New York----Michelle Obama made a daring decision to return to the same designer who created her Inaugural (就职)Ball dress four years ago -- and the risk paid off.
The First Lady looked extremely attractive in a thin, sweeping, and ruby-colored dress by designer Jason Wu. She teamed the dramatic dress with heels by Jimmy Choo and a diamond ring by Kimberly McDonald.
She surprised the fashion establishment by returning to a Wu design which had been the custom made for her.
Four years ago at her first Inauguration Ball, Michelle shimmered(熠熠生辉)in an off-white, one-shouldered floor-length dress by the designer.
Wu, who was 26 at the time and had only been working in fashion for three years, saw his career take off after the First Lady's surprise decision to wear one of his dresses.
He said at the time that he was unaware she had chosen the dress and had been watching at home on his couch and eating pizza when she appeared.
After her 2013 decision, Wu told Women's Wear Daily: “Mrs Obama likes to keep her secrets. She fooled me again.”
Wu released a women's clothing and accessories(装饰品)collection at Target last year and continues to be popular with the First Lady for official engagements.
The sleeveless, cross-halter neck dress with low-cut back flattered(突出)49-year-old Michelle's arms and neat waist.
It had been created especially for her by Wu and was a departure from the dark and plain colour tone she stuck to at earlier inauguration events.
Mrs Obama's new hairstyle -- she had bangs(美发沙龙)cut on her birthday last week had been loosely tousled(蓬松的)for the special night.
Vice-President Joe Biden's wife Jill also looked attractive in a blue silk dress by Vera Wang at the Inauguration Ball.
1.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Designer Wu’s great works
B. Mrs. Obama’s decision to return to her former fashion designer
C. The First Lady’s secrets.
D. Wu, a great designer.
2.Michelle Obama’s brave decision proved to be a_________.
A. risk B. danger C. Surprise D. success
3.According to the passage, which of the following is correct?
A. Mrs Obama’s inaugural dresses were made by the same designer.
B. Joe Biden’s wife Jill also had her dress created by Wu.
C. The colour tone at Michelle’s earlier inaugural events was not satisfactory.
D. Mrs Obama had straight forehead hair as her new hairstyle for the special night.
4.Which of the following best describes Jason Wu?
A. Daring and gifted. B. Unusual and cautious.
C. Careful and brave. D. Talented and lucky.
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New York----Michelle Obama made a daring decision to return to the same designer who created her Inaugural (就职)Ball dress four years ago -- and the risk paid off.
The First Lady looked extremely attractive in a thin, sweeping, and ruby-colored dress by designer Jason Wu. She teamed the dramatic dress with heels by Jimmy Choo and a diamond ring by Kimberly McDonald.
She surprised the fashion establishment by returning to a Wu design which had been the custom made for her.
Four years ago at her first Inauguration Ball, Michelle shimmered(熠熠生辉)in an off-white, one-shouldered floor-length dress by the designer.
Wu, who was 26 at the time and had only been working in fashion for three years, saw his career take off after the First Lady's surprise decision to wear one of his dresses.
He said at the time that he was unaware she had chosen the dress and had been watching at home on his couch and eating pizza when she appeared.
After her 2013 decision, Wu told Women's Wear Daily: “Mrs Obama likes to keep her secrets. She fooled me again.”
Wu released a women's clothing and accessories(装饰品)collection at Target last year and continues to be popular with the First Lady for official engagements.
The sleeveless, cross-halter neck dress with low-cut back flattered(突出)49-year-old Michelle's arms and neat waist.
It had been created especially for her by Wu and was a departure from the dark and plain colour tone she stuck to at earlier inauguration events.
Mrs Obama's new hairstyle -- she had bangs(美发沙龙)cut on her birthday last week had been loosely tousled(蓬松的)for the special night.
Vice-President Joe Biden's wife Jill also looked attractive in a blue silk dress by Vera Wang at the Inauguration Ball.
