Edward Snowden—the fugitive （逃亡者） former U．S．intelligence employee —appears to b
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Snowden, 30, arrived at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport last weekend, after previously taking refuge in Hong Kong． Moscow was only supposed to be a stopover．WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy organization, had said Snowden was headed on to Ecuador—whose president has been critical of the United States — and that he would seek asylum there．
Now, however, both men said Snowden is unable to leave．
"The United States, by canceling his passport, has left him for the moment trapped in Russia," said Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, on ABC " s " This Week With George Stephanopoulos"． The United States canceled Snowden" s passport last weekend． Assange criticized the United States, saying: " To take a passport from a young man in a difficult situation like that is a disgusting action．"
President Correa spoke to the Associated Press in Puerto Viejo, Ecuador． For now, he told the AP, Snowden was "under the care of the Russian authorities． "
"This is the decision of Russian authorities． He doesn"t have a passport． I don"t know the Russian laws, I don" t know if he can leave the airport, but I understand that he can" t," Correa said． He said that the case was now out of Ecuador" s hands． "If Snowden arrives at an Ecuadoran Embassy, we" 11 analyze his request for asylum．"
Snowden traveled from Hong Kong to Moscow on his U．S．passport． Although the U．S．had already revoked it, Hong Kong authorities said they hadn’t received the official request to cancel the passport before Snowden left．
An official at the Ecuadoran Embassy in London had also issued a letter of safe passage for Snowden． But Snowden apparently did not use it for his trip to Moscow．
And it doesn’t appear that the Ecuadoran government would make a similar gesture again．
On Sunday, Correa told the AP that an Ecuadoran official at that embassy had committed "a serious error" by issuing the first letter without consulting officials back home． Correa said the consul would be punished, although he didn’t specify how．
Correa" s tone seemed to have shifted after a conversation with Vice President Biden on Friday．Where Correa had earlier been aggressive and determined, he now voiced respect for U．S．legal procedures．
小题1:Edward Snowden is a person who once worked in a federal department ______．
| A．to assist the governor of one state |
| B．to collect information secretly for the US |
| C．to organize overseas promotion campaign |
| D．to educate intelligence employees |
| A．shelter． | B．praise． | C．position． | D．forgiveness． |
| A．A letter of safe passage from the Ecuadoran Embassy． |
| B．Permission from Chinese government |
| C．Invitation of the Russian authorities． |
| D．An American passport． |
| A．Edward Snowden will live in Moscow forever． |
| B．Ecuadoran government will provide Edward Snowden protection． |
| C．Through U．S．legal procedures Edward Snowden has been caught． |
| D．Correa hesitated to assist Edward Snowden． |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:D
解析
试题分析：文章大意：本文报道了美国前情报局职员爆料美国政府绝密的PRISM（棱镜）计划，先是到香港避难，然后从香港到莫斯科国际机场，想前往厄瓜多尔共和国，结果护照被取消，滞留在机场的事件。
小题1:细节题：从第一段的句子：Edward Snowden—the fugitive （逃亡者） former U．S．intelligence employee —appears to be stuck in Moscow, 可知爱德华·斯诺登本来是帮助美国政府秘密收集情报的职员，选B
小题2:猜词题：从这段的句子：Snowden was headed on to Ecuador—whose president has been critical of the United States — and that he would seek asylum there．可知斯诺登是到寻求政治避难，asylum避难所，庇护，和shelter意思相近，选A
小题3:推理题：从第三段的句子："The United States, by canceling his passport, has left him for the moment trapped in Russia,"可知美国在斯诺登到俄罗斯的时候撤销了他的护照，也就是他用美国护照从香港到莫斯科的，选D
小题4:推理题：从最后一段的内容：Correa" s tone seemed to have shifted after a conversation with Vice President Biden on Friday．Where Correa had earlier been aggressive and determined, he now voiced respect for U．S．legal procedures．可知Correa"的态度变了，他现在尊敬美国的法律程序。说明他不愿帮助斯诺登了，选D
举一反三
It was an international drug dealing case, one that involved a lot of money and a lot of violence. Agents who had entered the organization had worn wires and collected evidence for years. A conviction(法庭判决) depended on an accurate translation of their tape recordings. “Five languages were involved, “says Liz Elting, 44, one of the owners of TransPerfect, the translation company chosen for the job. “The slightest mistake could mean the criminals would go free.”
When Elting started her business 18 years ago with Phil Shawe, both were attending New York University’s Stern School of Business. Neither realized just how many situations would require their services. TransPerfect’s 4,000 linguists(通晓外语的人) cover more than 100 languages.
Getting Ahead with Liz Elting
What inspired you to start TransPerfect?
When I was eight, my dad bought a KFC in Portugal. Unfortunately, the Portuguese didn’t want anything American. They thought my dad was a CIA spy! That taught me how fast things can change. I’ve studied in Spain and worked in Venezuela. This business is the perfect combination of my love for languages, cultures and business.
Is the staff multilingual?
Many are. I speak French and Spanish. My partner, Phil, who is American, likes to say he speaks English on a good day.
What languages are requested most often?
