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The new mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan, is a man of the people, ready to listen to their problems, but only until 6 p.m. Then he has to do his homework. Michael Sessions, 18, beat former mayor Douglas Ingles, 51, by just two votes and became the new mayor of Hillsdale. He is America"s youngest mayor. As Sessions was too young to enter the election in the spring of 2005, he registered- to vote on Sept. 22, one day after his 18-year-old birthday. The day after that he started his write-in campaign, which means he should persuade voters to remember his name and write it by hand on the voting ballots(选票). To help get his name known, Sessions earned$700 by selling apples over the summer. He spent the money on posters and put them on the Hillsdale"s lawns. Sessions" month-long campaign included going door to door, explaining his ideas of the town"s future in the kitchens of his neighbors. "They"d look at me, and say‘How old are you again? How much experience do you have?"And I say‘I"m still in high school", "he said. Sessions promised Hillsdale"s voters he would renew local economy. “I was hopeful the whole time, ”he explained. One day he spent so long out on the streets knocking on the doors that he ended up in a hospital emergency room. Sessions said that his schoolwork will not get in the way of his job as a mayor. “From 7:50 a.m. to 2:30p.m., I"11 be a student. From 3 to 6, I"11 be the mayor of Hillsdale," he said. “He did a very brave thing that couldn"t have been easy for him to do, "said Jack Vettel, a councilman in Hillsdale, a city of 8,200 about 75 miles southwest of Detroit. "He does care about this town. He"s been here all his life. ” Sessions will receive$3, 600 a year during his four-year term, and will work out of his bedroom since the town does not provide the mayor with an office. 小题1:What is TRUE of Sessions" election campaign according to the text?A.Sessions launched his election campaign on Sept. 22. | B.Sessions worked so hard that he once tried to persuade people in a hospital. | C.Sessions won the election campaign by a very close outcome. | D.Sessions felt disappointed when asked about his age and experience. | 小题2:In order to gain more support from the voters Sessions had to do all these things EXCEPT_.A.put up posters" | B.renew the economy | C.sell apples | D.talk to neighbors in kitchens | 小题3:What can we infer from the passage?A.American mayors usually work from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m. | B.In America, young people are encouraged to get involved in politics. | C.All teenagers are allowed to enter political elections. | D.American mayors receive a salary of 3, 600 a year during their 4-year term. | 小题4:Which of the following would best summarize the text?A.Schoolboy becomes American"s youngest mayor. | B.How to become a teenage mayor. | C.Hard work is the ticket to success. | D.Never too young to shake the world. |
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小题1:C 小题2:B 小题3:B 小题4:A |
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试题分析:美国密歇根州希尔斯代尔市新市长是位名副其实的来自人民的市长,他随时准备倾听市民的心声,但是每天的办公时间只能到下午六点,因为他还是一位高中生晚上他还要做作业呢。新市长通过卖苹果筹集了700美元,把这些钱都用在了海报和广告上,最后,他竞选上了市长。 小题1:细节理解题。根据To help get his name known, Sessions earned$700 by selling apples over the summer. He spent the money on posters and put them on the Hillsdale"s lawns. 故选C。 小题2:细节理解题。根据He spent the money on posters 故排除A;Sessions earned$700 by selling apples 故排除C;explaining his ideas of the town"s future in the kitchens of his neighbors.故排除D;故选B。 小题3:推理判断题。根据从new mayor of Hillsdale ,Sessions was a student,可以推出年轻人可以参与政治,故选B。 小题4:主旨大意题。根据Sessions成了年轻的市长,故选A。 点评:推理判断题属于主观题,是层次较高的题目。它包括判断和推理题。这两类题常常相互依存,推理是为了做出正确的判断,正确的判断又依赖于合乎逻辑的推理。该题要求在理解表面文字的基础上做出判断和推论,从而得到文章的隐含意思和深层意思,也就是通过文章中的文字信息,上下逻辑关系及事物的发展变化等已知信息,推断出作者没有直接表达的态度和观点。 |
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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.discovered | B.founded | C.encouraged | D.promoted |
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小题2: | A.imports | B.exports | C.output | D.trade |
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小题3: | A.disobey | B.break | C.use | D.study |
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小题4: | A.suspects | B.needs | C.wants | D.advertises |
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小题5: | A.agreement | B.contract | C.game | D.competition |
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小题6: | A.worries | B.minds | C.comments | D.projects |
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小题7: | A.educational | B.political | C.worthy | D.immediate |
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小题8: | A.favour | B.benefit | C.interest | D.produce |
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小题9: | A.depend | B.spend | C.look | D.apply |
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小题11: | A.instead | B.otherwise | C.therefore | D.anyhow |
