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1、Unit 1Task 1:【答案】A.EventYearKenny G was born.1956He toured Europe with his HighSchool band.1971He made his first solo album.1982He won released his most successful albun.1993He won the Best Artist Award.1994He broke the world record for playing a1997single note.I)F2)F3)T【原文】Saxophonist Kenny G is no
2、w the worlds most successful jazz musician. He was born in 1956 as Kenny Gorelick in Seattle, USA, and he learned to play the saxophone at an early age. When he was just 15 years old, he toured Europe with his High School band. After studying at Washington University he started his career as a music
3、ian. In 1982 he signed for Arista Records and made his first solo album Kenny G.Success came slowly at first, but during the 1990s Kenny became well-known on the international scene. He released Breathless, his most successful album so far in 1993, and in 1994 won the Best Artist Award at the 21 st
4、American Music Awards held in Los Angeles.As well as making records, he also found time to play in front of another famous saxophone player-US President Bill Clintonat the Gala for the President*1 concert in Washington, and to break the world record fbr playing a single note (45 minutes and 47 secon
5、ds!) at the J & R Music World Store in New York in 1997.During the last 20 years, Kenny G has played with superstars like Aretha Franklin, Michael Bolton and Whitney Houston, and he has sold more than 36 million albums worldwide. and he hasnt sung a note!Task 2:【答案】De2)d3)c【原文】Senn: Everybody always
6、 has this misconception that female policemen dont do the same thing as men do, you know. Ive worked.Interviewer: Thats not true?Senn: That is not true! Ive worked niy share of graveyard shifts, and, you know, split【答案】A. She was born in New York City in 1884.1) After she finished school, Eleanor be
7、gan teaching children to read in one of (he poorest areas of New York City. She investigated factories where workers were said to be badly treated. She became involved with other women who shared the same ideas about improving social conditions.2) She decided she would no longer play the part of a p
8、oliticians wife. Instead, she began to build a life with interests of her own.3) Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in 1932. His new economic program was called the New Deal.4) She was different from the wives of earlier presidents in that she was the first to become active in political and so
9、cial issues.5) She publicly resigned her membership to protest the action of the group.6) She spent the last years of her life visiting foreign couniries. She became Americas unofficial ambassador. She called on Americans to help the people in developing countries.B. DF2)T3)T【原文】Eleanor Roosevelt wa
10、s the wife of Americas thirty-second president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She helped her husband in many ways during his long political life. She also became one of the most influential people in America. She fought for equal rights for all people - workers, women, poor people, black people. And sh
11、e sought peace among nations.Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City in eighteen eighty-four. Eleanors family had great wealth and influence. When she was eight years old, her mother died. Two years later, her father died. It was Eleanors grandmother who raised the Roosevelt children.After
12、she finished school, Eleanor began teaching children to read in one of the poorest areas of New York City, called Hells Kitchen. She investigated factories where workers were said to be badly treated. She saw little children of four and five years old working until they dropped to the floor. She bec
13、ame involved with other women who shared the same ideas about improving social conditions.Franklin Roosevelt began visiting Eleanor. Franklin belonged to another part of the Roosevelt family. Franklin and Eleanor were married in nineteen-oh-five. In the next eleven years, they had six children.Frank
14、lin Roosevelt began his life in politics in New York. He was elected to be a state legislator. Later, President Woodrow Wilson appointed him to be assistant secretary of the Navy. The Roosevelts moved to Washington in nineteen thirteen. It was there, after thirteen years of marriage, that Eleanor Ro
15、osevelt went through one of the hardest periods of her life. Shewho disturbed his bones would be cursed. Bu( nearby in the church theres his statue: that of a man with a little pointed beard and neat moustache, holding a quill pen. He doesnt look (hat exceptional. But Shakespeare is the greatest wri
16、ter in the English language; and many great poets, novelists and playwrights in the West stand in his shadow.Task 3:【答案】A.1)F2)F3)T4)T5)T6)TB.1) a hole under a hedgeinto a long passage2) in a long hall of many doors, all lockedthrough a deep wood3) to a little white housebeside a mushroom to rest【原文
