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A royal wedding is a rare and unique event in Britain so for many it’s something worth celebrating, particularly if you are in the business of making memorabilia (收藏品).
Producers of these souvenirs are wasting no time in manufacturing key rings, mugs, teapots and tea towels, mostly with the faces of the happy couple emblazoned on the front. These are the must buy items that royal followers want to get their hands on.
Some people may argue the royal wedding is a huge public cost but production and sale of memorabilia is good for business. Former politician, Lord Archer, has commented that, “In this age when we are trying to balance the books, the royal family are a great benefit to Great Britain Limited.”
A porcelain-making company, called Royal Crown Derby, is already manufacturing souvenir pottery. Louise Adams from the company says “we started designing, truly, about two years ago.” It is big business for China too, where much of the merchandise that marks the big event is made.
But why are people so keen to get their hands on a commemorative mug, so much so that one British supermarket has already seen them flying off the shelves?
Obviously, we like to remember an event like this and maybe it makes us feel as though we are part of the occasion. However their monetary value is likely to be low. Eric Knowles from the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow claims, “The vast majority of it will be worthless.”
Modern day souvenirs tend to be mass-produced making them cheap and easy to find. However limited edition or high-end items tend to keep their value and could be a better investment for the future.
But there is one thing we can guarantee that won’t be mass-produced and cheap. That’s the wedding dress for Princess Catherine, as Catherine Middleton will be known.
( ) 小题1:. From the first three paragraphs we can learn that .
A.many fans of the British royal family will be invited to London on April 29th, 2011 |
B.Prince William and Catherine Middleton are getting married at Westminster Abbey on April 29th, 2011 |
C.many fans of the royal family will tie the knot on the same day in London |
D.fans of the royal family will join in making souvenirs |
A.they are all tiny and easy to carry |
B.some of them are linked with tea |
C.all of them are marked with dates and pictures |
D.most of them display the pictures of the couple |
A.the production of souvenirs has begun long before the big event |
B.the sale of souvenirs has not begun yet |
C.people buy souvenirs mainly for their monetary value |
D.production of souvenirs has little profit |
A.Souvenirs that fly off the shelves. | B.Best-selling souvenirs |
C.Mass-produced souvenirs. | D.Souvenirs released limitedly. |
A.Supportive. | B.Negative. | C.Uninterested. | D.Indifferent. |
答案
小题1:.B
小题1:.D
小题1:.A
小题1:.D
小题1:.A
解析
小题1:根据第一段making plans for April 29th, 2011. That’s the date that Prince William and Catherine Middleton are to tie the knot(结婚) 描述可知选B。
小题1:根据mostly with the faces of the happy couple emblazoned on the front. These are the must buy items that royal followers want to get their hands on.描述可知选D。
小题1:根据Louise Adams from the company says “we started designing, truly, about two years ago.”描述可知纪念品的生产早在这件事情发生之前就已经开始了。故选A。
小题1:根据However limited edition or high-end items tend to keep their value and could be a better investment for the future.及上文描述可知选D。
小题1:通过阅读短文我们可以知道作者对纪念品的销售持支持态度,故选A。
核心考点
试题【Fans of the British royal family around the world are making plans for April 29t】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Despite what he called the “grueling (折磨人的)” Antarctic swim, Pugh scheduled an even more fearsome test for himself at the North Pole. Stepping off the way of the Russian icebreaker that had crunched(咯吱作响的穿过) through floating sea ice for five days to take him to the North Pole, Pugh walked across the ice to a pool of open water over one mile long and two and a half miles deep. The sea temperature was 29 degrees, only a little above the freezing point of salt water.
Pugh quickly took off his padded clothes. In only his bathing suit and cap, his skin already pink, he walked to the water’s edge. “The only place I’m getting out is at the end,” he told himself. Then he removed his earphones and dived in.
The pain was immediate. His entire body felt on fire. The doctor kept pace with him in a boat. Through iced-up goggles(护目镜), Pugh could see the armed guards keeping watch for bears.
His friend Becker had broken down the huge task into manageable parts, each one marked by a flag planted in the ice that represented a friend, family member, or teammate. Fog started to roll in as Pugh headed for the final marker, the flag of Great Britain. He imagined his late father standing beside it--- the man who had done so much to give him an interest in adventure. Then Pugh drove himself to the finish. After 18 minutes 50 seconds in the water, his body was not even hypothermic(体温过低的).
