题目
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The word hutong was borrowed from the Mongolian word to mean “water well” about 700 years ago.Later it referred to a place where people live.Hutong we see today are made up of small lanes formed by walls of siheyuan.They were built during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
When the People"s Republic of China was founded in 1949, there were more than 3,000 hutong.Most of the city"s population lived in this traditional housing.But with the modernization of the city in the 1980s and early 1990s, many hutong were pulled down to build roads, skyscrapers and modern houses.
The government has recognized the importance of hutong to Chinese cultural heritage(文化遗产).In 2002, Beijing listed 40 protected historical zones and increased its efforts to restore some key relics and older streets in the city.Nearly 500 hutong have survived.
Hutong that still exist are like oases(绿洲) of calm surrounded by the noisy city.Walking through them, it"s common to see groups of elderly citizens sitting together playing cards, mahjong or Chinese chess.In the early mornings and evenings, they gather to practice traditional forms of exercise such as taijiquan as well as dancing and singing folk songs or Peking Opera.Hutong have become a museum of Beijing"s folk customs and history.
小题1:What is the original meaning of the word hutong?
A.Small lanes. | B.Water well. |
C.Siheyuan. | D.A traditional house. |
A.Replace. | B.Destroy. |
C.Restore. | D.Establish. |
A.It is a traditional housing style of Beijing. |
B.Hutong have become a museum of Beijing"s folk customs and history. |
C.It is a good place for the elderly citizens to play cards, mahjong or Chinese chess. |
D.Hutong are like oases of calm of Beijing. |
A.Hutong style is one of the unique characteristics of Beijing. |
B.In 2002, Beijing listed 40 protected historical zones. |
C.Beijing decreased its efforts to restore some key relics and older streets in the city. |
D.Hutong have become a museum of Beijing"s folk customs and history. |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:B
小题4:C
解析
小题1:答案 B [原文第二段第一句话提到,hutong来自蒙古语,意思是“water well”。]
小题2:答案 B [根据句意应当是“80年代至90年代初随着城市的现代化,许多胡同被拆掉了,取而代之的是公路、摩天大厦以及现代化的建筑。”]
小题3:答案 B [根据文章的意思,胡同的重要意义更在于它是北京文化历史的见证。]
小题4:答案 C [原文第四段第二行提到:中国政府意识到胡同是中国文化历史的变迁,2002年北京列出了40个重点历史文物保护区,并加大了修复历史遗迹的力度。]
核心考点
试题【When people think of the unique characteristics of Beijing the hutong style alwa】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
Arctic Monkeys are famous because of their great success.They achieved their success thanks to the Internet.Usually a new band signs to a record company and then it is through marketing that people buy their singles.The single sales then get the band into the charts and they become popular that way.
However,Arctic Monkeys became wellknown in a slightly different way.Back in 2003 when the band first started,they handed out CDs at their performing concert.Certain fans liked the music so much that they put the music up on the Web.The general public had access to this music because it was on the Internet and,because people liked the music,the band"s popularity increased.The band"s popularity was starting to get noticed by major radio stations in the UK.
Arctic Monkeys released(发行)their first single in October 2005.Before that,their music had only been available to download on the Internet.When they did finally release a single and an album,they both rose to the top of the charts.
Music fans welcome the use of the Internet this way—Arctic Monkeys became popular simply because people liked their music when they heard it.There were no ads.As music downloads continue to increase in popularity,we can expect to see more and more bands make it big in this way.
小题1:Arctic Monkeys gained popularity through __________.
