12 It was hard to say why the man deserved such shabby treatmentA oldB unforgettableC unfa
12 It was hard to say why the man deserved such shabby treatment
A old
B unforgettable
C unfair
D funny
12 It was hard to say why the man deserved such shabby treatment
A old
B unforgettable
C unfair
D funny
第4题
According to the passage, when are children first expected to study hard?
A.Before 6 years of age.
B.Between 6 and 10.
C.After l0 years of age.
D.After 12 years of age.
第5题
根据材料回答12~15题:Wilia Cather wrote because she found writing__________. [A]simple and lively[B]interesting and enjoyable[C]neither too hard nor too easy[D]opened up a road to success
第6题
12:What is said about the best distance between a book and our eyes when reading?
A.It is 14 inches.
B.It is hard to figure out.
C.It varies from person to person.
D.It depends on lighting conditions.
第7题
Which of the following is INCORRECT according to the passage?
A.The author lived 12 miles away from her daughter"s school.
B.The author lives in a quiet town without traffic jam.
C.Cars change their perception of what is possible, and of what they are entitled to.
D.It"s hard to know the moment of driving their child to school becoming the norm.
第8题
(9)A.No one
B.Someone
C.Everyone
D.Anyone
(10)A.being
B.be
C.been
D.is
(11)A.required
B.requires
C.require
D.requiring
(12)A.of
B.upon
C.on
D.to
(13)A.what
B.person
C.which
D.whom
第9题
__1__ such people, but I also explain that there’sa big difference between "being a writer" and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of __2__ and fame, notthe long hours alone at a typewriter. "You’ve got to want to write," I say to them, "not want to be a writer."The reality is that writing is a __3__, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there arethousands more whose longing is never __4__. When I left a 20-year career in the US. Coast Guard to become a freelancewriter(自由撰稿人), I had no __5__ at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was __6__and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and feltlike a __7__ writer.After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t gotten a break and began to __8__ myself. It was so hard to sell a storythat __9__ made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’t going to be one ofthose people who die wondering, what if? I would keeo putting my dream to the test----even though it meant living with __10__and fear of failure. This is the Shadow land of hope, and anyone with a dream learn to live there.
A) barely
B) genuine
C) rewarded
D) doubt
E) lonely
F) poverty
G) persuade
H) prospects
I) uncertainty
J)impossibly
K) encourage
L)awarded
M) alone
N)wealth
O)cold