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阅读理解。     Fayette Pinkney, once a member of The Three Degrees, died at 61 in Lansdale, Pa. She lent her strong voice
to the 1970s hits" When Will I see You Again" and" T. S. O. P. ( The Sound of Philadelphia)",the theme song of the television show Soul Train.
     The Three Degrees was formed in the early 1960s when Ms Pinkney joined with Shirley Porter and Linda
Turner. She was then still going to Overbrook High School in Philadelphia. For more than ten years, Ms Pinkney was the one who kept staying in a group whose members came and went. She sang on the group" s first single" Cee Baby", and on its 1970 hit " Maybe".
     The group " s first two singles for Philadelphia Intemational," Dirty Ol" Man" and"I Didn " t Know", were
small successes. But" T. S. O. P.", a mostly inStrumental piece, reached No. 1 on the pop charts (流行榜) in
1974." When Will I See You Again" which sold more than two million records reached No. 2 on the pop charts
that year.
     Their special singing made The Three Degrees very popular. The group performed with Engelbert
Humperdinck in Las Vegas; a performance in Manhattan ended up in the film The French Connection.
     After leaving The Three Degrees and recording a solo album,"One Degree" in 1979, Ms Pinkney studied at
Temple University and earned a master"s degree (硕士学位) in human services at Lincoln University in
Pennsylvania in 1985. She began working as an assistant for the Medical College of Pennsylvania. She later did
the job of offering professional advice to the patients at United Behavioral Health.
     Ms Pinkney continued to sing."I travel with a special group. I do still love people and I love to make them
smile," she once said. 1. When did Fayette Pinkney join The Three Degrees? A. After she graduated from school.
B. After The Three Degrees formed.
C. In the late 1960s.
D. In the early 1960s. 2. According to the passage, we know that " T. S. O. P." _____.A. was Ms Pinkney" s first solo album
B. was the last song Ms Pinkney sang
C. was only a small success
D. was sung for Soul Train3. What did Ms Pinkney do after she left The Three Degrees? A. She did some other different jobs.
B. She performed with Engelbert Humperdinck.
C. She taught at Temple University.
D. She sang in the film The French Connection. 4. What does the last paragraph mean?A. Ms Pinkney didn" t die at all.
B. Ms Pinkney" s songs sounded really beautiful.
C. Ms Pinkney didn" t want to leave the world.
D. Ms Pinkney will be alive in people" s hearts.

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阅读理解。 Shu Pulong has helped at least 1,000 people bitten (咬) by snakes, "It was seeing people with snake bites
(伤口) that led me to this career," he said.
After his army service, Shu entered a medical school and later became a doctor of Chinese medicine. As
part of his studies he had to work in the mountains. There he often heard of people who had their arms and
legs cut off after a snake bite in order to save their lives. Which of the following words can take the place of the word "career" in the first paragraph(段)? A. conclusion
B. story
C. incident
D. job

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完形填空。     Lang Lang is a world-class young pianist who grew up in Shenyang. He went to a piano school in Beijing
when he was just eight. "You need   1 ," his father said. "But if you don"t work hard, no fortune will come".
     What made him sad was   2 his piano teacher in Beijing didn"t like him. You have no talent (天赋). You
will never be a pianist.   3   a nine-year-old boy. Lang Lang was badly   4  . He decided that he didn"t want lo
be a   5   any more, For the next two weeks he didn"t touch the piano.   6 , his father didn"t push, but waited.
     Luckily, the day came when his teacher asked him to   7   some holiday songs. He didn"t want to, but as
he placed his fingers on the piano keys, he   8   that he could show others that he had talent   9  . That day he
told his father  10  he had been waiting to hear-that he wanted to study with a new teacher.  11  that point on,
everything turned around.
     He started  12  competitions (比赛). In the 1994 International Young Pianists Competition, when it was  13
that Lang Lang had won, he was too  14  to hold back his tears. Soon  15  was that he couldn"t stay in China
forever-he had to play on the world"s big  16 . In 1997 Lang Lang  17  again, this time to Philadelphia U.S. There
he spent two years practising, and by 1999 he had worked hard enough for fortune to take over. After his  18
performance at Chicago"s Ravinia Festival, gigs (特邀演出) in Lincoln Center and Carnegie hall started  19  Lang
Lang finally worked to reach the place where fortune spots (发现) him. and lets him  20 .

