Which is NOT one of Andrea's sacrifices for working at Runway？

A、Friendship

B、Love

C、Money

D、The time devoted to more meaningful things.

According to the passage, which one is true?

A．Thierry Henry is always a prolific striker from AS Monaco to FC Barcelona.

B．Juventus is where Thierry Henry's splendid football life started.

C．Arsene Wenger is not only a teacher but also a friend as to Thierry Henry.

D．Michel Platini is France's top goal-scorer of all time.

There (1)_____ not one type of reading but several according to your reasons for reading. To read efficiently, you have to (2)_____ your reading speed and technique (3)_____ your aim (4)_____ reading. Skimming is a technique necessary for quick and efficient reading.

When skimming, you (5)_____ the reading (6)_____ quickly in order to get the (7)_____ of it, to know how it is organized, (8)_____ an idea of the tone or the intention of the writer. Skimming is (9)_____ an activity which (10)_____ an overall view of the text and (11)_____ a definite reading competence.

Skimming doesn't need reading all the material, but it doesn't mean that it is an (12)_____ skill for the lazy, because it need a high degree of alertness and concentration.

When you read, you usually start with (13)_____ understanding and move towards detailed understanding rather than working the other way round. But (14)_____ is also used after you have already carefully studied and you need to (15)_____ the major ideas and concepts.

In order to be able to skim quickly and (16)_____ through a text, you should know where to to6k for what you want. In preview skimming you read the introductory information, the headings and subheadings, and the summary, if one is provided. (17)_____ this skimming, decide whether to read the material more thoroughly, and select the appropriate speed (18)_____ to read.

The same procedure (19)_____ for preview skimming could also be used to get an overview. Another method would be to read only key words. This is done by omitting the unnecessary words, phrases, and sentences.

In order to skim efficiently and fulfill your purpose, (20)_____ practice is necessary.

A．is

B．are

C．was

D．were

There (1)_____ not one type of reading but several according to your reasons for reading. To read carefully, you have to (2)_____ your reading speed and technique (3)_____ your aim (4)_____ reading. Skimming is a technique necessary for quick and efficient reading.

When skimming, you (5)_____ the reading (6)_____ quickly in order to get the (7)_____ of it, to know how it is organized, (8)_____ an idea of the tone or the intention of the writer. Skimming is (9)_____ an activity which (10)_____ an overall view of the text and (11)_____ a definite reading competence.

Skimming doesn't need reading all the material, but it doesn't mean that it is an (12)_____ skill for the lazy, because it need a high degree of alertness and concentration.

When you read, you usually start with (13)_____ understanding and move towards detailed understanding rather than working the other way round. But (14)_____ is also used after you have already carefully studied and you need to (15)_____ the major ideas and concepts.

In order to be able to skim quickly and (16)_____ through a text, you should know where to look for what you want. In preview skimming you read the introductory information, the headings and subheadings, and the summary, if one is provided. (17)_____ this skimming, decide whether to read the material more thoroughly, and select the appropriate speed (18)_____ you read.

The same procedure (19)_____ for preview skimming could also be used to get an overview. Another method would be to read only key words. This is done by omitting the unnecessary words, phrases, and sentences.

In order to skim efficiently and fulfill your purpose, (20)_____ practice is necessary.

A．is

B．are

C．was

D．were

Man, even in the lower stages of development, possesses a faculty which, for want of a better name, I shall call Number Sense. This faculty permits him to recognize that something has changed in a small collection when, without his direct knowledge, an object has been removed from or added to the collection.

Number sense should not be confused with counting, which involves a rather intricate mental process. Counting, so far as we know, is an attribute exclusively human, whereas some animal species seem to possess an elementary number sense similar to our own. At least, such is the opinion of competent observers of animal behavior, and the theory is supported by a weighty nass of evidence.

