题目
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When travelling, you may think that if you don"t know the language, you can communicate using
gestures. However, very few gestures are universally understood and interpreted. What is perfectly
acceptable in this country may be rude in other cultures.
1. Pointing at something using the index finger. It is impolite to point with the index finger in the
Middle and Far East. Use an open hand or your thumb in Indonesia.
2. Making a "V"sign. This means "victory"in most parts of Europe when you make the sign with
your palm facing away from you. But if you face your palm in, the gesture is very rude.
3. Smiling. This facial expression is universally understood. However, cultures can provide different
reasons for smiling. The Japanese may smile when they are confused or angry while in other parts of
Asia people smile when they are embarrassed. People in some cultures only smile to friends. It is
important not to judge people for not smiling, or for smiling at what we would consider "inappropriate"
times.
4. Waving one"s hand with the palm facing outward to greet someone. In parts of Europe, waving the
hand back and forth can mean "No". To wave "goodbye", raise the palm outward and wave the fingers
together; but this is rude in Nigeria if the hand is too close to another person"s face.
5. Forming a circle with one"s fingers to mean "OK". Although this means "OK"in the U. S. and many
other countries, there are some notable exceptions. In Brazil and Germany the gesture is obscene
(猥亵的), while in Japan it means"money". In France, it has the additional meaning of "zero"or
"worthless".
B. the same gesture can have different meanings
C. a smile always suggests friendliness
D. we can still communicate without knowing the languages
B. Impolite.
C. Uncomfortable.
D. Ordinary.
B. make a "V"sign
C. point at objects around you
D. make the "OK"gesture
B. warn readers of impolite gestures
C. show the different meanings of gestures in different countries
D. teach readers how to understand gestures in other countries
答案
核心考点
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this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. Don"t try to find your friends - let them
find you. You can help them find you by staying in one place. There is another way to help your friends
or other people to find you. You can shout or whistle three times. Stop. Then shout or whistle three times
again. Any signal given three times is a call for help.
Keep up shouting or whistling. Always three times together. When people hear you, they will know
that you are not just making a noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal.
They will give you two shouts or two whistles
. When a signal is given twice, it is an answer to a callfor help.
If you don"t think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house with branches.
Make yourself a bed with leaves and grass.
When you need some water, you have to leave your little branch house to look for it. Don"t just walk
away. Pick off small branches and drop them as you walk in order to go back again easily. When you are
lost, the most important thing to do is to stay in one place.
1. Which signal is a call for help?
A. shouting here and there
B. crying twice
C. whistling everywhere in the forest
D. shouting or whistling three times together
2. When you hear two shouts or two whistles, you know that _______.
A. someone is afraid of an animal
B. someone needs help
C. people will come to help you
D. something terrible will happen
3. What"s the meaning of the underlined sentence?
A. Pick off branches to build another house
B. Leave branches to find your way back
C. Use branches to make a bed
D. Drop branches to look for water
4. The main idea of the passage is _______.
A. what you should do if you are lost in the forest
B. how to travel in the forest
C. what you should do if you want to get some water
D. how to spend the night in the forest
see an advertisement. If you turn the pages of a newspaper or magazine, again you find an advertisement.
If you walk down the street, you see one advertising board after another. All day, every day, people who want to sell you something compete to catch your attention. As a result, advertisements are almost
everywhere.?
In the West, advertisements are the fuel that makes mass media work. Many TV stations, newspapers, magazines, radio stations are privately owned. The government does not give them money. So where does
the money come from? From advertisements. Without advertisements, there would not be these private
businesses.?
Have you ever asked yourself what advertising is? Through the years, people have given different
answers to the question. For some time it was felt that advertising was a means of "keeping your name
before the public." And some people thought that advertising was "truth well told." Now more and more
people describe it in this way: Advertising is the paid, non-personal, and usually persuasive description of
goods, services and ideas by identified sponsors (明确的出资者) through various media.
First, advertising is usually paid for. Various sponsors pay for the advertisements we see, read, and
hear over the various media. Second, advertising is non-personal. It is not face to face communication.
Although you may feel that a message in a certain advertisement is aimed directly at you, in reality, it is
directed at large groups of people. Third, advertising is usually persuasive. Directly or indirectly it tells
people to do something. All advertisements try to make people believe that the product, idea, or service
advertised can do good to them. Fourth, the sponsor of the advertisement must be identified. From the
advertisement, we can see if the sponsor is a company, or an organization, or an individual. Fifth,
advertising reaches us through traditional and nontraditional mass media. Included in the traditional
media are newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and films. Nontraditional media include the mail,
matchbox covers, and billboards.?
1. The existence of the privately-owned mass media depends financially on _______.
A. the government
B. advertisements?
C. their owners" families
D. the audience
2. According to the passage, who are most probably paying for the advertisements?
A. Companies.
B. Organizations.
C. Individuals.
D. All of the above.?
3. Which of the following is considered nontraditional mass media?
A. Newspapers
B. Magazines
C. The mail
D. Films?
4. According to the passage, which of the following statements about the features of advertisements
is NOT true??
A. The sponsors are always mentioned in the advertisements.
B. Advertising is meant for large groups of people.?
C. Advertising tells people to do something directly or indirectly.?
D. Advertising must be honest and amusing.?
along with an analysis of how well they do in raising their students" standardized test scores.
Some people argue that transparen
cy(透明) should exist at all costs, but others hold that it"s unfair to label individual teachers using possibly flawed(有瑕疵的) statistics. Some worry that a
nger over the forthcoming Los Angeles Times article will make people oppose so-called "value added" analysis of
teacher performance, which is the method the Times uses.
