realized that it had nothing to do with him. He confidently continued to work towards his goal.
As the years went on, Brian met more people like Ken. “You'll do a terrible job，” they said to him. Luckily, most people encouraged him and some helped him to become even funnier. He got a lot of opportunities to perform in movies. He was even invited to appear on television. His fans thanked him because his comedies made them feel good when they were unhappy.
Now Brian is a big comedy star! He is doing what he loves best. He never feels stressed like those unkind people, and he laughs all day long!
( )1. What did Brian love best when he was a student? A. Going to school. B. Helping classmates. C. Watching comedies. D. Meeting new friends.
( )2. Brian decided to prepare for the show because ________． A. his friends liked his jokes B. he was invited by a TV station C. he wasn't busy acting in movies D. Ken was expecting his performance
( )3. After winning the first prize, Brian ________． A. began to understand Ken B. became a teacher of acting C. encouraged others to join him D. continued to work towards his goal
( )4. Brian's fans thanked him because his comedies brought them ________． A. success B. happiness C. luck D. pride
Passage 4(2018东营)
We have heard about people who have special memories. Recently there has been a report about a woman from Australia who can remember almost every detail(细节) of all the events in her daily life.
Rebecca Sharrock, 25, is one of just 80 people worldwide who have been indentified(确定) as having Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM，超级自传体记忆症). It
means she can remember every small event—which most people would forget within(在……以内) days—as if it had happened just minutes ago.
“I remember my mum putting me in the driver's seat of a car and taking a picture of me when I was 12 days old，”she said. “That's my earliest memory. I remember every day since then. I can't tell all the dates exactly because I was too young to understand calendars, but I remember what I did that very day, what the weather was like and so on.”
Rebecca can also re-experience taste. If she's eating something that she doesn't like, she thinks about Black Forest cake, her favorite food, and the memory will be so strong that she can nearly “taste” it.
However, sometimes her memories prove(证明) to be painful. Because they're not just events that she remembers. “When I relive(再体验) memories, the feelings return, too，” Rebecca said.“For example, I remember falling over when I was three at my grandparents' house and hurting my left knee. Talking about it now, I feel painful in my left knee.”
“At night, I have to sleep with the radio/recorder and a soft light on，”she added. “If it's too dark or quiet, my mind would be filled with all these memories and I can't sleep.”
( )1. Which is NOT TRUE about Rebecca? A. She has special memories. B. She is from Australia. C. She is 25 years old.
D. She can remember every detail of all the events.
( )2. What happened to Rebecca on the day when she was 3 years old? A. She was identified as having HSAM.
B. Her mother put her in a car and took a picture of her. C. She started to understand calendars. D. She hurt her left knee at her grandparents'.
( )3. Whenever she is reliving her memories, ________． A. she is happy
B. she experiences the feelings again C. she feels pain in her knees D. she can taste her favorite food
( )4. What is the result of having HSAM? A. She can remember every event in her daily life. B. She can re-experience taste. C. She can relive feelings. D. All the above.
( )5. From the passage, we can infer(推断)that________． A. HSAM can do her good, but it also brings her pain B. she feels painful if she recalls her experiences
C. she can fall asleep while she is re-experiencing memories D. HSAM can greatly improve her living conditions
Passage 5(2018江西)
Carlton Joseph is a fashion designer(服装设计师), but not just any fashion designer. He appears on television, he writes books, and he owns his own fashion house.
Born in 1980, Carlton started designing clothes when he was eleven. His father owned a clothes store, and Carlton used to work there at the weekend. Then he did a design course at college.
When he was 21, someone suggested doing a TV program. He made his first show “Carlton's Clothes” in 2004, and he wrote his first book in the same year. Since then he has written four more. Carlton got married to TV producer Susan Mills in 2005.
Three months ago, Carlton started his new company. He called it “Design: Carlton”． At work Carlton always wears black trousers and a black coat, but at home, or when he goes out, he wears clothes with bright colors(red, blue and yellow). He is especially crazy about new glasses, he buys a new pair every few weeks. “I like to look different every day，” he says.
Carlton started wearing glasses when he was twelve. He dyed(给……染色) his hair red when he was 18. It is still red, and this year, for the first time, he has grown a beard. “My wife
likes it,_that's why” is his explanation. But his beard is black!
( )1. How old was Carlton when he wrote his first book? A. 11. B. 21. C. 24. D. 25.
( )2. What does the underlined word “it” refer to? A. Carlton's hair. B. Carlton's beard. C. Carlton's coat. D. Carlton's company. ( )3. What is the main idea of Paragraph 5? A. Carlton likes to look different. B. Carlton is a hardworking person. C. Carlton is crazy about new glasses. D. Carlton loves wearing colorful clothes.
( )4. Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. Carlton is just a common fashion designer. B. Carlton started his new fashion company in 2005. C. Carlton made his first show after he got married to Susan. D. Carlton got some design experience before going to college.
Passage 6(2018无锡)
This year the US will honour(纪念) one of the country's most famous writers—Mark Twain(1835-1910). Most readers know that his real name was Samuel Longhorne Clemens, but how many know where the pen name “Mark Twain” came from?
The answer shows Clemens' colourful early life before he became a writer. “Mark Twain” was the cry shouted on a ship when the ship entered a part of a river that was two fathoms(6 feet)deep. “Twain” is an old-fashioned way of saying “two”. Twain trained as a ship pilot on the Mississippi river for two years, a time that he wrote about in the humorous Life on the Mississippi(1883)．
The famous river would become an important theme in many of his works—who could forget the journey of Huck and Jim along it in his most famous book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1884)?
With little education, he had to teach himself how to write stories. Whenever possible, he
would go to public libraries. There he spent much time reading and thinking, which greatly helped him with his writing.
On the other hand, his life experiences gave him wonderful material to write about and attract readers. Twain wrote in a style that has been called “local colour” because it shows great knowledge of local people and their customs.
This gift is very clear in the two books for which Twain is still celebrated today：The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(1876) and its follow-up The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which many people call “The Great American Novel”．
The most amazing invention in the book is the voice of Huck himself. Huck did not enjoy schooling. It shows in the way he uses language, in a spoken style. Only a master like Twain could copy the way a young southern boy talked so well.
( )1. What does the underlined word “gift” mean in the passage? A. Twain's talent for self-teaching. B. Twain's “local colour” writing style. C. Twain's good sense of humour. D. Twain's experiences as a ship pilot.
( )2. According to the passage, what is the best part of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?
A. The deep social meaning. B. The exciting life experiences. C. The special way that Huck talks. D. The nice view of the Mississippi.
( )3. Which is the most suitable place in the passage for the sentence, “Twain did not come from the writer's background you might expect.”？
A. At the beginning of Paragraph 2. B. At the beginning of Paragraph 3. C. At the beginning of Paragraph 4. D. At the beginning of Paragraph 5. ( )4. What is the passage mainly about? A. Mark Twain's career as a great writer.
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