A “blogger” is a person who writes on an Inte...

A “blogger” is a person who writes on an Internet computer Web site called a “blog”. The word “blog” is a short way of saying web log, or personal Web site. Anyone can start a blog, and they can write about anything they like.

There are millions of blogs on the Internet today. They provide news, information and ideas to many people who read them. They contain links to other Web sites. And they provide a place for people to write their ideas and react to the ideas of others.

A research company called Peruse has studied more than 3,000 Web logs. It says that blogs are most popular with teenage girls. They use them to let their friends know what is happening in their lives. The study also says that more than 100,000 bloggers stopped taking part in the activity after a year.

However, some people develop serious blogs to present political and other ideas. For example, the Republican and Democratic parties in the southern state of Kentucky recently started their own blogs. And American companies are beginning to use blogs to advertise their products.

At the same time, some long-standing blogs have ended. Last week, blogging leader Dave Winner closed his free blog service, weblogs.com. He says the site became too costly to continue. He started the blog four years ago, and thousands of people had written on it.

One blog that is still going strong is called Rebecca’s Pocket. It involves much useful information for readers. Rebecca Blood created the Web site in 1999. She wrote about the history of blogs on the site. That article led to a book called “The Weblog Handbook”. It has been translated into four languages so far.

Ms Blood says Rebecca’s Pocket gets about 30,000 visitors a month. She writes about anything and everything----politics, culture and movies. She recently provided medical advice. And she wrote about how to prevent people from stealing money from online bank accounts.

1.The text is written mainly to ____

2.From the text we can learn that blogs cover almost everything except __ _.

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

4. The reason why Rebecca’s Pocket is still going strong is that____

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A “blogger” is a person who writes on an Internet computer web site called a “blog”．The word “blog” is a short way of saying web log, or personal web site．Anyone can start a blog, and they can write about anything they like．

There are millions of blogs on the Internet today．They provide news, information and ideas to many people who read them．They contain links to other web sites．And they provide a place for people to write their ideas and react to the ideas of others．

A research company called Perseus has studied more than 3,000 web logs．It says that blogs are most popular with teenage girls．They use them to let their friends know what is happening in their life．The study also says that more than 100,000 bloggers stopped taking part in the activity after a year．

However, some people develop serious blogs to present political and other ideas．For example, the Republican and Democratic parties in the southern state of Kentucky recently started their own blogs．And American companies are beginning to use blogs to advertise their products．

At the same time, some long-standing blogs have ended．Last week, blogging leader Dave Winer closed his free blog service, weblogs．com．He says the site became too costly to continue．He started the blog four years ago, and thousands of people had written on it．

One blog that is still going strong is called Rebecca’s Pocket．It involves much useful information for readers．Rebecca Blood created the web site in 1999．She wrote about the history of blogs on the site．That article led to a book called “The Weblog Handbook”．It has been translated into four languages so far．

Ms Blood says Rebecca’s Pocket gets about 30,000 visitors a month．She writes about anything and everything----politics, culture and movies．She recently provided medical advice．And she wrote about how to prevent people from stealing money from online bank accounts．

1.The text is written mainly to _____

A．introduce an Internet computer web site called “blog”

B．introduce a way of reading on blogs．

C．．tell readers how to write blogs        D．tell readers about blogs

2.From the text we can learn that blogs cover almost everything except ____．

A．different ideas   B．medical advice    C．account codes D advertisements．

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

A．A lot of blggers no longer write or read blogs     B．Politicians don’t use blogs at all

C．Those who like to use blogs are mostly teenage girls

D．Dave Winer closed his “weblogs．com” because of money shortage

4.The reason why Rebecca’s Pocket is still going strong is that_____

A．it provides plenty of useful information and advice    B．it was created by a woman

C．it is about the history of books    D．it has editions in at least four different languages

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A “blogger” is a person who writes on an Internet computer Web site called a “blog（博客）”.The word “blog” is a short way of saying Web log, or personal Web site. Anyone can start a blog, and they can write about anything they like. There are millions of blogs on the Internet today. They provide news, information，advertisements, advice and ideas for many people who read them. They contain links to other Web sites. And they provide a place for people to write about their ideas and react to the ideas of others.

