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A vuvuzela is a horn, about a meter long, usually made of a colorful cheap plastic. When it"s blown by
thousands of supporters at the same time, it"s loud, very loud.It sounds a bit like an air horn and you can
hear it a lot during the 2010 World Cup.
The vuvuzela was originally made from a kudu horn and was traditionally used to summon people to
gatherings.Butthe horn you see at soccer matches in South Africa today originated from a tin horn that
became popular with South African soccer fans around 15 years ago.A sports company began to
massproduce a plastic version in the South Africa colors, and this is what you see (and hear) at every
soccer match.Now it"s become an official symbol of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and more
popular around the world.
The vuvuzela will be ubiquitous during the 2010 World Cup.There was a call for FIFA to ban the
vuvuzela during the Confederations Cup that took place in South Africa in June 2009.European
journalists got into a tizzy(紧张) about the noise.The Guardian reported:"It sounds like extremely
terrible."But FIFA stood its ground, as Mr.Blatter, FIFA"s president says"Vuvuzelas, drums and singing
are part of African football culture.It is part of their celebration, it is part of their culture, so let them blow
the vuvuzelas."
Adam Carnegie, a graphic artist from Cape Town, founded the Kelp Environmental Learning Project.
The project employs local men and women to collect kelp, dry it and then hand paint colorful designs on
it.The mission is simple."We want to create jobs, make a noise, make people laugh, remind people to be
in the moment."
Like most trumpets, getting any noise from a vuvuzela requires significant pursing of the lips and the ability to blow with force.Your cheeks will be zinging afterward.You can personalize your vuvu blowing techniques with a lot of practice, but generally it produces one big sound.
1.Which of the following sentences can be used to fill in the blank in the first paragraph?
A. It was chosen by FIFA as the unique musical instrument.
B. It has been used at soccer matches for thousands of years.
C .It is the choice of noisemaker for South African football fans.
D. It is a traditional instrument South African soccer fans use to celebrate victory.
2.The vuvuzela ___ .
A.is usually made of metal
B.has a length of two and a half feet
C.was first used in a local sports game
D.is one of the official symbols of the 2010 World Cup
3.The underlined word "ubiquitous" in the 3rd paragraph probably means" ".
A. banned
B. heard everywhere
C. extremely expensive
D. strictly limited
4.Why did FIFA stand its ground on the issue of the vuvuzela?
A. Because the vuvuzela is typical of African football culture.
B. Because it is the host country"s right to make their choice.
C. Because the vuvuzela will make the 2010 World Cup special.
D. Because more member countries support the use of the vuvuzela.
5.What can we learn from the passage?
A. It requires effort to get noise from vuvuzela.
B. Vuvuzela will be banned after the 2010 World Cup because it is too noisy.
C. The Kelp Environmental Learning Project employs many people to sell vuvuzela.
D. Vuvuzela is too noisy for both the players and the audience. |
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In the decade of the 1970s, the United Nations organized several important meetings on the human
environment to study a very serious problem.We humans are destroying the world around us.We are
using up all of our natural resources.We must learn to conserve (保护) them, or life will be very bad for
our children and grandchildren.
There are several major aspects of this problem.
1.Population.Most problems of the environment come from population growth.In 1700 there were
625 million people in the world；in 1900 there were 1.6 billion；in 1950,2.5 billion；and in 1980,4.4
billion.In the year 2200 there will be 6.3 billion.More people need more water, more food, more wood,
and more petroleum.
2.Distribution(分布).Scientists say there is enough water in the world for everyone, but some
countries have a lot of water and some have only a little.Some areas get all their rain during one season.
The rest of the year is dry.
3.Petroleum.We are using up the world"s petroleum.We use it in our cars and to heat our buildings in
winter, Farmers use petrochemicals to make the soil rich.They use them to kill insects on those plants.
These chemicals go into rivers and lakes and kill the fish there.Thousands of people also die from these
chemicals every year.Chemicals also go into the air and pollute it.Winds carry this polluted air to other
countries and other continents.
