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You love Jay Chou"s songs and you can sing some quite well. So you make a video of your
performance and post it online for your friends to see. But what if this led to something beyond
your wildest imagination-a career in music?
Canadian teenager Justin Bieber, 16, has just had the magical experience: He posted homemade
videos of his versions of songs by American singer Chris Brown online for his relatives. He received
a phone call from Brown, telling him how much he liked his performance. His singing eventually
earned him a fan base and a record contract. After releasing a popular EP (extended play密纹唱片)
record in November 2009, his album My world 2.0 came out last Tuesday.
Bieber sings ballads and songs about puppy love. But is he just another gooey (甜腻的) teen
idol?
David Malitz, a columnist with the Washington Post, doesn"t think so. "If we truly want the best for
American children, let us pause and give thanks for Justin Bieber, " he writes. "After years of humdrum
bubblegum (乏味的摇滚舞曲) from Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers, the 16yearold has thrown
a candycoated wrench (扭转) into Disney"s heartthrob (甜心) assembly line (生产线) by giving young
fans something worth screaming their lungs out for: lovable pop songs."
From a boy who grew up below the poverty line with his divorced mom to a star who caused
nearriots (近乎失控) in shopping malls, even Bieber himself can"t believe his overnight fame, although
his kind of success is becoming more and more common in the Internet era.
Interested in hockey (冰球), the national sport of Canada, the boy once put up pictures of players
on the walls of his bedroom. He dreamed of being a hockey star and used to practice signing his
autograph (签名). He doesn"t need practice now. He signs autographs, if the girls can get close enough,
as a music star.
1. What did Chris Brown think of Justin Bieber"s singing?
A. He didn"t like it.
B. He liked it very much.
C. He didn"t say anything.
D. He supported Justin Bieber.
2. Who is a columnist?
A. Chris Brown.
B. Jay Chou.
C. David Malitz.
D. Miley Cyrus.
3. What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?
A. He had a happy family.
B. His family was very poor once.
C. His family was rich.
D. His family helped him a lot.
4. What"s Justin Bieber"s hobby?
A. Singing.
B. Hockey.
C. Signing.
D. Making records.
5.What"s the best title of the passage?
A. Justin Bieber"s overnight singing online.
B. Justin Bieber"s common experience.
C. Justin Bieber"s life.
D. Justin Bieber"s records. |
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阅读短文, 并按照题目要求用英语回答问题.
People around the world watched Britain"s Prince William and Kate Middleton get married. The
_royal_wedding_broke_records_for_live_streaming_on_the_Internet. It also produced more than
two million tweets on Twitter.
The ceremony took place Friday at Westminster Abbey in London.
Kate wore a flowing white gown designed by Sarah Burton, the creative director of Alexander
McQueen. William wore a red army uniform.
It was Britain"s biggest wedding since William and Harry"s parents, Prince Charles and Princess
Diana, were married in nineteen eightyone.
Nearly two thousand guests filled the church on Friday. Hundreds of thousands of people went to
the streets and parks of London to watch the wedding on video screens.
Among the wedding guests were English football star David Beckham and his wife Victoria, British
Prime Minister David Cameron, the king of Norway and singer Elton John.
Bahrain"s crown prince(皇储) was invited but decided not to attend because of unrest(***乱) in his
country. Britain took back an invitation to the ambassador(外交官) from Syria over violence against
protesters there.
After the ceremony, the royal couple traveled to Buckingham Palace. Crowds cheered when the
newlyweds appeared on a balcony greeting to them.
Later, William drove his wife out of Buckingham Palace in an opentop Aston Martin car. William
and the newest member of the royal(皇家的) family will now be known as the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge.
Kate is twentynine years old. William will be twentynine in June. His grandmother is Queen Elizabeth.
His father, Prince Charles, is first in line to become king. William, as the older son, is second in line.
Kate would not become queen, however, since she is not in the royal blood line. There was a big
celebration at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. That was where William and Kate first met as
art history students in two thousand one.
