The younger daughter of former New York Mayor Richard White has moved her wedding from New Year’s Eve to this Thursday so her mother, who has been fighting against cancer for 11 years, can take part in the ceremony, a family spokesman said on Wednesday, Oct, 12, 2013. Elizabeth Lally White, who turns 28 on Thursday, will marry Sam Peterson in Spiaggia, a restaurant on North Michigan Avenue. The reception also will be held at the restaurant, which had been previously scheduled to host the couple’s engagement party on Thursday.

Lally White’s mother, Maggie, 68, was reported to have caught breast cancer in 2002. She had an operation in her leg in April and she was hospitalized twice in the weeks following the procedure for treatment of flu-like symptoms that doctors said were not related to the cancer. Maggie, who has used a walker or a wheelchair during most public appearances in recent years, is well beyond the average survival time for someone with breast cancer.
“As the mayor himself has said, she had a pretty difficult summer.” said Jacquelyn Heard, who served Mayor White’s press secretary for years and followed him to the same international law firm that he joined after leaving office in May. “She was not able to get around the way that she normally would do. This year, she has had quite a few setbacks and they’ve been pretty well documented. Lally White decided to reschedule the wedding so that her mom can participate in the festivities (慶�；顒�).” Heard said. Lally White is a doctoral candidate at De-Paul University and plans to work with autistic (孤獨癥) children, and Sam Peterson works in insurance, Heard said.
Richard and Maggie White married in 1972 and had three children in addition to Lally — Nora, Patrick and Kevin. But Kevin was born with a disease and died in 1981 at 33 months.
小題1:When was Elizabeth Lally White born?
A．In 1983.B．In 1987.C．In 1985.D．In 1984.
小題2:What can we infer from Paragraph 2?
A．Maggie, 68, is recovering now.
B．Maggie caught breast cancer in 2002.
C．The cancer caused some flu-like symptoms on Maggie.
D．Average breast cancer patients lived a life shorter than Maggie.
小題3:Why did Lally White reschedule her wedding?
A．She was afraid that her mother couldn’t participate her wedding on New Year’s Eve.
B．She was eager to work with autistic children after wedding.
C．Her family will move out of New York.
D．Her mother will accept operation because of her disease.
小題4:How many children did the former mayor and his wife give birth to?
A．3.B．4.C．5.D．6.
小題5:What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．The political life of former Mayor.
B．The brave wife of former Mayor.
C．The wedding of former Mayor’s daughter.
D．The family life of former Mayor.

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:B 
小題5:D

試題分析：文章介紹了紐約前市長的女兒因為母親的病重而將婚禮改期，然后進(jìn)一步向讀者介紹了前市長的家庭生活。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第一段的句子：a family spokesman said on Wednesday, Oct, 12, 2013. Elizabeth Lally White, who turns 28 on Thursday, will marry Sam Peterson in Spiaggia, 可知Elizabeth Lally White2013年的時候是28歲，所以是出生于1985年，選C。
小題2:推理題：從第二段的句子：who has used a walker or a wheelchair during most public appearances in recent years, is well beyond the average survival time for someone with breast cancer.可知一般的乳腺癌的病人都比 Maggie活的時間短，選D.
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第三段的句子：“She was not able to get around the way that she normally would do. This year, she has had quite a few setbacks and they’ve been pretty well documented. Lally White decided to reschedule the wedding so that her mom can participate in the festivities (慶�；顒�).”可知Lally White 將婚禮改期是為了讓媽媽能夠參加她的婚禮，選A
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題：從最后一段的句子：Richard and Maggie White married in 1972 and had three children in addition to Lally — Nora, Patrick and Kevin. 可知前市長和他妻子一共生了4個孩子，選B   
小題5:主旨大意題：這篇文章從Lally White 將婚禮改期的事情，然后重點介紹了前市長的家庭生活。選D
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According to her, there are several safe topics to talk about with colleagues during the break, such as the weather or movies. Women like to talk about makeup and clothing, while men are fond of sports and online games. But discussing your private life, such as relationship, habits or health conditions, is a potential minefield.
Liang Kun, 26, had to resign from his job at a trading company in Guangzhou last week after discussing his income with colleagues during a lunch break. “I didn't realize it was such a serious issue until a senior member of staff went to find the boss, asking why I got a higher salary than her，” said Liang. “Then our HR told me that according to the employee handbook it is forbidden to talk about salary in the office.” HR expert Yang also reminds us that paychecks are your own business. It is unwise to share this information with others, no matter how close you are.
To summarize, Yang advises office workers to be more aware of the image they project when talking to colleagues, “When you share your personal life, it will be recorded on your invisible resume and may slow down your career progressing.”
小題1:The author quoted Yang Yudan in the text to ________.
A．show his admiration for her
B．make an argument with her
C．support his own viewpoint
D．build up his fame
小題2:What can be inferred from the fact that Liang Kun had to resign his job according to the text?
A．It was unwise for him to share information with others.
B．He broke the rules made by the company.
C．He was such an honest person that he told the truth.
D．He treated his colleagues as family members.
小題3:What is the author's purpose in writing the text?
A．To draw people's attention to their behaviors in public.
B．To advise office workers to be aware of the image they project.
C．To make you believe that communication in the office is complicated.
D．To warn you to be careful of invisible trouble while talking about your privacy to colleagues.
小題4:Which would be the best title for the text?
A．At Work, Keep It to Yourself
B．Keep the Right Balance
C．Share Your Personal Life with Others
D．Safe Topics to Talk about

