Marie Claire Magazine is one of the top women’s health, beauty and fashion magazines in the world It has over 14 million readers all over the world.Maire Magazine is published in 32 countries including France, the Untied States ,Australia, China, the United Kingdom, Russia ,Spain Italy and many other nations.
Marie Claire Magazine has stood by its motto"More than a Pretty Face" since Jean Prouvost created it in France in1937. It was soon released every Wednesday and was an immediate success. Unfortunately, because of World War n, it stopped printing in 1940. But it b began in again in 1954 as a monthly publication(出版物)instead of a weekly one.
The magazine has provided women throughout the world with information on health ,struggles and life stories of women. The magazine also focuses on current affairs all women would be interested in .It also has a part that specifically answers readers' questions.
The magazine discusses all of the latest and hottest things in clothing and accessories(首飾).It also provides its readers with shopping information to help find the best deals for the latest fashions.
The cover of Marie Claire Magazine has been graced(使增光)by many famous faces ,Although it is aimed at women, it broke new ground in 2003. The US publication featured a man一Tom Cruise on its cover for the first time.Marie Claire Magazine has continued to be a pioneer in the magazine industry.
【小題1】When was Marie Claire Magazine created?
A. In 1937. | B. In 1940. | C. In 1954. | D. In 2003. |
A.①②③④⑤⑥ | B.②③④⑤⑥⑦ | C.②③⑤⑥⑦⑧ | D.①②④⑥⑦⑧ |
A.pays a lot of attention to readers's responses |
B.has been a monthly magazine since 1937 |
C.often has Tom Cruise on its cover |
D.changed its boss in 1954 |
A.It is a local European magazine. |
B. It never refers to hot social problems. |
C. It contains beautiful pictures and useful articles. |
D. It has more readers than any other magazine of the same kind |
【小題1】A
【小題2】D
【小題3】A
【小題4】C
解析試題分析:本文介紹了Marie Claire雜志的創(chuàng)始時間,所包含的內(nèi)容,以及它所取得的成就。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題,根據(jù)Marie Claire Magazine has stood by its motto"More than a Pretty Face" since Jean Prouvost created it in France in1937.可知 Marie Claire雜志始創(chuàng)于1937年,故選A。
【小題2】歸納題,根據(jù)文第三自然段和第四自然段可知,Marie Claire雜志包括健康、時尚、新聞、女性的生活故事以及讀者的問題,故選D。
【小題3】推理題。根據(jù)It also has a part that specifically answers readers' questions.可知Marie Claire雜志很注意讀者的答復(fù),故選A。
【小題4】概括題。通過全文內(nèi)容可知,Marie Claire雜志既包括美麗的圖片,也包括有用的文章。故選C。
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Here’s a movie—a sharp, sugar-rush of fun that’s guaranteed to entertain the entire family.
With some terrific computer-generated effects, a great cast and a fun-packed storyline, Robots is the best animated film (動畫片) since The Incredibles. Yep, it really is that good.
Set in a world populated by robots, Ewan McGregor plays Rodney Copperbottom, a young robot who leaves his small-town home to pursue his dream of becoming an inventor.
But after arriving in Robot City, his hopes of getting a job at Bigweld Industries are destroyed when he learns the firm has been taken over by the evil Ratchet (Greg Kinnear).
Egged on by his controlling mum, Madame Gasket (Jim Broadbent), Ratchet plans to reduce half of Robot City’s citizens to scrap metal by refusing to sell the spare parts they need to survive.
Instead, he wants to make a fortune selling expensive upgrades that few can afford. As he says, “Why be you when you can be new?”
Aided by a few misfit robots known as the Rustles—including Robin Williams as the cowardly' (膽小的)Fender (“I’m made of a metal called Afraidium”)—Rodney must track down the firm’s founder, Bigweld (Mel Brooks), and convince him to save the city from Ratchet’s plans.
The first thing that’ll strike you about the movie is the thought that's gone into creating Robot City. It’s a wondrous world full of mechanical marvels including wind-up cars and walking streetlamps.
Also terrific are the special effects. This might be an animated movie but at times you’ll catch yourself thinking it’s really a live-action film.
Of course, there have been plenty of animated movies that looked the part but were let down by a weak storyline (see Shark Tale, for example).
