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HK"s family affair
The 32nd Hong Kong Art Festival, to be held early next year, will be based on the theme of “family”.
The art festival, considered to be Asia"s best, was launched in 1973.
“We hope that people from Beijing and from all over the world will go to Hong Kong to enjoy the multiple performances in our art festival,” Douglas Gautier, the festival"s management director, told a press briefing in the capital.
In the 34 days of the festival, which runs from February 8 to March 7, 2004, the audience can choose from 111 performances of 51 programmes staged by 700 foreign performers, 450 local artists and 160 actors from the mainland.
Programmes vary from classical music, jazz, world music, Western and Peking opera, drama and dance to outdoor spectaculars.
The programmes include Beethoven’s only opera Fidelio, Shakespeare’s drama Romeo and Juliet, the ballet Mozartina and African dances, to name just a few.
The lineup (阵容) includes the English Touring Theatre, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Zurich Ballet, the Spanish National Dance Troupe, as well as Europe Galante, the Petersen Quartet, pianists Angela Hewitt, and arc-Andre Hamelin, and saxophonist Jan Garbarek.
In an effort to increase attention, hotels and airlines are offering discount packages along with art festival ticket sales.
For more information, please check www.hk.artsfestival.org.
小题1:The press briefing must have been held ______. | A．in Hong Kong | B．in Europe | C．in Beijing | D．in Zurich |
小题2:By means of "discount packages", you can pay ______. | A．more than the usual cost | | B．less than the usual cost | | C．for the air ticket but not for the festival ticket | | D．for the ticket but not for hotel rooms |
小题3:We do NOT have any information about ______. | A．what programmes there will be | | B．in which theatres there will be performances | | C．who will perform | | D．when the festival will be held |
小题4:Where is this material from?| A．Literature Magazine | B．Textbook | | C．Website www.hk.artsfestival.org. | D．Newspaper |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:D |
解析
试题分析：这是一则新闻报道，报道32届香港艺术节的相关情况，包括节日的起止日期，节目内容，演员阵容，和相关的打折信息。
小题1:细节题：从第三段的句子：Douglas Gautier, the festival"s management director, told a press briefing in the capital. 可知这个新闻发布会是在北京举行的。选C
小题2:猜词题：从前面的In an effort to increase attention, 和后面的along with art festival ticket sales.可以猜出discount packages是“优惠套餐”，选B。
小题3:细节题：从第五段的句子：Programmes vary from classical music, jazz, world music, Western and Peking opera, drama and dance to outdoor spectaculars.可知讲的是节目内容，倒数第二段讲的是演员阵容。In the 34 days of the festival, which runs from February 8 to March 7, 2004, 第四段讲的是节日的日期，没有提到剧院会有表演。选B
小题4:这是一则新闻报道，报道32届香港艺术节的相关情况，不会是A“文学杂志”，和B项“课本”，但也不是网站，因为文章最后一句话For more information, please check www.hk.artsfestival.org.如果想要更多的信息，上这个网站查询。所以是出自报纸的文章。选D |
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Russian President Putin named Time magazine"s "Person of the Year"
Russian President Vladimir Putin was named Time magazine"s’ "Person of the Year" on December 19th. 2007 for strengthening stability（稳定）that made Russia a world power again.
The magazine recognized Putin"s "extraordinary feat（技艺）of leadership in taking a country that was in a mess and bringing it stability，"said Richard Stengel，Time"s managing editor.
The magazine noted that "Person of the Year" is not an honor or an endorsement（认可）but a recognition of leadership that shapes the world.
Putin，who is 56 years old，is very popular in Russia，making a great effort to cause economy to come to life on revenue（收入）from oil and natural gas.
Putin recently supported vice-PM Dmitry Medvedev"s presidential bid，and said he would accept Medvedev"s offer to serve as prime minister if Medvedev is elected on March 2.
The Kremlin said Wednesday the Time recognition was seen there as an acknowledgement of Putin"s role in helping Russia pull out of its social and economic troubles in the 1990s.
Others considered for "Person of the Year" included Nobel Prize-winner Al Gore and author J.K. Rowling.
This year"s choice was a return to the magazine"s tradition of picking an individual rather than last year"s choice of "You"，which refers to anyone creating or using content on the World Wide Web.
Putin is the fifth Russian（or Soviet）leader to be named Person of the Year：Gorbachev，Andropov，Khrushchev and Stalin，who was named twice.
