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Drinks Have No Wings

You may have heard that “Red Bull gives you wings”. But while most people take the advertising slogan as a metaphor(隐喻), some Americans seem to have taken it very seriously.

Benjamin Careathers had been drinking the drink for 10 years, expecting to at least feel more energetic, but nothing happened. Feeling fooled by the ad, he took the issue to court.

In October, the Austria-based company agreed to pay $ 6.5 million (39.7 million yuan) to customers who have bought the drink since 2002. People in the US can apply for a share through energydrinksettlement.com before March 2015.

But is the case really that ridiculous?

Red Bull said they had done nothing wrong and they only paid the money to save the cost and trouble of legal action.

However, the suit(诉讼) told a different story. Even though there is no evidence that Red Bull energy drinks provide more benefit for consumers than a cup of coffee, the company markets their products as a superior source of energy that costs little.

“Such conduct means that Red Bull’s advertising and marketing is not just ‘puffery’ (吹捧) but is misleading and therefore actionable (可诉讼的) ,” the suit said.

The company said that the drink could promote healthy joints and reduce the risk of eye diseases. However, according to the organization, the product contains a lot of sugar, which could actually lead to many health problems.

Coca-Cola agreed to pay $ 1.2 million in compensation in July. But to fully stop the company from linking the drink to health benefit, Truth in Advertising, another non-profit organization, took the issue to court again in late October.

False advertisements have become a common problem around the world. China changed its consumer rights　 last year to ban advertising companies and media from making or publishing false advertisements. Celebrities are also made responsible if they endorse (代言) false or substandard products.

1.Faced with the suit, the Red Bull company decided to _______________.

A. apologize to its customers and pay for their losses in health

B. take full responsibility for the bad effects it has caused to its customers

C. give no one but its American customers some money as a reward

D. spend some money to save the cost and trouble of legal action

2.What benefits can people get, according to the Red Bull company?

A. One can really fly like birds, for it offers you wings.

B. Drink it, and one can be forever energetic and young.

C. As it contains a lot of sugar, it can make one more powerful.

D. Healthy joints can be promoted if one takes this drink.

3.It is implied in the passaged that __________________.

A. in China more companies will be taken to court for failing to live up to their promises

B. both Red Bull and Coca-Cola are now winning the consumers’ trust and respect

C. Benjamin Careathers has benefited a great deal since he drank Red Bull

D. no puffery words have ever appeared in both Red Bull and Coca-Cola’s advertisements

4.Many countries’ attitude towards those false advertisements is likely to be ____________.

A. Tolerant.　　 B. Favorable.　　 C. Unbearable.　　 D. Indifferent.

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Tensions have erupted over some barren rocks in the Pacific that you may never have heard of, but stay tuned—this is a boundary dispute(争端) that could get ugly and some day have far-reaching consequences for China, Japan, Taiwan and the United States.

The islands in dispute are called the Senkaku chain by Japan, the Diaoyu islands by China, and the Diaoyutai by Taiwan. All three claim the islands, which are really just five small islands and three barren rocks northeast of Taiwan, 200 miles off the Chinese coast.

The latest conflict occurred when a Chinese fishing boat collided(碰撞) with two Japanese naval ships trying to stop it near the islands. The Japanese prevented the Chinese captain from leaving the place for questioning and the two countries have been exchanging angry protests.

The reason to worry is that nationalists in both China and Taiwan see the islands as unquestionably theirs and think that their government has been weak in claiming this authority.

So far, wiser heads have generally won the argument on each side, but at some point a weakened Chinese leader might try to gain the legal right with the public by pushing the issue and recovering the islands. It would be a dangerous game and would have a disastrous impact on China-Japan relations, but if successful it would raise the popularity of the Chinese government.

In reality, of course, there is zero chance that the U.S. will honor its treaty(条约) with Japan over a few barren rocks. We're not going to risk a nuclear conflict with China over some islands that may well be China's. But if we don't help, our security relationship with Japan will be at the breaking point.

So which country has a better claim to the islands? My feeling is that it's China, although the answer isn't clear-cut. Chinese navigational records show the islands as Chinese for many centuries, and a 1783 Japanese map shows them as Chinese as well. Japan purported to “discover” the islands only in 1884 and took control of them by force only in 1895 when it also grabbed Taiwan.