But Robots grips (扣人心弦) right from the start thanks to a heart-warming and thoroughly engaging plot that never bores.
My only complaints are with Williams who, as usual,has a one-in-10 success rate with his jokes. Also a letdown is a romantic subplot between Rodney and a shapely robot called Cappy (Halle Berry) that doesn’t go anywhere.
Complains aside, this is a mechanical marvel that’ll have you bolted firmly to your seat.
BEST QUOTE(引述): Fender: “Even though you had a discouraging day, just remember there’s another one coming tomorrow.”
BEST BIT: Check out those amazing images.
WORST BIT: Robin Williams, character does an unfunny Britney Spears dance routine.
IF YOU LIKED…Ice Age, The Incredibles, Toy Story... YOU’LL LIKE THIS.
【小題1】This piece of writing is a _______.
A.commercial advertisement | B.film review |
C.movie poster | D.literary essay |
A.Ewan McGregor | B.Robin Williams |
C.Britney Spears | D.Halle Berry |
A.A great cast. | B.A poor plot. |
C.Special effects. | D.Clumsy animation. |
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Spoken in Mexico for centuries, Ayapaneco is one of 68 surviving languages in the mainly Spanish-speaking nation. The two speakers are Manuel Segovia and Isidro Velazquez. Though they live only 500 meters from each other in the village, the two men seldom talk to each other. Daniel, an American expert, who is working to make a dictionary of Ayapaneco, says the two men “don’t have a lot in common,” and that Segovia can be “active” while Velasquez tends to mind his own business and stay at home.
While Segovia still speaks to his wife and son in Ayapaneco, neither of them can manage more than a few words. Velasquez hardly speaks his native tongue any more. Daniel is working to preserve the language in dictionary form before its last surviving speakers pass away. According to Daniel, Ayapaneco and the other languages began dying out with the introduction of public Spanish education in the mid-20th century. For decades, local children weren’t allowed to speak anything else. Many people to cities, starting in the 1970s, also helped the dying out of native languages.
Ayapaneco is the name given to the language; Segovia and Velazquez call it “Nuumte Oote”, which means “true voice”. Neither man, however, speaks the same language. The dictionary will contain two versions(版本) of the language when it comes out later this year. Those behind the dictionary aren’t the only ones trying to save Ayapaneco. The National Language Institute plans to hold classes so that Segovia and Velasquez can pass on what they know to children.
It is thought that there are about 6,000 languages spoken on earth and that about half will disappear over the next 100 years. Let’s hope the “true voice” isn’t one of them.
【小題1】Segovia and Velasquez seldom talk to each other in Ayapaneco because they___________________.
A.both dislike the language |
B.don’t get along well with each other |
C.a(chǎn)re too busy to talk to each other |
D.don’t share the same interests |
A.a(chǎn), b | B.a(chǎn), c | C.b, d | D.b, c |
A.Write a dictionary of Ayapaneco. |
B.Let Ayapaneco be taught at school. |
C.Introduce a public Ayapaneco education. |
D.Ask villagers to speak Ayapaneco. |
A.a(chǎn)grees that it is natural that Ayapaneco should die out |
B.thinks Daniel’s effort to preserve Ayapaneco won’t work |
C.thinks highly of Ayapaneco and wants people to learn it |
D.hopes that Ayapaneco will not die out in the future |
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That no longer happens. But we still get in “hot water”. When we are in “hot water”, we are in trouble. It can be any kind of trouble---serious or not so serious. A person who breaks a law can be in hot water with the police. A young boy can be in hot water with his mother if he walks in the house with dirty shoes.
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“Throwing cold water” also is an expression that deals with ideas or proposals. It means that one doesn’t like an idea. For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems. But your wife throws cold water on the idea because she says a new car costs too much.
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【小題1】According to the passage, expressions about water __________.