4.Poverty.Poor farmers use the same land over and over.The land needs a rest so that it will be better
next year.However, the farmer must have food every year.Poor people cut down trees for firewood.In
some areas when the trees are gone, the land becomes desert.However, people need wood to cook their
food now.Poor people cannot save the environment for the future.
We now have the information and the ability to solve these problems.However, this is not a problem
for one country or one area of the world.It is a problem for all humans.The people and the nation of the
world must work together to conserve the world"s resources.No one controls the future, but we all help
make it.
1.According to the passage, our world is being destroyed mainly because ____ .
A. pollution is getting worse and worse
B. population is increasing greatly
C. we humans are using up all of our natural resources
D. distribution is not reasonable
2.Most environmental problems come from ____ .
A. forests
B. population growth
C. too much rain
D. poor distribution
3.Good distribution means ____ .
A. having things in the right place at the right time
B. cutting down forests and selling them to other countries
C. building water systems to carry water to farms
D. conserving our natural resources
4. In the writer"s opinion ____ .
A. all the countries in the world should cooperate to save our world
B. the countries that have more ability should do more to protect our environment
C. only poor farmers are destroying the environment
D. it"s unfair for some countries to have more water
5.The best title of the passage should be " ___ ".
A. The World Being Destroyed
B. Conserving the World"s Resources
C. Aspects that Destroyed Our World
D. A Serious Problem We Should Pay Attention to |
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The Internet and advances in technology are transforming fashion, making it easier for designers to
create collections and less expensive for them to show and sell their work, experts say.
Instead of spending tens of thousands of dollars on a show at New York Fashion Week, some
designers presented collections for spring and summer 2010 online, while others are expanding their
brand by making it easier for shoppers to buy their clothes online.
"It is the technology that is changing our lives, "said Designer Norma Kamali, who displayed her
spring and summer 2010 collection as well as exclusive lines(专卖品) for eBay Inc and Walmart.com
at the Apple store in Manhattan"s Soho Neighborhood.
Kamali"s iPhone application has a"Try Before You Buy"option, which allows clothes to be sent
overnight to a customer, who provides her credit card information, so she can try them on at home
before deciding to buy.
Menswear designer Miguel Antoinne and womenswear designer Marc Bouwer both put on virtual
fashion shows, while models at fashion designer Vivienne Tam"s show carried a laptop computer
adorned with a Tam design.
Mazdack Rassi, cofounder and creative director of Milk Studios, a downtown space that showed
about 70 collections during New York Fashion Week, was considering projecting shows on the side
of a building so people at a nearby park could watch.
With cable TV and the Internet, designers know that their shows can be seen by many more people
than just the editors and the media who attend.
Designers are finding that technology can also help the actual design work by allowing artists to
explore new ideas and processes.
But Simon Collins, the dean of fashion at Parsons-the new school for design, said even though
technology is helpful, there is still no substitute for talent and hard work."Absolutely, there"ll be people
out there that have successful businesses that don"t know the first thing about draping and construction,
just think it up, put it on the computer, fire it off the factory and it works, "Collins said."But they"re the
exception, not the rule."
1.According to the passage, one advantage of the Internet is that it allows the designers to ___.
A. share their collections with other designers
B. display their work at a lower cost than usual
C. get information about the popular fashion trend
D. inform the editors and the media of their collections
2.Which of the following is TRUE about Kamali?
A. She"s aware of the importance of the Internet.
B. She"s strongly against buying clothes online.
C. She thinks highly of New York Fashion Week.
D. She" s running a "Try Before You Buy" website.
3.We can infer from the passage that ___.
A. it"s difficult to become a wellknown designer
B. it"s very dangerous to do online shopping now
C. few people pay attention to virtual fashion shows
D. designers are struggling to promote their shows
4.According to the passage, ___values people"s natural gift and hard work.
A. Norma Kamali
B. Miguel Antoinne
C. Mazdack Rassi
D. Simon Collins
5.The purpose of the writing is to __ .
