Long queues at cinemas buying hot tickets for blockbusters(巨片) will become rare
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Long queues at cinemas buying hot tickets for blockbusters(巨片) will become rare as Beijing residents will be able to order film tickets via cell phone networks in a month.
Film ticket circulation service on cell phone, also called the “Green channel of film tickets ordering”, is aiming at lowing the cost of ticket circulation and easing the ticket distribution pressure on such popular film-watching days as summer and winter vacations or Valentine’s Day.
“People log onto the net through cell phones, then choose cinema seats, watch trailers, browse information for new films and read cinema introductions,” said Guan Zheng, the publicity chief of Xingmei Digital Media Company Ltd., the service provider.
“Film fans can enjoy various discount prices if they order tickets via cell phones,” Guan said.
Meanwhile, the cell phone ticket circulation platform provides subscribers general mobile phone services like jokes, videos, flashes, phone ring downloads and games.
The service is about to be put into trial at the Beijing-based Xingmei International Cinema for a month before being putting into use at other cinema chains both in and outside Beijing, as the service is going to be improved through gradual expansion, said Guan.
China’s film industry that is being restored has seen more and more enthusiastic moviegoers. Up to the end of 2009, China has had more than 5,000 specialized cinemas, among which there are 2,243 modern cinemas with 3, 668 silver screens and 56 cinema chains.
Currently, many people buy film tickets on the Internet or by phoning the cinema’s ticket office or simply queuing at the cinema gate. More people want to buy tickets on popular days like May Day holiday, National Day holiday or Valentine’s Day. Yet the inefficient ticket circulation system contributes the most to the failure.
小题1:What can we learn from the passage?| A．The price of the ticket ordered via cell phone will be lower. | | B．Ordering tickets through the net can get good seats. | | C．Few people would like to watch films on the net. | | D．More and more people like to watch films on the net. |
小题2:What does the underlined part “watch trailers” in the third paragraph mean?| A．You can watch films after downloading them. | | B．You can watch commercial ads free of charge. | | C．You can watch short ads for new movies. | | D．You can watch films on the net at home. |
小题3:What does the passage imply?| A．The service is only intended to put into use at the cinema in Beijing for a month. | | B．China’s film industry saw the decreasing number of moviegoers by the end of 2009.[ | | C．The traditional ticket selling system makes it hard to get film tickets on popular days. | | D．The green channel of tickets ordering is aiming at provides general mobile phone services.. |
小题4:The best title for the passage would probably be ________.| A．Rare Beijingers to watch films on the net | | B．Few Beijingers to buy film tickets in line | | C．Beijingers to watch films via cell phone | | D．Beijingers to order film tickets via cell phone |
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小题1:A
小题1:C
小题1:C
小题1:D |
解析
小题1:推理题：从第二段的句子：Film ticket circulation service on cell phone, also called the “Green channel of film tickets ordering”, is aiming at lowing the cost of ticket 可知通过手机订票会便宜。选A
小题1:猜词题：从后面的解释：browse information for new films可知这是看预告短片。选C
小题1:推理题：从文章最后一段的句子：More people want to buy tickets on popular days like May Day holiday, National Day holiday or Valentine’s Day. Yet the inefficient ticket circulation system contributes the most to the failure.可知传统的购票方式使得节假日很难买到票。选C
小题1:主旨题：从第一段的句子：Long queues at cinemas buying hot tickets for blockbusters(巨片) will become rare as Beijing residents will be able to order film tickets via cell phone networks in a month.可知大意是北京人通过电话订票。选D |
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The New York Times announced Wednesday that it intended to charge frequent readers for access to its website, a step being debated across the industry that nearly every major newspaper has so far feared to take.
Starting in early 2011, visitors to NYTimes.com will get a certain number of articles free every month before being asked to pay a standard and fixed fee for unlimited access. Subscribers to the newspaper’s print edition will receive full access to the site.
But executives of The New York Times Company said they could not yet answer fundamental questions about the plan, like how much it would cost or what the limit would be on free reading. They stressed that the amount of free access could change with time, in response to economic conditions and reader demand. Still, publishers fear that money from digital subscriptions would not make up for the resulting loss of audience and advertising income.
NYTimes.com is by far the most popular newspaper site in the country, with more than 17 million readers a month in the United States, according to Nielsen Online, and analysts say it is the leader in advertising income, as well. That may make it better positioned than other general-interest papers to charge—and also gives The Times more to lose if the move produces an opposed result.
