“I would almost rather see you dead,” Robert S.Cassatt, a leading banker of Philadelphia shouted when his twenty-year-old eldest daughter announced that she wanted to become an artist.In the 19th century, playing or drawing or painting on dishes was all right for a young lady, but serious work in art was not.And when the young lady's family ranked among (躋身于) the best of Philadelphia's social families, such an idea could not even be considered.

  That was how Mary Cassatt, born in 1844, began her struggle as an artist.She did not tremble before her father's anger.Instead, she opposed (抗拒) him with courage and at last made him change his mind.Mary Cassatt gave up her social position and all thoughts of a husband and a family, which in those times was unthinkable for a young lady.In the end, after long years of hard work and perseverance (堅(jiān)持), she became America's most important woman artist and the internationally recognized leading woman painter of the time.

1.What was Cassatt's main reason in opposing his daughter's wish?

[  ]

A.Drawing or painting was simply unthinkable in those days.

B.He thought his daughter had no talent for art.

C.He believed an artist's life would be too hard for his daughter.

D.Ladies of good families should not become artists in those times.

2.What do we know about Mary Cassatt's marriage?

[  ]

A.Her marriage failed because she never gave a thought to her husband and family.

B.She never married because she did not want to be just a wife and a mother.

C.After marriage she decided to give up her husband.

D.She didn't marry because she couldn't find an ideal husband.

3.What did women consider the most important in Mary Cassatt's times?

[  ]

A.Money.
B.Career.
C.Marriage
D.Courage.
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:054

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       Now, officers who 9 and punish the sailors who were      10 drunk usually choose 11 policeman they could find to go with them.      12 this particular officer did not do this. Instead, he chose the smallest and 13 man he could find to go to the bar with him and 14 the sailor.   Another officer who      15 there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard choose      16 small man. 17 he said to him. "Why 18 you take     a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who 19."    

                   

       "Yes, you are 20 right," answered the officer of the guard. "That is exactly      21 I 22 this small man. If you saw two policemen coming      23 you, and one of them was 24 the other, which one      25 you attack(攻擊)?"                   

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
  

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    He explained that he  18 the bag on a street corner and  19 the money and the tickets in the top part of the  20 .He changed the money into money orders and  21 his own money to send it to Japan.

    Mr Yamamoto was very  22 by what Mr Loveras had done. “I asked him  23 he would go to all the trouble to return  24 to me.He told me that if he had not done it,it would have made him feel bad for the rest of his  25 .”

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I started surfing about five years ago and    3     in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding that first   4     was the best feeling I had ever experienced.

When I try to   5    surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my

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The one thing I can   11     from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge(挑戰(zhàn)). You can never be the “best surfer” because the ocean    12     an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some surfers are free and flowing; others are very aggressive(活躍有力的)and   13    . All of these things attract me to surfing and make it    14     from any other sport.

I’ve   15     to tell every girl I know to do something that people don’t think girls can do. It's part of being human to advance to new    16    , so shouldn't it be expected that girls should step up and start    17     the limits of things boys and men used to dominate(主宰)?

There’re women   18     side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys   19    the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to    20    , and they will.

1. A. tell                           B. answer 

C. give                          D. realize

2. A. wonder                      B. understand
C. reply                           D. believe

3. A. stayed                        B. came      

C. dropped                         D. fell

4. A. wave                         B. storm      

C. sail                            D. boat

5. A. bring                         B. connect      

C. compare                        D. tie

6. A. work                         B. study       

 C. holiday                        D. life

7. A. mind                        B. effort      

C. health                          D. time

8. A. along                         B. above      

C. around                        D. by

9. A. beach                        B. water      

C. board                             D. lake

10. A. sky                        B. world      

C. earth                           D. ocean

11. A. take                         B. get      

C. make                           D. keep

12. A. catches                      B. includes      

C. offers                             D. collects

13. A. sharp                       B. great      

C. hard                          D. calm

14. A. known                          B. right      

C. far                            D. different

15. A. chosen                          B. tried      

C. learned                        D. promised

16. A. levels                       B. points      

C. steps                           D. parts

17. A. reaching                     B. accepting      

C. pushing                         D. setting

18. A. sitting                      B. walking      

C. fighting                         D. working

19. A. of                          B. from      

C. on                               D. with

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I started surfing about five years ago and    3     in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding that first   4     was the best feeling I had ever experienced.

