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But George Eastman is not how he died, and the Eastman Kodak Company is not how it is being killed. Though the ends be needless and premature, they must not be allowed to overshadow the greatness that came before. Few companies have done so much good for so many people, or defined and lifted so profoundly the spirit of a nation and perhaps the world. It is impossible to understand the 20th Century without recognizing the role of the Eastman Kodak Company.
Kodak served mankind through entertainment, science, national defense and the stockpiling of family memories. Kodak took us to the top of Mount Suribachi and to the Sea of Tranquility. It introduced us to the merry old Land of Oz and to stars from Charlie Chaplin to John Wayne, and Elizabeth Taylor to Tom Hanks. It showed us the shot that killed President Kennedy, and his brother bleeding out on a kitchen floor, and a fallen Martin Luther King Jr. on the hard balcony of a Memphis motel. When that sailor kissed the nurse, and when the spy planes saw missiles in Cuba, Kodak was the eyes of a nation. From the deck of the Missouri to the grandeur of Monument Valley, Kodak took us there. Virtually every significant image of the 20th Century is a gift to posterity from the Eastman Kodak Company.
In an era of easy digital photography, when we can take a picture of anything at any time, we cannot imagine what life was like before George Eastman brought photography to people. Yes, there were photographers, and for relatively large sums of money they would take stilted pictures in studios and formal settings. But most people couldn’t afford photographs, and so all they had to remember distant loved ones, or earlier times of their lives, was memory. Children could not know what their parents had looked like as young people, grandparents far away might never learn what their grandchildren looked like. Eastman Kodak allowed memory to move from the uncertainty of recollection, to the permanence of a photograph. But it wasn’t just people whose features were savable; it was events, the sacred and precious times that families cherish. The Kodak moment, was humanity’s moment.
And it wasn’t just people whose features were savable; it was events, the precious times that familes cherish.  Kodak let the fleeting moments of birthdays and weddings, picnics and parties, be preserved and saved. It allowed for the creation of the most egalitarian art form. Lovers could take one another’s pictures, children were photographed walking out the door on the first day of school, the person releasing the shutter decided what was worth recording, and hundreds of millions of such decisions were made. And for centuries to come, those long dead will smile and dance and communicate to their unborn progeny. Family history will be not only names on paper, but smiles on faces.
The cash flow not just provided thousands of people with job, but also allowed the company’s founder to engage in some of the most generous philanthropy in America’s history. Not just in Kodak’s home city of Rochester, New York, but in Tuskegee and London, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He bankrolled two historically black colleges, fixed the teeth of Europe’s poor, and quietly did good wherever he could. While doing good, Kodak did very well. Over all the years, all the Kodakers over all the years are essential parts of that monumental legacy. They prospered a great company, but they – with that company – blessed the world.
That is what we should remember about the Eastman Kodak Company.
Like its founder, we should remember how it lived, not how it died.
History will forget the small men who have scuttled this company.
But history will never forget Kodak.

  1. 1.

    According to the passage, which of the following is to blame for the fall of Kodak?

    1. A.
      The invention of easy digital photography
    2. B.
      The poor management of the company
    3. C.
      The early death of George Eastman
    4. D.
      The quick rise of its business competitors
  2. 2.

    It can be learnt from the passage that George Eastman         .

    1. A.
      died a natural death of old age.
    2. B.
      happened to be on the spot when President Kennedy was shot dead.
    3. C.
      set up his company in the capital of the US before setting up its branches all over the world.
    4. D.
      was not only interested in commercial profits, but also in the improvement of other people’s lives.
  3. 3.

    Before George Eastman brought photography to people,             .

    1. A.
      no photos has ever been taken of people or events
    2. B.
      photos were very expensive and mostly taken indoors
    3. C.
      painting was the only way for people to keep a record of their ancestors.
    4. D.
      grandparents never knew what their grandchildren looked like.
  4. 4.

    The person releasing the shutter (Paragraph 5) was the one        .

    1. A.
      who took the photograph
    2. B.
      who wanted to have a photo taken
    3. C.
      whose decisions shaped the Eastman Kodak Company
    4. D.
      whose smiles could long be seen by their children
  5. 5.

    What is the writer’s attitude towards the Eastman Kodak Company?

