| ( )1. A. play ( )2. A. take up ( )3. A. how much ( )4. A. lose ( )5. A. world ( )6. A. succeed ( )7. A. worth ( )8. A. humor ( )9. A. even if ( )10. A. friends ( )11. A. rush ( )12. A. to ( )13. A. keep ( )14. A. way ( )15. A. quantity ( )16. A. everything ( )17. A. unfinished ( )18. A. which ( )19. A. wake up ( )20. A. rather than | B. fun B. pick up B. how many B. make B. family B. come B. worthless B. happiness B. as if B. kids B. catch B. in B. let B. method B. quality B. something B. finished B. who B. grow up B. other than | C. pain C. make up C. how soon C. take C. position C. tend C. worthwhile C. wonder C. though C. boys C. push C. into C. make C. means C. equality C. anything C. unfinishing C. what C. come up C. less than | D. gain D. put up D. how long D. walk D. place D. fail D. worthy D. sadness D. although D. girls D. pull D. beyond D. warn D. lesson D. quarter D. nothing D. finishing D. that D. get up D. more than |
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| Jeffery Deaver looks more like a brainy villain (反派人物) in a James Bond movie than a "00" agent in Her Majesty"s secret service.Best known for his thrillers starring criminalist (刑事专家) Lincoln Rhyme, Jeffery Deaver has a new mission: Bring Bond into the 21st century in a new 007 novel. The yet-to-be-named book is cryptically (隐秘地) referred to as "Project X" by Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., which owns the rights to Fleming"s work.Most of the details surrounding Project X, to be published in May, are being kept under wraps, but under gentle coaxing (用好话劝诱) Deaver begins to spill his guts."The novel," he says, "is set in the present day, in 2011.Bond is a young agent for the British secret service.He"s 29 or 30 years old, and he"s an Afghan war vet." That in itself is big news. After all, if Bond were aging in real time - he first appeared on the screen in 1953 - the now doddering (老态龙钟的) 007 would be nearly 90. But first up: a new stand-alone Deaver novel, Edge (Simon & Schuster, $26.99), to be published Tuesday.It"s about a federal agent who risks his life to protect a Washington police detective from a man hired to extract information from him using any means at his disposal (任由个人支配的). Sipping coffee while seated on a leather chair in a sitting room decorated with portraits of his dogs and show ribbons, the mild-mannered author who writes about murderers and serial killers talks about his career and the solid fan base that has allowed him to pursue writing full time since 1990."I may not sell as many books as John Grisham (although he has sold a cool 20 million), but I have a very loyal fan base," says Deaver, 60, who wrote some of his novels while working as a Wall Street lawyer.Deaver"s initiation into the Bond family - more than 100 million 007 novels have sold worldwide - could significantly raise his profile (知名度). Other novelists have written Bond novels since Ian Fleming"s death in 1964 - including Kingsley Amis, John Gardner and, most recently, Sebastian Faulks - but they all took place in the original era.Deaver is taking a new approach."There"s no more Cold War to fight," says Deaver, so his new Bond, of the Fleming estate, will fight "post-9/11 evil." "I want to stay true to the original James Bond, who many people don"t know much about," he says, referring to the secret agent Fleming portrayed in 14 novels, and not the movie Bond."People know Daniel Craig, they know Pierce Brosnan , they know Roger Moore and Sean Connery , all of whom brought a great deal to the stories of 007.But the original Bond was a very dark, edgy (另类的) character." | |||
| 1.Which of the following is NOT true about Jeffery Deaver ? | |||
| A. Jeffery Deaver is a "00" agent in Her Majesty"s secret service in a James Bond movie. B. Jeffery Deaver was working as a lawyer while he wrote some novels about murderers and serial killers. C. It is the loyal fan base that has allowed Jeffery Deaver to keep on writing since 1990. D. Jeffery Deaver is best known for his thrillers rather than for 007 novels. | |||
| 2. Which statement best explains the meaning of "spill his guts" in Paragraph 2? | |||
| A. Tell others what he knows about the yet-to-be-named 007 novel. B. Tell others everything he knows about Ian Fleming Publications Ltd.. C. Have the courage to talk about the 007 agent James Bond. D. Have the determination to talk about "Project X". | |||
| 3.Who was the author of 007 novels? | |||
| A. Jeffery Deaver B. Ian Fleming C. John Grisham D. Kingsley Amis | |||
| 4.What do you know about the new 007 novel from the passage? | |||
| A.The book to be published in May is named "Project X" by Ian Fleming Publications Ltd.. B.The book is about a federal agent risking his life to protect a Washington police detective. C.The book features a young James Bond, an Afghan war vet working for the British secret service. D.The book features a young James Bond who fights Cold War. | |||