1.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Designer Wu’s great works
B. Mrs. Obama’s decision to return to her former fashion designer
C. The First Lady’s secrets.
D. Wu, a great designer.
2.Michelle Obama’s brave decision proved to be a_________.
A. risk B. danger C. Surprise D. success
3.According to the passage, which of the following is correct?
A. Mrs Obama’s inaugural dresses were made by the same designer.
B. Joe Biden’s wife Jill also had her dress created by Wu.
C. The colour tone at Michelle’s earlier inaugural events was not satisfactory.
D. Mrs Obama had straight forehead hair as her new hairstyle for the special night.
4.Which of the following best describes Jason Wu?
A. Daring and gifted. B. Unusual and cautious.
C. Careful and brave. D. Talented and lucky.
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Michelle Obama made a daring decision to return to the same designer who created her Inaugural (就职)Ball dress four years ago --- and the risk paid off.
The First Lady looked extremely attractive in a thin, sweeping, and ruby-colored dress by designer Jason Wu. She teamed the dramatic dress with heels by Jimmy Choo and a diamond ring by Kimberly McDonald.
She surprised the fashion establishment by returning to a Wu design which had been the custom made for her.
Four years ago at her first Inauguration Ball, Michelle shimmered(熠熠生辉)in an off-white, one-shouldered floor-length dress by the designer.
Wu, who was 26 at the time and had only been working in fashion for three years, saw his career take off after the First Lady's surprise decision to wear one of his dresses.
He said at the time that he was unaware she had chosen the dress and had been watching at home on his couch and eating pizza when she appeared.
After her 2013 decision, Wu told Women's Wear Daily: “Mrs Obama likes to keep her secrets. She fooled me again.”
Wu released a women's clothing and accessories(装饰品)collection at Target last year and continues to be popular with the First Lady for official engagements.
The sleeveless, cross-halter neck dress with low-cut back flattered(突出)49-year-old Michelle's arms and neat waist.
It had been created especially for her by Wu and was a departure from the dark and plain colour tone she stuck to at earlier inauguration events.
Mrs Obama's new hairstyle -- she had bangs(美发沙龙)cut on her birthday last week had been loosely tousled(蓬松的)for the special night.
Vice-President Joe Biden's wife Jill also looked attractive in a blue silk dress by Vera Wang at the Inauguration Ball.
1.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A.Michelle Obama’s inaugural ball dress.
B.Wu, a great designer.
C.The First Lady’s secrets.
D.Mrs Obama’s 2013 decision.
2.Michelle Obama’s brave decision proved to be a_________.
A.risk B.danger
C. Surprise D.success
3. According to the passage, which of the following is correct?
A.Mrs Obama’s inaugural dresses were made by the same designer.
B.Joe Biden’s wife Jill also had her dress created by Wu.
C.The colour tone at Michelle’s earlier inaugural events was not satifactory.
D.Mrs Obama had straight forehead hair as her new hairstyle for the special night.
4. Which of the following best describes Jason Wu?
A.Daring and gifted.
B.Unusual and cautious.
C.Careful and brave.
D.Talented and lucky.
5. From the 6th and 7th paragraphs we know that________.
A.Wu was aware that Mrs Obama had chosen his work again
B.Wu didn’t know Mrs Obama had chosen his creation again.
C.Mrs Obama told Wu to give away her secrets
D.Mrs Obama should have told Wu the truth
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I _____ in New York for two years, but I’ve never regretted my final decision to move back to China.
A. was working B. have worked C. worked D. had worked
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The language we use affects the decisions we make, according to a new study. Participants made more reasonable decisions when money-related choices were given in a foreign language that they had learned in a classroom setting than when they were asked in a native tongue.
To study how language affects reasoning, University of Chicago psychologists looked at a well-known phenomenon: people are more risk-taking when a decision irrelevant to their own feelings (such as which medicine to give to a sick elephant) is presented in terms of a potential gain than when it is framed as a potential loss even when the outcomes are the same. In the study, native English speakers who had learned Japanese, native Korean speakers who had learned English and native English speakers studying French in Paris all showed the expected tendency when they were asked the question in their native tongue. In their foreign language, however, the tendency disappeared.
