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Look at any advertisement for a fashion（时尚）store,and you may notice that most of the models are teens.In Western culture,especially,fashion is an extremely important component of teenage life.But "Why?" you may ask.
For teenagers,fashion is first and foremost a social statement.It is a means of expression to their peers（同龄人）and the rest of the world.
Fashion also provides teenagers a sense of identity by signalling which "grouping" they belong to.It many signal a more independent or inclusive personality.
Teens can be extremely conscious about overall image.They will often make use of fashion as a means to attract a certain type of person.
Rebellion（叛离）may also be acted out via fashion.Since rebellion is often a huge aspect of a teenager's life, teens often use shocking fashion to rebel against their parents,their classmates, and/or society.
Many teens pick up on fashion trends in an effort to avoid losing face.Poor fashion choices in the eyes of others can often be an open door to ridicule.
Often,fashion for teenagers is the result of the desire to be like a celebrity（名人）.Celebrities are perhaps the greatest influences on teenagers in the modern world,and the can have a huge effect on a teen's ideas about fashion and its importance.
1.What is the best tide for the text?
A. Why is fashion so important to teens? B. Why do teens learn from celebrities?
C. What fashion do teens want? D. Who leads the fashion?
2.For teens,fashion .
A. has a deep effect on celebrities B. is about expressing themselves
C. can prevent them from rebelling D. will remove their peer pressure
3.Which of the following can describe the main point of Paragraph 3?
A. Fashion and independence. B. Fashion and peers.
C. Fashion and teenagers. D. Fashion and identity.
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I was doing some Christmas shopping in a toy store and decided to look at Barbie dolls for my nieces. A nicely dressed little girl was excitedly looking through the Barbie dolls as well. As she was looking, a little boy came to the Pokemon toys. He was dressed neatly, but his clothes were obviously old. He was with his father as well, and kept picking up the Pokemon video toys. Each time he picked one up and looked at his father, his father shook his head and said, “No.”
The little girl had chosen her Barbie. However, she stopped and was watching them. Rather dejectedly, the boy had to give up the Pokemon toys and choose something else. The little girl put her Barbie back on the shelf, and ran over to the Pokemon toys. She excitedly picked up one and raced towards the checkout. I picked up my purchases and got in line behind them. Then, much to the little girl’s delight, the little boy and his father got in line behind me. After the toy was paid for and bagged, the little girl handed it back to the cashier (收银员) and whispered something in her ear. The casher smiled and put the package under the counter.
I paid for my purchases and was rearranging things when the little boy came up to the cashier. The cashier checked his purchases and said, “Congratulations, you are my hundredth customer today, and you win a prize!” With that, she handed the little boy the Pokemon toys, and he could only stare in surprise. It was exactly what he had wanted!
The little girl and her father had been standing at the doorway during all of this. Then they walked out. As I walked back to my car, I heard the father ask his daughter why she had done that. I’ll never forget what she said to him. “Daddy, didn’t Grandparents want me to buy something that would make me happy?” He said, “Of course they did, honey.” To which the little girl replied, “Well, I just did!”
I feel very shocked to have witnessed the true spirit of Christmas in that toy store, in the form of a little girl who understands more about the meaning of this festival than most adults I know.
1.The underlined word “dejectedly” in the second paragraph probably means _____.
A．delightedly B．disappointedly C．excitedly D．unexpectedly
2.How did the little boy get the Pokemon toys?
A．His father bought him the Poknemon toys.
B．Fortunately, he was the hundredth customer and won the Poknemon toys.
C．The cashier felt sympathy for the little boy and gave him the Poknemon toys.
D．The little girl bought the Poknemon toys for him.
3.What did the little girl mean when saying “Daddy, didn’t Grandparents want me to buy something that would make me happy?”
A．Her Grandparents wanted her to be happy.
B．Making the little boy happy made her happy.
C．The Poknemon toys made her happy.
D．Her Grandparents hoped that she could help others.
4.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A．the story happened before Christmas.
B．The little boy had not enough money to buy the Poknemon toys.
C．Although the little girl liked the Poknemon toys very much, she gave them to the boy.
D．The author was deeply moved by the behavior of the little girl.
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________ life may have in store for you, each of you has a grand, lifelong project, and that is the development of yourself as a human being.
A. However B. Wherever
C. Whenever D. Whatever
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Look carefully and you’ll find musicians at the top of almost any industry. The television broadcaster Paula Zahn(cello) and the NBC chief White House correspondent Chuck Todd (French horn) attended college on music scholarships; Both Microsoft’s Mr. Allen and the venture capitalist Rogar McNamee have rock bands. Lorry Page, a co-founder of Google, played saxophone in high school. The former World Bank president James D. Wolfensohn has played cello at Carnegie Hall.
The connection isn’t a coincidence. I know because I asked. I put the question to top-flight professionals in industries from tech to finance to media, all of whom had serious ( if often little-known) past lives as musicians. Almost all made a connection between their music training and their professional achievements.
Will your school music program turn your kid into a Paul Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft (guitar)? Or a Woody Allen (clarinet )? Probably not. These are outstanding achievers. But the way these and other visionaries (有远见的人) I spoke to process music is interesting.
But the key question is: why does that connection exist? Paul Allen offers an answer. He says music “establish your confidence in the ability to create.” He began playing the violin at age 7 and switched to the guitar as a teenager. Even in the early days of Microsoft, he would pick up his guitar at the end of marathon days of programming. The music was the emotional analog (类比) to his day job, both of them show his different creativity. He says, “something is pushing you to look beyond what currently exists and express yourself in a new way.”
