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after him and his guys and beat them up(打闹). After that first meeting, we kept on meeting and beating
each other up at the fence. We would meet at the fence all the time and we were always together. I would tell him all my secrets. I found him easy to talk to and I could talk to him about everything.
In school we had separate friends. One day I told him that a guy I liked hurt me and broke my heart.
He just comforted me and said everything would be okay. He gave me words of encouragement and
helped me get over him. I was happy and thought of him as a real friend. But I knew that there was
something else about him that I liked. I thought of it that night and figured it was just a kind of friend that
I was feeling. All through high school and even through graduation we"re always together and of course I
thought of it as being friends. But I knew deep inside that I really felt it differently.
On graduation night even though we had different dates to the dance I wanted to be with him. That
night after everybody went home, I went to his house and wanted to tell him that I wanted to see him.
Well, that night was my big chance and all I did was just sit there with him watching the stars and talking
about what I was going to do and what he was going to do. I looked into his eyes and listened to him
talk about what his dream was, and how he wanted to get married and settle down. He said how he
wanted to be rich and successful. All I could do was to tell him my dream and sit next to him. I went
home hurting because I didn"t tell him how I was feeling.
1. The first sentence in Paragraph 1 describes a kind of relationship.
A. normal
B. special
C. dangerous
D. harmful
2. From the Paragraph 2, we can learn the following are boy"s advantages but .
A. communicating with others
B. understanding others
C. giving girls better impression
D. comforting others
3. The author tells the story in a way of .
A. anger
B. regret
C. excitement
D. anxiety
4. The author felt hurt on graduation night because .
A. they would have no opportunity to meet again
B. she failed to express her true feeling
C. the boy did understand her
D. she got poor grades in her study
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试题【阅读理解 When I was a girl of 16, I met a common boy who would make jokes at you】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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tend to accept the compliment while Chinese generally murmur(低语)some reply about not being worthy
of the praise. Here are two examples.
A young Chinese woman in the U.S. was complimented for the lovely dress that she was wearing.
"It"s graceful. The colors are so beautiful!" She was pleased but somewhat embarrassed. In typical
Chinese fashion, she replied, "Oh, it"s just an ordinary dress that I bought in China."
At a reception in an American college, a newly-arrived Chinese scholar was chatting with the hostess, who was an old friend. As an acquaintance(熟人)of hers came up, she said, "Ron, let me introduce
Mr. Chen, an outstanding physicist and one of the nicest people I know." Mr. Chen offered his hand to
the newcomer but looked at his hostess and said with a smile, "Should I feel ashamed, or should I tell him
you don"t really mean it?"
In both cases, the words of the Chinese conveyed a message quite different from what was intended.
In the case of the Chinese woman, the reply could have meant that the one paying the compliment did
not know what a really good dress is; otherwise, how could she get so excited about an ordinary dress?
The implication(暗示)was that the American woman"s taste in clothing was questionable. In the second
case, if Chen had not been smiling, he could have meant "You"re just saying that to be polite; you don"t
really mean that." So in one case, the person had poor judgment. In the other case, the hostess was not
sincere. Quite a gap between intention and message!
1. Which word can best replace the underlined word compliment in Paragraph 1?
A. praise
B. complaint
C. explanation
D. blame
2. Two examples are given in the passage to .
A. amuse the readers
B. draw readers" attention
C. support the author"s opinion
D. arouse readers" interest
3. The following statements are true except .
A. both stories happened in the USA
B. Mr. Chen achieved achievements in physics
C. the dress was a beautiful one
D. Mr. Chen worked in the USA for long
4. The passage mainly tells us .
A. Americans like to praise people
B. Chinese people are very modest
C. culture varies in different countries
D. people should respect each other
Providence built a company around sleep deprivation (睡眠不足).
Jason Donahue, Ben Rubin and Eric Shashoua were working late nights in Brown"s business
and engineering schools. They began thinking about ways to sleep better. They discovered they
weren"t alone in burning the midnight oil. Around 20% of Americans get less than six hours of rest
a night.
The friends imagined a smart alarm clock that could track how much time people spend in the
most restorative (有回复作用的) stages of the sleep cycle: REM (rapid eye movement) and deep
sleep. What would it cost to design such a thing? Five years of research, 20 employees, $14 million
and a whole lot of doubting from investors and scientists.