小题1:How did Putin try to make Russia a world power again？| A．By performing arms race. | B．By making war. | | C．By strengthening stability. | D．By getting foreign help. |
小题2:How many times have Russian leaders been named "Person of the Year" so far？| A．Five times. | B．Six times. | C．Seven times. | D．Eight times. |
小题3:Which of the following is Not True according to the passage？| A．Russia used to be in a mess. | | B．Time always picks an individual to be the "Person of the Year". | | C．Oil and natural gas caused Russia"s economy to come to life. | | D．Putin will leave office on March 2nd, 2007. |
小题4:What is the author’s attitude towards the matter?| A．Negative | B．Positive | C．Criticize | D．Objective |
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Norm Pethrick, a 36-year-old man in Australia’s northern city Darwin, was praised on Thursday for jumping onto a crocodile’s（鳄鱼） back to save his wife Wendy at Litchfield National Park, a popular tourist spot southwest of Darwin, a local newspaper reported.
Ms Pethrick was standing on a river bank Wednesday afternoon when the saltwater crocodile lunged (扑), locking its jaws on both her legs as it tried to drag her underwater.
Norm Pethrick, who with his wife had been collecting water, immediately went to help her. He jumped onto the back, poked (戳) the eyes of the crocodile and finally got his wife free.
Ms Pethrick was later taken to Royal Darwin Hospital for a medical treatment. The doctors said she was suffering eight puncture wounds (伤口) in her right leg, a puncture wound in her left leg and a serious cut to one of her fingers.
“This could have been a fatal and tragic situation,” said the general manager of Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), Dr Len Notaras, according to a local report.
He said Ms Pethrick was saved by her husband’s “quick and diligent actions”.
Dr Notaras also said she would remain in hospital for three to four days and have an operation to clean the wounds, which are easy to get infected because of bacteria (细菌) on the teeth of the crocodile
小题1:This passage is most likely to be found in _____.| A．a travel guide | B．a newspaper | C．a textbook | D．a novel |
小题2:The crocodile attacked Ms Pethrick when she was ______.| A．swimming in the river | | B．standing on the river bank | | C．watching the crocodile | | D．fishing in the water |
小题3:Which of the following statements is TRUE about Ms Pethrick? | A．Her eyes were badly poked. | | B．She had eight wounds altogether. | | C．One of her fingers also got hurt. | | D．One of the crocodile’s teeth was found in her leg. |
小题4:According to the passage, Norm Pethrick can be described as following EXCEPT ______. | A．brave | B．diligent | | C．quick | D．humorous |
小题5:Which of the following would be the best title for this passage? | A．The husband should save the wife | | B．A man saves wife’s life from crocodile’s jaws | | C．A crocodile is not so dangerous as people imagine | | D．Human beings can beat crocodiles sometimes |
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Nearly a thousand people laugh heartily together for half an hour every morning in a park in Shenzhen. Guangzhou Daily took a closer look at those happy people.
They are members of a group named Laughing Club, and when they get together, all they do is laugh.
Zhang Lixin, the founder of the club and regarded as the ‘laugh leader’, told the paper that laughing does him a lot of good. He started after he read some advice in a book and tried giggling after quarrelling with his wife to relax.
After laughing for a few days, Zhang found himself more outgoing and relaxed. Soon his wife joined him, bringing the family more laughter and less bickering.
When he got to know a kind of “laughing yoga” is good for the health, Zhang went to Bombay to learn from the locals and developed what he learned into more than 30 ways of laughing.
The “lion bellow (吼)”is to shout with the fingers outstretched near the ears. There is the “open mouth laugh”, the “bow-pulling laugh”, the “welcoming laugh” and even the “quarrelling laugh”, with different arm movements of laugh style.
The “laugh movement” swept over Shenzhen in a few of months, attracting tens of thousands of people to join, and has been followed in nearby cities such as Guangzhou.
Every morning at the lake front and at 8 pm on every Monday, Wednesday, Friday at the mountain peak square in Lianhua Mountain Park, club members gather to laugh and shout loudly.
小题1:From the first paragraph we know that _________________________.| A．Guangzhou Daily is the source of the information | | B．those happy people come from Guangzhou Daily | | C．there is a Guangzhou Daily office near Laughing Club | | D．Guangzhou Daily supported the laugh movement |
小题2:The people in Laughing Club laugh because they _____________________.| A．live a happy life | B．always feel happy | | C．just can’t help it | D．want to relax themselves |
小题3: Which of the underlined words has a meaning similar to “laughing”?| A．Giggling. | B．Quarrelling. | C．Outgoing. | D．Bickering. |
小题4:According to the passage, when cannot you see club members practicing laughing in Lianhua Mountain Park?| A．At 8 pm on Sunday. | B．At 8 pm on Monday. | | C．At 8 pm on Friday. | D．At 8 pm on Wednesday. |
小题5:What’s the idea expressed by the last two paragraphs?| A．The members of Laughing Club are increasing. | | B．The laugh movement is becoming popular. | | C．The laughing is done only in parks. | | D．Laughing Club is practicing laughing hard. |
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An alcohol breath test (ABT) is often used by the police to find out whether a person is drunk while driving. In the United States, the legal blood alcohol limit is 0.08% for people aged 21 years or older, while people under 21 are not allowed to drive a car with any level of alcohol in their body. A “positive” test result, a result over the legal limit, allows the police to arrest the driver. However, many people who tested positive on the test have claimed that they only drank a “non-alcoholic” energy drink. Can one of these energy drinks really cause someone to test positive on an ABT? Researchers in Missouri set up an experiment to find out.
