Alan Moorehead was born in ______.

Nellie Melba was Australia's "Queen of Opera".She was born in 1861 and her real name was Helen Porter Mitchell.She grew up in musical family.When she was 20 Helen Mitchell married the manager of a Queensland sugar farm. But she was not happy and the next year she went back to Melbourne to continue her music and singing lessons. She wanted to make a name for herself as an opera singer.

She stayed in Melbourne for four years then left for London. But no one seemed interested in this young un-known singer from Australia. She went to Paris to have lessons from a well-known teacher. In December the same year she gave a concert in which she used the name "Nellie Melba in honour of Melbourne her home city.

Nellie Melba was soon a star. She sang in London Europe Russia and America. She was paid well every time she sang. In 1902 she turned to Melbourne. The city was decorated (装饰) and thousands of people waited in the streets to wave and cheer as she drove by. From then on she divided her time between London and Australia. During World War I she sang in many concerts to raise money.

In 1918 Nellie Melba was made a Dame of the British Empire.

1.Nellie Melba's parents probably were ()

A.musicians

B.engineers

C.fanners

D.scientists

2.She went to London because she()

A.no one showed interest in her singing

B.she was not happy in Australia

C.she wanted to study music

D.she wanted to be a great singer

3.She became famous in her ()

A.thirties

B.twenties

C.fifties

D.forties

4.Which of the following is true?

A.She loved Melbourne but the people there didn't love her.

B.She didn't love Melbourne but the people there loved her.

C.She loved Melbourne and the people there loved her.

D.She didn't love Melbourne and the people there didn't love her.

5.What do you suppose "a Dame of the British Empire"?

A.A very beautiful woman.

B.A woman singer.

C.Queen of Opera.

D.A respected woman.

6.What does the author wants to tell us?

A.A Canadian girl tries record flying

B.A Canadian girl flew with her father

C.Two Youngest pilots

D.A Two-week flight

听力原文： Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in Bonn in 1770. Beethoven's first lessons for piano and violin were from his father. He also studied with Haydon. In 1792 Beethoven came to Vienna, where he decided to stay and try to make a career for himself. In summer months he liked to spend as much time as possible away from the bustle of Vienna. He enjoyed his stays in villages around the city. He liked the peaceful and simple life of the countryside. It was there that he composed both the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies.

Beethoven sympathized with republican ideas. He took great interest in the French Revolution and the birth of the French Republic. He admired its leader, Napoleon, and intended to dedicate his Third or Eroica Symphony to him. However when he was told that Napoleon had crowned himself emperor, the composer was disgusted and changed his mind.

As 1809 drew to its close, Beethoven produced several major works. In May 1809 Haydon died. There was no one to challenge Beethoven to be the musical king of Vienna. At the end of 1813, the Seventh Symphony was performed for the first time.

Beethoven's last years were marked by illness on the one hand and monumental masterpieces on the other. His deafness made it impossible to conduct his works or even perform. any more. Between 1819 and 1823 he composed his Ninth Symphony and some more piano sonatas. Those, together with the late string quartets, were the last works from this great man.

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A．In Bonn.

B．In Vienna.

C．In France..

D．In Haarlem.

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling.

In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon(外科医师), but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.

Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital , she also set up the first medical school for women.

(1) Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?

A.She couldn’t get admitted to medical school.

B.She decided to further her education in Paris.

C.A serious eye problem stopped her.

D.It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States.

(2) What main obstacle almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming for a doctor?

A.She was a woman.

B.She wrote too many letters.

C.She couldn’t graduate from medical school.

D.She couldn’t set up her hospital.

(3) How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?

A.Eight years B.Ten years

C.Nineteen years D.Thirty-six years

(4) According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell,

A.became the first woman physician.

B.was the first woman doctor.

C.and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children.

D.set up the first medical school for women.

(5) Elizabeth Blackwell spent most of her lift in_______.

A.England

B.Paris

C.the United States

D.New York City

David Beckham was born in 1975 in London, at a place called Leytonstone. When he was a young boy, his greatest fervency was in football. He played it whenever he had the chance. Sometimes he would go and watch a game with his friends. When David Beckham was 12 years old, he won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills award. This was an important step forward for this young boy, and it led him to go for a visit to a football training camp in Spain. As a boy he played for schools of Essex and also for his county team.

In 1991, he became a trainee with Manchester United. This meant that he could practice football as much as he wanted to and play for the highly successful Manchester United Youth Cup team and Under-21 team. In April, 1995 he played his first football league game against Leeds Untied. During 1995 and 1996, David became a regular member of the team and Manchester United won in both football seasons, with David scoring many goals.