A.a(chǎn)re very common | B.have unpleasant meanings |
C.a(chǎn)re very interesting | D.a(chǎn)re easy to understand |
A.is not used nowadays | B.has a long history |
C.means arguing with others | D.only means serious trouble |
A.“Throwing cold water” and “deep water” |
B.“Hot water” and “water over the dam” |
C.“Deep water” and “water over the dam” |
D.“Hot water” and “deep water” |
A.You should keep your head above water |
B.You can’t throw cold water |
C.It is water over the dam |
D.Don’t be in deep water |
A.Water | B.Expressions about water |
C.Several common expressions | D.Water and everyday English |
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Landscape design makes visitors to the Denver Zoo’s Predator Ridge exhibit feel like they’re really in Africa.
Animals in Predator Ridge can’t actually be mixed with one another, for safety reasons. But hidden deep channels and other smart features allow visitors to see all the animals at once. Different species can see each other too.
【小題1】What is the passage mainly about?
A.Protection of zoo animals. |
B.Changes of zoos over the time. |
C.The safety problem of zoos. |
D.The living habits of zoo animals. |
A.protect the safety of visitors |
B.separate lions from other animals |
C.create a natural environment for lions |
D.offer visitors a better view of lions |
A.Africa | B.the Predator Ridge exhibit |
C.the Denver Zoo | D.the ten-foot-tall mounds |
A.the earliest zoos were probably rich people’s gardens |
B.the Philadelphia Zoo is the first zoo in the world |
C.the new Predator Ridge exhibit is held in Africa |
D.more animals will be kept in zoos in the future |
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Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.
What to Expect
The host will provide accommodation(住宿) and meals. Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week. You will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health.
Accommodation Zones
Homestays are located in London mainly in Zones2,3 and 4 of the transport system. Most hosts do not live in the town centre as much of central London is commercial and not residential(居住的). Zones 3 and 4 often offer larger accommodation in a less crowed area. It is very convenient to travel in London by Underground.
Meal Plans Available
? Continental Breakfast ? Breakfast and Dinner ? Breakfast, Packed Lunch and Dinner
It’s important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast. Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal(谷物類食品),bread and tea or coffee. Cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Continental Breakfast in England. Dinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by dessert, fruit and coffee.
Friends
If you wish to invite a friend over to visit. you must first ask your host’s permission. You have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacy.
Self-Catering Accommodation in Private Homes
Accommodation on a room-only basis includes shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living room. This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long-stay student. However, it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit those who need to practise English at home quite as much.
【小題1】Which of the following will the host provide?
A.Room cleaning. | B.Medical care. | C.Free transport. | D.Physical training. |
A.hosts willing to receive foreign students |
B.foreigners hoping to build British culture |
C.English learners applying to live in English homes |
D.travellers planning to visit families in London |
A.Dessert and coffee. | B.Fruit and vegetables. |
C.Bread and fruit juice. | D.Cereal and cold meat. |
A.Zone 4 is more crowded than Zone 2. |
B.The business centre of London is in Zone 1. |
C.Hosts dislike travelling to the city centre. |
D.Accommodation in the city centre is not provided. |
A.To experience a warmer family atmosphere. |
B.To enrich their knowledge of English. |
C.To entertain friends as they like. |
D.To enjoy much more freedom. |
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I was brought up in the British, stiff upper lip style. Strong feelings aren’t something you display in public. So, you can imagine that I was unprepared for the outpouring of public grief(悲傷) at a Chinese funeral.
My editorial team leader died recently after a short illness. He was 31. The news was so unexpected that it left us all shocked and upset. A female colleague burst into tears and cried piteously at her desk. Somehow we got through the day's work. The next day was the funeral.
Our big boss stepped forward to deliver a eulogy(悼詞) and was soon in tears. She carried on, in Chinese of course, but at the end said in English: "There will be no more deadlines for you in heaven." Next came a long-term colleague who also dissolved in tears but carried on with her speech despite being almost overcome by emotion. Then a close friend of the dead man paid tribute(哀悼), weeping openly as he spoke. Sorrow is spreading. Me and women were now sobbing uncontrollably. Finally, the man's mother, supported between two women, addressed her son in his coffin. At one point, the mother almost collapsed and had to be held up. We were invited to step forward to each lay a white rose on the casket. Our dead colleague looked as if he was taking a nap. At the end of the service I walked away from the funeral parlor stunned at the outpouring of emotion.
