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When the shooting of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was complete, it was much more than a movie wrap-up (结束).
Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley, told The Sunday Times that he’s happy to have the time for romance now filming is over. Emma Watson, who is Hermione Granger in the movies, said she looked forward to “finally being free, being my own person” – a change signaled by her new haircut.
Daniel Radcliffe, who has been the face of the boy wizard since 2001, said that he “did cry like a little girl” when the last movie finished.
“It’s like the ending of a relationship,” he told The Vancouver Sun. “There’s a sense of, ‘God, what am I going to do now?’” He said he was eager to see “what life holds for him beyond Hogwarts”.
Along with the three actors, Harry Potter fans, now in their late teens, came of age with J.K. Rowling’s characters. For them, the last film isn’t just a goodbye to a decade of magic, but the close of their childhoods.
“We are the Harry Potter generation,” Canadian Andrea Hill, 19, told The Vancouver Sun. “We started in elementary school, reading about a boy our age who was going through the same things we were going through. We grew up, so did he.”
For Emily Chahal, an 18-year-old student, the series has been an inspiring journey. “That first book was what started my love of literature. It was the inspiration for everything – really teaching me to appreciate my friends, and to face difficulties with a sense of courage,” she said. “I have a sense of sadness. The end of the movies is kind of the end of my childhood, too.”
Fortunately, to the delight of die-hard fans, there are many things that keep the boy wizard alive. For example, in June this year, a Harry Potter theme park opened in Florida, US.
Some schools in the US and UK also have Quidditch teams – players ride broomsticks. “We’re not waiting anymore to see what happens to Harry next,” Hill told The Vancouver Sun. She founded a Quidditch club at Carleton University in Canada. “We’re still engaged in that magical world.”
小题1:.
How did Emma Watson feel when she finished the shooting of the Harry Potter series?
A.She cried like a little girl.
B.She was ready to move onto something new.
C.She was happy to have the time for romance.
D.She felt it was like the end of a relationship.
小题2:.
. What did Daniel Radcliffe mean by saying he was eager to see “what life holds for him beyond Hogwarts”?
A.He was bored with life in Hogwarts.
B.He couldn’t wait to graduate from Hogwarts.
C.He missed life in Hogwarts now he had left.
D.He was looking forward to new life out of Hogwarts.
小题3:.
. The series has brought Emily Chahal all the following EXCEPT _______.
A.the chance to live in a magical world
B.the courage to face difficulties
C.the appreciation of her friends
D.encouragement to love literature
小题4:.
What is the main focus of the article?
A.Celebration of the close of childhood.
B.Fans’ love for the Harry Potter series.
C.Mixed feelings about the end of the series.
D.Excited anticipation of the opening of the Harry Potter theme park.

答案

小题1:.B
小题1:.D
小题1:.A
小题1:.C
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Sandstorms hit northwestern China"s Gansu Province and North China"s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on the first day this year. According to Sun Landong, a meteorologist with the Lanzhou Meteorology Observatory,visibility was less than 100 meters in Minqin, a Gansu county near Inner Mongolia, because of sand. When visibility drops to less than 1 kilometer,it is called a sandstorm. The sandstorm in Minqin blew up dust in neighboring towns, such as Baiyin, Wuwei, Jinchang and Lanzhou, the capital city of Gansu Province. Dust-laden winds also swept into Beijing. Brought by northwesterly blowing at more than 20 meters per second,dust first reached the capital"s suburbs at 7 a. m,downtown areas at 9 a. m. The winds,which died down during the night,brought the temperature down to as low as 80C below zero and many flights put off their planned time from the city"s airport.
It is quite rare for sandstorms,which are frequent between March and June,to happen in winter,when the earth is frozen. The sandstorms in Gansu and Inner Mongolia do not necessarily mean there will be more of them in the spring than last year,when they were serious,but Beijing is taking it very seriously. It is reported that Beijing will spend 6 billion yuan ( US 725 million) in preventing sandstorms in the capital and has already set up a spe­cial team to make sure what causes them.
小题1: What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Sandstorms took place in Gansu.
B.Sandstorms happened on the first day of the new year.
C.Sandstorms are very serious,compared to last year.
D.Experts are trying their best to determine the cause of the sandstorm formed this year.
小题2:Suppose the dust was 300 kilometers away from Beijing, it would reach Beijing about
hours later if it travels at a speed of 20 meters per second?
A.4. 2 B.1. 5 C.2. 0 D.2. 5
小题3:Why did sandstorms begin in the winter this year?
A.Because there was little snow this season.
B.Because a lot of trees have been cut down.
C.Because people took few measures to control them.
D.It is not mentioned in the passage.
小题4: Which of the following doesn"t belong to the bad effect the sandstorms have done in Bei­jing?
A.The temperature fell. B.Flights put off their time to take off.
C.The air is dirty. D.People had three days off.
小题5:The author wrote the passage to        .
A.tell us the environments are becoming worse and worse
B.explain what measures people have taken to control sandstorms
C.make people realize the need to protect the environment.
D.call on us to do what we can to save the earth