The best approach would be for China and Japan to agree to refer the dispute to the International Court of Justice, but realistically that won't happen. And since some believe that the area is rich with oil and gas reserves, the claims from each side have become more insistent.

As Chinese nationalism grows, as China's navy and ability to project power in the ocean gains, we could see some military conflicts over the islands.

Taken from NewYork Times

1.The underlined word “purported” (in Para.7) is closest in meaning to “_____”.

A. happened        B. claimed    C. pretended              D. intended

2.The latest conflict referred to in the passage occurred because _____.

A. the Japanese government has bought the Diaoyu Islands from the Liyuans

B. two Japanese naval ships sailed in the Chinese sea around the Diaoyu Islands

C. the Japanese kept the captain of a fishing boat from returning for questioning

D. a fishing boat collided with two Japanese naval ships by design in the Japanese sea

3.Which of the following is the author's personal idea?

A. It is the two Japanese naval ships that are to blame for the conflict.

B. It is the Chinese captain of a fishing boat that is to blame for the conflict.

C. It is the U.S. that will honor its treaty with Japan over a few barren rocks.

D. It is China that has a better claim to the islands because of its navigational records.

4.What can be inferred according to the passage?

A. The claim from both sides has become more insistent.

B. Japan has navy and ability to power the Diaoyu Islands.

C. China is developing so quickly that it will declare a war on Japan.

D. The dispute between China and Japan has put the U.S. in a dilemma.

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Have you ever heard someone say that he can't see the forest for the trees? If so, you may have ____ what this curious phrase means. If you can see the trees, how is the forest not ____, too?

This popular phrase accurately describes situations in which people sometimes get so caught up with the ____ that they lose sight of the big picture. ____, you're paying so much attention to the trees that you forget that the trees are just part of a ____ forest.

This is a problem we all ____ from time to time. When observing our world, it’s easy to focus on the interesting details and ____ larger concepts. For ____, though, it's important to be able to focus on both the forest and the trees.

Since the ____ of scientific inquiry thousands of years ago, observations have been ____. The first scientists used their ____ to see, hear, smell, feel, and taste the world around them. Through these ____, they learned about their world and began to search for answers to the questions that ____ arose.

Today scientists ____ rely upon their five senses to make observations. However, they also take advantages of modern ____ to make observations with a wide variety of tools. These enable them to “see” the world in ways beyond what their five senses ____.

From satellite telescopes atomic microscopes, ____ scientists use these tools to observe the world in ways never ____ by early scientists. Some of these tools allow them to ____ small details while others help them to see the big ____.

1.A.wondered B.believed C.explained D.described

2.A.acceptable B.accessible C.visible D.possible

3.A.reasons B.problems C.effects D.details

4.A.In contrast B.In return C.In other words D.In the meantime

5.A.better B.larger C.clearer D.greener

6.A.seek out B.pass by C.agree on D.meet with

7.A.catch B.ignore C.comprehend D.misuse

8.A.observers B.farmers C.scientists D.leaders

9.A.beginning B.separation C.recovery D.removal

10.A.forgotten B.welcomed C.impossible D.important

11.A.senses B.feelings C.environments D.experiences

12.A.errors B.gifts C.observations D.inventions

13.A.luckily B.naturally C.exactly D.occasionally

14.A.even B.yet C.never D.still

15.A.technologies B.theories C.discoveries D.efforts

16.A.release B.allow C.prefer D.enjoy

17.A.famous B.young C.popular D.modern

18.A.imagined B.suggested C.remembered D.convinced

19.A.create B.study C.copy D.choose

20.A.cause B.change C.picture D.achievement

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You may have heard of the American Dream, an ideal that has powered the hopes of Americans for generations.

It began as a belief that the US was a land of opportunity, and that anyone could achieve success through hard work. At times, the dream has referred to home ownership, a good job, retirement security or each generation doing better than the last.

Yet today, this concept seems to have greatly changed. As Time magazine pointed out, quite different from the older generation, many Millennials (the generation born after 1980) redefine(重新定义) the American Dream as “day-to-day control of your life”. They “prize job mobility, flexible schedules, any work that is more interesting than typing, and the ability to travel”, said the magazine.

