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A long, imaginary prose (散文) story about people is usually called a novel.
It can be about any kind of man, woman, or child. It can be a- bout kins (空族) , or Chicago newsboys, or convicts (罪犯) , or housewives. The Frenchman, Victor Hugo, wrote his novel Les Miserables about a poor man who stole a loaf of bread to keep from starving (饿死).The American, Ernest Hemingway, wrote A Farewell to Arms about a young American with the Italian Army in World War I
A novel can tell the story of any kind of action, over any period of time. The modern Irish (爱尔兰的) writer, James Joyce, covers less than twenty-four hours in Ulysses. Yet Joyce takes a thousand pages to tell all that happens from the time one man gets up in the morning until he goes to bed early the next morning. A German writer,
Herman Hesse, uses only one hundred and fifty pages in his novel Demian to cover a boy’s life from the age of ten until he becomes a young man.
A novel does not only te
A. kings
B. what happens in a single day
C. soldiers in battle
D. people

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A long, imaginary prose (散文) story about people is usually called a novel.
It can be about any kind of man, woman, or child. It can be a- bout kins (空族) , or Chicago newsboys, or convicts (罪犯) , or housewives. The Frenchman, Victor Hugo, wrote his novel Les Miserables about a poor man who stole a loaf of bread to keep from starving (饿死).The American, Ernest Hemingway, wrote A Farewell to Arms about a young American with the Italian Army in World War I
A novel can tell the story of any kind of action, over any period of time. The modern Irish (爱尔兰的) writer, James Joyce, covers less than twenty-four hours in Ulysses. Yet Joyce takes a thousand pages to tell all that happens from the time one man gets up in the morning until he goes to bed early the next morning. A German writer,
Herman Hesse, uses only one hundred and fifty pages in his novel Demian to cover a boy’s life from the age of ten until he becomes a young man.
A novel does not only te
A. A Young Soldier
B. Five Novels
C. The Nature of the Novel
D. The History of the Novel

[单项选择]What is the story about [A] It is about how Peter and Linda get their money. [B] It is about how Peter and Linda spend their money. [C] It is about how Peter and Linda get and spend their money.

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What is the story about [A] It is about how Peter and Linda get their money. [B] It is about how Peter and Linda spend their money. [C] It is about how Peter and Linda get and spend their money.

[单项选择]What is the story about（　）.
A. It is about how Peter and Linda get their money.
B. It is about how Peter and Linda spend their money.
C. It is about how Peter and Linda get and spend their money.

[单项选择]Why does the speaker tell the story about Newton
A. To illustrate what a great scientist he was.
B. To explain why lab equipment must be cleaned carefully.
C. To emphasize the need for proper precautions.
D. To show how theoretical chemistry has advanced.

[单项选择]Passage Three 　　Last week, I read a story about a 34-year-old British woman who is extremely afraid of metal forks. She’s been using plastic ones for 17 years because the sound of a fork rubbing against a plate g:ives her a panic attack. 　　Strange, right But she’s not alone. While popular phobias(恐惧症) about snakes and spiders might get all of the attention, there are a wide variety of not-so-obvious horrors that make people nervous. 　　While some phobias might seem a bit silly, they can cause serious emotional distress. My co-worker Magda is terrified of pigeons, a phobia that is taking over her life. She won’t walk in certain parts of the city and runs screaming from the subway when one of these "rats with wings" finds its way onto the platform. Another friend isdisgusted with cheese. Once I saw her run away from a slice of it. So where does anirrational fear of cheese come from 　　Are phobias something we inherit from our genes or do we acquire these unusualanxieties over t
A. she has never used them before
B. she has been injured by them before
C. she couldn’t bear their sound on plate
D. she is afraid that they may hurt her