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1、阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在机读卡上将该项涂黑。AIta lians l ike to say that when it comes to alcohol, they have a sipping culture rather than a drinking culture. That mea ns that while Italia ns may enjoy a glass of wine or beer, they don' t usually get very drunk.That' s not true anymor
2、e. The new study by the Italian National Health Institute found that63 perce nt of Italia nsun der age 18 get drunk on the weeke nds. Now, the city of Mila n has createda law that will stop anyone under 16 from buying alcohol. Anyone who sells or gives alcohol to a pers on un der 16 can be fined up
3、to $700.Young people who feel that the new law is unfair should go to the US for some perspective.The UShas the highest drinking age in the world: It ' s illegal for anyone under 21 to buy alcohol, and stores or restaura nts that are caught sell ing alcohol to people un der the legal age risk lo
4、sing their lice nses.Many young America ns compla in that the drinking laws are un fair: They are allowed to votein elect ions and join the military at age 18, so why wait ano ther three years just to buy a bottle of beer?These young people have found help in an unu sual place. Last year, more tha n
5、 100 preside ntsof US universities joined together toask lawmakers to consider changing the drinkingage. Theyargued that the law doesn' t stop underage college kids from getting drunk - it just makes them want to drink more.For now, the law seems uniikely to change. But US teenagers who want alc
6、ohol can go northto Canada, where the drinking age is 18-19, or south to Mexico where the legal age is 18. Throughout much of Asia, Africa and Europe, the legal drinking age ran ges 16-18.In ple nty of places though, the official drinking age is igno red, and even young childre ncan buy alcohol if t
7、hey have the money to pay for it.No matter how old you are, you should always be responsiblewith alcohol. Teenagers in Milanare now learning that their reckless （不顾后果的）drinking behavior may come at a high price.31. The new law by the city of Mila n.A. aims to keep Italy ' s sipping culture alive
8、B. is welcomed by Italia n adult peopleC. has reduced the nu mber of un derage youths gett ing drunkD. forbids selli ng alcohol to people un der 1632. Which of the follow ing places has the lowest drinking age?A. MexicoB. New YorkC. Mila nD. Ca nada33. Many US uni versity preside nts want lawmakers
9、to con sider cha nging the drinking age becausethey.A. have received complai nts from many young America ns about the un fair ness of the lawsB. a gree that people old eno ugh to vote and join the army should be allowed to drinkC. don ' t want to see US teenagers going to neighboring countries f
10、or a drinkD. believe that the law is push ing un derage youths toward alcohol in stead of stopp ing them34. We can infer from the passage that.A. Restaurants in the US don ' t sell alcohol to people under 21 for fear of a $700fineB. I n many places shop owners don ' t mi nd selli ng alcohol
11、to un derage customersC. The author thinks that US tee nagers should go to Can ada or Mexico to drinkD. Teens in Milan have to pay a lot of money for their reckless drinking behaviorBIf you feel at prese nt that you don' t have eno ugh friends in your life, one reason may bethat you have let you
12、rself become too busy to make time for the relati on ships you already have.Starting and keep ing frien dship requires effortand commitme nt. Many of us let our lives becomeso busy with work and other commitments that we don' t get around to scheduling time for pleasure and ren ewal with the fri
13、en ds, relatives and acqua intan ces we already have.Maki ng the effort to call your friends more regularly and to accept more of the in vitati onsyou receive from others can improve your social life in a hurry!Are there any people you could call right now and be assured of a pleasant welcome? Are t
14、here people that you could count on to help you in time of difficulty? Can you have close talks with them? Do you have fun whe n you are together? Are you happy to have them in your life?I f you haven ' t seen much of them lately, is it because you have become too busy? Have yougrow n apart? Was
15、 there an argume nt?If the main reason why you haven' t been getting together with the people you already know is that you have gotten too busy, take a good look at how you spend your time. Compare it withyour real values and priorities in life. Is your busy lifestyle really bringing you the qua
16、lityof life that you want?If you have become too busy for frien ds, why has this happe ned? Are you seek ing materialtoys in your life at the expe nse of relati on shipswith other huma n bein gs? Have you allowed yourtime to be over- committed because you never say“ N6' to anyone? Do you insist
