Murdoch noted that US media are focusing on Xi’s upcoming state visit, from Tuesday to Friday, _______ Xi’s exchanges and interactions with all walks of life there.

A. as far as     B. as long as    C. as well as    D. as much as

You needn’t be too concerned about what to wear to the party—it’s all _____ anyway, because you haven’t even been invited yet.

A. academic    B. painful    C. physical    D. Economical

Tony is really quick at taking notes in class, as almost every word his professor says ______ in his notebook.

A. goes down    B. puts down     C. writes down    D. keeps down

The economy of the last quarter was much stronger than ______ predicted, driven by a rare increase in government spending.

A. vaguely     B. randomly    C. consistently    D. originally

We had the feeling, somehow, _____ the revolution was right around the corner.

A. which     B. that      C. what      D. When

—Do you have any idea why Jenny left the firm?

—Probably, she _______ for a pay rise, but was turned down.

A.has held out      B. has been holding out    C. held out   D. holds out

Martin Luther King, Jr. put it that peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means ______ we arrive at that goal.

A. that     B. where     C. by which    D. with which

—What if he failed in the next monthly examination again?

—I don’t know. ________ heart and be reduced ________ the class?

A. Will he lose; not to attending       B. Did he lose; to not attending

C. Had he lost; not to attending        D. Would he lose; to not attending

—Who won the election for mayor?

—A man ________ to represent every minority group in the city.

  A. claiming     B. claims     C. is claimed     D. having claimed

With several problems _____to be solved, we still need to hold another meeting as soon as possible.

A. remained      B. remaining     C remain       D having remained

People are ________ the use of alternative energy sources because the rate ________ we are now assuming fuels like gas and oil is shocking and they may run out one day.

A. wrestling with; by which                          B. pushing for; at which   

C. catching up on; at which                           D. accounting for; on which

Fundamental _______ computers are to ______ more industrial structure, heavy reliance on them may separate people in daily life and affect their interpersonal relationships.

A. as; develop                B. though; developing   C. although; developed   D. because; develop

“China, with 56.6 million people living in the Internet connected homes, is now _____second only to the US”, _____leading online rating service reported Monday.

A.the; a            B./; a             C./; the           D.a; the

_____, I believe, and you will find the boy is very outgoing.

A. Having a talk with the student       B. One talk with the student

C. Given a talk with the student        D. If you have a talk with the student

—Our flight is boarding now. We’ll have to part.

—Don’t feel sad. ______.

A. All that glitters is not gold                        B. All roads lead to Rome

C. All good things come to an end                            D. A still tongue makes a wise head

Third Culture Kids

As more cities and companies become increasing international, there is a growing number of children that are creating their own sub-culture. Often   36  to as TCKs (Third Culture Kids) or Global Nomads, these students have a(n)   37  impact on the global community.

So who are these Third Culture Kids? They are not a new phenomenon. As one looks   38   history, there is a realization that certain groups of people have led highly   39  lives, a key   40  in describing TCKs. They often   41  their parents into another country and spend a significant part of his or her development years outside the parents’ culture. They are   42  to new cultures and to other people in the community who   43  move constantly. Their numbers   44  into the hundreds of thousands and are increasing. Ease of   45  and constant relocation of people through multinational companies and global business links contribute to this   46  .

The question “Who am I?” is frequently asked by TCKs. They have   47  a host of cultural identities, and have built relationships to all the cultures,   48  not having full ownership of any. Although elements from each culture are absorbed into TCK’s life experience, the sense of   49  is in relationship to others of a similar background.  

As you enter into the world of TCKs, one might suspect they are no   50  . But it is   51  , after spending only a short time with them, that they bring a deep knowledge from inside and a special ability to compare   52  and local issues. They represent many countries and cultures. They are the future cross-culturalists and   53  future politicians, diplomats, government employees and educators.

They certainly experience a different lifestyle compared to their mono-cultural peers but we can benefit from their global and   54  lives. So, whatever one chooses to label the international students as ---TCKs, Global Nomads, or Global Souls ---we will gain unbelievable   55  .