    1. A.
      Disapproving
    2. B.
      Respectful
    3. C.
      Regretful
    4. D.
      Critical
  6. 6.

    Which do you think is the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      Great Contributions of Kodak
    2. B.
      Unforgettable moments of Kodak
    3. C.
      Kodak Is Dead
    4. D.
      History of Eastman Kodak Company
BDBAB C
文章叙述了柯达公司的没落,以及柯达公司对世界作出的巨大贡献以及作者对柯达公司的敬仰。
1.B 细节题。根据第一段5,6行It has been mismanaged financially, technologically and competitively可知B正确。
2.D 推理题。根据文章He bankrolled two historically black colleges, fixed the teeth of Europe’s poor, and quietly did good wherever he could. While doing good, Kodak did very well.可知柯达公司不仅仅是在经济上很成功而且还做了很多善事。故D正确。
3.B 细节题。根据第四段3,4,5三行Yes, there were photographers, and for relatively large sums of money they would take stilted pictures in studios and formal settings. But most people couldn’t afford photographs可知B正确。
4.A 推理题。根据the person releasing the shutter decided what was worth recording可知这个人是拍照片的那个人,是由他来决定什么东西值得记录。
5.B 通读全文可知作者对于柯达公司是非常崇拜,充满敬意。故B正确。
6.C 主旨大意题。文章叙述了柯达公司的没落,以及作者对柯达公司的敬仰。
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The Beatles’ music lives on

  The news that albums by the pop and rock band The Beatles(披头士乐队)are soon to be re-released worldwide is sure to delight their fans.The teenagers, now adults, who listened to them back in the 1960s likely already own most of their albums.

  The re-relese of The Beatles’ music catalogue(目录)is clearly aimed at today's teenagers who want to discover for themselves the pop band their parents adored.It's proof of the genius(天才)of the fantastic four's music that today's teenage generation want to listen to them.

  A four-member band from Liverpool, England, that formed in 1960 and broke up in 1970, the Beatles were one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed(称赞)bands in the history of popular music.The two most famous band members were Paul McCartney and John Lennon.

  The band's innovative(创新的)music and cultural impact helped define the 1960s, and their influence on pop culture is still evident today.When the US music magazine Rolling Stone made a list in 2004 of the 100 greatest artists of all time, it surprised no one that they gave The Beatles the top spot of number one.

  So why nearly 40 years after the hand's split are they still so popular? Accoding to Barry Miles, Paul McCarthey's biographer(传记作者), the answer is that they were the first of their kind.“They were essentially(本质上地)the first rock band.The Beatles were the first of the British singer-songwriting bands and they just hapened to be the best.They were the first band to play in stadiums, to have their own products, they were ground-breaing in every way, ”he said.

  They were also unbelievably talented, as Miles also pointed out, “ They had great performing and songwriting talent, not only John and Paul, but George wrote some fantastic songs and the likelihood of having three gifted songwriters in the same band is very remote.”

(1)

The re-release of The Beatles’ albums is intended for ________.

[  ]

A.

all The Beatles’ fans

B.

today's teenagers’ parents

C.

today's teenage generation

D.

those who were teenagers in the 1960s

(2)

What's the purpose of the fourth paragraph?

[  ]

A.

To highlight The Beatles’ uniqueness.

B.

To show The Beatles’ great influence.

C.

To introduce The Beatles’ achievements.

D.

To explain why The Beatles remain popular.

(3)

The Beatles broke through in the following ways EXCEPT that ________.

[  ]

A.

they were the first rock band

B.

they were the first band to perform in stadiums

C.

they were the first band to perform all around the world

D.

they were among the first British bands to have singer-songwriters

(4)

What can we conclude after reading the passage?

[  ]

A.

The Beatles had a successful start but an unhappy ending.

B.

It's not rare for a band to have several talented songwriters.

C.

The band's fans in the 1960s have lost interest in The Beatles today.

D.

Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote most of the songs for the band.

