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   The writer Margaret Mitchell, who wrote under the name Peggy Mitchell is best known for writing Gone with the Wind, first published in 1936.Her book and the movie based on it, tell a story of love and survival during the American Civil War. Visitors to the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta, Georgia, can go where she lived when she started writing the story and learn more about her life.

Our first stop at the Margaret Mitchell House is an exhibit area telling about the writer's life. She was born in Atlanta in 1900.She started writing stories when she was a child. She once worked as a reporter for The Atlanta Journal newspaper. One photograph of Ms. Mitchell shows her talking to a group of young college boys. She was only about one and a half meters tall. The young men towered over her, but she seemed very happy and sure of herself. The tour guide explains, "Now in this picture Peggy is interviewing some boys from Georgia Tech, asking them such questions as 'Would you really marry a woman who works?' And today it'd be ‘Would you marry one who doesn't work?’"

The Margaret Mitchell House is a building that once contained several apartments. Now we enter the first floor apartment where Ms. Mitchell lived with her husband, John Marsh. They made fun of the small apartment by calling it "The Dump".

Around 1926, Margaret Mitchell stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury. Her husband brought her books to read from the library. She read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book. Our guide says Gone with the Wind became a huge success. Margaret Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the book. In 1939 the film version was released. It won ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

【小题1】The book Gone with the Wind was ________.
A.first published in a newspaper
B.awarded ten Academy Awards
C.written in "The Dump"
D.adapted from a movie
【小题2】Which of the following can replace "towered over" underlined in Paragraph 2?
A.Were very pleased with.
B.Showed great respect for.
C.Were much taller than.
D.Showed little interest in.
【小题3】Why did Ms. Mitchell stop working as a reporter according to the passage?
A.Because she got an award for her book.
B.Because she was injured then.
C.Because her husband didn't like it.
D.Because she wanted to write books.
【小题4】Which is the best title for the passage?
A.Gone with the Wind: A Huge Success
B.Margaret Mitchell: A Great Female Writer
C.An Introduction of the Margaret Mitchell House
D.A Trip to Know Margaret Mitchell
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   Iggy Azalea doesn't look like a rapper(说唱乐歌手).On May 17, she attended the 2015 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, US, with pink hair and a blue coat. She looked like a model, but won big as a rapper. The Australian beat out big names like Nicki Minaj and Drake to win the award for Top Rap Artist.

It's a great achievement in many people's eyes, but Azalea knew what she wanted from the beginning. At 15 she dropped out of high school because she was only interested in art classes. She worked as a house cleaner to save money for her dream the following year. Before her 16th birthday, Azalea left her home, a tiny town in Australia, for the US, making up her mind to become a rapper. Moving from Miami to Houston to Atlanta, she started rapping in the Southern-style accent of her surroundings and her single Ignorant Art came out in 2011.From then on, she never looked back.

However, her style has caused lots of discussions. She might be one of the most polarizing artists. She raps with a southern American accent, even though she speaks with an Australian one. Many people say that she overuses black culture in her music.

Her supporters are against it. Female American rapper MC Lyte defended(为……辩护)Azalea in an interview, saying she should not be judged because of where she's from. "Hip hop is universal(全世界的), and has no color line, "MC Lyte said. Azalea herself is proud of her music. "I really want to be focused on what I'm doing, "she said in an interview." That's really dangerous when you're trying to figure out ways to entertain people and make them happy. I don't want to be a part of that."

【小题1】After leaving for America, Azalea ________.
A.went to an art school for her dream
B.worked as a cleaner in the first year
C.never returned to her hometown in Australia
D.developed her Southern-style accent rap
【小题2】Azalea's music style is questioned because ________.
A.she sings with an Australian accent
B.she looks like a model herself
C.people think her music has too much black style
D.people don't accept singers from Southern America
【小题3】By saying "I don't want to be a part of that" Azalea means that ________.
A.she's unwilling to become popular
B.her music is for entertainment
C.she refuses to learn from other rappers
D.her music is not affected by others' taste
【小题4】Which of the following can best describe Iggy Azalea?
A.Kind and easy-going.
B.Determined and confident.
C.Honest and serious.
D.Talented and friendly.

