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Ten years and still relevant. Season one winner Kelly Clarkson has survived a decade in the brutal music business with her dignity intact and enough chart-topping songs to generate a greatest hits album at the tender age of 30. Her career is as strong as ever. She sang the “Star Spangled Banner” at the Super Bowl. Her song “Stronger” was a No. I hit. She was a mentor on an ABC summer series“Duets.” She became engaged to Reba McEntire"s stepson in November. All in all, life is good for Clarkson and we as“Idol" fans couldn"t be more proud.
Keep calm and Carrie on! Season four victor Carrie Underwood has now sold more albums than any other "Idol" with about 14 million to date. Her current album “Blown Away” has generated two top two hits in 2012: “Good Girl” and the title track. That makes 15 consecutive top 2 hits on the Billboard country chart over seven years dating back to "Jesus, Take the Wheel." She hosted the CMAs for a fifth year with Brad Paisley. Last month, she landed a role as lead in a remake of“The Sound of Music.” She toured to sold-out crowds again, hitting Gwinnett Arena earlier this month, where she thankecl "Idol" for getting her to where she"s at, something, she certainly no longer needs to do but still does. Class act, that lady.
小题1:What may the ldol probably be?
| A．A popular Ainerican singer | B．A American year figure of |
| C．A popular American programme | D．A famous American avenue |
| A．Carrie Underwood | B．Kelly Clarkson |
| C．Ace Yong | D．Diana DeGarmo |
| A．Reba McEntire | B．Kelly Clarkson |
| C．Carrie Underwood | D．Not mentioned |
| A．In 2012 | B．In 2007 | C．ln 2008 | D．In 2002 |
| A．In business section | B．In advertisement section |
| C．In sports section | D．In entertainment section |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:D
解析
试题分析：文章主要报道了美国偶像节目5季决赛选手Ace Young向3季亚军Diana DeGarmo求婚成功.同时简要的介绍了从2002年第一季冠军Kelly Clarkson.起的其它几季冠军的发展情况。
小题1:纵观全文，文章提及各个赛季冠军歌手均诞生于"Idol"，说明ldol 是美国一个著名的节目，即“美国偶像”
小题2:文章最后一段讲述的是第四季冠军得主Carie的情况，结合本段倒数第三行She toured to sold-out crowds again, hitting Gwinnett Arena earlier this month可以得知答案为A
小题3:根据文章第二段第一行Ten years and still relevant. Season one winner Kelly Clarkson.... 可以得知正确答案为B。
小题4:从第二段Ten years and still relevant. Season one winner Kelly Clarkson has survived a decade in the brutal music business 可知得知美国偶像第一次举行是在十年前，故选答案D。
小题5:singer art-topping songs music 各个赛季音乐冠军得主，与娱乐有关，故文章信息来自娱乐版块。
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试题【 Marry me! During the "Idol" finale, season 5 singer Ace Young proposed live to 】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Rickard said he was walking his blue dog, Rocky, on Sunday morning when they surprised a sleeping kangaroo in Arthur"s Creek northeast of Melbourne. The dog chased the animal into a pond, when the kangaroo turned and knocked the pet underwater.
When Rickard tried to pull his dog free, the kangaroo turned on him, attacking with its back legs and tearing a deep cut into his stomach and across his face.
"I thought I might take action to drag the dog out from under his grasp, but I didn"t expect him to actually attack me," Rickard, 49, told The Herald Sun newspaper. "It was a shock at the start because it was a kangaroo, about 5 feet high, they don"t go around killing people."
"I was stuck having to hold on to the dog with both hands because it was half drowned and I couldn"t really see anything because the kangaroo just attacked me.”
He added, "All I could do was just keep pushing for the bank and he was trying to push me under the water, so at that point I struck him in the throat and that made him back off a little bit.
"I don"t think I"ll ever be able to watch kangaroo programs quite the same as I used to — it might bring back a couple of bad memories.”
Kangaroos rarely attack people but will fight if they feel threatened.
Dogs often chase kangaroos, which have been known to lead the pets into water and defend themselves there.
Rickard said he ended the attack by hitting the kangaroo in the throat adding Rocky was "half-drowned" when he pulled him from the water.
小题1:Rickard and his pet dog were attacked when _________.
| A．he was teasing a kangaroo | B．he was walking his dog |
| C．swimming in the pond | D．dragging his dog out from water |
| A．are only seen in zoos |
| B．frequently attack people and pets |
| C．get along rather peacefully with people |
| D．can be found swimming in ponds |
| A．the man struck it in the throat | B．the dog chased it |
| C．the man wanted to drown it | D．it wanted to drown the dog |
| A．the dog was drowned dead |
| B．the kangaroo was killed |
| C．kangaroos should be under stricter protection |
| D．Rickard was left a deep impression |
past. Cheating appears to have gained acceptance among good and poor students alike.
