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阅读理解。     Forget Britney Spears. Who is the new pop princess and who makes thous

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阅读理解。     Forget Britney Spears. Who is the new pop princess and who makes thousands of American teenage girls
scream with excitement at her concerts and rush to the store to buy her latest CD?
     The answer is Miley Cyrus. After starring in popular TV shows and hit movies, the 16-year-old released
her fifth album, The Time of Our Lives, on August 28. Its lead single, Party in. the USA, is wildly popular.
     Cyrus has built her success largely on a role she has played. On TV and the silver screen, Miley Cyrus is
Miley Stewart. She is popular at school during the day and at night. She is a famous pop singer named Hannah
Montana.
     Her soaring popularity goes to her head. So Stewart"s father takes her home from Los Angeles to Tennessee,
a southern US state, for a dose of reality. The journey kicks off an adventure filled with fun, laughter and
romance.
     While there, she has to cope with her city girl"s unfamiliarity with country life and gradually learn what
family is all about.
     "Hannah Montana, at heart, is every Disney princess show you ve ever seen", writes Michael O"Sullivan, a
reporter with the Washington Post. "Only with a limo (豪华轿车) instead of a pumpkin-turned-coach, a
microphone stand instead of a magic wand (魔法棒) and a prince who wears a cowboy hat."
     But the journey of looking for one"s inner self goes beyond the big screen. Actress Miley Cyrus has a
celebrity father, Billy Ray Cyrus, a famous country singer. The teenager doesn"t want people to think she has
taken a short-cut to success. "It"s about how I find out who I am. I get to know that you need to be able to
take time to realize who you are," She said. "I don"t want to be some celebrity"s daughter, just be me." 1. Which of the following statements is Not true according to the passage?A. Miley Cyrus has released five albums when she was sixteen years old.
B. The Time of Our Lives is Miley Cyrus" fifth album.
C. Party in the USA, is very popular.
D. Thousands of American teenager boys rush to the store to buy Miley"s latest CD. 2. Why did Miley Stewart"s father take her to the country?A. Because she got dizzy with success.
B. Because she wanted to play in the movies.
C. Because she wanted to make adventure.
D. Because her father liked country life. 3. What does Miley Cyrus do when she arrives at the country at first? A. She must deal with her city girl"s unfamiliarity with country life.
B. She has to get to know her new friends.
C. She has to take the adventure.
D. She has to obey her father"s request. 4. What does Miley Cyrus do when she arrives at the country at first? A. She must deal with her city girl"s unfamiliarity with country life.
B. She has to get to know her new friends.
C. She has to take the adventure.
D. She has to obey her father"s request.
答案
1-4: D A A C
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完形填空。                                                   The True Story of Treasure Island
     It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson"s imagination   1  ,
recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
     Stevenson, a Scotsman, had lived   2   for many years. In 1881 he returned to Scotland for a   3  . With
him were his American wife Fanny and his son   4  .
     Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long   5   over the hills. They had been   6   this for
several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse. Kept indoors by the heavy rain Lloyd felt
the days   7  . To keep the boy happy Robert asked the boy to do some   8  .
     One morning, the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island. Robert   9   that the boy had
drawn a large cross in the middle of  10   "What"s that?" he asked "That"s the  11  treasure." said the boy.
Robert suddenly  12  something of an adventure story in the boy"s  13 . While the rain was pouring Robert
sat down by the fire to write a story. He would make the  14  a twelve-year-old boy just like Lloyd. But who
would he the pirate (海盗)?
     Robert had a good friend named Henley, who walked around with the  15  of a wooden leg. Robert had
always wanted to  16  such a man in a story.  17  Long John Silver the pirate with a wooden leg, was  18 .
     So, thanks to a  19  September in Scotland a friend with a wooden leg and the imagination of a twelve-
year-old boy we have one of the greatest  20  stories in the English language.
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阅读理解。
     When people hear a president speak, they seldom think about others helping to shape the presentation
(报告). Today, however, presidents depend on writers such as J. Terry Edmonds to help them communicate
(交流) effectively. Edmonds is the first African American ever to work as a full-time speechwriter for a U.S.
president; he is so the first African American to serve as director of speechwriting for White House. His is
an all-American story of success.