小题1:.
Why did Lewis Gordon Pugh swim in Antarctica in December 2005?
A.To train his determination. |
B.To end a disaster. |
C.To test his cold-water skills. |
D.To check the temperature in Antarctica. |
. It can be inferred that in the pool at the North Pole Lewis Gordon Pugh __________.
A.had to suffer from the cold water with his goal to achieve |
B.dived to the depth of two and a half miles |
C.broke the records that the Russian kept |
D.spent nearly 19 minutes walking over one mile |
. To make sure of the successful test in the pool at the North Pole, __________.
A.Lewis Gordon Pugh had to carry flags |
B.Lewis Gordon Pugh was accompanied by his father |
C.Pugh took measures to keep his body temperature |
D.Pugh’s task was separated into several parts |
If he, the founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, were alive, Thomas Jaggar would be proud of the U.S. tsunami warning system after Friday’s devastating earthquake in Japan sent a surge (大浪,汹涌) of ocean water dashing toward the West Coast.
● WASHINGTON — So many people surged to the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center website that it slowed to a crawl early Friday, unable to provide critical information to the public about the coastal impact in the U.S. of a massive earthquake in Japan.
McClatchy Washington Bureau — Mar 11 06:09 p.m.
● CHICAGO — A tsunami warning has been issued for the central and northern California coast and Oregon, the National Weather Service announced early Friday.
Chicago Tribune— Mar 11 06:07 a.m.
● HONOLULU — A tsunami warning was issued late on Thursday for Hawaii after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific near Japan, prompting state civil defense officials to order all coastal areas evacuated(把…撤出…)by 2 a.m. local time. Tsunami sirens (警报) began sounding at 9:59 p.m. on Thursday. They have sounded every hour since 11:15 p.m.
Alaska Tsunami Warning Center also issued a warning for much of the coasts of Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California.
Reuters via Yahoo! News — Mar 11 01:22 a.m.
● LOMPOC — Tsunami warning ‘a wake-up call’
A tsunami warning that led to evacuations for coastal
communities and campgrounds in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties Friday served as a successful trial for a more serious emergency, officials said after the danger passed.
The Lompoc Record — Mar 11 11:29 p.m.
● WELLINGTON — The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a warning after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific near Japan, and it said the sea level readings confirm that a tsunami has been generated and was in effect for some Pacific islands — Hawaii, China’s Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia etc.
New Straits Times — Mar 11 07:48 a.m.
— Reproduced by Yahoo Greenwich Meantime
小题1:.
. A tsunami warning was issued for all the following states in the U.S. except for _____.
A.Ohio | B.California | C.Oregon | D.Alaska |
The underlined word “prompting” (in the fourth paragraph) most probably means _____.
A.promoting | B.advocating | C.urging | D.appealing |
According to the passage, the Pacific Tsunami warning was first reported by _____.
A.New Straits Times | B.Reuters via Yahoo! News |
C.McClatchy Washington Bureau | D.Chicago Tribune |
In which city did the news agency issue a tsunami affecting for some other places apart from Japan and Hawaii?
A. LOMPOC. B. WASHINGTON. C. HONOLULU. D. WELLINGTON.
The Princess concluded with a simple message: “We must stop landmines”. And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.
But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as “very ill-informed” and a “loose cannon (乱放炮的人).”
The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms: “This is a distraction we do not need. All I’m trying to do is help.”
Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their support for the Princess. To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess’s trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government’s policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government.
To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkind, claimed that the Princess’s views on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was “working towards” a worldwide ban. The Defence Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the matter was “a misinterpretation or misunderstanding”.
For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the chance to get closer to people and their problems.
小题1: Princess Diana paid a visit to Angola in 1997______.
A.to voice her support for a total ban of landmines. |
B.to clarify the British government’s stand on landmines. |
C.to investigate the sufferings of landmine victims. |
D.to establish her image as a friend of landmine victims. |
me” (Para.1)?