In the UK, families grieve privately and then try to hold it together and not break down at a funeral. Here in China it would seem that grieving is a public affair. It strikes me that it is more cathartic to cry your eyes out than try to keep it bottled up for fear of embarrassment, which is what many of us do in the West.
Afterwards, a Chinese colleague told me that the lamenting at the funeral had been restrained(克制) by Chinese standards. In some rural areas, she said, people used to be paid to mourn noisily. This struck me like something out of novel by Charles Dickens. But we have all seen on TV scenes of grief-stricken people in Gaza and the West Bank, in Afghanistan, Iraq and the relatives of victims of terrorist bombings around the world. Chinese grief is no different. I realized that it's the reserved British way of mourning that is out of step with the rest of the world.
It was our newspaper's production day. We were bussed back to the office to resume work. No more deadlines for our former colleague, but we had to pull together to put the newspaper to print. The boss invited the team to go out for dinner after work. We relaxed, smiled, joked. There was no mention of the funeral or our poor colleague. Enough sorrow had been shed already. We needed a break.
【小題1】The underlined words “stiff upper lip style” in Paragraph 1 mean “________”.
A.cold-blooded | B.warm-hearted | C.light-hearted | D.self-controlled |
A.five individuals made speeches |
B.the boss’s speech was best thought of |
C.the writer was astonished by the scene |
D.everyone was crying out loudly |
A.a(chǎn)re not willing to be sad for the dead |
B.cry their eyes out at the public funeral |
C.prefer to control their sadness in public |
D.have better way to express sadness |
A.Chinese express their sadness quite unlike other peoples |
B.the English might cry noisily for the dead in Dickens’ time |
C.victims of terrorist bombings should be greatly honored |
D.English funeral culture is more civilized than the others |
A.a(chǎn)n editor’s death | B.bad funeral customs |
C.cultural differences | D.western ways of grief |
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"Indeed," George Washington wrote in his diary in 1785, "some kind of fly, or bug, had begun to eat the leaves before I left home." But the father of America was not the father of bug. When Washington wrote that, Englishmen hade been referring to insects as bugs for more than a century, and Americans had already created lightning-bug(螢火蟲). But the English were soon to stop using the bugs in their language, leaving it to the Americans to call a bug a bug in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The American bug could also be a person, referring to someone who was crazy about a particular activity. Although fan became the usual term, sports fans used to be called racing bugs, baseball bugs, and the like.
Or the bug could be a small machine or object, for example, a bug-shaped car. The bug could also be a burglar alarm, from which comes the expression to bug, that is, "to install (安裝) an alarm". Now it means a small piece of equipment that people use for listening secretly to others' conversation. Since the 1840s, to bug has long meant "to cheat", and since the 1940s it has been annoying.
We also know the bug as a flaw in a computer program or other design. That meaning dates back to the time of Thomas Edison. In 1878 he explained bugs as "little problems and difficulties" that required months of study and labor to overcome in developing a successful product. In 1889 it was recorded that Edison "had been up the two previous nights discovering 'a bug' in his invented record player."
【小題1】We learn from Paragraph 1 that __________________.
A.Americans had difficulty in learning to use the word bug |
B.George Washington was the first person to call an insect a bug |
C.the word bug was still popularly used in English in the nineteenth century |
D.both Englishman and Americans used the word bug in the eighteenth century |
A.Fault. | B.Finding. | C.Origin. | D.Explanation. |
A.the misunderstanding of the word bug |
B.the development of the word bug |
C.the public views of the word bug |
D.the special characteristics of the word bug |
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For eighty four days old Santiago had not caught a single fish. At first a young boy, Manolin, had shared his bad fortune, but after the fortieth luckless day the boy’s father told his son to go in another boat. From that time on, Santiago worked alone. The boy loved the old fisherman and always helped him with money and food. Usually, they would talk about the fish they had taken in luckier times or about American baseball after supper, while at night, alone in his cottage, Santiago dreamed of lions on the beaches of Africa, where he had gone years before. He no longer dreamed of his dead wife.
On the eighty-fifth day, Santiago set off to fish before dawn. Two of his baits(餌) were fresh tunas(金槍魚) the boy had given him, as well as sardines(沙丁魚) to cover his hooks. Then he set his lines which went straight down into deep dark water.
