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Although the New Year is already here, the great moments of the past year are still in the memory. Let’s look back at some of them.
United States
One of the world’s largest New Year’s Eve parties was held in Times Square, New York. The festival attracted hundreds of thousands of people to watch a brightly-lit ball drop on a landmark building at the stroke (击、打) of midnight.
A great amount of confetti (五彩纸屑) was released from the sky at zero o’clock.
Britain
Painted in shinning colors, blowing whistles, 50，000 party-goers arrived in London’s Millennium Dome to dance in the New Year. The Millennium Dome came to life at midnight as 50 DJs started up, competing on five separate dance floors to warm the crowd into the party mood.
Russia
New Year is the biggest holiday in Russia. It is traditional to put up a tree for celebrations with family and friends.
On the very last day of last year, Russians with a taste for a very cold swim braved freezing temperatures to plant traditional, festival trees on the bed of the Northern Ocean and at the bottom of Lake Baikal, the world’s deepest lake.
Malaysia
Brave skydivers threw themselves off the world’s tallest building near midnight and floated towards the New Year.
The jump from the 452-metre Petronas Twin Tower was called a real leap from one year to the next since the group took off in the last second of the old year and landed a minute later in the New Year. “That was really cool,” said Roland Simpson, “over crowds of onlookers to the landing spot.”
小题1:In New York the brightly-lit ball dropped ____________.| A．form the sky onto the Times Square | | B．into the hundreds of thousands of watchers | | C．to welcome the arrival of Christmas | | D．at the point between the old and the New Year |
小题2:Which of the following is NOT traditional to welcome a new year?| A．Sharing the happiness and excitement together. | | B．Setting up a tree for celebrations. | | C．Planting trees on the bed of a lake. | | D．50 DJs’ competing on five separate floors. |
小题3:People jumping from the tallest buildings _________.| A．spent two different years in the air. | | B．stayed in the sky for two minutes. | | C．landed over people’s heads. | | D．floated away to the new land |
小题4:The passage mainly shows that ________.| A．New Year has been the starting point for people to have dreams. | | B．people in different countries welcomed New Year in different ways. | | C．people’s ways of celebrations are exciting. | | D．the New Year is better than the old year. |
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答案
小题1:D
小题2:D
小题3:A
小题4:B |
解析
试题分析：这篇文章讲的是不同的国家的人庆祝新年的方式不同。
小题1:细节题：从第二段的句子:The festival attracted hundreds of thousands of people to watch a brightly-lit ball drop on a landmark building at the stroke (击、打) of midnight.可知气球是在12点辞旧迎新的时候落下的。选D。
小题2:细节题：从第四段的句子：The Millennium Dome came to life at midnight as 50 DJs started up, competing on five separate dance floors to warm the crowd into the party mood.可知50个Dj的比赛只是千禧巨蛋一活动，不是新年的传统节目。选D
小题3:细节题：从倒数第二段的句子：Brave skydivers threw themselves off the world’s tallest building near midnight and floated towards the New Year.可知人们在高楼上跳下在空中度过两年。选A
小题4:主旨题：从第一段的句子：Although the New Year is already here, the great moments of the past year are still in the memory. Let’s look back at some of them.可知这篇文章讲的是不同的国家的人庆祝新年的方式不同。选B。
点评：这篇文章讲的是不同的国家的人庆祝新年的方式不同。细节题要求学生仔细阅读短文；推断题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力，要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。 |
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I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper has 36 me with plenty of opportunities to make them. In one of my earlier 37 , my mother was telling me “Don’t watch the 38 when you say, ‘I’m sorry’. Hold your head up and look at the person in the 39 , so he’ll know you 40 it.”
My mother thus made the key point of a(n) 41 apology: It must be direct. You must never 42 to be doing something else. You do not 43 a pile of letters while apologizing to a person 44 in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your 45 . You do not apologize to a hostess, whose guest of honor you treat 46 , by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad 47 .
One of the important things we should do for an 48 apology is a readiness to 49 the responsibility for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no 50 for the other person to 51 us. Since most people are open-hearted, the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling 52 about themselves. That , after all, is the 53 of every apology. It 54 little whether the apologizer is wholly or only partly at fault. Answering for one’s 55 encourages others to take their share of the blame.
| 小题1: | | A．provided | B．mixed | C．compared | D．treated |
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| 小题2: | | A．dreams | B．courses | C．memories | D．ideas |
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| 小题3: | | A．side | B．ground | C．wall | D．bottom |
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| 小题5: | | A．imagine | B．enjoy | C．mean | D．regret |
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| 小题6: | | A．useful | B．successful | C．equal | D．basic |
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| 小题7: | | A．pretend | B．forget | C．refuse | D．expect |
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| 小题8: | | A．hold on | B．put away | C．look through | D．pick up |
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| 小题9: | | A．poorer | B．weaker | C．worse | D．lower |
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| 小题10: | | A．fault | B．reason | C．result | D．duty |
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| 小题11: | | A．cruelly | B．freely | C．roughly | D．foolishly |
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| 小题12: | | A．manners | B．excuses | C．efforts | D．roles |
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| 小题13: | | A．active | B．effective | C．extra | D．easy |
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| 小题14: | | A．raise | B．perform | C．admit | D．bear |
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| 小题15: | | A．situation | B．need | C．sign | D．room |
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| 小题16: | | A．advise | B．forgive | C．warn | D．blame |
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| 小题17: | | A．wiser | B．warmer | C．better | D．cleverer |
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| 小题18: | | A．purpose | B．method | C．end | D．advantage |
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| 小题19: | | A．cares | B．matters | C．depends | D．remains |
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| 小题20: | | A．facts | B．states | C．rights | D．actions |
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For over one hundred and fifty years, Americans of all social classes have worn blue jeans. 小题1: Whether they are worn for work or for fashion today, Strauss’ invention continues to be popular not only among Americans but also among people around the world.