"This incident with the L.A. Times is where the advocates(提倡者) for value-added are getting a bit
ahead of themselves," says Douglas Harris, an education professor. "Teachers are already feeling
under the gun on this kind of thing."
"Value-added data" is the latest trend in teacher responsibility: the idea that a student"s gain from the
previous year"s test ? as opposed to his or her overall performance ? can be measured and tied to the
latest teacher.
"There are too many variables(变量) in the testing process," says A.J. Duffy. But he says he opposes
using value-added data in evaluations at all, although he acknowledges it could be a useful tool to give
teachers feedback. "I believe in a system that emphasizes the whole student, not just standardized tests,"
he says.
Proponents(支持者) of value-added say that"s a valid criticism, agreeing that no one should expect
that student gains on a standardized test could capture the creativity or broader enrichment that goes on
in many teachers" classrooms. The District of Columbia which attracted argument for its decision to fire
teachers based in part on value-added data, uses that data for 50 percent of the evaluation, relying on
other measures such as classroom observation for the rest. "No one is suggesting using it as a single
measure of performance," says Paige Kowalski.
Barnett Berry, a professor, is even more critical of it. Value-added data can be useful, he and others
say, but it"s important to acknowledge its limitations. It doesn"t take into account, for instance, constant
student absence and learning gains due to summer school, after-school programs, or supplemental
teachers, such as reading specialists.
1. The tone of the underlined sentence is that of _______.
A. praise
B. warning
C. anger
D. threat
2. In the opinion of Mr. Duffy, teachers should be judged by _______.
A. the value-added data of the times
B. students" scores of standardized tests
C. the whole development of a student
D. the feedback of students and parents
3. The underlined word "it" in Para. 6 refers to _______.
A. the creativity or broader enrichment
B. a standardized test
C. classroom observation
D. value-added data
4. What"s the passage mainly about?
A. How well teachers can do in raising students" scores
B. Whether teachers should be linked to student"s scores
C. Who opposes value-added analysis of teacher performance.
D. Why the Los Angeles Times plans to publish names of teachers.
is the third most filmed city in North America behind Los Angeles and New York City.
Vancouver became known as a filming destination because it is a perfect stand-in(替身) for other
cities. Shot from the right angles, the downtown core could look like New York, Seattle, Boston or a
variety of other places. Also, the architectural smorgasbord(大杂烩) that is Vancouver, the low
Canadian dollar, and generous tax subsidies(税收补贴) attracted film production companies to the city.
Many would accuse Vancouver of simply being a stand-in city, and not really being of any
significance to the overall culture of film production. However, this has proven not to be the case. The
creative establishment in the film sector has realized that Vancouver is more than just a stand-in; it is a
city that is filled with talent.
Earlier this year Pixar Studios opened an animation studio in Vancouver.
The animators made famous by such hits as Toy Story, Monsters Inc, and Wall-E, demonstrated that Vancouver is now a
major player in the film industry by opening up shops in the city.Amir Nasrabadi, the General Manager for Pixar Canada said the company decided to open an office in the city because of the "very mature(成熟的), high-quality talent pool, driven primary by the strength of
the industry and great local universities and schools"
For now the studio will work as a satellite branch of Pixar"s California studios, but future plans
include the Vancouver studio taking on its own feature films. The British Columbia Film Commissioner,
Susan Croome, told CTV News in an interview that "Pixar"s announcement is absolutely fantastic". When
asked if this expansion of Vancouver"s film industry was the result of favorable exchange rates, she
responded that it wasn"t, and the company was making plans for the long term.
1. Vancouver has the nickname of Hollywood No
rth because _______.A. the number of films it makes is second to Hollywood
B. it is one of the most filmed cities in North America
C. it looks much like Hollywood
D. it lies in north of Hollywood
2. What is a factor that makes Vancouver an attractive city for film production?
A. Lower expenses
B. Historical places
C. Pixar Studios opening an animation studio
D. Right angles suitable for shooting films
4. In Susan Croome"s opinion, _______
A. Pixar"s announcement is hard to understand
B. good exchange rates can attract famous companies
C. Pixar Studios should open more offices in Vancouver
D. Pixar"s decision is based on long term considerations
5. It is suggested in the passage that Vancouver _______.
A. is more than a stand-in city for making films
B. is best known for its animation films
C. has become a major film producer
D. is a poor but talented city
always answer with the famous saying: The end is nothing; the road is all. That is what I mean when
I say writing has been a pleasure. I have never used the computer with the thought that one more task
had to be done. "
Like most writers, Willa Cather did not write books for the money that they brought her, but rather
for the pleasure that came in their writing. Her works were, like her, simple and full of the vigor(活力)
of her days in Nebraska, where she grew from child to young womanhood and where she developed
a deep 1ove for the treeless land of the great plain with its wild flowers, wheat fields and rivers.
"It"s a rather strange thing about the flat country," she wrote later. "It takes hold of you or it leaves
you perfectly cold. A great many people find it very dull; they like a church tower, an old factory. a
waterfall, the country all made to look like a German Christmas card…But when I come to the open
plain, something happens. I"m home. I breathe differently. "
1. Willa Cather wrote books for money, didn"t she?
A. Yes
B. NO.
C. Sometimes she wrote for money.
D. We don"t know.
2.Willa Cather wrote because she found writing __________.
A. simple and lively
B. opened up a road to success
C. neither too hard nor too easy
D. interesting and enjoyable
3.What was the place like where Cather grew up?
A. It was cold, plain with a church.
B. It was vast, open, flat and wild.
C. It was like a German Christmas card.
D. It was a colorful world of wild flowers.
4. What happens when Cather comes to the open plain?
A. She breathes differently from others.
B. She wants to make the place her home.
C. She feels completely comfortable.
D. She finds the place similar to her home.
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