Historically, the term “fair trade” has meant many things. The Fair Trade League

Historically, the term “fair trade” has meant many things. The Fair Trade League

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Historically, the term “fair trade” has meant many things. The Fair Trade League was  1 in Britain in 1881 to restrict 2  from foreign countries. In the United States, businesses and labor unions  3  “fair trade” laws to construct what economist Joseph Stiglitz calls “barriers to imports.” These so called “anti-dumping(反倾销)” laws allow a company that  4  a foreign one of selling a product below cost to request that the government charge special taxes to protect it from “unfair”  5 .
Such dark protectionist thoughts are far from the  6  of the organizers of the United Kingdom’s annual “Fairtrade Fortnight”. Their  7 aim is to raise the price paid to developing-country farmers for their  8  by cutting out the inflated profits of the middlemen on whom they  9  for getting their goods to distant markets. Fair-trade products  10  cocoa, coffee, tea, and bananas do not compete with domestic European production, and  11  do not have a protectionist motive(动机).
This is how it works: In  12  for being paid a guaranteed price and meeting “agreed labor and environmental standards” (minimum wages, no farm chemicals ), poor-country farming cooperatives(合作社) receive a FAIRTRADE mark for their products, given 13  by the FAIRTRADE Labeling Organization. This mark  14  supermarkets and other businesses to sell the products at a higher than  15  price . Third-world farmers get their income increased , 16  first-world consumers get to feel virtuous: a marriage made in heaven.
The fair-trade movement,  17  in the 1980’s, has been growing rapidly. In a significant breakthrough in 1997, the British House of Commons  18  to serve only fair-trade coffee. By the end of 2007, more than 600 producers’ organizations,  19  1.4 million farmers in 58 countries, were selling fair-trade products. Today, a quarter of all bananas in UK supermarkets are sold under a FAIRTRADE mark. But FAIRTRADE-labeled products still represent a very  20 share – typically less than 1% – of global sales of cocoa, tea, coffee, etc.
小题1:
A.discoveredB.foundedC.encouragedD.promoted
小题2:
A.importsB.exportsC.outputD.trade
小题3:
A.disobeyB.breakC.useD.study
小题4:
A.suspectsB.needsC.wantsD.advertises
小题5:
A.agreementB.contractC.gameD.competition
小题6:
A.worriesB.mindsC.commentsD.projects
小题7:
A.educationalB.politicalC.worthyD.immediate
小题8:
A.favourB.benefitC.interestD.produce
小题9:
A.dependB.spendC.lookD.apply
小题10:
A.asB.likeC.withD.for
小题11:
A.insteadB.otherwiseC.thereforeD.anyhow
小题12:
A.fearB.storeC.preparationD.exchange
小题13:
A.secretlyB.publiclyC.officiallyD.successfully
小题14:
A.urgesB.enablesC.ordersD.forces
小题15:
A.normalB.potentialC.lowestD.best
小题16:
A.whenB.whileC.asD.but
小题17:
A.launchedB.arrangedC.inventedD.developed
小题18:
A.wantedB.refusedC.hadD.decided
小题19:
A.tellingB.representingC.Choosing D.receiving
小题20:
A.smallB.littleC.goodD.large

答案

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:A
小题5:D
小题6:B
小题7:C
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:D
小题13:C
小题14:B
小题15:A
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:D
小题19:B
小题20:A
解析

