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Passage 1
Charlie
Chaplin
has
broken
all
records
in
making
people
laugh.
No
one
has
so
set
a
whole world
laughing as the little man with the walking stick
and the oversized shoes.
Much
has
been
written
about
Chaplin's
art
and
his
career,
and
opinions
have
ranged
widely. But perhaps
those who called him
to the truth.
Those who have called him a genius stress the
timeless and common qualities in
his
work. It is an art filled with sad elements and
deep human feeling, with which an audience
cannot help but become involved. It is
for these reasons, I believe, that the figure of
Charlie
has attracted generation after
generation.
All
the
writers
who
give
accounts
of
Chaplin's
life
agree
that
Charlie's
unhappy
early
years in the area in
London where houses were dirty and worn had a
great influence on his
development and
on the type of films he made. Chaplin himself
emphasizes it in his memoirs
(
回忆录
). The more
one reads about his earliest period, the more one
tends to agree. Indeed,
his suffering
youth had a lasting influence on him.
Chaplin was never afraid to deal with
subjects causing much disagreement in his films.
He
gave
a
humorous
performance
on
war
only
a
few
weeks
before
the
American
soldiers
came home from World War I in 1918.
This was regarded as madness, but the performance
was well received. So perfectly did it
hit the nail on the head that even the returning
soldiers
found it impossible to hate it
and deeply appreciated this short and humorous
performance on
what for them had been
an unpleasant reality. Chaplin gave numerous
performances attacking
capital
governments, satirizing (
讽刺
)
the cruelty of the machine age, and even making
fun of
Hitler.
Years
after
his
death,
the
funny
films
of
motion
picture
actor
and
director
Charlie
Chaplin continue to be well loved. He
is particularly well known for his success as a
creator
of humorous presentations that
make fun of people, the establishment, or
networks.
1.
All
of the following about Charlie Chaplin are true
except _______________.
A. he was born
in the USA
B. he was a
great film actor
C. he had
an unhappy early life
D. he
made fun of Hitler in one of his films
2.
According to the author,
Charlie Chaplin has been well loved by generation
after
generation because
______________.
A. he set the whole
world laughing
B. his
performances get people involved
C. his works appeal to people in
different periods
D. both B
and C
3.
According to the writers of Charlie
Chaplin's life history, ____________ had a strong
influence on the type of films he made.
A. the society in which he lived
B. the audience who praised
and admired him
C. his
unhappy early years in the poor area in London
D. those who called him a
genius
4.
According to the passage, which of the
following is true?
A. There are
timeless qualities in Chaplin's work because he
didn't involve himself in
political
affairs.
B. Chaplin became
well loved years after his death.
C. Chaplin's performance is funny
without any sad elements.
D. Chaplin's films are the combinations
of funny and sad elements.
5.
This passage was
____________.
A. written by Charlie
Chaplin
B. written about
Charlie Chaplin
C.
advertising one of Charlie Chaplin's films
D. written for students to
learn film-making
Passage 2
Although Beethoven could sit down and
compose easily, his really great compositions
did not come easily at all. They cost
him a great deal of hard work and he always found
it
hard to satisfy himself.
When he
was 28, he
began to notice a strange noise in his
ears. As it grew worse, he
went
to
see
doctors,
and
was
told
that
he
was
going
deaf.
This
was
too
much
for
any
composer
to
bear.
Beethoven
was
without
hope;
he
was
sure that
he
was
going
to
die.
He
went to
the countryside where he wrote a long good-bye
letter to his brothers, describing how
sad and lonely his deafness made him.
He longed to die, and said to death,
will; I shall meet you
bravely.
In fact, Beethoven
did something braver than dying. He gathered his
courage and went
on writing music,
though he could hear what he wrote more and more
faintly. He wrote the
music for which
we remember him best after he became deaf. This
music was very different
from
any
that
had
been
composed
before.
Instead
of
the
artistic
and
beautiful
music
that
earlier composers had written for their
rich listeners, Beethoven wrote stormy, exciting
music
which
reminds
us
of
his
troubled
and
courageous
(
勇敢的
)
life.
His
Heroic
(
英雄的
)
Symphony
(
交响乐
) and
Fifth
Symphony
both show his courage in
struggling with his fate.