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"She was born for the camera," said a photographer who shot Liu Yifei"s picture when she was only eight. Over the past year, Liu, an 18-year-old Chinese American, has shot to fame while playing Wang Yuyan in Jin Yong‘s "Eightfold Path of the Heavenly Dragon" (《天龙八部》). Millions of teenagers have been drawn in by her light smile and beautiful long hair. Many magazines have described her as one of the most charming young actresses of 2004. People say that Liu will be even bigger this year. "She is so beautiful on TV. She has the special character to give flesh and blood to the fairy-like and beautiful Wang Yuyan," said Yang Mingwei, a Senior 2 boy and Liu’s fan from Wuyi High School in Fujian. Currently Liu is filming the TV series"The Return of the Condor Heroes" (《神雕侠侣》), another Jin Yong novel. In the show to be aired this year, Liu plays the Little Dragon Girl. Liu is now a grade three student at the Beijing Film Academy, the star factory of China. But some people say that her success is only down to her beauty. When she returned to China with her mother at the age of 14, she did originally work as a model. It was when a director saw her picture on an advertisement board on the street that her opportunity to work in TV arose. "A pretty face does not last forever. To be a good actress you must work hard and have a professional attitude," Liu said. Every day she spends hours practising all the kungfu kicks and punches for the show. "There have been times during filming when I have remained hanging in the air on wires for half a day as the director keeps trying to get the perfect take," said Liu recently.
1. In the first paragraph, the photographer commented on Liu"s _____.
A. beauty B. talent as an actress C. promising future D. special character
2. What does the underlined word probably mean?
A. Flown B. Broadcast C. Published D. Recorded
3. Which of the following about Liu Yifei is true according to the passage?
A. She thinks her beauty contributes to her success. B. She has become a citizen of the US. C. She graduated from the Beijing Film Academy months ago. D. She failed to improve her English when studying in America.
4. In which part of a newspaper can you read the above passage?
A. National news. B. Business. C. Advertisement. D. Famous people.
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She was known to millions as the "Queen of Crime" or the " Duchess (女公爵) of death". But surprisingly, she hated violence and blood, and knew nothing of the weapons most often used in murder."I don"t think I dare look at a really horrible and damaged body." Agatha Christie once said. But her pen dared travel where her eyes would not. In a 50-year writing career, Christie"s murder stories made her the world"s best-known mystery writer. She is outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Her works have been turned into films and TV series, and a line of computer games is to be released over the next six years. "My grandmother liked to use new ways to reach people who wanted to enjoy her work," said Christie"s grandson, Mathew Pri- chard."Turning her stories into PC games allows us to introduce classic mysteries to new audiences. Born in 1890 in England, Christie was educated at home and began her writing career while working as a nurse during World War I. She went on to produce 79 novels and numerous short sto- ries, dying at the age of 86. "With her knowledge of murder, Christie could have been a teacher at police academies," said one fan.
1. By which means can"t we learn the works of Christie?
A. Watching TV. B. Going to the cinema. C. Reading novels. D. Playing computer games.
2. Mathew Prichard"s words suggest that ____.
A. Christie had been trying to write different stories in different styles B. Christie was fond of changing styles while writing C. Christie"s works are short of audiences D. People began to lose interest in Christie"s works
3. The fifth paragraph mainly _____ .
A. tells us Christie is a productive writer B. gives us a brief introduction of Christie C. tells us when Christie took up writing D. tells us why Christie was popular
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Marie Curie Biography Marie Curie, née Maria Sklodowska, was born in Warsaw on November 7,1867,the daughter of a secondary-school teacher. She received a general education in local schools and some scientific training from her father. She became involved in a students" revolutionary (革命的) organization and found it prudent (深谋远虑的) to leave Warsaw, then in the part of Poland dominated by Russia, for Cracow, which at that time was under Austrian rule. In 1891,she went to Paris to continue her studies at the Sorbonne where she obtained Licentiateships in Physics and the Mathematical Sciences. She met Pierre Curie,professor in the School of Physics, in 1894 and in the following year they were married. She succeeded her husband as Head of the Physics Laboratory at the Sorbonne, gained her Doctor of Science degree in 1903,and following the tragic (悲剧的) death of Pierre Curie in 1906,she took his place as Professor of General Physics in the Faculty (系,院) of Sciences, the first time a woman had held this position. She was also appointed (委派) Director of the Curie Laboratory in the Radium Institute of the University of Paris, founded in 1914. Her early researches, together with her husband, were often performed under difficult conditions, laboratory arrangements were poor and both had to undertake much teaching to earn a livelihood (生计).The discovery of radioactivity (放射能) by Henri Becquerel in 1896 inspired the Curies in their brilliant (辉煌的) researches and analyses (分析) which led to the isolation (分离) of polonium, named after the country of Marie"s birth, and radium. Marie Curie developed methods for the separation of radium from radioactive residues(残渣) in sufficient (足够的)quantities to allow for its characterization and the careful study of its properties, therapeutic (有疗效的) properties in particular. Quiet, dignified and unassuming, she was held in high esteem(尊敬)and admiration by scientists throughout the world. She was a member of the Conseil du Physique Solvay from 1911 until her death and since 1922 she had been a member of the Committee of Intellectual Co-operation of the League of Nations. Her work is recorded in numerous papers in scientific journals. The importance of Marie. Curie"s work is reflected in the numerous awards bestowed (给予) on her. She received many honorary (光荣的) science, medicine and law degrees and honorary memberships of learned societies throughout the world. Together with her husband she was awarded half of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903,for their study into the spontaneous (自然的) radiation discovered by Becquerel, who was awarded the other half of the Prize. In 1911 she received a second Nobel Prize,this time in Chemistry, in recognition (认可) of her work in radioactivity. She also received, jointly with her husband, the Davy Medal (奖章) of the Royal Society in 1903 and, in 1921,President Harding of the United States, on behalf of the women of America, presented her with one gram (克) of radium in recognition of her service to science.
Do you think what made Marie Curie achieve so much? In my view _____________________________________________________________