A second set of experiments tested another cognitive (认知的) prejudice –we expect a personal loss will be more painful than the same amount of gain will be pleasant, so the benefit of winning must be disproportionately large for us to take a bet(打赌) (such as gambling with our own money). Again, the foreign-language effect was obvious in two different experiments, one with native Korean speakers and one with native English speakers. The Koreans took more theoretical bets in English than Korean, and the native English speakers took more real bets in Spanish than they did in English.
“When people use a foreign language, their decisions tend to be less prejudiced, more analytic, more systematic, because the foreign language provides psychological distance,” lead author Boaz Keysar suggests. Cognitive prejudices are rooted in emotional reactions, and thinking in a foreign language helps us disconnect from these emotions and make decisions in a more economically reasonable way. This study did not consider, however, the cases in which emotional engagement improves, rather than prevents, our choices: “We have an emotional system for a good reason,” Keysar says.
1.What is the foreign language effect discussed in this passage?
A. People make more reasonable decisions in a foreign language than in their native tongues.
B. Foreign languages play more important roles in making decisions than native languages do.
C. Emotional engagement can prevent reasonable decision makings but improve them as well.
D. Cognitive prejudices are more likely to appear in a foreign language than in a native tongue.
2.What does the underlined sentence mean?
A. People need to win a large sum of money before they decide to take a bet.
B. People are advised not to take a bet if they are not ready for the pain of losing.
C. People don’t take a bet unless they would win much more than they would lose.
D. People will feel more pleasant winning a bet than winning a large sum of money.
3.According to Keysar, what is the reason of the foreign language effect in this research?
A. Foreign languages have great effect on decision makings.
B. People are less prejudiced when thinking in a foreign language.
C. People are more risk-taking in a foreign language environment.
D. Personal feelings have little influence in foreign language thinking.
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NEW YORK—Microsoft on Monday made another effort to challenge Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android in the exploding smartphone market—launching a wireless operating system,Windows Phone 7.
Consumers will consider it“always delightful and thoroughly mine,”Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said at a launch event. Ballmer said last year that Microsoft had“screwed up”with its Windows Mobile operating system.For example,it failed to keep up with touch-screen innovations that make iPhones and Android phones easy to use.
Microsoft fell from third to fourth place in market share this year,behind BlackBerry,iPhone and Android. Only 10.8% of smartphone owners used Microsoft’s system in August,down from 18% last December.
But Windows Phone 7 is“a total departure from anything they’ve done”.Microsoft says it sought to simplify common activities. For example,you can instantly take a picture with a phone’s camera by pushing a button on the device. You don’t have to first awaken it from its sleep mode and launch the camera application. You also can program the phones to automatically upload photos to Facebook or other social network sites in a couple of seconds. Users can easily work with Microsoft Office contact and calendar information as well as documents created in Microsoft’s Word,Excel and PowerPoint.
The phones will not show videos built on Adobe’s Flash platform,widely used by services including YouTube and Hulu.
AT&T will offer the first Windows Phone 7 smartphone,the Samsung Focus,on Nov.8.Soon after,it will have the LG Quantum and HTC Surround. Each will cost S| 199.99 with a two-year service contract. T-Mobile will have two Windows Phone 7 models out for the holiday shopping season:the HTC HD7 and Dell Venue Pro. It did not say how much they’ll cost.
1.What is the main idea of paragraph 4?
A.Why Microsoft fell behind others. |
B.How to use Windows Phone7. |
C.Advantages of Windows phone7. |
D.Speed of Windows phone7. |
2.What does the underlined phrase“screwed up”in the 2nd paragraph probably mean?
A.To make a bad mistake. | B.To make big progress. |
C.To achieve main goals. | D.To keep up with others. |
3.Which of the following phones will NOT use Windows Phone 7 operating system?
A.Quantum. | B.Surround. | C.Android. | D.Focus. |
4.Why did Microsoft see a drop in market share last year?
