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Look at a map of Britain, and the island on the left is Ireland. It’s a small but beautiful country with a long tradition of folk music. Up until 10 years ago just about the only thing that Ireland was famous for was its specialty black beer.
Now Ireland is famous around the world for its music with names like "Kenya","U2" ,"Van Morrison"and more recently "the Corers". "Boyzone",one of the world"s top boy bands ,is from Ireland too.What"s more,Boyzone member shane has twin sisters,Adele and Heavy,who are members of "B Witched"
The "Boyzone"story is interesting because they were created in 1993 by Dublin nightclub owner John Reynolds.They advertised in newspapers to find members for the group and 300wannabe pop stars applied!
Ronan,who was just 17 when he dropped out of school to make his bid for stardom,and shane,who had been working as trained mechanic in his father"s garage when he left to join Boyzone,were both lucky enough to be chosen. The other members are shoe-shop attendant stephen lately,former mechanic Mike Graham and one-time clothes store assistant Keith Dully.
Many people expect bands that have been created by the music industry to produce boring music which doesn"t become popular. Even the boys themselves knew they the would not easily achieve international pop music success.
Boyzone quickly proved that they were more than just pretty faces and have sold millions of records around the world.At the moment ,they are not big stars in America,but they say that will change,when they begin a tour of the United States.
Ronan will shortly also start recording as a solo artist. That does not mean the band will spilt yet,but we can expect Boyzone to split sometime in the next 18 months or so.Ronan has also recently become involved as one of the managers of new Irish boy band "West Life" whose song "Swear It Again"has recently been Number 1 in the British charts.
小题1:Ireland is famous for now.
A.its black beer | B.its long tradition |
C.popular music | D.its scenery |
A.the pops who want to join the band |
B.the persons who want to become pop stars |
C.the pop stars who want to become more popular |
D.the persons who want to be as famous as they are |
A.3 | B.4 | C.5 | D.6 |
A.Boy zone will split some day |
B.Boy zone was successful because it was created by music industry |
C.The boys in Boy zone were certain that they would be famous one day |
D.Boy zone are going to perform in the States for Americans love them very much |
答案
小题1:C
小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:A
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试题【The Luck of the Irish Look at a map of Britain, and the island on the left is Ir】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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“If we don’t impress the audience, who are without the painful experience of war, with the cruel injury to life and human nature war causes, how can we bring them a love of peace and objection to war?” asked the director with a glance in his eyes.
After Red River Valley and Lover’s Grief over the Yellow River, both of which star Chinese model and actress Ning Jing, Feng drew a satisfactory full stop to his war trilogy (三部曲) last month with Purple Sunset.
The film tells a story which took place in 1945, at the very moment when World War II was drawing to an end. A Chinese peasant and a Soviet woman soldier flee into a forest, where they seize a Japanese girl. They follow the girl in the hope that she will take them out of the forest, but instead they arrive in a Japanese base. Humanity (人道主义) prevents them from killing the young, innocent (无辜的) victim of Japanese militarism. This humanity, the longing for peace and eagerness to survive, make the three unite.
“If people are touched by justice, tolerance and unselfishness, I think I have achieved my goal,” Feng said. Feng admits that there are violent and bloody scenes in the film, such as tanks fighting and Japanese burning Chinese people alive, to show the cruelty of the war. But that’s never his personal preference, he says.
“Everyone who has watched my films can tell how much I hate war,” he said. “I wrote all the things for my war films by myself. Whenever I finished one, I felt as though I had suffered great pain.”
Feng regards every one of his productions as an opportunity to learn about human nature and humanity. In spite of violent scenes which frighten and sicken the audience, a balance is sought with beautiful scenery. Just like the snowy mountains in Red River Valley and the grand plateau (高原) in Lover’s Grief over the Yellow River, a beautiful vast grassland appears in this film. “I used to study art, and I appreciate beautiful things,” Feng said. “I believe that films should offer the audience a chance to enjoy beauty.”
小题1:Director Feng Xiaoning shot war film because _____.
A.he was deeply interested in such a topic |
B.he wanted to give the audience the painful experience of war |
C.he hoped to arouse people’s love of peace and objection to war |
D.he dreamed of becoming a world-famous director |
A.Red River Valley | B.Lover’s Grief over the Yellow River |
C.Purple Sunset | D.In the Mood for Love |
A.they could find the Japanese base easily |
B.she could take them out of the forest |
C.they could kill her for revenge |
D.it would cause the Japanese militarism to give in |
A.show that war is cruel |
B.attract people’s interest |
C.show Feng’s personal preference in dealing with details |
D.make the film moving and interesting |
But according to new research from Cornell University, tips no longer serve any useful function. The paper analyzes numbers they got from 2,547 groups dining at 20 different restaurants. The connection between larger tips and better service was very weak. Only a tiny part of the size of the tip had anything to do with the quality of service.
Tipping is better explained, by culture than by the money people spend. In America, the custom came into being a long time ago. It is regarded as part of the accepted cost of a service. In New York restaurants, failing to tip at least l5% could well mean dissatisfaction from the customers. Hairdressers can expect to get l5%-20%, and the man who delivers your fast food $2. In Europe, tipping is less common. In many restaurants the amount of tip is decided by a standard service charge. In many Asian countries, tipping has never really caught on at all. Only a few have really taken to tipping.
According to Michael Lynn,the Cornell papers’ author, countries in which people are more social or outgoing tend to tip more. Tipping may reduce anxiety about being served by strangers. And Mr. Lynn says, “In America, where people are expressive and eager to mix up with others, tipping is about social approval. If you tip badly, people think less of you. Tipping well is a chance to show off.”
