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If there is one thing I’m quite sure about, it is that in a hundred years from now we still be reading newspapers. Not those newspapers are a necessity. Even now some people get most of the news from the television or have the radio switched on in the background or in the car. Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday. But for most people a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation.
The basic British character won’t change, and one of the characteristics of the British is that we don’t much like talking to each other when we get up. So what better way is there to keep yourself thinking in the morning than to wrap yourself in a newspaper?
Over the past couple of centuries, human beings have developed a close relationship with the newspaper. It has become as natural as breathing or enjoying the sun. And it is not just the British who love newspapers. On suburban trains in Calcutta, for instance, just one person in the whole car will buy a newspaper and read aloud the best bits to his fellow passengers, much to everybody’s enjoyment.
The nature of what is news may change. What essentially (本质上) makes news is what affects our lives and the big political stories, the coverage of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters, will continue much the same. I think there will be more coverage of scientific research, though. It’s already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives, like genetic engineering. In the future I think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do, whether it’s love or depression. We develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are.
It’s quite possible that in the next century newspaper will be transmitted electronically from the national equivalents of Fleet Street (伦敦的舰队街，以报馆集中而著称) and printed out in our own homes. In fact, I’m pretty sure that that is how it will happen in future. You’ll be probably selecting from a menu, making up your own bespoke newspaper by picking out the things you want to read and say. You might even have an intelligent screening device (装置) to do the job for you.
I think people have got it wrong when they talk about the competition between the different media. They actually have a relationship, feeding off each other. It was once predicted that television would kill off newspapers, which hasn’t happened. What is read on the printed page is more enduring (持久的) than pictures on a flickering screen or sound lost in the sky. And as for the Internet, it’s never really satisfying to read something just on a screen.
小题1:The author of the passage is most probably from _______________.| A．Russia | B．India | C．Britain | D．America |
小题2:According to the passage, the future of newspapers ____________.| A．will be mainly connected with scientific research | | B．will report more important political activities | | C．will directly cover more on scientific research | | D．will build a bridge between different people |
小题3:The underlined part “bespoke newspaper” of the passage probably refers to _____________.| A．a newspaper which dares to report the truth | | B．a newspaper edited to one’s own interest | | C．a newspaper edited and published for the public | | D．a newspaper which only covers the life of family members |
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．It was centuries ago that newspapers came into being . | | B．Televisions have taken the place of newspapers . | | C．The Internet will gradually take the place of newspapers. | | D．The nature of news may remain the same over generations. |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:A |
解析
试题分析：
小题1:C 推理题。根据第二段第1，2行one of the characteristics of the British is that we don’t much like talking to each other when we get up.说明我是一个英国人。故C正确。
小题2:C 细节题。根据第四段3,4行. I think there will be more coverage of scientific research, though.说明C正确。
小题3:B 猜测词义题。根据本句You’ll be probably selecting from a menu, making up your own bespoke newspaper by picking out the things you want to read and say.后半句by picking out the things you want to read and say挑出你自己想要看的内容，故化学部分是一种符合自己个人口味的报纸，故B正确。
小题4:A 推理题。根据第三段1,2行Over the past couple of centuries, human beings have developed a close relationship with the newspaper说明报纸在一个世纪前就出现了，故A正确。
点评：本文提出报纸这一新闻媒体在近百年内不会消失的观点并分析了其原因。本文对细节题和推理题考查较多，要求考生仔细阅读文章，抓文章的中心思想和段落大意。 |
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It may not be news to parents of teenage girls, but researchers have confirmed that no one can stop their 16-year-old daughter from deciding how the family spends its money.
The willpower and determination of teenage girls give them a big say in how a family’s money is spent on everything from food and meals to mobile phones, and, of course, clothes. Teenage boys did not show up at all in the analysis, which was designed to find out the influence of young people on household spending.
The findings on the spending power of teenage girls were calculated from Office for National Statistics records of family spending during the 1980s and 1990s. Researchers examined how much money went on services and leisure goods in different kinds of homes. They checked spending on food, restaurant meals, alcohol, tobacco, services, heating, transport, clothes and sports in 2,745 British families.
They found that teenage girls in the UK typically played an active role in family decisions about the allocation（分配）of household resources. But older children— those over the age of 21 who are still living with their parents—appear to have no say in household decisions.
They also tried to calculate to what extent the bargaining power of a teenager affected family budgets. “Every parent knows that children, even at a very early age, have their own preferences with regard to consumption, researchers said. “But children are only interested in a limited range of goods—mainly sweets and toys—and parents are able to use punishment to reduce their children’s bargaining power or remove it.” When they become teenagers, however, girls are much more independent and they are capable of earning their own money, which improves their bargaining power in family decisions.
