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If you enjoy American stories, you'll have noticed that quite a few of them take place on the road. The United States is a vast country whose long highways connect very distant places. Many famous American novels and films are about stories that occur while their characters are traveling along these highways. These novels are often celebrations of American life.

Jesmyn Ward's National Book Award winner Sing, Unburied, Sing is a road novel, but not a celebration. The road journey here is through Mississippi as an African-American mother and her two children travel to collect her white husband -the children's father -as he's released from jail.

Nether the mother Leonie, nor the father Michael, are ideal parents. Leonie in particular is so full of anger and regret that she takes out her unhappiness on her children, the 13-year-old Jojo and his little sister Kayla. And the pain of lacking proper financial support makes the journey even harder.

The telling of the story is divided between various narrators. Jojo, the boy, is the most sympathetic of them. But it is worrying to read about how he experiences the world. Even though he's young. he's already experienced the dark side of life. The opening sentence of the book gives a sense of Jojo's unnatural maturity. "I like to think I know what death is. I like to think that I could look at it straight. "This maturity is tested when a white policeman pulls a gun on him when Jojo puts his hand in his pocket.

But who, or what, is to blame for these sad circumstances? For Ward, it's clearly the past. She admires the work of fellow novelist William Faulkner. When she thinks about the past, she's of the same mind as him.

Faulkner famously wrote: “The past is never dead. It's not even past.” At one point. Ward says that her characters are “pulling the past with them,” like a too-heavy trailer coupled to the car as they journey on through Mississippi to the jailhouse. The biggest part of this past, of course, is racism -the remains of slavery -which is always there, and ruining life.

This is probably why The Washington Post listed Sing, Unburied, Sing as one of its 10 choices of 2017's Best Books. “The plight of this one family is tired to crimes that stretch over decades.” wrote the newspaper. “These are people pulling all the weight of history.”

【小题1】What can we learn about Sing, Unburied, Sing from the article?
A.It was recently adapted as a film.B.It's a celebration of American life
C.It's one of 2017's best-selling American novels.D.It is a story of a road trip through Mississippi.
【小题2】According to the text, the character Jojo _________.
A.is the main narrator of the novelB.is the youngest child in the family
C.fights with a white policeman on the roadD.shows an unusually mature mind of a child
【小题3】What is the root cause of the family's difficulty according to the article?
A.The unhappy marriage of the parentsB.The lack of educational opportunities
C.The remaining slavery and racism.D.The lack of financial support from the government.
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Health and fitness help a person live a good and healthy life. Often due to various pressures, we tend to ignore our health. This makes our body suffer and we will catch other diseases. It is the fitness level of our body that helps us fight these diseases.

Health and fitness are interrelated to each other. We need to be fit to have a healthy body.

Similarly, if we are healthy we shall naturally be attracted towards maintaining the fitness of our body. Health is the state of our body at a given time. We may not have any disease but still have a weak body, which is ready to be targeted by viruses. For instance, we may have a tendency to catch a cold easily. This does not definitely mean that we are not healthy. It means the fitness level is not in accordance with our age and the climatic conditions we live in.

It is important for everyone to devote some time to health and fitness. There are some activities which everyone should do in our life. For instance, we must exercise daily regardless of our age and working style. There are different levels of exercises for different age groups and we must do them according to our own health and age.

Additionally, it is important to relax our body. We should have at least six to eight hours of sleep every day. It helps in improving our immune(免疫) system and protects us against diseases. It also helps in keeping us calm and relaxes our mind. This, in turn, gives us new goals of health and fitness.

【小题1】According to the passage, what will be the result of ignoring our health?
A.Our body will fight disease more easily.
B.Viruses will attack our body easily
C.We will be under great pressure
D.Our immune system will work for us.
【小题2】The underlined phrase “in accordance with” is similar to ________ in meaning,
A.in control of..B.at the sight ofC.in agreement withD.in favour of
【小题3】What is paragraph 2 mainly about?
A.Health and fitness are related to our age and working style.
B.It is important to keep the fitness of our body.
C.Health are closely connected with fitness.
D.Health and fitness help people live a good life.
【小题4】What is the best title for the passage?
A.New goals of health and fitness
B.Ways to fight discase
C.Work out on a daily basis
D.Health and fitness

What is the first thing you notice when you walk into a shop? The products displayed at the entrance? Or the soft background music?

But have you ever noticed the smell? Unless it is bad, the answer is likely to be no. But while a shop's scent may not be outstanding compared with sights and sounds, it is certainly there. And it is an increasingly powerful tool in encouraging people to buy.

A brand(品牌) store has become famous for its distinctive(独特的) smell which floats through the fairly dark hall and out to the entrance, through scent machines. A smell may be attractive but it may not just be used for freshening air. One sports goods company once reported that when it first introduced scent into its stores, customers' intention(意图) to buy increased by 80 percent.

When it comes to the best shopping streets in Pairs, scent is just as important to a brand's success as the quality of its window displays and goods on sales. That is mainly because shopping is a very different experience to what it used to be.

Some years ago, the focus for brand name shopping was on a few people with sales assistants‘s (店员) unhappy attitude and don't-touch-what-you-can't-afford displays. Now the rise of electronic commerce(商务)(e-commerce) has opened up famous brands to a wider audience. But while e-shops can use sights and sounds, only bricks-and-mortar stores (实体店) can offer a full experience from the minute customers step through the door to the moment they leave.

Now a famous store uses complex man-made smell to make sure that the soft scent of baby powder floats through the kid department, and coconut(椰子) scent in the swimsuit section. A department store has even opened a new lab, inviting customers on a journey into the store's windows to smell books, pots and drawers, in search of their perfect scent.

【小题1】According to the passage, what is a more and more powerful tool in the success of some brand stores?
A.Friendly assistants.B.Distinctive smell.
C.Soft background music.D.Attractive window displays.
【小题2】The underlined word “scent” in Paragraph 2 means ________.
A.smellB.window displays
C.goodsD.sales assistants
【小题3】E-shops are mentioned in the passage to ________.
A.show the advantages of brick-and-mortar stores
B.urge shop assistants to change their attitude.
C.push stores to use sights and sounds
D.introduce the rise of e-commerce
【小题4】The main purpose of the passage is to ________.
A.compareB.argue
C.persuadeD.inform

In American schools there is something called Homecoming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a homecoming game. This can be the most important event of the year except graduation or commencement (毕业典礼) Day. Students plan Homecoming Day many weeks in advance.

Several days before Homecoming, students start to decorate the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team, and many other signs to welcome all the graduates. Many people still come to Homecoming twenty or thirty years after their graduation.

The members of school clubs build booths(售货棚) and sell lemonade(柠檬汽水), apples and sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome visitors.

During the day alumni and their wives will gather at the school. They like to look for teachers that they remember. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.

Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over, the band comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Homecoming Queen or King appears. All the students vote the most popular student Homecoming Queen or King. It is a great honor to be chosen.

Homecoming is a happy day, but it is not perfect unless the football team wins the game. Even if the game loses, the students still enjoy Homecoming. Some stay at the school to dance, and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth remembering.

【小题1】The best title of this passage is         .
A.American SchoolB.Homecoming Game
C.Homecoming Queen or KingD.Homecoming Day
【小题2】Which of the following is NOT done on Homecoming?
A.To see old friends.B.To organize clubs.
C.To watch the football game.D.To call on teachers they remember.
【小题3】The underlined word “alumni” refers to         .
A.female former students of a school or college
B.male former students of a school or college
C.grandfathers of the students in a school or college
D.grandmothers of the students in a school or college

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