Jane Austen, a famous English writer, was born at Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16, 1775, and died on July 18, 1817. She began writing early in life, although the prejudices（偏见） of her times forced her to have her books published anonymously （匿名）.
But Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath's many famous local people and visitors. She paid two long visits here during the last five years of the eighteenth century and from 1801 to 1806, Bath was her home. Her deep knowledge of the city is fully seen in two of her novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, which are largely set in Bath. The city is still very much as Jane Austen knew it, keeping in its streets and public buildings the well-ordered world that she described so well in her novels. Now the pleasure of learning Jane Austen's Bath can be enhanced （增强）by visiting the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street. Here, in a Georgian town house in the heart of the city, you can find out more about Bath in Jane Austen's time and the importance of Bath in her life and work.
The Centre has been set up with the help and guidance of members of the Jane Austen Society. After your visit to the Centre, you can look round the attractive shop, which offers a huge collection of Jane Austen related（相关的） books, cards and many specially designed gifts. Jane Austen quizzes are offered to keep the children busy.
You can also have walking tours of Jane Austen's Bath, which is a great way to find out more about Jane Austen and discover the wonderful Georgian city of Bath. The tour lasts about one and a half hours. The experienced guides will take you to the places where Jane lived, walked and shopped.
Jane Austen paid two long visits to Bath________.
A．in her early twenties B．in her early teens C．in her late twenties D．in her late teens
A．Bath has greatly changed since Jane Austen's death. B．The city has changed as much as Jane Austen knew it. C．Bath remains（保持） almost the same as in Jane Austen's time. D．No changes have taken place in Bath since Jane Austen's time.
A．attract readers to visit the city of Bath B．ask readers to buy Austen's books C．tell readers about Jane Austen's experience D．give a brief introduction to the Jane Austen Society
A．to get to the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street B．to buy Jane Austen related books, cards and gifts C．to find a guide to take you to the Centre D．to look around the city of Bath on foot
There once was a farmer who lost his watch in his barn (谷仓). The watch was only cheap but was very ___ to him because it was a gift from his father.
After _ __ the barn for a long time, he gave up and asked for ___ from a group of children playing nearby.
He ___ them that the person who found the watch would be rewarded.
Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn _____. They searched everywhere but still could not find the _____. Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another ______.
The farmer looked at him and thought, “Why not? After all, this kid looks honest.”
So the farmer __ _ the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he _____ where the rest had failed.
The boy replied, “I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch.”
This shows us that sometimes a ____ mind can think better than an excited one.”
A．important B．expensive C．useless D．interesting
A．finding B．searching C．watching D．studying
A．money B．danger C．work D．help
A．promised B．taught C．warned D．believed
A．angrily B．slowly C．immediately D．hardly
A．rule B．book C．child D．watch
A．way B．chance C．lesson D．smile
A．threw B．sent C．gave D．caught
A．came B．knew C．succeeded D．suggested
A．beautiful B．smart C．peaceful D．quick
Not long ago, I made up my mind to read a lot of books to get more knowledge. So I went to the library and home happily with some books. But after a few days, I felt impatient. The of finishing all of them seemed impossible, because I always found it to calm down to read a whole book. I didn't know what to do with it. Then one day I thought of "Why not make reading interesting?" This idea gave me again. Reading is a journey of' spirit(精神). Every time we read a book, we are actually talking the writer. I tried to put all my effort into his or her books, I could feel all of his or her happiness and sadness. Now books have become a part of my life.
See! Attitude(态度) can make a great . Someone once said, "Even though the situation is bad, people still have one freedom to their attitude." So, don't complain(抱怨) about study or work. It helps . Try to see things from a different way. Believe me, this will change the situation and help you a lot.
A．sang B．jumped C．returned D．danced
A．way B．habit习惯 C．advice D．idea
A．hard B．interesting C．happy D．easy
A．sadly B．quickly C．suddenly D．hardly
A．advice B．hope C．time D．nowledge
A．with B．about C．of D．at
A．because B．thought C．but D．so
A．decision决定 B．difference C．discussion D．promise承认
A．announce B．choose C．show D．hide
A．nothing B．anything C．everything D．something
Two men, Mr Smith and Mr Martin were both badly ill.They were in the same hospital room. Mr Smith was able to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon. His bed was the only window of the room.
