阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项.
There was a king who loved art very much. One day a(n) ______ came and said, "Please let me ______a picture on a wall." The king happened to have a big new hall ______ . So he ______ the artist to work on one of the walls.
At the same time, another artist came and asked to work on the ______ wall. He promised he would make the same picture as the first artist’s ______looking at the first artist’s work. The second artist asked to have a thick curtain ______ between the two walls ______ neither of them could see each other.
The following day they began to work. The first artist brought in ______ supply of paint, oil, water and so on. The second one came with a ______ and a bucket (桶).
A month later, the first artist’s work was completed, and the second artist said, "My wall is ______ too!"
The king went to ______ the first artist’s wall. He was pleased with it and gave the artist a large ______of money. He then asked people to open the curtain.
______! Each line was______ the same as that on the opposite wall. The king was quite satisfied and gave him double money. However, he ______ how the second man had made it. “ I just ______ the wall with the cloth," the man said ______ .The wall was made of white marble (大理石). He made it shine like a mirror. The reflection (倒影) of the first painting ______ up on it!
The ______ is a reflection（反映） of you too. If you are sad, the world will be sad. If you are happy, the world will be happy.
1.A．editor B．artist C．server D．actress
2.A．paint B．copy C．put D．get
3.A．created B．destroyed C．ruined D．built
4.A．persuaded B．realized C．allowed D．determined
5.A．opposite B．ordinary C．same D．similar
6.A．with B．without C．beneath D．under
7.A．put up B．put back C．put away D．put on
8.A．even if B．as if C．so that D．in case
9.A. little B. few C．enough D．useless
10.A．mirror B．cloth C．stick D．curtain
11.A．present B．free C．ready D．useful
12.A．see B．touch C．research D．cover
13.A．number B．series C．amount D．many
14.A．Exciting B．Amazing C．Frightening D．Interesting
15.A．probably B．exactly C．certainly D．hardly
16.A．knew B．warned C．noticed D．wondered
17.A．drew B．faced C．dug D．wiped
18.A．briefly B．naturally C．safely D．correctly
19.A．set B．added C．showed D．took
20.A．story B．king C．world D．painter
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处得最佳选项，选项中有两个选项为多余选项。
Easy Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp
Everyone is forgetful, but as we age, we start to feel like our brains are slowing down a bit — and that can be a very annoying thing. __1.__ Read on for some techniques worth trying.
1．__2._
People who regularly made plans and looked forward to upcoming events had a 50 percent reduced chance of Alzheimer's disease (早老性痴呆症), according to a recent study. _3.__ Something as simple as setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do. There's evidence that people who have a purpose in life or who are working on long or short term goals appear to do better. In other words, keep your brain looking forward.
2．Go for a walk.
Mildly raised glucose (葡萄糖) levels can harm the area of the brain that helps you form memories and physical activity can help get blood glucose down to normal levels. In fact, exercise produces chemicals that are good for your brain. __4.__
3．Learn something new.
Take a Spanish class online, join a drawing club, or learn to play cards. A study found that mental stimulation (刺激) limits the weakening effects of aging on memory and the mind. But the best thing for your brain is when you learn something new and are physically active at the same time. __5.__ Or go dancing with your friends.
A. Focus on the future.
B. This can be especially harmful to the aged.
C. It should be something like learning gardening.
D. So take a few minutes each day to do some reading.
E. But don't worry if your schedule isn't filled with life changing events.
F. Luckily, research shows there is a lot you can do to avoid those moments.
G. In other words, when you take care of your body, you take care of your brain.
When her five daughters were young, Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (团结). To show this, she pick up one chopstick, taking it as one person. Then she easily broke it into two pieces. Next, she tied several chopsticks together, taking them as a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.
Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California. However, when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vietnam in 1975, they didn't have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Danny's mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However, Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard.
Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elisabeth explains, "Our mother taught us that to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family, there is no business.”
With three generations of Ans working together, now the Ans' business makes more than $20 million each year. Although they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together. Now they are a big success.
1. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. How to Run a Corporation Well
B. Strength Comes from Peace
C. How to Achieve a Big Dream
D. Family Unity Builds Success
2.What can we infer about the An’s daughters?
A. They went out to work for themselves before graduation.
B. They all would not like to work in their family business.
C. They were deeply influenced by what Helene taught them.
D. There always were disagreements among family members
3. Helene once used chopsticks to show ______
A. the quality of the chopsticks
B. the difficulty of being united
C. the strength of family unity
D. how to be a strong person
4.We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the An’s family ______
A. began to run a restaurant in 1975
B. left Vietnam without much money
C. bought a restaurant in Los Angeles
D. opened a sandwich shop in San Francisco
Every people uses its own special word to show its ideas and feelings. Some of these expressions are commonly used for many years. Others are popular for just a short time. One such American expression is “Where’s the beef?” It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be. In the early 1980s “Where’s the beef?” was one of the most popular expressions in the United States. It seemed as if everyone using it at the time.
Beef, of course, is the meat from a cow, and food is more popular in America than a hamburger made from beef. In the 1960s a businessman named Ray began building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a low price. Ray called this “McDonald’s”. Ray became one of the richest businessmen at last in America.
