阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

Nick Petrels is a doctor in Montreal.He works 60 hours a week.He takes care of 159 patients a week in the hospital and at his office.He’s been a doctor for ten years.

Dr Petrels gives his patients good medical advices.But he doesn’t just tell his patients when to do.He also sings to them on television.Dr Petrels has his own TV show.The show is in Italia,English and French.The doctor starts the show with a song and then gives medical advice.He explains a medical problem or disease in simple language.After that,he sings another song.

Dr Petrels produces and performs in his own show every week.The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing.His dream is to perform in Las Vegas.His favorite songs are love songs,and he has a compact disk of love songs that he wrote.Dr Petrels says,“I always love to sing.All my problems are gone when I sing.”But when Dr Petrels was young,his father didn’t want him to be a singer,so he went to a medical school.

Some people tell Dr Petrels he can help people more as a doctor.But Dr Petrels says he helps people when he sings,too.“I like to make people smile.Sometimes it’s difficult to make a sick person smile.Medicine and entertainment (娱乐)both try to do the same thing.They try to make people feel good.”

1.Dr Petrels works 60 hours a week,because he________.

A.gives his patients medical advices

B.takes care of 159 patients a week

C.sings on television

D.has his own TV show

2.Why is Dr Petrels called a singing doctor?

A.Because he has been a doctor for ten years.

B.Because he always loves singing.

C.Because he is popular with his patients.

D.Because he also sings to his patients on TV.

3.In his TV show,Dr Petrels________.

A.sings and gives medical advices

B.sings about different diseases

C.starts to explain diseases with a song

D.sings love songs he wrote

4.Dr Petrels’ show is popular________.

A.in Las Vegas

B.at medical school

C.with people who like his singing

D.with patients in Montreal

5.Dr Petrels says he likes to________.

A.help people sing B.make people feel better

C.do the same thing D.make difficult people smile

It’s really a tough job for automakers doing marketing and sales in China, where competition is acute and customers have little loyalty. They have tried a range of tricks in recent years.

But there should be a moral bottom line. Unfortunately, a Buick dealership used the tragedy of a two-month-old infant to advertise its cars last week on Weibo – Micro blog. And Hyundai Motor followed suit.

On March 4, an SUV was stolen with the infant left inside alone in the northeastern city of Changchun. The news spread widely on Weibo after the baby’s father called the local police and radio station for help. The next day it was revealed that the infant was choked to death and buried in snow by the thief. The online community expressed its deeply felt sympathy and condolences.

The Buick dealership posted a photo of the baby and two of its cars on its official Weibo account to advertise its GPS system that can locate the stolen car. “A few thoughts on the Changchun stolen car and baby incident: when buying a car it's entirely OK to choose a brand with advanced technology,” said the post. Though the post was made before tragic fate of the infant was known, the action generated a storm of outrage on Weibo. Some online commentators said it is “marketing at the cost of lives” and “extremely despicable.”

Worse was the post on Hyundai's off icial Weibo account that advertised the anti - theft system on its new SUV Santa Fe, an entry made after the child was known to have died. The action also enraged micro bloggers.

Both posts were soon deleted. The Buick dealership made an apology on Weibo to the family of the victim and the public. But screenshots saved by users continued to be posted and the negative impact on both brands persists.

The two brands probably didn’t expect such a firestorm of fury from the Internet community, but they really made a big mistake sinking below the moral bottom line. They certainly ruined their own brand images.

The Chinese have the same proverb as the English language – a little leak will sink a great ship. It takes decades to build the great ship of a respectable brand but it can take just a moment of negligence to make it fail completely.

For those in corporate marketing, two lessons should be learned: first, be careful in the era of social media when one wrong can be easily magnified and have disastrous impacts in just a few clicks.

Second and more importantly, think with your brain and heart. Never break the moral bonds of respect for human life and sympathy for our fellow man.

1.Who is to blame for the tragedy of Changchun infant according to the passage?

A.The baby’s father B.Buick and Hyundai dealership

C.Weibo D.Not clear

2.Which of the following statements is correct?

A.The missing infant was found alive in the stolen car.

B.Micro blog marketing of tragic infant death fuels firestorm of criticism.

C.People can’t see the two posts any more because they were deleted.

D.The two car brands mentioned in the passage spoiled their own reputation by selling the stolen car.

3.What does the underlined word – “despicable” in paragraph 4 mean?

A.Immoral B.Important

C.Distinguished D.Considerable

4.The reason why Hyundai’s post was worse than Buick’s is that _________.

A.Hyundai dealership didn’t make an apology on Weibo

B.Buick dealership expressed its deeply sympathy and condolences

C.Hyundai’s post was made after people knew the infant had died

D.Buick’s car was more advanced on its GPS system

5.In the last paragraph, the author encourages people _____________.

A.not to sink below the moral bottom line

B.not to sympathize our fellow man

C.to think twice before making decision

D.to magnify the mistakes people make

E­reading and e­books are slowly conquering the world.Compared to traditional paper books,e­books in some schools and universities attract more interest because the information flow seems much easier to manage and comes in a greatly higher quantity.

Japan is known for the reform­minded attitude towards the gadget(精巧装置) world and for the fact that it is one of the first countries that encouraged in the educational system the emailing of homework.

The digital textbook looks like the logical step in the world of learning.It is natural but it is also completely untraditional.

The plan of the largest publishing companies to get in line with the trend is to save a large quantity of paper and make the kids become interested in learning using a cool gadget.Many USA universities and colleges have made students be used to the procedure of downloading the courses and of course the procedure involves interactive software and also the chance of using the computer.

The traditional education system is still unwilling when it comes to giving up books.The standard approach of information taught out of a book and Shakespeare read out of an old school novel makes studying English as traditional as it can be.

In a world where kids would rather see the movie than read a book,the digital age has brought along a completely different flavor to reading.Bringing that flavor in school will make teaching a greener and also a completely different matter.

1.Why are e­books so popular in the world?

A.It's cheap to buy.

B.It's effective to use.

C.It's convenient to bring.

D.It's the latest fashion.

2.Which of the following words can best take the place of the word “reform­minded” in the second paragraph?

A.Old­fashioned. B.Aggressive.

C.Rejecting. D.Progressive.

3.In America,the students are encouraged to________.

A.apply the procedure of downloading the courses

B.communicate with their teachers using computer

C.research some interactive software for their studies

D.do their homework in computer instead of in paper

4.What's the author's attitude to the digital textbooks?

A.Being against. B.Being for.

C.Not mentioned. D.Being neutral.

读写任务

阅读下面材料,然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

There are the two simple words, “if” and “what”. These two words can be used in many sentences and questions by themselves, but if you put them together, it forms a serious question, “What if…?”

This question will bring you back to a certain time in your life when you made a choice. You may not be happy with that choice today and often think about why you did it, but you made the decision because it was the best choice at that specific moment in your life. Now, years later, you start to think about that specific choice you made. You mentally struggle with yourself and consider if you could choose again, what would you do? Would it be totally different?

I truly believe if you want something very much, you can do it and achieve it , because “Where there is a will, there is a way.” You can correct the mistakes of your decisions for the past, go out and find happiness in the right decisions for your future. It is never too late to do anything in life.

【写作内容】

1. 以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。

2. 以约120个词就“人生努力永不晚”谈一谈你的看法,内容包括:

(1) 你对人生努力的理解;

(2) 举一个“大器晚成”的例子;

(3) 你对实例的评价或看法。

【写作要求】

1. 作文中可以使用实例来支持你的论点,也可以参照阅读材料的内容论述,但不得直接引用原文中的句子;

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

【评分标准】

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