"Gangnam Style" by singer Psy from Korea, is a popular song, but its extraordina
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"Gangnam Style" by singer Psy from Korea, is a popular song, but its extraordinary global success is really the result of its music video, which is a great piece of genius. On September 22nd, Guinness World Records listed "Gangnam Style" as the most-liked video in the history of YouTube. It"s been performed at West Point (West-Point Style), and Google"s CEO, has done the "Gangnam Style" horse dance at the company"s office in Seoul. Even Samsung is trying to make Psy the new model for the latest type of fridge.
The song"s global popularity is such that the vast majority of people who enjoy it don"t speak Korean, and have no idea what it is about. That"s fine --- part of what makes "Gangnam Style" so fun is, like international pop music, the difficulty in understanding it. When we sing along, "Hey, sexy lady", we don"t really know what we"re singing about.
The joy of incomprehensibleness is familiar to anyone who loves pop music from elsewhere. Anthony Lane, in his 2010 review of the Eurovision Song Contest, Only Mr. God Knows Why, used "Eurovision English" as one of its chief pleasures. It"s "a complex tongue, spoken nowhere else, which raises the heartfelt poetry (诗意) but absolute nonsense to a level of what sci-fi writers could only have dreamed. " In similar ways, "Gangnam Style" is just an over-the-top video where a fat man does a funny dance and sings repetitive words that don"t make sense to most of us.
But on the other, the magic of the song also lies in its funny dance, which reflects not just cultural morals specific to Korea, but cultural values easily recognizable to western viewers. This song"s words may be in Korean, but its scenes are in clear American. The dance moves are simple enough to copy.
Nonsense, in other words, forces us to let down our guards. It makes us relax, and asks us to let in all sorts of feelings from which, otherwise, we might distance ourselves. "Gangnam Style" happens to be so interesting because of its incomprehensibleness.
小题1:Some complex languages are used in pop music because _______.| A．singers regard it as one of the chief pleasures at the concert | | B．they make the music hard to understand but poetic and attractive | | C．the music can sound more pleasant and beautiful to the audience | | D．people like listening to the music which makes special sense to them |
小题2:What is true about the popularity of "Gangnam Style"?| A．It was considered as the most popular video on the Internet. | | B．It makes people amused and removes their emotional guards. | | C．Its dance only reflects cultural and morals specific to Korea. | | D．Psy, its singer, has been the new model for Samsung . |
小题3:What does the underlined word "incomprehensibleness" mean in Paragraph 3?| A．Being interesting to listen to. | B．Being simple enough to copy. | | C．Being complex and repetitive. | D．Being difficult to understand. |
小题4:The text is mainly about ________.| A．how "Gangnam Style" becomes popular among the youths | | B．why "Gangnam Style" is popular even if few people understand it | | C．how Psy gains worldwide success through his talent and hard work | | D．what emotions and cultural morals Psy wants to convey with his song |
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小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:B |
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江南style如此流行，而喜爱这首歌的人大多不懂其歌词。原因何在？其实，人们喜爱这首歌的原因正是人们不懂歌词。歌词的无意义可以让人放松身心；人们喜爱这首歌的另一个原因是那简单而易模仿的舞蹈动作。
小题1:细节题。由第三段The joy of incomprehensibleness is familiar to anyone who loves pop music from elsewhere以及a complex tongue, spoken nowhere else, which raises the heartfelt poetry (诗意) but absolute nonsense等文字可知，流行音乐中的歌词“完全无意义但富有诗意”。选择.B项。
小题2:细节题。第一段…listed "Gangnam Style" as the most-liked video in the history of YouTube提示排除A项；倒数第二段which reflects not just cultural morals specific to Korea,提示排除C项；第一段Samsung is trying to make Psy the new model for the latest type of fridge说明Psys尚未成为Samsung的new model，排除D项。由最后一段Nonsense, in other words, forces us to let down our guards.和"Gangnam Style" happens to be so interesting because of its incomprehensibleness.等文字可知，江南style之所以流行就是因为其不可理解性，这种不可理解性或无意义让人们身心放松。故选择B项。
小题3:词义推断题。由第二段the vast majority of people who enjoy it don"t speak Korean, and have no idea what it is about.及后面的叙述可知，人们喜爱江南style是因为他们不懂其歌词的意思，这种因不懂歌词意思而获得的乐趣与其他地区的流行歌曲是相似的。故选择D项。
小题4:主旨大意题。文章首先介绍了一种现象：喜爱江南style的人大多不懂韩语，不理解歌词的意思；接着解释正是这种对歌词的不解让人们喜爱这首歌曲，原因是对于歌词的不解可以让人放松身心。人们喜爱这首歌曲的另一个原因是其简单易模仿的舞蹈动作。故B项正确。 |
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Americans are about an international sporting event now taking place in the United States. It is the biggest women"s soccer in the world, the World Cup. The game Americans call soccer, is known around the world as . And more and more Americans are learning to it. Only in the last 35 years, large numbers of young Americans have become in soccer. Baseball and basketball are still popular professional sports, American boys and girls love to play soccer.
