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Hey, Mr.and Ms.Unluckiness and Unhappiness! Terrorism, the war, the economic crisis and unemployment are at your door.Are you afraid of them? Well, don’t be! America is a happy land.The Smiley Face icon proves this in towns all over the country.
The tallest structure—the steel water tower—is often painted bright yellow, in a circle containing a pair of black dots for eyes and an upturned(朝上的)line for a mouth: the unforgettable smile.Most towns decorated their spheroid (or cylindrical) water storage tanks in the 1970s, when Smiley was still conceptually fresh.As a "safe" counterculture symbol, with absolutely no bite, the Smile Face water tower was a low cost way to radiate sunny greetings to travelers and locals.Calumet City, Illinois claims to have been the first, when 8-year old resident Kim Fornero sent a letter to the city council in late 1972 suggesting a smile face would be more fun to look at than a plain old water tower.
In the 1980s, with the paint on the water tower fading, residents of Calumet City decided to make the face their own.They repainted the tower, and a Happy Cook Restaurant and Smiley Face Inn appeared on the highway outside the town, ready to make you smile! Local businessmen printed the Smiley icon on their business cards, and displayed Smiley Face souvenirs in shop windows.
By the late 1990s, the survival of the Smiley Face water tower was assured.It didn’t matter why the face had been painted there—it was now a part of history.In May 2009, the town again celebrated its Smiley Face water tower as a symbol of hope for a better tomorrow.
60.The author mainly wants to tell readers that the symbol asks them to_________
A.greet people politely B.deal with their problems
C.enjoy themselves D.forget the past
61.The underlined word “icon ” in the first paragraph probably means________.
A.beautiful picture B.building C.image D.valuable painting
62.Why did Calumet residents accept the tower happily?
A.It set a good example to them.
B.It made them work harder.
C.They wanted to think it for supplying water.
D.They wanted to make the Smiley Face their own.
63.From the text we learn that the Smiley Face water tower________
A.was based on a painter’s inspiration
B.is a symbol of the prosperity of the town
C.is meant to give people hope for a better future
D.was created in 1972 by the city council, just for fun
答案
60---63 CCDC
解析
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试题【Hey, Mr.and Ms.Unluckiness and Unhappiness! Terrorism, the war, the economic cri】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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All over my garden I’ve planted nothing but roses, because I especially love the flower.A close friend came for a visit the other day.I told her that she should pick a bunch of roses to beautify her bedroom.I promised that the smell of the roses would be wafted far, far away.
That girl friend of nine, walking into the garden in high spirits, smelt here and there, but in the end she didn’t pick a single rose.I said that she could pick many flowers; I told her that I was not a flower farmer and didn’t make a living out of them.Saying so, I raised the scissors for the sacrifice of the flowers, but she stopped me, crying no, no, no!
To cut such beautiful roses would hurt one, she said.With her hands seizing at my sleeves, she told me that by no means should they be cut.Roses are the smiling face of the earth, and who could be so iron-hearted as to destroy such a charming smile?
My mind was shocked: the ugly earth, the tough earth, the plain earth-it is for the reason of that smile that it wins the care and pity of people.
64.The writer plants nothing but roses in her garden probably because________.
A.she can make money out of them B.her friends like them
C.she enjoys the roses very much D.the roses sell well
65.The underlined word “wafted” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to “ _______”.
A.given off B.lost C.destroyed D.thrown away
66.Why did the writer’s close friend refuse to pick a single rose?
A.Because the roses were not beautiful.
B.Because she loved the roses very much.
C.Because she did not like this kind of roses.
D.Because the writer did not want to give her any.
67.What is the best title for the passage?
A.The Pity of People to the Roses
B.The Smiling Face of the Earth
C.A Lovely Rose Garden
D.A Lover of Flowers
The following are introductions to some programs that BBC I London will show on TV.
12:25 a.m.Tuesday | The Real Swiss Robinson Family Laura worried that her children have had their life too easy due to her husband’s career in big business, so she decides to take her teenagers to the Cook Islands to experience the simple life.They face storms and a lack of food, but Laura is happy as their local guide shows them the island’s wealth of rare fruits and foods. |
11:00 a.m.Wednesday | Orangutan Diary A Team have come across an armed man who is holding two baby apes who were captures one of them, David, is sent to a medical emergency in the forest.Later a center director, Nielsen, finds a suitable place to set free more rescued animals. |
7:50 p.m.Thursday | Lost Buildings of Britain Simon Thurley visits the ruins of Glastonbruy Abbey(修道院),which , before its destruction by Henry VIII, was famous for some of the most amazing stained-glass of its age.It also had a great deal of financial power, acting as the center of an influential business empire.Eventually, it was the king’s envy of the abbey’s wealth that changed the abbey’s fate. |
10:35 p.m.Thursday | Nigella Express Nigella presents ideas for impromptu(即兴的)cooking, from new recipes and suggestions for taking advantage of the food you have to making quick, simple and impressive meals. |
A.Life on the Cook Islands is too simple.