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Recently a professor of philosophy(哲学)in the United States has written a book called Money and the Meaning of Life. He has discovered that how we deal with money in our day to day life has more meaning than we usually think. One of the exercises he has asked his students to do is to keep a record of every penny they spend for a week. From the way they spend their money, they can see what they really value(重视)in life.
The professor says our relation with others often becomes clearly defined(明确)when money enters the picture. You might have wonderful friendship with somebody and you think that you are very good friends. But you will know him only when you ask him to lend you some money.If he does,it brings something to the relationship that seems stronger than ever before. Otherwise it can suddenly weaken the relationship if he doesn’t.
Since money is so important to us, we consider those who are rich to be very important. The professor interviews some rich people in his research for his book.
Question:  What is the most surprising thing you have discovered about being rich?
Answer :  The most surprising thing is why people give me so much respect(尊重). I am nothing.I don’t know much.All I am is rich.
People just have an idea of making more and more money, but what is it for? How much money do I need for any given purpose in my life? In his book,the professor uncovered an important need in modern society:to bring back the idea that money is a tool rather than the end.Money plays an important role in the material world,but expecting money to give happiness may be missing the meaning of life.
小题1:.
The students are asked to keep a record of every penny they spend to______.
A.learn how to spend money B.learn how to make more money
C.know what to write in a recordD.know what is important in life
小题2:.
In the second paragraph, the professor mainly tells us ________.
A.never to borrow money from a friend
B.friendship disappears when it comes to money
C.money can influence friendship
D.money can weaken friendship
小题3:.
.Through his book,the professor seems to tell us       
A.money is very important in the material world
B.the purpose of our life is to make money
C.money does not surely mean happiness
D.we should value money in our life
小题4:.
We consider rich people important because         
A.they have a meaningful lifeB.they are successful people
C.we sometimes borrow money from them D.we think money is important in life
小题5:.
Which of the following might the author disagree?
A.Money is important in modern society.
B.The meaning of life does not completely lie in money.
C.Wealth will surely bring the owner happiness.
D.Happiness is not necessarily the result of wealth.

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There are two kinds of physical activity which require special training. The first demands exact, careful movements of the muscles(肌肉).This kind of activity must be strictly controlled because even a slight movement in the wrong direction will lead to a mistake. To type quickly, for example, a person needs training; the slightest movement of a finger in the wrong direction may cause a spelling mistake. A dancer who has to dance on the point of her shoes or turn around on one foot must be trained for a long period of time before she can sense her own center and balance herself. You may have seen a girl walking on a rope across an empty space, which, too, requires a lot of practice.
The second kind of physical activity needs greater strength or extra effort. Most of us get tired if we try to run half a mile without stopping, but a specially-trained person can do this without much effort. Three years ago, some scientists carried out experiments, which produced meaningful and unexpected results. They wanted to find out whether a certain amount of physical exercise would injure those suffering from heart problems. They selected some male patients and trained them in continuous bicycle riding. They were surprised to find that the harmful effect of a given amount of physical effort was actually less on the hearts of these trained patients than on those of the patients who were not similarly trained. This is important because it shows that regular physical exercise enables us to make better use of the oxygen we breathe in and that this training, in fact, reduces the amount of work our hearts do. Many tasks which are hard for untrained people are not hard at all for trained people.
小题1:.  The first kind of physical activity must be strictly controlled because ______.
A.a mistake in the wrong direction is dangerous to the fingers
B.a wrong movement in a direction will cause no mistakes
C.a movement in the wrong direction will cause a mistake
D.a slight movement of a finger will lead to a mistake
小题2:.            
What must a dancer do before she can balance herself?
A.she must dance on the point of her shoesB.she must receive long-time training
C.she must turn around on one footD.she must perform again and again
小题3:.            
The experiments done by some scientists showed that __________.
A.some male patients were asked to ride bicycles regularly in the experimentsB.the physical exercise had more harmful effect on the hearts of the untrained patients
C.the physical exercise was harmless to the male patients with heart trouble
D.the physical exercise could be helpful for the patients to take in more oxygen
小题4:. What would be the best title for this text?
A.Training Our BodiesB.Physical Activities
C.Movement TrainingD.Extra Body Effort

