Given that many people"s moods (情绪)are regulated By the chemical action of chocolate, it was proBaBly only a matter of time Before someBody made the chocolate shop similar to a drugstore of Chinese medicine. Looking like a setting from the film Charlie&the Chocolate Factory, Singapore"s Chocolate Research Facility (CRF) has over 100 varieties of chocolates.its founder is Chris Lee who grew up at his parents" comer store with one handalmost always in the jar of sweets.
If the CRF seems to Be a smart idea, that"s Because Lee is not merely a seasoned salesperson But also head of a marketing department that has Business relations with Big names such as Levi"s and Sony. That idea surely results in the imagination at work when it comes to making different flavored(味道)chocolates.
The CRF"s produce is "green". made within the country and divided into 10 lines, with the Alcohol Series Being the most popular. The Exotic Series一with Sichuan pepper, red Bean (豆).cheese and other flavors一also does well and is fun to taste. And for chocolate snoBs，who think that they have a Better knowledge of chocolate than others, the Connoisseur Series uses cocoa Beans from Togo, CuBa, Venezuela , and Ghana, among others.
小题1:What is good aBout chocolate?| A．It serves as a suitaBle gift. | B．It works as an effective medicine. | | C．It helps improve the state of mind. | D．It strengthens Business relations. |
小题2:Why is Chris Lee aBle to develop his idea of the CRF?| A．He knows the importance of research. | B．He learns form shops of similar types. | | C．He has the support of many Big names | D．He has a lot of marketing experience. |
小题3:Which line of the CRF produce sells Best?| A．The Connoisseur Series. | B．The Exotic Series. | | C．The Alcohol Series. | D．The Sichuan Series. |
小题4:The words "chocolate snoBs" in Paragraph 3 proBaBly refer to people who| A．are particular aBout chocolate | B．know little aBout cocoa Beans | | C．look down upon others | D．like to try new flavors |
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小题1:细节理解题。根据，第一句Given that many people"s moods (情绪)are regulated By the chemical action of chocolate,...可知，作者假设的是巧克力能够调节人们的情绪，故选C。
小题2:细节理解题。根据，第五行 Lee is not merely a seasoned salesperson But also head of a marketing department...可知，Lee是市场推广部门的头头，Lee能够成功，主要是因为他有着丰富的市场推广经验，故选D。
小题3:细节理解题。根据，第二段第一行的with the Alcohol Series Being the most popular可知，卖得最好的是The Alcohol Series，故选C。
小题4:猜测词义题。snoB势利小人，chocolate snoBs指对巧克力很挑剔的人；故选A。 |
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试题【Given that many people"s moods (情绪)are regulated By the chemical action of choco】；主要考察你对
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A Leap（跳跃）to Honor
Leaping on a narrow balance beam（平衡木） is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it.
To perfect her skills, Lola 36 for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls.
That’s especially impressive, 37 she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly. She often sees double and can’t _38 how far away things are.
When she was little, her mom 39 that even though she couldn’t see 40 , she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the 41 right away and gymnastics became her favorite.
Though learning gymnastics has been more 42 for her than for some of her tournaments, she has never quit. She doesn’t let her _43 stop her from doing anything that she wants to.
She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest 44_ is the balance beam. Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even closes her eyes. “You have to 45_ your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go,” says Lola.
To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most 46 for anyone because it’s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn’t fall 47 the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10---- her highest score yet.
Lola doesn’t want to be 48 differently from the other girls on her team. At the competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision _49 _. She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her _50 attitude.
Lola never thinks about 51__. She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her 52 is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids 53 she grew up.
Lola is 54 of all her hard work and success. She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics, too. Her 55 for others is “just believe yourself”.
| 小题1: | | A．runs | B．teaches | C．trains | D．dances |
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| 小题2: | | A．since | B．unless | C．after | D．though |
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| 小题3: | | A．tell | B．guess | C．assume | D．predict |
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| 小题4: | | A．suspected | B．remembered | C．imagined | D．noticed |
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| 小题5: | | A．deeply | B．well | C．ahead | D．closely |
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| 小题6: | | A．task | B．sport | C．event | D．show |
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| 小题7: | | A．boring | B．enjoyable | C．difficult | D．unsatisfactory |
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| 小题8: | | A．talent | B．quality | C．nature | D．condition |
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| 小题9: | | A．doubt | B．advantage | C．challenge | D．program |
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| 小题10: | | A．examine | B．express | C．open | D．trust |
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| 小题11: | | A．fearful | B．harmful | C．unfair | D．inconvenient |
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| 小题13: | | A．greeted | B．treated | C．served | D．paid |
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| 小题14: | | A．pains | B．stresses | C．injuries | D．problems |
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| 小题15: | | A．positive | B．friendly | C．flexible | D．caution |
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| 小题16: | | A．defending | B．quitting | C．winning | D．bargaining |
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| 小题17: | | A．standard | B．range | C．view | D．goal |
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| 小题18: | | A．until | B．as | C．when | D．before |
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| 小题19: | | A．proud | B．tired | C．ashamed | D．confident |
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| 小题20: | | A．plan | B．advice | C．reward | D．Responsibility |
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TaIL Spin
Two dolphins race around in a big pool in the Ocean Park. The smaller dolphin Grace, shown off a few of her tricks, turning around and waving hello to the crowd. The most amazing thing about her, however, is that she’s even swimming at all. She doesn’t have a tail.