Mr Martin had to spend all his time lying on his bed.The men for hours without stopping. They spoke of their families, their times, their jobs...
And every afternoon when Mr Smith could sit up in his bed, he would pass the time by talking to his about all the things that he could see outside the . Mr Martin believed that his world was made "larger" by the "colourful" outside world.
Out of the window was a with a lovely lake. Mr Smith told Mr Martin about the beautiful ducks swimming freely on the water, happy children playing around, colourful flowers and big old trees around the lake.
As Mr Smith told him all this, Mr Martin would close his eyes and tried to make the richest pictures for himself in his mind.
Days and passed, and finally, Mr Smith went back home.Then Mr Martin the nurse if he could move to the other bed. for him, the nurse said he could. When everything was done, he tried hard to raise himself a bit to see what was outside. To his , as he looked out of the window, he saw nothing but a wall.
Mr Martin asked the nurse what made Mr Smith able to see so many wonderful things outside. The nurse answered that the man was and could not even see the wall.
A．out of B．away from C．next to D．well above
A．danced B．sang C．talked D．said
A．schoolmate B．roommate C．classmate D．workmate
A．window B．door C．box D．bed
A．library B．market C．church D．park
A．weeks B．hours C．minutes D．seconds
A．thanked B．asked C．told D．invited
A．Unluckily B．Worriedly C．Happily D．Seriously
A．surprise B．joy C．hope D．happiness
A．old B．blind C．poor D．ill
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Karen has an interesting hobby. She stamps. She spends a lot of time her stamp collection after school hours. She has collected stamps from all over the world. They are all in colour.
Karen likes stamps pictures of animals and birds on them. In this way, she learns the names of many animals and birds. She also borrows books on animals and birds from . The school library is big. There are many books in it. She learns many things about them. Sometimes Karen has many stamps of the same kind. She them to her friends. They then give her other stamps in return.
Karen writes to friends in countries. She sends them stamps of her country. In return, they send her stamps of their countries. Her father also gives her stamps. He them home from his office to her.Many of Karen’s friends collect things. Some collect coins and others collect matchboxes. But all of them say that Karen’s collection is of all.
A．collect B．is going to collect C．collects D．collected
A．in B．on C．at D．of
A．hundred B．hundreds C．hundred of D．hundreds of
A．with B．in C．on D．at
A．his friends B．the city library C．the school library D．the school
A．gives B．takes C．lends D．carries
A．a lot B．much C．any D．many
A．take B．takes C．bring D．brings
A．other B．another C．the other D．others
A．interesting B．interested C．more interesting D．the most interesting
When I was in my first year of middle school, my father died. And my mother was ill just after I started high school, I had to stop school because my mother had no money to my school bills.
We started working in people’s gardens to save up enough money me to go back to school. After some time, I returned to school. Unluckily, my mother died the next year. Suddenly my world went . I asked my headmaster I could work for the school so I could pay my bills. He was a nice man and let me in the school garden during the . I had not been able to study well because of my mother’s . the end of my second year, I most of my exams and was told I would have to repeat (重复) the year. After summer working in the school garden, I went back to lessons again. But suddenly I fell .
Because of my illness, I was weak and couldn’t work at school. I was hopeless. My headmaster told me not to give up. And my teachers and classmates helped me a . Now I’m feeling better and will finish my third year.
My life is still not . A few students my poor clothes. They also call me ‘farmer’ because I work in the school garden. But I know I have to do with such problems.
A．to go to B．going to C．living in D．visiting the
A．cost B．spend C．pay D．pay for
A．for B．of C．to D．by
A．bright B．late C．dark D．wrong
A．what B．that C．if D．when
A．work B．to work C．working D．study
A．afternoon B．holidays C．night D．morning
A．illness B．death C．rest D．work
A．Near B．In C．At D．By
A．passed B．went through C．failed D．had
A．another B．other C．the other D．more
A．tired B．asleep C．down D．ill
A．little B．few C．lot D．lot of
A．the same B．hard C．difficult D．easy
A．laugh at B．like C．put on D．laugh