Have you got some paper, a pair of scissors and, above all, a desire to decorate
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Have you got some paper, a pair of scissors and, above all, a desire to decorate your house? Then, we have the perfect holiday artwork for you: Make Star Wars snowflakes (雪花). Remembered as a cherished form of work in classrooms before the holidays, paper snowflakes have drawn many people"s attention again.
The designer, Anthony Herrera, just recently released his 2013 collection. "The Star Wars snowflake designs began as just doing designs of characters that I and my daughter wanted to make three years ago," Herrera told us in an email. "The second year I introduced vehicles, and this year I decided to push further by designing battle scenes."
Sometimes, he feels a bit bored with his job. With each year, the designs have got more detailed and various, but the process of creating them remained the same: sketching figures on paper with a pencil until a symmetrical (对称）pattern comes out, then scanning the designs and cut them with scissors. However, he says he has plenty of ideas for new flakes next year, so no two will ever be the same. Hopefully with Star Wars: Episode VII coming in 2015 he"ll have even more work in the future.
Check out your favorite finished versions of Herrera’s flakes (from both 2013 and previous years) and download the pictures beneath them and then get down to creating your own work. A warning: Most designs aren"t for the casual flake-maker, so patience you must have.
小题1: Making paper snowflakes draws many people"s attention probably because ______.| A．it is a traditional form of decoration | B．it is a course of artwork in school | | C．it is a way of killing time in holiday | D．it is designed by Anthony Herrera |
小题2: From the text, we know that Herrera ______.| A．can make snowflakes with his daughter"s help | | B．made more complicated designs before 2013 | | C．introduced paper vehicles in 2011 | | D．will make a great variety of detailed paper flakes |
小题3: Herrera is fed up with the job sometimes because ______| A．he has to design detailed and different patterns | | B．he has to follow the fixed process of paper cutting | | C．he spends much time designing, scanning and cutting | | D．he has few ideas for what the next designs will be like |
小题4: By writing the last paragraph, the author tries to ______.| A．offer us more information about Herrera’s paper cutting | | B．tell us how to download picture of snowflakes | | C．instruct people to be a real creative artist | | D．remind us of being patient with Herrera’s designs |
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小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C |
解析
本文介绍了传统的装饰形式：剪纸。并介绍Anthony Herrera对于这一手工的看法，以及自己的一些做法。
小题1:A
【试题解析】细节题。根据第一段最后2行Remembered as a cherished form of work in classrooms before the holidays, paper snowflakes have drawn many people"s attention again.可知paper snowflakes是传统的装饰的形式，所以才会引起人名吗的注意，故A正确。
小题2:D
【试题解析】推理题。根据文章2,3行Herrera told us in an email. "The second year I introduced vehicles, and this year I decided to push further by designing battle scenes."和However, he says he has plenty of ideas for new flakes next year, so no two will ever be the same. 可知Herrera会剪出很多种的剪纸花样出来，而且没有相同的。故D正确。
小题3:B
【试题解析】细节题。根据第三段前3行Sometimes, he feels a bit bored with his job. With each year, the designs have got more detailed and various, but the process of creating them remained the same: sketching figures on paper with a pencil until a symmetrical (对称）pattern comes out, then scanning the designs and cut them with scissors.可知有时候他很厌烦，是因为剪纸的过程总是一样的，这让他非常难受。故B正确。
小题4:C
【试题解析】推理题。根据文章最后2行get down to creating your own work. A warning: Most designs aren"t for the casual flake-maker, so patience you must have作者建议我们下载下式样以后就开始做吧，关键是要有耐心。也就是说本段告诉我们如何去做。故C项正确。
【长难句解析】
Remembered as a cherished form of work in classrooms before the holidays, paper snowflakes have drawn many people"s attention again.
【翻译】作为一项传统的假期之前的装修形式，剪纸又一次吸引了很多人的注意。
【分析】本句中含有一个分词做状语的用法，动词remember与后面句子的主语paper snowflake构成被动关系，所以使用过去分词表示被动，同时在句中做状语。 |
举一反三
Smoggy weather has become common in China. But these days, air pollution levels in the north eastern city of Harbin surpassed the previous record levels.
The city was essentially shut down after PM2. 5, fine Particulate(微粒物) pollution that is considered hazardous(有害的) . reached levels of 1000 micrograms per cubic meter-40 times the safety level remended by the World Health Organization. Schools, motorways and an airport were closed on Tuesday as visibility in some areas of the city dropped to less than 10 meters.
Photos from Harbin showed residents covering their mouths with masks and scarves, and moving like ghostly shadows through the fog. Cars and motorcycles are moving slowly as traffic came to a standstill with traffic lights barely visible. .
Just days previously , the World Health Organization"s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified air pollution as a carcinogen(致癌物) . It stated that there is " sufficient evidence" that exposure to outdoor air pollution causes lung cancer and also linked it with an increased risk of bladder cancer. It"s said that exposure has increased significantly particularly in " rapidly industrial countries with large populations".