     Edmonds grew up in Baltimore, Maryland; his father drove a truck, and his mother worked as a waitress.
A great reader, Edmonds showed a gift for writing at his high School, Baltimore City College After graduating
in 1967 Edmonds went on to Morgan State University.
     Edmonds began his career in business, with jobs in public relations and communications. He joined the
world of politics as news secretary for his congressman (国会议员) from Baltimore During Bill Clinton"s
presidency, he wrote speeches for Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala and worked in a
number of job in the White House and in governmental departments President Clinton then appointed (任命)
him to the office of directory of speechwriting. Following the 2000 elections Edmonds returned to Morgan
State University as the school"s special assistant to the president for 2001-2002.
1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?
A. Edmonds proved himself to be good at writing at high school.
B. Edmonds graduated from Morgan State University in 1967.
C. Edmonds was the first full-time speechwriter.
D. Edmonds served the White House after 2000.
2. Edmonds entered the world of politics first as _____.
A. news secretary for a Congressman
B. a speechwriter for President Clinton
C. news secretary in the White House
D. a speechwriter for Secretary Donna Shalala
3. The text is most likely to be found in a book about _____.
A. popular science
B. historical events
C. successful people
D. Political systems
阅读理解。
     Four people in England, back in 1953, stared at Photo 51. It wasn"t much–a picture showing a black X.
But three of these people won the Nobel prize for figuring out what the photo really showed—the shape of
DNA. The discovery brought fame and fortune to scientists James Watson, Francis crick, and Maurice
Wilkins. The fourth, the one who actually made the picture, was left out.
     Her name was Rosalind Franklin. "she should have been up there," says historian Mary Bowden. "if her
photo hadn’t been there, the others couldn’t have come up with the structure." One reason Franklin was
missing was that she had died of cancer four years before the Nobel decision. But now scholar doubt that
Franklin was not only robbed of her life by disease but robbed of credit by her competitions.
     At Cambridge university in the 1950s, Watson and Crick tried to make models by cutting up shapes of
DNA’s parts and then putting them together. In the meantime, at king’s college in London, Franklin and
Wilkins shone X-rays at the molecule (分子). The rays produced patterns reflecting the shape.
     But Wilkins and Franklin’s relationship was a lot rockier than the celebrated teamwork of Watson and
Crick. Wilkins thought Franklin was hired to be his assistant. But the college actually employed her to take
over the DNA project.
     What she did was produce X-ray pictures that told Watson and Crick that one of their early models was
inside out. And she was not shy about saying so. That angered Watson, who attacked her in return, "Mere
inspection suggested that she would not easily bend. Clearly she had to go or be put in her place."
     As Franklin"s competitors, Wilkins, Watson and Crick had much to gain by cutting her out of the little
group of researchers, says historian Pnina Abir-Am. In 1962 at the Nobel prize awarding ceremony, Wilkins
thanked 13 colleagues by name before he mentioned Franklin. Watson wrote his book laughing at her. Crick
wrote in 1974 that "Franklins was only two steps away from the solution."
     No, Franklin was the solution. "She contributed more than any other player to solving the structure of
DNA. She must be considered a co-discoverer," Abir-Am says. This was backed up by Aaron Klug, who
worked with Franklin and later won a Nobel Prize himself. Once described as the "Dark Lady of DNA",
Franklin is finally coming into the light.
1. What is the text mainly about?
A. The disagreements among DNA researchers.
B. The unfair treatment of Franklin.
C. The process of discovering DNA.
D The race between two teams of scientists.
2. Watson was angry with Franklin because she _____.
A. took the lead in the competition
B. kept her results from him
C. proved some of his findings wrong
D. shared her data with other scientists
3. Why is Franklin described as "Dark Lady of DNA"?
A. She developed pictures in dark labs.
B. She discovered the black X—the shape of DNA.
C. Her name was forgotten after her death.
D. Her contribution was unknown to the public.
4. What is the writer"s attitude toward Wilkins, Watson and Crick?
A. Disapproving    
B. Respectful   
C. Admiring          
D. Doubtful
阅读理解。
     The Peales were a famous family of American artists. Charles Willson Peale is best remembered for his
portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution. He painted portraits of Franklin and Jefferson and
over a dozen of George Washington. His life-size portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian was so realistic
that George Washington reportedly once tipped his hat (脱帽打招呼) to the figures in the picture.
