“Does the name on the envelope       the name on the letter inside”，asked Mr．Black．

A．correspond with                                 B．a(chǎn)ppeal to

C．respond to                                           D．rely on

—Will this woolen sweater         when washed?

—Of course not．

A．seal            B．shrink           C．tolerate           D．snatch

—Can I visit the park freely?

—Of course you can．It is open to the public without         ．

A．restriction         B．policy           C．routine         D．a(chǎn)mateur

Within two days, the army fired more than two hundred rockets and missiles at military   in the coastal city．

A．departures         B．dilemmas      C．basis          D．targets

John was not listening and made a          answer when called upon to recite．

A．tough            B．dull          C．delicate            D．random

—I want to be a scientist when I grow up．

—A scientist must be          in making tests．

A．sacred          B．precise               C．typical        D．fluent

One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm．At 16, I like   1  better than driving our truck，   2   this time I was not happy．My father had told me I’d have to ask for credit（賒賬）at the store．

Sixteen is a    3    age, when a young man wants respect, not charity．It was 1976, and the ugly    4    of racial discrimination was    5   a fact of life, I’d seen my friends ask for credit and then stand, head down, while the store owner    6   whether they were“good for it．”I knew black youths just like me who were    7   like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery．

My family was    8   ．We paid our debts．But before harvest, cash was short．Would the store owner   9    us?

At Davis’a store, Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk, talking to a farmer．I nodded  10   I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves．When I brought my    11    to the cash desk, I said    12   ,“I need to put this on credit．”

The farmer gave me an amused, distrustful   13   ．But Buck’s face didn’t change．“Sure, he said    14   ．”Your daddy is    15   good for it．”He    16    to the other man．“This here is one of James Williams’s sons．”

   The farmer nodded in a neighborly    17  ,I was filled with pride．James Williams’s son．Those three words had opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust．

That day I discovered that the good name my parents had   18    brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors．Everyone knew what to   19    from a Williams; a decent person who kept his word and respected himself   20    much to do wrong．

1．A．something           B．nothing            C．a(chǎn)nything            D．everything

2．A．a(chǎn)nd                 B．so               C．but               D．for

3．A．prideful               B．wonderful         C．respectful          D．colorful

4．A．intention             B．shadow           C．habit               D．faith

5．A．thus               B．just                C．still               D．ever

6．A．guessed             B．suspected       C．questioned        D．figured

7．A．watched           B．caught          C．dismissed        D．a(chǎn)ccused

8．A．generous             B．honest          C．friendly          D．modest

9．A．blame               B．excuse          C．charge            D．trust

10．A．until               B．a(chǎn)s                C．once            D．since

11．A．purchases         B．sales              C．orders            D．favorites

12．A．casually            B．confidently       C．cheerfully          D．carefully

13．A．look              B．stare              C．response         D．comment

14．A．patiently          B．eagerly             C．easily             D．proudly

15．A．generally           B．never              C．sometimes         D．a(chǎn)lways

16．A．pointed           B．replied         C．turned           D．introduced

17．A．sense            B．way               C．degree           D．mood

18．A．earned           B．deserved          C．given            D．used

19．A．receive              B．expect            C．collect              D．require

20．A．very              B．so               C．how              D．too

Short and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team．“Football, tennis, cricket—anything with a round ball, I was useless．”he says now with a laugh．But back then he was the object of jokes in school gym classes in England’s rural Devonshire．It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him．At first the teen went biking alone in a nearby forest．Then he began to cycle along with a runner friend．Gradually, Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed, strength and endurance．At age 18, he ran his first marathon．

The following year, he met John Ridgway, who became famous in the 1960s for rowing an open boat across the Athantie Ocean．Saunders was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’s School of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about the older man’s cold-water exploits（成就）．Intrigued, Saunders read all he could about Arctic explorers and North Pole expeditions, then decided that this would be his future．

Journeys to the Pole aren’t the usual holidays for British country boys, and many people dismissed his dream as fantasy．“John Ridgway was one of the few who didn’t say,‘You’re completely crazy,”Saunders says．

In 2001, after becoming a skilled skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition toward the North Pole．He suffered frostbite, had a close encounter（遭遇）with a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit．

Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he’s skied more of the Arctic by himself than any other Briton．His old playmates would not believe the transformation．

This October, Saunders, 27, heads south to explore from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, an 1, 800-mile journey that has never been completed on skis．

1．The turning point in Saunders’life came when        ．

       A．he started to play ball games．

       B．he got a mountain bike at age 15

       C．he ran his first marathon at age 18

       D．he started to receive Ridgway’s training

2．We can learn from the text that Ridgway         ．

       A．dismissed Saunders’dream as fantasy

       B．built up his body together with Saunders

       C．hired Saunders for his cold-water experience

       D．won his fame for his voyage across the Atlantic

3．What do we know about Saunders?