My work is done.” Those words were some of the last penned by George Eastman. He included them in his suicide note. They mark an ignoble end to a noble life, the leave taking of a truly great man. The same words could now be said for the company he left behind. Actually, the Eastman Kodak Company is through. It has been mismanaged financially, technologically and competitively. For 20 years, its leaders have foolishly spent down the patrimony of a century’s prosperity. One of America’s bedrock brands is about to disappear, the Kodak moment has passed.
But George Eastman is not how he died, and the Eastman Kodak Company is not how it is being killed. Though the ends be needless and premature, they must not be allowed to overshadow the greatness that came before. Few companies have done so much good for so many people, or defined and lifted so profoundly the spirit of a nation and perhaps the world. It is impossible to understand the 20th Century without recognizing the role of the Eastman Kodak Company.
Kodak served mankind through entertainment, science, national defense and the stockpiling of family memories. Kodak took us to the top of Mount Suribachi and to the Sea of Tranquility. It introduced us to the merry old Land of Oz and to stars from Charlie Chaplin to John Wayne, and Elizabeth Taylor to Tom Hanks. It showed us the shot that killed President Kennedy, and his brother bleeding out on a kitchen floor, and a fallen Martin Luther King Jr. on the hard balcony of a Memphis motel. When that sailor kissed the nurse, and when the spy planes saw missiles in Cuba, Kodak was the eyes of a nation. From the deck of the Missouri to the grandeur of Monument Valley, Kodak took us there. Virtually every significant image of the 20th Century is a gift to posterity from the Eastman Kodak Company.
In an era of easy digital photography, when we can take a picture of anything at any time, we cannot imagine what life was like before George Eastman brought photography to people. Yes, there were photographers, and for relatively large sums of money they would take stilted pictures in studios and formal settings. But most people couldn’t afford photographs, and so all they had to remember distant loved ones, or earlier times of their lives, was memory. Children could not know what their parents had looked like as young people, grandparents far away might never learn what their grandchildren looked like. Eastman Kodak allowed memory to move from the uncertainty of recollection, to the permanence of a photograph. But it wasn’t just people whose features were savable; it was events, the sacred and precious times that families cherish. The Kodak moment, was humanity’s moment.
And it wasn’t just people whose features were savable; it was events, the precious times that familes cherish.  Kodak let the fleeting moments of birthdays and weddings, picnics and parties, be preserved and saved. It allowed for the creation of the most egalitarian art form. Lovers could take one another’s pictures, children were photographed walking out the door on the first day of school, the person releasing the shutter decided what was worth recording, and hundreds of millions of such decisions were made. And for centuries to come, those long dead will smile and dance and communicate to their unborn progeny. Family history will be not only names on paper, but smiles on faces.
The cash flow not just provided thousands of people with job, but also allowed the company’s founder to engage in some of the most generous philanthropy in America’s history. Not just in Kodak’s home city of Rochester, New York, but in Tuskegee and London, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He bankrolled two historically black colleges, fixed the teeth of Europe’s poor, and quietly did good wherever he could. While doing good, Kodak did very well. Over all the years, all the Kodakers over all the years are essential parts of that monumental legacy. They prospered a great company, but they – with that company – blessed the world.
That is what we should remember about the Eastman Kodak Company.
Like its founder, we should remember how it lived, not how it died.
History will forget the small men who have scuttled this company.
But history will never forget Kodak.
【小题1】According to the passage, which of the following is to blame for the fall of Kodak?

A.The invention of easy digital photography
B.The poor management of the company
C.The early death of George Eastman
D.The quick rise of its business competitors
【小题2】It can be learnt from the passage that George Eastman         .
A.died a natural death of old age.
B.happened to be on the spot when President Kennedy was shot dead.
C.set up his company in the capital of the US before setting up its branches all over the world.
D.was not only interested in commercial profits, but also in the improvement of other people’s lives.
【小题3】Before George Eastman brought photography to people,             .
A.no photos has ever been taken of people or events
B.photos were very expensive and mostly taken indoors
C.painting was the only way for people to keep a record of their ancestors.
D.grandparents never knew what their grandchildren looked like.
【小题4】The person releasing the shutter (Paragraph 5) was the one        .
A.who took the photograph
B.who wanted to have a photo taken
C.whose decisions shaped the Eastman Kodak Company
D.whose smiles could long be seen by their children
【小题5】What is the writer’s attitude towards the Eastman Kodak Company?
A.DisapprovingB.RespectfulC.RegretfulD.Critical
【小题6】Which do you think is the best title for the passage?
A.Great Contributions of KodakB.Unforgettable moments of Kodak
C.Kodak Is DeadD.History of Eastman Kodak Company

My work is done.” Those words were some of the last penned by George Eastman. He included them in his suicide note. They mark an ignoble end to a noble life, the leave taking of a truly great man. The same words could now be said for the company he left behind. Actually, the Eastman Kodak Company is through. It has been mismanaged financially, technologically and competitively. For 20 years, its leaders have foolishly spent down the patrimony of a century’s prosperity. One of America’s bedrock brands is about to disappear, the Kodak moment has passed.

