Leaving home
Isabel Allende’s uncle was a political leader named Salvador Allende. In 1970, her uncle was elected president of Chile. In 1973, President Allende was killed during the fighting. When Isabel Allende began to fear for her life, she and her family decided to move to Venezuela.
From Newspaper to Novels
It was really a painful experience for Isabel Allende to leave her country. Without this experience, however, Allende said she never would have begun writing novels. Then she got a phone call from Chile. Her grandfather was dying. She knew she could not return home to be with him, but she wanted to respect him in some way. "I decided to write a letter about all the things he told us when we were young," Allende explained. Later, she wrote a long letter which became Allende’s first novel, The House of the Spirits.
The Writing Life
"I spent ten, twelve hours a day in a room, writing," Allende says, "I don’t talk to anybody; I don’t answer the phone." When she finished the first draft of a new novel, Allende mailed a copy to her strictest critic(评论家)."I send it to my mother. She read it and came here with a red pen. We fight for a month at least." Allende then went back to work until she felt the book was finished. "The storytelling is the fun part," she said. "The writing can be a lot of work!"
36. What does the writer think of Isabel Allende’s story?
A. interested B. moving
C. painful D. amazing
37. What was Isabel Allende before she got married?
A. She was a journalist.
B. She was a teacher.
C. She was a political leader.
D. She was a president.
38. According to the last paragraph, the underlined words "strictest critic" refer to ______________.
A. Isabel Allende’s father B. Isabel Allende’s mother
C. Isabel Allende’s grandfather D. Isabel Allende’s uncle
39. Why did Isabel Allende start writing her first novel?
A. Because she wanted to make money.
B. Because she liked writing novel.
C. Because she wanted to respect her grandfather.
D. Because she wanted to write against the government.
40. In Paragraph 4, when Allende said "We fight for a month at least", she meant that "______________".
A. Isabel Allende and her mother discussed and argued a lot about the draft
B. Isabel Allende and her mother often fought because of the draft
C. Isabel Allende and her mother didn’t have a good relationship
D. Isabel Allende’s mother didn’t like Isabel Allende’s draft at all
非选择题(共50分)
四、填空(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)
A)根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为41—45的相应位置上。
41. ______________(最后), they decide to ask the policeman for help.
43. The story is ______________(有趣的)and easy to understand.
44. My son likes playing the ______________(钢琴)very much.
45. My mother isn’t a teacher, your mother isn’t a teacher, ______________(也).
B)根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为46—50的相应位置上。
46. Your favorite food is ______________ (fry) chicken.
47. There are many ______________ (child) under the tree.
48. Most of the boys enjoy ______________ (play)football.
49. Put the pot on the cooker ______________ (careful).
50. Thank you for ______________ ( invite) me to your party.
C)根据对话内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使对话内容完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为51—55的相应位置上。
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how with future true dream |
A: Hello, Liu Mei. In China, people are talking about Chinese Dream, aren’t they?
B: Yes. Chinese Dream is all the Chinese people’s dream. I think everyone should have his own 51 .
A: I agree 52 you. What is your dream?
B: Well, I have lots of dreams. But I want to be a doctor very much.
A: Sounds good. 53 are you going to do that?
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