The researchers could not explain why girls have more influence over spending while the evidence for boys is much less conclusive. However, this study could be of great significance to market research and how marketers target children.
小题1: From the passage we can learn that .| A．teenage girls have more influence over family budgets than teenage boys | | B．teenage boys don"t want to decide on household spending | | C．teenage boys have some influence over household | | D．teenage girls have weaker willpower and determination than teenage boys |
小题2:What does the underlined part “give them a big say” in the second paragraph mean?| A．Make them dare to say something. | | B．Make them want to know. | | C．Make them say something meaningful. | | D．Make their influence stronger. |
小题3:It appears that household decisions are NOT affected by .| A．girls living with parents | | B．girls over 21 | | C．girls over 12 | | D．girls living alone |
小题4:How can parents reduce children’s bargaining power?| A．By persuading them | | B．By offering them sweets or toys. | | C．By threatening to punish them. | | D．By allocating household resources. |
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The novelist, Harriet Beecher Stowe, born 200 years ago, was a poor housewife with six children, and she suffered from various illnesses. Driven by the hatred of slavery, she found time to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which became the most influential novel in American history and caused great change, both at home and abroad.
Today, however, the book has a different reputation, owing to the popular image of its character, Uncle Tom, whose name has become a saying for a cowardly（懦弱的）black man who betrays his race.
But this view is wrong: the original Uncle Tom was physically and morally strong, an inspiration for black people and other oppressed（被压迫的）people worldwide. Indeed, that was why, in the mid-19th century, Southerners attacked Uncle Tom’s Cabin as a dangerously destructive book, while Northern reformers—especially black people—often praised it.
The book was influential overseas too. In Russia it inspired Vladimir Lenin, who recalled it as his favorite book in childhood. It was the first American novel to be translated and published in China, and it fueled anti-slavery movements in Cuba and Brazil.
The book’s progressive appeal was the character of Uncle Tom himself: a strong man who is notable because he does not betray his race; one reason he gives up escaping from his plantation（种植园）is that he doesn’t want to put his fellow slaves in danger. And he is finally killed because he refuses to tell his master where two runaway slaves are hiding.
Unfortunately, these themes were lost in many of the stage versions of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
The play, seen by more people than those who read the book, remained popular up to the 1950s and still appears occasionally. But in the play, Stowe’s revolutionary themes were drowned.
But it doesn’t have to be that way; indeed; during the civil rights era it was those who most closely resembled Uncle Tom—Stowe’s Uncle Tom, not the embarrassed one of popular myth—that proved most effective in promoting progress. Both Stowe and Uncle Tom deserve our reconsideration and our respect.
小题1:Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom"s Cabin because she . | A．wanted to earn money to support her family | | B．tried to set an example to her six children | | C．hated slavery from the bottom of her heart | | D．had similar life experiences to Uncle Tom |
小题2: Which of the following is TRUE about the influence of the book?| A．It was the first American novel to be translated into Russian. | | B．It was the most influential book for Vladimir Lenin in his life | | C．It also gave rise to anti-slavery movements in faraway Africa. | | D．It inspired black people and people who were suffering in the world. |
小题3:What can we learn about Uncle Tom in the book?| A．he helps his fellow slaves to avoid getting into danger. | | B．He is a black man who betrays his race. | | C．He manages to escape from the plantation. | | D．He kills himself instead of giving away the slaves. |
小题4:According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?| A．The themes of revolution and progress in the book were lost in the play | | B．There are more people who have read the book, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, than those who have seen the stage version. | | C．The play was very popular and it is still put on from time to time today. | | D．It was Uncle Tom in the book that promoted the progress of mankind. |
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-For five days, Edmonton"s Downtown Park is transformed into one huge stage where artists are able to share their talents, and where people are able to celebrate(庆祝) and enjoy themselves. Since its beginning in 1980, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival has been commemorating (纪念) the true feeling of what folk music is all about and that"s the traditional togetherness that is felt when people gather to share stories and feelings through song.
This year will be the sixth year when volunteer Riedel will be offering up her time to the festival. "People coming off a busy spring and summer have a moment of relaxation," Riedel said. "It"s really easy to relax, and it"s great seeing family and friends have fun together." These families and friends come from all different kinds of musical tastes. People who take pleasure in Blues are there, so are people who love Bluegrass. This festival does its best to develop everyone"s musical interests.
With so many years of experience, the festival has become a well-oiled machine, and does whatever it can to make attendees feel as comfortable as possible. There are free water stations throughout the venue (举办地) for people to fill up their travel cups. When people buy food, reusable dishes are given a $2 plate fee, but that is returned when the plate is brought back.
The festival has completely sold out of tickets, and in record time. But with big names such as Van Morrison and Jakob Dylan, it"s easy to see how that was going to happen. There is no parking area during the festival, so using the Park & Ride system or Edmonton Transit is highly recommended. A bike lock-up area is provided and will be available Thursday until Sunday one hour before the gates open until 45 minutes after the gates close.