In time he went completely deaf, but he
wrote more creatively than ever, for he could
wrote joyful music, such as
his last symphony, the Ninth. Because of his
courage and strong
will to triumph, his
music has given joy and encouragement to millions
of people.
1.
How did Beethoven's deafness affect
him?
A. It killed him.
B. It stopped his writing music.
C. It drove him mad.
D. It helped him create
great music.
2.
Which of the following music works
written by
Beethoven was
joyful?
A. No. 9 Symphony.
B. No. 7 Symphony.
C. No. 5 Symphony.
D. No. 3 Symphony.
3.
Beethoven longed to die
because _______________.
A. he had told
death he would meet it bravely
B. he felt his deafness was too much
for him to bear as a composer
C. he wouldn't be able to write music
for rich listeners after becoming deaf
D. he wouldn't be able to support his
family
4.
Which
of the following is the best title for this
passage?
A. Music and Symphony
B. Hard to Satisfy
C. The Music of Fate
D. Deafness in Music.
5.
According to
the passage, which of the following is true?
A. When he was partly deaf, Beethoven's
music became more and more gentle.
B. His music became more and more
artistic although he was deaf.
C. He wrote fainter and fainter music
after he went deaf.
D. He
composed exciting and encouraging music that
reflected his struggle with his fate.
Passage 3
English
food
is
thought
of
poorly
in
other
countries.
This
is
most
probably
because
foreigners
in
England
are
often
obliged
(
不得不
)
to
eat
in
the
more
fast-
food
type
of
restaurant. Here it is necessary to
prepare food rapidly in large amounts, and the
taste of the
food inevitably suffers,
though its quality, from the point of view of
nourishment (
营养
), is
quite satisfactory. Still, it is rather
dull and not always pleasantly presented.
Moreover, the
Englishman
eating
in
a
cheap
or
medium
price
restaurant
is
usually
in
a
hurry
(at
least
at
lunch),
and
a
meal
eaten
in
a
leisurely
way
in
pleasant
surroundings
is
always
far
more
enjoyable than a meal taken quickly in
a business-like environment. In general, it is
possible
to
get
a
good
meal
at
a
reasonable
price;
in
fact,
such
a
meal
may
be
less
expensive
than
similar
food
in
other
countries.
For
those
with
money
to
spare,
there
are
restaurants
that
compare favorably with the best in any
country.
In many countries
breakfast is a snack (
点心
)
rather than a meal, but the typical English
breakfast is a full meal. Some people
have a bowl of hot or cold
cereal(
谷物
) to begin with.
Then
comes
a
large
and
filling
course,
usually
cooked,
such
as
bacon
(
腊肉
)
and
eggs,
or
some
other
type
of
meat.
Yorkshire
ham
(
火腿
)
is
also
a
breakfast
many
people
enjoy.
Afterwards comes toast, with butter and
marmalade (
果子酱
), and perhaps
some fruit. Tea or
coffee is drunk with
the meal. Many English people now take such a full
breakfast only on
Sunday morning.
1.
Food in the
more fast-food type of restaurant in Britain is
always _____________.
A. served in
large amounts
B. very pleasant in
appearance
C. quite acceptable for
foreigners
D. not so
delicious
2.
According to the passage, English food
is _______________ in terms of nourishment.
A. actually quite satisfactory
B. not good at all
C. always
very simple
D. always taken in pleasant
surroundings despite its poor taste
3.
Foreigners in Britain
always choose to ____________________.
A. eat the most typical food
B. have a full breakfast every day
C. buy the least expensive food
D. have their meals in the
more fast-food type of restaurant
4.
Which of the following
statements is probably true?
A.
Englishmen always talk about time while eating.
B. The same meal would be
more enjoyable if eaten in better surroundings.
C. It's almost impossible
for any British restaurant to rank among the best
in the world.
D. People can
hardly get enough food at a reasonable price in
Britain.
5.
Which of the following statements is
probably NOT true?
A. Many Englishmen
have a full breakfast only once a week.
B. Typical breakfast in Britain is a
meal rather than a snack.
C. Englishmen are so stuck in their old
ways that they have a full breakfast every day.
D. English people always have tea or
coffee with a full breakfast instead of fruit
juice.
Passage 4
Television carries more national
advertising than any other medium in the United
States.
The same is true in some
smaller countries such as Spain and Portugal,
where it is the only
medium reaching a
general national audience. In many countries,
(Sweden and Denmark, for
example)
the
state-owned
television
accepts
no
advertising.