17、on doing thingsyourself that could be left to others? If so, why? Do you believe that everything depends onyou?Examine whether the way you are now spending your time accurately reflects your deepest values and priorities. Make sure that you schedule adequate time for the things that are truly most i
18、mporta nt to you.If you really want to keepfriends in your life, make a space in your schedule, and a spacein your heart for them.35. In this passage the author mainly discusses.A. how to bala nee frien dship and workB. how to spe nd our spare timeC. whether we should keep frien dshipD. whether we s
19、hould in vite friends to dinner36. Which of the followi ng does n' t in dicate a good relati on ship?A. You have some one to count on whe n you are in trouble.B. You have some one to have close talks with.C. You feel depressed with others in life.D. You have fun whe n you are with some one.37. T
20、he reas on why you have become too busy for friends may be the follow ing except thatA. you spend too much time seeking material toys in your lifeB. you feel it difficult to keep frien dshipC. you stick to doing everyth ing all by yourselfD. you n ever refuse whatever other people ask you to do38. T
21、he best title for the passage may beA. Too busy for Frie ndship?B. Too busy with work?C. How to Spe nd Your Time.D. How to Make New Friends.Accord ing to sociologists, there are several differe nt ways in which a pers on may becomerecog ni zed as th e leader of a social group. In the family, traditi
22、 onal cultural patter ns putleadership on one or both of the parents. In other cases, such as friendship groups, one or morepers ons may gradually appear as leaders, although there is no formal process of select ion. Int (sonal ability, decades oflarger groups, leaders are usually chosen formally th
23、rough election or recruitmenAlthough leaders are often thought to be people with unu sual per research have failed to produce the same evidenee that there is any category of “natural leaders ” . It seems that there is no set of pers onal qualities that all leaders have in com mon; rather, almost any
24、 person may be recognized as a leader if the person has qualities that meet the needs of that particular group.Research suggests that there are typically two differe nt leadership roles that are held by differe nt in dividuals.In strume ntal leadership is leadership that emphasizesthe completi on of
25、tasks by a social group. Group members follow instrumental leaders to“get things done ” .Expressive leadership, on the other hand, is leadership that emphasizes the collective well- beings of a social group' s members. Expressive leaders are less concerned with the overall goals of the group tha
26、 n with provid ing emoti onal support to group members and attempt ing tomi ni mize tension and con flict among them.In strume ntalleaders are likelyto have a rather sec on dary relati on shipto other group members.They give orders and may disciplinegroup members who prevent achievement of the group
27、' s goals.Expressive leaders develop amore pers onal or primary relati on ship to othersin the group. Theyoffer sympathy whe n some one experie nces difficulties and try to solve issues that threate n to divide the group. As the differe nce in these two roles suggest, expressive leaders gen eral
28、ly receive more personal affectionfrom group members; instrumentalleaders, if they are successfulin promoti ng group goals, may enjoy a more dista nt respect.39. The passage mainly discusses.A. the problems faced by leadersB. how leadership differs in small and large groupsC. how social groups deter
29、m ine who will lead themD. the role of leaders in social groups40. The passage men tio ns all of the follow ing ways in which people can become leaders EXCEPTA. recruitme ntB. formal electio n processC. specific leadership trainingD. traditi onal cultural patter ns4.It can be in ferred from the pass
30、age that.A. a pers on who is an effective leader of a particular group may not be an effective leaderin ano ther groupB. few people succeed in shari ng a leadership role with ano ther pers onC. a pers on can best lear n how to be an effective leader by study ing research on leadershipD. most people
31、d esire to be leaders but can produce little evidence of their qualifications42. The author of the passage may agree that.A. few people qual ify as “n atural leaders ”B. there is no proof that“natural leaders ” existC. “natural leaders” are easily accepted by the members of a groupD. “natural leader
32、s” share a similar set of characteristicsDWriting articles about films for The Front Page was my first proper job. Before then I haddone bits of review ing no vels for other n ewspapers, films for a magaz ine and anything I wasasked to do for the radio. That was how I met Tom Seat on, the first arts
