Item 78431   The Video Camera Pen
$129.95; Available for Immediate Shipment; Order by Phone: 1-800-321-1484
This is the pen that has a built-in video camera, capturing (拍摄，录制) videos or still images with a click of its button．Ideal for use while secured in a pocket, it can capture up to five hours of video. Its battery provides up to two hours of power before requiring a recharge．
Item 78098   The Wristwatch Camcorder
$149．95; Available for 3-day shipment; Order by Phone: 1-800-321-1484
This is the men’s watch with an unnoticeable camera located at the two-o’clock position, yet the watch’s hands never make it covered．So you’ll be always ready to capture a famous person or a pet’s ridiculous actions. The camera’s rechargeable battery provides up to two hours of use from a four-hour charge．
Item 77918  The only 55 Inch Widescreen Personal Movie Theater
$249．95;  Available for Immediate Shipment; Order by Phone: 1-800-321-1484
This is the only personal media viewer that provides a private viewing experience just like watching a widescreen 55 inch television from 10 meters away．It connects to a video iPod, iPhone, portable DVD player with two AA batteries providing up to six hours of continuous operation．
Item 77281  The Digital Phone Album Watch
$99．95   Available for Immediate Shipment; Order by Phone: 1-800-321-1484
This is the watch that vividly displays 120 of your favorite digital photographs．You can download digital photographs to the watch．The watch can be viewed in the Photo Album mode (模式) or digital mode （time and date view）．A six-hour charge provides up to 10 days of use．
【小题1】What’s the purpose of this passage?

A．To advertise some goods．	B．To compare some goods．
C．To teach how to operate the items．	D．To show how fashionable the items are．

【小题2】What do Item 78431 and Item 78098 have in common according to this passage?

A．They both sell well．	B．They both can take photos．
C．They both have unusual appearances．	D．They are both cheap．

【小题3】If you’re a movie fan, you probably show strong interest in ________．

A．Item78098

B．Item78431

C．Item77281

D．Item77918

【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．In fact, Item 78098 cannot tell time．    B．Item 77918 works as a DVD player．
C．In a way, Item 77281 is user-friendly．
D All the items include rechargeable batteries．

The differences between men and women's friendships

Betty and Harold have been married for years. But one thing still puzzles (困扰) old Harold. How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa, talking, go out to a ballgame, come back three and a half hours later, and they're still sitting on the sofa and talking?

What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that women have so much to share.

Betty shrugs. Talk? We're friends.

Researching this matter called friendship, psychologist Lillian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men. the results were completely clear: women have more friendships than men. Rubin's study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to a female friend.

"In general," writes Rubin in her new book, "women's friendships with each other lie on shared emotions and support, but men's relationships are marked by shared activities.”

“ Men keep their innermost(内心深处的) feelings to themselves. " Rubin writes, " Whereas(然而) a woman's closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage. However, a man by society doesn’t complain about his marriage trouble. it wasn't unusual to hear a man say he didn't know his friend's marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa. "

1.What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that ________.

A．he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband

B．women have so much to share.

C．women show little interest in ballgames

D．he find his wife difficult to talk to

2.Rubin's study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to _________.

A．a male friend	B．a female friend
C．her parents	D．her husband

3.What do women's friendships with each other lie on in general?

A．shared emotions	B．support
C．shared activities	D．shared emotions and support

4.According to the last paragraph, which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society?

A．Ending his marriage without good reason.

B．Spending too much time with his friends.

C．complaining about his marriage trouble.

D．going out to ballgames too often..

5.What is the article about? ________.

A．happy and successful marriages

B．friendships of men and women

C．emotional problems in marriage

D．interactions between men and women

 

任务型读写（共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分）

阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意:每个空格只填

一个单词。

For thousands of years ’ the most important two buildings in any British village have been the

church and the pub. In fact，until a place has a church and a pub，it isn ’ t really considered a

community worthy of a name. Traditionally，the church and the pub are at the heart of any village

or town, since it is where people gather to give and receive news. In fact, the word ‘ pub' is short

for ⁴ public house'.

That's how it used to be, but things are beginning to change. It is said that the credit

decline is causing 39 British pubs a week to go out of business. People don ’ t have lots of spare

money to spend on beer. Recently, the UK government banned smoking in all pubs, and that may

also have affected the number of customers going to pubs.

This decline is happening despite the fact that in 2005 the UK government started to allow

pubs to stay open after 11 p. m. Previously，with 11 p. m. as closing time，customers would have

to drink quite quickly，meaning they sometimes got more drunk than they would if allowed to drink

slowly. The British habit of drinking a lot very quickly is known as，binge drinking ’ (狂饮)，

and it causes some long - term health problems for people and problems with violent crime for

•communities. The UK government is changing the law to discourage binge drinking, and regularly

spends money on television advertisements to warn people of the problems of drinking too much.

In order to save their businesses, pubs are trying to change with the market. Now, there are

a number of different types of pubs.

