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THE BRONTE FAMILY

Yorkshire, England was the setting for two great novels(小说) of the 19th century. These were Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. The youngest sister, Anne, was also a gifted novelist, and her books have the same extraordinary quality as her sisters’.

Their father was Patrick Bronte, born in Ireland. He moved with his wife, Maria Bronte, and their six small children to Haworth in Yorkshire in 1820. Soon after, Mrs. Bronte and the two eldest children died, leaving the father to care for the remaining three girls and a boy.

Charlotte was born in 1816, Emily was born in 1818 and Anne in 1820. Their brother Branwell was born in 1817. Left to themselves, the children wrote and told stories and walked over the hills. They grew up largely self-educated. Branwell showed a great interest in drawing. The girls were determined to earn money for his art education. They took positions as teachers or taught children in their homes.

As children they had all written many stories. Charlotte, as a young girl, alone wrote 22 books, each with 60 to 100 pages of small handwriting. Therefore, they turned to writing for income. By 1847, Charlotte had written The Professor; Emily, Wuthering Heights; and Anne, Agnes Grey. After much difficulty Anne and Emily found a publisher(出版商), but there was no interest shown in Charlotte’s book.(It was not published until 1859.) However, one publisher expressed an interest in seeing more of her work. Jane Eyre was already started, and she hurriedly finished it. It was accepted at once; thus each of the sister had a book published in 1847.

Jane Eyre was immediately successful; the other two, however, did not do so well. People did not like Wuthering Heights. They said it was too wild, too animal-like. But gradually it came to be considered one of the finest novels in the English language. Emily lived only a short while after the publication of her book, and Anne died in 1849.

Charlotte published Shirley in 1849, and Villette in 1853. In 1854 she married Arthur Bell Nicholls. But only a year later, she died of tuberculosis(肺结核) as her sisters had.

71. What did the Bronte sisters want to do for Branwell Bronte?

A. Help him write stories. B. Help him get trained in art.

C. Teach him how to draw well. D. Teach him how to educate himself.

72. We know from the text that ______.

A. Jane Eyre was published in 1847

B. Charlotte Bronte wrote 22 books in all

C. the Bronte sisters received good education

D. Patrick Bronte helped his daughters with their wiring

73. Which of the following was published after the death of its writer?

A. Shirley B. Villette C. Agnes Grey D. The Professor

74. The underlined words “the other two in the 5th paragraph refers to_______.

A. Shirley and Villette

B. The Professor and Agnes Grey

C. Agnes Grey and Wuthering Heights

D. The Professor and Wuthering Heights

75. What do we know about the Bronte sisters from the text?

A. Their novels interested few publishers.

B. None of them had more than two books published.

C. None of them lived longer than 40 year old.

D. Emily was the least successful of the three.

 

第二卷

第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节　短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误：对标有题号的每一行作出判断；如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)；如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

Dear Susan,

I’m very glad to hear you are coming to visit 76. _______

me the next Friday. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to 77. _______

meet you at the airport although I have classes in the 78. _______

afternoon. You won’t find difficult to get to the city 79. _______

center. The airport bus leaves every 30 minute and 80. _______

will take you rightly to the Friendship Hotel. My class 81. _______

will be over by then or I will pick you up there. I will 82. _______

take you together to a hot-pot restaurant for dinner 83. _______

and we’ll talk with our plan for the weekend over 84. _______

dinner. Having a pleasant trip and see you Friday. 85. _______

Yours,

Zhang Ming