A research company called Perscus has studied more than 300 Web logs. It says that blogs are most popular with teenage girls. They use them to let their friends know what is happening in their lives. The study also says that more than 100,000 bloggers stopped taking part in the activity after a year.

However, some people develop serious blogs to present political and other ideas. For example, the Republican and Democratic parties in the southern state of Kentucky recently started their own blogs. And American companies are beginning to use blogs to advertise their products. At the same time, some long-standing blogs have ended. Last week, blogging leader Dave Winer closed his free blog service “weblogs. com”. He says the site became too costly to continue. He started the blog four years ago. And thousands of people had written on it. They are now upset because they did not know that the site was closing. One blog that is still going strong is called Rebecca’s Pocket. Rebecca Blood created the Web-site in 1999. She wrote about the history of blogs on the site. That article led to a book called “The Weblog Handbook”. It has been translated into four languages so far. Ms. Blood says Rebecea’s Pocket gets about 30,000 visitors a month. She writes about anything and everything — politics, culture and movies. She recently provided medical advice. And she wrote about how to prevent people from stealing money from on -line bank accounts.

1.The author wrote this passage mainly to _________.

A. introduce an Internet computer Web site called “blog”

B. introduce a short way of saying Weblog

C. tell readers how to write blogs

D. tell readers about blogs

2.From the passage we can learn that blogs cover almost everything EXCEPT ______.

A. account passwords   B. medical advice

C. advertisements    D. different ideas

3.Dave Winer closed his “weblogs. Com” because __________.

A. more than 100,000 bloggers stopped taking part in the activity

B. American companies used blogs to advertise their products

C. people stole money from on -line bank accounts

D. He couldn’t afford the increasing money needed to run the blogs

4.The reason why Rebecca’s Pocket is still going strong is that ______.

A. it was created by a woman

B. it is about the history of blogs

C. it provides useful information and advice

D. it has editions in at least four different languages

5.What is the author’s attitude toward blog?

A.Objective                         B. Sceptical

C. Disapproving.                  D. Sympathetic.

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An oral history is a piece of writing based on an interview with a person who has lived through a significant period in history or experienced a historical event. His or her memories provide a personal view of the past.

The first goal of all oral histories is to record stories about a specific subject. That subject may be a historical event like the D-Day invasion. It may be a period of history like the Depression, or a social or cultural trend, such as child labor. The first step in an oral history project, therefore, is to select a subject that interests you and is of historical significance.

Before attempting to identify people to interview for your project, you must first gather background information about the subject. The Library of Congress, which houses thousands of oral histories, provides these tips for researching your subject.

Before entering the library or logging onto the internet, decide on key words to use in your search. Use detailed search words. For example, search for rock and roll of the ’60s instead of the more general term music.

Look through newspaper and magazine articles and Internet Web sites to identify documents that are related to your subject. Make copies of those that will help you plan your interview questions and discard all others.

Discuss what you’ve read about your subject surprised you? What aspect of your subject would you like to know more about? Asking questions like these will help you to focus your subject and to identify the voice or voices you need to interview.

Oral histories are as much about self as they are about subject. One goal of an oral history interview is to find out what happened. A second and equally important goal is to discover how people reacted to or were affected by what happened. The person you select to interview, therefore, should have had some experience with the subject – either as a participant or a witness.

Once you have identified one or more people to interview, begin preparing your questions. The best questions are open-ended, encouraging the speaker to respond with more than a mere “Yes” or “No.” For example, an interviewer might have asked Clarence Hughart this question about his D-Day experience: Were you scared? That question, however, would probably not have elicited the sort of dramatic storytelling that Hughart provided.

Make a list of ten possible interview questions. The first two or three should be fairly general, asking the interviewee to talk about his or her childhood, perhaps. These kinds of questions put people at ease. Save more sensitive questions until the interview has been underway for five, 10, or 15 minutes or more.

After the interview come the final steps: writing a summary of the interview and then shaping it into a finished piece of writing.

		Deciding what you want to learn more about.		Selecting either a participant or a __(9) .		Making a list of possible interview questions.		(10) with general questions and save more sensitive ones for later.

