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Many grandchildren form a close()to their grandparents.
A . controversy
B . resentment
C . submission
D . attachment
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How many times did Empson come to China?
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Many young people find it (difficult)_______ to appreciate classical music than pop music.
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Michael Jackson was an international superstar, and many in the black community regard him more than a singer for _ racial barriers in the music industry.
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_________ ,toge t her with Greek tragedy and comed y ,and t he Indian Sanskritare the three most ancient forms of drama in the world. Of these three, Chinese opera is the only remaining living form.
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Michael Jackson was an international superstar, and many in the black community regard him more than a singer for_racial barriers in the music industry.
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Many foreign carmakers want to ______________ in China, so they form joint ventures with Chinese carmakers.
A、 assemble vehicle
B、assemble vehicles
C、 assembly vehicle
D、 assembly vehicles
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How many note pads are in this form?
A.1
B.2
C.5
D.12
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When summer comes, many American______.
A.hope to meet new people
B.expect to find some close friends
C.want to begin lasting friendships with new people
D.Both A and B
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In some degree, the quality that many different jazz forms share is ______.
A.the liberation of the American slaves
B.the expression of freedom
C.respect for President Lincoln
D.the independence of the United States
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A social question, which comes in question form, asks for information( )
对
错
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Grasses and flowers in desert are able to survive because they stay in the form. of seeds to wait for the right amount of water to come.
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
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The 1960's saw a change in the form. and content of movies, treating subjects that for so many years were considered taboo.
A.unpleasant
B.prohibited
C.unethical
D.worthless
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I have borrowed many books from the school library, some of ___ are on music.
A.them
B.that
C.which
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The teahouse is very popular in China.It is a place for the Chinese people to have tea.There are many other names for it, such as Chalou and Chating.Although the names are different, they have similar forms and contents.
Small teahouses existed long before in China.During the Song Dynasty, Chasi and Chafang were places where tea was sold.During the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu people from high society often spent their time in teahouses.As a result, teahouses became important meeting places for people from all walks of life.
To the Chinese people, teahouses are similar to the cafés in western countries.They are social places.People gather and spread all kinds of social information; customers taste tea and talk about news and daily things there.In order to attract customers, some teahouses build stages for shows like Chinese drumming, Storytelling and Beijing Opera.
The rise of teahouses is closely related with Chinese tea culture.After several thousand years of development, the teahouse has become a part of life for the Chinese people.Now, those who come to Beijing will be attracted to the famous teahouses to experience Chinese tea culture.
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each statement based on Passage A.
21.The teahouse is a place for the Chinese people to ______ tea.
A.process
B.buy
C.sell
D.drink
22.______ was a place to sell tea.
A.Chalou
B.Chafang
C.Chating
D.Chatan
23.Finally, teahouses became important meeting places for ______.
A.all kinds of people
B.important people
C.upper class
D.the Manchu people
24.The word “similar to” means ______.
A.different from
B.the same as
C.close to
D.related to
25.People come to teahouses not to ________.
A.share social information
B.taste tea
C.eat
D.chat
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Millions of stars are traveling about in space. A few form. groups which journey together, but most of them travel alone. And they travel through a universe so large that one star seldom comes near to another.
We believe, however, that some two thousand million years ago, another star wandering through space, happened to come near our sun. Just as the sun and the moon raise tides on the earth, so this star must have raised tides on the surface of the sun. But they were very different from the small tides that are raised in our oceans; a large tidal wave' must have travelled over the surface of the sun, at last forming a mountain so high that we cannot imagine it. As the cause of the disturbance (动荡) came nearer, so the mountain rose higher and higher. And before the star began to move away again, its tidal pull had become so powerful that this mountain was torn to pieces and threw off small parts of itself into space. These small pieces have been going round the sun ever since. They are the planets (行星).
Millions of stars are______.
A.following a regular path in space
B.always travelling together
C.seldom wandering about in the universe
D.moving about without a fixed course
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Xiamen is well—known as“Hawaii in the East”with colorful view and rich folk culture.It has attracted many tourists from around the world.Since the l990s,tourism(旅游业)in Xiamen has gained an unexpected development,with a great number of visitors each year coming to enjoy the variety and beauty that this sea—side
resort(胜地)offer.
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Once the 12 Girls Band became popular, similar groups predictably starting popping up. Musicat and Beautiful Youth 18 were formed last year. Both feature now-familiar formulas of attractive young women playing different instruments in songs that combine modern music with classic Chinese tunes. Yet they add to the mix by throwing in song, dance and even acrobatics. In an interview, noted music critic Jin Zhaojun said the girl band phenomenon was not new to China, as similar acts appeared in the 1980s.