Grace lost her tail as a baby when she got caught up in a fish trap. When the dolphin arrived at the Ocean Park in December 2005, she was fighting for her life. “Is she going to make it?” Her trainer, Abbey Stone, feared the worst. Grace did make it --- but her tail didn’t. She ended up losing her flukes and the lower part of her peduncle.
Over the past six years, she has learned to swim without her tail. Dolphins swim by moving their flukes and peduncle up and down. Grace taught herself to move another way---like a fish! She pushed herself forward through the water by moving her peduncles from side to side.
The movement put harmful pressure on Grace’s backbone. So a company offered to create a man-made tail for her. The tail had to be strong enough to stay on Grace as she swam but soft enough that it wouldn’t hurt her.
The first time Grace wore the artificial tail. She soon shook it off and let it sink in the bottom of the pool. Now, she is still learning to use the tail. Some days she wears it for an hour at a time, others not at all. “The tail isn’t
necessary for her to feel comfortable,” says Stone, “but it helps to keep that range of motion(动作) and build muscles(肌肉).”
Now, the dolphin is about to get an even happier ending. This month, Grace will star in Dolphin Tale, a film that focus on her rescue and recovery. Her progress has inspired more than just a new movie. Many people travel from near and far to meet her. Seeing Grace swim with her man-made tail gives people so much courage.
小题1: When Grace first arrived at the Ocean Park, her trainer worried about her .| A．physical build | B．potential ability | | C．chance of survival | D．adaptation to the surroundings. |
小题2:A man-made tail is created for Grace to _.| A．let her recover faster | B．make her comfortable | | C．adjust her way of swimming | D．help her perform better tricks |
小题3:The story of Grace inspires people to_ .| A．stick to their dreams | B．treat animals friendly | | C．treasure what they have | D．face difficulties bravely |
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When 19-year-old Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the Make-A-Wish Foundation (基金会)，nobody understood what she was talking about. But Sophia knew just how important Make – A –Wish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one her best friends. We were interested in finding out more, so we went along to meet Sophia listen to what she had to say.
Sophia told us that Make – A –Wish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980. ” It’s a charity(慈善机构)that helps children who have got very serious illnesses. Make – A –Wish help children feel happy even though they are sick, by making their wishes and dreams come true, ” Sophia explained.
We asked Sophia how Make – A –Wish had first started. She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris, who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a policeman. Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chris’s dream come true ----so, with everybody’s help, Chris, only seven years old at the time, had been a “policeman” for a day. ” when people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true, they decided to try and help other sick children too , and that was the beginning of Make – A –Wish, ” explained Sophia.
Sophia also told us the Foundation tries to give children and their families a special, happy time. A Make-A-Wish volunteer visits the families and asks the children what they would wish for if they could have anything in the world. Sophia said the volunteers were important because they were the ones who helped to make the wishes come true. They do this either by providing things that are necessary, or by raising money or helping out in whatever way they can.
小题1:Sophia found out about Make-A-Wish because her best friend had .| A．benefited from it | B．volunteered to help it | | C．dreamed about it | D．told the author about it |
小题2:According to Sophia, Make-A-Wish .| A．is an international charity | | B．was understood by nobody at first | | C．raises money for very poor families | | D．started by drawing the interest of the public |
小题3:What is said about Chris in Paragraph3?| A．He has been a policeman since he was seven. | | B．He gave people the idea of starting Make-A-Wish | | C．He wanted people to help make his dream come true. | | D．He was the first child Make-A-Wish helped after it had been set up. |
小题4:Which of the following is true about Make-A-Wish volunteers?| A．They are important for making wishes come true. | | B．They try to help children get over their illnesses. | | C．They visit sick children to make them feel special. | | D．They provide what is necessary to make Make-A-Wish popular. |
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Jimmy is an automotive mechanic, but he lost his job a few months ago. He has a good heart, but always feared applying for a new job.