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As I write this, I have half an eye on an old James Bond film that is showing on my computer. But this is a story about how I stopped watching TV and began reading again for pleasure, after ten years in which I hardly turned a page.

I suppose I was an enthusiastic reader of "literature" between the ages of nine and fourteen. I had enough time to be White Fang, Robinson Crusoe, and Bilbo Baggins and Jeeves. Of course there was room in the schoolboy's imagination for some real historical figures: Scott of the Antarctic, all of the Vikings, and Benjamin Franklin were good friends of mine.

Then, in adolescence, I began a long search for strange and radical (激进的) ideas. I wanted to challenge my elders and betters, and shock my fellow students with amazing points of view. Of course, the only place to look was in books. I hunted out the longest titles and the authors with the funniest names; I searched the library for completely unread books. Then I found one which became my bible for the whole of 1982, it had a title composed of eleven long words and an author whose name I didn't know how to pronounce. It was really thick and looked dead serious. Even better, it put forward a whole world-view that would take days to explain. Perfect. I took it out of the library three times, proud to see the date-stamps lined up on the empty library insert.

Later, I went to university. Expecting to spend long evenings in learned discussion with clever people, I started reading philosophy. For some reason I never found the deep-thinking intellectuals I hoped to meet. Anyway, I was ready to impress with my profound (深奥的) knowledge of post-structuralism, existentialism and situationism. These things are usually explained in rather short books, but they take a long time to get through. They were the end of my youthful reading.

Working life was hard to get used to after so much theory. It was the end of books for me. There didn't seem to be much in books that would actually get things done. To do things you had to answer the telephone and work a computer. You had to travel about and speak to people who weren't at all interested in philosophy. I didn't stop reading, you can't avoid that. I read all day. But no books came my way, only manuals (操作手册) and contracts and documents. Maybe most people satisfy their need for stories and ideas with TV and, to tell the truth, it was all I needed for ten years. In those days I only had a book "on the go" for the duration of aeroplane flights. At first I would come home and watch TV over dinner. Then, I moved the TV so I could watch it from bed. I even got a switch so I could turn it off without getting out of bed. Then, one fateful day, my TV broke and my landlady took it away.

My new TV is an extra circuit board (电路板) inside my computer. It's on a desk in front of a working chair and I can't see it from the bed. I still use it for the weather forecasts and it's nice to have it on while I'm typing this… but what to do last thing at night? Well, have another go with books.

Now, I just like books. I have a pile of nice ones by my bed and I'm reading about six at the same time. I don't want to be any of the characters. I don't care if a thousand people have already read them. I don't have to search through libraries. There are books everywhere and all of them have something to read in them. I have the strange feeling that they've been there all along, waiting for me to pick them up.

1.The writer enjoyed reading “literature” between the ages of nine and fourteen because ________.

A．he thought it was important for a schoolboy to do so

B．he was still too young to understand other books

C．he believed all the real historical figures were his friends

D．he could imagine himself being the characters in the books

2.“Existentialism” (in paragraph 4) is probably ________.

A．a library intended for teenagers            B．a kind of books on traditions

C．a philosophy theory                     D．a kind of reading skill

3.The main reason the writer stopped reading books was that ________.

A．he found watching TV was more interesting

B．he became too busy to read any books

C．he found books were of little use to his work

D．he had to read a lot of manuals, contracts and documents

4.Now the writer starts to read books again ________.

A．to find back his youth in books             B．for the pure pleasure of reading

C．so as to help kill his spare time             D．for only business purposes

5.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．The Years with Books                     B．Books and TV Programs

C．Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover           D．Reading Makes One Excellent

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

John Wood，an Internet blogger，discovered that Samsung ________ for not protecting its workers from a dangerous chemical used on its phones.

A．had criticized　    B．had been criticized

C．was criticized　    D．was criticizing

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Music Bloggers/Reviewers

Music Promotion&PR company is looking for casual quality writers to write music reviews for independent artists. Applicants must be professional and willing to develop a positive working relationship. Writers will not post reviews on our website, but must have their own platform. Reviews also should be your own opinion. They do not need to be positive. This must be an honest process. Reviews should be completed within 2 weeks after receiving the music.

