A. Do established musicians have a responsibility to guide and assist young up-and-coming musicians?
B. Did anyone promote your musical education when you were growing up?
C. What kind of "world music" do you enjoy?
D. What"s your comment on pop music?
E. Does the contemporary music press give jazz the coverage it deserves?
F. What"s wrong with the music on the radio? | | Reading comprehension. | ASK LASKAS
YOU"VE GOT QUESTIONS. SHE"S GOT ANSWERS | | Q | | 阅读理解。 | What time is it? Most people are pretty accurate in their answer. And if you don"t know for sure, it"s a
very likely that you can find out. There may be a watch on your wrist, there may be a clock on the wall,
desk, or computer screen; or maybe you"re riding in a car that has a clock in the dashboard (仪表板).
Even if you don"t have a timepiece of some sort nearby, your body keeps its own beat. Humans have an
internal clock that regulates (调节) the beating of our heart, the pace of our breathing, the discharge (排出)
of chemicals within our bloodstream, and many other bodily functions.
Time is something from which we can"t escape. Even if we ignore it, it"s still going by, ticking away,
second by second, minute by minute, hour by hour. So the main issue in using your time well is, "Who"s in
charge?" We can allow time to slip by and let it be our enemy. Or we can take control of it and make it our
ally.
By taking control of how you spend your time, you"ll increase your chances of becoming a more
successful student. Perhaps more importantly, the better you are at managing the time you devote to your
studies, the more time you"ll have to spend on your outside interests.
The aim of time management is not to schedule every moment so we become slaves of a timetable that
governs every waking moment of the day. Instead, the aim is to make informed choices as to how we use
our time. Rather than letting the day go by, largely without our awareness, what we are going to discuss
next can make us better able to control time for our own purposes. | | 1. The underlined word "ally" in Para. 3 more likely means somebody or something that is _____. | A. your slave and serves you
B. your supporter and helps you
C. under your control and obeys you
D. under your influence and follows you | | 2. The author intends to tell us that time ______. | A. could be regulated by a timepiece such as a clock or a watch
B. could be managed by the internal clock of human bodies
C. should be well managed for our own interest
D. should be saved for outside interests | | 3. In the next part, the author would most probably discuss with you ______. | A. how to keep up with the times
B. how to make up for lost time
C. how to have a good time
D. how to make good use of time | | 阅读理解。 | It is often necessary to release a fish, that is, set it free after catching, because it is too small, or you just
don"t want to take it home to eat. In some cases, releasing fish is a good measure that will help keep fish
variety and build their population size. The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) encourages
fishermen who practice catch-and-release fishing to use a few simple skills when doing so. The advice
provided below will help make sure that the fish you release will survive (存活) to bite again another day.
-When catching a fish, play it quickly and keep the fish in the water as much as possible.
-Don"t" use a net in landing the fish and release it quickly to prevent it from dying.
-Hold the fish gently. Do not put your fingers in its eyes. Don"t wipe the scales (鱼鳞) off the fish
because it might cause it to develop a disease and reduce its chance of survival.
-Remove your hook (鱼钩) quickly. If the hook is too deep or hooked in the stomach, cut the line and
leave the hook in. The hook left inside will cause no serious problem to the fish.
-Take good care of the fish by moving it gently in water. Release the fish when it begins to struggle and
is able to swim.
-Do not hold fish in a bucket or some other containers and later decide to release it. If you are going to
release a fish, do so right away. With a little care and by following the suggestions given above, you can
give the released fish a better chance of survival. | | 1. People sometimes set a fish free after catching it because they ______ | A. don"t want it to die
B. hope it will grow quickly
C. don"t want to have it as food
D. want to practice their fishing skills | | 2. Which of the following will probably make a fish ill? | A. Taking the hook off it.
B. Removing its scales.
C. Touching its eves.
D. Holding it in your hand. | | 3. A proper way to release a fish is to ______. | A. move it in water till it can swim
B. take the hook out of its stomach
C. keep it in a bucket for some time
D. let it struggle a little in your hand | | 4. What is the purpose of the test? | A. To show how to enjoy fishing.
B. To persuade people to fish less often.
C. To encourage people to set fish free.
D. To give advice on how to release fish. | | 阅读理解。 | 2005. You have a job, a family and you"re about 40 years old welcome to your future life.
Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. "Turn red," you say. Your shirt changes from
sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics (智能电子元件) are rearranged in your shirt to change
its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you"re 40. You look much younger. With amazing
advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You"re not even middle-aged!
As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you bear, "To lose weight,
you shouldn"t eat that," from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic (电子源码) on the cereal box to find
out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. "Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?" A list of
possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.
"Ready for your trip to space?" you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts
went into space-and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your
best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you "The doctor said you need
these for space travel" Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots (防疫针) are a thing of the past.
Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids bead for the front door.
It"s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors "My office.
Autopilot," you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway.
You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news down loads and fills the viewer. Looking through
the pages you watch the news as video film rather than read it. | | 1. What changes the color of your shirt? | A. The mirror.
B. The shirt itself.
C. The counter.
D. The medicine. | | 2. How do the shoes know that you shouldn"t eat the breakfast cereal? | A. By pouring the breakfast into a bowl.
B. By listening to the doctor"s advice.
C. By testing the food supplies in the kitchen.
D. By checking the nutrition details of the food. | | 3. The strawberries the children eat serve as _____. | A. breakfast
B. lunch
C. vaccines
D. nutrition | | 4. How is the text organized? | A. In order of time.
B. In order of frequency.
C. In order of preference.
D. In order of importance. |
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