Other business people watched his success. Some of them opened their own hamburger restaurants. One company called “Wendy’s” said its hamburgers were bigger than those sold by McDonald’s or anyone else. The Wendy’s Company began to use the expression “Where’s the beef?” to make people know that Wendy’s hamburgers were the biggest. The Wendy’s television advertisement showed three old women eating hamburgers. The bread that covered the meat was very big, but inside there was only a bit of meat. One of the women said she would not eat a hamburger with such a little piece of beef. “Where’s the beef?” she shouted in a funny way. The advertisement for Wendy’s hamburger restaurants was a success. As we said, it seemed everyone began using the expression “Where’s the beef?”
1._______ started McDonald’s restaurant.
A. McDonald B. Ray C. Wendy D. Three old women
2.Other people wanted to open hamburger restaurants because they thought _______.
A. they could sell hamburgers at a low price
B. beef was very popular in America
C. they could make a lot of money
D. hamburgers were easy to make
3.Wendy’s made the expression known to everybody _______.
A. by a television advertisement
B. with many old women eating hamburgers
C. while selling bread with a bit of meat in it
D. at the McDonald’s restaurant
4.We can learn from the passage that the expression “Where’s the beef?” means that _______.
A. the beef in hamburgers is not as much as it is said to be.
B. the hamburgers are not as good as they are said to be.
C. Wendy’s beef is the biggest one in American restaurant.
D. it is used when something is not as good as it is said to be.
People
People is America’s No.1 magazine about fascinating people. It’s a guide to who and what’s hot in the arts, science, business, politics, television, movies, books, music and sports. It is published weekly.
Publisher: The Time Inc. Magazine Company
Cover Price: $ 211.47
Our Price: $ 117.00
Lucky
Lucky is the shopping magazine with the best buys, and the fashion tips you’ll need before you hit the stores. What makes Lucky really special is that it gets you the information you need before anyone else has it.
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications Inc.
Cover Price: $ 35.40
Our Price: $ 15.00
Parents
This is the most trusted magazine for parents who want to raise smart, loving and self-confident children. Each issue has age-specific child-development guidance, advice on your child’s health and safety, and the best ways to encourage your child’s learning.
Publisher: Meredith Corporation
Cover Price: $42.00
Our Price: $ 9.97
Entertainment
This magazine covers movies, television, music, Broad-way stage productions, books, and popular culture. Unlike celebrity-focused magazines like People, its main concentration is on entertainment media and reviews. It’s popular with more common readers.
Cover Price: $ 199.50
Our Price: $ 38.95
1. People probably focus on_________.
A．political events
B．festivals and celebrations
C．hot events and famous stars
D．television programmes
2.According to the passage, what makes Lucky so special?
A．Its latest information related to shopping
B．Its pictures of fashion stores
C．The access it provides to bargains
D．Its competitive price
3.Which of the following are common readers fond of ?
A．lucky. B．Entertainment.
C．Parents. D．People.
4.You’re most likely to find the above information__________.
A．in an educational magazine
B．in a magazine sales report
C．on a magazine club website
D．in a cultural magazine
4-Day Classic Beijing Tour
The 4-day classic Beijing tour is designed for tourists who come to visit China for the first time. It covers the most popular and typical places in Beijing, fully displaying the scenery, culture, history, local lifestyles and features, food and drinks, business, etc. for you.
Day 1:Arrival in Beijing
Your guide meets you at Capital Airport, and helps you check in at your hotel.
Enjoy Beijing Duck as welcome dinner. Accommodation: Beijing downtown
Day 2:The Great Wall & the Summer Palace
Start your day at the most famous part of the Great Wall, the Badaling Great Wall. Leave the downtown for the Great Wall at 8 am. Since it is a long drive to the Great Wall (about 2 hours’ riding) have a break at the Jade Museum on the way. Lunch will be enjoyed in a local restaurant. In the early afternoon come back to the city and have a sightseeing tour of the Summer Palace.
Recommended Activity: Beijing Opera Show (Liyuan Theatre, 19:30-21: 10 every evening)
Accommodation: Beijing downtown
Day 3:Beijing city sightseeing & Local experience
Your guide meets you at the hotel at 8 am and set out for the day’s touring: Tian’anmen Square and the Forbidden City. After visiting the two sites, have a break and get ready for lunch.
Hutong visit: see some traditional arts of the old Beijing, such as paper cutting and kite making, and visit a local family. Accommodation: Beijing downtown
Day 4:Beijing Olympic sites
Visit the Olympic sites: Bird’s Nest, Water Cube and Olympic Park, witnessing the fast developing modern China. Enjoy some free time after visiting the sites.
After lunch, it is shopping time and then the tour is over.
1. This advertisement is aimed at ________.
A. experts who study history and cities
B. foreigners who are new to China
C. kids who were born in other cities
D. people who are interested in touring
2.If a tourist wants to enjoy Beijing Opera, he should ________.
A. go to Liyuan Theatre in the evening
B. visit the Summer Palace on the first day
C. go sightseeing in Beijing Hutong
D. live and eat downtown in Beijing
3.What does this tour company think can show Beijing is a fast developing modern city?
A. Beijing Capital Airport.
B. Tian’anmen Square and the Forbidden City.
C. Bird’s Nest, Water Cube and Olympic Park.
D. The Great Wall & the Summer Palace.
