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As school fl,tats again,there’s SO much mole for an American parent to nag(唠叨)about,like
homework,bedtime and lost hours on the Intemet.But in the age of digital childhood,Jacky Long-well,45,of McLean,Virginia,often text—messages(发短信)what she OnCe told her children bymouth_"Be nice to your brother;walk the dog;remember your reading.
This is the world of the modem family,in which even reminding children to do something has
become electronic.
There are changes in how parents nag and in what they nag about and in the frequency of their
nagging.
With technology,“you nag more,and you are a little bit more:precise with your nagging.’’said
Reginald Black,46,of Woodbridge,Virginia.
For many young people,electronic nagging is part of the experience of growing up.Charles Flowers,17,131.$enior at St.John“College High School in Washington.says his mothel-reminds him about everything from laundry,being Oil time to baseball practice and mowing the lawn by text.
When she uses capitals he knows she is serious:GET HOME!
Some say technology has made nagging less annoying.
Jaeky Longwell thinks texts ale less emotional than spoken messages and less likely to be resisted by teenagers.
It’s not as painful for them to hear it by text.It becomes grouped with the friendly communication,”she said.“They can’t hear the nagging.”
She thinks a good way to do it is to mix friendliness with nagging.A parent Call always start by
saying hello.
Not all parents like the new electronic r,agging.Joyce Bouehard,51,a mother of four in Fairfax,Virginia,texts her 14一year—old son but says that for many things — chores,homework— the
old—fashioned way works better.Nagging by text has risks,she notes:I always think,if you are texting them something and they are with their friends,they ale getting a big laugh out of it.’’
68.We can conclude from the first two paragraphs that————————.
A.American children often stay up late studying
B.Jacky Long"well had a happy aigital childhood
C.American parents pay too much attention to their children’s studies
D.American parents think a lot about their children’s characters
69.The example of Reginald Black is used to show readers————————.
A.that her nagging is thoughtful
B.how the amount and kind of nagging have changed with the arrival of the digital age
C.the kind of skills a parent needs to nag effectively
D.that she likes nagging her children very much
70.We can infer that—————————.
A.It’S better for parents to nag in a friendly,way
B.whether、nagging is e]ectronic or not,it is annoying
C.American parents generally don’t like to nag
D.American parents like to llse capital letters in messages
7 1.The main idea of the article is———————一.
A.the subjects American parents like to nag about
B.the reaSOliS American parents like to nag their children
C.that electronic nagging is becoming commoll in the U.S
D.how American parents began to nag their children by text messages
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
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试题【 D As school fl,tats again,there’s SO much mole for an American parent to nag(唠叨】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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E
Support for renewable energy technology to figllt global warming is weakening in the face of
worldwide economic problems and the true scale of the carbon reductions required,a survey pub-
lished today has suggested.
Figures presented at the UN climate talks in Poznan,Poland,show that climate experts have
less faitll in alternative energy than they did 12 months ago.
The survey shows less support for wind energy,solar power,biofuels,biomass and hydrogen
energy as technologies with“high potential”to reduce carbon levels in the atmosphere over the next
25 years.
Eric Whan of Globesean,which carried out t}le survey of“climate decision makers”.said.
“As the climate crisis deepens they could be becoming less optimistic that individual technologies
may be able to solve the problem.’’
The survey,supported by groups including the World Bank,the United Nations Environment
Programme and the Pew Center for Global Climate Change,questioned l,000 senior figures across
governments,pressure groups and companies in 1 15 countries over the last few weeks.
Almost three—quarters of the experts agreed in the survey that“equitable(公平的,平等的)e—
eonomic growth and development and significant progress in combating(与…斗争)climate change
Call be achieved at the salne time.’’
Asked to rate the likely Success of low—carbon technologies in the mid—term,they showed
less confidence than a similar survey 12 months ago.Support for offshore wind farms,was down
61%from 65%last year.Solar electricity generation was rated as having high—potential by 66%of respondents,down from 74%.Support for hydrogen power was 32%,down form 36%in 2007.
The respondents also warned that a deep recession(衰退)would make a new global deal on climate harder to achieve.Some 44%agreed that the current economic crisis will significantly delay orcompromise the“achievement of effective climate change agreements.’’
72.Which of the following is NOT the alternative energy? ·
A.Wind energy. B.Solar power. C.Hydrogen energy.D.Conventional energy.
73.Which of the following altemative energy sees the most remarkable reduction in support"?