17、】Alices Adventure in WonderlandAlice sat nodding sleepily on a mossy bank beside her big sister, who was reading.Presently a pink-eyed white Rabbit ran by, looking at its watch and crying, Oh dear-1 shall be late!” Alice bounded after the Rabbit, across a field and into a hole under a hedge. After r
18、unning through the hole a distance she suddenly stepped off into space and began to fall. She fell slowly, and it was a very pleasant sensation. Alice was wondering whether she would stop at the earths center when, bump!-she landed on a heap of leaves, unhurt.The Rabbit was scampering down the passa
19、ge. Springing to her feet, she pursued, but it disappeared around the next corner and Alice found herself in a long hall of many doors, all locked. On a table was a golden key which fitted the smallest door, only fifteen inches high. Unlocking this, she bc-hcld a beautiful flower-garden, but could n
20、ot squeeze through the door.Beneath the table in a glass dish she found a cookie on which were the words, Eat Me. She ate this and soon grew nine feet tall. Presently the Rabbit entered and, seeing Alice, fled in dismay, dropping his gloves and fan. Alice picked ihem up and began to fan herself. Soo
21、n she was only two feet high and dropped the fan in a fright. Thereupon she stopped growing smaller and knew it was a magic fan.Hearing footfalls, she turned to see the Rabbit standing near. It was nearly as tall as she and seemed very angry. You go to my house and bring me a pair of gloves and a fa
22、n! commanded the Rabbit, stemly. Alice, badly frightened, started to obey. Strangely enough, the hall vanished and she found hcr-self running through a deep wood. Soon she came to a little white house. The door-plate said W. Rabbit. Entering, she hurried up-stairs to the Rabbits bedroom and found, n
23、ot gloves and a fan, but a bottle on the bureau. It was not labeled, but Alice drank the contents. She grew so rapidly that the room was hardly big enough to contain her, although she was lying on the floor with her head drawn up to her chin.While in this predicament some one threw a handful of pebb
24、les through the window into the room. These turned into bits of candy. Alice ate several of (hem and soon shrank until she could escape from the house. Running into the wood, she sat down beside a mushroom to rest.What can I do for you? asked a voice. Alice looked up, and on top of the mushroom sat
25、a blue Caterpillar, smoking a pipe.Oh, please, sir, replied Alice, make me larger!Thats easy, said the Caterpillar; one side of (his mushroom will make you taller, and (he other side shorter.Before Alice could ask more the Caterpillar disappeared.Alice broke off a piece from each side of the mushroo
26、m. After eating a bit of one she grew so short her chin struck her foot. Hastily eating some of the other, she grew so tall her head was among the tree-tops. Oh dear, shall I never be my regular size again! she cried, nibbling from the first piece and shrinking down to only nine inches.In despair sh
27、e started to walk through the wood, and soon came to a little house about four feet high. Without knocking, Alice walked into the kitchen. The Duchess sat rocking a little pig in her lap, the Cook was sprinkling quantities of pepper into a kettle of soup, and a Cheshire Cat on the hearth grinned fro
28、m car to car at her. All three sneezed violently from time to time.Please go away-I dont like your grin, said Alice to the Cat.All right, replied the Cat, and vanished, beginning with the tail and ending with the grin-but the grin remained after the rest had disappeared.Task 4:【答案】A.1) escape f rom
29、the horrid grin of the Cheshire Catdid not fancy white roses2) Alice played croquetlive hedgehogs, the arches3) stealing some tartsto have a sentence before a verdictB.1) People: The King and Oueen of HeartsThe gardeners who were painting the white roses red Soldiers wilh clubsCourtiers bedecked wit
30、h diamondsThe royal children ornamented with heartsThe Royal Executioner2) Animals and birds: The Cheshire Cal who grinned from car lo carThe White RabbitThe flamingoThe hedqeh(心c.1) She realized (hat her wonderful journey had been only a wonderful dream.2) She is a nice, kind-hearted, honest, and a
31、dventurous girl.【原文】To escape from this horrid grin Alice ran out of the house and into the wood, closely pursued by the grin. Seeing a little door open leading into a big tree, Alice slipped through and slammed the door behind her, shutting out the grin.Turning about, she al last found herself in t
32、he beautiful garden. Standing about a rose-tree near the entrance were three gardeners painting the white roses red. Why are you doing that? asked Alice.Because, replied one, the Queen does not fancy white roses.Hush!” said another; here comes the Queen now!”Alice turned eagerly lo behold the royal