But George Eastman is not how he died, and the Eastman Kodak Company is not how it is being killed. Though the ends be needless and premature, they must not be allowed to overshadow the greatness that came before. Few companies have done so much good for so many people, or defined and lifted so profoundly the spirit of a nation and perhaps the world. It is impossible to understand the 20th Century without recognizing the role of the Eastman Kodak Company.

Kodak served mankind through entertainment, science, national defense and the stockpiling of family memories. Kodak took us to the top of Mount Suribachi and to the Sea of Tranquility. It introduced us to the merry old Land of Oz and to stars from Charlie Chaplin to John Wayne, and Elizabeth Taylor to Tom Hanks. It showed us the shot that killed President Kennedy, and his brother bleeding out on a kitchen floor, and a fallen Martin Luther King Jr. on the hard balcony of a Memphis motel. When that sailor kissed the nurse, and when the spy planes saw missiles in Cuba, Kodak was the eyes of a nation. From the deck of the Missouri to the grandeur of Monument Valley, Kodak took us there. Virtually every significant image of the 20th Century is a gift to posterity from the Eastman Kodak Company.

In an era of easy digital photography, when we can take a picture of anything at any time, we cannot imagine what life was like before George Eastman brought photography to people. Yes, there were photographers, and for relatively large sums of money they would take stilted pictures in studios and formal settings. But most people couldn’t afford photographs, and so all they had to remember distant loved ones, or earlier times of their lives, was memory. Children could not know what their parents had looked like as young people, grandparents far away might never learn what their grandchildren looked like. Eastman Kodak allowed memory to move from the uncertainty of recollection, to the permanence of a photograph. But it wasn’t just people whose features were savable; it was events, the sacred and precious times that families cherish. The Kodak moment, was humanity’s moment.

And it wasn’t just people whose features were savable; it was events, the precious times that familes cherish.  Kodak let the fleeting moments of birthdays and weddings, picnics and parties, be preserved and saved. It allowed for the creation of the most egalitarian art form. Lovers could take one another’s pictures, children were photographed walking out the door on the first day of school, the person releasing the shutter decided what was worth recording, and hundreds of millions of such decisions were made. And for centuries to come, those long dead will smile and dance and communicate to their unborn progeny. Family history will be not only names on paper, but smiles on faces.

The cash flow not just provided thousands of people with job, but also allowed the company’s founder to engage in some of the most generous philanthropy in America’s history. Not just in Kodak’s home city of Rochester, New York, but in Tuskegee and London, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He bankrolled two historically black colleges, fixed the teeth of Europe’s poor, and quietly did good wherever he could. While doing good, Kodak did very well. Over all the years, all the Kodakers over all the years are essential parts of that monumental legacy. They prospered a great company, but they – with that company – blessed the world.

That is what we should remember about the Eastman Kodak Company.

Like its founder, we should remember how it lived, not how it died.

History will forget the small men who have scuttled this company.

But history will never forget Kodak.

1.According to the passage, which of the following is to blame for the fall of Kodak?

A.The invention of easy digital photography

B.The poor management of the company

C.The early death of George Eastman

D.The quick rise of its business competitors

2.It can be learnt from the passage that George Eastman         .

A.died a natural death of old age.

B.happened to be on the spot when President Kennedy was shot dead.

C.set up his company in the capital of the US before setting up its branches all over the world.

D.was not only interested in commercial profits, but also in the improvement of other people’s lives.

3.Before George Eastman brought photography to people,             .

A.no photos has ever been taken of people or events

B.photos were very expensive and mostly taken indoors

C.painting was the only way for people to keep a record of their ancestors.

D.grandparents never knew what their grandchildren looked like.

4.The person releasing the shutter (Paragraph 5) was the one        .

A.who took the photograph

B.who wanted to have a photo taken

C.whose decisions shaped the Eastman Kodak Company

D.whose smiles could long be seen by their children

5.What is the writer’s attitude towards the Eastman Kodak Company?

A.Disapproving

B.Respectful

C.Regretful

D.Critical

6.Which do you think is the best title for the passage?

A.Great Contributions of Kodak

B.Unforgettable moments of Kodak

C.Kodak Is Dead

D.History of Eastman Kodak Company

 

  “I wish Central Bank would be robbed,” George Pickens said to himself. He had been making this wish daily from the time he had started work as a teller(出纳)at the bank.

  Of course, George had a reason for wanting the bank to be robbed. He had a plan. It went like this:

  If Bank Robber A threatens(威胁)Bank Teller B

  What is to prevent Bank Teller B from keeping all the money left and declaring that it was stolen by Bank Robber A?

