
The writer spent a lot of money on stamp-collecting.A.Right.B.Wrong.C.Doesn't say.
The writer spent a lot of money on stamp-collecting.
A.Right.
B.Wrong.
C.Doesn't say.

The writer spent a lot of money on stamp-collecting.
A.Right.
B.Wrong.
C.Doesn't say.
After the writer had arrived in India______.
A.he spent a year writing about the place he lived in
B.he took quite a long time finding a suitable place to live
C.he spent years looking for a certain village
D.he lived in a Himalayan community for many months
What must have happened to the writer in the end?
A.He must have spent a long time at the customs and must have been let go without any punishment.
B.He must have been given a fine as a punishment.
C.His Rolex must have been confiscated.
D.His cheap watch must have been confiscated.
A.on the other hand
B.nevertheless
C.moreover
D.for example
The writer thinks that for a student to have a part-time job is probably ______.
A.a waste of time that could have been spent on study
B.useful for his future work
C.a good way to earn extra money
D.a good way to find out his weak points
36.What happened to the writer?
A.the writer could not speak Italian
B.the writer could not find postcards
C.Postcards always spoil the writer
D.Last summer,I went to Italy, could not writing
37.Which of the following statements is true?
A.This summer, the writer went to Italy
B.The writer send 37 cards
C.the writer could speak Italian
D.last summer, the writer went to Italy
38.When did the story happened?
A.this summer
B.last summer
C.last spring
D.this spring
39.Where did the story happened?
A.Italy
B.Newyork
C.Beijing
D.Hongkong
40.How many cards did the writer send?
A.37
B.0
C.6
D.5
Dickinson was born on December 10,1830, in a small Massachusetts town called Amherst. Hers was an old family, and her ancestors had come to the United States 200 years before" Her parents were not really rich, but they were certainly not poor. She had an older brother, Austin, and a younger sister, Lavinia. Her parents seem to have been rather withdrawn people, and the members of the family spent a good deal of time by themselves. She doesn’t seem to have liked her mother very much. She spoke once of never really having a mother.
She was educated at the local Amherst Academy and Mount Holyoke Women’s Seminary. Although she was sometimes described as pretty, she never married. In all outward respects, her life appeared to be rather boring.
The time and place in which she lived was not a good one for a woman artist to succeed. Women are expected to be obedient to men and to remain in their place at home. Rather than waste her life in the meaningless round of social events that were open to women, she decided at some point to retreat from the world in order to write her poetry. From then on, she spent a great deal of time in her bedroom writing. In later years when she was standing in front of her bedroom door, she looked at her niece and said, "It’s just a turn --and freedom, Mary !" It was when she closed the door of her room and turned the key that locked the door that the most important and creative hours of her life were spent, the hours when she wrote her poetry. She was regarded as a recluse by many of her neighbors, that is, as a person who spent a good deal of time by herself.
According to the writer, who is the greatest woman writer in America?
A.Sappho.
B.Emily Dickinson.
C.Both Sappho and Emily Dickinson.
D.Not mentioned in the passage.
Robert Spring spent 15 years ____________.
A.running a bookstore in Philadelphia
B.writing letters to Miss Fanny Jackson
C.as a forger
D.as a respectable seller
When the first news of the stock market crash came into the office, Bill immediately sat down and wrote up the story. The editor liked it so much that he used the story. And he didn’t make any changes in it. After that the editor decided Bill should be a writer.
After this first story Bill became especially interested in financial news. But he wrote stories on just about everything. In 1945 he spent five months in Europe. His editor had decided he should write about the end of World War II. His paper was the smallest one with a writer in Europe.
One of Bill's greatest moments came in 1946, a story he had written on war won the National Newspaperman’s Award. Bill took the prize but he gave all the praise to his editor.
It was just before Christmas in 1967 that he learned he had cancer. Six months later he was dead. But he never stopped his work as an editor. The day before he died he had spent a full day at the office.
When did Bill begin working for the paper?
A.In 1948.
B.In 1926.
C.In 1937.
D.In 1929.
I wasted a lot of time looking for the ‘typical’ village. Yet no such thing exists. Conditions vary too widely. But the villages I stayed in had much in common——poverty, dirt, and ignorance. Often the villagers themselves were puzzled, suspicious. Why had I come? I had put aside my work as a political journalist because my ideas had changed. I had come to believe that what was happening in the Third World was more important than anything else. But to understand how three-quarters of the world' s people live, and how their future might affect ours, I felt that I first bad to try and share their Way of life.
In the end I chose a mountain village because it was a little cooler than those in the plains. I took the bus from town along a bumpy road. Then came a rough walk down a steep path to the river. After this I began to climb into the hills. Whenever I stopped to catch my breath, there was a magnificent view. After several hours' walk the village came into view.
After the writer had arrived in India ______.
A.he spent years writing about the place he lived in
B.he took quite a long time finding a suitable place to live
C.he spent years looking for a certain village
D.he lived in a Himalayan community for many months
It was Christmas Eve when I arrived, and a light snow had fallen. Mother opened the front door. I could see beyond her, into the corner of the living room where the tree had always stood. There were lights, all colors, shining against the green of a pine.
"Where did it come from?" I asked.
"I asked the gate boy to cut it ," my mother said, "I wouldn't have one just for myself, but when called--oh, such a rush ! He just brought it in this afternoon." Krysal Star was in its place. A few green branches reached about a little disorderly at the side, I thought, and there was a bit of bare trunk showing in the middle. But the tree filled the room with warm light and the whole house with the pleasant smell of Christmas.
"It's not like the one you used to find," my mother went on, "Yours were always in good shape. I suppose the gate boy didn't know where to look . But I couldn't be critical."
"Don’t worry," I told him, "It’s perfect."
It wasn't of course, but at the moment I realized for the first time: all Christmas tree are perfect.
From the passage we can infer that ______.
A.the writer spent his first Christmas during the war
B.all the soldiers did not go home for Christmas during the war
C.all the soldiers had three-day passes
D.the writer did not want to go home for Christmas at first