A.Offshore wind farms. B.Solar electricity.
C.Hydrogen power. D.Natural gas.
Why is support for renewable energy technology to fight dobal warming weakening?
A.The technology has no use at all.
B.People don’t want to use the technology.
C.Nothing can be done to reduce carbon levels in the atmosphere.
D.The current economic crisis iS to blame.
75.What’S the best title of the passage?
A.Experts Lost Faith in Renewable Technology B.Global Environment Is Worsening
C.Who Is to Blame f.0r tIle Environment D.What Can Be Done to Save the Earth
B
Academy Awards The Academy Awards are the most prominent film award in the United States. The Awards are granted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy Awards are nicknamed “Oscars” , which is also the nickname of the statuette. The name is said to have been born in 1931 when Margaret Herrick saw the statuette on a table and said. “It looks just like my uncle Oscar!”
Berlin Film Festival One of the “A” festivals in Europe. The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the “Berlinale”, is held annually in February and started in 1951 after an initiative of the American, who occupied part of the city after World War II. The jury always placed special emphasis on representing films from all over the world, from the former Eastern Bloc Countries (东方阵营) as well as from Western countries.The awards are called Golden and Silver Bears ( as the bear is the symbol of Berlin).
Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival takes place every year in late August/early September on the Lido in the historic Palazzo del Cinema, in Venice, Italy since 1932; its main award is the “Leond"Oro” (Golden Lion). Recently, a new award has been added, the San Marco Award for the best film
Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Film Festival is. a famous international film festival. It has been held annually in Cannes, in the south of France, since 1946 with a few exceptions. Given massive media exposure, the Festival is attended by many movie stars and is a popular venue for movie producers to launch their new films and attempt to sell their works to the distributors who come from all over the globe.
The most famous award given out at Carmes is the “Palme d"Or” (Golden Palm) for the best film; this is sometimes shared by multiple films in one year.
60. Which award can be shared by multiple films in one year?
A. Golden Lion. B. Golden Palm.
C. Academy Awards. D. San Marco Award.
61. Which of the following statements about “Oscars” is NOT true?
A. It s the nickname of Academy Awards.
B. It"s also the nickname of the statuette.
C. It got its name because Margaret said the statuette looked like her uncle.
D. It s an award in France.
62. Which award has the shortest history?
A. Golden Lion. B. Golden Palm.
C. Academy Awards. D. San Marco Award.
63. Which of the following best states the main idea of the passage?
A. An introduction to famous film festivals and film awards.
B. An advertisement for films and TV programs.
C. An introduction to the nicknames of famous film awards.
D. A guide of bow to attend famous film festivals.
D
A husband-and-wife team from California reached the Pacific Ocean after a 4,900- mile-cross
-country walk, becoming the first to backpack the American Discovery Trail in one continuous
walk.
Marcia and Ken powers, of Pleasanton, started the travel across 13 states, through 14 national parks and 16 national forests on Feb. 27 from Cape Henlopen in Delaware. Nearly eight months later, the excited couple walked through water into the Pacific Ocean at Point Reyes, a day ahead of time.
“We are a little sad that a great adventure is over. It was a fantastic adventure. And now we go home and just do housework. It"s really sad.” Marcia, who said she"s in her 50s, and her 60-year-old husband traversed cities, desert, mountains and farmland before reaching the Pacifics alone with arms around each other" s backpacks.
They overcame deep snow in the East, a quicksand in Utah, close lightning strikes in the Mid- west and strong desert sandstorms in the West while averaging 22 miles a day and taking only four days off. But they enjoyed the French history of St. Louis" the beauty of the Colorado Rockies and the kindness of strangers they met along the way. They particularly remember two brothers ---- a
doctor and dentist-------who put them up in their homes, after terrible days, and a motorcyclist who gave them water after they failed to find any on Utah"s lonely Wah Wah Desert.
“Americans are truly warm-hearted and wonderful people.” Marcia Powers said. “We got to meet people that we would never meet in our daily living at home. We got to touch it with our feet and hands and smell all its scents and hear its wildlife. It" s an amazing country,” she added.