The Edmonton Folk Music Festival begins on Wednesday, Aug. 4 with Van Morrison playing the special donation fund (基金) concert, and will finish up on Sunday, Aug. 8.
小题1:The Edmonton Folk Music Festival is held mainly to ________. | A．gather people with different musical tastes | | B．remind people of the real sense of folk music | | C．exhibitive good voices of great talents in folk music | | D．collect old stories of folk music |
小题2:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．Riedel has volunteered for the festival for at least 5 years. | | B．It"s hard for people to appreciate Blues. | | C．It costs people a little to fill up their cups from water stations. | | D．People have to pay $2 for a plate of food. |
小题3:We can learn from the passage that ________. | A．people can get tickets easily for the festival | | B．the Edmonton Folk Music Festival is well organized. | | C．driving one"s own car to the festival is highly recommended | | D．bikes are available at the festival from Wednesday to Sunday |
小题4:What would be the best title for the passage?| A．Folk Music of Blues | | B．One Festival for All | | C．Festival for family Gathering | | D．Edmonton"s Downtown Park |
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-Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems．For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that are also enjoyed by the inhabitants(居民) of a country. If tourists create too much traffic, the inhabitants become annoyed and unhappy. They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely. They forget how much tourism can help the country’s economy. It is important to think about the people of a destination(目的地) country and how tourism affects them. Tourism should help a country, keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists．Tourism should also advance the wealth and happiness of local inhabitants.
Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This means that other parts of the country’s economy can suffer.
On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism，people can lose jobs. Businesses can also lose money. It costs a great deal of money to build large hotels, airports，air terminals, first－class roads, and other support facilities（设施）needed by tourist attractions. For example, a major international class tourism hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel lose money.
Building a hotel is just a beginning．There must be many support facilities as well，including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, sewers to handle waste, and water. All of these support facilities cost money. If they are not used because there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost.
小题1:Which of the following has most probably been discussed in the part that goes before this passage?| A．It is very important to develop tourism. | | B．Building roads and hotels is necessary. | | C．Support facilities are highly important. | | D．Planning is very important to tourism. |
小题2:Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT ________.| A．a bad effect on other industries | | B．a change of tourists’ customs | | C．over－crowdedness of places of interest | | D．pressure on traffic |
小题3:Not enough tourism can lead to ________.| A．an increase of unemployment (失业) | | B．a decrease (减退) in tourist attractions. | | C．the higher cost of support facilities | | D．a rise in price and a fall in pay. |
小题4:The underlined word “handle” in the last paragraph most probably means _________.| A．get in | | B．pick up | | C．carry away | | D．take down |
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Alice Walker makes her living by writing, and her poems, short stories, and novels have won many awards and fellowships for her. She was born in Eatonton, Georgia. She went to public schools there, and then to Spelman college in Atlanta before coming to New York to attend Sarah Lawrence college, from which she graduated in 1966. For a time she lived in Jackson, Mississippi, with her lawyer husband and a small daughter. About Langston Hughes, American Poet, here first book for children, she says, “After my first meeting with Langston Hughes I vowed I would write a book about him for children someday. Why? Because I, at 22, knew next to nothing of his work , and he didn’t scold me; he just gave me a stack of his books. And he was kind to me; I will always be grateful that in his absolute warmth and generosity he fulfilled my deepest dream ( and need) of what a poet should be.?”
“To me he is not dead at all. Hardly a day goes by that I don’t think of him or speak of him. Once, just before he died, when he was sick with the flu, I took him a sack full of oranges. The joy I felt in giving that simple gift is undiminished by time. He said he liked oranges, too.”
小题1:What is the main topic of the passage?| A．Alice Walker’s reflection on Langston Hughes. | | B．The influence of Alice Walker on the writing of Langston Hughes. | | C．Langston Hughes’ book about Alice Walker. | | D．A comparison of the childhoods of Alice Walker and Langston Hughes. |
小题2:In the passage, Alice Walker is described as _____.| A．a research fellow at Spelman College | | B．a professor at Sarah Lawrence College | | C．a prize-winning writer of prose and poetry | | D．an author of plays for children |
小题3:Before attending college, Alice Walker went to school in _____.| A．Atlanta, Georgia | B．Eatonton, Georgia | | C．Jackson, Mississippi | D．Lawrence, Massachusetts |
小题4:The word “vowed” the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _____.| A．shouted | B．believed | C．refused | D．promised |
小题5:It can be inferred from the passage that Alice Walker was 22 years old when _____.| A．she moved to Jackson, Mississippi | | B．she moved to New York | | C．she first met Langston Hughes | | D．Langston Hughes died |
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