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上海高考英语备考训练 PAGE1 / NUMPAGES8 高中英语题型训练中级 Unit 1, 语法填空 1, American writer Toni Morrison was born in 1931 in Ohio. She (1) ______ (raise) in an African American family filled with songs and stories of Southern myths, which later shaped her prose (散文). Her happy family life led to her excellent performance in school, (2) ______ there was the atmosphere of racial discrimination in the society. After graduating from college, Morrison started to work as a teacher and got married in 1958. Several years later, her marriage began to fail. For a temporary escape, she joined a small writers’ group, (3) ______ ______ each member was required to bring a story or poem for discussion. She wrote a story (4) ______ (base) on the life of a girl she knew in childhood who had prayed to God for blue eyes. The story was well received by the group, but then she put it away, (5) _____ (think) she was done with it. In 1964, Morrison got divorced and devoted herself to (6) ______ (write). One day, she dusted off the story she had written for the writers’ group and decided to make (7) ______ into a novel. She drew on her memories from childhood and expanded upon them using her imagination (8)_____ ______ the characters developed a life of their own. The Bluest Eye was eventually published in 1970. From 1970 to 1992, Morrison published five more novels. In her novels, Morrison brings in different elements of the African American past, their struggles, problems and cultural memory. In Song of Solomon, for example, Morrison tells the story of an African American man and his search for identity (身份) in his culture. The novels and other works won her several prizes. In 1993, Morrison received (9) ______ Nobel Prize in Literature. She is the eighth woman and the first African American woman (10) ______ (win) the honor. 2, Negative effects of gossip “Did you hear what happened to Adam Last Friday?” Lindsey whipers to Tori . With her eyes shining, Tori brags，“You bet I did, S