Spanish and Japanese. Chinese, Middle Eastern, Indic(South Asia), and Eastern Europeans are on the rise.
How difficult is it to manage such a diverse workforce（员工团队）?
Our challenge is to be culturally appropriate in every country. When we hand our year-end bonuses in the US, for example, we have to remember that in India, bonuses are given in the fall.
Any advice for someone starting a business?
Get started before you have kids. In the beginning, I didn’t know how to do this business on the side. I wasn’t married, didn’t have kids, and wasn’t concerned about balancing my work and personal life. Now, with strong managers in place, I can spend more time with my family (husband Michael Burlant and sons Zachary, nine and Jacob, seven), traveling and playing baseball.
小题1:What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
| A．To report on an international drug dealing case. |
| B．To encourage people to start a business before they have kids. |
| C．To present the importance of learning foreign languages. |
| D．To introduce Liz Elting and her company TransPerfect. |
| A．A type of clothes costing a lot of money. |
| B．A piece of equipment designed to record messages. |
| C．Thin metal worn to protect yourself against violence. |
| D．A organization symbol made of thin metal. |
| A．a company that offers international legal services |
| B．one which has branches in countries all over the world |
| C．one whose staff all have to speak several languages. |
| D．a company whose services are in great demand. |
| A．Liz learned that love is the answer to problems of cultural misunderstanding |
| B．Liz started her company with a schoolmate at the age of 18. |
| C．The success is simply a little beyond Liz and her partner’s expectations |
| D．Liz and Phil are now strong managers with rich experience. |
During the May Day holiday, gold stores were crowded with mostly female customers. Most of them are middle-aged "Chinese housewives". This group of buyers has risen to fame recently. They are big spenders and are desperate to get their hands on a bargain. "I bought some gold jewellery and kept them as a gift for my son when he gets married," said a buyer from Shanghai.
The gold business is skyrocketing. "Our sales are growing by the day. Yesterday we sold more than ten million yuan of gold products," a gold store salesperson said. The gold rush in China started about two weeks ago thanks to a decline in global gold prices. Media reports suggest that Chinese housewives have spent about 100 billion yuan, or about 16 billion US dollars, purchasing 300 tons of gold since mid-April. That has helped support gold prices.
"Gold prices depressed since the middle of last month but have risen gradually. That is mainly due to the strong demand from Asian markets," said foreign trader Zhang Chen from Industrial & Commercial Bank of China. "Some people even joked that Chinese housewives have beaten Wall Street analysts." For Chinese people, with limited investment options, the only thing better than buying gold is buying gold at discount prices.
小题1:What does the author indicate in the first sentence of the 1st paragraph?
| A．The global big dogs can’t match with Chinese housewives. |
| B．China"s "Da Ma" help a lot to support the global economic crisis . |
| C．Chinese housewives spend a great deal of money on gold |
| D．Chinese housewives have a better consumption idea than global financial big dogs |
| A．by comparison | B．by contrast |
| C．by quotation | D．by time order |
| A．The Chinese housewives are most willing to spend money in buying gold .. |
| B．China"s "Da Ma" crowded into stores to get gold as the best gifts for sons when they get married. |
| C．China"s "Da Ma" are bigger spenders and cleverer than global financial big dogs. |
| D．China’s "Da Ma" become the largest gold buyers due to a decline in global gold prices. |
A. it is worthy to buy gold.
B .they have a strong demand
C. they have unlimited investment options
D it is at discount prices.
小题5:The author’s description about the passage is ______.
| A．objective | B．subjective | C．doubtful | D．negative |
On Wednesday the royal couple took their son to Catherine"s parents" house in Berkshire, following a half-hour visit by the Queen. All three names had been among the favourites listed by British bookmakers and the announcement was relatively quick by royal standards. It took a month for the name ofPrince Charles, the heir to the throne, to be announced, and a week for William, his eldest son.
George has been the name of six British kings. The last, George VI, was the father of Queen Elizabeth II and reigned from 1936 to 1952. Alexandra, the female form of Alexander, is one of the Queen"s middle names and was also the name of the Queen mate of King Edward VII at the start of the last century. Louis is one of William"s middle names and was the given name of Prince Charles"s tutor and great-uncle Louis Mountbatten, who was murdered by the IRA in 1979.
The choice of name, relatively short by royal standards, does not necessarily mean the baby will eventually become King George VII. The Queen"s father was named Albert, but chose to be crowned as George VI.
"It"s interesting that they chose to go with just three names," historian Suzannah Lipscomb told Sky News. "It"s almost as if the royal family is coming down with ordinary people, who tend to have fewer middle names than monarchs(君主).It is a name that none can find any problems with. George itself can"t be shortened in any obvious offensive way. They"ve probably gone for something that is safe."