     Charles Willson Peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the Peale seum,which he
founded in Philadelphia. The world"s first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings
by Peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings Peale found the animals himself
and found a method to make the exhibits more lifelike. The museum"s most popular display was the skeleton
(骷髅) of a huge,extinct elephant,which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in l801.
     Three of Peale"s seventeen children were also famous artists. Raphaelle Peale often painted still lives of
flowers,fruit,and cheese. His brother Rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many noted
people,including one of George Washington. Another brother, Rubens Peale, painted mostly landscapes and
portraits.
     James Peale, the brother of Charles Willson Peale, specialized in miniatures (小画像). His daughter Sarah
Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America.
1. What is the main topic of the passage?
A. The life of Charles Willson Peale.
B. Portraits in the l8th century.
C. The Peale Museum.
D. A family of artists.
2. The author mentions in Paragraph l that Washington tipped his hat to the figures in the painting to show
    that _____.
A. Charles Willson Peale"s painting was very lifelike
B. Washington respected Charles Willson Peale"s work
C. Washington was friendly with Raphaelle and Titian Peale
D. the painting of the two brothers was very large
3. Which of the following is NOT the child of Charles Willson Peale?
A. Titian Peale.
B. Rubens Peale.
C. Raphaelle Peale.
D. Sarah Miriam Peale.
4. The author"s attitude toward the Peales is in general _____.
A. puzzling
B. exciting
C. admiring
D. disappointing
阅读理解。
     Gordon Ramsay is one of Britain"s best-known chefs. He is one of the only three chefs in the country
to maintain three Michelin stars for their restaurant.
     Gordon was born in Scotland but was brought up in England after his family moved to Stratford. He
played football as a teenager for Oxford United Football Club"s youth side and was spotted by a scout (球
探) for Rangers. He became a professional player at the age of 15. After a knee injury that left him unable
to regain full fitness, he was released from the club.
     At the age of 19 Ramsay now turned his hand to cookery. He worked under Marco Pierre White and
Albert Roux in London and Guy Savoy and Joel Robuchon in Paris before becoming head chef of the
newly-opened Aubergine restaurant in 1993. By 1996, the restaurant had been awarded two Michelin stars.
In 1998 Ramsay opened his first own restaurant in Chelsea. The restaurant gained three Michelin stars in
1999, making Ramsay the first Scot to gain the achievement. From there his empire has expanded rapidly,
opening a lot of restaurants.
     Ramsay has published six books on cooking and also appeared in two documentaries (记录片)-Boiling
Point in 1998 and Beyond Boiling Point in 2000. The series showed that Ramsay is a hot-tempered man in
the kitchen; he was seen yelling dirty words at his staff and throwing equipment around. Food critic Gill,
who was famously fired from Ramsay"s Chelsea restaurant, has said that Ramsay is "a wonderful chef, just
a really second-rate human being".
1. Ramsay had to leave the club because _____.
A. he wanted to be a cook
B. he didn"t have a gift for football
C. his knee was badly hurt
D. his family moved to England
2. What"s the right order of the things that happened to Ramsay?
    a. opened his own restaurant
    b. appeared in Beyond Boiling Point
    c. received three Michelin stars
    d. became a professional footballer
A. a, b, c, d
B. a, c, d, b
C. d, a, c, b
D. d, b, a, c
3. From the last paragraph we know that Ramsay is _____.
A. an excellent chef as well as a respected man
B. friendly and good at cooking
C. a successful writer and a second-class cook
D. is famous but hard to get along with
4. It can be learned from the passage that _____.
A. Ramsay became a professional footballer at 15
B. Three Michelin stars are awarded to the best restaurants
C. Boiling Point and Beyond Boiling Point are Ramsay"s books
D. Ramsay opened his restaurant after learning cookery