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Book1Unit2 Onwards and upwards单元试卷
Toni Morrison was an American writer who received the Nobel Prize
in Literature.Her novels Beloved,Song of Solomon and others
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explored the way African-Americans search for freedom and ldentity In
1.单句语法填空(1×15=15分)
a country obsessed (with skin color.Morrison was nearly 40 when
1.My employer regretted.
(inform)me that I am no
she published her first novel The Bluest Eye in 1970.The Nobel Prize
committee described her writing as language itself,a language she
longer qualified for this position.
wants to liberate (from race.Her novels discussed America's past,
2.Motorists were criticized
being inconsiderate to
focusing on black history and the effects of slavery and racism(种a族主
pedestrians.
)She called her characters the unfree at the heart of the
3.We promise to refund your money if you are
democratic(民主的)experiment.
(delight)with
your service.
In 1988,she won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Beloved,the story
4.He admitted
(take)the money and promised never to
of a mother who kills her baby daughter rather than permit her to be
do it again.
born into slavery.It became a best-seller and was later made into a film
5.In the past few years,she
(take)thousands of
with Oprah Winfrey.Many Americans admired her as the country's
pictures across the Continent.
greatest living writer,including former President Barack Obama.
6.Jack is so healthy a boy that he
(rare)catches a cold.
She was bomn in 1931.She attended Howard University,an all-black
7.Children are taught to do weightlifting.balance their diets and
university in Washington,D.C.At Howard,she read African,British and
build physical
(endure).
American literature,including writers william Faulkner and Virginia
8.I have to turn
your offer,will you feel disappointed?
Woolf.After a short marriage,she became a single mother of two sons
9.Tim along with his wife and family
(face)a very
and worked as a book editor in New York.
serious situation at this time yesterday.
Several publi