"To me he is not dead at all. Hardly a day goes by that I don't think of him or speak of him. Once, just before he died, when he was sick with the flu, I took him a sack full of oranges. The joy I felt in giving that simple gift is never decreased by time. He said he like oranges, too."
What is the main topic of the passage?
A.Alice Walker's reflections on Langston Hughes
B.The influence of Alice Walker on the writing of Langston Hughes
C.Langston Hughes book about Alice Walker
D.A comparison of the children of Alice Walker and that of Langston Hughes
I would never have believed it was possible if I ______ it with my own eyes.
A. didn't see
B. don't see
C. won't see
D. hadn't seen
A.at every moment
B.for moment
C.for a moment
D.for the moment
A.Because she was not perfect
B.Because she didn’t reach her dream
C.Because she lived in the countryside
D.Because she believed her dream had come true
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A.It was predicted that I would be the Guest of Honour at the Show.
B.I had to wait for 20 years before I was invited to the Show.
C.I didn't expect that I would be the Guest of Honour at the Show.
D.I suspected that I would be given a leading role in the movie.
It can be inferred from the passage that Alice Walker was 22 years old when ______.
A.she moved to Jackson, Mississippi
B.she moved to New York
C.she first met Langston Hughes
D.Langston Hughes died
A.talking with his friends
B.reading his autobiography
C.studying his poetry
D.meeting him
In a telephone survey of more than 2,000 adults. 21% said they believed the sun revolved (旋转) around the earth. An【1】7% did not know which revolved around【2】. I have no doubt that; 【3】all of these people were 【4】in school that the earth revolves a-round the sun;【5】may even have written it【6】a test. But they never【7】their incorrect mental models of planetary (行星的) 【8】because their every day observations didn't support【9】their teachers told thern: People see the sun moving【10】the sky as morning turns to night, and the earth seems stationary (静止的)【11】that is happening.
Students can learn the right answers【12】heart in class, and yet never combined them【13】their working models of the world. The objectively correct answer the professor accepts and the 【14】personal understanding of the world can【15】side by side, each unaffected by the other.
Outside of class, the student continues to use the【16】models because it has always worked well【17】that circumstance. Unless professors address【18】errors in students' personal models of the world, students are not【19】to replace them with the【20】one.
(1)
A.excessive
B.extra
C.additional
D.added
My mother was quieter and talked less than my father did. She was also a much more patient person than my father. My father was more experienced in life. He was () to doing everything quickly. My mother, on the other hand, worked and spoke more slowly.
They were fond of nature and sports, such as walking, gardening and swimming. They were both () in reading and music, but my father preferred history books, while my mother liked to read romantic novels. In music, their types were similar, and they were never proud of listening to it. Most of the time they were in agreement on bringing () their children.They both believed in giving them love and neither one believed in punishing them physically. At times, their personalities were very much alike, but at other times, they seemed very (). Perhaps that is why none of their children knows which parent he looks or behaves like.
1.
A.however
B.interested
C.up
D.used
E.different
2.
A.however
B.interested
C.up
D.used
E.different
3.
A.however
B.interested
C.up
D.used
E.different
4.
A.however
B.interested
C.up
D.used
E.different
5.
A.however
B.interested
C.up
D.used
E.different