36.A. submitted                            B. appealed                            C. subscribed                                          D. referred

37.A. tremendous                            B. temporary                            C. immediate                                          D. initial

38.A. down on                            B. forward to                            C. up to                                                        D. back on

39.A. adventurous              B. mobile                                C. civilized                                          D. primitive

40.A. factor                                          B. reason                                          C. cause                                                        D. figure

41.A. accompany                            B. divide                                          C. drive                                                        D. invite

42.A. connected                             B. exposed                            C. addicted                                          D. committed

43.A. frequently                            B. also                                          C. rarely                                                        D. altogether

44.A. extend                                          B. burst                                          C. break                                                        D. change

45.A. communication B. travel                                          C. interaction                                          D. export

46.A. tradition                            B. trend                                          C. option                                                        D. shift

47.A. revealed                            B. discovered                            C. accumulated                               D. accelerated

48.A. as                                          B. while                                          C. when                                                        D. so

49.A. achievement              B. belonging                            C. possessing                                          D. responsibility

50.A. exception                            B. denying                            C. doubtful                                          D. different

51.A. universal                            B. vital                                          C. clear                                                        D. essential

52.A. international              B. updated                            C. complicated                            D. specific

53.A. luckily                            B. hopefully                            C. necessarily                                          D. generally

54.A. professional              B. spiritual                            C. material                                          D. color1ful

55.A. awards                            B. rewards                            C. popularity                                          D. Success

All hotels redecorate regularly. However, very few do it as frequently as Sweden’s Icehotel. As the name indicates，the hotel that is located in the remote village of Jukkasjarvi, is built entirely from ice and，therefore，has to be rebuilt annually! The 26th version of Icehotel, which welcomed its first visitors on December 11th，features 69 rooms. To make them affordable for everyone, they range from expensive luxury suites to basic accommodations.

Among this year’s unique suite offerings is the“Elephant in the Room”，which features a massive 3-m tall sculpted African elephant overlooking an ice—framed bed. The“Counting Sheep”suite features frozen sheep that may help those who don’t sleep well get a good night’s rest. Though the atmosphere between the luxury suites and the budget rooms may differ，they are all subject to the bone-chilling-5℃ temperatures. To get a good night’s rest guests have to lie inside sleeping bags and keep their gloves and hats on. Though that seems a little uncomfortable，visitors say it is an experience like none other.

The hotel also features a beautifully crafted ice church where over 100 couples will get married this year and an Ice Bar that will serve drinks in ice glasses. Though dining options are limited to the hotel’s only restaurant，guests will have little to complain about with Michelin—trained chef Alexander Meier. To keep customers entertained，the hotel offers a variety of fun activities like snowshoeing，moose or snowmobile safaris，dog sledding，and even overnight wilderness camping.

The 26-year-·old tradition began accidentally in 1989 when locals organized an art exhibition to draw winter visitors to the remote village that lies 200 km north of the Arctic Circle. Among the many tourists was an adventurous group and they announced their intention of spending the night in the place where the exhibition was being held. That’s when the idea of building the icy accommodations dawned on the locals.

56.Why is Sweden’s Icehotel rebuilt every year?

A. It needs more rooms.          B. It is entirely built from ice.

C. It follows old traditions.        D. It can be easily decorated.

57.What is unique about the hotel this year?

A. It opens earlier than ever before.   B. More expensive rooms are available.

C. Room prices are more affordable.   D. Some rooms have theme sculptures.

58.What can be inferred about the hotel in Paragraph 3?

