This is What a REAL Silver Dollar Looks LikeIf you trust in the yen, the euro,an

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This is What a REAL Silver Dollar Looks Like
If you trust in the yen, the euro,
and the dollar...stop reading.
Because this is a story about
the sliver coin EVERYBODY wants.
You read the headlines.You know that troubled economic times have put global currency on a rollercoaster(过山车) ride.But millions have found a smarter way to build longterm value with highgrade collectable silver.And right now, those people are lining up to secure some of the last 2012 U．S.Mint Silver Eagles, America"s Newest Silver Eagle Dollars. Today, you can graduate to the front of that line.Buy now and you can own these brilliant uncirculated Silver Dollars for only $38.95!
You Can"t Afford to Lose
Why are we releasing(发行) this silver dollar for such a remarkable price? Because we want to introduce you to what hundreds of thousands of smart collectors and satisfied customers have known since 1984—New York Mint is the place to find the world"s finest highgrade coins.That"s why we"re offering you this Brilliant Uncirculated 2012 U．S.Silver Eagle for as little as $37.45(plus s/h)．
Timing is Everything
Our advice? Keep this to yourself.Because the more people who know about this offer, the worse it is for you.Demand for Silver Eagles in 2011 broke records.Experts predict that 2012 Silver Eagles may break them all over again.Due to rapid changes in the price of silver, prices may be higher or lower and are subject to(受……影响) change without notice.Supplies are limited.Call immediately to add these Silver Eagles to your holdings before it"s too late.

Offer Limited to 40 per household
2012 American Silver Eagle Coin
Your cost 14 Coins $38.95 each＋s/h
59 Coins $38.45 each＋s/h
1019 Coins $37.95 each＋s/h
2040 Coins $37.45 each＋s/h
Note：$10 s/h(shipping and handling) for each purchase
For fastest service, call tollfree 24 hours a day
18882017143

Offer Code(代码) ASE17704
Please mention this code when you call.

New York Mint
14101 Southcross Drive W．， Dept.ASE17704
Burnsville, Minnesota 55337
www.NewYorkMint.com
小题1:What is stressed in the ad?

A．The coin is of high quality and worth collecting.

B．The coin can be circulated as a currency.

C．Limited supplies guarantee a stable price of the coin.

D．Demand for the coin is bound to break records.

小题2:If you buy six 2012 U．S.Mint Silver Eagles by post, you should pay at least ________.

A．$230.7

B．$233.7

C．$240.7

D．$243.7

小题3:The ad strongly encourages people to purchase the silver coins by ________.

A．shopping online

B．making a phone call

C．lining up in front of the stores

D．writing to the company

答案

小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B

解析

这是一篇广告应用文。文章向读者推荐一种有收藏价值的银币。
小题1:答案：A　根据题干中的关键词“stressed”定位到第一段第三句“But millions have found a smarter way to build longterm value with highgrade collectable silver.”。
解题思路：由线索定位中的句子可知，成千上万的人已经发现一种更加明智的做法，就是收藏高质量的有长效价值的银元。故A项为正确答案。B选项根据文中第一段最后一句“uncirculated Silver Dollars for only $38.95”可知是错误信息；C、D选项信息虽然正确，但不是本文要强调的。故选A项。
小题2:答案：C　数字计算题。线索定位：根据题干中的关键词“If you buy six...by post”定位到文中图片旁边的内容“59 Coins $38.45...”和图片下面的Note。
解题思路：由线索定位中的句子可知，你应该付费：6×$38.45＋$10＝$240.7。故选C项。
小题3:答案：B　细节理解题。线索定位：根据题干中的关键词“strongly encourages”定位到最后部分方框上面的内容“For fastest service，call tollfree 24 hours a day”。
解题思路：由线索定位中的句子可知，最快捷的方式便是打电话。故选B项。
疑难词汇解读
currency n．通货，货币
paper currency纸币
trading in foreign currencies以外汇为支付手段的贸易
长难句子分析
Because the more people who know about this offer，the worse it is for you.
句意：因为知道有关这一信息的人越多，对你越不好。“the＋比较级，the＋比较级”结构，表示“越……，越……”。