Home ownership, once the cornerstone of the American Dream, is becoming a smaller priority for this generation. Meanwhile, nearly 40% of them choose travel as part of their dream. And entrepreneurship(创业) is a rising favorite, as nearly 26% of Millennials consider self-employment as part of their dream.

So what has led to this huge change?

Many point fingers at the poor economy. “Modern young Americans seem bound to face a world stamped by ever narrowing opportunity and social stagnation(停滞),”noted The Daily Beast.

“The rate of 16-to 24-year-olds out of school and out of work is unusually high at 15%. Many college graduates have taken jobs that don’t require a degree,” Time reported.

The magazine worries that these difficulties may lead to a lost generation who are “unable to ever truly find their feet on the corporation’s ladder”.

Dan Kadlec, a reporter of Time, sees Millennials as resetting their expectations.”This situation is different for young adults today,” he wrote. “A true American dream has to feel attainable, and many Millennias are feeling they can only attain a day-today lifestyle that suits them.”

1.The underlined word “cornerstone” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “　　　　 ”.

A. growth　　　　　 B. balance　　　　　 C. basis　　　　　　　 D. purpose

2. What has changed Millennials’ view of the American Dream according to the passage?

A. A lack of confidence in themselves

B. Fierce competition in the job market

C. Their dissatisfaction with the government

D. The discouraging economy and unemployment

3.Dan Kadlec thinks Millennials’ new definition of the American Dream is ______.

A. beautiful　　　　　　 B. understandable

C. worrying　　　　　　　 D. positive

4.What can be the best title for this passage?

A. Redefinition of American Dream

B. Meaning of American Dream

C. Value of Achieving American Dream

D. History of Changing American Dream

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You may have heard that a young man named Abner Doubleday invented the game known as baseball in Cooperstown, New York, during the summer of 1839. Doubleday then went on to become a Civil War hero, while baseball became America's beloved national pastime. Not only is that story untrue, it's not even in the ballpark( place for baseball).Doubleday was still at West Point in 1839, and he never claimed to have anything to do with baseball.

In 1907, a special commission(委员会) created by the sporting goods merchant and former major league player A. J. Spalding used weak evidence-namely the claims of one man, mining engineer Abner Graves-to come up with the Doubleday origin story. Cooperstown businessmen and major league officials would rely on the myth's lasting power in the 1930s, when they established the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in the village.

As it turns out, the real history of baseball is a little more complicated than the Doubleday legend. References to games resembling(相似) baseball in the United States date hack to the 18th century .its most direct ancestors appear to be two English games: rounder a( a children's game brought to New England by the earliest colonists) and cricket. By the time of the American Revolution, variations(演变) of such games were being played on schoolyards and college campuses across the country. They became even more popular in newly industrialized cities where men sought work in the mid-19th century-.In September 1845, a group of New York City men founded the New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club .One of them would make a new set of rules that would form the basis for modern baseball.

Cartwright's changes made the game faster-paced and more challenging from older games like cricket. In 1846, the Knickerbockers : played the first official game of baseball against a team of cricket players, beginning a new, uniquely American tradition.

1.What can we know according to the first paragraph?

A. Baseball was really invented by Abner Doubleday.

B, Abner Doubleday fought against slaves in the Civil War.

C. Doubleday stayed at West Point for some reason.

D. Doubleday said he had much to do with baseball.

2.Why did the Doubleday origin story come up?

A. Because a special commission was founded.

B. Because Doubleday provided false evidence.

C. Because Abner Craves told a Doubleday story.

D. Because Abner Craves worked with Doubleday.

3.The real history of baseball is _____

A. much simpler than the Doubleday legend

B. that baseball comes from two English games

C. that a children’s game came from New England

D. more interesting than rounder and cricket

4.It can be inferred from the passage that____

A. Doubleday is the most respected in the USA

B. Doubleday must have been an army officer

C. Doubleday in fact came from Britain

D. Doubleday invented rounder and cricket

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You may have heard of the American Dream, an ideal that has powered the hopes of Americans for generations.

