________ is father of American drama and won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1936.

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______ neglecting our education, my father sent my brother and me to a summer school.

A. Accusing of B. Accused of

C. That he was accused of D. To be accused of

_________ is father of American drama and in his dramatic career he wrote 49 plays.

A. Tennessee Williams

B. Eugene O’Neill

C. Arthur Miller

D. Elmer Rice

even o' clock on aSunday evening. It was June of the year nineteen hundred and eight, and Marywas eighteen years old. She walked along Tremont to Main Street and across the railroadtracks toUpper Main, lined with small shopsand shabby houses, a rather quiet cheerless place on Sunday when there were fewpeople about. She had toldher father she was going to church but did notintend anything of the kind. She did not know what she wanted todo. "T' II get offby myself andthink," she told herself as she walked slowly along. The night,she thought, promised to be too fine to be spent sitting in a church andhearing aman talk of things that had apparently nothing to do with her ownproblem. Her own affairs were approaching a crisis, and it was time for hertobegin thinking seriously of her future.The thoughtful serious stateof mind in which Mary found herself had been induced in her by a conversationshe had with her father on the eveningbefore. Without any preliminary talk andquite suddenly and abruptly, he had told her that he was a victim of heartdisease and might die at anymoment. He had made the announcement as they stoodtogether in his office, behind which were the rooms in which the father anddaughter lived.

45. What did she intend to do that night？

A. She decided to go to church.

B. She decided not to think aboutthe problem.

C. She decided to talk over theproblem with her father.

D. She had no intention of goingto church.

46. What was the cause of Mary' S seriousstate of mind？

A. Concern about her future.

B. Her talk with her father.

C. Worry about her sudden heart attack.

D. Going to church made her worry.

47. Where did Mary live？

A. In the same building as herfather' s office.

B. Near the church.

C. In a shabby house as her father' soffice.

D. She lived in a small shop.

48. What was Dr. Cochran' S condition？

A. He had a serious heartbreak.

B. He had light heart trouble.

C. He had a fatal heart disease.

D. He had a bad cold.

For anyone who hates doing yard work, your new best friend may have arrived. A robot can autonomously shovel snow, collect leaves and cut grass.

“We’re trying t o help people not spend time on yard work，”said Steven Waelbers, the designer of t he robot. “We want people to enjoy t heir free time with their family.”The electric robot can run by itself in right directions with the help of two beacons(信号塔) that must be placed in the yard. the robot includes a camera and ultrasound sensor (超声传感器) that Waelbers said would stop quickly when it finds pets and people.

Owners of the robot will need t o regulate t he values stored in the robot. then it will confirm the task it’s going to take. Before the robot operate by itself, an owner must manually wheel it around the yard 一 taking it around any obstacles like trees, bushes or mailboxes. By doing this, the robot is taught how long and wide the lawn is, and won’t accidentally(不小心) destroy your rose hush or run to the neighborhood.

Once this setup is complete, and the $3,999 robot has been trained on where to cut grass, rake leaves and shovel snow, it operates without any supervision.

Waelbers has always loved to build robots and play with electronics. He started work on a high-tech company after his father asked him to make a robot that would shovel snow for him. Waelbers plans to start sales in early 2017.

26. This article mainly talks about()

A. a newly-designed robot

B. The founder of a company

C. problems with a new product

27. According to Steven Waelbers, the robot is designed to()

A. encourage people to do exercise

B. help people keep healthy and fit

C. make people enjoy family time

28.the robot would stop in front of pets and people thanks to()

A. the remote controller

B. the ultrasound sensor

C. the big and square yard

29. Which of the following steps should be done in the first place？()

A. An owner must wheel the robot around the yard by himself.

B. The robot learns and stores the length and width of the lawn.

C. The robot operates the task it’s going to take without supervision.

30. Which of the following about Waelbers is TRUE？()

A. He didn’t love building robots when he was a young boy.

B. His father asked him to make a robot that could play balls.

C. He is starting to sell this snow-shoveling robot in early 2017.

hing about the victory celebrations in the small town where I lived. We had not suffered much from the war there, though like most children of my age, I was used to see-ing bombed houses in the streets and the enormous army lorries passing through. But both at home and at school I had become accustomed to the phrases "before the war" and "when the war's over." "Before the war," apparently, things had been better, though I was too young to understand why, except there had been no bombs then, and people had eaten things like ice cream and bananas, which I had only heard of. When the war was over, we would go back to London, but this meant very little to me. I did not remember what Lon-don was like.

What I remember now about VE Day was the afternoon and the evening. It was a fine May day. I remember coming home at about five o'clock. My father and mother came in about an hour later. After dinner I said I wanted to see the bonfire (篝火), so when it got dark my father took me to the end of the street. The bonfire was very high, and some peo-ple had collected some old clothes to dress the unmistakable figure with the moustache (小胡子) they had put on top of it. Just as we arrived, they set light to it. The flames rose and soon covered the "guy." Everyone was cheering and shouting, and an old woman came out of her house with two chairs and threw them on the fire to keep the fire going.