Many birds, for instance, possess such a number sense, If a nest contains four eggs, one can safely be taken; but when two are removed, the bird generally deserts. In some unaccountable way the bird can distinguish two from three. But this faculty is by no means confined to birds, most striking instance we know is that of the insect called the "solitary wasp." The mother wasp lays her eggs in individual cells and provides each egg with a number of live caterpillares (毛虫) on which the young feed when hatched. Now, the number of victims is remarkably constant for a given species of wasp. Some species provide 5, others, 12, others again as high as 24 caterpillars per cell. But most remarkable is the case of the Genus Eumenus, a variety in which the male is much smaller than the female. In some mysterious way the mother knows whether the egg will produce a male or a femalc and divide the quantity of food accordingly; she does not change the species or size of the prey, but if the egg is male, she supplies it with five victims; if female, with teem.

The regularity in the action of the wasp makes this last case less convincing than the one which follows. Here the action of the bird seems to border on the conscious.

A landowner was determined to shoot a crew which made its nest in the watchtower of his estate. Repeatedly he tried to surprise the bird. But in vain: at the approach of man the crow would leave its nest. From a distant tree it would watchfully wait until the man had left the tower and then return to its nest. One day the landowner hit upon an idea: two men entered the tower, one remained within, the other came out and went on. But the bird was not deceived: it kept away until the man within came out. The experiment was repeated on the succeeding days with two, three, then four men, yet without success. Finally, five men were sent: as before, all entered the tower, and one remained while the other four came out and went away. Here the crow lost count. Unable to distinguish between four and five, it promptly returned to its nest.

The main idea of this passage is that ______.

A．man's elementary number sense is found in lower species

B．birds have a limited number sense

C．animals cannot count

D．number sense is a primitive form. of counting

听力原文： As a tradition, workers in companies are always required to wear suits and fie, but according to a senior government official, Thailand is to ask workers to stop wearing suits as part of the country ' s latest measure to conserve energy. This is the idea of the new government, because Thailand is a tropical country and air-conditioners have been used very commonly, which consume a large amount of energy, but if the workers turned up in shirt sleeves, they wouldn't need air-conditioners turned up so high. At its weekly meeting, the cabinet passed a resolution asking all public servants not to wear jackets and urging private employees to do the same. This has already been practised by the government. At a re cent meeting, only four of six air-conditioners in the cabinet room had been turned on. One of the government officials says, "Initially it was not hot in the room, but if a meeting lasts a long time, the temperature might need to be lowered a bit."

(31)

A．New Fashion in Thailand.

B．How to Use Air-conditioner wisely.

C．A New Way to Save Energy.

D．Air-conditioner in Thailand.

听力原文： As a tradition, workers in companies are always required to wear suits and fie, but according to a senior government official, Thailand is to ask workers to stop wearing suits as part of the country ' s latest measure to conserve energy. This is the idea of the new government, because Thailand is a tropical country and air-conditioners have been used very commonly, which consume a large amount of energy, but if the workers turned up in shirt sleeves, they wouldn't need air-conditioners turned up so high. At its weekly meeting, the cabinet passed a resolution asking all public servants not to wear jackets and urging private employees to do the same. This has already been practised by the government. At a re cent meeting, only four of six air-conditioners in the cabinet room had been turned on. One of the government officials says, "Initially it was not hot in the room, but if a meeting lasts a long time, the temperature might need to be lowered a bit."

(30)

A．New Fashion in Thailand.

B．How to Use Air-conditioner wisely.

C．A New Way to Save Energy.

D．Air-conditioner in Thailand.

Losing weight is easier when there is money on the line, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. They said weight-loss programs that award people with money—and remind them of the cash they【M1】______ stand to lose if they fail—provided with a powerful incentive to【M2】______ lose weight compared with more conventional approaches. Dr. Kevin Volpp of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine was looking for an effective way to treat obese, a growing problem【M3】______ that carries serious health risks. He said many weight-loss programs fail before people are being asked to make sacrifices【M4】______ now. Volpp and colleagues studied two kinds of incentive programs for weight loss. One was a lottery-based design in which participants played a lottery and were allowed to collect their winnings if they met their weight-loss target. The other was a deposit contract, in which participants invested small amount of【M5】______ their own money which they would lose at the end of the month if they succeeded to reach their goals. People in this group also got a【M6】______ bonus if they met their goal. The researchers resigned 57 obese but otherwise healthy【M7】______ people to one of these two groups or a control group, in which people were simply weighed at the end of each month. All were aimed to lose 7.26 kg by the end of four months. People in the【M8】______ incentive groups lost far more weight than that who got no pay for【M9】______ their efforts, with about half of the participants in each group meet【M10】______ their weight loss goals.