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小题12: | A.fear | B.store | C.preparation | D.exchange |
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小题13: | A.secretly | B.publicly | C.officially | D.successfully |
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小题14: | A.urges | B.enables | C.orders | D.forces |
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小题15: | A.normal | B.potential | C.lowest | D.best |
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小题17: | A.launched | B.arranged | C.invented | D.developed |
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小题18: | A.wanted | B.refused | C.had | D.decided |
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小题19: | A.telling | B.representing | C.Choosing | D.receiving |
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小题20: | A.small | B.little | C.good | D.large |
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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.word | B.habits | C.meanings | D.stories |
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小题2: | A.usual | B.unforgettable | C.common | D.special |
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小题3: | A.seldom | B.usually | C.always | D.hardly |
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小题4: | A.end | B.future | C.result | D.effect |
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小题5: | A.reasons | B.records | C.notes | D.stories |
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小题6: | A.as long as | B.though | C.when | D.because |
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小题7: | A.caused | B.took | C.produced | D.brought |
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小题8: | A.understood | B.knew | C.made | D.began |
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小题9: | A.Besides | B.Therefore | C.Consequently | D.Usually |
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小题10: | A.subject | B.title | C.program | D.meal |
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小题11: | A.symbolizes | B.reveals | C.shows | D.indicates |
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小题12: | A.transports | B.represents | C.fetches | D.takes |
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小题13: | A.health | B.family | C.life | D.work |
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小题14: | A.reunion | B.luck | C.happiness | D.harmony |
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小题16: | A.express | B.describe | C.establish | D.define |
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小题17: | A.Luckily | B.Unfortunately | C.However | D.Besides |
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小题18: | A.given away | B.made out | C.got into | D.taken up |
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小题19: | A.Instead | B.Fortunately | C.Moreover | D.Furthermore |
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小题20: | A.fashion | B.effect | C.sight | D.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.decide | B.protect | C.widen | D.lose | 小题2:According to the passage, in the past most people travelled _____________.A.for knowledge | B.to make a living | C.to get experiences | D.for fun | 小题3:In the writer’s opinion, travelling can be ______________.A.tiring | B.funny | C.expensive | D.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.out | B.away | C.outside | D.abroad |
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小题2: | A.from | B.during | C.at | D.after |
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小题3: | A.get used to | B.was used to | C.used to | D.used |
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小题4: | A.English | B.French | C.Russian | D.Latin |
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小题5: | A.buying | B.having | C.giving | D.receiving |
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小题6: | A.time | B.human | C.language | D.money |
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小题8: | A.cheap | B.popular | C.public | D.good |
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小题9: | A.letter | B.ring | C.news | D.information |
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小题12: | A.to marry | B.to be married | C.marrying | D.married |
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小题13: | A.small | B.little | C.old | D.young |
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小题14: | A.very | B.just | C.just now | D.so |
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小题15: | A.where | B.which | C.over where | D.that |
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小题17: | A.trouble | B.difficulties | C.things | D.fun |
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小题18: | A.write | B.speak | C.use | D.read |
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小题19: | A.every | B.each | C.any | D.all the |
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小题20: | A.chance | B.situation | C.condition | D.time |
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