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| EBay will launch an online group gift-buying service today designed to make it easier for several people to chip in, buy and pay for gifts using their social-network and e-mail contacts. EBay North America Vice President Christopher Payne says it is going to be a major step forward in social commerce, which is the still-small practice of selling products through social networks.Online retail experts aren"t as certain, but eBay says the new tool makes it easier for friends and relatives to chip in (凑钱) for gifts because it eliminates the headache of collecting contributions.It can also be used for family members to pitch in to buy, say, an expensive child seat for a mother. Anything on eBay that"s available immediately, rather than up for bid, can be purchased this way starting today at groupgifts.eBay.com .If members of an extended family wanted to buy a gift for one member, one person would choose a gift - or have one recommended by eBay - and invite family members to chip in using Facebook or e-mail.Those who wanted to join in would choose an amount to contribute (or agree to pay a requested amount) and pay using either PayPal or a credit card.They could also add a personal note. If enough people don"t chip in, the organizer can ask people to contribute more or choose a less expensive gift. "I see myself using this most in cases when I typically might not buy someone what they want because of price," says Nitzan Shaer of Boston, who was part of an online test of the site. EBay, with its 200 million products, millions of sellers and mobile commerce proficiency, is a logical place to pull together the products, groups of buyers and payment tools, Payne says. At least 12 sites, such as FrumUs.com and eDivvy.com, facilitate (便于,利于) group purchases but don"t sell products.Although a handful of retailers, including Victoria"s Secret and 1-800-Flowers , sell products through Facebook, Payne says he expects social commerce will take off as rapidly as shopping using mobile devices.EBay did more than $600 million in sales on mobile devices last year and expects mobile sales to increase to $1.5 billion this year. Although one in five consumers surveyed said they"d used Facebook for shopping in the past year, 88% said they would not be buying holiday gifts through a social network, mobile phone or smartphone. Of these, 26% were reluctant because of security or privacy concerns, and 20% were unclear about the benefits of using phones or Facebook to shop. | |||
| 1.What procedure should be followed if your extended family intends to buy your grandpa an 80th birthday gift? ①Asking family members to contribute more money if enough members don"t chip in ②Choosing a gift at groupgifts.eBay.com ③Paying using PayPal or a credit card ④Contributing or agreeing to pay a requested amount of money via Facebook or e-mail | |||
| A.②-①-③-④ B.①-③-②-④ C.②-④-①-③ D.②-③-④-① | |||
| 2.Where can we most probably read this text? | |||
| A. In a research paper B. In a travel magazine C. In a microblog D. On a website | |||
| 3.What does "it" mean in the 2nd paragraph? | |||
| A. The online group gift-buying service B. People"s social-network and e-mail contacts C. A major step forward in social commerce D. The still-small practice of selling products through social networks | |||
| 4. It can be inferred from the text that ______. | |||
| A. through eBay"s new tool, 200 million products on eBay are available to online shoppers B. social commerce can eliminate the headache of collecting contributions C. eBay"s new tool will gain mass adoption by online shoppers D. with the help of eBay"s new tool, FrumUs.com and eDivvy.com will also sell products | |||
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| We all, at one time or another, have pretended to be a rock star, singing and dancing along to our favorite song.Most of us have done this in the privacy of our own room when we were kids and as adults, in the privacy of our homes.Me? I love to do that when I drive! 1 turn on the radio, find a song that I can sing along too and pretty soon my arms are in the air and I am moving along to the rhythm.Most of the time, I do this on my way to work. Yes, that is true, I will be in my nice work clothes, jamming while driving or stopped at a traffic light I get weird (古怪的)) looks from some people and others laugh.Personally, I love to get lost in the rhythm of a song which leads me to share with you the importance of being silly! The definition for the word silly, according to the dictionary is: stupid, foolish and nonsensical.I know many people do not want to look foolish.So they walk around all serious, which in all honesty, is foolish! No one is perfect, I repeat: no one is perfect.I don"t care how educated, how