At an allegorical(比喻的) level, the central theme is the (38)__________ of human desire for civilization and social organization—living by rules, peacefully—and for the (39)__________ to power. Several themes are revealed in the book, including the tension between groupthink and individuality, between rational and emotional reactions, between (40)__________ and aggression, and between morality and immorality. How these play out, and how different people feel the influences of these form a major subtext of Lord of the Flies.
III. Reading Comprehension (15’+30’) Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
The picture of miseries and sufferings of the Black woman in America may appear, perhaps darker and more depressing than Dante’s(但丁) description of Hell because in the history of human race, the Black woman in America has suffered the most. A close and critical (41)_______ of the history of the Black woman’s life and condition since her arrival in a strange land will unfold very well the long story of her pain and sorrow (42)_______ her mutilated(被切断的) soul. Since her arrival on the foreign shore, the Black woman has been facing the worst kind of (43)_______ and oppression. As a Black she has had to endure all the horrors of slavery and has been the (44)_______ of continually inhumane treatment in all kinds of work, (45)_______ the lowest place on the wage scale and restricted to the lowest-status and the most uncreative jobs. Since times of slavery, Black womanhood has been destroyed, twisted and abused with racial and inhuman (46)_______ by black men and white men and women. In the process, they have lost their genuine \and have developed a(n) (47)_______ in themselves—though as black women, they see themselves with the eyes of white men and women and black men. This has ultimately been responsible for the destruction of their self-confidence and the feeling of being human. They (48)_______ themselves as masters’ belongings.
As a mother she has seen her children sold into slavery. She has seen them left at home without attention while she (49)_______ to the needs of the children of the ruling class. She has seen her children suffer from drug addiction, the (50)_______ of decent education and experience attacks by
a racist society, and (51)_______ the prisons of this nation. In addition, besides suffering the common fate of all oppressed people, the African-American women continue to (52)_______ the oppression of woman by men, which existed for long. In the home she becomes “the slave of a slave”. Men may be cruelly treated and subjected to all sorts of dehumanizing treatment on the part of the ruling class. (53)_______, at least they can take out their frustration on someone else, their women.
Thus feminism in America means much more than what it stands for in other European countries, chiefly because it has different role and meaning (54)_______ the Black women. If a feminist is commonly defined as one who is involved in transforming and (55)_______ familiar realities, then Black women are innate(天生的) feminists. Black women writing exhibits and constructs a Black women’s literary tradition that is inherently feminist. Barbara Smith, an influential Black feminist critic, states that the ability of Black women to survive in the face of White America exhibits an innate feminist potential. 41. A. respect
B. reference
C. account
D. expression D. joined by D. explosion D. object D. striking D. practices D. gravity D. look through D. appealed D. possibility D. criticizing D. undergo D. Moreover D. in parallel with D. reinterpreting
42. A. associated with 43. A. exploration 44. A. article 45. A. including
B. completed with B. exhaustion B. item
C. involved in C. exploitation C. substance C. containing C. descriptions C. simplicity C. look over C. attended C. variety C. charging
B. occupying B. processes B. anxiety
46. A. procedures 47. A. complexity 48. A. look to 49. A. took 50. A. richness
B. look upon B. kept B. lack
51. A. populating 52. A. undertake 53. A. Therefore
B. emphasizing B. underline B. Anyway
C. undervalue C. However C. in addition to C. reconsidering
54. A. with respect to 55. A. reappointing
B. in line with B. representing
Section B
Directions: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
I was at the funeral of my dearest friend--my mother. She finally had lost her long battle with cancer. The hurt was so intense; I found it hard to breathe at times. Always supportive, Mother clapped loudest at my school plays, held the box of tissues while listening to my first heartbreak, comforted me at my father's death, and prayed for me my entire life.
When mother's illness was diagnosed, my sister had a new baby and my brother had recently married his childhood sweetheart, so it fell on me, the 27-year-old middle child, to take care of her. I counted it an honor. My place had been with our mother, preparing her meals, taking her to the doctor, reading the Bible together. Now she was in heaven. My work was finished, but I was alone.
Deep in sorrow, suddenly, I heard a door open and slam shut at the back of the church. Quick footsteps hurried along the carpeted floor. A young man looked around briefly and then sat next to me. He folded his hands and placed them on his lap. His eyes started to be filled with tears.
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After several eulogies, he leaned over and commented, \name of Margaret?''
\was anyway.
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The solemness(庄重) of the occasion mixed with the realization of the man's mistake bubbled up inside me and came out as laughter. Sharp looks from other mourners(哀悼者) only made the situation seem more stupid. I peeked at the confused, misguided man seated beside me. He was laughing too, as he glanced around, deciding it was too late for an uneventful exit. I imagined Mother laughing.
At the final 'Amen,' we rushed out a door and into the parking lot. \of the town. By the way, my name is Rick.\
That afternoon began a lifelong journey for me with this man who attended the wrong funeral, but was in the right place. A year after our meeting, we were married at a country church. This time we both arrived at the same church, right on time.
In my time of sorrow, God gave me laughter. In place of loneliness, God gave me love. This past June, we celebrated our twenty-second wedding anniversary. Whenever anyone asks us how we met, Rick tells them, 'Her mother and my Aunt Mary introduced us, and it's truly a match made in heaven.'
56. Only author could take care of her mom mainly because ________. A. she was the only child in the family B. a lovely baby came into her brother’s family C. she was the only child without a new family’s burden D. her mom loved her much more than other children 57. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The author and Rick met 22 years ago for the first time. B. The author was supposed to have been in Lutheran Church. C. Margaret should be the name of Rick’s aunt. D. The mourners considered the author’s joy improper. 58. What could be the best title of the passage? A. Hope Remaining at the Funeral C. Two Funerals at One Time
(B)
B. A Heavenly Encounter D. Seeking God’s Everlasting Love
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