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回答题。

The Importance of Good Writing

Like fine food, good writing is something we approach with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last. 46 Quite the contrary, just as the cook has to undergo an intensive training, mastering the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at his desk and devote long hours to achieving a style. in his writing, whatever its purpose --school work, matters of business, or purely social communication. 47 There are still some remote places in the world where you might find someone to do your business or social writing for you, for a fee. There are a few mangers who are lucky enough to have the service of that rare kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letter writing with no more than a quick note to work from. 48 We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. We are constantly called on to put words to paper. It would be difficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters, and reports put to the mails or delivered by hand, but the daily figure must be enormous. 49 We want to arouse and hold the interest of readers. We want whatever we write to be read, from first word to last, not thrown into some "letters-to-be-read" file or into a wastepaper basket. 50

A. But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it ourselves.

B. However, the managers may sometimes cause the writers a lot of trouble.

C. Any good writers, like good cooks, do not suddenly appear full-blown ( 成熟的 ) .

D. What is more, everyone who writes expects, or at least hopes, that his writing will be read.

E. This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting, effective writing.

F. You may be sure that the greater the effort, the more effective the writing, and the more rewarding.

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B.B

C.C

D.D

E.E

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A.A case of murder.

B.A case of rape.

C.His father"s experience.

D.His life on the farm.

回答题。

John Grisham

John Grisham was born on February 2,1955, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, in the USA. His father was a construction worker and moved his family all around the southern states of America, stopping wherever he could find work. Eventually they settled in Mississippi. Graduating from law school in 1981, Grisham practiced law for nearly a decade in Southaven, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury litigation (诉讼 )。In 1983, he was elected to the state House of Representatives and served until 1990. One day at the Dessoto County courthouse, Grisham heard the horrifying testimony of a 12-year-old rape victim. He decided to write a novel exploring what would have happened if the girl&39;s father had murdered her attackers. He proceeded to get up every morning at 5 a.m. to work on the novel, called A Time to Kill, which was published in 1988.Grisham&39;s next novel, The Firnwas one of the biggest hits of 1991, spending 47 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Grisham was then able to give up law and concentrate on writing. Grisham lives with his wife and two children, dividing their time between their Victorian home on a 67-acre farm in Mississippi and a 204-acre plantation near Charlottesville, Virginia.

When he&39;s not writing, Grisham devotes time to charitable causes, including mission trips with his church group. As a child he dreamt of becoming a professional baseball player, and now serves as the local Little League commissioner. He has built six hall fields on his property and hosts children from 26 Little League teams.

John Grisham is __________at present. 查看材料

A.a writer

B.a lawyer

C.a professional baseball player

D.a congressman

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My Parents&39; Change

My surprise over the past few winters has been the personality transformation my parents go through around mid December as they change from Dad and Morn into Grandpa and Grandma. Yes, they become grandparents and are completely different from the people I know the other eleven and a half months of the year.

The first sign of my parents&39; change is the delight they take in visiting toy and children&39;s clothing stores. These two people, who usually dislike anything having to do with shopping malls, become crazy consumers. While they tell me to budget my money and shop wisely, they are buying up every doll and dump truck in sight.

And this is only the beginning of the holidays!

When my brother&39;s children arrive, Grandpa and Grandma come into full form. First they throw out all ideas about a balanced diet for the grandkids. While we were raised in a house where everyone had to take two bites of corn, beets ( 甜菜 ) , or liver ( foods that appeared quite often on our table despite constant complaining ) , the grandchildren never have to eat anything that does not appeal to them. Grandma carries chocolate in her pockets to bribe ( 贿赂 ) the littlest ones into following her around the house, while Grandpa offers "surprises" of candy and cake to them all day long. Boxes of chocolate-pie disappear while the whole-wheat bread gets hard and stale. The kids love all the sweets, and when the sugar raises their energy levels, Grandma and Grandpa can always decide to leave and do a bit more shopping or go to bed while my brother and sister-in-law try to deal with their highly active kids.

Once the grandchildren have arrived, Grandma and Grandpa also seem to forget all of the responsibility lectures I so often hear in my daily life. If Mickey screams at his sister during dinner, he is "developing his own personality" ; if Nancy breaks Grandma&39;s mirror, she is "just a curious child" . But, if I track mud into the

house while helping to unload groceries, I become "careless"; if I scold one of the grandkids for tearing pages out of my textbook, I am "impatient." If Paula talks back to her mother, Grandma and Grandpa smile at her spirit. If I say one word about all of this excessive love, Morn and Dad reappear to have a talk with me about petty jealousies.

As regards his parents‘ shopping for the grandchildren， the author__________ 查看材料

A.feels jealous

B.feels amazed

C.thinks it unnecessary

D.thinks it annoying

Andrea screamed because__________ 查看材料

A.she saw the hitchhiker come back

B.she realized she could have been killed

C.she was scared at seeing blood

D.she cut herself by the blade

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A.examine what was in it

B.find out where the passenger lived

C.use the passenger"s tools

D.find out who the passenger was

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A.she thought she had hit a child on the road

B.she skidded on some ice on the road

C.she wanted to trick the passenger into getting out

D.she couldn"t concentrate and nearly had a crash

回答题。

A Dangerous Hitchhiker

Andrea had never seen an old lady hitchhiking (搭车 ) before. However, the weather and the coming darkness made her feel sorry for the lady. The old lady had some difficulty climbing in through the car door, and pushed her big brown canvas shopping bag down onto the floor under her feet. She said to Andres, in a voice that was almost a whisper, "Thank you, dearie--I&39;m just going to Brockbourne."

Something in the way the lady spoke, and the way she never turned her head, made Andrea uneasy about this strange hitchhiker. She didn&39;t know why, but she felt instinctively that there was something wrong, something odd, something dangerous. But how could an old lady be dangerous ? It was absurd.

Careful not to turn her head, Andrea looked sideways at her passenger. She studied the hat, the dirty collar of the dress, the shapeless body, the arms with the thick black hairs.

Thick black hairs ?

Hairy arms ? Andres&39;s blood froze.

This wasn&39;t a woman. It was a man.

At first, she didn&39;t know what to do. Then suddenly, an idea came into her racing, terrified brain. Swinging the wheel suddenly, she threw the car into a skid (刹车) , and brought it to a halt.

"My God!" she shouted, "A child! Did you see the child ? ! think I hit her!"

The "old lady" was clearly shaken by the sudden skid, "I didn&39;t see anything, dearie, " she said. "I don&39;t think you hit anything."

"I&39;m sure it was a child!" insisted Andrea. "Could you just get out and have a look ? Just see if there&39;s anything on the road ? " She held her breath. Would her plan work ?

It did. The passenger slowly climbed out to investigate. As soon as she was out of the vehicle, Andrea gunned the engine and accelerated madly away, and soon she had put a good three miles between herself and the awful hitchhiker.

It was only then that she thought about the bag lying on the floor in front of her. Maybe the bag would provide some information about the real identity about the man. Pulling into the side of the road, Andrea opened the heavy bag curiously.

It contained only one item--a small hand axe, with a razor---sharp blade. The axe and the inside of the bag were covered with the dark red stains of dried blood.

Andrea began to scream.

Andrea allowed the hitchhiker to take a ride in her car mainly because__________ 查看材料

A.the hitchhiker was an old woman

B.she was curious about the old lady

C.the lady had a heavy bag

D.she knew the old lady