As you can see, British pubs now offer something for everyone. A lot of pubs used to be

working men' s clubs, meaning that women could not usually enter. Today, however, women can

freely enter 99% of pubs without experiencing any problems. Perhaps things are changing for the

better after alL

Topic	The 1.____of British Pub Culture?
The important 2.___ of churches and pubs in people' s daily life in the UK	♦People won't name an area unless there are a church and a pub. ♦They are the places where people gather to 3.____ news.
The 4.____ for the decrease of the pub business	♦The credit decline is said to cause many pubs to 5.___ down. ♦Smoking is not 6.___ in all pubs, which may have had an effect on the business. ♦The government is trying hard to 7.____binge drinking.
8.___ to save the business	♦Pubs are making 9.)____ to meet the needs of the market. ♦As a woman in the UK nowadays, you can 10.____ a drink in almost all the pubs.
Conclusion	Things are changing for the better probably from now on.

 

 

第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中(A、B、c和D)00，选出最佳选项，并在答卡上将该项涂黑。

Ryan  and Lowry had been friends  since high school，  but it wasn’t until after college

that they hit on the idea of a home—care-products company．“We were shocked to learn how  toxic  cleaning  products  were，”  says  Ryan．  Why  couldn’t they  create  green products that would be just as environmentally pure as Aveda’s skin—and—hair—care lines?

When Ryan’s mom heard about the plan，she stared at him blankly: “I’ve never even seen  you  clean your room!” Not discouraged，Lowry experimented with  nontoxic ways to clean．  while  Ryan  focused on marketing．  In  February 2001，they  mixed their first four   cleaning  sprays  and  convinced the  managers  of  20  grocers to try them·  Once  they had their  approval，they tapped  friends  and  family  and pooled their  savings to  come  up  with $90，000 in seed money．

From the start，“Go big or go home’’was their mantra(口头禅)．Their first financing— that $l million—was due to be signed on September 11, 2001. By the time they got it, two months later，says Ryan, "we had$16 in the bank and personally owed$300，000·”

Seeking a national retailer(零售商)proved just as troublesome．The friends set their sights on Target，known for its trendy，affordable goods．“But Target didn’t like the product or the brand，”recalled Ryan．“We thought the deal was dead，but then a new buyer saw that even though we weren’t selling big volumes, we were  profitable, just on a smaller scale．”They won over Target．

Consumers  were  hooked  on the  natural things  and  wonderful  fragrance. Today，the partners sell 130 products in more than 8,000 stores，and taxes are over$100 million. Such  rapid  growth has  at times  stressed the  men’s  friendship． “Eric  and  I  agree on ‘what’  but  never  on‘how，’”  says Lowry．  “Although  we  are  willing to  challenge  each  other，we come up with interesting and smarter solutions．There’s little fire and ice between us·

56．The underlined word“toxic”in Paragraph 1 most probably means——·

A．poisonous    B．dirty    C．expensive   D．troublesome

57．When Ryan told his mom his plan, ___________.

A．he knew his mom was sure to support him

B．his mom asked him to clean his room

C．his mom suspected his ability

D．he was discouraged by his mom

58．We can learn：from the third paragraph that __________________．

A．Ryan and Lowry wanted to gave up and go home at first

B．their plan didn’t go smoothly at the very beginning

C．they made profit two months later after their first financing

D．$1 million was not enough as their seed money

59．The partners’cleaning products are sold very well because——．

A．the products are made of natural material and smell nice

B．their friends and family offered to use their products

C．they cooperated with a well—known national retailer

D．they convinced 20 grocer managers to try them

60．It can be inferred from the—passage that——．

A．Aveda’s skin—and—hair-care lines are not so successful as Ryan and Lowry’s

B．Target is a famous environment-friendly cleaning brand

C．The friends "cooperation with Target was very successful

D．The partners get on well with each other in their business

 

Today, traditional opinions about men still exist. A man has to be strong, brave, sports loving and manly. Anything less would not be considered manly. Sports such as football, basketball and boxing all tend (往往是) to be men’s sports. However, the dance of ballet is considered feminine because it requires nice movements. This tradition is shown in the movie, Billy Elliot.

Billy Elliot is a movie that protests against this traditional view of men. Billy Elliot is an eleven-year-old boy that has a natural talent for ballet dancing, but his father will not allow it. Billy’s father wants him to take up boxing and become stronger, but Billy goes against his father’s wishes and takes up ballet dancing. This difference of opinion makes Billy sad. What’s more, his friends also laugh at him.

After saving enough money, his father sends Billy to a weekly boxing course; however, Billy doesn’t enjoy boxing because he always loses in matches and is often hurt. His ballet teacher, Mrs. Wilkinson thinks that men or women should not be judged by the activities they like to do, so she tells Billy’s father that although he wants his son to make a good living, he should let his son do what he loves to do because he has a talent for it. When his father finally realizes the truth, Billy is surprised. In the end, with the help of his father, brother and all the people around him, Billy goes to the Royal Ballet Academy in London and becomes a very successful ballet dancer.

1.The underlined word “feminine” in the first paragraph most probably means ______

A．of men

B．of children

C．of women

D．of students

2.Why is Billy laughed at by other children?

A．He always loses in boxing matches.	B．He isn’t strong.
C．He looks like a girl.	D．He loves ballet.

3.What do we know about Billy?

A．His teacher encourages him to take up ballet dancing.

B．He does well in ballet dancing and boxing.

C．He does what his father wants him to do.

D．He has never taken up any men’s sports.

4.From Billy’s story, we can see that _______.

A．children should accept their parents’ opinions

B．we should try to fight against traditional opinions

C．men and women play different sports

D．parents should let their children do what they are interested in