The Times Company has been studying the matter for almost a year, searching for common ground between pro-and-anti pay campaigns—a debate mirrored in dozens of media-watching blogs-- and the system will not go into effect until January 2011. Executives said they were not bothered by the possibility of absorbing barbs(挖苦) for moving cautiously.
“There’s no prize for getting it quick,” said Janet L. Robinson, the company’s president and chief executive. “There’s more of a prize for getting it right.”
小题1: What’s the function of the first paragraph?| A．It servers as a comment. | | B．It serves as a background | | C．It serves as a lead-in | | D．It serves as a conclusion. |
小题2:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．Non-paying subscribers will get no access to NYTimes.com. | | B．Readers will be charged more to read articles on NYTimes.com. | | C．Readers will get more free online articles to log on NYTimes. com more often. | | D．Subscribers to the paper’s print edition will also enjoy full access to the site. |
小题3:Which of the words can best describe The Time Company’s attitude towards its announcement?| A．Unwilling. | | B．Serious. | | C．Hasty | | D．Doubtful |
小题4: What is the main idea about the passage?| A．The Times to offer free access to its web site. | | B．The Times to increase audience to its web site. | | C．The Times to attract advertisement to its web site | | D．The Times to charge for frequent access to its web site. |
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The Haitian tsunami gave scientists a chance to find out how well vital and potentially life-saving warning systems were working.
Noaa’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory has developed a warning system that picks up signals of tsunamis directly from the sea-floor.
It is called Dart-the Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis. If seismometers(地震仪) detect an earthquake, the Dart buoys（浮标） will determine what is happening to sea levels, and whether a big wave might be on the way. This information is then sent via satellite to a central location which can organize an alarm. Within 50 minutes of the Haiti earthquake, this system was able to issue an alarm to other countries in the Caribbean to say that a small tsunami had been caused to start, and that was unlikely to affect them.
Dr Bernard said, “The first 30 minutes following the earthquake, we have to rely on education.” The critical aspects of this are: do you feel the earthquake; do you see the ocean draw down; and do you hear that loud roar? If so, you should run for higher ground.
“But after the first few minutes, it’s crucial that we have the technology—the measurements to avoid unnecessary evacuation(疏散撤离)and tell people when it is safe to return.” Right now, there are 50 of these Dart buoys all over the globe—four of which are in the Caribbean.
Dr Bernard says that, with 75 to 100 buoys worldwide, this system could provide global tsunami warnings within one hour.
“That’s for everywhere we know that tsunamis have happened. If we wanted to go to half an hour detection, we could probably double or multiply by four times that number,” he said.
“In some countries, including Haiti, there may not be enough resources to support a specific tsunami warning centre for something that happens so infrequently.”
He said that this system was relatively inexpensive to fix and operate.
“To get it down to an hour for everywhere affected would cost $50m initial investment and then 10% of that to maintain it,” he said.
“That’s not a terribly expensive system considering the potential savings of lives.”
小题1:In which section would you probably read the passage in a newspaper?| A．Education and Society | | B．Culture and Leisure | | C．Science and Technology | | D．Health and Medicine |
小题2: How many buoys would at least be needed for global tsunami warnings within half an hour?小题3:Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?| A．The system can warn people of the coming of tsunami directly after the earthquake. | | B．We can’t escape the danger of tsunami within 30 minutes following the earthquake. | | C．Each country can easily afford a tsunami warning centre though it seldom happens. | | D．It’s worthwhile to spend money on the warning system for possible savings of lives. |
小题4: Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?| A．Tsunami Assessment | | B．Earthquake detecting | | C．Disaster Warning System | | D．Life Saving System |
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AAAGH! The Generation 90s is coming!
Wearing earphones, using complex Net language and constantly text messaging friends, the Gen-90s following the Gen-80s begin to make their world debut (初次登台).
Each generation or age group has its own symbols and lifestyle. Read on and judge for yourselves if you fit the Gen-90s group.
Earphones
These little devices seem to grow on the heads of the Gen-90s. They might lead to MP3, MP4 or MP101 players, giving these young people a plugged-in, cool and perhaps self-addicted look, of course, life is not always music to the ears.
Martian language
They have created their own code-like online language. It’s a mixture of English, Japanese and Chinese that perhaps only Martians can understand. This is an imaginative generation, though they need to be careful to keep it out of their term papers.