To apply please call 020­7452 3000.

Japanese Interpreter/Translator

ICT is a technical Japanese interpreting and translation company that provides on­site (现场的)interpreters and translators. Presently, our company has a technical interpreting and translation job openings in the Southeast Region. Full­time & Part­time.

If you are interested, please contact(联系) us at 020­7565 5000.

Business Development Manager

Allpro Healthcare Solutions, a provider of home care and medical staffing services throughout the US, is seeking a full­time proposal writer/business development manager. The successful candidate must have excellent spoken and writing skills, project management skills, organizational skills and 2 years of working experience.

You can apply in person or contact us at 028­9038 1081.

Contract Shopper

We're looking for shoppers to schedule and attend an admissions interview at a local career college and evaluate the admissions interview experience. You must have a high school diploma, GED or some college experience and be able to play the role of an adult student in order to perform this shop.

Admissions interview: Gather information, tour the campus, and potentially meet briefly with Financial Aid for general info.

To sign up, please register at shopper­NortonNorris.archondev.com. Our telephone number is 016­1200 1500.

1.Which position needs candidates with working experience?

A. Music Bloggers/Reviewers.　　 B. Business Development Manager.

C. Contract Shopper.　　 D. Japanese Interpreter/Translator.

2.What should a music blogger do according to the advertisement?

A. Post reviews on the company's website.

B. Visit the company's website regularly.

C. Finish reviews within the required time.

D. Write positive reviews to advertise the works.

3.Which number should you call if you want to apply for an interpreting job?

A. 028­9038 1081.　　 B. 020­7452 3000.

C. 016­1200 1500.　　 D. 020­7565 5000.

4.What kind of person would probably be employed as a Contract Shopper?

A. One good at bargaining.

B. One with organizational skills.

C. One familiar with online shopping.

D. One able to work as an adult student.

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Steven Jobs，who passed away on October 5 ,2011，was an American computer enterpriser and inventor. He was co-founder，chairman，and CEO of Apple Corporation. Jobs also previously served as CEO of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of the Walt Disney Company in 2006，following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney.

In the late 1970s，Jobs-along with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak，Mike Markkula and others-designed，developed，and marketed one of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers，the Apple II series. In the early 1980s，Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC's mouse-driven graphical user interface(界面),which led to the creation of the Macintosh. After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985，Jobs resigned from Apple and founded NeXT，a computer platform development company specializing in the higher-education and business markets. Apple's 1996 buyout(收购)of NeXT brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded，and he served as its CEO from 1997 until August 2011. In 1986，he acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm Ltd，which was turned out as Pixar Animation Studios. He remained CEO and majority shareholder at 50. 1 percent until its acquisition by the Walt Disney Company in 2006.Consequently Jobs became Disney's largest individual shareholder at 7 percent and a member of Disney's Board of Directors. On August 24 ,2011 ,Jobs announced his resignation from his role as Apple's CEO. Jobs died in California at age 56，seven years after being diagnosed with cancer. At the time of his resignation，and again after his death，he was widely described as a pioneer and genius-perhaps one of the foremost-in the field of business，innovation，and product design， and a man who had“deeply" changed the face of the modern world，revolutionized at least six different industries，and an“exemplar for all CEOs”.His death was widely mourned and considered a loss to the world by reviewers across the globe.

1.Why did Steve Jobs leave Apple Corporation in 1985?

A. He found it was hard to work with his partners.

B. He was defeated in the attempt of controlling Apple Corporation.

C. He wanted to found another company.

D. Apple Corporation will soon be defeated by another company.

2.We can know from this passage that　　　　　　　 .

A. People all over the world think highly of Steve Jobs.

B. Steve Jobs was CEO of Pixar Animation Studios in 2007.

C. Steve Jobs retired at the age of 50 because of cancer.

D. Steve Jobs is the Einstein of our times.

3.What does the underlined word "exemplar" in the last paragraph mean

A. Companion.　　 B. Model.

C. Friend.　　 D. Inventor.

4.The best title of this passage can be　　　　　　 ·

A. Stories of Steve Jobs　　 B. Background of Steve Jobs

C. Life of Steve Jobs　　 D. Death of Steve Jobs

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Up, Up, and Away!