It began as a belief that the US was a land of opportunity, and that anyone could achieve success through hard work. At times, the dream has referred to home ownership, a good job, retirement security or each generation doing better than the last.

Yet today, this concept seems to have greatly changed. As Time magazine pointed out, quite different from the older generation, many Millennials (the generation born after 1980) redefine(重新定义) the American Dream as “day-to-day control of your life”. They “prize job mobility, flexible schedules, any work that is more interesting than typing, and the ability to travel”, said the magazine.

Home ownership, once the cornerstone of the American Dream, is becoming a smaller priority for this generation. Meanwhile, nearly 40% of them choose travel as part of their dream. And entrepreneurship(创业) is a rising favorite, as nearly 26% of Millennials consider self-employment as part of their dream.

So what has led to this huge change?

Many point fingers at the poor economy. “Modern young Americans seem bound to face a world stamped by ever narrowing opportunity and social stagnation(停滞),”noted The Daily Beast.

“The rate of 16-to 24-year-olds out of school and out of work is unusually high at 15%. Many college graduates have taken jobs that don’t require a degree,” Time reported.

The magazine worries that these difficulties may lead to a lost generation who are “unable to ever truly find their feet on the corporation’s ladder”.

Dan Kadlec, a reporter of Time, sees Millennials as resetting their expectations.”This situation is different for young adults today,” he wrote. “A true American dream has to feel attainable, and many Millennias are feeling they can only attain a day-today lifestyle that suits them.”

1.The underlined word “cornerstone” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “　　　　 ”.

A. growth　　　　　 B. balance　　　　　 C. basis　　　　　　　 D. purpose

2.What has changed Millennials’ view of the American Dream according to the passage?

A. A lack of confidence in themselves

B. Fierce competition in the job market

C. Their dissatisfaction with the government

D. The discouraging economy and unemployment

3.Dan Kadlec thinks Millennials’ new definition of the American Dream is ______.

A. beautiful　　　　　　 B. understandable

C. worrying　　　　　　　 D. positive

4.What can be the best title for this passage?

A. Redefinition of American Dream

B. Meaning of American Dream

C. Value of Achieving American Dream

D. History of Changing American Dream

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Have you heard of the following people? Maybe yes, maybe no. But they may be an inspiration for you.

The Tree Lady

Kate Sessions was an American botanist and landscape architect closely associated with San Diego, California. After becoming the first woman to graduate from the University of California, Berkeley, she took a job as a teacher far south in the dry desert town of San Diego. Kate decided that San Diego needed trees more than anything else. Therefore, this young woman single-handedly started a movement transforming the town into the leafy, garden-filled place as it is today.

The Snowflake(雪花) Man

Wilson Bentley is one of the first known photographers of snowflakes. His enthusiasm for taking photos began from his boyhood and was often misunderstood in his time, but his determination revealed two important truths: no two snowflakes are alike; and each is surprisingly beautiful. In 1931, he worked with William J.Humphreys of the U.S. Weather Bureau to publish Snow Crystals, a book containing 2500 photographs.

The Father of His Country

By the late 1760s, George Washington had experienced firsthand the effects of rising taxes imposed (征收) on American colonists by the British, and came to believe that it was in the best interests of the colonists to declare independence from England. During the American War of Independence, he led the colonial forces to victory. In 1878, he was elected president of the Convention that wrote the U.S. Constitution. Two years later, Washington became American’s first president. His retirement from office after two terms established a tradition that lasted until 1940, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt won a third term. The 22nd Amendment (1951) now limits the president to two elected terms.

1.Who made a great contribution to beautifying an area?

A. George Washington.　　 B. Wilson Bentley

C. Kate Sessions　　 D. William J. Humphreys

2.What is Wilson Bentley famous for?

A. His creative ideas to publish books.

B. His persistence in photographing snowflakes

C. His courage to fight against prejudice

D. His devotion to teaching kids scientific truths.

3.What does the author say about George Washington?

