《He-left-school-and-began-work-at-the-age-of-twelve》同步练习3-1.doc

《He left school and began work at the age of twelve》同步练习
Ⅰ. 单项选择。
1. — ______ you ______ television?
—No, I didn’t.
A. Did; look B. Did; watch C. Do; look D. Do; watch
2. The Spring Festival ______ in January or February.
A. was B. are C. were D. is
3. —Do you like playing chess?
—Yes, and I like playing computer games ______.
A. just B. also C. either D. as well
4. If you want, you can ______ how he studied so well.
A. look for B. find out C. look out D. find for
5. Can you tell me ______?
A. where he was born B. where was he born
C. where he born was D. where was born he
6. William Shakespeare liked ______ plays at school.
A. looking B. watching C. looking at D. seeing
7. —What ______ your sister ______ in 2008?
—She wrote a book ______ Hero.
A. did; write; call B. do; write; called
C. did; write; called D. do write; call
8. His father ______ when he was five years old.
A. dies B. die C. to die D. died
9. —When did he finish ______ the book?
—Last week.
A. read B. to read C. reading D. reads
10. I want to ______ the music club. What about you?
A. be B. join C. take D. have
Ⅱ. 完形填空。
O·Henry was a pen name used by an American 1 of short stories. His 2 name was William Sydney Porter. He was 3 in North Carolina in 1862. 4 a young boy, he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he tried to teach 5 everything he needed to know.
When he was about 20 years old, O·Henry went to Texas. There he tried different 6 . He first worked on newspaper, and then had a job in a 7 .When some money went missing from the bank, O·Henry was believed to have stolen(偷) it. Because of that, he was 8 to prison(监狱). 9 the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories.
People liked his stories, because they were 10 to understand and they would finish with a sudden change in the end, to the readers’ surprise.
1. A. clerk B. teacher C. writer D. doctor
2. A. pen B. old C. first D. real
3. A. bore B. born C. bored D. boring
4. A. To B. For C. As D. Because
5. A. myself B. himself C. yourself D. itself
6. A. food B. clothes C. work D. jobs
7. A. newspaper B. hospital C. school D. bank
8. A. send B. sent C. sending D. to send
9. A. On B. For C. In D. During
10. A. hard B. difficult C. easy D. creative
Ⅲ. 阅读理解。
Grace Murray was born on December 9, 1906 in New York City. In 1928 she finished her education in Vassar College in maths and physics. Since then, she had been teaching at Vassar and continued her studies at Yale University, where she achieved a lot in maths in 1934.
In 1930, Grace Murray married Vincent Foster Hopper. They were happy together for 15 years. She taught at Vassar until 1943, when she joined the United States Navy (海军) to help her country during World War II. Then she was given a job at the Bureau of Computation Project at Harvard University, where she worked on the Mark Series of computers.
In 1945, she began to do research in applied (应用) physics at Harvard’s Computation Laboratory. In 1949 she joined the Eckert—Mauchly Computer Corporation and worked with them. 18 years later, she returned to the Navy. She retired in 1971 but continued teaching for the computer development. Brewster Academy, a school in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, the United States, gave their computer lab to her for free in 1985, calling it the Grace Murray Hopper Centre for Computer Learning. She had spent her childhood summer at a local family in Wolfeboro. She passed away in her sleep in 1992. Since her death, her workmate Elenor Briggs has been going on with her jobs.
Grace Murray was a great woman and a leader in the computer development. Her work helped improve the use of computer languages. She practiced her words “Dare and Do” in her life time.
1. How many years did Grace Murray teach at Vassar?
A. About 2. B. About 6. C. About 15. D. About 18.
2. Before she joined the United States Navy, what did Grace Murray do at Yale University?
A. Studied maths.
B. Researched applied physics.
C. Developed computer languages.
D. Worked on the Mark Series of computers.
3. Why did the school in Wolfeboro give their computer lab to Grace Murray for free?
A. Because the lab was built with her help.
B. Because she once spent some time there.
C. Because Wolfeboro is her home town.
D. Because she once taught there.
4. The underlined part “passed away” in Paragraph 3 means _ ___.
A. worked B. died C. waited D. dreamed
5. The text is mainly developed by __ __.
A. space order B. giving examples
C. showing different jobs D. time order
Ⅳ. 任务型阅读。
Mo Yan, 2012’s winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in the small town of Gaomi in Shandong Province. His parents were farmers. And as a young boy, Mo took care of the family’s goats. Each day he took the goats outside and watched over them when they ate grasses.
It was a lonely job, but Mo was a smart boy. He enjoyed the green, open land of Shandong. He enjoyed looking up at the blue sky and the white clouds. To pass the time, he talked to the goats. He told them his thoughts and some stories. It was the beginning of his life as a storyteller.
During the Cultural Revolution(文化大革命), Mo had to leave school and work for a company. This was difficult for Mo, because he loved books and he loved reading. Luckily, he found a friend who would lend him books. Later, Mo became a soldier and to continue his education. In the end, he graduated from Beijing Normal University(北师大). This is where he began to write.
Although Mo had left Gaomi, Gaomi never left him. Many of his books talk about rural life and the people of Gaomi. For Mo, all of man nature can be seen in the village life of Gaomi. Mo is famous now, but he remains a true son of soil(土地).
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正（T）误（F）。
1. Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012.
2. As a young, boy Mo Yan took care of his family’s goats and he hated the job.
3. Mo Yan continued studying in a middle school during the Cultural Revolution.
4. Mo Yan graduated from Beijing Normal University and this is where he began to write.
5. Gaomi never left Mo Yan because many of his books talk about rural life and the people of Gaomi.

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