A.She just couldn’t bear to meet the landmine victims face to face. |
B.The actual situation in Angola made her feel like going back home. |
C.Meeting the landmine victims in person made her believe the statistics. |
D.Seeing the pain of the victims made her realize the seriousness of the situation. |
A.she was ill-informed of the government’s policy. |
B.they believed that she had misinterpreted the situation in Angola. |
C.she had not consulted the government before the visit. |
D.they were actually opposed to banning landmines. |
A.She made more appearances on TV. |
B.She paid no attention to them. |
C.She met the 13-year-old girl as planned. |
D.She rose to argue with her opponents. |
A.It had caused embarrassment to the British government. |
B.It had brought her closer to the ordinary people. |
C.It had greatly promoted her popularity. |
D.It had affected her relations with the British government. |
Japan will hand out its first “Nobel Prize of Manga (国际漫画奖)” for artists in the comic book field abroad. This is another step in Japan’s efforts to show the power of pop culture diplomacy.
The International Manga Award, which was compared by manga lover Foreign Minister Taro Aso to a “Nobel Prize” when he first proposed it, will be given to an artist working abroad whose work best contributes to the spread of the manga form worldwide.
Manga, a name used for Japanese style comic books, often combines stories with drawing styles that differ from the overseas superhero comics and cartoon, particularly in their frequent emphasis on cuteness.
The winner will receive a certificate and a cup at an award ceremony, and will spend 10 days in Japan meeting with local comic book artists and publishers.
“Manga has been spreading overseas and are selling quite well,” Aso said when announcing the award to the public. “I want to further improve the communicative power of these so-called ‘pieces of pop culture’.”
Aso has argued that warm feelings for Japanese comics and cartoon can translate into warm feelings for Japanese foreign policy.
He has proposed sending cartoon artists overseas as cultural ambassadors and the government has named some officials to advise ways to promote Japanese cartoon and culture to foreign audiences.
The award committee, consisting of manga artists and publishers, is expected to make its selections quite soon.
According to a ministry official Nobuyuki Watanabe, the prize carries no money reward. The cup’s design has yet to be finished, but it will be something “appropriate”.
小题1: The International Manga Award will be presented to ____________.
A.a Japanese who has achieved a lot in creating new methods of drawing |
B.an artist who makes contributions to introducing manga to the other foreign countries |
C.the person who is expert at comics and cartoon |
D.a foreign artist who has contributed to the development of manga |
A.Manga is different from the overseas comic books. |
B.Manga is popular not only in Japan but also overseas. |
C.Manga refers to international comics and cartoon. |
D.There are stories and pictures in manga. |
A.To propose “Nobel Prize of Manga”. |
B.To name officials to advise ways of spreading manga overseas. |
C.To hand out its first “Nobel Prize of Manga”. |
D.To send cartoon artists overseas as cultural ambassadors. |
A.Nobel Prize of Manga | B.the characteristics of manga |
C.a brief introduction of manga | D.the development of manga |
“When I ran in the darkness, I was running for life,” Pena told a news conference in New York. “I was running to show that I wasn’t just waiting around. I also wanted God to see that I really wanted to live.” The miners were discovered alive on August 22---17 days after the mine collapsed, but it took many more days for rescuers to dig a hole big enough to bring them out.
The New York Road Runners, which organizes the marathon, had invited Edison Pena to the event after hearing his story. They thought he could ride in the lead vehicle or hold the finish line tape, but Pena said last week he did not want to watch, he wanted to run. “I was very eager to take on this big challenge,” he said. “I wanted to show the world I could run.” He hoped to run the 26.2-mile race in about six hours. “I have a knee injury, but I am eager to cross the finish line,” he said.
An Elvis Presley fan who asked rescuers to send the singer’s music down into the mine, Pena broke into song at the news conference with the Presley hit Return to Sender.
On the morning of November 7th, Pena, known as “the runner” by fellow miners trapped with him, set out to cover the course along with thousands of other runners and completed the race in five hours and 40 minutes.
小题1:When trapped underground, Pena ran a long way every day to _______.
A.find a way to get out | B.dig a lifeline to the ground |
C.keep himself from coldness | D.get rid of his uneasy feelings |
A.was not expected to run the marathon at first |
B.failed to achieve the goal he had set for the marathon |
C.wore sports shoes while working underground |
D.was asked to sing a Presley’s song at a news conference |
A.17 days | B.22 days | C.52 days | D.69 days |
A.smart-minded | B.strong-willed | C.hard-working | D.warm-hearted |
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