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real name was William Sydney was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long,but he managed to teach himself everyrhing he needed to he was about 20 years old, went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, was believed to have stolen it. Because of that, he was sent to the three years in prison, he learned to write short he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the readers39。s big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture. He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton (人體骨架 ) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase(箱子 ). At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had fotten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop. When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert. ^1. Who wrote the story? A. Rupert39。re going to be__25__, she said. They39。s D. thirties D ^28. No one can be sure ____ in a million years. A. what man will look like B. what will man look like C. man will look like what D. what look will man like A ^29. Without electricity human life ____ quite different today. A. is B. will be C. would have been D. would be D ^30. John was made ____ the truck for a week as a punishment. A. to wash B. washing C. wash D. to be washing A 第二部分 英語知識綜合運用 完形填空 (共 25 小題 , 計分 25%) 閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從 125 各題所給的四個選項中,選 出一個最佳答案 。t I care B. nor do I care C. I don39。s a train ing. A. Look out B. Look around C. Look forward D. Look on A ^12. Will somebody go and get Dr. White? He39。 it must be told what to do. A. can39。高中英語自測 第一部分 英語知識 一 . 語音和拼寫知識 (G 共 10 小題 , 計分 5%) 從 A,B,C,D 中找出其劃線部分與所給單詞的劃線部分讀音相同的選項。t finish the job on time? A. this B. that C. he D. it D ^6. A puter ____ think for itself。t smoke in the meetingroom, ____? A. do you B. will you C. can you D. could you B ^8. Have you moved into the new house? Not yet. The rooms ____. A. are being painted B. are painting C. are painted D. are being painting A ^9. Alexander Graham Bell invented ____ telephone in 1876. A. \ B. a C. the D. one C ^10. We ____ each other the best of luck in the examination. A. hoped B. wanted C. expected D. wished D ^11. ____! There39。t know, ____. A. nor don39。t eat in a restaurant because ____ of us had ____ money on us. A. all ... no B. any ... no C. none ... any D. no one ... any C ^20. On Saturday afternoon, Mrs Green went to the market, ____ some bananas and visite