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Steve Jobs knew from an early age that he was adopted (收养). “My parents were very open with me about that,” he recalled. He had a clear memory of sitting in the yard of his house, when he was six or seven years old, telling the girl who lived across the street. “Does that mean your real parents didn’t want you?” the girl asked. “My whole world was falling apart,” according to Jobs. “I remember running into the house, crying. And my parents said, ‘No, you have to understand.’ They were very serious and looked me straight in the eyes. They said, ‘We specially picked you out.’ Both of my parents said that and repeated it slowly for me. And they stressed every word in that sentence.”
Abandoned (被抛弃). Chosen. Special. These words became part of who Jobs was and how he thought of himself. His closest friends think that the knowledge that he was given up at birth left some scars (伤疤). “He wants to control everything because of his personality and the fact that he was abandoned at birth,” said one longtime colleague (同事), Del Yocam.“He wants to control his environment, and he sees his product as a part of himself.” Greg Calhoun, who became close to Jobs right after college, saw another effect. “Steve talked to me a lot about being abandoned,” he said. “It caused great pains and made him independent. He was different from others because he was born into a different world.”
Later in life, Jobs became a father and abandoned one of his children. Andy Hertzfeld, who worked with Jobs at Apple in the early 1980s, is among the few who remained close to Jobs. “To understand Jobs, you have to know the reason why he can’t control himself and is sometimes cruel and harmful to others,” he said. “That goes back to being abandoned at birth. The real problem was the theme of abandonment in Steve’s life.”
【小题1】Which of the following is true about Jobs’ childhood?
A.He left his parents at the age of six or seven.
B.He was shocked knowing he was abandoned.
C.He couldn’t remember how he was abandoned.
D.His parents chose him because his family was poor.
【小题2】What did Del Yocam think of Jobs?
A.He hated to be born with scars.
B.He liked to get things under control.
C.He enjoyed good working environment.
D.He wanted to influence everyone.
【小题3】What does the underlined word “it” in the second paragraph refer to?
A.The fact that Jobs was abandoned.
B.Jobs’ pain from the abandonment.
C.Jobs’ talk with Greg Calhoun.
D.The world where Jobs lived.
【小题4】What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A.Jobs didn’t bring up any children.
B.Jobs had a lot of close friends.
C.Abandonment influenced Jobs.
D.Nobody likes Jobs’ character.
【小题5】What is the best title for this text?
A.Steve JobsB.Jobs’ Childhood
C.The AbandonmentD.A Terrible Memory

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   George Orwell is one of the UK’s best-known 20th century authors but he’s also claimed by Motihari, a town in north-eastern India, where Orwell spent the first year of his life, before he and his mother moved to Henley, England.

More than a century after the Orwells left, the shabby bungalow (平房) is being turned into a museum. The four families who have been living here are in the process of moving out. Among them is Aditya Abhishek. “That’s something I share with George Orwell,” he tells me. “We were both born in the same house, but he became famous, and I didn’t.” He is sad to say, “I have so many memories associated with this bungalow.”

As very few people here understand English, it’s perhaps no surprise that few know much about George Orwell. Motihari has no bookshop selling anything other than school and college textbooks. You cannot easily lay your hands on any of Orwell’s books here.

“Today, scholars have to travel to London for research on Orwell, but once the museum is developed, they can carry out their research at his birthplace,” says cloth merchant Debripya Mukherjee.

He and his friends are in touch with Orwell’s son, Richard Blair, who may help them get copies of the collection of original manuscripts (手稿), pictures and so on held by the George Orwell Archive at University College London (UCL) . The local government is planning to spend $ 150,000 on the project. “We’re fortunate that a writer like George Orwell was born here,” says Mukherjee. “So, it’s our duty to preserve this bungalow and make it presentable.”

【小题1】Where did George Orwell live in India?
A.Beside a museum.B.In a town’s bungalow.
C.In a bookshop.D.Close to Henley.
【小题2】What can we infer about Aditya Abhishek?
A.He has refused to leave the bungalow.
B.He has deep feelings of the bungalow.
C.He hasn’t got used to the life without George Orwell.
D.He has become famous because of his association with George Orwell.
【小题3】The underlined phrase “lay your hands on” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________”.
A.publishB.share
C.receiveD.obtain
【小题4】According to the text, the museum ________.
A.has a hopeful future
B.is cooperating with UCL
C.is founded by Debripya Mukherjee
D.gets limited support from the local government