试题分析:文章主要讲解了公平贸易联盟成立的历史及其成立的宗旨,并介绍了这个组织下所提供的产品都会有一种FAIRTRADE的标记同时介绍了这些公平贸易产品的市场情况。
小题1:A. discovered发现B. founded成立C. encouraged 鼓励D. promoted促进;前文讲到公平贸易联盟The Fair Trade League,所以应该是成立于1881年。故选 B
小题2:A. imports 进口B. exports出口C. output输出D. trade贸易;后文讲到barriers to imports.进口壁垒,所以此处应该是用来限制外国的进口的,故选A
小题3:A. disobey 违反B. break打破C. use 使用D. study学习,研究;在美国,商业和劳工组织都使用公平贸易的法律来构建所谓的进口贸易壁垒。故选C
小题4:A. suspects怀疑   D. advertises广告;这种就是所谓的反倾销条例,它允许一个公司怀疑另一个外国公司以低于成本价的方式而买产品。故选A
小题5:A. agreement协议B. contract合同C. game游戏D. competition竞争;这种反倾销条例是要求政府对那些公司征收特殊的税来保护其国内公司,免遭不公平的竞争,故选D
小题6:A. worries 担心B. minds想法C. comments评论D. projects项目;这种贸易保护主义的思想是背离了那些英国历年举行公平贸易周的那些组织者的初衷。minds想法,初衷,故选B
小题7:A. educational 教育意义的B. political政治的C. worthy有价值的,相称的D. immediate立刻的;这些组织者的真正目的是提高支付给发展中国家农民的前。符合题意的只有C.
小题8:A. favour偏爱,赞同B. benefit益处C. interest利益D. produce产品;为发展中国家的农民所提供的产品支付更高的价钱。故选D
小题9:这里运用了定语从句,depend on依赖于,on提前,句意:发展中国家的农民们依靠中间商将他们的产品远销海外。故选A
小题10:like像…,像可可粉、咖啡、茶和香蕉等公平贸易的产品就不会与欧洲国内的产品进行竞争,故选B
小题11:A. instead代替B. otherwise否则C. therefore因此D. anyhow无论怎样;前文讲到不会和国内的产品竞争因此不会有贸易保护主义的动机。故选C
小题12:贫困国家农场合作社将支付了保证金和满足劳动和环保标准的产品作为交换,来为他们的产品提供fairtrade的标记,故选D
小题13:A. secretly秘密地B. publicly 公共地C. officially官方地D. successfully成功地 ;这个标志是一个名叫FAIRTRADE Labeling Organization的官方组织所给的,故选C
小题14:这个标志允许超市和别的商店以一个更高的价钱出售这些产品,故选B
小题15:A. normal 通常的B. potential潜在的C. lowest最低的D. best最好的,前文讲到在超市或是别的商店卖的东西要比平常的贵,所以选A
小题16:while表示两个动作同时进行,第三世界的农民的收入会增加,同时第一世界的消费者们也会逐渐的感到是件好事,故选B
小题17:A. launched启动B. arranged安排C. invented发明D. developed开发;这个公平贸易运动是开始于20世界80年代,故选A
小题18:A. wanted想要B. refused 拒绝C. had有D. decided决定;句意:英国的下议院决定只提供这种公平贸易的咖啡,故选D
小题19:A. telling告诉B. representing代表C. Choosing选择D. receiving接收;到2007年为止,超过600个组织,代表着58个国家的140万农民正在出售这种公平贸易的产品。故选B
小题20:前文作者语意进行转折,所以虽然英国四分之一的香蕉都是这种标示的,但跟全球的可可粉,茶,咖啡来比,仍然是一个很小的份额,故选A
点评:本文较难,一般经济,科技类的文体都是学生比较难解答的题。说明文是历年高考很常见的文体,对于科技类的说明文比较难,而对于说物的文体较容易。本文中,把握好一个中心即介绍了公平贸易的宗旨和历史。同时,解答此类文章首先花时间进行整体的阅读,不要逐一作答,在理解文意后再结合语法进行句子成分分析,将长句难句进行划分,最终理解句意。
举一反三
The Spring Festival marks the first day of a new year, so the first meal is rather important. People from the North and the South have different  36 about the foods they eat on this 37 day. In Northern China, people  38 eat Jiaozi. The word Jiaozi in Chinese means the  39 and the beginning of time. According to historical  40 , in the past people from the North and the South both ate Jiaozi on Chinese New Year’s Day. Perhaps  41 the areas in Southern China  42  more rice than those in Northern China, southern people slowly  43  to eat many other kinds of food on New Year’s Day.  44 , the most common foods for the first  45 are noodles, New Year Cake and Tangyuan. The noodle  46  long life. The New Year Cake is called Niangao in Chinese, which  47  the hope of improvement in  48 year after year. Tangyuan is a symbol of  49 according to the Chinese.
To  50  a New Year visit to relatives and friends is an important activity during the Spring Festival. People also send cards to   51   a New Year’s greeting. What children love most is to set off firecrackers.   52  , as the pace of life is becoming faster and faster, people have   53  new ways to celebrate the Chinese traditional New Year. For example, many people no longer send out greeting cards.   54  , they use short messages or emails. Also to travel during the New Year holidays has come into   55  .
小题1:
A.wordB.habitsC.meaningsD.stories
小题2:
A.usualB.unforgettableC.commonD.special
小题3:
A.seldomB.usuallyC.alwaysD.hardly
小题4:
A.endB.futureC.result D.effect
小题5:
A.reasonsB.recordsC.notesD.stories
小题6:
A.as long asB.thoughC.whenD.because
小题7:
A.causedB.tookC.producedD.brought
小题8:
A.understoodB.knewC.madeD.began
小题9:
A.BesidesB.ThereforeC.ConsequentlyD.Usually
小题10:
A.subjectB.titleC.programD.meal
小题11:
A.symbolizes B.revealsC.showsD.indicates
小题12:
A.transportsB.representsC.fetchesD.takes
小题13:
A.healthB.familyC.lifeD.work
小题14:
A.reunionB.luckC.happinessD.harmony
小题15:
A.doB.payC.getD.carry
小题16:
A.expressB.describeC.establishD.define
小题17:
A.LuckilyB.UnfortunatelyC.HoweverD.Besides
小题18:
A.given awayB.made outC.got intoD.taken up
小题19:
A.InsteadB.FortunatelyC.MoreoverD.Furthermore
小题20:
A.fashionB.effectC.sightD.Power