I stood beside my father until the fire started to go down, not knowing what to say. He said nothing either. He had fought in the First World War and may have been remem-bering the end of that. At last he said, "Well, that's it, son. Let's hope that this time it really will be the last one. "

Where did the narrator live before the Second World War？

A．In a small city.

B．In London.

C．In Europe.

D．In the countryside.

nd then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 WORDS, in which you should:

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Historical Debate on Animal Experimentation

As the experimentation on animals increased, especially the practice of vivisection, so did criticism and controversy. In 1655, the advocate of Galenic physiology Edmund O'Meara said that "the miserable torture of vivisection places the body in an unnatural state." O'Meara and others argued that animal physiology could be affected by pain during vivisection, rendering results unreliable. There were also objections on an ethical basis, contending that the benefit to humans did not justify the harm to animals. Early objections to animal testing also came from another angle — many people believed that animals were inferior to humans and so different that results from animals could not be applied to humans.

On the other side of the debate, those in favor of animal testing held that experiments on animals were necessary to advance medical and biological knowledge. Claude Bernard — who is sometimes known as the " prince of vivisectors" and the father of physiology, and whose wife, Marie Frangoise Martin, founded the first anti-vivisection society in France in 1883 — famously wrote in 1865 that "the science of life is a superb and dazzlingly lighted hall which may be reached only by passing through a long and ghastly kitchen . Arguing that experiments on animals ...are entirely conclusive for the toxicology and hygiene of man ... the effects of these substances are the same on man as on animals, save for differences in degree, Bernard established animal experimentation as part of the standard scientific method.

One day, the principle（校长)came into our room and, after talking to the teacher, for

some reason said: “I wish all of the white students to stand for a moment.” I rose with the others.The teacher looked at me and, calling my name, said: “You sit down for the present, and rise with the others.” I did not quite understand her.She repeated: “You sit down now, and rise with the others.” I sat down puzzled.I saw and heard nothing.When the other were asked to rise, I did not know it.When school was dismissed, I went out unconsciously.A few of the white boys laughed at me, saying: “Oh, you’re a nigger, too.”

I hurried on as fast as I could to where my looking-glass hung on the wall in my own little room.For an instant I was afraid to look, but when I did, I looked long and earnestly.I was accustomed t o hearing remarks about my beauty, but now, for the first time, I became conscious of it and recognized it.I noticed the ivory(象牙)whiteness of my skin, the beauty of my mouth, the size and the liquid darkness of my eyes.I ran downstairs and rushed to wh ere my mother was sitting.I buried my head in her lap and cried out: “Mother, tell me, am I a nigger？” I could not see her face, but I felt her hands on my head.I looked up into her face.There were tears in her eyes and I could see that she was sufferin g for me.And then it was that.

I looked at her critically for the first time.I had thought of her in a childish way only as the most beautiful woman in the world; now I looked at her searching for defects(缺点).I could see that her skin was almost brown,and that she did differ in some way from the other ladies who came to the house; yet, even so I could see that she was more beautiful than any of them.She must have felt that I was examining her, for she hid her face in my hair and said with difficulty：“No, my darling, you are not a nigger.” She went on: “If anyone calls you a nigger, don’t notice them.”

But the more she talked, the less was I reassured, and I stopped her by asking:“Well, mother, am I white？ Are you white？” She answered tremblingly(颤抖的): “No, I am not white, but your father is one of the greatest men in the country.The best blood of the South is in you.” This suddenly opened up in my heart a fresh fear, and I almost fiercely demanded: “Who is my father？ Where is he？” She stroked my hair and said: “I’ll tell you about him some day.” I sobbed(抽泣): “I want to know now.” She answered: “No, not now.”

1.We can infer from the passage that “a nigger ”means().

A.a white person

B.a black person

C.anyone that is not white

D.anyone that i s not black

2.When the teacher asked him to sit down and rise with the others ,the author was confused because().

A.he never considered himself a non-white person

B.he thought the teacher didn’t recognize him

C.he thought he should be considered

D.he thought it rude for the teacher to call his name

3.It was on that day that he began to realize that().

A.he was a nigger

B.he was different from others because of his beauty

C.his color was like that of his mother

D.he differed from oth er white people even with his beauty

4.From the passage we can learn that().

A.the boy’s father left them for some reasons

B.the boy’s mother didn’t want to mention his father at all

C.the boy never met his father before

D.the boy’s mother hated his father

5.This passage generally tells us a story of ().

A.a boy who suddenly realized that he was a colored person

B.a boy who had been looked down upon because he had no father

C.the miserable life of colored people

D.the life of a one-parent family