A. Its service needs improving.    B. Its activities may be boring.

C. It tries to appeal to customers.   D. Its food is not delicious at all.

Books, Films and Plays

The novelist’s medium is the written word, one might almost say the printed word. Typically the novel is consumed by a silent, individual reader, who may be anywhere at the time. The paperback novel is still the cheapest, most portable and adaptable form of narrative entertainment. It is limited to a single channel of information---writing. The narrative can go, effortlessly, anywhere: into space, people’s head, palaces, prisons and pyramids, without any consideration of cost or practical possibility. In determining the shape and content of his narrative, the writer is restricted by nothing except purely artistic criteria. The novelist keeps control over his text until it is published and received by the audience. He may be advised by his editor to revise his text, but if the writer refused to meet this condition no one would be surprised. It is not unknown for a well-established novelist to deliver his or her manuscript(手稿) and expect the publisher to print it exactly as written.

However, not even the most well-established playwright or screenplay writer would submit a script and expect it to be performed without any rewriting. This is because plays and motion pictures are cooperative forms of narrative, using more than one channel of communication.

The production of a stage play involves, as well as the words of the author, the physical presence of the actors, their voices and gestures, the “set” and possibly music. Although the script is the essential basis of both stage play and film, it is a basis for subsequent revision negotiated between the writer and the other creative people involved. They are given “approval” of the choice of director and actors and have the right to attend rehearsals(排演), during which period they may undertake more rewriting work. In the case of the screenplay, the writer may have little or no control over the final form of his work. Contracts for the production of plays protect the rights of authors in this respect.

In film or television work, on the other hand, the screenplay writer has no contractual right to this degree of consultation. While the script is going through its various drafts, the writer is in the driver’s seat, although sometimes receiving criticism from the producer and the director. But once the production is under way, artistic control over the project tends to pass to the director. This is a fact overlooked by most journalistic critics of television drama, who tend(unlike film critics) to give all the credit or blame for success or failure of a production to the writer and actors, ignoring the contribution, for good or ill, of the director.

59.Where might you find the passage?

A. In a textbook.                                                                                    B. In a movie magazine. 

C. In a travelling brochure.                                                        D. In a shopping guide.

60.Which of these subtitles would be most appropriate?

A. Why does the future look good for writers of books, plays and films?

B. What do audiences want from these three forms of entertainment?

C. How do these forms of media compare for their producers?

D. What benefit can we get from these forms of media?

61.Why can the novelist expect the publisher to print the manuscript exactly as written?

A. Because the novelist keeps control over his text.

B. Because the paperback novel is most portable and adaptable.

C. Because the novel is limited to a single channel of information---writing.

D. Because the novelist is seldom advised by editors to revise the text.

62.Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?

A. Playwrights envy the simplicity of the novelist’s work.

B. Experience in the theatre improves the work of screenplay writers.

C. Screenplay writers usually have the final say in how a TV drama will turn out.

D. Playwrights are frequently involved in revising their work.

63.What can be implied from the last sentence of the passage?

A. TV critics often blame the wrong people for the failure of a program.

B. The director is a determining factor in the future of a television drama.

C. Few people know that the screenplay writer is often criticized by the director.

D. It is urgent for the film critics to realize their mistakes.

In her new book, “The Smartest Kids in the World,” Amanda Ripley, an investigative journalist, tells the story of Tom, a high-school student from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, who decides to spend his senior year in Warsaw, Poland. Poland is a surprising educational success story: in the past decade, the country raised students’ test scores from significantly below average to well above it. Polish kids have now outscored(超过……分数) American kids in math and science, even though Poland spends, on average, less than half as much per student as the United States does. One of the most striking differences between the high school Tom attended in Gettysburg and the one he ends up at in Warsaw is that the latter has no football team, or, for that matter, teams of any kind.

That American high schools waste more time and money on sports than on math is an old complaint. This is not a matter of how any given student who plays sports does in school, but of the culture and its priorities. This December, when the latest Program for International Student Assessment(PISA) results are announced, it’s safe to predict that American high-school students will once again display their limited skills in math and reading, outscored not just by students in Poland but also by students in places like South Korea, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, Singapore, and Japan. Meanwhile, they will have played some very exciting football games, which will have been breathlessly written up in their hometown papers.