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BRITAIN is a popular tourist place.But tours of the country have advantages and disadvantages.
GOOD NEWS
Free museums.No charge for outstanding collections of art and antiquities(文物).
Pop music.Britain is the only country to compare with the US on this score.
Black cabs.London taxi drivers know where they are going even if there are never
enough of them at weekends or night.
Choice of food.Visitors can find everything from Ethiopian to Swedish restaurants.
Fashion.Not only do fashion junkies love deeply and respect highly brand names
such as Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen; street styles are justly loved, too.
BAD NEWS
Poor service.“It’s part of the image of the place.People can dine out on the rudeness they have experienced,” says Professor Tony Seaton, of Luton University’s International Tourism Research  Center.
Poor public transport.Trains and buses are promised to defeat the keenest tourists, although the overcrowded London tube is inexplicably (难以理解的) popular.
Rain.Still in the number one complaint.
No air-conditioning.So that even splendidly hot summers become as unbearable as the downpours.
Overpriced hotels.The only European country with a higher rate of tax on hotel rooms is Denmark.
Licensing hours.Alcohol (酒) is in short supply after 11 p.m. even in “24-hour cities”.
小题1:What do tourists complain most?
A.Poor service.B.Poor public transport.
C.Rain. D.Overpriced hotels.
小题2:What do we learn about pop music in Britain and the US through this passage?
A.Pop music in Britain is better than that in the US.
B.Pop music in Britain is as good as that in the US.
C.Pop music in Britain is worse than that in the US.
D.Pop music in Britain is quite different from that in the US.
小题3:When are people not able to get alcohol?
A.At 12: 00 p.m. B.At 10: 00 p.m. C.At 11: 00 p.m. D.At 9: 00 p.m.
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.You have to pay to visit the museums.
B.It’s very cheap to travel by taxi there.
C.You cannot find Chinese food there.
D.The public transport is poor there.

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People who like travelling have their reasons. They believe that travelling can help them expand their field of view, especially in the geographical and historical sense. They also think that touring will give them more chances to enjoy different kinds of food and experience new things that would never be brought by other activities. But those who dislike travelling also have some reasons.
Travelling, in my opinion, does more good than harm. Most importantly, it broadens(扩大) our mind. We can get in touch with other civilizations(文明), culture, customs and ideas.
Through history, most people travelled because of necessity(必要性)—not for pleasure. People travelled just in order to remain alive. They searched for food to eat or places to live in. They sometimes ran away from enemies. This is not to say that no one ever travelled just for the fun of it. In ancient times, for example, rich Romans travelled all the way to Greece to take part in the Olympic Games, and festivals. Of course, some people decided to travel just out of curiosity(好奇心). They wanted to find out what it looked like beyond the horizon(地平线). Also, business travel has been going on for centuries.Traders could not only make money but also learn to speak several languages and be introduced to different cultures.
So travelling does enrich our mind and draw new ideas to us. There is no doubt that we can get much from it.
小题1:The underlined word“expand”in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by “ __________”.
A.decideB.protectC.widenD.lose
小题2:According to the passage, in the past most people travelled _____________.
A.for knowledgeB.to make a livingC.to get experiencesD.for fun
小题3:In the writer’s opinion, travelling can be ______________.
A.tiringB.funnyC.expensiveD.helpful

