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Madonna Expresses Herself
I know this was over，but it’s like last week in Spain.For some strange reason，I fail to realize the first leg of the tour during the raining season in Japan.So it’s very strange that the dancers prefer the show in the heavy rain.They were so excited to be performing for the audience that the world could be boiling up and they wouldn’t be frightened.Malisha，my assistant became my only way to the outside world.I think in a lot of ways in New York，the time I spent when I was sick was the hardest on her.And since I was staying in my own apartment in New York，I lost my contact with my dancers completely.
Oh，Los Angeles was hard in that way.I mean I’ve always found it’s a little tiring to be among famous people just because you are famous too.It can cause a lot of trouble.Detroit was definitely the hardest place we went to on the tour.You know people always talk about how stars change you but they never talk about how it can change people that cause them.I hadn’t been to the cemetery since I was a young girl.I used to go right after she died.I don’t know my mother’s death is just a big mystery to me when I was a child.No one really explained it to me.So what I remembered most about my mother was that she was very kind and very gentle and very feminine.I mean，I don’t know，I guess，she just seems like an angel to me，but I suppose everybody thinks their mother is an angel when they are five.I also know she was very religious，so I never really understood why she was taken away from us.It just seems so unfair，I never thought that she’d done something wrong.So often，at times I wonder what I have done wrong.
1．Madonna’s tour was in the following order：________.
A．Spain—New York—Japan—Los Angeles—Detroit
B．Spain—Japan—New York—Los Angeles—Detroit
C．Japan—Spain—New York—Detroit—Los Angeles
D．Japan—New York—Spain—Detroit—Los Angeles
2．The underlined word “leg” in this passage probably means “________”．
A．stop B．chance C．suffering D．performance
3．What does Madonna think of her own life?
A．She is famous all over the world and she lives a very comfortable life.
B．Her life is interesting and colorful and she is admired by anyone else.
C．Although she is very tired，she can tour many places and earn much money.
D．Her life is tiring and hard and she can’t easily contact with the outside world.
4．In Madonna’s opinion，it is fair that ________ have died.
A．people who had done something wrong must
B．people who hadn’t done anything wrong shouldn’t
C．her mother who hadn’t done anything wrong shouldn’t
D．she who had done something wrong should
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The human nose is an underestimated tool. Humans are often thought to be 1___ smellers compared with animals, but this is largely because, unlike animals, we stand upright. This means that our noses are 2 to detecting those smells which float through the air, 3 the majority of smells which stick to surfaces. In fact though, we are extremely sensitive to smells, even if we do not generally realize it. Our noses are capable of 4 human smells even when these are 5 to far below one part in one million.
6 , some people find that they can smell one type of flower but not another, while others are sensitive to the smells of both flowers. This may be because some people do not have the genes necessary to generate 7 smell receptors in the nose. These receptors are the cells which sense smells and send 8 to the brain. However, it has been found that even people insensitive to a certain smell at first can suddenly become sensitive to it when 9 to it often enough.
The 10 for insensitivity to smell seems to be that brain finds it 11 to keep all smell receptors working all the time but can 12 new receptors if necessary. This may also explain why we are not usually sensitive to our own smells we simply do not need to be. We are not 13 of the usual smell of our own house but we 14 new smells when we visit someone else's. The brain finds it best to keep smell receptors _ 15 for unfamiliar and emergency signals such as the smell of smoke, which might indicate the danger of fire.
| 1. A. sensitive | B. outstanding | C. insensitive | D. awkward |
| 2. A. limited | B. committed | C. devoted | D. conducted |
| 3. A. catching | B. ignoring | C. missing | D. tracking |
| 4. A. distinguishing | B. discovering | C. determining | D. detecting |
| 5. A. reduced | B. reserved | C. rescued | D. refused |
| 6. A. Fortunately | B. Strangely | C Happily | D. Amazingly |
| 7. A. unusual | B. particular | C. unique | D. typical |
| 8. A. signs | B. information | C. messages | D. signals |
| 9. A. subjected | B. left | C. drawn | D. exposed |
| 10A. expectation | B. expression | C. extension | D. explanation |
| 11.A convenient | B. competitive | C. inefficient | D. adequate |
| 12.A introduce | B. gather | C. develop | D. produce |
| 13.A sure | B. sick | C. aware | D tired |
| 14.A tolerate | B. resist | C. neglect | D. notice |
| 15.A available | B. reliable | C. valuable | D. suitable |
Be calm, Madam, can you remember _______ you had your mobile phone stolen?