A. celebrate the success of New York Fashion Week
B. stress the important role of the Internet and technology in fashion
C. introduce the activities in New York Fashion Week
D. advertise New York Fashion Week on the Internet |
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Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century.Early
in the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street.Main Street was always in the heart of a
town.This street was 1 on both sides with many 2 businesses.Here, shoppers walked into stores to
look at all sorts of merchandise:clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries. 3 , some shops offered 4 .
These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoerepair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops. 5 in
the 1950s, a change began to 6 .Too many automobiles had crowded into Main Street while too few
parking places were 7 shoppers.Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with
interest at the open spaces 8 the city limits. Open space is what their cardriving customers needed.
And open space is what they got when the first shopping centre was built.Shopping centres, or rather
malls, 9 as a collection of small new stores 10 crowded city centres. 11 by hundreds of free parking
space, customers were drawn away from 12 areas to outlying malls.And the growing 13 of shopping
centres led 14 to the building of bigger and better stocked stores.By the late 1970s, many shopping
malls had almost developed into small cities themselves.In addition to providing the 15 of one stop
shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks, with benches, fountains, and outdoor
entertainment. |
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C. sorted
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C. cosmetics
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D. handiness | | 阅读理解 | Few laws are so effective that you can see results just days after they take effect.But in the nine days
since the federal cigarette tax more than doubled-to $1.01 per packsmokers have jammed telephone"quit
lines" across the country seeking to kick the habit.
This is not a surprise to public health advocates.They"ve studied the effect of state tax increases for
years, finding that smokers, especially teens, are price sensitive.Nor is it a shock to the industry, which
fiercely fights every tax increase.
The only wonder is that so many states insist on closing their ears to the message.Tobacco taxes
improve public health, they raise money and most particularly, they deter people from taking up the habit
as teens, which is when nearly all smokers are addicted.Yet the rate of taxation varies widely.
In Manhattan, for instance, which has the highest tax in the nation, a pack of Marlboro Light Kings
cost $10.06 at one drugstore Wednesday.In Charleston, S.C., where the 7centapack tax is the lowest in
the nation, the price was $4.78.
The influence is obvious.
In New York, high school smoking hit a new low in the latest surveys-13.8%, far below the national
average.By comparison,26% of high school students smoke in Kentucky.Other lowtax states have
similarly depressing teensmoking records.
Hal Rogers, Representative from Kentucky, like those who are against high tobacco taxes, argues that
the burden of the tax falls on lowincome Americans "who choose to smoke".
That"s true.But there is more reason in keeping future generations of lowincome workers from getting
hooked in the first place.As for today"s adults, if the new tax drives them to quit, they will have more to
spend on their families, cut their risk of cancer and heart disease and feel better.
1.The text is mainly about ____ .
A. the price of cigarettes
B. the rate of teen smoking
C. the effect of tobacco tax increase
D. the differences in tobacco tax rate
2.What does the author think is a surprise?
A. Teen smokers are price sensitive.
B. Some states still keep the tobacco tax low.
C. Tobacco taxes improve public health.
D. Tobacco industry fiercely fights the tax rise.
3.The underlined word "deter"in Paragraph 3 most probably means ___ .
A. discourage
B. remove
C. benefit
D. free
4. Rogers" attitude towards the lowincome smokers might be that of ___ .
A. tolerance
B. unconcern
C. doubt
D. sympathy
5.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.The new tax will be beneficial in the long run.
B. Lowincome Americans are more likely to fall ill.
C. Future generations will be hooked on smoking.
D. Adults will depend more on their families.
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Maybe you never opened that account, but someone else 1 -someone used your name, your
credit card number or 2 (person) information to commit fraud(造假)without letting you know, 3
is actually a crime.
The biggest problem is 4 (probable) that you may not know that someone has taken away your
identity 5 you notice that something is wrong.You may get bills for 6 credit card account you never
opened.Your credit report may include debts you never knew you had, 7 you may see charges on
your bills that you didn"t sign for.
If your identity 8 (steal) like that, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)suggests that you should
take at least two actions immediately.First, contact the fraud departments of the major credit offices and
ask them 9 copies of your credit reports.Then, review your reports carefully 10 (check)your
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