thin, how beautiful, how simple, how frugal (节俭的), how rich, and so on...No one is perfect! So why pretend to be something you are not? Life is so short...You never know when this beautiful journey will be over, so why waste a single second on being so full of rigidity (呆板)? Here is a quote by Souza, that I think says it all and is a great recipe for life: "Dance as though no one is watching you, Love as though you have never been hurt before, Sing as though no one can hear you, Live as though heaven is on earth." When we were kids, we had no idea of what limitations were and we had no care in the.world so we could do things without worrying about how we appeared to others.However, as we grew up, we lost that childlike innocence. So don"t lose the child that still lives within you.The next time you feel down, go turn on your favorite song, and sing and dance along like there is no tomorrow.Or watch something that makes you laugh. Laughter is the best medicine to whatever ails (使痛苦) you and nothing is better than laughing so hard that your stomach hurts.Trust me, you will feel a whole lot better, and who doesn"t want to feel good? | |||
| 1. According to the text, what does the writer usually do? | |||
| A. He repeats the words of songs. B. He sings songs on his way to work. C. He dances in his own home. D. He shares music with other drivers. | |||
| 2.What does the writer think of the people who look very serious? | |||
| A. They are honest. B. They are educated. C. They are perfect. D. They are silly. | |||
| 3.The writer quotes Souza to show that____. | |||
| A. life is a beautiful journey B. life is full of rigidity C. life is to be treasured D. life is a great recipe | |||
| 4. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? | |||
| A. The Innocence of Being a Child B. The Importance of Being Silly C. No One Is Perfect D. Life Is Short | |||
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| Squirrels often communicate with whistles, chirps and chucks, which sound like the word "chuck". Whistles and chirps are like the sounds that many birds make.Now scientists have translated some of their squirrel-speak. Hare, a professor of zoology at the University of Maniloha in Winnipeg, and his team managed to record squirrels" alarm calls.The researchers studied the sounds and then played them back to 60 wild squirrels, which the scientists approached individually with a video recorder to capture (抓拍) their reponses.Some squirrels lifted their heads up and became. Alert (警惕的).Creatures that were more frightened simply ran for their lives and dived into caves. "In effect then, whistles that mix with chucks say "there"s an enemy of average threat that"s here", and whistles without chucks say "there"s an enemy of seemingly average threat around here somewhere", while pure chirps say, "I"m hiding here because there"s an immediate danger." " Hare told.Discovery News. Hare and some other researchers believe such sounds arc part of an advanced language that develops just as all other communication systems. Although squirrels risk their lives when they call out to warn others of threats, other squirrels might admire this behaviour, thus increasingly the caller"s social status, like humans who look up to heroes. Hare added that other animals, such as birds, probably understand at least some squirrel language, since they also may benefit from the alarm calls. In fact, another Canadian study found that deep-voiced, black-capped chickadees have their own language too.According to certain research, there are a lot of tidings in chickadees" calls, such as directing fellows" activities, keeping in contact between mates, and raising alarms. While chickadees and other birds are often welcomed into gardens by homeowners, squirrels are frequently viewed as pests (害兽). Hare wishes a greater understanding of the complex social lives and communication systems of squirrels will provide "hope that humans will gain a greater appreciation and stop doing harm to these animals". | |||
| 1.The text mainly talks about . | |||
| A. the study on the language of squirrels B. the comparison between squirrels and chickadees C. the calling for the protection of squirrels D. the ways for squirrels to escape from their enemies | |||
| 2. If a squirrel is in a very dangerous situation, it would probably make ____. | |||
| A. whistles with chucks B. pure chirps C. whistles without chucks D. repeated chucks | |||
| 3. The underlined word "tidings" in pardgmph 6 probably means ____. | |||
| A. difficulties B. poises C. messages D. languages | |||
| 4.What can be learned from this text? | |||
| A. Squirrels communicate with cach other as humans do. B. Some squirrels understand the recorded alarm calls. C. Other animals also well understand the language of squirrels. D. Birds such as chickadees don"t have their own language. |