One day, he gathered up all his strength and decided to attend a job interview. His appointment was at 10 am and it was already 8:30. While waiting for a bus to the office where he was supposed to be interviewed, he saw an elderly man wildly kicking the tyre of his car. Obviously there was something wrong with the car. Jimmy immediately went up to lend him a hand. When Jimmy finished working on the car, the old man asked him how much he should pay for the service. Jimmy said there was no need to pay him; he just helped someone in need, and he had to rush for an interview. Then the old man said, “Well, I could take you to the office for your interview. It’s the least I could do. Please, I insist.” Jimmy agreed.
Upon arrival, Jimmy found a long line of applicants waiting to be interviewed. Jimmy still had some grease on him after the car repair, but he did not have much time to wash it off or have a change of shirt. One by one, the applicants left the interviewer’s office with disappointed look on their faces. Finally his name was called. The interviewer was sitting on a large chair facing the office window. Rocking the chair back and forth, he asked, “Do you really need to be interviewed?” Jimmy’s heart sank. “With the way I look now, how could I possibly pass this interview?” he thought to himself.
Then the interviewer turned the chair and to Jimmy’s surprise, it was the old man he helped earlier in the morning. It turned out he was the General Manager of the company.
“Sorry I had to keep you waiting, but I was pretty sure I made the right decision to have you as part of our workforce before you even stepped into the office. I just know you’d be a trustworthy worker. Congratulations!” Jimmy sat down and they shared a cup of well-deserved coffee as he landed himself a new job.
小题1: Why did Jimmy apply for a new job?| A．He was out of work | B．He was bored with his job | | C．He wanted a higher position | D．He hoped to find a better boss |
小题2:What did Jimmy see on the way to the interview?| A．A friend’s car had a flat tyre | B．a wild man was pushing a car | | C．a terrible accident happened | D．an old man’s car broke down |
小题3:Why did the old man offer Jimmy a ride?| A．He was also to be interviewed | B．He needed a traveling companion | | C．He always helped people in need | D．He was thankful to Jimmy |
小题4:How did Jimmy feel on hearing the interviewer’s question?| A．He was sorry for the other applicants | | B．There was no hope for him to get the job | | C．He regretted helping the old man | | D．The interviewer was very rude |
小题5:What can we learn from Jimmy’s experience？| A．Where there is a will, there’s a way | | B．A friend in need is a friend indeed | | C．Good is rewarded with good. | | D．Two heads are better than one |
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George Gershwin, born in 1998, was one of America’s greatest composers. He published his first song when he was eighteen years old. During the next twenty years he wrote more than five hundred songs.
Many of Gershwin’s songs were first written for musical plays performed in theatres in New York City. These plays were a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s. Many of his songs have remained popular as ever. Over the years they have been sung and played in every possible way — from jazz to country.
In the 1920s there was a debate in the United States about jazz music. Could jazz, some people asked, be considered serious music? In 1924 jazz musician and orchestra leader Paul Whiteman decided to organize a special concert to show that jazz was serious music. Gershwin agreed to compose something for the concert before he realized he had just a few weeks to do it. And in that short time, he composed a piece for piano and orchestra which he called Rhapsody in Blue. Gershwin himself played the piano at the concert. The audience were thrilled when they heard his music. It made him world-famous and showed that jazz music could be both serious and popular.
In 1928, Gershwin went to Paris. He applied to study composition (作曲)with the well-known musician Nadia Boulanger, but she rejected him. She was afraid that classical study would ruin his jazz-influenced style. While there, Gershwin wrote An American in Paris. When it was first performed, critics (评论家)were divided over the music. Some called it happy and full of life, to others it was silly and boring. But it quickly became popular in Europe and the United States. It still remains one of his most famous works.
George Gershwin died in 1937, just days after doctors learned he had brain cancer. He was only thirty-nine years old. Newspapers all over the world reported his death on their front pages. People mourned the loss of the man and all the music he might have still written.
小题1:Many of Gershwin’s musical works were ________ . | A．written about New Yorkers | B．Composed for Paul Whiteman | | C．played mainly in the countryside | D．performed in various ways |
小题2:What do we know about the concert organized by Whiteman?| A．It attracted more people to theatres | | B．It proved jazz could be serious music | | C．It made Gershwin leader of the orchestra | | D．It caused a debate among jazz musicians |
小题3:What did Gershwin do during his stay in Paris?| A．He created one of his best works | B．He studied with Nadia Boulanger | | C．He argued with French critics | D．He changed his music style |
小题4:What do we learn from the last paragraph?| A．Many of Gershwin’s works were lost | | B．The death of Gershwin was widely reported | | C．A concert was held in memory of Gershwin | | D．Brain cancer research started after Gershwin’s death. |
小题5:Which of the following best describes Gershwin?| A．Talented and productive | B．Serious and boring | | C．popular and unhappy | D．Friendly and honest |
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