【M1】

Which of the following is NOT one of the factors affecting the result of changing childrens behavior?

A．The reinforced practice of the positive opposite.

B．The way parents behave at home.

C．The influences of other relationships of children.

D．The separation of the parents of young children.

The Land of Disney

Predicting the future is always risky. But it's probably safe to say that at least a few historians will one day speak of the 20th - century as America's" Disney era. "Today, it's certainly difficult to think of any other single thing that represents modem America as powerfully as the company that created Mickey Mouse. Globally,brands like Coca - Cola and McDonalds may be more widely - known, but neither encapsulates 20th - century America in quite the same way as Disney.

The reasons for Disney's success arc varied and numerous, but ultimately the credit belongs to one per son—the man who created the cartoon and built the company from nothing, Walt Disney. Ironically, he could not draw particularly well. But be was a genius in plenty of other respects, in business, his greatest skills were his insight and his management ability. After setting himself up in Hollywood, he single -handedly pioneered the concepts of branding and merchandising - something his company still does brilliantly today.

But what really distinguished Disney was his ability to identify with his audiences. Disney always made sure his films championed the "little guy, "and made him feel proud to be American. This he achieved by creating characters that reflected the hopes and fears of the ordinary people. Some celebrated American achievements — Disney's very first cartoon Plane Crazy, featuring a silent Miekey House, was inspired by Charles Lindbergh's flight acorss the Atlantic. Others, like the Three little pigs and Snow White and the Seven Dwarves ,showed how ,through hard work and helping one's fellow man, ordinary Americans could survive social and economic crises like the Great Depression.

Disney's other great virtue was the fact that his company—unlike other big corporations—had a human face. His Hollywood studio—the public heard—operated just like a democracy, where everyone was on first-name terms and had a stay in how things should be run. He was also regarded as a great patriot because not only did his cartoons celebrate America, but, during World War Ⅱ, his studios made training films for American soldiers.

The reality, of course, was less idyllic. As the public would later learn, Disney's patriotism had an unpleasant side. After a strike by cartoonists in 1941, he became convinced that Hollywood had been infiltrated by Communists. He agreed to work for the FBI as a mole, identifying and spying on colleagues whom he suspected were subversives.

But, apart from his affiliations with the FBI, Disney was more or less the genuine article. A new book, The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life, by Steven Watts, confirms that he was very definitely on the side of ordinary Americans—in the 30s and 40s he voted for Franklin Rovsevelt, believing he was a champion of the workers. Also. Disney was not an apologist for the FBI, as some have suggested. In fact, he was always suspicious of large, bureaucratic organisatious, as is evidenced in films like That Darned Cat ,in which he portrayed FBI agents as bungling incompetents.

By the time he died in 1966,Walt Disney was an icon like Thomas Edison and the Wright Brothers. To business people and filmmakers, he was a role model; to the public at large, he was" Uncle Walt"—the man who had entertained them all their lives, the man who represented all that was good about America.

In the 30-old years since his death, not much has changed. In 1986,he was attacked as a Mc Carthyist, a supporter of big business, and a purveyor of" subliterate " entertainment. However, none of it has made any difference to the general public. Their loyalty to Uncle Walt remains as strong as ever.

What is the most distinguished feature of Disney?

A．Disney was created and built by a person who drew cartoons and set up a company from nothing.

B．Disney films were able to reflect the hopes and fears of ordinary people.

C．Disney had affiliation with the FBI.

D．Disney respected the rights belonging to everyone and possessed the democratic atmosphere.