Their company, Zeo, based in Newton, Mass, launched its product in June, 2009. The Zeo device
uses a headband with tiny sensors (传感器) that scan your brain for signs of four sleep states- REM,
light, deep and waking sleep. The smart alarm clock displays a graph of your sleep pattern and wakes
you as you"re not in REM sleep (which is when you"re least groggy). In the morning you can upload the
data to the company"s Web site, and so track your sleep over time. Most of the feedback comes in the
form of Zeo"s ZQ score showing how well you"ve slept.
"Zeo allows people to unlock this black box of sleep," says Dave Dickinson, a health-care CEO.
Whether any of this actually improves sleep is up to the consumer, who will also need to make lifestyle
changes like cutting out alcohol before bedtime or caffeine after 3 pm.
For now the company is selling Zeo online only. Dickinson also plans to spread it to countries such as
Australia, where sleep deprivation approaches US levels.
1. Who will support Zeo?
A. People full of imagination.
B. People suffering sleeping problems.
C. People having access to the Internet.
D. People having bad lifestyles.
2. Why did the three graduate students imagine a smart alarm clock?
A. To wake them up on time in the morning.
B. To earn enough money for their study.
C. To improve the quality of people"s sleep.
D. To enjoy their life while working at night.
3. To design the Zeo device, the three graduate students ____.
A. spent much time and money
B. were widely supported by scientists
C. worked by themselves all the time
D. attracted many investors
4. What can we know from the passage?
A. Zeo has a direct effect on users" lifestyles.
B. It needs more personal efforts to make Zeo function better.
C. A large quantity of Zeo devices have been sold in Australia.
D. Consumers can go to the Zeo company to purchase Zeo in person.
seems 3D TV sets may be going into family households in the near future. While new digital 3D
technology has made the experience more comfortable for many, for some with eye problems, long 3D
viewing may result in an aching head, doctors say.
"There are a lot of people walking around with very minor eye problems, which under normal
situations, the brain deals with naturally," said Dr Michael Rosenberg, an ophthalmologist (眼科医师)
in Chicago. He said in a 3D movie, these people face a completely new sensory experience. "That
translates into greater mental effort, making it easier to get a headache," Rosenberg told Reuters.
In normal vision, each eye sees things at a slightly different angle. "When that gets processed in the
brain, that creates the perception (感觉) of depth," said Dr Deborah Friedman, an ophthalmologist in
New York. The images people see in three dimensions in the movies are not calibrated (校准的) in the
same way that their eyes and brain are. "If your eyes are a little off to begin with, then it"s really throwing
a whole degree of effort that your brain now needs
to exert (竭尽全力)," he said.
Dr John Hagan, a Kansas City ophthalmologist, said some people who do not have normal depth
perception cannot see in 3D at all. He said people with eye muscle problems, in which the eyes are not
pointed at the same object, have trouble processing 3D images.
Rock Heineman, a spokesman for RealD, a provider of 3D equipment to theaters, said headaches and
nausea were the main reasons 3D technology never took off.
Heineman said older 3D technology used two film projectors(放映机), one that projected a left-eye
image and one that projected a right-eye image. Three-D glasses would allow viewers to see a different
image in each eye.
"People often complained of headaches and it was really because the projectors weren"t lined up,"
Heineman said.
Now his company has developed a new single digital projector, which switches between the left and
the right-eye image 144 times a second, to help overcome some of the old problems.
"By going to a single digital projector, those problems were solved," he said. Friedman said he thinks
most people will do fine with 3D movies and with 3D TVs, but Rosenberg said people may quickly tire
of the novelty (新鲜事物). "I suspect there will be a lot of people who say it"s sort of neat, but it"s not
really comfortable," he said.
1. The text is mainly about ____.
A. the reasons why people like 3D movies
B. how to improve 3D technology
C. the development of 3D technology in recent years
D. causes of headaches and nausea when people watch 3D movies
2. The underlined phrase "took off" could be replaced by "______".
A. became popular
B. flew in the sky
C. left hurriedly
D. removed one"s clothes
3. This article implies that _____.
A. people do not like new things like 3D movies
B. 3D TVs will completely take the place of old TV sets
C. 3D technology is the most important technology ever
D. those with eye muscle problems should not watch 3D movies
4. We can learn from what Rosenberg said in the last paragraph that
A. a single digital projector could solve all the problems with 3D technology
B. people will gradually become comfortable with 3D movies and TVs
C. the appeal of 3D movies and "TVs may fade
D. most people will actually enjoy the 3D experience
places we have picked as the top destinations for 2010.
