One sunny afternoon, Bernard Shaw(萧伯纳), was having a walk in a   76 (quietly) field. The air was fresh and the view was beautiful. While he   77 (walk), a bike rider ran into him. Mr. Shaw fell to the ground. The rider was very sorry. He got off his bike to help Mr. Shaw   78  (get) up.   79  (Lucky), Mr. Shaw was not hurt. “I’m so sorry!” said the rider.
“Oh, no,” said Bernard Shaw. “I should say sorry. I’m sorry for not   80  (give) luck to you.” Mr. Shaw looked at the puzzled (迷惑的) rider and added, “If you had killed me, you know, you would be famous all over the world.”
【小题1】 ___________ 【小题2】 ____________ 【小题3】 ___________ 【小题4】___________ 【小题5】__________

Open today’s newspaper. What do you see? Ads! Look through a magazine. More Ads! Turn on TV, still more ads! Everywhere you look, someone has something to tell.

Here are some ways ads get us to buy.

Some ads use famous people. Stars are paid to sell a product. Think about it. Do they really know about medicine? Do they know about soft drink? These people may be famous. But they may not know about what they are selling.

Some ads make you think you’re getting the word of an expert. They say, “Doctor said.” A man in a white coat comes on TV. He looks nice. “I use bright and white,” He says. This man looks like a doctor. But he is an actor. He has been paid to sell this product.

Does soap have anything to do with a pretty child? Not much. But ads may show their product with something nice such as the sun, the flowers and so on. Such an ad is about feelings rather than facts.

Ads are full of strong words, and words like “new” and “improved” have power. They can help a produce sell. The soap may be called “Spring Rain”. A car may be called “Tiger”. Strong words work on our feelings.

Some ads make promise. But can they keep them? No.

Some ads use our fear of being too late. “Buy now!” They say, “Selling ends soon.” Check to see if this is true. Don’t hurry. Take time to think.

All ads hope we will buy something, do something, or think in a certain way. Know what ads are doing. Ask questions to yourself. Don’t let their words and pictures fool you.

1.Some stars appear in the ads because_________.

A．they know every product well

B．they are famous

C．they are all experts

D．they all like white coats

2.According to the passage, we know that “Spring Rain” is the name of ______.

A．a kind of soap                          B．a kind of car

C．a kind of medicine                       D．a kind flower

3.The writer thinks the words and the pictures in the ads________.

A．tell us a story                          B．always make us strong

C．sometimes fool us                       D．keep promises

 

If you open today’s newspaper, what do you see? Ads! Look through a magazine. More ads! Turn on the TV. Still more ads! Everywhere you look, someone has something to sell.

      Here are some ways ads get us to buy. Some ads use famous people. Stars are paid to sell a product. Think about it. Do they really know about medicine? Do they know about soft drinks? There people may be famous, but they may not know about what they are selling.

      Some ads make you think you’re getting the word of an expert. They say, “Doctor said.” A man in a white coat comes on TV. He looks nice. “I use Bright and White,” he says. This man looks like a doctor. But he is an actor. He has been paid to sell this product.

      Does soap have anything to do with a pretty child? But ads may show their product with something nice, such as the sun, the flowers and so on. Such an ad is about feelings rather than facts. Ads are full of strong words. Words like “new” and “improved” have strong influence. They can help a product sell. The soap may be called “Spring Rain”. A car may be called “Tiger”. Strong words work on our feelings.

      Some ads make promises（承诺）. But can they keep them? No. Some ads use our fear of being too late. “Buy now!” they say. “Selling ends soon.” Check to see if this is true. Don’t hurry. Take time to think. All ads hope we will buy something, do something, or think in a certain way. Know what ads are doing. Ask questions to yourself. Don’t let their words and pictures fool you.

1.Why do famous people appear in ads?

      A. Because they know every product well.

      B. Because they want to serve the people.

      C. Because they can make money from the ads.

2.The underlined word “expert” in Paragraph Three probably means _____.

      A.主持人                   B.专家                      C.演员

3.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

      A. The famous people may not know about what they are selling.

      B. Some ads make promises to people and they can keep them.

      C. Ads are full of strong words, such as “new” and “improved”.

4.According to the passage, we know that “Tiger” might be the name of _____.

      A. a kind of car            B. a kind of computer   C. a kind of soap

5.What does the writer want to tell us?

      A. We should not always believe the ads.

      B. We should buy things that ads ask us to buy.

      C. We should think about ads before buying things.

 

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从A,B,C,D四个选项中选择能填入空白处的正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。

Many parents want their children to be famous one day. But do children have the same  1  ?

A new   2  —Hi, Ke'ai is on at Beijing Children's Art Theatre. It tells the story of a boy called Ke'ai. His parents would like him to become a painter or a   3  one day. They teach him to   4  and to play the violin, but Ke'ai doesn't enjoy these activities. Then one day Ke'ai's parents see Liu Xiang win a gold   5  at the Athens Olympic Games, and they want him to be a sportsman.

"   6  do they want me to be someone else?" Ke'ai asks and says, "I only want to be

   7  ."

The play shows us that it is good for parents to learn to   8  their children. It helps parents to think about what kids want to do.

Young audiences(观众)enjoy the story, and also the   9  in the play. There are two songs in the play. One of them, "Ke'ai's Song" is very   10  to learn, so the audiences can sing the song on their way home after the play!

1.                A．jobs           B．dreams         C．habits    D．hobbies

 

2.                A．song           B．film            C．play D．opera

 

3.                A．writer          B．teacher         C．sportsman D．musician

 

4.                A．paint           B．write           C．run  D．drive

 

5.                A．match          B．ring            C．medal    D．race

 

6.                A．How           B．Why           C．When    D．Where

 

7.                A．myself         B．different        C．alone D．great

 

8.                A．encourage      B．understand      C．criticize   D．inspire

 

9.                A．light           B．clothes         C．skill  D．music

 

10.               A．easy           B．difficult         C．important  D．necessary

 

 

Like many people, I have no clear idea about heroes. At some point, we all wonder if we need a hero and what a hero really is.
Although there are a lot of differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics (特点) which give us courage and make us want to learn from them. 
A hero does something worth talking about. A hero has a special story to tell and people think highly of it. But a hero is not just the person with great fame (声誉) .
A hero has powers (力量) larger than himself. Some people want to live like a hero, and they have to experience life with new and further meaning. A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom they serve. What do they want to live and die for? If the answer suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes.
A hero has a vision from the mountaintop. He has the power to move people. He creates new possibilities. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of Britain. Without Martin Luther King, Jr., Americans might take different buses, eat in different restaurants, go for walks in different parks, and shop in different stores because of the different colors of their skin.
There might be changes in society without a hero, but the speed of change would be rather slow. Thanks to heroes in history, they make the society develop so rapidly.
【小题1】According to this passage, a hero is a person who always __________.

A．gives us courage	B．thinks highly of others
C．shares great fame	D．stands on the mountaintop

【小题2】If you want to live like a hero, you should __________.

A．experience a new and meaningful life

B．listen to something worth talking about

C．serve your own fame and try to be famous

D．know where and how you want to live and die

【小题3】The underlined word “vision” in the passage means “__________”.

A．风景	B．想象
C．远见	D．形象

【小题4】 Black people in America used to __________ before Martin Luther King, Jr..

A．shop at the white’s stores

B．drive buses with the white

C．take walks in the white’s parks

D．eat in restaurants without the white

【小题5】 What can we learn from the passage?

A．We don’t need heroes anymore at some point now.

B．Heroes are all the same though different in cultures.

C．People get power from heroes to move to a new place.

D．Our society has developed faster because of heroes in history.