68. Which of the following about couple"s walk is TRUE?
A. The walk covered more than 13 states.
B. The walk lasted about half a year.
C. The walk didn"t meet any desert.
D. The walk might end before October 27.
69. The underlined word “traversed” in the third paragraph means “____________.”
A. enjoy B. move across, through or over
C. overcome D. look at
70. According to the text, we can infer that during the walk the couple __________.
A. were treated warm-heartedly by the local people
B. never stopped to have a rest
C. were ever caught in a heavy rain and became ill
D. felt the quicksand in Utah was very interesting
71. The couple went through many places except ____________.
A. big rivers B. desert C. hills D. fields
E
Will there ever be another Einstein? This is the undercurrent(潜流) of conversation at Einstein memorial meetings throughout the year. A new Einstein will appear, scientists say. But it may take a long time. After all, more than 200 years separated Einstein from Isaac Newton.
Many physicists say the next Einstein hasn"t been born yet, or is a baby now. That"s because the search for a unified theory that would explain all the forces of nature has pushed current mathematics to its limits. New math must be created after the problem can be solved.
But researchers say there are many other factors working against another Einstein appearing anytime soon. For one thing, physics is a much different field today. In Einstein"s day, there were a few thousand physicists worldwide, and the theorists who could argue with Einstein probably would fit into a streetcar with seats to spare. Education is different, too. One key aspect of Einstein"s training that-is little noticed is the years of philosophy he read as a teenager --- Kant, Schopenhauer and Spinoza, among others. It taught him how to think independently about space and time and it wasn"t long before he became a philosopher himself.
And Einstein was a clever musician. The interplay between music and math is well-known. Einstein would play his violin hard as a way to think through a knotty physics problem.
Today, universities have produced millions of physicists. There aren"t many jobs in science for them, so they go to Wall Street and Silicon Valley to apply their analytical skills. Those who stay in science don’t work alone and they sometimes do experiment together which takes years.
It"s hard to imagine a renegade(背叛者) like Einstein standing it. “Maybe there is an Einstein out there today,” said Columbia University physicist Brian Greene, “but it would be a lot harder for him to be heard.”
72. According to the second paragraph, the next Einstein will ___________.
A. have to create new math B. create a unified theory
C. have to be born now D. push math to its limits
73. The underlined words “knotty” in the fourth paragraph means ____________.
A. easy B. interesting C. strange D. difficult
74. Which of the following will be useful for the next Einstein to be born?
A. There will be music around.
B. There will be no problems to solve.
C. There will be suitable philosophy to study.
D. There are only a few physicists.
75. The bold words “unified theory” in Paragraph 2 refers to ___________.
A. agreement B. mathematical rule
C. unique idea D. physical saying
第二节:完形填空(每小题1.5分,满分30分)
When Dave was eighteen, he bought a second-hand car for £200 so that he could travel to and from work more 36 than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but it got so old, and it was costing him _37 much in repairs, that he decided that he had better 38 it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was 39 to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so 40 of them had any desire to buy it.
Dave’s friend Sam saw that he was 41 when they met one evening, and said, “What’s 42 , Dave?” Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising(登广告) it in the paper? You may 43_more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam’s 44 was reasonable, he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read: “For sale: small car, 45 very little gas, only two owners. Bargain at £50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no 46_. but then on the Saturday evening he had an enquiry (咨询). A man rang up and said he would like to 47 him about the car. “All right.” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o’clock the next morning would be 48_ or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I’ll 49 my wife. We want to go for a ride in it to 50 it.”
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, 51 to wait there for the people who had 52 his advertisement. Even Dave had to 53 that the car really looked like a wreck (残破的车). Then, soon after he had got the car as 54 as it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave’s car and then said, “Have you reported this _55 to us yet, sir?”
36. A、directly B、safely C、properly D、easily
37. A、so B、such C、very D、too
38. A、keep B、repair C、sell D、throw
39. A、willing B、lucky C、ashamed D、generous
40. A、some B、neither C、none D、most
41. A、delighted B、sad C、calm D、astonished
42. A、on B、up C、it D、that
43. A、learn B、miss C、get D、find
44. A、message B、advice C、request D、description
45. A、uses B、loses C、has D、spends
46. A、doubt B、help C、trouble D、answer
47. A、tell B、see C、agree D、call
48. A、exact B、suitable C、early D、late
49. A、follow B、meet C、bring D、introduce
50. A、recognize B、get C、admire D、test
51. A、happening B、meaning C、turning D、failing
52. A、read B、inserted C、answered D、placed
53. A、forget B、show C、disagree D、admit
54. A、clean B、admit C、fast D、light
55. A、bargain B、sale C、accident D、result
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