been forcibly parted is heroic. As J. Chadwick has pointed out, the character of Jim was a first in American fiction—a recognition that the slave had two personalities, “the voice of survival within a white slave culture and the voice of the individual: Jim, the father and the man.”
There is much more. Twain’s mystery novel Pudd’nhead Wilson stood as a challenge to the racial beliefs of even many of the liberals of his day. Written at a time when the accepted wisdom held Negroes to be inferior (低等的) to whites, especially in intelligence, Twain’s tale centered in part around two babies switched at birth. A slave gave birth to her master’s baby and, for fear that the child should be sold South, switched him for the master’s baby by his wife. The slave’s light-skinned child was taken to be white and grew up with both the attitudes and the education of the slave-holding class. The master’s wife’s baby was taken for black and grew up with the attitudes and intonations of the slave.
The point was difficult to miss: nurture (养育), not nature, was the key to social status. The features of the black man that provided the stuff of prejudice—manner of speech, for example—were, to Twain, indicative of nothing other than the conditioning that slavery forced on its victims.
Twain’s racial tone was not perfect. One is left uneasy, for example, by the lengthy passage in his autobiography (自传) about how much he loved what were called “nigger shows” in his youth—mostly with white men performing in black-face—and his delight in getting his mother to laugh at them. Yet there is no reason to think Twain saw the shows as representing reality. His frequent attacks on slavery and prejudice suggest his keen awareness that they did not.
Was Twain a racist? Asking the questioning the 21st century is as wise as asking the same of Lincoln. If we read the words and attitudes of the past through the “wisdom” of the considered moral judgments of the present, we will find nothing but error. Lincoln, who believed the black man the inferior of the white, fought and won a war to free him. And Twain, raised in a slave state, briefly a soldier, and inventor of Jim, may have done more to anger the nation over racial injustice and awaken its collective conscience than any other novelist in the past century. 74. How do Twain’s novels on slavery differ from Stowe’s? A. Twain was more willing to deal with racism. B. Twain’s attack on racism was much less open. C. Twain’s themes seemed to agree with plots. D. Twain was openly concerned with racism.
75. Recent criticism of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn arose partly from its_____. A. target readers at the bottom B. anti slavery attitude C. rather impolite language D. frequent use of “nigger”
76. What best proves Twain’s anti slavery stand according to the author? A. Jim’s search for his family was described in detail. B. The slave’s voice was first heard in American novels.
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C. Jim grew up into a man and a father in the white culture. D. Twain suspected that the slaves were less intelligent. 77. What does the author mainly argue for?
A. Twain had done more than his contemporary writers to attack racism. B. Twain was an admirable figure comparable to Abraham Lincoln. C. Twain’s works had been banned on unreasonable grounds. D. Twain’ s works should be read from a historical point of view. Section C: 8
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete statements in No More Than Ten words.
In the time it takes to read this article, an area of Brazil’s rain forest larger than 200 football fields will have been destroyed. The market forces of globalization are invading the Amazon. In the past three decades, hundreds of people have died in land wars; countless others endure fear and uncertainty, their lives threatened by those who profit from the theft of log and land. In this Wild West of guns, chain saws, and bulldozers(推土机), government agents are often corrupt(贪污) and ineffective ----or ill-equipped and outnumbered. Now, industrial-scale soybean producers are joining loggers in the land grab, speeding up destruction and further smashing the great Brazilian wilderness.
During the past 40 years, close to 20 percent of the Amazon rain forest has been cut down----more than in all the previous 450 years since European colonization began. The percentage could well be far higher; the figure fails to account for selective logging, which causes significant damage but is less easily observable than clear-cuts. Scientists fear that an additional 20 percent of the trees will be lost over the next two decades. If that happens, the forest’s ecology will begin to fail. Originally, the Amazon can produce half its own rainfall through the vapor it releases into the atmosphere. Eliminate enough of that rain through clearing, and the remaining trees dry out and die. When the dry environment is worsened by global warming, severe droughts raise the chances of wildfires that could damage the forest. Such a drought affected the Amazon in 2005, reducing river levels as much as 40 feet and stranding hundreds of communities. Meanwhile, because trees are being casually burned to create open land in the states of Para, Mato Grosso, Acre, and Rondonia, Brazil has become one of the world’s largest producers of greenhouse gases. The danger signs are undeniable.
78.In the time it takes to read this article, a large area of Brazil’s rain forest will have been destroyed, which implies that _______________.
79. Besides loggers who are to blame for speeding up the destruction of the rain forest, another threatening force will be _______________.
80. Why does the author say that the percentage (of the rain forest’s destruction) could well be far higher?
81. How can the Amazon rain forest originally maintain its ecology?
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Directions: Translate the following sentences into English. You are required to use the word given in the bracket for each respective sentence.(4+4+4+5+5) 82. 那些住在邻近地区的人都能免费使用这个阅览室。（access n.） 83. 问题是你能否在大多数人反对的情况下坚持自己的观点。( against)
84. 授业解惑是教师的职责所在，但鼓励学生独立思考更为重要。( importance) 85. 英国的旅游业要从恐怖袭击的负面影响中完全恢复要有一段时间。（before） 86. 就是在星期三警方宣布，经过整整一个月的努力，他们在那个银行抢劫案上取得了重大突破。(It )
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Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words. The composition must be based on the information given below. 食物可以使人精神愉悦，可以给人们带来回忆和联想。请以My Happy Food 为题写一篇短文，内容包括以下两个方面： 1． 简述你的“快乐食品”；
2． 联系自身经历，说明它成为你“快乐食品”的原因。
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Keys:
1-10: BBCBD CCBCB 11-16: BDAADB 17. small 18. lonely 19. children 20. 112,000
21. piece of cake 22. visiting various websites 23. discussion group 24. log on
25．is directed 26.it 27.helping 28.that/which 29. but 30.However 31.requires 32.to restore
33.in 34. smaller 35. Based 36. eliminating 37.should 38.while 39.a 40.is supposed
41-50: GBHAC KEJFD
51-65: ABDCA DDBCA BDCBA 66-69: CAAB 70-73: ABCA 74-77: BDCA
78. the rain forest is disappearing very fast 79. industrial-scale soybean producers
80. Because the damage of selective logging is hard to estimate. 81. By producing half its rainfall through the vapor it releases. Translation:
82. Those who live nearby / in the nearby neighborhood have free access to the reading room. 83. The problem is whether you can stick to your own point of view while most people are against it. 84. It is teachers' duties to give lessons and remove doubts, but it is of more importance to encourage students to think independently.
85. It will be some time before the British tourism fully recovers from the negative effect of the terrorist attack. 86. It was on Wednesday that the police declared that after working hard for a whole month, they had made a great breakthrough in the bank robbery. My Happy Food
Nowadays, in spite of the increasingly serious concern about food safety, many people are still keen on eating out. Personally speaking, I’m not a restaurant-lover. The only food that appeals to me is what Mum cooks.
It is known to all that high school is a critical as well as painstaking period in one’s life. After a long day at school, I am usually exhausted and in no mood for anything. However, a big meal that Mum takes much time to prepare will surely light me up. The smell and taste relax me. The exchange of ideas at the dinner table with my parents is another great source of happiness to me. Moreover, the food is clean, safe and thus will never put my health at risk.
In a word, sitting at the dinner table with my parents and having the delicious home-made food is the happiest thing for me.
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