A.Because its operating system didn’t catch up with changes. |
B.Because its phones can’t show videos from YouTube. |
C.Because it was inconvenient to take photos using its phones. |
D.Because its system was based only on Microsoft soft wares. |
5.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A.Smartphone Market Welcomes New Giant |
B.Microsoft to Fight Back on Smartphone |
C.Mobile Phones Getting Smarter and Easier |
D.Microsoft Proved a Failure in Smartphone |
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WASHINGTON — President Obama and his wife, Michelle, handed out Halloween treats to area children and military families at the White House Sunday evening.
Local students between 6 and 14 years old, along with children from military families, were invited to celebrate Halloween on the North Lawn.
The president and first lady, along with Mrs.Obama's mother, Marian Robinson, spent about 30 minutes passing out goodie bags.Obama wished each child a happy Halloween as he distributed the treats, pausing occasionally for hugs or to comment on costumes.
Later, the military families continued the celebration inside the White House.
The first couple joked to assembled reporters about children walking the long driveway in order to work off (消化掉) the snacks."This is the Let's Move method of trick-or-treating (不给糖就捣蛋)," Obama said, referring to Mrs.Obama's campaign to combat childhood obesity (肥胖).
The goodie bags contained a box of White House M&Ms, a cookie made by pastry chef (点心师) Bill Yosses, and dried fruit.
As they made their way across the lawn, the children meet a vast range of costumed characters ranging from a spooky Frankenstein (科学怪人,小说《弗兰肯斯坦》的主角) to the Scarecrow from "The Wizard of Oz." Music from a jazz band dressed in pirate gear rang out across the White House grounds.
Multicolored pumpkins and gourds lined the driveway — individually, in gravity-defying stacks and as part of a large mound over 5 feet tall.Pumpkin-headed scarecrows (稻草人) made of cornstalks loomed over the path with menacingly raised arms.Under the White House portico, a mobile resembling bats flying through clouds fluttered around a lantern.
Some of the local trick-or-treaters were students at Bancroft Elementary, which helps tend the first lady's White House garden, and Tubman Elementary, which has a relationship with the White House chefs.
After trick-or-treating ended, the Obamas stood near the front door, welcoming the military families inside, helping children climb the short flight of steps and thanking parents for their service.
1.What is the news report mainly about?
A.President Obama and first lady celebrated Halloween with children. |
B.President Obama and his wife Michelle handed out Halloween treats to children. |
C.Children from military families were invited to celebrate Halloween at the White House. |
D.Trick-or-treaters met a vast range of costumed characters from Frankenstein to the Scarecrow. |
2.From the passage, we know that ______ do not necessarily appear when people celebrate Halloween.
A.Goodie bags |
B.Pumpkins and Gourds |
C.White House M&Ms |
D.Costumed characters |
3.When celebrating Halloween at the White House, the Obamas did the following EXCEPT______.
A.Wishing each child a happy Halloween |
B.Thanking reporters for their covering the event |
C.Helping children climb the short flight of steps |
D.Hugging children and commenting on their costumes |
4.The passage is mainly developed by ______.
A.analyzing causes | B.making comparisons |
C.examining differences | D.following the time order |
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
First Lady Michelle Obama urged students to visit China at the "100,000 Strong" China Study Abroad forum at Howard University in 2011.
President Barack Obama announced the "100,000 Strong" Initiative (倡议) during his 2009 visit to China. The program aims to increase and diversify the number of American students studying in China by making studying abroad more affordable.
During the event at Howard, Mrs. Obama spoke about the importance of studying abroad, something she never did while in college. "Studying in countries like China is about so much more than just improving your own prospects(前景) in the global market. The fact is that with every friendship you make and every bond of trust you establish you are shaping an image of America projected to the rest of the world," she said.
David Marzban from Pepperdine University recalled a time when he formed a cross-cultural bond with a complete stranger at a restaurant near Fudan University in Shanghai. He noticed a young chef signaling him to come over. "He presses the play button on his media player and starts singing 'California Dreaming' and wants me to sing along with him," Marzban said. "At this time I knew a great friendship had started during my first two weeks in China."