小题1:This passage is mainly about________.
A.different kinds of tipping in different countries |
B.the relationship between tipping and custom |
C.the origin and present meaning of tipping |
D.most American people hate tipping |
A.Been hated. | B.Become popular. |
C.Been stopped. | D.Been permitted |
A.A Frenchman just quarreled with the barber who did his hair badly in New York. |
B.A Chinese student enjoyed his meal in a famous fast food restaurant in New York. |
C.A Japanese businessman asked for a pizza delivery from a Pizza Hut in New York. |
D.An American just had a wonderful dinner in a well known restaurant in New York. |
A.tipping is no longer a good way to satisfy some customers themselves |
B.tipping has something to do with people’s character |
C.tipping in America can make service better now |
D.tipping is especially popular in New York |
Making new money is a very unique job and no easy task.It has up to 65 steps When the money in circulation(流通) gets dirty and worn out, it is replaced with new money The old money is taken from banks and brought to places where it is destroyed Usually, the old money is burned.The burned money is replaced by new paper money
If old money is being replaced, then new money is printed in a place called a mint(造币厂).Large sheets 01 paper are printed with many pictures of some currency (流通货币).These large sheets are cut into individual bills.The individual bills are then put together in big stacks and then sent to banks.
Sometimes the mint will make a new bill with a new picture (portraits of statesman and places of interest are favoured) or a new colour. It is not easy for the government to make a new bill. It takes a long time, and there are many steps to go through before a new bill can be sent to banks, first, people m the government decide that a new kind of bill is needed Then, they ask and artist to design the new bill.A different artist cuts the new picture into a soft piece of metal called a die.The dies are made and put onto large printing machines.Then, very special paper is used, which no one but the mint can have.Along with this special paper, the mint also prints currency using special colours.After the dies print the new currency onto the paper, the bills are cut, stacked, and sent off to the banks.
小题1:From the passage we know that
A.banks make new money |
B.it takes 65 procedures to make new money |
C.mints decide what kind of bill is needed |
D.old money that is not used is forever stored in a special place |
A.something for dead people |
B.a special machine that prints the money |
C.a special piece of paper that the money is made from |
D.a piece of metal that puts the picture on the money |
①New money is printed in a mint.
②Bills are cut from large sheets of special paper.
③New money is sent in large amounts to banks.
④The government decides to make new money.
A.①②③④ | B.④③②① | C.④①③② | D.④①②③ |
A.The reason for making new money. |
B.The processes of making a new bill. |
C.The amount of new money needed. |
D.Things used.to make new money or a new bill. |
This same sort of simple informational advertising is still used.Examples are the roadside signs that tell travelers that they can buy fresh corn just down the road or that there is a restaurant in the next town.
The Industrial Revolution,in the 18th and 19th centuries,brought a new kind of advertising.Large factories took the place of small workshops and goods were produced in large quantities.
Manufacturers used the newly built railroads to distribute(递送)their products over wide areas.They had to find many thousands of customers in order to stay in business.They couldn’t simply tell people where shoes or cloth or tea could be bought---they had to learn how to make people want to buy a specific product. Thus modern advertising was born.
Advertising created new markets and helped to raise standards of living as people came to feel that they had a right to new and better products.
小题1:The passage mainly talks about .
A.the development of advertisement |
B.the first advertisement in the world |
C.the difficulty in advertising |
D.the advantages of advertisements |
A.Because it can help to prevent forest fires. |
B.Because it cand make people want to buy a certain product or service. |
C.Because it can bring information to great numbers of people. |
D.Because it can help people live longer. |
A.the Industrial Revolution |
B.the newly built railroads |
C.the appearance of the first printer advertisement |
D.people’s need |
A.red-striped shield is the best thing to use in advertising |
B.main streets and television are used in advertising |
C.person-to-person selling is the best way in advertising |
D.people show little interest in advertisement |
Away We Go With a baby on his way, a young couple, Burt and Verona, look at their lives and are puzzled about what they really want. So they hit the road and seek a place to call home. On their journey, they visit a handful of characters and learned a lot. It’s about taking the scenic route in life, preparing for the hope and excitement and fear of new beginnings, while never forgetting to look out of the window. | Orphan Easther, a bright and well-behaved child, however, is not as innocent as she appears. Soon after being taken home, the peace of her adoptive family is completely changed… You want a good horror film about a child from hell? Then you got one! Do not, in any cases, take children to see it. |
500 Days of Summer Tom is in love with Summer from the moment he sees her. Can he accept that she simply likes him for now, not for forever? The movie is about Tom wrestling with that reality. Tom remembers his love, Summer, as a series of joys and bafflements(阻碍,迷惑). But Summer is just herself and he cannot have her. Here is a rare movie that begins by telling us how it will end and is about how the hero has no idea why. | 2012 The director Roland Emmerich successfully dresses a corny story with an old Mayan prediction, which is believed by many to happen in the coming 2012 and as a result, attracts millions of people into the cinema. It’s just an entertaining Hollywood blockbuster(大片) with plenty of jokes, instead of a description of what the end of the world is really like. Don’t take it too seriously! |
A.make comments on films for a cinema | B.introduce films for a film corporation |
C.recommend several films for fun | D.advertise several films for a website |
A.Away We Go. | B.Orphan. | C.2012. | D.500 Days of Summer. |
A.Roland Emmerich. | B.Tom and Summer. | C.Burt and Verona. | D.Esther. |
A.Orphan is a comedy about Esther adopted by a kind family. |
B.500 Days of Summer is a romance with a happy ending. |
C.Away We Go shows beautiful scenery on the young couple’s journey. |
D.The ancient Mayan prediction is going to happen in 2012. |
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