Your mobile phone rings and instead of the usual electronic signals it’s playing your favourite music. A friend sends your favourite song to cheer you up. One day, a record company might forward new records and music videos to your phone.

       The mobile business is getting into the music business. For the moment, the interest is in pleasant ring tones, but some companies are hoping to take full advantage of the next generation of mobile phones—all purpose gadgets that blend phone, personal stereo, video player and Internet browser into one.

       Finally, record companies might send new records and videos to fans who register their cell phone numbers.

       The fans could pass music or songs along to friends—a kind of musical trading card. Unlike Internet tracks, mobile downloads would be easy for record companies to control, said former record industry official Ralph, Simon, who is now chairman of Yourmobile, based in Santa Monic, California.

       “If you pass a song along to other phones through a network, each phone can be charged,” said Simon. It's like going through toll gate （收费站）.There's more possibility for copyright control than there is on the Internet.

       Massachusetts-based Converse is offering service in Portugal and the Netherlands that lets people record tunes on their voice mail or send music as presents to friends. Finally, people might be able to sing karaoke and pass them along. The company is sure that people will want to use music to reach out and touch someone.

       “A mobile phone is not a listening machine, and you'll be disappointed if you think you can change it into a radio,” said Ouzel, a creative manager for Converse in Israel. “But if someone sends you a song while you're on vacation, you appreciate the feeling.”

1．The underlined word “blend” in the second paragraph most probably means _____.

       A．send                 B．come                C．mix                  D．compare

2．“Massachusetts-based Converse” in the sixth paragraph probably refers to ______.

       A．a person                                         B．a city in Israel 

       C．a state of the USA                             C．a company

3．Record companies ______ the idea of passing songs and music along mobile phones.

       A．are worried about                             B．are interested in

       C．try hard to stop                                D．take no notice of

4．According to Ralph Simon it would be easier to _______ through mobile phone network than through the Internet.

       A．protect copyright of music works         B．send personal messages

       C．pass along songs and music                 D．send voice mail

Your mobile phone rings and instead of the usual electronic signals it’s playing your favourite music．A friend sends your favourite song to cheer you up．One day，a record company might forward new records and music videos to your phone．
The mobile business is getting into the music business．For the moment，the interest is in pleasant ring tones，but some companies are hoping to take full advantage of the next generation of mobile phones—all purpose gadgets that blend phone，personal stereo，video player and Internet browser into one．
Finally，record companies might send new records and videos to fans who register their cell phone numbers．
The fans could pass music or songs along to friends—a kind of musical trading card．Unlike Internet tracks，mobile downloads would be easy for record companies to control，said former record industry official Ralph，Simon，who is now chairman of Yourmobile，based in Santa Monic，California．
“If you pass a song along to other phones through a network，each phone can be charged，” said Simon．“It’s like going through toll gate (收费站)．There’s more possibility for copyright control than there is on the Internet．”
Massachusetts-based Converse is offering service in Portugal and the Netherlands that lets people record tunes on their voice mail or send music as presents to friends．Finally，people might be able to sing karaoke and pass them along．The company is sure that people will want to use music to reach out and touch someone．
“A mobile phone is not a listening machine，and you’ll be disappointed if you think you can change it into a radio，” said Ouzel，a creative manager for Converse in Israel．“But if someone sends you a song while you’re on vacation，you appreciate the feeling．”
72．The underlined word “blend” in the second paragraph most probably means _____．
A．send                B．come               C．mix                 D．compare
73．“Massachusetts-based Converse”in the sixth paragraph probably refers to ______．
A．a person                                      B．a city in Israel        
C．a state of the USA                    D．a company
74．Record companies ______ the idea of passing songs and music along mobile phones．
A．are worried about                         B．are interested in
C．try hard to stop                             D．take no notice of
75．According to Ralph Simon it would be easier to _______ through mobile phone network than through the Internet．
A．protect copyright of music works   B．send personal messages
C．pass along songs and music            D．send voice mail

Your mobile phone rings and instead of the usual electronic signals it’s playing your favourite music．A friend sends your favourite song to cheer you up．One day，a record company might forward new records and music videos to your phone．

The mobile business is getting into the music business．For the moment，the interest is in pleasant ring tones，but some companies are hoping to take full advantage of the next generation of mobile phones—all purpose gadgets that blend phone，personal stereo，video player and Internet browser into one．

Finally，record companies might send new records and videos to fans who register their cell phone numbers．

The fans could pass music or songs along to friends—a kind of musical trading card．Unlike Internet tracks，mobile downloads would be easy for record companies to control，said former record industry official Ralph，Simon，who is now chairman of Yourmobile，based in Santa Monic，California．