The United States Soccer Federation is the major soccer in the country. It says more than eighteen million people play soccer in the United States. This means that Americans play soccer than any other sport.
, more people in the United States are watching soccer, too. They are attending the 3rd Women"s World Cup games that are in several American cities. 460,000 have been sold for the three-week contest that will end July tenth.
Women"s soccer teams from 16 nations are . Americans are closely the progress of the United States" Women"s World Cup team. And the team is already setting . On June 19, the American team Denmark in the opening game. Almost 79,000 people watched the game at Giant Stadium near New York City. That is a world record.
One of the most popular players the American team is 27-year-old Mia Hamm. She became well known in 1996 when the United States women won the soccer medal at the Olympic Games, defeating other teams. Experts say Mia Hamm can play soccer better than woman in the world. She has scored more goals than any man or woman ever to play international soccer. Mia Hamm is a to many young American girls. Television say that at present thousand million people around the world are watching the game on television.
| 小题1: | | A．careless | B．worried | C．excited | D．anxious |
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| 小题2: | | A．happiness | B．event | C．team | D．incident |
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| 小题3: | | A．baseball | B．football | C．volleyball | D．basketball |
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| 小题4: | | A．hate | B．love | C．give up | D．played |
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| 小题5: | | A．interested | B．disappointed | C．satisfied | D．surprised |
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| 小题7: | | A．player | B．event | C．game | D．organization |
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| 小题8: | | A．more | B．less | C．many | D．fewer |
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| 小题9: | | A．In the past | B．In the future | C．just now | D．At present |
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| 小题10: | | A．played | B．to be played | C．being played | D．playing |
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| 小题11: | | A．tickets | B．teams | C．records | D．players |
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| 小题12: | | A．taking place | B．taking off | C．taking part | D．taking in |
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| 小题13: | | A．seeing | B．watching | C．thinking | D．hoping |
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| 小题14: | | A．marks | B．records | C．points | D．scores |
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| 小题18: | | A．others | B．the other | C．other | D．any other |
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| 小题19: | | A．player | B．writer | C．hero | D．singer |
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| 小题20: | | A．broadcasters | B．directors | C．players | D．spokesman |
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Motown songwriter-producer Deke Richards，who was behind songs including The Jackson 5"s first three US number one hits，has died aged 68．
Richards，who had oesophageal(食管的)cancer,died in a Washington state hospice(安养院)，Universal Music said．The musician，whose real name was Dennis Lussier,Was leader of the Motown songwriting，arranging and producing team—The Corporation．Their hits include The Jackson 5"S I Want You Back and ABC．
Richards also co-wrote Love Child for Diana Ross and The Supremes，as well as Ross’s solo track I’m Still Waiting.He produced and wrote for Martha Reeves and the Vamlellas and Bobby Darin．
The Corporation，which consisted of Motown label head Berry Gordy,Alphonzo Mizell，Freddie Perren and Richards，was set up in 1969 to create hit records for the label’s new act，The Jackson 5．
They also wrote，produced and arranged the band’s singles and Maybe Tomorrow and Mama"s Pearl．
According to Michael Jackson biographer,J．Randy Taraborrelli，Mama’s Pearl was originally called Guess Who’S Making Whoopie(With Your Girlfriend)．
But Richards had the lyrics changed to preserve the young frontman’s innocent image．