Levi Strauss was born in Germany in 1829. 小题2: He grew up in Kentucky before moving to New York in 1847. Before becoming an American citizen and moving to the West in 1853, Strauss worked in his brother’s dry goods business. This gave him a chance to produce his famous invention. After the gold rush of 1849, Strauss decided to move to the West to seek his fortune.
Strauss did not want to be a person who searched an area for minerals. Instead, he knew he could make a good living by selling supplies to the miners. At first, he planned to sell sewing supplies and cloth. 小题3: When he heard miners complaining that their clothes were easily broken or they usually tore their pockets during mining, he decided to use a special fabric to make pants for the miners. These pants proved so popular that he quickly ran out of materials to make more.
In 1873, Strauss received a letter from a Jewish tailor named Jacob Davis who had invented a process of connecting pockets with copper rivets(铆钉). This made the pants last a long time. Because Davis did not have the money to patent his idea, he offered to share it with Strauss if Strauss would agree to pay for the patent. 小题4:
By the time Strauss died in 1902, he had made a great contribution to American fashion.
小题5: The business has been growing ever since and Levi Strauss" company is now one of the largest clothing companies in the world.| A．As a young boy, he moved with his family to the United States. | | B．Nobody knew what kind of material was suitable. | | C．He did and Levi jeans have been made with metal rivets ever since. | | D．However, he did not get much business for those products. |
E. He also made a great contribution to America"s clothing industry.
F. Since they were invented by Levi Strauss, they have become a symbol of American consumer culture.
G. As the business grew, Strauss got much money from it. |
Of course, the main difference on the Chinese dinner table is chopsticks instead of knife and fork, but that’s only superficial. Besides, in decent restaurants, you can always ask for a pair of knife and fork, if you find the chopsticks not helpful enough. The real difference is that in the West, you have your own plate of food, while in China the dishes are placed on the table and everyone shares. If you are being treated to a formal dinner and particularly if the host thinks you’re in the country for the first time, he will do the best to give you a taste of many different types of dishes.
The meal usually begins with a set of at least four cold dishes, to be followed by the main courses of hot meat and vegetable dishes. Soup then will be served (unless in Guangdong style restaurants) to be followed by staple food ranging from rice, noodles to dumplings. If you wish to have your rice to go with other dishes, you should say so in good time, for most of the Chinese choose to have the staple food at last or have none of them at all.
Perhaps one of the things that surprise a western visitor most is that some of the Chinese hosts like to put food into the plates of their guests. In formal dinners, there are always “public” chopsticks and spoons for this purpose, but some hosts may use their own chopsticks. This is a sign of genuine friendship and politeness. It is always polite to eat the food. If you do not eat it, just leave the food in the plate.
People in China tend to over-order food, for they will find it embarrassing if all the food is consumed. When you have had enough, just say so. Or you will always overeat!
小题1:What’s the main difference on dinner table between China and West is ___________.| A．On Chinese dinner table, chopsticks replace knife and fork. | | B．The host will do the best to give you a taste of many different types of dishes. | | C．You’re treated to a formal dinner for the first time. | | D．You have your own plate of food in West while in China everyone shares the dishes. |
小题2:If you have a dinner in a Chinese home, in which order will the food be served in China?
a. a set of four cold dishes.
b. staple food such as rice, noodle or dumplings.
c. the main courses of hot meat and vegetable dishes.
d. serving soup.| A．acbd | B．cabd | C．acdb | D．cadb |
小题3:According to the passage, we can infer that ___________.| A．Chinese all think it impolite for guests to ask for a pair of knife and fork. | | B．Chinese think it impolite for guests to leave food in the plate. | | C．People in China tend to over-order food, for they will find it embarrassing if all the food is consumed. | | D．Chinese think it polite to put food into the plated of the guests with their own chopsticks. |
小题4:The sentence, in passage 2, “you should say so in good time” means ______________.| A．you should say so happily | | B．you’d better say so | | C．you should say so early | | D．you should say so kindly. |
小题5:The “public chopsticks and spoons” are used to ______.| A．show the politeness to the guests. | | B．put food into the plates of their guests | | C．share the food together | | D．show the genuine friendship and politeness |
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Exchanging music over the Internet is fun and easy. Better yet, it"s free, which means you don"t have to pay for any more expensive music CDs. Several online file-sharing services make it easy for music lovers to exchange their favorite tunes with one another.
