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(評(píng)論家)."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

　　非選擇題(共50分)

　　四、填空(共15小題，每小題1分，滿分15分)

　　A)根據(jù)括號(hào)中所給的漢語(yǔ)寫(xiě)出單詞，使句子意思完整正確，并將答案填寫(xiě)在答題卡標(biāo)號(hào)為41—45的相應(yīng)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 ______________(鋼琴)very much.

　　45. My mother isn’t a teacher, your mother isn’t a teacher, ______________(也).

　　B)根據(jù)句子意思，用括號(hào)中所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空，并將答案填寫(xiě)在答題卡標(biāo)號(hào)為46—50的相應(yīng)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)根據(jù)對(duì)話內(nèi)容，從下面方框中選擇適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或短語(yǔ)填空，使對(duì)話內(nèi)容完整正確，并將答案填寫(xiě)在答題卡標(biāo)號(hào)為51—55的相應(yīng)位置上。

　　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?