Why is student cheating on the rise? No one really knows. Some blame the trend on a general loosening of moral values among today’s youth. Others have attributed(归因于) increased cheating to the fact that today’s youth are far more practical than their idealistic ancestors. Whereas in the late sixties and early seventies, students were filled with visions about changing the word, today’s students feel great pressure to survive and succeed. In interviews with students at high schools and colleges around the country, both young men and women said that cheating had become easy. Some suggested they did it out of hate for teachers they didn’t respect. Others looked at it as a game. Only if they were caught, some said, would they feel guilty. “People are competitive,” said a second-year college student named Anna, from Chicago. “There is an potential fear. If you don’t do well, your life is going to be ruined. The pressure is not only from parents and friends but from yourself. To achieve. To succeed. It’s almost as though we have to surpass people to achieve our own goals.
Edward Wynne, editor of a magazine blames the rise in academic dishonesty in the schools. He claims that administrators and teachers have been too hesitant to take action. Dwight Huber, chairman of the English Department at Amarillo sees the matter differently, blaming the rise in cheating on the way students evaluated. “I would cheat if I felt I was being cheated,” Mr. Huber said. He feels that as long as teachers give short-answer tests rather than essay questions and rate students by the number of facts they can memorize rather than by how well they can combine and process information, students will try to beat the system. “ The concept of cheating is based on the false belief that the system is legal and there is something wrong with the individual who’re doing it,” he said, “That’s too easy an answer. We’ve got to start looking at the system.”
小题1:Educators are finding that students who cheat________.
| A．have poor academic records |
| B．use the information in late years |
| C．can be academically weak or strong |
| D．are more likely to be punished than before |
| A．The pressure students faced with is partly the reason causing the student cheating. |
| B．Only the educational system and administrators are to blame for the rise in the cheating. |
| C．The 1960s vision of changing the world helped students never make mistakes. |
| D．Punishment for cheaters has always been severe in this country. |
| A．students who practice cheating |
| B．parents who put pressure on their children. |
| C．school administrators who approve of short-answer tests. |
| D．teachers who are too hesitant to take actions against cheating. |
| A．students who cheat should be driven out of school |
| B．parents alone must take responsibility for the rise in student cheating |
| C．the educational system is sound, and students must follow every rule |
| D．the educational system in this country would benefit from a thorough evaluation |
Researchers found that at least one in four women exaggerated or twisted what they are doing on social media once a month. The survey of 2000 women found they mostly pretended to be out on the town, when in fact they are home alone, and beautify about an exotic holiday or their job.
The most common reasons for women to write " fibs" included worrying their lives would seem “ boring", jealousy at seeing other people"s more exciting posts and wanting to impress their friends and acquaintances.
Psychologists suggested that as people attempt to stay connected on social media, they can in fact be left more isolated. They also said that the more we try to make our lives seem perfect, the less perfect we feel. According to the OnePoll survey, one third of women surveyed admitted to dishonesty on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter at some stage. Almost one in four admitted to lying or exaggerating about key aspects of their life online between one and three times a month while almost one in 10 said they lied more than once a week. Nearly 30 percent of women lied about "doing something when I am home alone", almost a quarter overstated their alcohol consumption while one in five were not truthful about their holiday activities or their jobs. Almost one in five women even lied about their "relationship status".
"We work very hard presenting ourselves to the world online, pretending and attempting to be happy all the time which is exhausting and ultimately unfulfilling," said Dr Michael Sinclair, a leading British consultant psychologist. "Leaving out the less desirable imperfections of our lives from the conversations with our "friends online leads to less opportunity to feel empathized(有同感的)with, resulting in a greater sense of disconnection from others. "
小题1:According to the passage, women tend to lie on social networking sites because .
| A．they have little fun in their daily lives |
| B．they are not satisfied with their present life |
| C．they want to entertain their friends and acquaintances |
| D．they don"t want to go out and communicate with others |
| A．lies. | B．posts. | C．diaries. | D．impressions. |
eventually .
| A．feel better about their life | B．become a regular liar in the future |
| C．get more isolated in life | D．drink more alcohol in their daily life |
| A．we don"t have to feel empathized with our "friends" online |
| B．we cannot get satisfaction by lying on social networking sites |
| C．it is worthwhile to work hard presenting ourselves to the world online |
| D．the imperfections of our lives result in a sense of disconnection from others |
In an event comparable to that of Winston Churchill"s funeral in 1965, Thatcher"s coffin will be carried on a horse-drawn gun carriage through streets lined with admirers from parliament to the city"s most famous cathedral.