"The air we breathe has become polluted with a mixture of cancer-causing substances" , Dr Kurt Straif , head of the IARC said in a press released. "We now know that outdoor air pollution is not only a major risk to health in general, but also a leading environmental cause of cancer deaths. "
On the Chinese social media site Weibo , many users complained about the pollution and shared their concerns. References to "feed people with smog "have become popular on Weibo and there is a sarcastic play on the expression "serve the people" , as the two have a similar pronunciation.
"The impact of air pollution on people will be gradual. There won"t be a sudden outbreak of symptoms, but normally three to five days after the smoggy weather occurs, there is a peak in the number of people seeing doctors, " Deng Ying, a doctor at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University was quoted as saying.
小题1: As thick smog has become a common scene in Harbin, ______| A．students there can go to school as usual | | B．residents in the city can see as far as 20 meters | | C．traffic lights can be easily visible | | D．the urban traffic has been seriously influenced |
小题2: When exposed to outdoor air pollution, what kind of disease can be caused?| A．Cancer of stomach | B．Breast cancer | C．Bladder cancer | D．Ovarian cancer |
小题3: According to Dr Kurt Straif , we can learn that_______.| A． the effect of the. smoggy weather is gradual | | B． air pollution is the man environmental cause, of cancer deaths | | C．exposure has greatly increased in countries with large populations | | D．"feed people with smog" has bee a hot word |
小题4: The purpose of this passage is to| A．awaken people"s environmental awareness | | B．warn people not to go out in smoggy weather | | C．call for the public to wear their masks | | D．advise people not to live in Harbin |
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There"s something rotten in Rio and the smell is coming from the huge stacks of rubbish pried up on sidewalks all over the city. Rio"s street sweepers chose the carnival holiday to demand better salaries. Their wages start at roughly $400 a month.
There could hardly be a better time for them to prove their importance. The streets were left a mess after hundreds of carnival parades and now, rubbish pries up in both poor and uptown neighbourhoods and in tourist areas like Ipanema or Copacabana beach.
The president of Rio"s rubbish collecting company has even appealed to the population to store rubbish at home whenever possible. He says 30% of the city"s sweepers have gone on strike. Some of those who have been working have been threatened by the strike movement so now the police has been deployed alongside rubbish collectors to keep them sage as they go about their business.
The strike has divided opinions in Rio. On social media, many support the sweepers" demands for better salaries. Others say they are opportunists and the situation is a big embarrassment to the city.
But Brazil"s culture of littering the streets doesn"t help. A video that went viral online shows that even authorities have a problem with that. Rio"s mayor, Eduardo Paes, is seen throwing what seemed to be the rest of an apple on the sidewalk--and now promised to impose himself a fine for his wrongdoing. His government recently created a programme to keep Rio"s residents from littering the streets.
小题1:Rio"s street cleaners go on strike to| A．prove their importance | B．threaten the government | | C．ask for higher salaries | D．appeal to the public not to litter |
小题2:The reason why the police are involved is that __| A．the police are called out to put down the riot | B．the police are required to protect some cleaners | | C．the police are to collect rubbish for the time being | D．the police are sent to arrest people who litter around |
小题3:The author"s attitude to Brazil"s culture of littering is __| A．hopeless | B．approving | C．critical | D．optimistic |
小题4: The purpose of writing the passage is to __| A．criticize, street sweepers of Rio for misusing their rights | | B．call attention to the embarrassing situation of Rio | | C．describe the effect or the strike on people | | D．inform people of the present situation of Rio |
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Multitasking
What is the first thing you nitice when you walk into a shop? The products displayed (展示) at the entrance? Or the soft background music?
But have you ever notice the smell? Unless it is bad, the answer is likely to be no. But while a shop’s scent may not be outstanding compared with sightsand sounds, it is certainly there. And it is providing to be an increasing powerful tool in encouraging people to purchase.
A brand store has become famous for its distinctive scent which floats through the fairly dark hall and out to the entrance, via scent machines. A smell may be attractive but it may not just be used for freshening air. One sports goods company once reported that when it first introduced scent into its stores, customers’ intension to purchase increased by 80 percent.
When it comes to the best shopping streets in Pairs, scent is just as important to a brand’s success as the quality of its window displays and goods on slaes. That is mainly because shopping is a very different experience to what it used to be.
Some years ago,the focus for brand name shopping was on a few people with sales assistants’ disproving attitude and don’t-touch-what-you-can’t-afford displays. Now the rise of electronic commerce (e-commerce) has opened up famous brands to a wider audience. But while e-shops can use sights and sounds, only bricks-and-mortar stores (实体店) can offer a full experience from the minute customers step through the door to the moment they leave. Another brand store seeks to be much more than a shop, but rather a destination. And scent is just one way to achieve this.
Now a famous store uses complex man-made smell to make sure that the soft scent of baby powder floats through the kid department, and coconut (椰子) scent in the swimsuit section. A department store has even opened a new lab, inviting customers on a journey into the store’s windows to smell books, pots and drawers, in search of their perfect scent.