1. Why was the crown prince of Bahrain was absent from the grand British royal wedding?(No more than 10 words)
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2. Why can"t Kate become queen? (No more than 10 words)
________________________________________________________________________
3. Where was it that William and Kate got to know? (No more than 10 words)
________________________________________________________________________
4. What can we infer from the sentence "The royal wedding broke records for live streaming on the Internet." in Paragraph 1? (No more than 10 words)
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5. What can be the best title of the passage? (No more than 5 words)
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As civilization proceeds in the direction of technology, it passes the point of supplying all the basic
essentials of life-food, shelter, clothes and warmth. Then we are faced with a choice between using
technology to provide and fulfill needs which have now been regarded as unnecessary or, on the other
hand, using technology to reduce the number of hours of work which a man must do in order to earn a
given standard of living. In other words, we either raise our standard of living above that necessary for
comfort and happiness or we leave it at this level and work shorter hours.
I shall take it for granted that mankind has, by that time, chosen the latter alternative. Men will be
working shorter and shorter hours in their paid employment. It follows that the housewife will also
expect to be able to have more leisure in her life without lowering her standard of living. It also follows
that human domestic servants will have completely ceased to exist. Yet the great majority of the
housewives will wish to be relieved completely from the routine operations of the home such as scrubbing
the floors or the bath of the cooker, or washing the clothes or washing up, or dusting or sweeping, or
making beds.
By far the most logical step to relieve the housewife of routine is to provide a robot which can be
trained to the requirements of a particular home and can be programmed to carry out half a dozen or
more standard operations, when switched by the housewife.
1. As civilization develops in the direction of technology, ________.
A. the basic essentials of life must be supplied
B. it is important to supply the basic essentials of life
C. it is no longer so important as it was in the past to supply all the basic essentials of life
D. it is not necessary to supply the basic essentials of life
2. According to the author, we are faced with________.
A. the choice of providing and fulfilling our needs
B. the choice of using technology
C. the choice of earning a standard of living
D. a choice between using technology to provide and fulfill needs to reduce the number of working hours
3. What alternative will mankind have chosen in future?
A. To leave our standard of living at this level and work shorter hours.
B. To raise our standard of living.
C. To fulfill needs which have been regarded as unnecessary.
D. To lower our standard of living and work shorter hours.
4. Now most housewives wish to________.
A. stop doing their housework
B. do more housework to improve their life
C. get rid of the heavy burden of their housework
D. do only simple and light housework
5. It can be inferred that robots will be invented ______.
A. to take the place of housewives
B. to help manage a family
C. to do the routine of housework instead of human
D. to provide the daily necessities for man |
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Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy.Almost everyone thinks attractive
people are happier and healthier,have better marriages and have more respectable occupations.
Personal consultants give them better advice for finding jobs.Even judges are softer on attractive
defendants(被告). But in the executive circle,beauty can become a liability.
While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder,it is harmful
to a woman.
Handsome male executives were thought as having more integrity than plainer men；effort and
ability were thought to account for their success.
Attractive female executives were considered to have less integrity than unattractive ones；their
success was attributed not to ability but to factors such as luck.
All unattractive women executives were thought to have more integrity and to be more capable
than the attractive female executives.Interestingly,though,the rise of the unattractive overnight successes
was attributed more to personal relationships and less to ability than that of attractive overnight
successes.
Why are attractive women not thought to be able?An attractive woman is thought to be more
feminine and an attractive man more masculine(有男子气概的)than the less attractive ones.Thus,
an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs,but an attractive woman in a
traditionally masculine position appears to lack the"masculine"qualities required.
This is true even in politics."When the only clue is how he or she looks,people treat men and
women differently,"says Anne Bowman,who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness
on political candidates.She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs,
one of men and one of women,in order of attractiveness.The students were told the photographs were
of candidates for political offices.They were asked to rank them again,in the order they would vote for
them.
The results showed that attractive males utterly defeated unattractive men,but the women who had
been ranked most attractive invariably received the fewest votes.
