Thomas Carlye came from an Irish peasant family.

A、T

B、F

A．motivation

B．point of view

C．characterization

D．background

Anne was sent to the asylum when______.

A．Mr. Thomas was killed falling under a train

B．her parents died of fever

C．Mrs. Spencer came to take her to Marilla's

D．Mr. Hammond died and Mrs Hammond went to the States

A．motivation

B．point of view

C．characterization

D．background

听力原文： Abraham Lincoln's father, Thomas Lincoln, was born in Virginia in 1778. In 1781 the family moved to Kentucky. He became a skilled carpenter, and he was never short of food. At one time he owned two farms. He always owned one or more horses.

On June 12, 1806, Thomas Lincoln married Nancy. She came from a very poor Virginia family. She had no education and signed her name with an X after their marriage. Thomas Lincoln earned his living as a carpenter and handyman. In 1807 a daughter, Sarah, was born. On February 12, 1809, in a log cabin that Thomas Lincoln had built, Abraham was born.

When Abraham Lincoln was two, the family moved to another farm. Life was lonely and hard. There was little time for play. Most of the day was spent hunting, farming, hashing, and doing farm duties. In 1816 the Lincolns decided to move to Indiana, where the land was surveyed and sold by the government.

In the winter of 1816 the Lincolns took their small property, settled in Indiana. Because it was winter, Thomas Lincoln immediately built a simple, three-sided shelter flat served as home until he could build a log cabin. A fire at the open end of the shelter kept the family warm. At this time southern Indiana was a heavily forested wilderness. Lincoln described it as a "wild region, with many bears end other wild animals in the woods."

Nancy died on October 5, 1818 because of some serious disease. The next year, Thomas Lincoln went to Kentucky, and married Sarah Bush Johnston, a widow with three children. Abe Lincoln was very much fond of his kind stepmother.

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A．On June 12, 1806.

B．On February 12, 1809.

C．In the winter of 1816.

D．In 1778.

听力原文： The world I entered at the age of eighteen was a very cheap world. Prices were stable. When I entered St. Thomas' Hospital I rent a set of rooms in Vincent Square for which I paid 18 shillings a week. My landlady provided me with a very good breakfast before I went to the hospital and a dinner when I came back at half past six. I only had to pay for the breakfasts and dinners twelve shillings a week. For four-pence I lunched at St. Thomas' on bread and butter and a glass of milk. I was able to live very well, pay my fees, buy my necessary instruments, clothe myself, and have a lot of fun on fourteen pounds a month. And I could always pawn my microscope for three pounds.

I spent five years at St. Thomas' Hospital. I was a bad student, for my heart, as you might have guessed, was not in it. I wanted, I had always wanted, to be a writer, and in the evenings, after my dinner, I wrote and read. Before long, I wrote a novel called "Liza of Lambeth", which I sent to a publisher and was accepted. It came out during my last year at the hospital and it was successful It was of course an accident, but I did not know that. I felt I could afford to give up medicine and make writing my profession; so, three days after I graduated from the school of medicine, I left for Spain to write another book. I did not realize, at that time, that I was taking a great risk.

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A．4.

B．8.

C．5

D．18

The world I entered at the age of eighteen when I became a medical student was a world that knew nothing of such advanced things as planes, films, radios or telephones. It was a very cheap world. Prices were stable. When I entered St. Thomas' hospital I rent a set of rooms in Vincent Square for which I paid 18 shillings a week. My landlady provided me with a very good breakfast before I went to the hospital and a dinner when I came back at half past six. I only had to pay for the breakfasts and dinners twelve shillings a week. For four-pence I lunched at St. Thomas' on bread and butter and a glass of milk. I could be able to live very well, pay my fees, buy my necessary instruments, clothe myself, and have a lot of fun on fourteen pounds a month. And I could always pawn (当掉) my microscope for three pounds.

I spent five years at St. Thomas' hospital. I was a bad student, for my heart, as you might have guessed, was not in it. I wanted, I had always wanted to be a writer, and in the evenings, after my dinner, I wrote and read. Before long, I wrote a novel called "Liza of Lambeth" , which I sent to a publisher and was accepted. It came out during my last year at the hospital and it was successful. It was of course an accident, but I didn't know that. I felt I could afford to give up medicine and make writing my profession; so, three days after I graduated from the school of medicine, I left for Spain to write another book. I did not realize, at that time, that I was taking a great risk.

The text is a talk given by the author when______.

A．he was 18

B．his first novel was published

C．he graduated from the school of medicine

D．he was at an advanced age

In the fall of 1924 Thomas Wolfe， fresh from his courses in play writing at Harvard joined the eight or

ten of us who were teaching English composition in New York University. I had never before seen a man

so tall as he， and so ugly. I pitied him and went out of my way to help him with his work and make him

feel at home.

His students soon let me know that he had no need of my protectiveness. They spoke of his ability to

explain a poem in such a manner as to have them shouting with laughter or struggling to keep back

their tears， of his readiness to quote in detail from any poet they could name.

Indeed， his students made so much of his power of observation that I decided to make a little test and

see for myself. My chance came one morning when the students were slowly gathering for nine o‘clock

classes.

Upon arriving at the university that day， I found Wolfe alone in the large room which served all the

English composition teachers as an office. He did not say anything when I asked him to come

with me out into the hall， and he only smiled when we reached a classroom door and I told him

to enter alone and look around.

He stepped in， remained no more than thirty seconds and then came out. “Tell me what you see.”

I said as I took his place in the room， leaving him in the hall with his back to the door. Without the

least hesitation and without a single error， he gave the number of seats in the room， pointed out

those which were taken by boys and those occupied by girls， named the colors each student was

wearing， pointed out the Latin verb written on the blackboard， spoke of the chalk marks which the

cleaner had failed to wash from the floor， and pictured in detail the view of Washington Square from

the window.

As I rejoined Wolfe， I was speechless with surprise. He， on the contrary， was wholly calm as he

said， “The worst thing about it is that I‘ll remember it all.”

What is the passage mainly discussing？

A. Thomas Wolfe‘s teaching work.

B. Thomas Wolfe‘s course in playwriting.

C. Thomas Wolfe‘s ability of explaining.

D. Thomas Wolfe‘s genius.

A.Poirtical ideas

B.Alot of documents

C.slaves and estate

D.Nothing

What does Doctor Thomas probably think about the cost of the new weight？

A．It is too high for such a light weight.

B．It is difficult to judge the value of such an object.

C．It is a small amount to pay for so much precious metal.

D．It is reasonable for an object with such an important function. Questions