The bells of London"s symbolic Big Ben clock tower will fall silent for the first time since Churchill"s funeral and more than 700 men and women from Britain"s armed forces will honor a woman who led them to victory in the 1982 Falklands War as foreign politicians from around 170 nations look on.
Surveys have shown that many are unhappy that the estimated l0-million($15 million)pound bill for the funeral is being picked up by the taxpayer, while some left-wing lawmakers say the luxurious funeral is too expensive.
But her admirers, of whom there are many in her party and in southern England, argue that her historical profile deserves such a funeral. She was the country"s first and only woman premier, was Britain"s longest-serving prime minister of the 20th century, and won three general elections.
More than 2,300 mourners will attend including 11 serving prime ministers from around the world, the British government"s entire cabinet, two heads of state and 17 foreign ministers.
But there will be notable absences. Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is too ill to attend and Nancy Reagan, the widow of Thatcher"s great U·S. ally Ronald Reagan, is also unable to come.
Thatcher struck up a close relationship with Reagan during the Cold War, backed the first President George Bush during the 1991 Gulf War, and was among the first to discover that Gorbachev was a man she could "do business with. ”
Covered in the red, white and blue British flag, Thatcher"s coffin lay overnight in a 13th-century church in Britain"s parliament, a forum she dominated for years.
小题1:From the passage we know that Big Ben clock tower will fall silent to .
| A．get repaired for the first time |
| B．honour the passing away of the great woman |
| C．tell the specific time to the public |
| D．welcome the officials from all over the world |
| A．Mikhail Gorbachev and Nancy Reagan. |
| B．Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan. |
| C．Nancy Reagan and Ronald Reagan. |
| D．George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev. |
| A．strong and smart | B．weak and disappointing |
| C．aggressive and warlike | D．stubborn and luxurious |
| A．The legend of Thatcher, the “Iron Lady". |
| B．Why Big Ben falls silent for the first time? |
| C．Who will pay for such a luxurious funeral? |
| D．London will witness its biggest political funeral. |
ANCHORAGE, Alaska--The 2004 winner of Alaska’s famous 1,000-mile sled-dog race, the Iditarod, won again at age 53 to become the oldest champion in 2013, a year after his son became the youngest winner.
Mitch Seavey got his dogs to the finishing line first in 9 days, 7 hours, 39 minutes and 56 seconds. His son, Dallas Seavey, now 26, ended up ranking fourth, behind the older competitor, 43-year-old Aliy Zirkle, who followed four-time champion Jeff King, now 57.
Mitch Seavey, who lives in Seward, Alaska, operates a seasonal sled-dog touring business. The race was Mitch Seavey’s 20th Iditarod.
This year’s contest was marked by unusual conditions and unseasonable rain in the northern part of the trail, and conditions that Seavey said helped his team. “It seems like the tougher it is, the better we can do.”
He also thought highly of Zirkle, a New England immigrant（移民）who now lives in Two Rivers, Alaska. “She’s a great musher（赶狗拉雪橇的人）, and she’s going to win the Iditarod sometime, and probably more than once. We just had a little more energy, I think.” Zirkle, one of the most popular mushers, was greeted by shouts of “Aliy, Ally” from the fans as she drove her dog team approaching the finishing line on Nome’s Front Street. “I am pretty happy to be here,” she said. “I was going for it.”
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is one of the few major U. S. sports events in which men and women compete on an equal footing. The name “Iditarod” dates from a local Athabascan term meaning “a far, distant place”. Youthful mushers in the race may have some physical advantages--they can do some things more easily. But more importantly, winning the race needs the experience in dog race.
The year’s event started on Saturday, March 2 with a ceremonial nm in Anchorage. Of the 66 mushers who started the race, 10 had dropped out of competition as of Tuesday night. For his victory, Mitch Seavey will take home $50,400 and a new truck.
小题1:Which of the following is true according to the passage?
| A．Mitch Seavey is the oldest competitor in the sled-dog race in 2013. |
| B．Mitch Seavey, who operates a touring business, is a New England immigrant. |
| C．Mitch Seavey won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 2004 and 2013. |
| D．Mitch Seavey managed to help his son become the youngest winner in 2012. |
| A．On Saturday, March 2. | B．On Monday, March 11. |
| C．On Saturday, March 9. | D．On Tuesday, March 13. |
| A．Aliy Zirkle. | B．Dallas Seavey. |
| C．Mitch Seavey. | D．Jeff King. |
| A．the sled-dog race is the most important sports event in the US |
| B．experience also has a major influence on the result of the race besides age |
| C．men and women can’t compete in the sled-dog race together at the same time |
| D．all the athletes in the sled-dog race are limited by age to win the sled-dog race |
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