       A．He once worked at a school in Scotland．

       B．He followed Ridgway to explore the North Pole．

       C．He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole．

       D．He was the first Briton to ski alone to the North Pole．

4．The underlined word “Intrigued”in the third paragraph probably means        ．

       A．Excited                                     B．Convinced

       C．Delighted                                    D．Fascinated

5．It can be inferred that Saunders’ journey to the North Pole        ．

       A．was accompanied by his old playmates

       B．set a record in the North Pole expedition

       C．was supported by other Arctic explorers

       D．made him well-known in the 1960s

November not only marks the publication of Toni Morrison’s eagerly anticipated（期待）eighth novel, Love, but it is also the tenth anniversary of her Nobel Prize for Literature, Morrison is the first black woman to receive a Nobel, and so honored before her in literature are only two black men:Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian playwright, poet and novelist, in 1986; and Derek Walcott, the Caribbean-born poet, in 1992．But Morrison is also the first and only American-born Nobel prizewinner for literature since 1962, the year novelist John Steinbeck received the award．

Like Song of Solomon, Love is a multigenerational story, revealing the personal and communal legacy（遺產(chǎn)）of an outstanding black family．As Morrison scholars will tell you．Love is the third volume of a literary master’s trilogy（三部曲）investigating the many complexities of love．This trilogy began with Beloved （1998）, which deals with a black mother’s love under slavery and in freedom．Jazz（1993）, the second volume, tells a story of romantic love in 1920s Harlem, This latest novel looks back from the 1970s to the 1940s and ‘50s．

The emotional center of Love is Bill Cosey, the former owner and host of the shabby Cosey’s Hotel and Resort in Silk, North Carolina, described in the novel as “the best and best-known vacation spot for colored folk on the East Coast．”We get to know Cosey through the mernories of five women who survive and love him: his granddaughter, his widow, two former employees, and a homeless young girl．

The latest novel, Love, had been described in the promotional material from her publisher as “Morrison’s most accessible work since Song of Solomon．”This comparison to her third novel, published in 1997, was an effective selling point．

1．What would be the best title for the text?

       A．Toni Morrison’s latest novels

       B．Toni Morrison and her trilogy

       C．Toni Morrison and her novel Love

       D．Toni Morrison, the Nobel prizewinner

2．What can we learn about John Steinbeck?

       A．He was a black writer．

       B．He was born in America．

       C．He received the Nobel Prize after Morrison．

       D．He was the first American novelist to win a Nobel．

3．The similarity between Love and Song of Solomon is that they both         ．

       A．belong to the same trilogy together with Beloved

       B．concern families of more than one generation

       C．deal with life of blacks under slavery

       D．investigate life in 1920s Harlem

4．The novel Love mainly describes          ．

       A．the best-known vacation spot for blacks

       B．the life of an outstanding black family under slavery

       C．the miserable experience of the five women in Harlem

    D．the memories of five women about Bill Cosey

FILM DESCRIPTIONS

Back to the Future

With the help of a local inventor’s time machine, Marty travels back to the 1950s．There his ‘80s hipness stands out, and he inadvertently interferes with the fledgling romance of his parents-to-be．Can Marty keep them together? He’d better, or his own future will fade away．Featuring: Christopher Lloyd, Michael J．Fox．A Universal Pictures release．I hr．55min．

Beethoven’s 2nd

In this sequel to the popular Beethoven, our canine hero falls for Missy, who soon has puppies．Missy’s greedy owner, Regina, who sees only money in the little purebreds, separates mom and pups from Beethoven．His owners rescue the puppies, but Regina still has Missy．Featuring: Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt．A Universal Pictures release, I hr．26 min．

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory．

Despite the popularity of his treats, candy maker Willy Wonka shuts himself inside his factory．But then Willy holds a contest, offering five lucky children the chance to see his company．Poor but pleasan’t Charlie Bucket finds a ticket, as do four less-deserving children．Featuring; Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore．A Warner Bros．release．I hr．56 min．

Cinderella Man

Based on actual events, this film follows the life of Jim Braddock, a boxer in New York city during the Great Depression．After a series of losses, Braddock is forced into retirement．But he never  gives up his boxing dream, and neither does his manager, Featuring: Russell Crowe．Renee Zellweger．A Universal Pictures release, 2 hr．14 min．

Liar Liar

Lawyer Fletcher Reede has never told the truth in his life．Then his son makes a birthday wish that his dad would stop lying for 24 hours．Suddenly, Fletcher’s mouth spouts everything he thinks．His compulsion brings disaster to the courtroom, where he must defend a client whose case was built on lies．Featuring: jim Carrey, Justin Cooper．A Universal Pictures release, I hr．25 min．

1．Which of the following is probably the name of a dog?

       A．Marty．           B．Missy．              C．Fletcher．           D．Charlie

2．Willy Wonka is         ．

       A．a(chǎn) boxer who suffers a series of losses

       B．a(chǎn) lawyer who has never told the truth

       C．a(chǎn) man who runs a chocolate factory

       D．a(chǎn) man who invents a time machine

3．Which film is about the life of a real person?

       A．Beethoven’s 2^nd                                   B．Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

       C．Cinderella Man                               D．Liar Liar