However, the undying role is that to be successful, bands have to have a novel look. "The 12 Girls Band was the first group to give big live shows and show creativity in how they present their performances. The Beijing Red Poppy Ladies Percussion group, formed in 1999, has made a name for itself because they are the only band that exclusively plays drums and percussion instruments. Bands that don't have ' a thing' are sure to die fast", Jin said.
How many members are involved in the band?
A.8.
B.10.
C.12.
D.14.
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Attention to details is something everyone can and should do--especially in a tight job market. Bob Cross Icy, a human-resources expert notices this in the job applications that come across his desk every day. "It's amazing how many candidates eliminate themselves," he says.
"Resumes arrive with stains. Some candidates don't bother to spell the company's name correctly. Once I see a mistake. I eliminate the candidates," Crossley concludes. "If they cannot take care of these details, why should we trust them with a job?"
Can we pay too much attention to details? Absolutely. Perfectionists struggle over little things at the cost of something larger they work toward. "To keep from losing the forest for the tree." Says Charles Garfield, an associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco, "we must constantly ask ourselves how the details we're working on fit into the larger picture. If they don't, we should drop them and move to something else."
Garfield compares this process to his work as a computer scientist at NASA. "The Apollo Il moon launch was lightly off-course 90 percent of the time," says Garfield. "But a successful landing was still likely because we knew the exact coordinates of our goal. This allowed us to make adjustments as necessary." Knowing where we want to go helps us judge the importance of every task we undertake.
Too often we believe what accounts for others' success is some special secret or a lucky break. But rarely is success so mysterious. Again and again, we see that by doing little things within our grasp well, large rewards follow.
According to the passage, some job applicants were rejected ______.
A.because they eliminated their names from the applicants' list themselves
B.because of their inadequate education as shown in their poor spelling in writing a resume
C.because they failed to give a detailed description of their background in their applications
D.because of their carelessness as shown in their failure to present a clean copy of a resume
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Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment, has been continuously practiced by humans for some 20,000 years. Together with other activities【C1】______ ritualistic in origin but have come to be designated as artistic (such as music or dance), painting was one of the earliest ways in which man【C2】______ to express his own personality and his【C3】______ understanding of an existence beyond the material world.【C4】______ music and dance, however, examples of early forms of painting have survived to the present day. The modern eye can derive aesthetic as well as antiquarian satisfaction【C5】______ the 15,000-year-old cave murals of Lascaux-some examples【C6】______ to the considerable powers of draftsmanship of these early artists. And painting, like other arts, exhibits universal qualities that【C7】______ for viewers of all nations and civilizations to understand and appreciate.
The major【C8】______ examples of early painting anywhere in the world are found in Western Europe and the Soviet Union. But some 5,000 years ago, the areas in which important paintings were executed 【C9】______ to the eastern Mediterranean Sea and neighboring regions.【C10】______ , Western shared a European cultural tradition--the Middle East and Mediterranean Basin and, later, the countries of the New World.
Western painting is in general distinguished by its concentration【C11】______ the representation of the human【C12】______ , whether in the heroic context of antiquity or the religious context of the early Christian and medieval world. The Renaissance【C13】______ this tradition through a【C14】______ examination of the natural world and an investigation of balance, harmony, and perspective in the visible world, linking painting【C15】______ the developing sciences of anatomy and optics. The first real【C16】______ from figurative painting came with the growth of landscape painting in the 17th and 18th centuries. The landscape and figurative traditions developed together in the 19th century in an atmosphere that was increasingly【C17】______ "painterly" qualities of the【C18】______ of light and color and the expressive qualities of paint handling. In the 20th century these interests【C19】______ to the development of a third major tradition in Western painting, abstract painting, which sought to【C20】______ and express the true nature of paint and painting through action and form.
【C1】
A.may have been
B.that may have
C.may have
D.that may have been
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Of the many problems in the world today, none is as widespread, or as old, as crime. Crime has many forms, including crimes against property, person, and government. Crime, in all its forms, penetrates every layer of society and touches every human being. You may never have been robbed, but you suffer the increased cost of store- bought items because of others’shoplifting.
Your house is not worth as much today as it was a few years ago because of the increased crime rate in your neighborhood. Perhaps your business is not doing as well as it used to because tourism is down due to increased terrorism in your part of the world.
Crime, especially violent crime, has risen to a point where many people are afraid to walk al one in their own neighborhoods, afraid to open their door after dark, afraid to speak out and voice their own opinions. Some citizens have reacted by arming themselves with various weapons, legal and illegal, to defend themselves. Citizen groups have taken the law into their own hands by forming their own vigilante groups to administer judgment when they feel that their criminal justice system has not performed its duty.
Experts argue whether the number of crimes committed is actually on the rise or whether there is simply a rise in the number of crimes reported. This issue is particularly true in cases of marriage violence, the abuse of spouse or children. Throughout much of history, cases of family violence and neglect often went unreported because of the attitude of society, which considered family matters to be private.