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Since the early 1990s, the Internet has greatly changed the way people communicate. But some teachers think the changes are not all for the better.
Eleanor Johnson, an English professor at Columbia University in New York, says, “Ithink text messaging has made students believe that it is far more acceptable than it actually is to just make spelling and grammatical mistakes.” She says her students over the past several years have increasingly used less formal English in their writing. She says words and phrases like “you know” now appearing research papers. And she now has to talk about another problem in class---incorrect word use.
Professor Johnson doubts a strong connection between the rise of communication online and an increase in writing mistakes. But she admits there may not be much scientific proof, at least not yet.
David Crystal, a British language expert, says the actively changing nature of the Internet makes it difficult to stay unchanged in studying its effects. But he believes its effect on language is small. He says, “The main effect of the Internet on language has been to increase the expressive richness of language, providing the language with a new set of communicative content that didn’t exist in the past.” Erin Jansen, founder of an online dictionary of Internet and text messaging terms, says his new technology has not changed existing language but has greatly added to the vocabulary. “Basically it is a freedom of expression,” she says, “If it is helping them write more or communicate more, that is great. That is what teachers and educators want---to get students communicating.”
But Erin Jansen and David Crystal agree with Eleanor Jonson on at least one thing. Teachers need to make sure students understand the uses and rules of language.
小题1: According to the text, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.David Crystal thinks the Internet makes the language expression richer.
B.David Crystal believes the Internet’s effects on language use are clear
C.Eleanor Johnson thinks writing mistakes has much to do with the Internet
D.Eleanor Johnson thinks all the Internet effects on language use are good
小题2:. Eleanor Johnson is mentioned to _______.
A.share her idea of the great effects of using the Internet
B.tell people a way to correct students’ writing mistakes
C.serve as an example of teachers’ blaming the Internet
D.warn people against the dangers of using the Internet
小题3: What do the three experts have in common as to the Internet effect?
A.The possibilities of avoiding the use of less formal words
B.The causes of the Internet’s great effects on language
C.The necessity of helping students reduce writing mistakes
D.The importance of students’ knowing how to use language
小题4:. What could be the best title for the text?
A.Students’ Learning and the Internet: Good or Bad?
B.Students’ Writing and the Internet: Good or Bad?
C.Students’ Papers and the Internet: Good or Bad?
D.Students’ Mistakes and the Internet: Good or Bad?

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Memphis is the largest city in the southern State of Tennessee, USA. The Mississippi River flows along the west side of the city. Memphis is the chief center of business, industry and transportation in Tennessee.
650,000 people live in the city. More than one million people live in the area. Like many other American cities, Memphis has had racial problems. About forty-eight percent of the city’s population is African American. In 1968, city workers who collected waste went on strike. Most of the workers were black. The famous civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior went to Memphis to support the workers. On April 4th, King was murdered in Memphis by James Earl Ray. After Mr. King’s death, the city worked to improve living conditions for black people. In 1991, voters elected W.E.Herenton the city’s first black mayor. The same year, Memphis opened the National Civil Rights Museum. It was built next to the place where Martin Luther King was killed. Many people visit the museum to learn about the history of the American civil rights movement. Today, people from across the United States and around the world visit Memphis,where tourism has become a major industry.
小题1:.
There are about     African Americans living in Memphis.
A.312,000B.480,000C.650,000D.1,000,000
小题2:.
Which of the following statement is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Martin Luther King was killed in the city of Memphis by James Earl Ray in 1968.
B.W.E.Herenton was elected the first black mayor of Memphis in 1991.
C.Memphis opened the National Civil Rights Museum in 1991.
D.Martin Luther King was elected mayor of Memphis.
小题3:.
The title for the passage should be      .
A.How to fight against slaveryB.National Civil Rights Museum
C.MemphisD.A black mayor

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