His goals made him a household name. In the first game of the 1996～1997 season, he scored a surprising goal from beyond the halfway line; seeing the goalkeeper a little way out of his goal, Beckham became famous overnight. He continued to score astonishing goals, especially from free kicks. The speed of one of his shots was timed at 157 kph. He also had the ability to make the ball go from left to fight, or fight to left, whenever he chose. Goalkeepers were never sure where the ball was going, and it regularly ended up in the goal.

Which word can take the place of the underlined word "fervency" in paragraph 1 ?

A．success

B．interest

C．prize

D．skill

听力原文： Susan Anthony was born in Massachusetts in 1820 and died in Rochester, N.Y., in 1906. In the 1850s, she saw many problems in her country and wanted to do something about them. One d these problems was that women did not have the right to vote in the United States. Susan Anthony and many others felt that women and men should have equal rights. In 1869 she helped start the National Women's Association. This group worked hard to get women the right to vote in the United States.

In 1869, the state of Wyoming gave women the right to vote. Some other states also allowed women to vote. But Susan Anthony and the National American Women' s Association wanted all women to have the right to vote. They worked to add this to the Constitution of the United States. Finally, in 1920, fourteen years after Susan Anthony's death, an article was added to the Constitution. It gave all American women the right to vote.

Susan Anthony was born in Massachusetts in 1820 and died in Rochester, N.Y., in 1906. In the 1850s, she saw many problems in her country and wanted to do something about them. One d these problems was that women did not have the right to vote in the United States. Susan Anthony and many others felt that women and men should have equal rights. In 1869 she helped start the National Women's Association. This group worked hard to get women the right to vote in the United States.

In 1869, the state of Wyoming gave women the right to vote. Some other states also allowed women to vote. But Susan Anthony and the National American Women' s Association wanted all women to have the right to vote. They worked to add this to the Constitution of the United States. Finally, in 1920, fourteen years after Susan Anthony's death, an article was added to the Constitution. It gave all American women the right to vote.

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A．It had many problems.

B．It was the most democratic country in the world.

C．It was fair to women.

D．It had some minor problems to solve.

Maggie Walker was born in 1867 in Richmond, Virginia. Her mother was once a slave in a rich woman's house. When Maggie was very young, a thief killed her father. Her family was impoverished, so Maggie's mother started doing laundry in her home. Maggie had to help her. She washed clothes every day, but she continued to go to school. She was a very good student, especially in math.

After Maggie graduated from high school, she got a job as a teacher. In 1886, she married Armistead Walker. They had two sons and Maggie stayed home to care for them. She also volunteered to help a social organization called the Order of St. Luke. This organization helped African Americans take care of the sick and bury the dead. Maggie Walker loved the work of the organization. The organization believed that African Americans should take care of each other.

Over the years, Maggie Walker had more and more responsibilities with the organization. In 1895, she suggested that St. Luke begin a program for young people. This program became very popular with schoolchildren. In 1899, Walk became Grand Secretary Treasurer of the St. Luke organization. However, because she was a woman, she received less than half the salary of the man who had the job before her.

The Order of St. Luke had a lot of financial difficulties when Walker took over. It had a lot of unpaid bills and only $31.61 in the bank. But soon Maggie Walker changed all of that. Her idea was to get new members to join the Organization. In just a few years, it grew from 3,400 members to 50,000 members. The organization bought a $100,000 office building and increased its staff to 55. Now Walker was ready for her next big step.

1. Maggie's father died {A; B; C}.

A. when she finished high school

B. before she was born

C. when she was very young

2. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?{A; B; C}

A. Maggie had two children.

B. Maggie was once a slave.

C. Maggie was good at math.

3. Which of the following is TRUE?{A; B; C}

A. Maggie loved to help other African Americans.

B. Maggie was very popular with school teachers.

C. Maggie was the founder of the Order of St. Luke.

4. The word impoverished in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to {A; B; C}.

A. difficult

B. rich

C. poor

5. After Paragraph 4, the author will probably talk about Maggie's {A; B; C}.

A. education

B. next project

C. pay

听力原文： Poe was born in Boston in 1809. He attended the University of Virginia, where he was a distinguished student and developed his lifelong taste for liquor. Afterward, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and rose to the rank of sergeant major. He was expelled from West Point after a year, loosing his hopes of becoming a career officer.

Poe started publishing his poetry and stories in the early 1830s and pursued a career in journalism to ensure some sort of financial security. In 1843, he published several works, including "The Tell Tale Heart" and "The Gold Bug," which won a $100 prize in a contest sponsored by the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper. The story made Poe famous with the fiction--reading public His poem "The Raven," which appeared in the New York Evening Mirror in January 1845, was a critical and commercial success. Along with "To Helen" and "Annabel Lee," "The Raven" is considered one of Poe's finest poems. "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" are arguably two of his best short stories. But both Poe's and his wife Virginia's poor health kept the pair in financial and e motional distress. Poe died in 1849.

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A．In the early 1810s.

B．In the early 1820s.

C．In the early 1830s.

D．In the early 1840s.