-
Weather is the subject matter of Westerners whenever they meet. Housewives, businessmen, factory workers as well as farmers all talk about the weather. It is everyday news, whether or not conditions change. Many newspapers carry a regular front page news story in addition to the full reports on as inside-page provided by the weather service. Here are several different types of weather reports taken from the western papers:
No.1 Regional forecast
No. 2 Three-day Forecast
No. 3 Weather Stories
1.In a street of corner of London, two strangers may begin their talk with “______”
A. Hi, how are you? B. What are doing here? Waiting for someone?
C. A nice day, isn’t it? D. Didn’t you listen to the weather report last night?
2.The noon temperature of _______ is nearly 70’s at the weekend.
A. Western Great Lakes B. Duluth, Minn
C. Westchester, Rockland D. New Jersey
3.It seems that ________ has plenty of rain at the present season.
A. Western Great Lakes B. Winsconsin
C. Westchester, Rockland D. New Jersey
4. Which of the following is most probable according to No.3?
A. The traffic was terribly affected.
B. The Five Great Lakes were covered by heavy snow.
C. The temperatures might drop to 50℃.
D. Many schools were damaged in the snowstorm.
-
31．______weather it is, we shall set out at 8o'clock．
| A．Whatever | B．Whenever | C．However | D．No matter |
-
They lost their way in the forest, and . Which of the following is wrong?
A. what made matters worse was that night began to fall
B. what was worse, it was getting dark
C. to make matters worse that night was falling
D. worse still, night had fallen
-
一Mary looks down today. What is the matter?
一Well， happened between Mary and me is none of your business.
A. wherever B. whoever C. whatever D. whichever
-
---Do you know the famous scientist Yuan Longping?
---Of course. His name______whenever the matter of hybrid rice（杂交水稻）is discussed.
| A．comes out | B．comes up | C．comes in | D．comes on |
-
---Do you know the famous scientist Yuan Longping?
---Of course. His name________whenever the matter of hybrid rice（杂交水稻）is discussed.
A．comes out B．comes up C．comes in D．comes on
-
162. At the social gathering the weather is the subject which usually breaks the _____.
| A．ice | B．iceberg | C．topic | D．Instance |
-
Taste is such a subjective matter that we don’t usually conduct preference tests for food. The most you can say about anyone’s preference is that it’s one person’s opinion. But because the two big cola companies—Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola are marketed so aggressively, we’ve wondered how big a role taste preference actually plays in brand loyalty. We set up a taste test that challenged people who identified themselves as either Coca-Cola or Pepsi fans: Find your brand in a blind tasting.
We invited staff volunteers who had a strong liking for either Coca-Cola Classic (传统型) or Pepsi, Diet (低糖的) Coke, or Diet Pepsi. These were people who thought they’d have no trouble telling their brand from the other brand.
We eventually located 19 regular cola drinkers and 27 diet cola drinkers. Then we fed them four unidentified samples of cola one at a time, regular colas for the one group, diet versions for the other. We asked them to tell us whether each sample was Coke or Pepsi; then we analyzed the records statistically to compare the participants’ choices with what mere guess-work could have accomplished.
Getting all four samples right was a tough test, but not too tough, we thought, for people who believed they could recognize their brand. In the end, only 7 out of 19 regular cola drinkers correctly identified their brand of choice in all four trials. The diet-cola drinkers did a little worse----only 7 of 27 identified all four samples correctly.
While both groups did better than chance would predict, nearly half the participants in each group made the wrong choice two or more times. Two people got all four samples wrong. Overall, half the participants did about as well on the last round of tasting as on the first, so tiredness, or taste burnout, was not a factor. Our preference test results suggest that only a few Pepsi participants and Coke fans may really be able to tell their favorite brand by taste and price.
1.According to the passage the preference test was conducted in order to ________.
A. show that a person’s opinion about taste is mere guess-work
B. compare the ability of the participants in choosing their drinks
C. find out the role taste preference plays in a person’s drinking
D. reveal which cola is more to the liking of the drinkers
2. It is implied but not stated in the first paragraph that ________.
A. the competition between the two colas is very strong
B. blind tasting is necessary for identifying fans
C. the purpose of taste tests is to promote the sale of colas
D. the improvement of quality is the chief concern of the two cola companies
3.The word “burnout” (Line3, Para. 5) refers to the state of _________.
A. being seriously burnt in the skin
B. being badly damaged by fire
C. being unable to function because of excessive use
D. being unable to burn for lack of fuel
4.The author’s purpose in writing this passage is to ________.
A. emphasize that taste and price are closely related to each other
B. recommend that blind tasting be introduced in the quality control of colas
C. show that taste preference is highly subjective
D. argue that taste testing is an important marketing strategy
-
Taste is such a subjective matter that we don’t usually conduct preference tests for food. The most you can say about anyone’s preference is that it’s one person’s opinion. But because the two big cola companies-Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola-are marketed so aggressively, we’ve wondered how big a role taste preference actually plays in brand loyalty. We set up a taste test that challenged people who identified themselves as either Coca-cola or Pepsi fans: Find your brand in a blind tasting.
