he said, “You are 37 going to be anything but a failure.”
After five years of 38 jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class
girl. It was the best 39 that could have happened to me. I decided to do
something positive with my life because I wanted to prove to her what people
said about me was 40, especially her mother, who had said to me, “You have
failed at everything you have ever done.” So I tried hard with my 41 and went
to college, my first novel 42 while I was at college.
After college I taught during the 43 in high schools and attended evening
classes at London University, where I got a 44 in history. I became a lecturer
at a college and was t hinking of giving up that job to write full time when I
was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of
myself--it was a working-class boy who had left school early, now teaching at
the university.
My writing career(生涯) 45 when I realized my own style. Now I am rich and
famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. But what does it mean? I
just wish all the people that have put me down had said, “I believe in you. You
will succeed.”
36. A. bright B. useful C. simple D. hopeful
37. A. never B. sometimes C. often D. seldom
38. A. low B. poor C. good D. useful
39. A. support B. happiness C. surprise D. thing
40. A. wrong B. right C. stupid D. foolish
41. A. experiment B. experience C. writing D. practice
42. A. came on B. came in C. came back D. came out
43. A. day B. night C. month D. year
44. A. graduation B. pass C. degree D. success
45. A. took off B. put off C. gave off D. got off
第三部分: 阅读理解
Ⅳ.阅读理解(共20小题,每题2分,满分40分)
阅读下面四篇材料,根据其内容,选择正确答案或完成阅读任务。
A
All I Want for Christmas Is You
By Mariah Carey; illustrated by Colleen Madden
Age: for 3-7 years
Price: $17.99
On sale: Dec. 10, 2015
Pages: 32
Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You, one of the best-selling and
most famous songs of all time, brings Christmas joy to many listeners of all
ages every year. And now its beautiful lyrics will bring the same holiday
spirit to readers of all ages in this one-of-a-kind picture book about a young
girl whose greatest Christmas wish is for a new little dog!
A Bear’s Year
By Kathy Duval; illustrated by Gerry Turley
Age: for 4-8 years
Price: $18.99
On Sale: Nov. 27,2015
Page: 40
In this book, readers will fo llow a mother bear and her kids through the
course of a year. Deep in her den under the heavy snow, Mama and her newborn
babies sleep soundly. When spring arrives, the bears wake up, and summer
comes, Mama teaches her young ones to fish. Then, in fall, the leaves turn
gold, food grows less and less, and the family prepares for hibernation and
the coming winter.
The Only Child
By Guojing
Age: for 5-9 years
Price: $22.99
On sale: Dec. 1, 2015
Pages: 112
A little girl--lost and alone – follows a stag deep into the woods, and like
Alice, down the rabbit hole, she finds herself in a strange world. And home
and family are very far away. How will she get back there?
46. Who wrote A Bear’s Year?
A. Mariah Carey B. Colleen Madden C. Kathy Duval D. Gerry Tu rley
47. It’s Dec.8th. Mr. Black wanted to give his little daughter a book as
Christmas present, and he’d better buy______.
A. All I Want for Christmas Is You B. A Bear’s Year
C. The Only Child D. The Perfect Dog
48. What does the underlined word “hibernation” mean?
A.迁徙 B.冬眠 C.运动 D.物品
49. The Only Child is mainly about_______.