小题1:According to the passage, what is an increasingly powerful tool in the success of some brand store?| A．Friendly assistant. | B．Unique scents. | | C．Soft background music | D．attractive window display. |
小题2:E-shops are mentioned in the passage to _______ .| A．ashow the advantages of brick-and-mortar stores | | B．urge shop assistants to change their attitude | | C．push stores to use sights and sounds | | D．introduce the rise of e-commerce |
小题3:The underlined word “destination” in Paragraph 5 means _______ .| A．a platform that exhibts goods | | B．a spot where travelers like to stay | | C．a place where customers love to go | | D．a target that a store expects to meet |
小题4:The main purpose of the passage is to ______ .| A．compare and evaluate | B．examine and assess | | C．argue and discuss | D．inform and explain |
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Since the first Earth Day in 1970,American have gotten a lot “greenter” toward the environment . “We didn’t know at that time there even was an environment,let alone that there was a problem with it,”says Bruce Anderson,president of Earth Day USA.
But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown into a social movement .Business people,political leaders, university professors,and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movement. “The understanding has increased many ,many times,”says Gaylord Nelson,the fromer govermor from Wisconsin,who thought up the first According to US government reports , emissions (排放)from cars and trucks have dropped from 10.3 million tons a year to 5.5 tons .The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9 .Although serious problems still remain and need to be dealt with , the world is a safer and healthier place .A kind of “Green thinking ” has become part of practices .
Great improvement has been achieved .In 1988 there were only 600 recycling programs ,; today in 1995 there are about 6,600 .Advanced lights ,motors , and building designs have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution .
Twenty –five years ago , there were hardly any education programs for environment .Today , it’s hard to find a public school , university , or law school that does not have such a kind of program .” Until we do that , nothing else will change! ” say Bruce Anderson .
小题1:According to Anderson , before 1970, Americans had little idea about ___| A．the social movement | | B．recycling techniques | | C．environmental problems | | D．the importance of Earth Day |
小题2:Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from?| A．The grass –roots level | | B．The business circle | | C．Government officials | | D．University professors |
小题3:What have Americans achieved in environmental protection ?| A．They have cut car emissions to the lowest | | B．They have settled their environmental problems | | C．They have lowered their CO levels in forty cities. | | D．They have reduced pollution through effective measures . |
小题4:What is especially important for environmental protection according to the last paragraph ?| A．Education | | B．Planning | | C．Green living | | D．CO reduction |
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When our restaurant business failed，we headed north in a camping truck to Texas，hoping to have a “fresh start”.
At the of Palo Duro Canyon (峡谷）State Park，I a job advertisement hiring park hosts. The position offered a ，permanent campsite in the park, and , the hosts served as a link between the park’s guests and the rangers (护林人). It was the perfect solution: a rent-free place to reorganize our lives. We entered the park and I made an for the following day.
The park was , so it took us some time to find an available site. That evening, as we finished our dinner, my wife saw two large skunks (臭鼠由）walking toward our table. We climbed onto the table and, for the next four hours, waited for them to our camp.
Having survived that night, we were that everything else would be all right. The next day we met with the people who ran the park. They explained our and gave us a beautiful campsite.
That evening, , we learned about the canyon . They were strong and cold, rocking our little camping truck violently，and we lay in the dark until the winds died away.
the weeks that followed, we learned to survive in our truck and the little money my wife by substitute teaching. Building a successful business and then losing it had left very little time for building a successful For a time after our business I thought I might lose my family as well.
Living in the tiny with no television, we sat close together reading and talking. One evening, standing under a jeweled sky，I found myself for all the hardships. We had walked the trails and climbed the canyon walls. We had become a family!
| 小题1: | | A．back | B．edge | C．centre | D．entrance |
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| 小题2: | | A．sponsored | B．published | C．noticed | D．answered |
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| 小题3: | | A．safe | B．free | C．convenient | D．beautiful |
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| 小题4: | | A．in return | B．in time | C．in short | D．in turn |
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| 小题5: | | A．attempt | B．agreement | C．appeal | D．appointmei |
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| 小题6: | | A．crowded | B．dangerous | C．ideal | D．quiet |
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| 小题7: | | A．repeatedly | B．immediately | C．eventually | D．calmly |
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| 小题8: | | A．attack | B．leave | C．pass | D．search |
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| 小题9: | | A．satisfied | B．determined | C．confident | D．aware |
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| 小题10: | | A．responsibilities | B．requirements | C．circumstances | D．conditions |
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| 小题11: | | A．moreover | B．therefore | C．meanwhile | D．however |
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| 小题12: | | A．winds | B．snows | C．woods | D．trails |
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| 小题13: | | A．shaking | B．quarrelling | C．mourning | D．aching |
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| 小题14: | | A．After | B．Between | C．During | D．Beyond |
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| 小题15: | | A．give away | B．hand out | C．live on | D．put aside |
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| 小题16: | | A．borrowed | B．earned | C．posted | D．raised |
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| 小题17: | | A．business | B．career | C．family | D．image |
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| 小题18: | | A．started | B．failed | C．expanded | D．declined |
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| 小题19: | | A．truck | B．park | C．house | D．camp |
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| 小题20: | | A．desperate | B．ready | C．suitable | D．thankful |
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