Why does this situation continue? Well, for one thing, kids like it. And for another, according to Ripley, parents seem to like the arrangement, too. She describes a tour she took of a school in Washington D.C., which costs thirty thousand dollars a year. The tour leader—a mother with three children in the school—was asked about the school’s flaws(暇疵). When she said that the math program was weak, none of the parents taking the tour reacted. When she said that the football program was weak, the parents suddenly became concerned. “Really?” one of them asked worriedly, “What do you mean?”

One of the ironies(讽刺) of the situation is that sports reveal what is possible. American kids’ performance on the field shows just how well they can do when expectations are high. It’s too bad that their test scores show the same thing.

64. According to Paragraph 2, we know that _______.

A. too much importance is placed on sports in America

B. little time is spent on sports in Japanese schools

C. American high schools complain about sports time

D. PISA plays a very important role in America

65.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means _______.

A. American students’ academic performance worries their parents a lot

B. high expectations push up American students’ academic performance

C. low expectations result in American students’ poor PISA performance

D. lacking practice contributes to American students’ average performance

66.The purpose of this article is to _______.

A. draw public attention to a weakness in American school tradition

B. call on American schools to learn from the Polish model

C. compare Polish schools with those in America

D. explain what is wrong with American schools and provide solutions

Jane arrives at Thornfield, having been met at the George Inn. Mrs. Fairfax confuses her a little at first, because she is so informal and welcoming. But in due course Jane discovers that Mrs. Fairfax is the housekeeper.

Jane’s pupil, Adele Varens, is the eight-year-old French child under the legal protection of Mr. Edward Rochester, the owner of the house. (We learn later that her mother had claimed she was his illegitimate daughter. Mr. Rochester is not convinced by this claim, but felt he could not leave the little girl poor when her mother died.)

Adele is a pleasant little girl, even if she is not a particularly eager student. Life goes on very peacefully for three months, until the return of Mr. Rochester. Jane first meets him on his horse, and her description of him is quite fanciful. He takes a fall and Jane helps him, although she does not know who he is until they are both back at Thornfield.

It is obvious to the reader, although not to Jane, that the reason why Mr. Rochester stays at Thornfield much longer than usual is that he finds her company enjoyable. Jane, unknowingly at first, falls in love with him. Their closeness is very apparent. There is something about Thornfield that is mysterious. Jane is encouraged to focus her attention on the servant Grace Poole, who is Mr. Rochester’s mad wife Bertha Mason’s keeper at Thornfield, and whose drunken carelessness frequently allows Bertha to escape and do something violent.

It is clear to the reader, though, that Mr. Rochester’s emotional engagement is immense. When his bed is set on fire, Jane rescues him, but does not understand why the matter is not pursued, despite Mr. Rochester assuring her the criminal is Grace. The next morning Grace behaves as though she has done nothing wrong.

Eventually, Mr. Rochester leaves, to go to a house party. He brings everyone at the party back with him, transforming the atmosphere in the house, and delighting Adele. One of the guests is Blanche Ingram, whom Mr. Rochester is confidently expected to marry. However, it is clear from the way she is portrayed in the book that she is too proud; our sympathies are not with her.

Mr. Rochester is called away from the house, and when he returns he chooses to play the role of a fortune teller. It is clear to the reader that one of his motives is to try to turn Blanche against the idea of marriage to him. While he has clearly bothered her, he is unsuccessful.

One afternoon, Jane hears that her cousin John Reed is dead and Mrs. Reed, who is probably on her deathbed, has been asking for her. With strict instructions from Mr. Rochester to return quickly, she sets off to Gateshead. On arrival, she realizes she no longer hates her cousins. However, Mrs. Reed is still bitter towards her, owing to the fact that Jane’s mother was Mr Reed’s favourite sister and this resulted in him apparently favouring Jane over his own children.

A short time later, Mrs. Reed gives Jane a letter from her uncle, John Eyre, that was written three years earlier. It explains how he planned to adopt Jane and allow her to inherit his fortune. Mrs. Reed never handed the letter over because of her bitterness. Jane tries once more to seek reconciliation (和解), but without success; her aunt dies that night.