Other experts argue about who is really to blame for criminal behavior. the individual or society. Researchers in the United States and Canada have identified several factors in society that contribute to the crime rate: massive urbanization, unemployment and poverty, and a large immigrant population. Other countries are more affected by factors such as politics, government corruption, and religion.
(1)What does the passage mainly discuss?
A、Crime the widespread problem.
B、The results caused by increasing violent crime.
C、Factors contributing to the crime rate.
D、Citizen groups combating crimes.
(2)The word shoplifting in line 4 is closest in meaning to _____________.
A、the crime of lifting the ban
B、the crime of moving the shops away
C、the crime of robbing things from shops
D、the crime of stealing things from shops
(3)Why does the author in Paragraph 2 mention citizen groups forming their own vigilante groups?
A、To show the criminal justice system is not just
B、To show citizens are powerful in combating crimes
C、To show crime is a serious social problem
D、To show citizens have rights in combating crimes
(4)According to the passage, which of the following are the factors contributing to United States’criminal behavior?
A、Politics, unemployment, poverty and a large immigrant population.
B、Massive urbanization, unemployment and poverty, and a large immigrant population.
C、Politics, government corruption, poverty and religion.
D、Massive urbanization, unemployment and poverty, and government corruption.
(5)Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A、Since you have never been robbed, you are not a victim of crime.
B、Some people use illegal weapons to defend themselves.
C、Only the individual should be responsible for the criminal behavior.
D、Family violence and neglect are considered family matters, and therefore private, so they are not crimes.
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Country music is an American popular-music style.In its current form, country music is a combination of two separate musical traditions: the styles of the Southeastern states and the music of the Southwest, especially Texas.Both styles influenced and were influenced by the blues and by black rural dance music.
The first country artists to be widely known achieved popularity in the late 1920s.The music of these performers was heard throughout the south during the 1920s and ''30s on radio programs.
By the 1950s, country music had become a significant force in pop music.Regular appearances on the radio show made stars of many performers.The singer-songwriter Hank Williams wrote four million-seller songs in 1950, seven in 1951, and four more in1953.
By the 1970s, some country musicians began combining country music with electric instruments, creating a country rock sound.
(1).What does “Both styles” in Paragraph 1 refer to? ()
A.Country music style. and the musical style. of the Southeastern states.
B.The musical styles of the Southwestern states and the Southeastern states.
C.The Southwestern musical style. and Texas musical style.
D.The styles of blues and the black rural dance music
(2).Country music was not really an important pop music until ().
A.1920s
B.1930s
C.1940s
D.1950s
(3).Hank Williams () in 1951.
A.wrote seven million songs
B.sold seven million copies of his songs
C.wrote seven songs
D.sold seven million copies of his seven songs
(4).Electric instruments add to country music a style. of ().
A.rock music
B.blues
C.black music
D.Southern music
(5).What do you think can be a proper title of this passage? ()
A.Hank Williams, A Great Singer and Songwriter
B.The Influence of Blues and Black Music
C.A Brief Introduction to Country Music
D.Country Music Combined With Electric Instruments
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Of the many radio stations in the city, FM 109 is considered to play the__________.listening music.
A、Easy
B、easiest
C、more easily
D、most easily
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Country music is an American popular-music style.In its current form, country music is
Country music is an American popular-music style.In its current form, country music is a combination of two separate musical traditions: the styles of the Southeastern states and the music of the Southwest, especially Texas.Both styles influenced and were influenced by the blues and by black rural dance music.
The first country artists to be widely known achieved popularity in the late 1920s.The music of these performers was heard throughout the south during the 1920s and ''30s on radio programs.
By the 1950s, country music had become a significant force in pop music.Regular appearances on the radio show made stars of many performers.The singer-songwriter Hank Williams wrote four million-seller songs in 1950, seven in 1951, and four more in1953.
By the 1970s, some country musicians began combining country music with electric instruments, creating a country rock sound.
(1).What does “Both styles” in Paragraph 1 refer to? ()
A.Country music style. and the musical style. of the Southeastern states.
B.The musical styles of the Southwestern states and the Southeastern states.
C.The Southwestern musical style. and Texas musical style.
D.The styles of blues and the black rural dance music
(2).Country music was not really an important pop music until ().
A.1920s
B.1930s
C.1940s
D.1950s
(3).Hank Williams () in 1951.
A.wrote seven million songs
B.sold seven million copies of his songs
C.wrote seven songs
D.sold seven million copies of his seven songs
(4).Electric instruments add to country music a style. of ().
A.rock music
B.blues
C.black music
D.Southern music
(5).What do you think can be a proper title of this passage? ()
A.Hank Williams, A Great Singer and Songwriter
B.The Influence of Blues and Black Music
C.A Brief Introduction to Country Music
D.Country Music Combined With Electric Instruments