A. He was a national hero.

B. He was born into a poor family.

C. He became America’s president in 1787.

D. He served three terms as the President of America.

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They may be teenagers, but 17-year-old Brittany Bull and 16-year-old Sesam Mngqengqiswa have grand ambitions—to launch Africa’s first private satellite into space. They are part of a team of high school girls from Cape Town, South Africa, who have designed and built equipment for a satellite that will orbit over the earth’s poles scanning Africa’s surface.

Once in space, the satellite will collect information on agriculture, and food security within the continent. Using the data, “we can try to determine and predict the problems Africa will be facing in the future”, explains Bull, a student at Pelican Park High School. “Where our food is growing, where we can plant more trees and vegetation and also how we can monitor remote areas,” she says. “We have a lot of forest fires and floods but we don’t always get out there in time.” Information received twice a day will go towards disaster prevention.

It’s part of a project by South Africa’s Meta Economic Development Organization(MEDO) working with Morehead State University in the US.

The girls (14 in total) are being trained by satellite engineers from Cape Peninsula University of Technology, in an effort to encourage more African women into STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics).

Scheduled to launch in May 2017, if successful, it will make MEDO the first private company in Africa to build a satellite and send it into orbit.

Mngqengqiswa comes from a single parent household. Her mother is a domestic worker. By becoming a space engineer or astronaut, the teenager hopes to make her mother proud. “Discovering space and seeing the Earth’s atmosphere, it’s not something many black Africans have been able to do, or get the opportunity to look at. I want to see and experience these things for myself,” says Mngqengqiswa.

Her teammate Bull agrees, “I want to show to fellow girls that we don’t need to sit around or limit ourselves. Any career is possible—even aerospace.”

1.What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?

A. Information provided by the satellite.

B. The benefits brought by the satellite.

C. Problems African agriculture faces.

D. The way the satellite collects information.

2.Why are the experts teaching the girls satellite technology?

A. To turn them into good farmers.

B. To help African women to live better.

C. To train employees for a private company.

D. To attract more African women to sci-tech fields.

3.What do you think of the girls in the text?

A. Ambitious and pioneering.

B. Generous and considerate.

C. Independent and modest.

D. Brave and tolerant.

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They may be teenagers,but 17-year-old Brittany Bull and 16-year-old Sesam Mngqengqiswa have grand ambitions—to launch Africa’s first private satellite into space.They are part of a team of high school girls from Cape Town,South Africa,who have designed and built equipment for a satellite that will orbit over the earth’s poles scanning Africa’s surface.

Once in space,the satellite will collect information on agriculture,and food security within the continent.Using the data,“we can try to determine and predict the problems Africa will be facing in the future”,explains Bull,a student at Pelican Park High School.“Where our food is growing,where we can plant more trees and vegetation and also how we can monitor remote areas,”she says.“We have a lot of forest fires and floods but we don’t always get out there in time.”Information received twice a day will go towards disaster prevention.

It’s part of a project by South Africa’s Meta Economic Development Organization(MEDO) working with Morehead State University in the US.

The girls (14 in total) are being trained by satellite engineers from Cape Peninsula University of Technology,in an effort to encourage more African women into STEM(science,technology,engineering,mathematics).

Scheduled to launch in May 2017,if successful,it will make MEDO the first private company in Africa to build a satellite and send it into orbit.

Mngqengqiswa comes from a single parent household.Her mother is a domestic worker.By becoming a space engineer or astronaut,the teenager hopes to make her mother proud.“Discovering space and seeing the Earth’s atmosphere,it’s not something many black Africans have been able to do,or get the opportunity to look at.I want to see and experience these things for myself,”says Mngqengqiswa.

Her team mate Bull agrees,“I want to show to fellow girls that we don’t need to sit around or limit ourselves.Any career is possible—even aerospace.”

1.What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?

A. Information provided by the satellite.

B. The benefits brought by the satellite.

C. Problems African agriculture faces.

D. The way the satellite collects information.

2.Why are the experts teaching the girls satellite technology?

A. To turn them into good farmers.

B. To help African women to live better.

C. To train employees for a private company.

D. To attract more African women to sci-tech fields.

3.What do you think of the girls in the text?

A. Ambitious and pioneering.　　 B. Generous and considerate.

C. Independent and modest.　　 D. Brave and tolerant.

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_______ reason you may give , you ought not to have left homework unfinished.

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