wanted to teach himself

B. he wanted to work and made a lot of money

C. he was too poor to afford any more formal education

D. he wanted some working experiences to be a novelist

42. According to Dickens, the society at his time in England was________.

A. just      B. poor   C. comfortable      D. unsatisfying

43. Which of the following novel made Dickens the most popular writer at his time in England?

A. Oliver Twist  B. The Pickwick Papers  C. A Tale of Two Cities  D. Great Expectations

44. According to the passage, which of the following about Dickens is true?

A. He didn’t go to school at all.

B. He only wrote about poor people and showed deep sympathy for them.

C. He began to write fictions when he was 21years old.

D. He found some effective ways to improve the living conditions of the poor.

45. It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A. Dickens had a miserable childhood

B. Dickens tried many different jobs before he became a professional writer

C. Dickens wrote many novels but only some of them are popular

D. Dickens criticized capitalist society and helped to improve the living conditions of the poor

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

The True Story of Treasure Island Ks5u

It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson’s imagination.     36   , recent research has found the true story of this exciting work. Ks5u

Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived     37    for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a     38   . With him were his American wife Fanny and his son     39    . Ks5u

Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long     40    over the hills. They had been     41    this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors the heavy rain, Lloyd felt the days     42   . To keep the boy happy, Robert asked the boy to do some    43    . Ks5u

One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert     44    that the boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of     45   . “What’s that?” he asked. “That’s the    46     treasure,” said the boy. Robert suddenly    47    something of an adventure story in the boy’s   48   .While the rain was pouring, Robert sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the   49   a twelve-year-old boy, just like Lloyd. But who would be the pirate (海盜)？ Ks5u

Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the   50   of a wooden leg. Robert had always wanted to    51    such a man in a story.   52    Long John Silver, the pirate with a wooden leg, was     53    . Ks5u

So, thanks to a    54   September in Scotland, a friend with a wooden leg, and the imagination of a twelve-year-old boy, we have one of the greatest     55   stories in the English language. Ks

A．However       B．Therefore  C．Besides     D．Finally

A．a(chǎn)lone     B．next door  C．a(chǎn)t home    D．a(chǎn)broad

A．meeting B．story C．holiday     D．jib

A．Lloyd    B．Robert      C．Henley     D．John

A．talk       B．rest   C．walk  D．game

A．a(chǎn)ttempting     B．missing     C．planning   D．enjoying

A．quiet      B．dull   C．busy  D．cold

A．cleaning B．writing     C．drawing    D．exercising

A．doubted B．noticed     C．decided     D．recognized

A．the sea B．the house  C．Scotland   D．the island

A．forgotten     B．buried      C．discovered       D．unexpected

A．saw      B．drew C．made D．learned

A．book    B．reply C．picture      D．mind

A．star      B．hero  C．writer       D．child

A．help     B．problem    C．use    D．bottom

A．praise   B．produce    C．include     D．a(chǎn)ccept

A．Yet      B．Also  C．But   D．Thus

A．read     B．born  C．hired D．written

A．rainy    B．sunny       C．cool  D．windy

A．news    B．love  C．real-life    D．a(chǎn)dventure

—Bruce was killed in a traffic accident.

   —________ I talked with him yesterday morning!

A. What a pity!         B. I beg your pardon?

C. Sorry to hear that.  D. Is that so?

Of the two coats, I’d choose the __________ one to spare some money for a book.

A. cheapest       B. cheaper       C. more expensive     D. most expensive

I haven’t seen______ this since I collected stamps.

A. as old a stamp as                 B. so an old stamp as

C. stamp as old as                   D. as an old stamp a

Much to my surprise, the eight-year-old boy        fixed my computer within ten minutes．

A．skillfully       B．immediately       C．normally       D．nervously

－Do you have a minute? I’ve got something to tell you.

－Ok, ______ you make it short.

A. now that             B. if only

C. so long as            D. every time

He got to the station early,____________ missing his train.         

  A. in case of   B. instead of       C. for fear of         D. in search of

Bill always seems so confident, but ________ he’s  extremely shy.

A．in vain  B．in contrast  C．in reality       D．in surprise