小题1:Which of the following statements can best sum up the passage ?
| A．New royal baby named George Alexander Louis |
| B．The royal couple gave birth to their eldest son. |
| C．The choice of name was interesting and complicated . |
| D．The new baby, third in line to the throne . |
| A．Catherine | B．George. | C．Charles | D．William |
| A．Prince Charles was the third heir to the British throne. |
| B．George Alexander Louis was the third heir to the British throne. |
| C．The announcement of the new loyal baby’s name is slow by royal standards. |
| D．All three names , George Alexander Louis, were unpopular with British bookmakers. |
| A．resign | B．boom | C．govern | D．retire |
| A．the name of an ordinary person is simple but meaningful . |
| B．George itself can"t be simplified in any obvious offensive way. |
| C．a monarch or a prince has usually more names in the middle than the ordinary people. |
| D．a person with more middle names must be a monarch or a prince . |
The findings provide the strongest evidence yet of H7N9 transmission between humans since its discover in February, but its ability to transmit itself was deemed "limited and non-sustainable" by the Chinese researchers behind the study.At the end of June 133 cases had been reported, including 43 deaths. Most infections have been among people visiting markets, selling live birds or among those who had contact with live poultry（家禽） in the seven to 10 days before becoming ill.
The latest study examined the case of a 60-year-old father who regularly visited a live poultry market and became ill five to six days after his last visit in March. He was admitted to hospital with fever, cough and shortness of breath. Despite intensive care treatment he died of multiple organ failure on 4 May. His 32-year-old daughter, who was previously healthy, looked after him at his bedside before he was admitted to intensive care. She had no known exposure to live poultry before falling ill with a very high temperature, cough and fever. The daughter developed symptoms six days after her last contact with her father and was admitted to hospital where she died of multiple organ failure on 24 April.
Follow-up investigations(调查) uncovered almost genetically identical virus strains from each patient, suggesting transmission from father to daughter. Another 43 people were also tested who had had close contact with the father, daughter or both.
Dr Peter Horby, senior clinical research fellow at the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Hanoi, Vietnam, said of the study: "The most likely source of infection for the daughter was her father, during the period that she cared for him while he was ill. "He said “limited person to person transmission had been reported for other strains like H5N1 , H7N7, and the pig origin flu virus H3N2. Those strains had been around for more than a decade but have not progressed any further down the path towards a world-wide virus.” “Limited human-to-human transmission of H7N9 virus is therefore not surprising, but strengthening to monitor it was still needed,” Dr Horby added.
小题1:What’s the main idea of the passage ?
| A．The findings about H7N9 transmission only between father and daughter . |
| B．H7N9 transmission may be spreading between people . |
| C．133 cases of H7N9 transmission have been reported . |
| D．Both the father and daughter died of multiple organ failure. |
| A．she fell ill with a very high temperature, cough and fever. |
| B．she was exposed to live poultry before falling ill. |
| C．she had close contact with the father while caring for her sick father . |
| D．she sold live birds in five to six days before falling ill . |
| A．It was limited and non-sustainable |
| B．It was person to person transmission |
| C．It wasn’t progressed any further down the path towards a world-wide virus. |
| D．It happened between father and daughter . |
| A．was decreased | B．was regarded as |
| C．was thought of | D．was developed |
| A．A news report. | B．Popular science. |
| C．A medical report | D．A medical findings |
Taylor Swift，23，US
Unlucky in love as she may be，Swift was lucky at the Billboard Viusic Awards on Sunday night. The singer received the night"s top honor,Artist of the Year, as well as Top billboard 20 Artist Top Female Artist，Top country Artist and Top Digital songs Artist. Her album Red topped the billboard 200 and country album categories，and her single We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together was named Top
Country Song.
Adele，25，UK
Adele has been appointed a member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire this week during Queen Elizabeth II"s annual Birthday Honors，the BBC reports．The singer was recognized for her service to music．The award is another highlight in a fruitful year for Adele，who，in addition to a Grammy and a Golden Globe，won a Best Original Song for Skyfall in Oscar 2013.
Robert Downey Jr，48，US
The actor, best known for playing the superhero Iron Man, left an 18-month-old fan in floods of tears because he wasn"t wearing his character"s red and gold suit in public. The heartbreaking meeting happened last Thursday while the actor was out for a walk in the Massachusetts towns of Sunderland and Shelburne Falls. A photo of the crying kid and Downey looking both concerned and awkward quickly made its way into the international news.
Jennifer Aniston，44，US
In the 10 months since her August 2012 engagement（订婚）to Justin Theroux，all eyes have been on Aniston，with fans wondering just when she will become Mrs Theroux. But multiple sources in contact with Aniston and her inner circle say that plans for the much expected wedding appear to be left for the present time. The couple decided to delay the big day because they"re both busy with work.
小题1:On which page of a newspaper can you find the above material？
| A．On the front page. | B．On the entertainment page. |
| C．On the sports page. | D．On the education page. |
| A．the Golden Globe |
| B．the Grammy |
| C．Artist of the Year in Billboard |
| D．Best Original Song in Oscar |
| A．on a casual occasion | B．at a fan meeting |
| C．at a movie promotion | D．at a press conference |
| A．We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together was written for Taylor Swift"s country. |
| B．Adele sang on the BBC to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II"s birthday. |
| C．Robert Downey did not know what to do when the kid started crying. |
| D．Jennifer Aniston is working on her wedding despite her busy schedule. |
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