Self-Portrait
Saying “cheese” to their own digital cameras is usual for this generation. A little bit of narcissism (自恋) never hurts anyone. It helps them reflect a little on their own lives．But be aware of the risks of posting private photos online.
Text-messaging
They can type their mobile phones as fast as they can speak. This is a generation that respects efficiency. However, oral communication is important and will never go out of style.
小题1:According to the passage, if you belong to the Gen-90s , you will _______ .| A．just appreciate yourself and ignore others’ strengths. | | B．have your own symbols and lifestyle. | | C．have the same symbols and lifestyle of the Gen-80s． | | D．like music and dance very much. |
小题2:According to the text, the writer will choose ______ as a good example to the Gen-90.| A．Li Hua likes music and always wearing iPod | | B．Zhang Chao is not only an imaginative boy but do everything efficiently. | | C．Lily is a shy girl and she doesn’t like making friends. | | D．Fangfang likes being taken photos and often posting them on line. |
小题3:According to this passage, which is FALSE?| A．Not all teens are cautious about posting photos． | | B．They type their mobile phones so fast that it can catch the speed of speaking. | | C．The Gen-90s have a preference for some music players, and even regard them as a necessary part of life. | | D．They don’t use the cool and complex online language in formal writing. |
小题4:The main idea of the passage is about________.| A．the Gen-90s’ happy life | | B．the difference between the Gen-80s and the Gen-90s | | C．the Gen-90s’ unique lifestyle and some practical warnings | | D．the similarities between the Gen-80s and the Gen-90s |
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Garden building is considered an important part of Chinese culture. Some people say that if you have never walked through a Chinese garden, you cannot say that you have really visited China.
Traditional Chinese gardens are located in North China in such places as Beihai Park, the Summer Palace, the Forbidden City. In larger imperial gardens, the main buildings are connected by an imaginary（虚构的） line in the middle of the garden on the north-south axis(轴). Other features of imperial gardens are colored-paintings, man-made hills and lakes.
Most private gardens are found in the south, especially in cities south of the Yangtze River. Private gardens were mostly built at one side or at the back of the houses. Around the beautiful scene are small open areas with beautiful shaped-doors through which visitors can enjoy the sights. They are open on all sides and are often near the water so that the whole scene can be enjoyed. Suzhou, known as the home of gardens, displays the most and the best Chinese traditional private gardens. Different parts of it are examples of the garden style of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.[
The landscape（自然风景） garden contains a number of pleasant natural scenes and some fairy tales. The ancient Chinese used to call the garden landscape “Jing” , which means “scene” in English. Good examples include the ten West Lake Scenes in Hangzhou, the twenty-four slim West Lake in Yangzhou and the eight Daming Lake Scenes in Jinan.
小题1: The passage tells mainly about ________.| A．an important part of Chinese culture | | B．how to enjoy Chinese gardens | | C．where foreigners can find Chinese gardens | | D．the characters of different style of Chinese garden building |
小题2:Which of the following is NOT true for the imperial garden?| A．There is a north-south axis in the center of garden | | B．They were built because of some fairy tales. | | C．There are man-made hills and lakes in the gardens. | | D．They have colored-paintings. |
小题3:According to the passage, we can learn that _______.| A．Chinese people often invite foreigners to visit a Chinese garden. | | B．The landscape garden reflects different styles of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. | | C．All three kinds of gardens make up the important part of Chinese culture which is appreciated by the people all over the world. | | D．People enjoy the private gardens more than other two styles. |
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Look at the picture. It’s a nice 1 . In the picture you can see a teacher’s 2 on his desk. It’s a Chinese book. There are fifty desks and fifty chairs in the room. There is also a big blackboard. You can see a girl and 3 boys.
The girl’s 4 is Julia. She is thirteen. The boy with the football is Tom. He likes playing 5 . The other boy is Tony. They 6 the same coats and they are the same age. They look the same. I 7 they are twins. Tom is a 8 boy. A book is in his hand. You 9 see the teacher. 10 is the teacher? He is taking the picture.
| 小题1: | | A．house | B．station | C．classroom | D．shop |
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| 小题2: | | A．backpack | B．basketball | C．book | D．hat |
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| 小题4: | | A．name | B．age | C．brother | D．notebook |
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| 小题5: | | A．basketball | B．chess | C．football | D．cards |
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| 小题8: | | A．dear | B．first | C．lost | D．good |
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| 小题9: | | A．aren’t | B．can’t | C．doesn’t | D．be not |
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