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Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899—July 2, 1961) was an American writer and journalist. His writing style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image(形象) affected later generations. Hemingway produced most of his works between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.
Hemingway was raised in Illinois. After high school he reported for The Kansas City Star, before leaving for the Italian front to enlist with the World War I ambulance drivers. In 1918, he was seriously wounded and returned home. In 1922, he married Hadley Richardson. The couple moved to Paris, where he worked as a foreign journalist. Advised and encouraged by other American writers in Paris—F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, he began to see his work appear in print there, and in 1925 his first important book, a collection of stories called In Our Time, was published. A year later, he published The Sun Also Rises, a novel with which he scored his first solid success. The writing of books occupied Hemingway for most of the postwar years. He remained based in Paris, but he traveled widely for bullfighting(斗牛), fishing, and hunting that by then had become part of his life and formed the background for much of his writing. Hemingway’s love of Spain and bullfighting resulted in Death in the Afternoon (1932). His position as a master of short fiction had been advanced by Men Without Women in 1927. The harvest of Hemingway’s considerable experience of Spain in war and peace was the novel For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940). In the public view, however, the novel A Farewell to Arms (1929) overshadowed such works.
Shortly after he published The Old Man and the Sea in 1952, Hemingway went to Africa, where he was almost killed in a plane crash that left him in pain or ill-health for much of the rest of his life. Hemingway lived in Florida and Cuba during the 1930s and 1940s, but in 1959 he moved from Cuba to Ketchum, Idaho, where ended his life in the summer of 1961.
小題1:Which best arranges Hemingway’s works in the correct order of time?
a. A Farewell to Arms       b. Men Without Women
c. The Old Man and the Sea  d. Death in the Afternoon
e. The Sun Also Rises       f. For Whom the Bell Tolls
A．e, a, b, f, d, cB．e, b, a, d, f, c
C．b, a, d, f, e, cD．b, d, a, e, c, f
小題2:The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 probably means that A Farewell to Arms         .
A．was thought to be better than other works of Hemingway’s
B．was considered to make a show in Hemingway’s life
C．was only as excellent as the other works of Hemingway’s
D．was believed to be among the worst works of Hemingway’s
小題3:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Hemingway must have spent his childhood in Italy.
B. Hemingway was an energetic writer with a wide interest.
C. Hemingway’s first book In Our Time was published before 1925.
D Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for Literature just before his death.
小題4:It can be concluded from the passage that           .
A．Hemingway produced most of his works in Africa
B．Hemingway led a very happy life in his last few years
C．most of Hemingway’s works were based on his life experience
D．Hemingway’s writing style affected the life of later generations

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