We invited staff volunteers who had a strong liking for either Coca-Cola Classic or Pepsi. Diet Coke, or Diet Pepsi. These were people who thought they’d have no trouble telling their brand from the other brand.
We eventually located 19 regular cola drinkers and 27 diet cola drinkers. Then we fed them with four unidentified samples of cola one at a time, regular colas for the one group, diet versions for the other. We asked them to tell us whether each sample was Coke or Pepsi; then we analyzed the records statistically to compare the participants’ choices with what mere guesswork could have accomplished.
Getting all four samples right was a tough test but not too tough, we thought, for people who believed they could recognize their brand. In the end, only 7 out of 19 regular cola drinkers correctly identified their brand of choice in all four trials. The diet-cola drinkers did a little worse-only 7 out of 27 identified all four samples correctly.
Both groups did better than chance would predict, but nearly half the participants in each group made the wrong choice two or more times. Two people got all four samples wrong. Overall, half the participants did about as well on the last round of tasting as on the first, so tiredness, or taste burnout, was not a factor. Our preference test results suggest that only a few Pepsi participants and Coke fans may really be able to tell their favorite brand by taste and price.
1.According to the passage the preference test was conducted in order to___________.
A. show that a person’s opinion about taste is mere guesswork
B. compare the ability of the participants in choosing their drinks
C. find out the role taste preference plays in a person’s drinking
D. reveal which cola is more to the liking of the drinkers
2.The statistics recorded in the preference tests show that____________.
A. there is not much difference in taste between Coca-Cola and Pepsi
B.few people had trouble telling Coca-Cola from Pepsi
C.people`s tastes differ from one another
D.Coca-Cola and Pepsi are people`s two most favorite drinks
3.It is implied in the first paragraph that ________
A.the competition between the two colas is very strong
B.blind tasting is neccssary for identifying fans
C.the purpose of taste test is to promote the sale of colas
D.The improvement of quailty is the chief concern of the two cola companies
4.The underlined word "burnout" here refers to the state of ________
A.being seriously burnt in the skin
B.Being badly damaged by dire
C.Being unable to burn for lack of fuel
D.Being unable to function because of too much use
5.The author`s purpose in writing this passage is to ________
A.emphasize that taste and price are closely related to each other
B.Recommend that blind tasting be introduced in the quality control of colas
C.Show that taste preference is highly subjective
D.Argue that taste testing is an important marketing strategy
-
Taste is suc．h a subjective matter that we dori't usually conduct preference tests for food．The most you can say about anyone's preference is that it's one person's opinion．But because the two bigcola companies-Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola-are marketed so aggressively, we've wondered how big arole taste-preference actually plays in brand loyalty．We set up a taste test that challenged people who identified themselves as either Coca-cola or Pepsi fans: Find your brand in a blind tasting．
We inwited staff wolunteers who had a strong liking for either Coca-Cola Classic or Pepsi, Diet Coke．or Diet Pepsi．These were people who thought they'd have no trouble telling their brand from the oLher brancl．
We eventually located 19 regular cola drinkers and 27 diet cola drinkers．Then we fed them with four unidentified samples of cola one at a time, regular colas for the one group, diet versions for the other．rOVe asked them to tell us whether each sample wa．s Coke or Pepsi; then we analyzed the records statistically to compare the participants' choices \~-ith what mere guesswork could have accom-plished．
Getting all four samples right was a tough test, biit not too tough, we thought, for people whobelieved they could recognize their brand．In the end, only 7 0ut of 19 regular cola drinkers correct-ly identified their brand of choice in all four trial．s．The diet-cola drinkers did a little worse-only 7 out of 27 identified all four samples correctly．
Both groups did better than chance would predict, but nearly half the participants in each group made the wrong choice two or more times．Two people got all'four samples vrrong．Overall, hal．f theparticipants did about as well on the last round of tasting as on the first, so tiredness, or taste burn-out, was not a factor．Our preference test results suggest that only a few Pepsi participants and Coke fans may really be able to tell their favorite brand by taste and price．
1.According to the passage the preference test was conducted in order to
A．show that a person's opinion about taste is mere guesswork
B．compare the ability of the participants in choosing their drinks
C．find out the role taste preference plays in a person's drinking
D．reveal which cola is more to the liking of the dr-inkcrs
2.The statistics recorded in the preference tests show that
A．there is not much difference in taste between Coca-Cola and Pepsi
B．few people had trouble telling Coca-Cola from Pepsi
C．people's tastes differ from one another
D．Coca-Cola and Pepsi are people's two most favorite drinks
3.It is implied in the first paragraph that
A．the competition between the two colas is very strong
B．blind tasting is necessary for identifying fans
C．the purpose of taste test is to promote the sale of colas
D．the improvement of quality is the chief concern of the two cola companies
4.The underlined word "bumout" here refers to the state of ________ ．
A．being seriously bumt in the skin
B．being badly damaged by fire
C．being unable to bum for lack of fuel
D．being unable to function because of too much use
5.The author's purpose in writing this passage is to ________．
A．emphasize that taste and price are closely related to each other
B．recommend that blind tasting be introduced in the quality control'of colas
C．show that taste preference is highly subjective
D．argue that taste testing is an important marketing strategy