In
many
other
countries
the
amount
of
commercial
(
商业广告
) time
is
very
much
limited,
as in
France,
Germany,
and
Italy.
Russian
state-owned
television
began
accepting
a
limited
amount
of
advertising
in
1988.
The chief
reason that television is so well liked among
United States advertisers is that it
reaches a vast number of people at the
same time. While it can cost well over 100,000
dollars,
a
30-second
commercial
on
network
television
can
be
seen
and
heard
by
as
many
as
25
million
viewers.
For
companies
that
must
make
prospects
aware
of
their
products
and
convince
them
of
their
benefits
immediately,
there
is
nothing
as
efficient
as
television
advertising.
Because it employs motion
as well as words, pictures, sounds, and music,
television is a
valuable medium for
products that lend themselves to demonstration. No
other medium is as
effective
in
showing
how
quickly
an
automobile
can
move
or
how
well
a
certain
type
of
wristwatch will stand up under heavy
use and continue to run. In the same way, it is an
ideal
medium for showing how some
products can make a person feel better about him-
or herself,
such as long-distance
telephone calls.
1.
According to the passage,
which of the following statements is true?
A. There is less advertising on TV in
Spain than in Sweden.
B. One can never
see any commercial on TV in Denmark since it is
not accepted at all.
C. The
amount of commercial time is very much limited in
most European countries.
D.
French people don't have to worry about being
troubled by commercials.
2.
According to the passage, what is the
main reason United States advertisers like
television so much?
A. It
communicates information more quickly.
B. Every household has at least one TV
set.
C. It communicates information to
a vast number of people at the same time.
D. American people love watching TV
more than reading.
3.
The word
prospects
in the 2nd
paragraph means _____________.
A.
potential customers
B.
competitors
C. working staff at TV
stations
D. partners
4.
Which of the
following is employed in TV advertising?
A. Motion
B. Sounds and
music.
C.
Pictures
D. All of the
above.
5.
Which
of the following statements is true?
A.
Television is as efficient as newspaper in
demonstration benefits of a certain product
or service.
B.
Television
is
a
valuable
medium
in
demonstrating
benefits
of
a
certain
product
or
service.
C. TV commercials can
hardly help to communicate feelings.
D. People use advertising on TV
whenever necessary because of its effectiveness.
Passage 5
Coffee is one of
the most popular (
流行的
)
drinks throughout the world today. In fact,
according to some estimates, over 30%
of all adults in the world drink coffee at least
once a
day on the average.
Coffee
contains
a
kind
of
drug
called
caffeine
(
咖啡因
).
Caffeine
is
a
chemical
that
stimulates (
刺激
)
the
nerves
of the
body.
Drinking
coffee
tends to
make
people
a
little
bit
more
awake
—
at
least
for
a
short
time
―
because
of
this
stimulating
effect
on
the
nervous
system (
系统
). A
cup of coffee has, on the average, about 3%
caffeine in it.
One story
of the discovery of the coffee plant relates to
this effect of caffeine. According
to
the story, coffee was discovered in East Africa.
The story says that coffee was first found
by a goat farmer named Kaldi. This was
about the year 850.
Kaldi
was
leading
his
animals
through
the
mountains
and
the
goats
were
stopping
repeatedly to eat
the plants near the path. Suddenly, some of the
goats started jumping up and
down in a
very strange way.
Kaldi
figured
out
that
the
goats
were
acting
this
way
because
of
the
plants
they
were
eating.
Kaldi
himself
tried
eating
some
of
the
green
beans
(
豆荚
)
that
the
goats
had
been
eating.
He, too, felt the stimulating effect of the beans.
Kaldi
wanted
to
prove
what
had
happened,
so
he
picked
some
of
the
beans
and
took
them
back to his home village, where he told his story.
The green bean got the name
and later
Then for years, people used
to eat a few of the green Kaffa beans when they
were in the
mountains and needed extra
energy to do their work. It was later found that
the coffee beans
could be picked and
then dried until they turned brown, and then they
could be stored. If the
beans were
dried and stored, they could be used at any time.
1.
What is caffeine?
A. a kind
of seed
B. a kind of plant
C. a kind of drug
D. a kind
of nut
2.
What
is the purpose of drinking coffee?
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