The Hollywood Reporter said Richards" "love of music” kept him involved with a variety of projects，including last year’S production of The Jackson 5"s Come and Get It：The Rare Pearls．featuring rare and unreleased(未发行的) tracks．
Richards’ final work was the mixing of eight unreleased tracks by Martha Reeves and The Vandellas for the band"s 50th anniversary box set,which is to be released on 5 April．
小题1:Deke Richard wrote songs for the following singers EXCEPT| A．Martha Reeves | B．Joan Lussier | C．Bobby Darin | D．Jackson 5’s |
小题2:Which of the following is true about Richards?| A．He died at the age of68 in a Washington clinic． | | B．He is a musician behind many hit songs. | | C．He wrote“I’m Still Waiting”for Martha Reeves． | | D．His final work is to be released in May. |
小题3:What Call we learn from the passage?| A．The Corporation has a history of more than 40 years． | | B．The lyrics of Mama’S Pearl turned out to be a failure． | | C．The lyrics of Mama’S Pearl Was changed by J．Randy Taraborrelli． | | D．Richards said his own love of music kept him involved with many projects． |
小题4:It is implied in the passage that______．| A．Richards hardly co-wrote songs for singers | | B．the Jackson 5"s Come and Get it Was left unfinished as Richards got i11． | | C．The corporation Was set up to earn money． | | D．Richards had deep love for music． |
小题5:Which column can you most possibly find the passage on a website?| A．Health | B．Business | C．Technology | D．Entertainment |
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Yasuda is 95 years old. Looking for easier ways to search the Web and send email, he bought Apple’s iPad. The company has sold 3.27 million iPads since they entered the market in April. Although it’s impossible to know with certainty how many seniors (老年人) are buying them, evidence suggests that it’s a hit with seniors.
The iPad’s intuitive interface (直观界面) makes it attractive to seniors around the world, says Takahiro Miura, a researcher at the University of Tokyou. “The iPad is a good tool for seniors because it’s very easy to use,” he says. “Unlike the PC, it doesn’t require former knowledge.”
James Cordwell, a researcher in London, says the iPad’s popularity with seniors is helping Apple reach beyond its traditional base of young customers. “The world’s population, especially in developed markets, is getting older. It’s probably a market where Apple has least entered, ” Cordwell says. Senior users are “a key source of growth for them in the future.”
Seniors make up about 22 percent of the population in Japan. They may prove that seniors are willing to accept the iPad. Besides the customer group under 30, they spend more than any other group in the country, according to a report. Motoo Kitamura, 78, a former gas salesman, bought an iPad to help him communicate with his 2-year-old grandson and prevent him from experiencing some of the mental problems that sometimes come with getting older. “Trying new things like that is good mental exercise,” he says.
小题1:The underlined part “a hit” in Paragraph 1 probably means ______ .| A．a sudden attack | B．a heavy burden | C．quite popular | D．very familiar |
小题2:Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the iPad?| A．It has intuitive interface. | | B．It is easy to operate. | | C．Beginners can use it without similar experiences. | | D．People can use it as a way to do mental exercise. |
小题3:What can we learn from the text?| A．People above thirty are Apple’s largest customer group in Japan. | | B．The traditional customers of Apple’s products are usually the young. | | C．Seniors will soon grow into Apple’s largest customer group. | | D．Seniors in Japan are fond of buying latest hi-tech products. |
小题4:What is the text mainly about?
A. iPad leading Apple to seniors.
B. iPad influencing the customer group.
C. iPad’s arrival causing Japanese to think.
D. iPad beating the traditional PC. |
The world’s biggest Internet search engine, Google, has proven once again to be King of the Web. Users can download “Google Wi-Fi” software and then enjoy free Wi-Fi service available in some US cities since last Tuesday.
Wi-Fi is short for “Wireless Fidelity”(无线上网). It allows laptop computers and personal digital assistants to the Internet at high speed by radio signal.