●Sri Lanka
The island feels like one big tropical zoo: elephants roam freely, water buffaloes(水牛) idle in paddy
fields and monkeys swing from trees. And then there"s the beautiful coastline. Among the most scenic is
Nilaveli Beach in the Tamil north. Vacationers can lie on poolside hammocks(吊床) under palm trees or
swim in its crystal-clear waters. Or they can order cocktails at the Nilaveli Beach Hotel.
●Shanghai
Following up on Beijing"s successful Olympics, Shanghai is expecting 70 million visitors to its World
Expo. From May 1 to Oct. 31, more than 200 nations and regions will turn a two-square-mile site by the
city"s Huangpu River into an architectural playground: Switzerland will be represented by a building
shaped like a map of that country, while England is in the celebrated hands of the designer Thomas
Heatherwick. However, by contrast, the United States pavilion might be mistaken for a suburban(郊区
的) office park.
●Copenhagen
Last year, thousands of environmentalists challenged world leaders in Copenhagen for the climate
summit, but the Danish capital has already emerged as one of the world"s greenest, and maybe coolest,
cities. In Copenhagen, long, flat roads all have bicycle paths where locals cycle around the city. Away
from all the modernism and the happy cyclists, cultural thrill-seekers are being attracted to the district of
Norrebro, where the city"s young crowd the cafes and galleries or dance in local clubs until the early hours.
1. According to the passage, visitors to the palce with natural beauty can have _____________.
A. a vacation on the palm beach
B. a great time in busy local clubs
C. a feast for the eyes of architectural wonders
D. a chance to see an environmentally friendly city
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the 2010 World Expo?
A. Millions of people will visit Shanghai in seven months.
B. Switzerland has built something that looks like a map of the world.
C. The building of England is designed by Thomas Heatherwick.
D. The US pavilion reminds people of downtown New York.
3. This passage is probably printed on the __________ page of a newspaper.
A. culture
B. entertainment
C. travel
D. weekend
4. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?
A. A Trip to the World Expo
B. The Places to Go in 2010
C. Join the Copenhagen Climate Summit
D. The Most Visited Travel Destinations
become one city-but kept both their names.
Winston-Salem is one of them. It"s a mid-sized city in what"s called the plateau(high land), between
the Atlantic Coast and the inland mountains in the state of North Carolina. The Winston part is a
relatively new place, founded early last century. It"s home to the nation"s biggest open-air tobacco
market.
The giant R.J.Reynolds Tobacco Company"s headquarters is in Winston-Salem and Winston is the
name of one of Reynolds" best-known cigarette brands. Fast-growing Winston soon surrounded the
much older town of Salem, so in 1913, people in the area voted to combine them into a single place.
From historical and tourist point of view, Salem, or Old Salem, as it"s called today, is the interesting
and unusual part of town.
Salem was founded in the 1700s by the Moravians. They spoke German, and their community was
religiously based, with single men and single women living apart in separate dormitories. The Moravians
greatly valued women"s work and brainpower. In fact, one of the nation"s oldest boarding schools for
young women-the Moravians"Salem Academy founded in 1772-is still in operation.
Over the years, Salem lost its Moravian character. That all changed, though, when a nonprofit group
began to rehabilitate the historic area. These days Old Salem is what"s called a living history museum,
with exhibits, music, and tours of 18th -century houses, taverns and Moravian dormitory buildings just
seven blocks from the tallest skyscraper in Winston-Salem.
The historic community is booming again. Just as R.J.Reynolds is taking in millions of dollars making
cigarettes across town, Old Salem is generating about $15 million a year in tourism revenue and donations.
1. From the passage we can know that ______________.
A. Winston-Salem is the name of a city
B. Salem is home to the tobacco market
C. the city Winston-Salem has two names
D. Old Salem is the name of a tobacco brand
2. It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that ______________.
A. the two cities benefited each other
B. Salem developed faster than Winston
C. R.J.Reynolds Company has moved into Salem
D. the combination meets the wishes of the people
3. The city Salem is special for its ______________.
A. boarding school
B. lifestyle and tradition
C. respect for brainpower
D. religious belief
4. The underlined word "rehabilitate" in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to "________________".
A. reconstruct
B. evaluate
C. enlarge
D. decorate
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