B.Her husband faces difficulties in his business.
C.Storms are approaching her hometown.
D.Her children may not know how to cherish life.
69.Jim enjoys TV programmes of people or organizations that take care of animals. He should probably watch TV at .
A.10:35 p.m. on Thursday B.7:50 p.m. on Thursday
C.11.00 a.m. on Wednesday D.12:25 a. m. on Tuesday
70.We can learn from the text that .
A.David is a farmer
B.Henry VIII set up a business empire in the Abbey
C.Nielsen is an animal-lover
D.Glastonbury Abbey is famous today for its stained-glass
71.Elizabeth, who likes trying out new recipes, may be most interested in .
A.Nigella Express B.Lost Buildings of Britain
C.Orangutan Diary D.The Real Swiss Robinson Family
第二卷(非选择题,满分35分)
第四部分:写作(共两节;满分35分)
第一节:对话填空(本节共10小题;每小题1分,满分1分)
请认真阅读下面对话,并根据各题所给首字母的提示,在答题卡上标有题号的横线上,写出一个英语单词的完整、正确的形式,使对话通顺。
D="Doctor," P=Patient
D: Hello, w (76) can I do for you? 76
P: Well, I’ve been getting lots of headaches I (77) . 77
The problem is that I’m busy p (78) for the College Entrance Exam. 78
D: I see. Are you sleeping well?
P: No, not really.
D: Well, don’t get u (79) . I will do you some tests. 79
P: How I hope you will help me recover from my i (80) ! 80
D: Ok, nothing s (81) . Your problem is that you feel too stressed. 81
P: Stress! Really?
D: How much time do you take to r (82) yourself as well as to study per day? 82
P: None at all. I don’t have any spare time.
D: I think you’ll do better if you c (83) your study with some relaxation. 83
P: That’ll be great! Thanks.
D: Not at all. And in the meanwhile, you’d better t (84) regular exercise 84
and have a balanced d (85) every day. 85
P: I’ll try. Thank you! See you.
第一节阅读理解(共12小题,每小题2分,满分24分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Violent(暴力的) computer games have been strongly connected with aggression(好斗) in teenager boys in a study that shows the machines are increasingly becoming substitutes(替代品)for friendship.
The research provides powerful support to the doubt that actual violence could be one of the factors behind the crimes of aggression including young people. John Colwell, a lecturer at Middlesex University, who carried out the research, said aggression in boys seemed to increase with the amount of playing such games. “There are many facts to suggest there is a connection between playing computer games and aggression,” he said.
Previous studies have shown only a certain relation between such games and aggression. This conclusion was uncertain because it could mean that children who played the games did so because they had shown a sign to violence. Colwell"s work shows, however, that there is a strong link, meaning that playing such games makes children more aggressive. He reached his conclusions after studying the behavior of 204 pupils aged 12-14 from a school in north London.
Children became obviously more aggressive the longer they had been playing violent games. They shouted, pushed and hit other children. Those who played in occasional bursts showed little effect. All the children spent many hours playing such games. Nearly 97% of boys and 88% of girls were regular users. Almost the boys, the heaviest computer users tended to have the fewest friends and reported seeing their machine as a friend.
41. Why did most of the computer users have few friends?
A. Because they felt very proud and lonely
B. Because they seldom left their homes
C. Because they regarded the computer as their only friend
D. Because they spent more time working in the computer
42. In fact, one of the factors connected with crimes is that _______.
A. children spend many hours on the computer studies
B. many boys are interested in violence{007}
C. children always play violent games in the computer
D. many girls become more dishonest up to now
43. How did Colwell prove his own views from the passage?
A. He studied nearly 97% of boys" actions.
B. He studied the behavior of over two hundred children in a school.
C. He studied almost 80%of girls" actions.
D. He often talked to those little computer users in his home.
44. Which of the following words can best replace the underlined word “heaviest” in the last paragraph?
A. fattest B. slowest C. most dangerous D. greatest number
45. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A. aggression in girls and boys seemed to come from the computer
B. playing computer games is no good to all the children
C. Colwell"s studies showed the computer is connected with violence
D. the computer games can have a connection with violence
New York, September 15. During a heavy rainfall last night a bus carrying 42 passengers slipped off the road on Highway 28, killing 36 of the passengers and the driver.
A spokesman for the Highway Patrol (巡逻队) which arrived at the scene shortly after 11:30 p. m. estimated (估计) that the accident had happened about half an hour before. The injured and the dead were sent to the nearest town of Valley View.
At the point where the accident happened the road has a three-lane (三条行车线) highway with many curves (弯道). Cause of the accident has not been fully found out.
50.In consideration of what caused the accident, one should pay attention to ________.
A.the careless driver
B.the nearest town of Valley View
C.Highway 28
D.the road with many curves
51.It was very likely that the accident happened ________.
A.after 11: 30 p. m.
B.in the city of New York
C.at or about 11: 00 p. m.
D.in the town of Valley View
52.How many people died in the accident?
A.37 B.36 C.43 D.42
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