Sue and Jim were neighbours for five years but they were never interested in each other. Then one day, Sue saw Jim’s music collection. She noticed a rare punk rock CD that she also owned. At that moment, she realized that they both had the same interest in music and they started talking. Sue said, “I thought we had nothing in common until I saw his CD by the New York Dolls.” They are now married and living with each other.
Some psychologists (心理学家) think that your taste in music is related to (有联系的) your personality. As part of a test at the University of Texas, Austin, USA, volunteers created a CD of their favourite songs. The volunteers then listened to each other’s CDs and made guesses about the CD creator’s personality—outgoing, adventurous, happy, and so on. These strangers correctly guessed much more about each others’ personalities through their CDs than through their clothes or taste in films. For example, Sue and Jim love punk music, which means they have outgoing personalities.
The psychologists who did the test found Snoop Dogg (hip-hop) fans are likely to be energetic and talkative. People who like U2 (rock/pop music) are generally independent and adventurous.
The psychologists also found that Louis Armstrong(jazz) fans tend to(倾向于) be shy. The psychologists were surprised to find that heavy metal fans were also shier and quieter than many other music lovers.
| Title: Music and 1.. |
An opinion | Your 2. in music is related to your personality. |
Findings | One’s clothes or taste in films is3. important than his/her CDs in a test of guessing about one’s personality. It is 4.that hip-hop fans are energetic and talkative. People who5. rock or pop music are usually independent and adventurous. Jazz fans don’t like talk too6. . It’s 7. that rap and heavy metal fans are shier and quieter than many other music lovers. |
An 8. | 9.Sue and Jim were neighbours for five years, they were never interested in each other. After Sue noticed they both had rare punk rock CDs, she found they had 10. in common. They are now married and living with each other. |
As we know, museums are buildings with many precious and important objects(物品) from different places. They are kept so that people can go and see them. For example, art museums are places where people can learn about d1. cultures. More and more popular "design museums" are opening today, h2., play quite a different role. Unlike most art museums, the design museum shows objects that are e3. found in our daily life, such as fridges and washing machines. The a4. of design museums is that they are places where people feel familiar with the exhibits. Being different from the art museum visitors, design museum visitors s5. feel frightened or puzzled. This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-products(批量产品) work and look as they do, and how design has i6.our lives. People can see the better changes of the products. Art museum exhibits, on the o7. hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something they don't understand.
Several new design museums have opened their doors in recent years. Each of these museums has tried to satisfy the public's growing interest in the field with new i8.. London's Design Museum, for e9., shows a collection of mass-produced objects from electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins. The choices open to design museums seem far less s10.than those to art museum. Visitors may also sense the humorous part of our society while walking around such exhibits as interesting and unusually attractive toys collected from our everyday life.
1.The popular star is very pretty, her skin is as _____ (光滑的 ) as silk.
2.--- Dad, must we wait until the light becomes green?
--- Yes, I’m afraid we have to. That’s the _____(交通) rules.
3.We deeply_____ (遗憾) that this big fire took away the two young men’s lives.
4.The transport system is _____(特别地) designed to be comfortable.
5.President Xi is going to pay a _____(私人的)visit to Europe soon.
1.--- I’m sorry I _____ (complete )forgot that it was birthday yesterday.
--- Never mind.
2.The _____ (wash ) machine is broken, I’ll buy a new one.
3.My mother _____ (wake) me up, and then went out of the classroom.
4.--- Excuse me, where is the _____ ( lady) room?
--- It’s over there.
5.The room was _____(fill)with laughter, but the girl still felt very lonely.
Although people everywhere seem to enjoy drinking coffee，they don't all have the same coffee culture．In Europe for example，coffee shops are common places for people to meet friends and to talk while they drink coffee．On the other hand，places like this were not as common in North America in the past．Instead，people in North America liked to drink coffee in their homes with friends．The coffee culture in the USA changed when Starbucks（星巴克） coffee shops spread across the country．
The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971in downtown Seattle，Washington，in the USA．It was a small coffee shop that cooked its own coffee beans．The coffee shop's business did well，and by 1981there were three Starbucks stores in Seattle．
Things really began to change for the company in 1981．That year，Howard Schultz met the three men who ran Starbucks．Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment．He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers，which caused his great interest．Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did．In 1982，the original Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company's head of marketing（市场营销）．
In 1983，Schultz traveled to Italy．The special environment of the espresso （浓咖啡） bars there caught his eyes．Back in the USA，Schultz created an environment for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable and casual，and customers everywhere seemed to like it．Starbucks began opening more stores across the USA．Then the company opened coffee shops in other countries as well．Today，there are more than 16，000Starbucks coffee shops all over the world．
However，that does not mean Starbucks has not had problems．In fact，many Starbucks stores have closed over the past few years．On the hand，this is because there were too many coffee shops competing for business in one small area．On the other hand，stores in some countries closed because the coffee culture there did not match with the feel the same everywhere environment offered by Starbucks．
1.The underlined word ran in Paragraph 3probably means__
A. closed B. managed C. left D. sold
2.According to the passage，which is the right order for the following sentences？_
a．This man helped to make Starbucks a huge coffee company．
b．Starbucks began as a small coffee company in Seattle in the USA．
c．He went to Seattle to learn about the company and later worked for it．
b．Howard Schultz noticed Starbucks ordered lots of special coffee makers．
A. a﹣b﹣d﹣c B. c﹣a﹣b﹣d C. b﹣d﹣c﹣a D. d﹣c﹣a﹣b
3.Which of the following shows the right structure of the passage？（P=paragraph）_
4.What's the best title for the passage？_
A. The History of Starbucks B. The Culture of Starbucks
C. The Popularity of Starbucks D. The Environment of Starbucks．
Tom and his best friend Rob were out of school for the summer. They had been swimming, gone to the movies, played video games, and even built a castle out of some old cardboard boxes. But today they were so bored. “At least we would have something to do.” Tom thought for a while and suggested, “Let’s make some popcorn and lemonade and sell it outside.”
The boys went to the kitchen and asked Tom’s mom if she would help them make some lemonade while they popped the popcorn. Tom’s mom got the lemons from the refrigerator and also a small amount of sugar. She mixed up the lemonade while the boys started popping the popcorn.
Tom and Rob got a small table from the garage and set it up near the sidewalk. They made a red sign telling everyone that popcorn and lemonade was for sale. The boys sat for about ten minutes before they got their first sale. Mrs. Jenkins, one of their neighbors, was walking her dog. “It’s so hot today.” “I sure can use a drink,” she said. Soon the boys were busy handing out popcorn to Mr. Baker. He was walking down the street sending the mail. “I need a break,” he said. “Walking all over the neighborhood gave me an appetite.”
The boys had only three popcorn bags left and enough lemonade for three more cups. “Wow, I didn’t think the popcorn and lemonade would sell that fast. We made six dollars,” said Tom. “If we get bored again before school starts, we can try selling more lemonade with cookies(饼干) next time,” laughed Rob.
1.What did Tom suggest?
A. Swimming with their friends.
B. Buying some sugar and cookies.
C. Making some popcorn and lemonade.
D. Going to the movies and playing games.
2.Where did Tom and Rob set up the table?
A. Near the sidewalk. B. In the kitchen.
C. At the supermarket. D. Outside the school.
3.What did Tom and Rob learn from this experience?
A. People might prefer to buy things on sale.
B. They could do something new to have fun.
C. Mr. Baker liked sending mails very much.
D. Mrs. Jenkins needed help to walk the dog.