A. when was it that B. that it was when
C. where it was that D. it was where that
Thomas Alva Edison was awarded more patents on inventions than any other American.When he died in 1931，Americans wondered how they could best show their respect for him.One suggestion was that the nation observe a minute or two of total blackout.All electric power would be shut off in homes，streets，and factories.Perhaps this suggested plan made Americans realize fully what Edison and his inventions mean to them.Electric power was too important to the country.Shutting it off for even a short time would have led to complete confusion.A blackout was out of the question.
On the day of Edison’s funeral，many people silently dimmed their lights.In this way they honored the man who had done more than anyone else to put the great force of electricity at his countrymen’s fingertips.
1.This selection says that Thomas Edison .
A.was the only important American inventor
B.received the first American patent
C.received more patents than any other American
D.was the first American inventor
2.People decided to honor Edison when .
A.he made the first electric light
B.electric power was 100 years
C.the country realized electricity’s importance
D.he died in 1931
3.The suggested plan was to .
A.turn off the lights in factories and schools
B.observe a few minutes of total silence
C.dim all electric lights
D.shut off all electricity for a short time
4.Americans fully realized what Edison’s inventions meant when they .
A.heard of his death
B.heard of the plan to honor him
C.first used electric power
D.tried to carry out the plan
5.The plan was never carried out because .
A.not everyone wanted to honor Edison
B.it was too difficult
C.electric power was too important to the country
D.it honored only one of Edison’s inventions
Good advice is like medicine for the soul. What kind of 1 have you recently received? Who do you go to got advice? Do you have a mentor(顾问)? A mentor is a 2 adviser.
Parents, teacher and friends are often great 3 .Sports figures, public officials can also be good 4 of mentors, but a person with whim you are a personal relationship will most likely be able to 5 you the best advice.
Mentors teach things that seem to be 6 sense. Proverbs are wise old sayings that are common in every language and 7 , and can sometimes be 8 for a nonnative to understand. For example, all that 9 is not gold(some things are not as 10 as they appear ).
Advice 11 in newspapers and magazines are another way to 12 advice.
Talk shows on radio and television are also very popular. Americans and Canadians love to 13 themselves. Many people are not 14 to ask for help or 15 about a problem in order to receive advice. People generally will 16 their own experience to 17 their friends. Overcoming a difficult situation is 18 respecter in North America. People love to heat motivational (积极的) stories and 19 . One proverb, a friend in need is a friend indeed, shares the concept that a true friend will help you out in times of 20 .
1. A. success B. measure C. position D. advice
2. A. devoted B. united C. trusted D. expected
3. A. interviewers B. mentors C. followers D. competitors
4. A. examples B. mentors C. manners D. services
5. A. consider B. exchange C. adapt D. offer
6. A. present B. attractive C. common D. particular
7. A. experience B. difference C. culture D. behavior
8. A. simple B. difficult C. natural D. brief
9. A. glitters B. packages C. acts D. forces
10. A. different B. negative C. primary D. valuable
11. A. columns B. materials C. wonders D. add
12. A. reduce B. add C. keep D. get
13. A. enjoy B. teacher C. express D. defeat
14. A. brave B. afraid C. honest D. lucky
15. A. talk B bring. C. care D. look
16. A. remind B. suggest C. clone D. share
17. A. lead to B. set free C. help out D. take over
18. A. originally B. highly C. equally D. closely
19. A. encouragementB. sadness C. movement D. adventure
20. A. happiness B. trouble C. excitement D. nature
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