For many of the high achievers I spoke with, music functions as a “hidden language,” as Mr. Wolfensohn calls it, one that enhances the ability to connect different or even opposite ideas. When he ran the World Band, Mr. Wolfensohn traveled to more than 100 countries, often taking in local performances (and occasionally joining in on a borrowed cello), which helped him understand “the culture of people”.
Consider the qualities these high achievers say music has sharpened : cooperation, creativity, discipline and the capacity to coordinate (协调) conflicting ideas. All are qualities obviously absent from public life. Music may not make you a genius, or rich, or even a better person. But it helps train you to think differently, to process different points of views --- and most important, to take pleasure in listening.
1.The reason why the author quote so many outstanding people as examples in the first paragraph is ___________.
A. to prove the popularity and the charm of music
B. to prove all winners are musicians before
C. to encourage kids to choose school music program
D. to prove the connection between success and music
2.Which of the following is true?
A. Everybody knows those well-known people are musicians before.
B. Musicians exist in all industries.
C. Music can certainly make you become a better person.
D.Music helps Mr. Wolfensohn have a better understanding of the different culture.
3.The author develops the passage mainly _________.
A. by classification B. by comparison
C. by example D. by process
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Would you please ______ the paper for me and see if there are any obvious mistakes?
A. look around B. look into C. look up D. look through
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—Do you think an advertisement is a help when you look for a job ？
一Well，it depends．________，it gives me a chance to try．
A．Otherwise B．Anyway C．Therefore D．Though
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Things have been rough lately, for example, grocery shopping at the dollar store roughly and borrowing money from my boss to pay rent roughly.
One day I drove to a store with my daughter and we were _______ for some little things such as potatoes and some cheese. The lady in front of us had a grocery basket of food and told us to go _______ her, because we only had a few things. After we were all checked out, she said she would _______ for our items with hers.
I started to choke up, so I _______ her and we left. I don't know why it hit so hard but I was _______ sobbing by the time we got to my _______.
When I went back to thank her again, I was already in _______, and the checkout lady was still checking her up. I _______ her if I could hug her. She said yes and _______ hugged me. I was crying and telling her how much her ________ meant to me, and that things had been so ________.
I knew there were many people, and they all ________ me strangely. I probably looked ridiculous because I hugged a ________ and burst into tears in a ________ grocery store, and thanked her. But I didn't mind their ________. I just wanted her to know how much it meant, and how badly I ________ a person like her. She reminds me that there are still ________ persons, even when things feel the worst.
I promise that once I become a(n) ________, I will return the favor as best as I can. I will do what the ________ did. Hopefully, I will help someone in need. Or maybe ________ them to do the same.
1.A.applying B.shopping C.calling D.exchanging
2.A.apart from B.except for C.regardless of D.ahead of
3.A.long B.pay C.prepare D.wait
4.A.praised B.forgave C.thanked D.mistook
5.A.nearly B.hardly C.still D.rarely
6.A.bike B.car C.taxi D.bus
7.A.cheers B.ruins C.tears D.rags
8.A.requested. B.ordered C.persuaded D.asked
9.A.gently B.cautiously C.unwillingly D.violently
10.A.expression B.beauty C.figure D.kindness
11.A.rough B.strange C.confusing D.annoying
12.A.listened to B.put at C.looked at D.shouted at
13.A.friend B.stranger C.farmer D.manager
14.A.wide B.famous C.beautiful D.crowded
15.A.response B.situation C.emotion D.pleasure
16.A.searched B.convinced C.needed D.suspected
17.A.crazy B.good C.leader D.brave
18.A.success B.conductor C.leader D.actress
19.A.gentleman B.beggar C.boss D.lady
20.A.force B.inspire C.admit D.forbid
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阅读下面的短文，根据要求回答相关问题。（请将答案直接写在答题卷上）
[1] Hurt may occur at any time in our daily life, and forgiving someone who has hurt you or let you down is never an easy thing．Several new studies, however, say that it could have a lot of health benefits．When you think of forgiveness, you probably don’t think of it as being a health or medical problem．Studies from Stanford University, on the other hand, show that something like anger can ________.
[2] When cartoon book characters like the Incredible Hulk get angry, they change colors and often gain special power．In the real world, anger is less obvious and may be more dangerous. That’s why Professor Fred Luskin, founder of the Stanford Forgiveness for Good, says being angry can harm your physical and mental health. Two new studies seem to show the same idea.
[3] The studies find that people who are able to forgive feel less stress, less back pain, and less depression. They also have fewer headache, lower blood pressure, and fewer problems on sleeping.
[4] So it doesn’t matter if your anger is caused by the traffic or other things．Learning to let it go is important. Techniques such as deep breath or thought can help. Or just ask yourself if it’s worth hurting yourself by staying angry with someone else.
[5] Forgiveness does not mean that you simply accept what happened and say it’s OK. Instead, it’s a way of making peace with yourself about what happened in the past.
1.What does the underlined word “it” (paragraph 1) probably refer to?( no more than 4 words )
_______________________________________________________________________________
2.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 1 with proper words．( no more than 4 words )
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3.Complete the following statement with proper words．( no more than 4 words )
It is proved that people who _______________________________ are more relaxed and healthy.
4.Why doesn’t it matter if your anger is caused by the traffic or other things? ( no more than 15 words )
_____________________________________________________________________________
5.What is the main idea of the passage? ( no more than 10 words )
_______________________________________________________________________________
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(2013·湖南，28)Do not let any failures discourage you, for you can never tell______close you may be to victory.
A．how B．that C．which D．where
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Do not let any failures discourage you, for you can never tell ________ close you may be to victory. A. how B. that C. which D. where