33、 editor of The FrontPage, who had also written for television. He hired me, but Tom was not primarily a journalist,or he would certa inly have bee n more careful in choos ing his staff.At first, his idea was that a teamof critics should take care of the art forms that didn ' trequire specialized
34、 knowledge: books, TV, theatre, film and radio. There would be a weekly lunch at which we would make our choices from the artistic material that Tom had decided we should cover, though there would also be guests to make the atmosphere sociable.It all felt like a bit of dream at that time: a new news
35、paper and I was one of the team.It seemed so un likely that a paper could be in troduced into a crowded market. It seemed justas likely that a milli on airewan ted to help mepers on ally,and was prete ndingto employ me. Such9was my lack of self-c on fide nce.Tom s originalscheme for a team of critic
36、sfor the arts never took off.It was a good idea,turned out, too,but we didn ' t get together as planned and so everything was done by phone. It that the gen eral public out there preferred to associate a reviewer with a sin gle subject area,and so I chose film. Without Tom ' s initial push,
37、though, we would hardly have come up with the prese nt arran geme nt, by which I write an exte nded weekly piece, usually on one film.The space I am gi ven allows me to broade n my argume nt or forces me, in an unin terest ingweek, to make something out of nothing. But what i s my role in the public
38、 arena （舞台）? I assume that people choose what films to go to on the basis of thestars, the publicity or the director.So if a film review isn ' t really a consumer guide, what is it? I certainly don' t feel I havea responsibility to be right ' about a movie. Nor do I think there should be
39、 a certain numberof great ' and bad' films each year. All I have to do is put forward an argument. I' m nota judge, and nor would I want to be.43. What do we lear n about Tom Seat on from the first paragraph?A. He en couraged the writer to become a writer.B. He met the writer when workin
40、g for television.C. He had worked in various areas of the media.D. He prefers to employ people that he kno ws.44. The weekly lun ches were pla nned in order to.A. help the writers get to know each otherB. distribute the work that had tobe doneC. provide an in formal in formatio n sessi onD. en terta
41、i nimporta ntvisitorsfrom the arts45. What does the author mean when he says that Tom ' s plan never took off in Paragraph 4?A. Tom' s plan was unpopular.B. Tom' s plan wasted too mu ch time.C. Tom' s plan wasn ' t planned properly.D. Tom s plan wasn' t put intopractice.46. W
42、hich of the follow ing best describes what the writer says about his work?A. He can freely express his opin io n.B. He prefers to write about filmshe likes.C. His success varies from year to year.D. He writes accord ing to acceptedrules.the first mobile filmMovies in the theater get their recognitio
43、n at awards ceremonies, such as the Oscars. But how about movies for phones? They are getting their turn at MoFilmfestival.The first MoFilm competitionreceived 250 entries from more than 100 countries.Entries wererestricted to films that were five minu tes or less in len gth ideal for view ing and s
44、hari ngon mobile phones. An independent jury then selected ashortlist of five film-makers. The winnerwas chose n from the shortlist by an audie nee voti ng using their phon es.New PlatformsThe awards highlight the increasingimpact that mobile phones are making in the entertainmentin dustry. Many gra
45、ssroots filmmakers start out with short films. They are thwarted by the lack of opport un ities to scree n their work. Therefore, mobile phones are in creas in gly being see n as a new platform for these short works.It is a good place for anyone who wants to express themselves and find a way to have
46、 thatexp ression be seen by a wide audienee. Just think about how many people have mobile phones in the world!New Tech no logy Adva ncesMoFilm is pioneering content for mobile and online services that is a world away from Hollywood. The majority of films made for mobiles are now short in length, tak
47、ing into account the screen size. However, this could be overcome as tech no logy adva nces.In the n ear future, Ion ger films will likely be see n on the mobile phone. And there are mobile compa nies creati ng pho nes where users can watch movies at higher quality.Wherever you see movies, one thing
48、 is certain: the quality of work, the simple ability atstory telli ng,and the thi ng that in spiressome one to tell a story can really come from any where.47. At the first MoFilm,.A. movies in the theater got their recog niti onB. more tha n 100 coun tries took part in the competiti onC. ideal films were five mi nu tes or less in len gthD. the winner was chosen by experts ' vo ting48. The underlined word “thwarted ” probably means.A. disappo in tedB. surprisedC. frighte nedD. en couraged49. What' s the best title for the passage?C. MobilePhone