When I try to   5    surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my

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The one thing I can   11     from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge(挑戰(zhàn)). You can never be the “best surfer” because the ocean    12     an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some surfers are free and flowing; others are very aggressive(活躍有力的)and   13    . All of these things attract me to surfing and make it    14     from any other sport.

I’ve   15     to tell every girl I know to do something that people don’t think girls can do. It's part of being human to advance to new    16    , so shouldn't it be expected that girls should step up and start    17     the limits of things boys and men used to dominate(主宰)?

There’re women   18     side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys   19    the football team or out in the water surfing? Give girls a chance to    20    , and they will.

1. A. tell                           B. answer 

C. give                          D. realize

2. A. wonder                      B. understand
C. reply                           D. believe

3. A. stayed                        B. came      

C. dropped                         D. fell

4. A. wave                         B. storm      

C. sail                            D. boat

5. A. bring                         B. connect      

C. compare                        D. tie

6. A. work                         B. study       

 C. holiday                        D. life

7. A. mind                        B. effort      

C. health                          D. time

8. A. along                         B. above      

C. around                        D. by

9. A. beach                        B. water      

C. board                             D. lake

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C. earth                           D. ocean

11. A. take                         B. get      

C. make                           D. keep

12. A. catches                      B. includes      

C. offers                             D. collects

13. A. sharp                       B. great      

C. hard                          D. calm

14. A. known                          B. right      

C. far                            D. different

15. A. chosen                          B. tried      

C. learned                        D. promised

16. A. levels                       B. points      

C. steps                           D. parts

17. A. reaching                     B. accepting      

C. pushing                         D. setting

18. A. sitting                      B. walking      

C. fighting                         D. working

19. A. of                          B. from      

C. on                               D. with

20. A. think                        B. succeed      

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With a heavy heart Sally arrived early on the morning of the auction(拍賣). It was almost a year since her dear grandmother had passed away in this house at the age of ninety-two.   1    

the family business had failed and left them heavy debts. So the bank had    2    the family to have an auction sale to repay their debts.

    3    the past several weeks, she had managed to save $100 in order to bid(出價(jià))on the

   4    . Surely this would be enough, she had thought. Now the    5    moment had arrived. Looking around, Sally was surprised to see so many people had    6   , some from far away.

As the auction began, Sally waited. Finally, the time came to bid on the quilt(被子). She held her    7    tightly and listened. The first bid was $50. She was   8    . It was so high! Quickly other people bid and soon the bidding    9    $85. Sally carried out “$100”!For a moment there was silence. Hope   10    her. She glanced again at the quilt, thinking how    11    her grandmother would have been with her    12    .

Just then, from the back, another person shouted “$125”! She had lost her    13   .

Suddenly she couldn’t help wondering why so many people    14    be interested in that old, torn, dirty quilt. The quilt was sold for $500 to a complete    15    .

After the sale, she went to the count to pay for the few items that were now hers. The woman at the cash desk handed her the quilt. “There must be some    16    . Someone else got it. ”She said. A hand-written    17    was pinned to the quilt, which read:

Dear Madam,

I noticed you    18    the quilt. Clearly, it was   19    to you. Please accept this quilt as my gift. I don’t expect repayment from you, but do a similar favor in the future for a stranger who   20    to cross your path.

1. A. Naturally                        B. Unfortunately

C. Luckily                            D. Strangely

2. A. forbidden                        B. waited

C. expected                          D. forced

3. A. With                             B. At

C. By                               D. Over

4. A. house                           B. pillow

C. furniture                          D. quilt

5. A. strange                           B. necessary

C. big                                   D. curio?us

6. A. turned out                         B. turned up

C. turned back                        D. turned on

7. A. purse                                B. picture

C. book                              D. quilt

8. A. excited                           B. calm

C. worried                            D. shocked

9. A. rose                             B. climbed

C. reached                            D. won

10. A. told                            B. helped

C. filled                              D. gave

11. A. pleased                         B. anxious

C. angry                             D. familiar

12. A. at this moment                    B. ever since

C. long before                         D. soon after

13. A. thought                         B. chance

C. method                            D. fortune

14. A. could                          B. might

C. must                              D. would

15. A. relative                         B. customer

C. friend                            D. stranger

16. A. reason                          B. secret

C. mistake                            D. fun

17. A. check               &nb晄p;           B. wallet

C. address                            D. note

18. A. admiring                         B. touching

C. watching                          D. holding

19. A. wonderful                       B. various

C. pretty                            D. precious

20. A. used                           B. stops

C. happens                                D. comes

 

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