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When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been__36__. Like most English children I learned French __37_ school and I had often been to France, so I _38_ speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand_39. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to_40__ a nice easy holiday without any __41__ problems.
_42 wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a__43 telephone to give my American friend Danny a _44_ and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked__45__ he could help me. “ Yes,” I said, “ I want to give my friend a ring.” “ Well, that’s__46__,” he exclaimed. “ Are you getting47_? But aren’t you a bit _48__?” “ Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “ I __49_want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me _50__there’s a phone box, please?” “ Oh!” he said, “there’s a phone downstairs.”
When at last we _51__meet up, Danny explained the misunderstandings to me. “Don’t worry,” she said to me. “I had so many_52__at first. There are lots of words which the Americans__53__differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to _54__funny things they say. Most of the__55__British and American people understand each other!”
小题1:
A.outB.awayC.outsideD.abroad
小题2:
A.fromB.duringC.atD.after
小题3:
A.get used toB.was used toC.used toD.used
小题4:
A.EnglishB.FrenchC.RussianD.Latin
小题5:
A.buyingB.havingC.givingD.receiving
小题6:
A.timeB.humanC.languageD.money
小题7:
A.TooB.What aC.WhatD.How
小题8:
A.cheapB.popularC.publicD.good
小题9:
A.letterB.ringC.newsD.information
小题10:
A.thatB.ifC.whereD.when
小题11:
A.wellB.overC.niceD.ring
小题12:
A.to marryB.to be marriedC.marryingD.married
小题13:
A.smallB.littleC.oldD.young
小题14:
A.veryB.justC.just nowD.so
小题15:
A.whereB.whichC.over whereD.that
小题16:
A.didB.doC.canD.had
小题17:
A.troubleB.difficultiesC.thingsD.fun
小题18:
A.writeB.speakC.useD.read
小题19:
A.everyB.eachC.anyD.all the
小题20:
A.chanceB.situationC.conditionD.time

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They can be seen more frequently than ever before on college campuses, wearing thick-rimmed glasses while listening to indie(独立的) music. One might find them playing unusual musical instruments, shopping at second-hand stores or expressing themselves in other unique ways. They call themselves hipsters. Being “hip” used to mean following the latest fashion. But gradually the word has evolved into a synonym for “cool”.
Hipsters value independent thinking, progressive politics, an appreciation of creativity and intelligence. Hipsters take pains and pride in not being mainstream. However, their culture has become quite trendy. This irony is central to their culture and offers an interesting paradox.
“I do take things in the mainstream with a grain of salt,” says Ben Polson, a college student at Brown University in the US. Polson describes himself as a hipster and says he often questions what determines popularity, especially regarding music.When lesser-known bands become popular they often lose their former fan base in exchange for a new one. There is a famous hipster saying that goes: I used to like that band before it got popular.
According to Polson, bands’ music changes when they go mainstream. They become “less experimental, doing things just to save popularity and fans. The original elements that we were drawn to slowly dwindle for the sake of popularity.”
Many young adults have started to view hipsters’ outlook as cool and are adopting their counterculture mindset (心态)themselves. This has led to specialized brands, stores and music for the hipster position. Ironically, some such stores, including clothing labels Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, have gained mainstream popularity. This has seemingly diluted(冲淡) the anti-mainstream culture.
“A lot of people that are self-defined hipsters aren’t really hipsters, they’re just trying to conform to the non-conformist(不墨守成规者) to seem cooler,” says Amanda Leopold, a college student from Oberlin College, US. Although Leopold has many unconventional tastes and seems quite individualist, she refuses to classify herself as a hipster.
There is a conflict among hipsters about the very definition of the label. To some, to be a hipster is to be free from cultural constraints. To others, it means wearing a certain style and listening to a specific style of music. The former constantly strives for uniqueness, while the latter strives not to be mainstream.
And yet, the movement is gaining mainstream popularity. “It’s kind of the trend these days; everyone wants to be hip so no one’s hip,” says Leopold. “There have been hipsters since the seventies. It’s only become popular recently.”
Hipsters reject materialism and laugh at mainstream culture. But are they really beyond material comforts? Do they have any ideas of their own if they despise mainstream so much?
Christy Wampole, an associate professor of literature at Princeton University, US, is not so sure. She says the hipster is a contradiction in himself and an easy target of mockery(嘲弄). Writing in The New York Times, Wampole paints a less appreciative picture of a typical hipster.
“The hipster is a scholar of social forms, a student of cool. He studies continuously, searching for what has yet to be found by the mainstream. He is a walking citation(例证); his clothes refer to much more than themselves. He tries to negotiate the age-old problem of individuality, not with concepts, but with material things.”
小题1:From the passage we can know that hipsters are ____________________________.
A.a group of people who are self-denied
B.a group of students who are good at musical instruments
C.people who follow the latest trends and fashions
D.people who pay no attention to material things
小题2:The underlined word dwindle in the fourth paragraph may probably mean______________.
A.enlargeB.deleteC.disappearD.decrease
小题3:Leopold refuses to classify herself as a hipster because_______________________.
A.she doesn’t like her own unconventional tastes
B.there are too many specialized brands, stores and music for the hipster position
C.she thinks that a lot of people that are self-defined hipsters aren’t really hipsters
D.the hipsters’ culture has become quite trendy
小题4:When Leopold said “It’s kind of the trend these days; everyone wants to be hip so no one’s hip”, we can see that she felt a bit ______________.
A.happyB.disappointedC.excitedD.content
小题5:The passage mainly tells us ________________________.
A.the difficult situation of hipstersB.the trend of fashion
C.the changes of the societyD.the culture of hipsters

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