As the sun rose he saw other boats in toward shore. A bird showed him where dolphins were chasing some flying fish. This time Santiago saw tuna jumping in the sunlight. A small one took the hook on his line. Pulling the fish aboard, the old man thought it a good fortune.
Toward noon a marlin, a common fish in the sea, started eating the bait which was one hundred meters down. Gently the old man played the fish, a big one, as he knew from the weight on the line. At last he struck to settle the hook. The fish did not come out of the surface. Instead, it began to pull the boat to the northwest. The old man followed it. Although he was alone and no longer strong, he had his skill and knew many tricks. He waited patiently for the fish to be tired.
It was cold after the sunset. When something took one of his remaining baits, he cut the line with his knife. Once the marlin leaned suddenly, pulling Santiago forward on his face and cutting his cheek. By dawn his left hand was cramped(抽筋的). The fish had headed northward; there was no land in sight. Hungry, he cut pieces from the tuna and chewed them slowly.
That morning the fish jumped. Seeing it, Santiago knew he had hooked the biggest marlin he had ever seen. Then the fish went down and turned toward the east. Santiago drank a little water from the bottle during the hot afternoon.
Close to nightfall a dolphin took the small hook he had rebaited. He lifted it aboard, careful. After he had rested, he cut meat from the dolphin and kept also the two flying fish he found in its stomach. That night he slept. He awoke to feel the line running through his fingers as the fish jumped. Feeding line slowly, he tried to tire the marlin. After the fish slowed its run, he washed his cut hands in sea water and ate one of the flying fish. At sunrise the marlin began to circle. Faint, he worked to bring the big fish nearer with each turn. Almost exhausted, he finally drew his big fish alongside and drove in the harpoon(魚叉). The fish was two feet longer than the boat. No fish like it had ever been seen in Havana harbor.
An hour later, he sighted the first shark, a fierce Mako, and it came in fast to chase after the dead marlin. The old man struck the shark with his harpoon. The Mako rolled and sank, carrying the harpoon with it and leaving the marlin bloody. He knew the smell would spread. Watching, he saw two sharks closing in. He struck at one with his knife and watched it sliding down into deep water. The other he killed while it tore at the flesh of the marlin. When the third appeared, he thrust(刺) it with the knife. The other sharks came at sunset. At first he tried to beat them with the tiller(舵柄) from the boat, but his hands were bleeding and there were too many in the sea. In the darkness, as he steered toward the harbor of Havana, he heard them hitting the boat again and again. But the old man thought only of his steering and his great tiredness. He had gone out too far and the sharks had beaten him. He knew they would leave him nothing but the stripped skeleton of the big marlin.
All lights were out when he sailed into the little harbor and beached his boat. He could just make out the white backbone and the upstanding tail of the fish. Once he fell under their weight and lay patiently until he could gather his strength to go on. In his cottage he fell on his bed and went to sleep.
【小題1】The above story is adapted from __________.
A.Treasure Island | B.The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer |
C.The Old Man And The Sea | D.The Son Of The Sea |
A.Because a small tuna took the hook on his line. |
B.Because he dreamed about the American lions. |
C.Because he saw many flying fish were chased by the dolphins. |
D.Because a lot of sharks followed his boat. |
A.The boy had mercy on Santiago. |
B.The boy often shared his stories with Santiago. |
C.The boy showed his great concerns to Santiago. |
D.The boy was Santiago’s adopted son. |
A.He wanted to kill the marlin first before he pulled it up to the boat. |
B.He was too tired and hungry to pull the big fish up. |
C.His experience told him not to do so before the fish was tired out. |
D.He wanted to use the marlin as a bait to catch the sharks. |
A.“He no longer dreamed of his dead wife.”(Para 1) |
B.“Although he was alone and no longer strong, he had his skill and knew many tricks.”(Para4) |
C.“Almost exhausted, he finally drew his big fish alongside and drove in the harpoon.”(Para7) |
D.“Once he fell under their weight and lay patiently until he could gather his strength to go on .”(Para 9) |
A.the man’s action to realize his dream about the lions. |
B.people’s reflection when they saw the giant marlin outside. |
C.people’s discussion about how they ate the giant marlin. |
D.a(chǎn) funeral held by the boy and the local people after his death. |
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