“If you pass a song along to other phones through a network，each phone can be charged，” said Simon．“It’s like going through toll gate (收费站)．There’s more possibility for copyright control than there is on the Internet．”

Massachusetts-based Converse is offering service in Portugal and the Netherlands that lets people record tunes on their voice mail or send music as presents to friends．Finally，people might be able to sing karaoke and pass them along．The company is sure that people will want to use music to reach out and touch someone．

“A mobile phone is not a listening machine，and you’ll be disappointed if you think you can change it into a radio，” said Ouzel，a creative manager for Converse in Israel．“But if someone sends you a song while you’re on vacation，you appreciate the feeling．”

72．The underlined word “blend” in the second paragraph most probably means _____．

A．send                B．come               C．mix                 D．compare

73．“Massachusetts-based Converse”in the sixth paragraph probably refers to ______．

A．a person                                      B．a city in Israel        

C．a state of the USA                    D．a company

74．Record companies ______ the idea of passing songs and music along mobile phones．

A．are worried about                         B．are interested in

C．try hard to stop                             D．take no notice of

75．According to Ralph Simon it would be easier to _______ through mobile phone network than through the Internet．

A．protect copyright of music works   B．send personal messages

C．pass along songs and music            D．send voice mail

       Your mobile phone rings and instead of the usual electronic signals it’s playing your favourite music．A friend sends your favourite song to cheer you up．One day，a record company might forward new records and music videos to your phone．

       The mobile business is getting into the music business．For the moment，the interest is in pleasant ring tones，but some companies are hoping to take full advantage of the next generation of mobile phones—all purpose gadgets that blend phone，personal stereo，video player and Internet browser into one．

       Finally，record companies might send new records and videos to fans who register their cell phone numbers．

       The fans could pass music or songs along to friends—a kind of musical trading card．Unlike Internet tracks，mobile downloads would be easy for record companies to control，said former record industry official Ralph，Simon，who is now chairman of Yourmobile，based in Santa Monic，California．

       “If you pass a song along to other phones through a network，each phone can be charged，” said Simon．“It’s like going through toll gate (收费站)．There’s more possibility for copyright control than there is on the Internet．”

       Massachusetts-based Converse is offering service in Portugal and the Netherlands that lets people record tunes on their voice mail or send music as presents to friends．Finally，people might be able to sing karaoke and pass them along．The company is sure that people will want to use music to reach out and touch someone．

       “A mobile phone is not a listening machine，and you’ll be disappointed if you think you can change it into a radio，” said Ouzel，a creative manager for Converse in Israel．“But if someone sends you a song while you’re on vacation，you appreciate the feeling．”

72．The underlined word “blend” in the second paragraph most probably means _____．

       A．send                B．come               C．mix                 D．compare

73．“Massachusetts-based Converse”in the sixth paragraph probably refers to ______．

       A．a person                                      B．a city in Israel        

C．a state of the USA                     D．a company

74．Record companies ______ the idea of passing songs and music along mobile phones．

       A．are worried about                         B．are interested in

       C．try hard to stop                             D．take no notice of

75．According to Ralph Simon it would be easier to _______ through mobile phone network than through the Internet．

       A．protect copyright of music works   B．send personal messages

       C．pass along songs and music            D．send voice mail

Section One
The city is an accumulation of human civilization. Just as the American social philosopher Lewis Mumford put it, it is a special system which, fine and compact, has been designed to preserve the fruits of human civilization. Many Western languages have developed their versions of the term “civilization” from the same Latin word “civitas”(meaning “city” ), and it is by no means a coincidence. The city has played a significant role in the perfection of order in human society.
Section Two
The emblem(会徽), showing the image of three people ― you, me, him/her holding hands together, symbolizes the big family of mankind. Inspired by the shape of the Chinese character “世” (meaning the world), the design conveys the organizers' wish to host an Expo which is of global scale and which shows the various urban cultures of the world.
Section Three
Created from the inspiration of Chinese character “人”, the design roots deeply in Chinese culture. It tells the world the eternal core (永恒的核心) and theme of Shanghai World Expo will be always human. The mascot “Haibao” will become the messenger for the theme of World Expo 2010 Shanghai China “Better City, Better Life”.
The basic structure of the Chinese character “人” in which each stroke supports each other also shows the concept that the beautiful life should depends on mutual-help（互相帮助）. If the human are willing to support one another, the harmony among human, nature, and society will be available. Such an urban life will be nice.
Haibao’s confident smile is expressing his sincere greeting from China ― “World Expo 2010 Shanghai China welcomes you!”
【小题1】The underlined word “it” in Section One refers to ______.

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D.	Section Three	Section One	Section Two