33、procession. There were soldiers with clubs, courtiers bedecked with diamonds, and the royal children were ornamented with hearts, while in and out among them hopped the White Rabbit. Last of all came the King and Queen of Hearts.When the Queen came to Alice she stopped and asked, My child, do you pl
34、ay croquet?Y - y - y - yes, stammered Alice, much confused.Then here is your mallet, replied the Queen, handing Alice a live flamingo. Then the game began, and such a crazy game of croquet Alice had never seen.The croquet balls were live hedgehogs and the soldiers bent over to make the arches. Besid
35、es, the ground was full of hummocks and ridges. All played at once. When Alice would get ready to hit her ball with the flamingos head, either (he hedgehog would walk off, or the soldier making the arch would stand up to rest his back.How do you like the game?1 asked a voice. Looking up, Alice behel
36、d the grin of (he Cheshire Cat. Before she could answer the Cats head appeared, but no more of it.I dont like it at all, replied Alice, drop-ping her mallet, which at once flew off. The Cat turned to look at the King, who did no( like being grinned at, and complained to (he Queen, who ordered the Ca
37、t beheaded on the spot.That is all very well, said the King, but I should like to know how it is possible to behead a cat which has no body? While they were arguing the Cheshire Cat vanished, head, grin, and all.Alice went to look for her flamingo, but could not find it. When she returned, all the p
38、layers had gone to the Palace. Alice followed and, entering, found a trial in progress. The King and Queen sat on their throne hearing the evidence. The Knave of Hearts was being tried for stealing some tarts the Queen had made. Several witnesses testified, but (hey talked of everything else except
39、the stolen tarts.What a silly trial ! thought Alice, nibbling absent-mindedly at a piece of mush-room she had left. Almost before she knew it she grew so tall her head bumped against the ceiling.Call the next witness! commanded the King.ALICE! cried the White Rabbit.But I dont know anything about th
40、e stolen tarts, protested Alice.Thats very important, remarked the King.Its against the rules for a witness over a mile high to testify, said the Queen.Leave this court at once! ordered the King, addressing Alice.I shant leave until I hear the verdict, retorted Alice.In that case, said the King, let
41、 the jury consider the verdict/Sentence first and verdict afterward, objected the Queen.How absurd to have a sentence before a verdict!* said Alice, scornfully.Off with that girls head! shouted the Queen, pointing at Alice.Will you please stoop down so I can carry out the Queens orders? asked the Ro
42、yal Executioner, politely.No, I wont! cried Alice; you are all nothing but a naughty pack of cards, anyhow, and I am not afraid of you!Thereupon the whole pack rose up into the air and flew straight into Alices face.Come, Alice dear, wake up, said her big sister, shaking her gently; youve been sleep
43、ing nearly an hour and its time to go home.Then little Alice knew that her wonderful journey had been only a wonderful drcam.Task 5:【答案】A.l)b2) a3)c4)c5) a 6)b B.1) President John Kennedy.2) He wrote mainly pastoral poems.3) It is located in the northeastern United States.4) In England.5) It is call
44、ed A Boys Will.C.l)d2) a3)d4)b5)cd【原文】In 1961, John Kennedy was sworn in as president of the United States. He asked one of Americas best-known writers to read a poem on the Presidents inauguration. Robert Frost stood in the cold sunlight that day, his white hair blowing in the wind. He read the lin
45、es from his poem, The Girl Outright.Robert Frost was one of Americas leading 20th-century poets and a four-time winner of thePulitzer Prize. An essentially pastoral poet often associated with the land of cold winters in the north-eastern United States, the area called New England, Frost wrote poems
46、whose philosophical dimensions transcend any region. Although his verse forms are traditionalhe often said that he would as soon play tennis without a net as write free versehe was a pioneer in the interplay of rhythm and meter and in the poetic use of the vocabulary and inflections of everyday spee
47、ch. His poetry is thus both traditional and experimental, regional and universal.Frost was born in San Francisco, California. After his fathers death in 1885, when young Frost was 11, the family left California and settled in Massachusetts. Frost attended high school in that state, entered Dartmouth
48、 College, but remained less than one semester. Returning to Massachusetts, he taught school and worked in a mill and as a newspaper reporter. In 1894 he sold his poem My Butterfly to The Independent, a New York literary journal. From 1897 to 1899, he attended Harvard University as a special student but left without a degree. Over the next 10 years he wrote (but rarely published) poems, operated a farm in Derry, New Hampshire and supplemented his income by teaching at Denys Pinkerton Academy.In 1912, at the age of 38,