67.Who does the underlined word “she” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A. Jane.                                                        B. Mrs. Fairfax.                            C. Adele Varens.                            D. Grace Poole.

68.The story of Adele Varens mainly indicates that ______.

A. women have a low social status                                          B. Mr. Rochester is sympathetic

C. Mr. Rochester is irresponsible                                           D. girls are often abandoned by their parents

69.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Mr. Rochester expects Blanche to marry him.

B. Mr. Rochester plays the role of a fortune teller to attract Jane.

C. Jane and Mr. Rochester enjoy each other’s company in Thornfield.

D. Grace Poole often gets drunk and does something violent.

70.Why is Mrs. Reed bitter towards Jane?

A. Because Jane inherited Mr. Reed’s fortune.

B. Because Jane didn’t get along well with her cousins.

C. Because Jane’s mother was more beautiful than Mrs. Reed.

D. Because Mr. Reed loved Jane more than his own children.

What is eco­fashion? Eco-fashion is about making clothes that take into account the environment, the health of consumers and the working conditions of people in the fashion industry.  It is a complex phenomenon and the common use of the fashionable terms—‘ecological’ and ‘ethical’. Ecological fashion usually refers to textile (织物) and clothing production processes and the environmental issues surrounding them；ethical fashion generally relates to the working conditions involved in the producing processes.

What are the problems with fashion? A closer look at the fashion industry points out many problems that are common practices in the creation of our fashions from the field to the factory. Firstly，the production of textiles pollutes the environment heavily. Cotton­planting uses pesticides；sheep­farming and wool­cleaning contribute to global warming；synthetics­making (人造纤维生产) brings about waste which does harm to our environment. Secondly，every stage of clothing production has a significant effect on the environment. They all use a great deal of energy，and some also involve chemicals which evidently do harm to the surroundings. In addition to this，there is a lot of waste produced in the process，especially in the form of polluted water. Thirdly，growing consumption levels and our shopping habits further worsen the bad effects. We are now buying clothes in increasing quantities without realizing the scale on which it affects natural environment，and we are also quick to throw away clothes that have been worn only a couple of times.

Then，how to solve the problems? Other industries that design products are ahead of the fashion industry when it comes to choosing sustainable materials, designing for minimum waste, choosing energy efficient manufacturing and creating products for longevity. The fashion industry has been slow to adopt these changes and part of the problem is the very nature of fashion. To a large degree，it is the fashion producers that really have the power and the responsibility to shape our future. There are numerous ways in which these producers can reduce their ecological footprint，from switching to green energy and reducing energy use，through selecting sustainable materials and choosing local suppliers，to recycle and minimize waste. On the other hand，as consumers we can all make contributions by selecting environmentally friendly clothing and reducing clothing consumption.

There is some concern that eco-friendly fashions are just a trend that we will eventually grow tired of but we can make sure that doesn't happen. Now many people are beginning to shop for organic food products because the benefits of eating food free of chemicals are straightforward and immediate. They relate directly to our personal health. In fact, choosing eco­fashion can also contribute to our personal health, though it is mostly done by way of keeping the health of the planet.

                   Why choose eco-fashion?

71  of fashion

Ecological

Textile & clothing production processes;

Issues related to   72 

Ethical

Working   73  involved

Problems with fashion

Textile   74 

Cotton-planting: use of pesticides;

Sheep­farming & wool­cleaning: global warming;

Synthetics-making:   75  waste

Clothing production

Producing a lot of waste;

Using chemicals;

  76  a great deal of energy

Consumption levels & shopping habits

New clothes: bought in increasing quantities

Old clothes:   77  away quickly

  78  to problems

Fashion producers

Ways to recycle and   79  waste:

Switching to green energy;

Reducing energy use;

Selecting sustainable materials;

Choosing local suppliers

___80__

Selecting environmentally friendly clothing

Reducing clothing consumption

            Choosing eco­fashion can contribute to our personal health.

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The Internet has long been regarded as a wonderful tool that allows students to gain insight to useful resources and information. However, this is not always the case.