  Then one afternoon Bank Robber A, who was wearing a mask, appeared. He rushed to George’s cage with a gun.

  “All right,” he said, “Hand it over!”

  George reached into his cashbox(现金箱),took all the bills from top section, and passed them to the robber. The robber turned to leave with the bills.

  Then, while everyone watched Bank Robber A, Bank Teller B took the bills from the bottom section of the cashbox and put them into his own pockets.

  The next morning when George arrived at the bank, he was called into Mr Burrows’ office. “George,” the bank president said, “I want you to meet Mr Carruthers, who used to be president of our bank.”

  “Good morning, George,” said Mr Carruthers. “I was sorry to give you a hard time yesterday, but with so many banks being robbed these days I thought it would be a good idea to prove that our bank can be robbed too. That’s why I played my little game yesterday.”

  “I don’t understand,” said George. “What game?”

  The old man laughed. He placed a mask over his face, and said: “All right. Hand it over!” Mr Burrows laughed but George did not.

  “And the money?” George asked in a small voice.

  “Don’t worry,” Mr Carruthers said. “I put it all back in your cashbox. We’re just finishing up the audit(算账)now.”

  Behind them, the door opened and Mr Bell, the chief auditor(查账员), put his head into the room. “Mr Burrows,” he said seriously, “may I see you a moment?”

1. The underlined part “Bank Teller B” in the text refers to ____.

  A. Mr Bell        B. Mr Carruthers

  C. George        D. another teller at the bank

2. How do you think George felt when he was told that the money had all been ut back in his

  cashbox?

  A. Happy.        B. Surprised.

  C. Puzzled.         D. Worried.

3. We may infer that what the chief auditor wanted to tell Mr Burrows at the end of the story was

  that ____.

  A. there was no money left

  B. there was no money lost

  C. there was still money missing

  D. there was more money than expected

 

The Lies of George W. Bush

By David Corn

Imprint: Three Rivers Press

Trade Paperback: 368 pages

Pub Date: May 2004

Price: US $ 12.195

ISBN: 1400050677

All American presidents have lied, but George W. Bush has seriously abused the truth, this book tells us. It’s full of sharp accusations against the US president and his inner circle. David Corn, the Washington editor of “The Nation”, details the many times the Bush administration knowingly and intentionally misled the American public to advance its own interests and plan. These include: Unclear reports and presenting misleading arguments to gain public support for the war against Iraq. Misleading explanations, instead of telling the full truth, about the 9/11 attacks.

The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty

By Kitty Kelley

Imprint: Doubleday

Hardcover: 736 Pages

Pub Date: September 2004

Price: US $ 29.95

ISBN: 0385503245

They have got huge financial power and controlled world politics for more than half a century. They have been elected as governors, congressmen, senators and presidents. They have shaped America’s past and, with the country at war under the leadership of their No. 1 son, they are, shaping America’s future. As the Bush family has risen to power, they have been masters of their own public image. They act and operate under the protection of privacy their money and status has afforded them.

America’s Secret War

By George Friedman

Imprint: Doubleday

Hardcover: 368 pages

Pub Date: October 2004

Price: US $ 25.95

ISBN: 0385512457

Friedman tells the surprising truth behind America’s foreign policy and war in Afghanuistan and Iraq. In “America’s Secret War”, George Friedman identifies the Untied States’ most dangerous enemies. He also examines presidential strategies of the last quarter century, and reveals the real reasons behind the attack of 9/11 and the Bush administration’s reasons for the war in Iraq.

He describes in detail America’s secret and open efforts in the global war against terrorism.

1.Which of the two books are published by the same publisher?

       A.America’s Secret War and The Nation.

       B.The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty and The Lies of George W. Bush.

       C.The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty and America’s Secret War.

       D.America’s Secret War and The Lies of George W. Bush.

2.In the three books introduced above, the readers can learn           .

       A.how George W. Bush lied to the American people

       B.how the Bush family came to power

       C.the real truth behind the war on terrorism

       D.the truth about Bush

3.In which book is Bush criticized by the author?

       A.America’s Secret War.

       B.The Lies of George W. Bush.

       C.The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty.

       D.The Nation.

4.If you are an official from the department of foreign affairs, which book will most interest you?

       A.America’s Secret War.

       B.The Lies of George W. Bush

       C.The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty.

       D.The Nation.

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