An adventurer who became the first person to fly across the English Channel on a cluster（簇）of balloons has launched a house into the sky just like in the hit movie Up-in reparation for a more ambitious journey and a new record

Fearless Trappe , from North Carolina, stepped into the cartoon themed home before flying above the leon International Balloon Festivel in Mexico more than a week ago.

The 38-year-old Trappe was using the event as a warm-up for his planned trans-Atlantic flight scheduled for next summer ,He aims to complete the 2,500-mile journey in a seven-foot lifeboat carried by 365 huge helium（氦气）ballooms

The brave man is learning to sail a lifeboat ,in case he meeds to ditch (在海中迫降)into the ocean during the danger-filled adventure

He sill fly at between 18,000 feet and 25,000 feet , beating his previous world altitude record of 21,600 feet ,and must fly uninterrupted a distance ten times longer than his previous world record of 230 miles in order to succeed.

The adventurer Trappe ,who holes records for crossing the Alps, flying the most cluster balloons, and the longest distance , has opent his entire carreer ,building up to this ambitious plan.

“I didn’t wake up one day and think：‘I’ going to fly across the Atlantic, ’”he said “he said  Every attempt before this was prepared for this fight ,I’ve been training for a long time”

1.The adventurer flew across the English Channel to ________

A．test the balloons

B．launch a house

C．shoot a hit movie

D．prepare for breaking a record

2.To finish the journey ,he will fly a distance of ________

A．2500 miles        B．18,000 feet        C．25,000 feet        D．230 miles

3.About the ambitious journey ,which is NIT mentioned in the passage?

A．When he will fly                        B．How high he sill fly

C．How far he will fly                       D．How long it will take him

4.How many world records does Jonathan hold?

A．Two              B．Three            C．Four             D．Five

5.What does he last paragraph imply?

A．Trappe can’t sleep worrying about the adventure

B．Trappe was born to set world records

C．Trappe always keeps his ambition in mind

D．Trappe never thought of crossing the Ataantic before

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阅读理解。

Up，Up，and Away！

An adventurer who became the first person to fly across the English Channel on a cluster of balloons has launched a house into the sky just like in the hit movie Up-in reparation for a more ambitious journey and a new record．

Fearless Trappe，from North Carolina，stepped into the cartoon themed home before flying above the Leon International Balloon Festival in Mexico more than a week ago．

The 38-year-old Trappe was using the event as a warm-up for his planned trans-Atlantic flight scheduled for next summer．He aims to complete the 2，500-mile journey in a seven-foot lifeboat carried by 365 huge helium balloons．

The brave man is learning to sail a lifeboat，in case he needs to ditch into the ocean during the danger-filled adventure．

He still fly at between 18，000 feet and 25，000 feet，beating his previous world altitude record of 21，600 feet，and must fly uninterrupted a distance ten times longer than his previous world record of 230 miles in order to succeed．

The adventurer Trappe，who holds records for crossing the Alps，flying the most cluster balloons，and the longest distance，has spent his entire career，building up to this ambitious plan．

“I didn’t wake up one day and think：‘I’ going to fly across the Atlantic，’”he said．“Every attempt before this was prepared for this fight，I’ve been training for a long time”．

1.The adventurer flew across the English Channel to__________．

A．test the balloons　　　　　　 B．launch a house

C．shoot a hit movie　　　　　　 D．prepare for breaking a record

2.To finish the journey，he will fly a distance of__________．

A．2500 miles　　 　　　　　　　　 B．18，000 feet

C．25，000 feet　　 　　　　　　 　 D．230 miles

3.About the ambitious journey，which is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．When he will fly　　　　　　 B．How high he sill fly

C．How far he will fly　　　 　 D．How long it will take him

4.How many world records does Jonathan hold?

A．Two　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　 　 B．Three

C．Four　　　　　　 　　　　　　　　　 D．Five

5.What does he last paragraph imply?

A．Trappe can’t sleep worrying about the adventure

B．Trappe was born to set world records

C．Trappe always keeps his ambition in mind

D．Trappe never thought of crossing the Atlantic before

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