Nicole Baden, a senior communications major at Howard University, recalled how her time in China really helped her master the language. "You have to experience the culture while learning the language to really master it and to understand why things are how they are compared to your own culture," Baden said.
Mrs. Obama encouraged students to set aside concept that studying abroad is for rich kids only or for those attending certain schools. In addition, the first lady announced that the Chinese government is giving 10,000 "Bridge Scholarships" to cover costs for American students and teachers studying in China.
Students from several schools attended the forum. 12-year-old Sarah Davis, who studied in China last summer, said she was very excited to hear Michelle Obama talk about the country. “I love Chinese. Out of all the languages I’ve learned, Chinese is the most difficult and interesting,” she said.
1.The examples mentioned in the passage mainly indicate that _____.
A.the US students’ life in China is helpful and worthwhile
B.all students of the US are living a comfortable life in China
C.Chinese young people are friendly to foreigners
D.it isn’t realistic for some US young people to study in China
2.What can we infer from the passage?
A.Baden came to China to study the differences between English and Chinese.
B.Poor children from America have no opportunity to study in China.
C.David Marzban made a Chinese friend in an unexpected way in China.
D.Michelle Obama called on US students to study in China at a government meeting.
3.What is the best title for the passage?
A.The US has an ambitious program for Americans studying in China.
B.Michelle Obama encourages American students to study in China.
C.More American students plan to study in China.
D.China is attracting more and more international students.
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Michelle Obama’s autobiography, Becoming is on track to become the most successful memoir (回忆录) in modern publishing history, selling more than 10m copies to date, as life after the White House continues to prove commercial gold for brand Obama.
Thomas Rabe, chief executive of the German media group Bertelsmann, said the title was the book giant’s biggest success of the last year. “We believe that these memoirs could well become the most successful memoir ever,” he said.
Penguin Random House won a bidding war for the rights to Barack and Michelle Obama’s autobiographies in 2017, paying more than $ 65 million, a record for US presidential memoirs.
Becoming has been a global sales juggernaut since being launched in 31 languages in mid-November. The audio-book (有声读物), read by the former first lady, has become the fastest-ever seller put out by Penguin Random House.
Obama has been promoting her memoir with a hugely popular global tour. Her tour has also taken in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Paris and Amsterdam as well as the US and Canada.
Tickets for her first live appearance in the UK, at the Royal Festival Hall in December, sold out in minutes. Overall UK sales of Obama’s book currently stand at more than 600,000, ranking it 11th on the list of the best selling memoir and biographies since sales records began in 1998, according to Nielsen BookScan.
While Becoming is proving a modern bestseller, it has some way to go to match the lifetime performance of The Diary of Anne Frank, which was first published in English in 1952 and is estimated to have sold more than 35m copies in 65 languages.
Life beyond the US presidency has proved profitable for the Obamas. Last year the former president and first lady struck a deal with Netflix to produce TV series and films for the streaming service.
1.What can we infer from Paragraph One to Paragraph Three?
A.Becoming is the most successful memoir in the publishing history.
B.Becoming is the most popular book released by Penguin Random House.
C.Michelle Obama’s autobiography gains its best sales in the UK.
D.Penguin Random House won the right for publication with its highest price for US presidential memories.
2.The underlined word “juggernaut” in Paragraph Three can be replaced by ______.
A.giant B.controller
C.leader D.operator
3.What does the text mainly talk about?
A.President Obamas' autobiographies. B.The influence of Michelle Obama.
C.Barack and Michelle Obama. D.A modern bestselling memoir.
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Michelle Obama told the audience not to “ let anyone ever tell you that this country isn’t great, that ____ we need to make it great again.”
A. somehow B. somewhat
C. somewhere D. otherwise
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According to _____ US First Lady Michelle Obama, China is _____ fifth most popular destination for Americans studying abroad.
A. a ......the B. the ...... a
C. / ...... the D. / ...... a
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