However, this illegal sharing of music — a form of music piracy(盗版)— is doing harm to the music industry. Industry experts estimate (估计) that US$4.3 billion in worldwide sales was lost to music piracy last year. These lost profits could force record companies to stop producing the music of many popular artists. That would hurt both musicians and music fans alike.
Music producers are puzzled about how to fight music piracy. Their efforts to fight piracy using the law have had only limited success. The music industry did win a legal victory against Napster, a famous music website. The courts ordered Napster to stop giving away copyrighted music from their site. But a number of other music-sharing networks have sprung up in its place.
These new networks are made up of thousands, or even millions, of individuals. Unlike Napster, there"s no one company controlling the distribution(发行)of music over each network. So it"s nearly impossible to stop the illegal activities.
Now people in the music industry have decided that " if you can"t beat them, join them." They"ve begun to offer legal alternatives to online music piracy. Major music producers have given companies like Apple Computer permission(许可) to sell their music online. Apple"s iTune Music Store allows computer users to legally download any song for 99 cents.
Will these new measures save the music industry from piracy? That depends on whether music fans are willing to pay 99 cents fro a song that they can download illegally for free. Unfortunately, many people believe music should be free. The music industry, however, hopes to persuade these music fans to change their tune.
小题1:This text is written to _____.| A．discuss music piracy on the Internet | | B．introduce the popularity of online music | | C．persuade music fans to give up downloading music | | D．protect copyrighted music from being downloaded illegally |
小题2:Which of the following statements is NOT true?| A．Some online file-sharing services are responsible for music piracy. | | B．Napster, a famous music website, broke down because of its piracy. | | C．There have been no perfect measures to put an end to piracy. | | D．Legal sharing of music is available at Apple"s iTune Music Store. |
小题3:Which of the following statements would the author agree with?| A．The only effective way to fight music piracy is to stop it by law. | | B．Music lovers will be persuaded to pay for online music in time. | | C．It is certain that no one will be willing to pay for online music. | | D．There is a long way for music industry to go in fighting piracy. |
小题4:The underlined word "illegal" in Paragraph 2 probably means _____.| A．being protected by the law | B．popular | C．being against the law | D．surprising |
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Charlotte Hollins faces a battle. The 23-year-old British farmer and her 21-year-old brother Ben are fighting to save farm that their father worked on since he was 14. Although confident they will succeed, she is aware of farming’s many challenges.
“You don’t often get a day off. Supermarkets put a lot of pressure on farmers to keep prices low. With fewer people working on farms it can be isolating,” she said. “There is a high rate of suicide and farming will never make you rich!”
Like others around the world, Charlotte’s generation tend to leave the farm for cities.
Oliver Robinson, 25, grew up in Yorkshire. But he never considered staying on his father and grandfather’s land. “I’m sure Dad hoped I’d stay,” he said. “I guess it’s a nice, straightforward life, but it doesn’t appeal to me. For young, ambitious people, farm life is hard.”
For Robinson, farming doesn’t offer much “in terms of money or lifestyle”. Hollins agrees that economic factors stop people from enjoying the rewards of farming. He describes it as a career that provides “for a vital human need”, allowing people to work “outdoors with nature.”
Farming is a big political issue in the UK. The “Buy British” campaigns urge consumers not to purchase cheaper imported foods. The 2001 foot and mouth crisis closed thousands of farms, stopped meat exports, and raised public consciousness about the troubles on UK farms.
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s 2005 campaign to get children eating healthily also highlighted the issue.
This national concern gives hope to farmers competing with powerful supermarkets. While most people buy food from the big supermarkets, hundreds of independent Farmers’ Markets are becoming popular.
“I started going to Farmers’ Markets in direct defiance(违抗) of the big supermarkets. I seriously objected to the super-sizing of everything－what exactly do they put on our apples to make them so big and red? It’s terrible,” said Londoner Michaela Samson, 31.
小题1:What are the challenges that British farmers face according to Charlotte Hollins?
a. loneliness b. thin profits
c. a lack of good equipment d. long working hours but slow results小题2:Why did Oliver Robinson refuse to stay on the farm?| A．He hoped for a simpler life | | B．He was fed up with a hard farm life. | | C．Farm life was too demanding though he liked it. | | D．He hoped for something challenging and rewarding. |
小题3:What happened in 2001 to the British beef farmers?| A．British people ate more British beef. | | B．To be a beef farmer became profitable. | | C．Diseaes dramatically reduced the amount of beef available. | | D．Foreign farmers stopped selling beef to Britain. |
小题4:Which of the following is an advantage of Farmers’ Markets?| A．Lower prices. | B．Flexible sizes. | | C．Convenient location. | D．Healthier food. |
小题5:What can we conclude from the last two paragraphs?| A．Things are improving for independent farms in the UK. | | B．Farming in the UK can now match the powerful supermarkets. | | C．Most British people are doubtful of food in supermarkets. | | D．Most British people have realized the problems facing farms and begun to help save them. |
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