轻松寒假,快乐复习30天 第30天
Everything ____________ into consideration, they believed themselves more and returned to their positions.
A.to take | B.taken |
C.to be taken | D.taking |
All things ______, your sister has better performances than you.
A.be considered | B.considering |
C.considered | D.are considered |
In the middle of February, the weather__favorable for work, the workers began to repair and secure the dam of the river.
A.was | B.being |
C.would be | D.to be |
Entering the bookstore, I noticed a girl _______ against the window, with her eyes_____ on her book in hand.
A.leaning; fixed | B.leaned; fixing |
C.leaned; fixed | D.leaning; fixing |
Zhang Ziyi and Wang Feng, both of them ______ in the media spotlight, get romantically involved.
A.pay attention |
B.paid attention to |
C.paying attention |
D.are paid attention to |
______, the conference began.
A.The candidates having taken their seats |
B.The candidates had taken their seats |
C.Taken their seats |
D.Taking their seats |
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon left for Pakistan this morning, his assistant _________ him there this Friday.
A.joins | B.joined |
C.joining | D.to join |
Bats are surprisingly long-lived creatures, some ____________ a life span of around 20 years.
A.having | B.had |
C.have | D.to have |
Nothing could be done at the meeting, the chairman_____ absent.
A.being | B.was |
C.to be | D.be |
I have two elder brothers, ____ in the army for ten years.
A.the elder of whom served |
B.the older having served |
C.the older of which served |
D.the elder one has served |
That holiday morning I didn’t have to attend school. Usually, on holidays, Mother me to sleep in. And I would certainly take full advantage of it. On this particular morning, ______,I felt like getting up early.
I stood by my window overlooking the ______, having nothing better to do. But as it turned out, I was soon to learn about something ______ in life.
As I watched several people go by, get into their cars and drive off, I ______ an old man on a bicycle with a bucket on its ______ and a basket rags and bottles on its back-carriage. He ______ from one car to another, washing and cleaning them. From the water on the ground, it seemed that he had already ______ washing and cleaning about a dozen or more cars. He must have begun to work quite early in the morning.
Several thoughts ______my mind as I watched him work. He wasn’t well-dressed. He had on a pair of shorts and a(n) ______ T-shirt. The bicycle he rode was not by any means the kind modern ______would want to be seen riding on. But he seemed______ with life. There he was, working hard at his small business, ______ at passers-by and stopping to chat now and then ______ elderly men and women on their way to the market nearby.
There was a noticeable touch of______ in the way he seemed to be doing things— ______the windscreen (挡风玻璃), then standing back to admire it; scrubbing (擦净) the wheels and ______, standing back to see what they look like after the scrub.
It was a ______ to learn, I felt. At no age need one have to beg for a _____if one has good health and is willing to work hard. For a while I felt _____ of myself. Young as I am—just sixteen, and there was this old man who must have been usefully engaged perhaps before the sun appeared above the horizon.
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A young man returns to his hometown of Aractataca, Colombia. He visits the house where he lived as a child. Here, he remembers the most important memories of his childhood. Standing in front of his old house, the young man makes an important decision. He says to himself, “I will start my life over again. I will become a writer.”
This man is the world famous writer, Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born on March 6, 1928. During his early life, Garcia Marquez’s grandmother and grandfather told him many stories. His grandmother would tell him legends as if they were real. Garcia Marquez says that his grandmother’s way of storytelling later influenced his own methods.
When Garcia Marquez was about 20 years old, he left Aractataca and attended university in Bogota. He began studying law because this was what his father wanted him to study. However, Garcia Marquez was not happy.
During this time Garcia Marquez returned to Aractataca. It was on this visit that he realized he must stop studying law. And he recognized that he must return to the dream of his childhood-writing. For the next few years, Garcia Marquez wrote for many different newspapers. And in 1955, he published his first book called “Leaf Storm”.
For many years, Garcia Marquez knew he wanted to write about his grandfather’s house in Aractataca. To write this book, Garcia Marquez and his wife had to sell almost all of their possessions to survive. But their act was worth it. The book, “One Hundred Years of Solitude” was immediately successful. And this book created a path for Garcia Marquez’s future success.
In 1982, Gabriel Garcia Marquez was given the Nobel Prize in Literature for his book “One Hundred Years of Solitude”, making him the first Colombian and the fourth Latin American to win a Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who influenced Garcia Marquez’s writing style?
A.His grandfather. | B.His father. |
C.His grandmother. | D.His wife. |
Garcia decided to take up writing_________.
A.when he worked for a newspaper |
B.under the influence of his family |
C.when he graduated from college |
D.after a visit to his hometown |
Garcia’s book “One Hundred Years of Solitude” .
A.was written in the 1950s |
B.enjoyed a quick success |
C.helped Garcia lead a better life |
D.was about Garcia’s grandfather |
What do we know from the text about Garcia Marquez?
A.He is the first Latin American to win a Nobel Prize in Literature. |
B.He wrote for newspapers before publishing his own books. |
C.His book “Leaf Storm” marked his great success in literature. |
D.He followed his father’s wish to become a writer. |
你校英文网站在暑期开辟了Sports专栏。本期的话题是健康积极的生活方式。请你以Sports and health为题写一篇英语短文给该专栏投稿,要点包括:
1.健康的重要性;
2.常见的运动;
3.你的情况。
注意:1.词数:100左右;
2.可适当增加细节。
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