1. The underlined word "liability"(in Para.1)most probably means "________".
A. misfortune
B. instability
C. disadvantage
D. burden
2. In traditionally female jobs,attractiveness________.
A. reinforces(加强)the feminine qualities required
B. makes women look more honest and capable
C. is of primary importance to women
D. often enables women to succeed quickly
3. Bowman"s experiment reveals that when it comes to politics,attractiveness________.
A. turns out to be an obstacle to men
B. affects men and women alike
C. has as little effect on men as on women
D. is more of an obstacle than a benefit to women
4. It can be inferred from the passage that people"s views on beauty are often________.
A. practical
B. prejudiced
C. oldfashioned
D. pessimistic
5. The author writes this passage to________.
A. demand equal rights for women
B. emphasize the importance of appearance
C. discuss the negative aspects of being attractive
D. give advice to jobseekers who are attractive |
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Winners Club
You choose to be a winner!
The Winners Club is a bank account specially designed for teenagers. It has been made to help you
better manage your money. The Winners Club is a transaction account(交易账户)where you receive a
keycard so you can get to your money 24/7-that"s 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
It"s a club with impressive features for teenagers:
No account keeping fees!
You"re no millionaire so we don"t expect you to pay large fees. In fact, there are no account keeping or
transaction fees!
Excellent interest rates!
You want your money to grow. The Winners Club has a good rate of interest which gets even better
if you make at least two deposits(储蓄)without taking them out in a month.
Convenient
Teenagers are busy-we get that. You may never need to come to a bank at all. With the Winners
Club you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the Internet…
You can have money directly deposited into your Winners Club account. This could be your pocket
money or your pay from your parttime job!
Mega magazine included
Along with your regular report, you will receive a FREE magazine full of good ideas to make even
more of your money. There are also fantastic offers and competitions only for Winners Club members.
The Winners Club is a great choice for teenagers. And it is so easy to join. Simply fill in an application
form. You will have to get permission from your parent or guardian(so we can organize that cool keycard)but it is easy. We can"t wait to hear from you. It"s the best way to choose to be a winner!
1. The Winners Club is a bank account intended for _______.
A. parents
B. teenagers
C. winners
D. adults
2. Which of the following is TRUE about the Winners Club?
A. Special gifts are ready for parents.
B. The bank opens only on work days.
C. Services are convenient for its members.
D. Fees are necessary for the account keeping.
3.The Winners Club provides magazines which ________.
A. encourage spending
B. are free to all teenagers
C. are full of adventure stories
D. help to make more of your money
4. If you want to be a member of the Club, you must ________.
A. be an Internet user
B. be permitted by your parent
C. have a big sum of money
D. be in your twenties
5. What is the purpose of this text?
A. To set up a club.
B. To provide parttime jobs.
C. To organize keycards.
D. To introduce a new banking service. |
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If you are worried about things and are under a lot of stress at work or school, then you are probably
not sleeping well. Worry can keep you awake, and turning in bed until the early hours of the morning
when you eventually fall asleep. When you wake up, you don"t feel refreshed, but tired and worn out and
unable to face a new day.
Dr. Henry Winkle, in a recent newspaper article entitled Stress and Sleep, indicates that stress /
worry and (lack of ) sleep are directly related. Dr. Winkle says, "The more we worry, the less we sleep,
the more we are unable to deal with stress. If we can find a way to get a good night"s sleep," he adds,
"we can often find the energy to deal with what"s worrying us."
So, what is a good night"s sleep? Research shows that the amount of sleep which people need in order
to keep healthy varies a lot. Seven hours is about the average amount, though strangely enough, sleeping
longer often gives you a headache instead of making you feel more refreshed.
Dr. Winkle believes that preparing for sleeping is important. People who work late should try to give
themselves a short break and do something restful before going to bed. This could be watching TV or
listening to music. Doing some exercise earlier in the day should help you to feel physically as well as
mentally tired. A bedtime drink can also help, but coffee or tea should be avoided as they contain
caffeine and will keep you awake. "When you put the light out," Dr. Winkle says, "concentrate on
relaxing your muscles, working slowly up from your feet, and you"ll be asleep before you know it."
1. What is the best title of the passage? (No more than 10 words)
________________________________________________________________________
2. What does the underlined word "indicates" in the second paragraph mean?(1 word)
________________________________________________________________________
3. What"s the relationship between stress and sleep according to Dr. Henry Winkle? (No more than
20 words)
________________________________________________________________________
4. Someone says that the longer you sleep, the better you feel. Try to find some arguments from the
passage against the idea. (No more than 30 words)
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5. Doing what things can help us fall asleep quickly? (No more than 10 words)
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