A person with a Wi-Fi enabled computer can connect to the Internet when near one of the network’s access points. The place covered by one or several access points is called a hotspot. Google has already set up two “hotspots” in the US city of San Francisco which provide a free Wi-Fi service.
The Wi-Fi technology even allows users to enjoy a free Internet phone service. Some scientists argue that Wi-Fi may replace mobile phone networks.
Wi-Fi is still limited to a few cities, where there are “hotspots”. But its capability(容量)of sending information has already done better than that of the mobile phone network, even that of 3G(Third Generation Telecommunication Technology). Some scientists have started to call Wi-Fi 4G.
In addition to a high speed Internet connection, Wi-Fi has other advantages compared to mobile phones. Wi-Fi is global. The same Wi-Fi system works in different countries around the world. Different from using cell phones, you don’t need to change computers to use Internet phones when you go to other places and most importantly, many Internet phones cost you nothing at all.
小题1:Wi-Fi is not available in cities without _______. | A．a computer | B．a radio | C．a cell phone | D．a hotspot |
小题2:Which of the following is NOT true of Wi-Fi? | A．The high speed Internet connection. | | B．Many free Internet phones. | | C．Being used in all the US cities. | | D．Using the same computers for Internet phones when you go to other places. |
小题3:Some scientists started to call Wi-Fi 4G, because _______. | A．it is the product of the Google’s 4th generation | | B．it has been used by more than four generations | | C．Wi-Fi will surely take the place of the mobile phone network | | D．it is more capable of sending information than the mobile phone network |
小题4:Which of the following is the best title? | A．Google Launches Free Wi-Fi Service | | B．Free Call Service | | C．Third Generation Telecommunication Technology | | D．Google, King of the Web |
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Four million children are caught up in the war in Syria. Thirteen-year-old Rabia is one of them. Tall and thin, she sits shaking in a yellow T-shirt at the Al Marj settlement, close to the Lebanese-Syrian border.
Home for Rabia was once a two-story house near Damascus. Now it is a tent shared with her nine family members.
Rabia’s face is covered with dirt, and she is tired and cold. She has just finished work, picking up potatoes that fell from a truck. Her typical day starts at 4 a.m., and she works a double shift that lasts about 16 hours, putting potatoes into bags. The only choice for her is that she can choose the first eight hours or the second eight hours. For this, she gets paid about $8 a day.
Working means Rabia misses school. Back in her village, she was the best in her class and good at everything. Her favorite subjects were Arabic literature and math. But, like many children now living in the settlements—there are no official refugee （难民）camps in Lebanon —that was Rabia’s old life. Life before war, before her family moved five times to escape the bombs, before leaving behind her bedroom, her toys and her friends without packing a bag, before “half the people I know”were dead.
The old life was full of laughter with her sister, Wala. But Wala, 14, got married two days ago to an 18-year-old Lebanese. Rabia is happy for her sister. Life in the settlement is tough— the children have nowhere to play, the bathing is poor and sexual abuse is out of control. You can’t blame parents —often confused, illiterate （不识字的）and poor—who want to marry off their daughters. They fear for their safety.
Increasing numbers of Rabia’s girlfriends are getting married. Once in rural Syria, a girl got married at 16. According to UNICEF, the age is now dropping to 12 or 13. It is no secret that Lebanese men want to marry Syrian refugee girls, who work hard and don’t ask for anything.
小题1:Where is the passage most likely to have been taken from? | A．A news report. | B．A book review. | | C．A history book. | D．A travel magazine. |
小题2:The underlined word “shift”in Para. 3 probably refers to _____. | A．the extra task | B．the low pay | | C．the potato factory. | D．the working period |
小题3:The writer"s purpose for writing Para. 4 is to ________.| A．present the dream of Rabia | B．show the damage of the war | | C．predict the future of Syrian girls | D．compare the life before war and now |
小题4:Why are so many young Syrian girls getting married?| A．They have no good friends to play with. | | B．They want money from the husband family. | | C．Their parents are worried about their safety. | | D．Their parents are confused，illiterate and poor. |
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