A.giving away their CDs |
B.the Internet |
C.singing to a record company |
D.marketing and advertisement |
A.Going to their live music party. |
B.Download their music from the Internet. |
C.Buying their singles and albums in a shop. |
D.Listen to it on the radio in the UK. |
A.People could hear their music often. |
B.They didn"t advertise their music. |
C.People liked their music. |
D.The marketing company did well. |
In my teenage years, one of the special things about Britain was the huge amount of information about music.There were 3 weekly newspapers about music:Sounds, Melody Maker and the New Musical Express.Buying records was expensive and it also meant making a choice.So it was wise to read about music instead, and in some ways, it was actually better as well.It was possible for a group to get onto the front cover of one of the music papers without even having made any records—but they needed things to say for the reporters to write about.In fact, the best pop stars of the 1980s were people whose main talent was exactly that.They weren" t great musicians or singers and they weren"t especially goodlooking, but they had some unusual acts or habits and a nice way with clever phrases.They were ideal for filling music papers.
When The Face magazine first came out in May, 1980, it was meant to be a rock magazine.I have given away or sold all the records I bought as a teenager, but I think my old copies of The Face will stay with me for ever.Although it started out as a source of information about music, the writers quickly realized that it wasn"t really the music that was important—it was the way people spoke and acted, and, above all, the way they looked.
小题1:According to the author,music can NOT ________.
A.improve memory | B.awaken emotions |
C.mark time | D.stay in the mind |
A.there were few records for customers to buy |
B.some songs he heard while on holiday impressed him |
C.he spent most of his holiday time on music |
D.he loved one pop song the most |
A.people had few chances to buy records |
B.it was hard to judge whether records were good or not |
C.it was not an easy thing for teenagers to get records |
D.the choice of buying records only depended on newspapers |
A.people could get onto the music papers without having made any records |
B.people"s talent was not what reporters needed to write about |
C.reporters wrote about the talents of pop stars |
D.people read about music |
figure / fīgə / noun, verb
● noun
1. a number representing a particular amount, especially one given in official information: the trade / sales figures
2. a symbol rather than a word representing one of the numbers between 0 and 9: a six-figure salary
3. (informal) the area of mathematics that deals with adding, multiplying, etc. numbers
4. a person of the type mentioned: Gandhi was both a political and a religious figure in Indian history.
5. the shape of a person seen from a distance or not clearly
6. a person or an animal as shown in art or a story: a wall with five carved figures in it
7. the human shape, considered from the point of view of being attractively thin: doing exercise to improve one’s figure
8. a pattern or series of movements performed on ice: figure-skating
* be / become a figure of fun: be / become sb. that others laugh at
* cut a…figure: sb with a particular appearance: He cut a striking figure in his dinner jacket.
* put a figure on sth: to say the exact price or number of sth.
* a fine figure of man / woman: a tall, strong-looking and well-shaped person
* figure of speech: a word or phrase used in a different way from its usual meanings in order to create a particular mental image or effect
* figurehead: someone who is the head or chief in name only (with no real power or authority)
● verb
1. to think or decide that sth. will happen or is true: I figured that if I took the night train, I could be in Scotland by morning.
2. to be part of a process, situation, etc. especially an important part: My opinion of the matter didn’t seem to figure at all.
3. to calculate an amount or the cost of sth: We figured that attendance at 150,000.
* figure in: to include (in a sum): Have you figured in the cost of hotel?
* figure on: to plan on; to expect sth. to happen: I haven’t figured on his getting home so late.
* figure out: to work out; understand by thinking: Have you figured out how much the trip will cost?
* It / That figures!: That seems reasonable.
小题1:According to the information above, which of the following sentence is not right?
A.This year’s sales figures were quite excellent. |
B.I couldn’t figure out what the teacher was talking about. |
C.She was the leading figure in British politics in the 1980s. |
D.He was about to speak but she put a figure on his lips to stop him. |
— ______! That’s typical of her. You just can’t do anything to stop her doing that.
A.It figures her out | B.She is a figure of fun |
C.It cuts a poor figure | D.It figures |
A.add the numbers | B.have sports |
C.try not to get fat | D.watch games |
A.John is fond of animals and raises a rabbit as a pet. |
B.In some countries, bamboo can be used to build houses. |
C.We all regard Mr. Smith as an important figure in our company. |
D.I didn’t really mean my partner was a snake. |
In 1930, Professor CK Ogden of Cambridge University invented Basic English. It had only 850 words (and just eighteen verbs) and Ogden said most people could learn it in just thirty hours. The problem was that people who learned Basic English could write and say simple messages, but they couldn’t understand the answers in “real” English! It was also impossible to explain a word if it wasn’t in the Basic English word list. For example, if you wanted a watermelon, you asked for “a large green fruit with the form of an egg, which has a sweet red inside and a good taste”!