举一反三

For many of us, a little time with our smartphones or iPads before sleep is the highlight of the night. But would you still think it is relaxing if you knew that it damages or destroys your sleep? Scientists say that"s exactly what it does.
In ancient times, when there were no lamps, telephones or smartphones, the sun was the main source of light. When the sun went down, our brains took that as a signal to start producing melatonin(褪黑素), a chemical that helps us sleep.
However, a healthy amount of melatonin can only be produced in complete darkness.Any light in your bedroom—even the one on the alarm clock or the charging indicator on your cellphone—could disturb the process, not to mention something as bright as smartphone and iPad screens. We tend to hold these much closer than a television or laptop, which allows them to shoot far more light straight into our eyes.
“This is particularly worrisome in populations such as young adults and adolescents, who already tend to be night_owls，” said researcher Brittany Wood at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.“Lack of sleep among teens is leading to depression, selfharm, low concentration and poor performance at school，” she added.
While all lights are the enemy of sleep, not all colors of light have the same effect. Our eyes are particularly sensitive to blue light, which is common during the day. Most of the light coming from electronic screens is blue light and it fools our brain into thinking it"s still daytime. By contrast, orange or red light has less influence on melatonin production, because our brains recognize it as a signal that the day is ending, according to The Telegraph.
Asking yourself to keep your hands off your smartphone before bedtime might seem unreasonable, but you should at least remember to dim the screen or hold it farther away from your eyes. You could also wear a pair of orange sunglasses that take away the harmful blue light.
小题1:According to the passage, we can know ________.

A．it"s a good habit to play with smartphones or iPads late into night

B．scientists suggest we should avoid using smartphones or iPads

C．darkness makes a great impact on the amount of melatonin

D．the sun was the only source of light in ancient times

小题2:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The darker it is, the more melatonin will be produced.

B．The lighter it is, the more melatonin will be produced.

C．The more melatonin you have, the worse you"ll sleep.

D．The more electrical equipment you have, the more melatonin will be produced.

小题3:The underlined part in Paragraph 4 refers to those ________.

A．who are young adults or adolescents

B．who don"t perform well in school

C．who are addicted to a television or laptop

D．who are short of sleep at night and perform poorly in daily life

小题4:In the writer"s opinion, which is a correct suggestion?

A．You should go to bed when the sun goes down.

B．You should use an orange or red light electronic screen.

C．You should wear a pair of blue sunglasses when sleeping.

D．You should avoid blue light as possible as you can before bedtime.

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A Leap(跳跃) to Honor
Leaping on a narrow balance beam(平衡木) is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13yearold gymnast, is an expert at it.
To perfect her skills, Lola ____ for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls.
That"s especially impressive, ____ she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift(移动) constantly. She often sees double and can"t ____ how far away things are.
When she was little, her mom ____ that even though she couldn"t see ____， she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the ___ right away and gymnastics became her favorite.
Though learning gymnastics has been more ____ for her than for some of her teammates, she has never quit. She doesn"t let her ____ stop her from doing anything that she wants to.
She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest ____ is the balance beam. Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even closes her eyes. “You have to ____ your mind that it"ll take you where you want to go，” says Lola.
To be a toplevel gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most ____ for anyone because it"s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn"t fall ____ the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10—her highest score yet.
Lola doesn"t want to be ____ differently from the other girls on her team. At competitions, the judges don"t know about her vision ____. She doesn"t tell them, because she doesn"t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her ____ attitude.
Lola never thinks about ____. She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her ____ is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she"s learned to other kids ____ she grows up.
Lola is ____ of all her hard work and success. She says it"s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics too. Her ____ for other is “just believe in yourself”．

小题1:

A．runs

B．teaches

C．trains

D．dances

小题2:

A．since

B．unless

C．after

D．though

小题3:

A．tell

B．guess

C．assume

D．predict

小题4:

A．suspected

B．remembered

C．imagined

D．noticed

小题5:

A．deeply

B．well

C．ahead

D．closely

小题6:

A．task

B．sport

C．event

D．show

小题7:

A．boring

B．enjoyable

C．difficult

D．satisfactory

小题8:

A．talent

B．quality

C．nature

D．condition

小题9:

A．doubt

B．advantage

C．challenge

D．progress

小题10:

A．examine

B．express

C．open

D．trust

小题11:

A．fearful

B．harmful

C．unfair

D．inconvenient

小题12:

A．to

B．on

C．off

D．against

小题13:

A．greeted

B．treated

C．served

D．paid

小题14:

A．pains

B．stresses

C．injuries

D．problems

小题15:

A．positive

B．friendly

C．flexible

D．cautious

小题16:

A．defending

B．quitting

C．winning

D．bargaining

小题17:

A．standard

B．range

C．view

D．goal

小题18:

A．until

B．as

C．when

D．before

小题19:

A．proud

B．tired

C．ashamed

D．confident

小题20:

A．plan

B．advice

C．reward

D．responsibility

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Yu Bingbing is a 28yearold market research manager. When she is ____ her way to work each morning, she cannot help feeling ____ about whether she has locked the door of her apartment and ____ off the gas.
“I"m usually ____ with these feelings for the entire day，” Yu said. Working at an international pharmaceutical(制药的) firm, Yu looks older than she is and her heavily madeup face always has a(n) ____ look. “Since I have been ____ to a managerial position, I lose my temper with my parents and husband more frequently just because of some ____ things，” she said, adding that ____ wrinkles and acne(粉刺) on her face have irritated her even more, and even luxury cosmetics cannot ____ her.
“I have to work six days a week and don"t even have extra offtime when I"m sick，” she said. “I have to ____ myself to become a workaholic since the competition in my company is really ____ and I also have to pay a 5,000 yuan monthly mortgage, besides saving a certain amount of money for my ____ baby.”
Life is like riding on a ____ for Yu and many other members of China"s post80s generation, the first generation ____ after the ____ of the familyplanning policy and the group to benefit ____ from the country"s opening up policy and its booming economy.
Being the only child in their family, and without much to trouble them during their youth, most of them were taken good care of or even ____ by their parents and grandparents.
Having such a ____ carefree youth—when this generation reached ____ and had to ____ with soaring(猛增的) prices, the high cost of raising children and intense competition in the workplace—they suffered a rude awakening.
According to statistics, the population of China"s post80s generation is over 200 million. The media usually refers to them as “slaves” to property, credit cards, children and marriage.

小题1:

A．on

B．in

C．at

D．off

小题2:

A．unsure

B．doubtful

C．anxious

D．angry

小题3:

A．turned

B．took

C．got

D．run

小题4:

A．wrestling

B．going

C．associating

D．keeping

小题5:

A．worried

B．exhausted

C．sad

D．terrible

小题6:

A．promoted

B．risen

C．put

D．occupied

小题7:

A．unhappy

B．unimportant

C．bad

D．household

小题8:

A．big

B．many

C．heavy

D．slight

小题9:

A．help

B．decorate

C．benefit

D．beautify

小题10:

A．make

B．push

C．pull

D．encourage

小题11:

A．fierce

B．severe

C．strong

D．huge

小题12:

A．planned

B．prepared

C．behaved

D．grown

小题13:

A．bike

B．horse

C．rollercoaster

D．line

小题14:

A．born

B．raised

C．started

D．suffered

小题15:

A．practice

B．introduction

C．completion

D．influence

小题16:

A．much

B．most

C．approximately

D．little

小题17:

A．loved

B．protected

C．avoided

D．spoiled

小题18:

A．likely

B．seriously

C．greatly

D．relatively

小题19:

A．childhood

B．youth

C．adulthood

D．midlife

小题20:

A．cope

B．meet

C．talk

D．share

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When 19yearold Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the MakeAWish Foundation(基金会), nobody understood what she was talking about. But Sophia knew just how important MakeAWish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends. We were interested in finding out more, so we went along to meet Sophia and listen to what she had to say.
Sophia told us that MakeAWish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980. “It"s a charity(慈善机构) that helps children who have got very serious illnesses. MakeAWish helps children feel happy even though they are sick, by making their wishes and dreams come true，” Sophia explained.
We asked Sophia how MakeAWish had first started. She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris, who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a policeman. Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chris"s dream come true—so, with everybody"s help, Chris, only seven years old at the time, had been a “policeman” for a day. “When people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true, they decided to try and help other sick children too, and that was the beginning of MakeAWish，” explained Sophia.
Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a special, happy time. A MakeAWish volunteer visits the families and asks the children what they would wish for if they could have anything in the world. Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true. They do this either by providing things that are necessary, or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they can.
小题1:Sophia found out about MakeAWish because her best friend had ________.

A．benefited from it	B．volunteered to help it
C．dreamed about it	D．told the author about it

小题2:According to Sophia, MakeAWish ________.

A．is an international charity

B．was understood by nobody at first

C．raises money for very poor families

D．started by drawing the interest of the public

小题3:What is said about Chris in Paragraph 3?

A．He has been a policeman since he was seven.

B．He gave people the idea of starting MakeAWish.

C．He wanted people to help make his dream come true.

D．He was the first child MakeAWish helped after it had been set up.

小题4:Which of the following is true about MakeAWish volunteers?

A．They are important for making wishes come true.

B．They try to help children get over their illnesses.

C．They visit sick children to make them feel special.

D．They provide what is necessary to make MakeAWish popular.

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It was my birthday last Thursday. I decided to celebrate it by inviting a few friends out to supper. I chose a restaurant in a        part of town. It is one of my favorite restaurants because the food is good and the waiters are friendly. It is        ever crowded, because not many people know about it, so it is not usually      to book a table. In any case, Thursday is not a busy evening      .
When we entered the restaurant, we were surprised to find it completely    . I looked around but not       table was free. One of the waiters      me. He came across and explained the situation. “A party of tourists came in about half an hour ago.” he said. “It was like an invasion(侵略). Suddenly the place was full! We can hardly      . ”
The waiter then pointed to a table in the corner. “The people there are about to      , ” he said, “Just hold on and you’ll      a place there.” He was right. Fifteen minutes later, the people       the corner table paid their       , got up and left. I led my friends across and we all sat down.
      our table was almost out of sight. We tried to call the attention of the waiter       sent us there, but he, like all the other waiters,       the party of tourists. They ordered lots of food. At last, an hour later, the tourists were finishing their meal and looking very      with life. The waiter, now very tired, appeared at our table. I advised my friends about the best dishes and finally the waiter went off with our
A few moments later he returned to our table. We could tell from his face that he had     for us.       a little sorry, he told us that there was      left. “All we can offer you” he said, “is an omelet(煎蛋卷) !”

小题1:

A．quiet

B．calm

C．busy

D．silent

小题2:

A．hard

B．often

C．hardly

D．always

小题3:

A．necessary

B．possible

C．important

D．certain

小题4:

A．as before

B．as a matter of fact

C．as usual

D．as is known to all

小题5:

A．empty

B．full

C．free

D．quiet

小题6:

A．all

B．every

C．a single

D．a double

小题7:

A．realized

B．recognized

C．comforted

D．settled

小题8:

A．watch

B．care

C．try

D．manage

小题9:

A．start

B．leave

C．end

D．pay

小题10:

A．find

B．find out

C．wait

D．see

小题11:

A．by

B．beside

C．at

D．near

小题12:

A．money

B．bill

C．food

D．drinks

小题13:

A．Luckily

B．Fortunately

C．Generally

D．Unluckily

小题14:

A．whom

B．which

C．he

D．who

小题15:

A．were kept busy

B．was busy with

C．kept busy with

D．were busy with

小题16:

A．exciting

B．tired

C．pleased

D．disappointed

小题17:

A．dishes

B．food

C．order

D．menu

小题18:

A．good presents

B．good news

C．bad news

D．bad presents

小题19:

A．Looking

B．Seeing

C．Looked

D．Found

小题20:

A．no meat or fish

B．no meat and fish

C．meat and fish

D．not meat or fish

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