First, the amount of alcohol in 27 different popular energy drinks was measured. All but one had an alcohol level greater than 0.005%. In nine of the 27 drinks, the alcohol level was at least 0.096%.The scientists then investigated the possibility that these small levels of alcohol could be discovered by an ABT. They asked test subjects to drink a full can or bottle of an energy drink and then gave each subject an ABT one minute and 15 minutes after the drink was finished.
For 11 of the 27energy drinks, the ABT did find the presence of alcohol if the test was given within one minute after the drink was taken. However, alcohol could not be discovered for any of the drinks if the test was given 15 minutes after the drink was consumed. This shows that when the test is taken plays an important role in the test result. The sooner the test is conducted after the consumption of these drinks, the more likely a positive alcohol reading will be obtained.
小题1:What is the legal alcohol level for a 20-year-old driver in the US?| A．0.000%. | B．0.005%. | C．0.080%. | D．0.096%. |
小题2:What is the purpose of the Missouri experiment?| A．To warn people of the dangers of drinking energy drinks. | | B．To introduce a new method of calculating blood alcohol levels. | | C．To discover the relation between energy drinks and ABT test results. | | D．To change the current legal alcohol limit for drivers in the United States. |
小题3:The underlined word “subjects” in Paragraph 2 refers to_____.| A．the things that are being discussed | | B．areas of knowledge studied in school | | C．the person in an experiment | | D．the people who belong to a country |
小题4:Which of the following affects the ABT test result most for energy drink consumers?| A．The age of the person who takes the test. | | B．The place where the test is given. | | C．The equipment that the test uses. | | D．The time when the test is taken. |
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When Peng Liyuan stepped off the plane in Moscow, the whole world wanted to know who dressed the elegant first lady. The reporter released the secret—Ma Ke.
Peng Liyuan has been wearing Ma Ke’s designs for more than a decade, a fact that was only highlighted recently when she was on her first state visit, accompanying her husband President Xi Jinping. The elegant and attractive Peng, formerly a popular singer, has been compared with the US’ first lady Michelle Obama and France’s Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, since stepping off the airplane in Moscow on March 22. Suddenly, everyone was curious to know more about the first lady’s wardrobe.
Even so, Ma prefers a low-key approach. “If you eat a tasty egg why would you want to see the hen?” she says of all the media attention.
Ma’s relationship with Peng began 10 years ago after a concert in Guangzhou when a reporter told Peng she knew the designer behind the label Exception de Mixmind. Peng asked for an introduction because she was a fan of Ma’s designs and had been wearing them for years.
The two naturally became friends. Ma says, “The painting reflects the painter, and clothes reflect both the designer and the wearer. Someone desires fame and wealth, or love and sympathy; what you have in your heart is reflected in the design. Those who don’t share my philosophy won’t buy my clothes. Peng is a caring person, devoted to charity and environmental protection, which is exactly what I’m doing now.”
However, regardless of the brand, Peng’s support of Chinese labels has surprised millions of Chinese who favor foreign fashion brands.
“Instead she presented a vision of Chinese fashion, desiring to bring Chinese designers to the world stage,” says a western designer.
The first lady’s double-breasted coat and her black leather handbag aren’t available at any of Exception’s shops, though Exception’s physical stores do have seen a rising number of visitors.
小题1:In the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 Ma Ke mentioned “an egg and the hen” to show .| A．it is hard to explain “Which came first, the egg or the hen?” | | B．paying such great attention to her was unnecessary | | C．the outcome was more important than the process | | D．her dissatisfaction with the media attention on her dress |
小题2:What can be inferred from the passage?| A．First ladies compete with each other whenever they are together. | | B．Peng’s suits can be bought in Ma Ke’s clothes stores. | | C．Ma Ke offered to design the first lady’s clothes through her friends. | | D．Peng had liked Ma’s designs long before she got to know her in the flesh. |
小题3:In the passage, Peng Liyuan .| A．often reflects on what she has in her heart before choosing clothes | | B．is sympathetic and has a strong environmental consciousness | | C．always desires the exceptional charm of the brand | | D．is knowledgeable in philosophy |
小题4:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?| A．Peng wears the dress designed by a Chinese designer probably to support Chinese brands. | | B．Many citizens found Peng Liyuan’s choice quite unexpected. | | C．Black leather handbags like Peng’s are widely sold in bag stores in big cities. | | D．After Peng Liyuan’s visit to Moscow Ma Ke’s clothes became more popular. |
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