RE Zachrisson, a university professor in Sweden, decided that the biggest problem for learners of English was spelling, so he invented a language called Anglic. Anglic was similar to English, but with much simpler spelling. “Father” became “faadher”, “new” became “nue’ and “years” became “yeerz”. Unfortunately for some students of English, Anglic never became popular.
Even easier is the language which ships’ captains use: it’s called “Seaspeak”. Seaspeak uses a few simple phrases for every possible situation. In Seaspeak, for example, you don’t say, “I’m sorry what did you say?” or “I didn’t understand, can you repeat that?” It’s just “Say again.” No more grammar!
In the age of international communication through the Internet who knows? ... a new form of English might appear. A large number of the world’s e-mails are in English and include examples of “NetLingo” like OIC (Oh, I see) and TTYL (Talk to you later). In another fifty years, English might not exist ... we will probably all speak fluent Internetish!
小题1:The best title for the passage would be ______.
A.Seaspeak | B.Basic English |
C.Internetish | D.Easy English |
learning it every day.
A.six | B.four | C.two | D.three |
A.Grammar. | B.Vocabulary. |
C.Speaking. | D.Spelling. |
A.IOU | B.A graet batl. |
C.Long time no see. | D.Two five, no lights. |
A.It might be replaced by Internetish. |
B.It might become a global language. |
C.It might take the place of all other languages. |
D.It might become more and more difficult. |
Conventionally grown food generally costs less, but is organic food a better choice? The advantages claimed for such foods over conventionally grown and sold food products are now being debated on a large scale. Supporters of organic foods ― a term whose meaning varies greatly ―are frequently telling the world that such products are safer and more nutritious than others.
The growing interest of consumers in the safety and nutritional quality of daily foods is a welcome development. However, much of this interest has been aroused by sweeping claims that the conventional food supply is unsafe or inadequate in meeting nutritional needs.
Almost daily, the public is surrounded by claims for “no-aging” diets, new vitamins and other wonder foods. There are numerous unsubstantiated(没证实的) reports that natural vitamins are superior to man-made ones, that fertilized eggs are nutritionally superior to unfertilized eggs, that untreated grains are better than those treated with insect spray and the like.
Although most of these claims are not supported by scientific evidence, large amounts of written material about the benefits of organic foods makes it difficult for people to separate fact from fiction. As a result, claims that eating a diet consisting of organically grown foods prevents or cures disease or provides other benefits to health have become widely advertised and form the basis for people’s opinion.
One thing that most organically grown food products seem to have in common is that they cost more than conventionally grown foods. But in many cases consumers are misled if they believe organic foods can maintain health and provide better nutritional quality than conventionally grown foods. So there is real cause for concern if consumers, particularly those with limited incomes, distrust the conventional food supply and buy only expensive organic foods instead.
小题1:According to Paragraph 2, which of the following statements about organic food is true?
A.It hasn’t been used until recent years. |
B.It has no agreed definition. |
C.It is popular among producers. |
D.It is accepted by most nutritionists. |
A.healthier food | B.organic food |
C.conventionally grown food | D.expensive food |
A.most doctors believe organic foods prevent disease or provide other benefits to health |
B.organic foods are actually less nutritious than conventionally grown foods |
C.people cannot separate fact from fiction because of the TV advertisements |
D.organic foods cost more but are not necessarily better than conventionally grown foods |
A.want to try something new |
B.have carefully researched the products |
C.value food safety and nutrition |
D.expect to save some money |
A.Doubtful. | B.Enthusiastic. |
C.Supportive. | D.Uninterested. |
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