The New Yorker is the wonderful magazine for readers interested in the arts, current events, and culture．The New Yorker includes articles on local and international news．exploring current ideas and trends, plus sports, fashion, and entertainment events．In addition, The New Yorker is well known of publishing outstanding short fiction and cartoons with an ironic twist．
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Playboy is a magazine of literature, political thought, sports, commentary and humor．Although Playboy is most well known for its pictorials of beautiful women, it is also highly regarded for its interviews and fiction writing．Playboy includes regular feature(特写)articles on finance, sports, entertainment, self-improvement, technology, and psychology．You must be 18 or older to order Playboy．
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Nickelodeon is filled with wonderful entertainment for children．It is wholesome(健康的), imaginative, and truly from a child’s point of view．Nickelodeon sees the world from your child’s view．where it’s fun to laugh-to think-to do-to learn．Share the award-winning entertainment and humor magazine from Nickelodeon with your kids．
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Lucky is the necessary shopping magazine with the best looks, the best buys．and the best trends before they hit the stores．But what makes really unique is all the detailed information you’ll get on how to buy the goods you’ll find．Lucky provides you with 800 numbers, web site addresses, and more to make your shopping experience easy and convenient!Lucky is your one-stop shopping guide to all the greatest new products on the market．What’s more, it provides wonderful entertainment for women．
(1)
Which magazine give buyers the largest price advantage in percentage?
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A．
Nickelodeon
B．
Playboy
C．
The New Yorker
D．
Lucky
(2)
What is the striking feature(特点)of the magazine Lucky?
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A．
It supplies much entertainment for women and children．
B．
It contains many outstanding novels and cartoons．
C．
It is famous for beautiful pictures of beautiful women．
D．
There’s much detailed information on how to find new products on the market．
(3)
If you are asked to choose a magazine for a little boy, which one do you think is the most suitable?
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A．
The New Yorker
B．
Lucky
C．
Nickelodeon
D．
Playboy
(4)
What information is contained in all the four magazines?
In the modern world more and more people meet the problem of identity．The most interesting example is that of a so－called “banana”, which refers to an American who has an Asian face but holds Western values．
In Shanghai, there now live a group of people from abroad．They look no different from the locals and speak fluent Chinese or even Shanghai dialect, but when it comes to writing Chinese characters, they are almost illiterate(文盲)．Jack is such an example．He never learned to read or write Chinese characters, which he finds mysterious and difficult．From time to time, he files to the US as he does not feel Shanghai is where he comes from．“But when I am in the States, I feel that’s not my home either,” he said．
At De Gaulle Airport in France, there is a Swiss man who has been living in the waiting－room for a long time because he lost h is passport during his travels．He was refused entry into several countries．But when he was eventually allowed to return to Swizerland, he refused to leave the airport．His reason was very simple－“I am sure who I am．I need no acknowledgement from others,” he said during an interview．For th is reason he was honored by the Western media as “the Hero of identity．”
As the Internet becomes more and more popular, the problem of identity becomes more serious．In a virtual world, people can have different addresses registered with different names．In the Internet chat room, even one’s gender(性别)is hard to determine．It seems that in the glohal village, people are saying hello every day to each other without knowing whom they are talking to．
What will be the next crisis(危机)of identity? With the development of cloning technology, it might be：who is the real “I”?
(1)
What does the passage mainly talk about?
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A．
The importance of identity．
B．
The crisis of identity．
C．
Differences between Eastern and Western cultures．
D．
Difficulty in living in foreign counties．
(2)
The Swiss man had to live in De Gaulle Airport in France because _______．
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A．
he needed to board a plane at any time
B．
he couldn’t afford to live in a hotel
C．
he needed others acknowledgement
D．
he couldn’t prove who he was
(3)
A “banana” in the passage is in fact an _______．
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A．
American traveling to Asia
B．
American keeping Eastern culture
C．
American born in Asia
D．
America – born Asian
(4)
We can infer from the passage that the author believes _______．
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A．
there will be more problems relating to identity in the future
B．
Internet technology helps solve problems of identity
C．
only people traveling abroad have problems of identity
D．
people don’t need to worry about identity
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As a teenager I was a productive letter writer． One letter I wrote
1 ．to56pages, and was 2 ．of the extremely ordinary details (微不足道的事) of daily life． It could only have been of interest to me, and maybe, the receiver． But then, 3 , it might become attractive just because of the 4 details it recorded．
Official records of history-books and pictures--may record important events 5 they were always intended to have a large audience． 6 , letters tend not to be modified (修) , often true to 7 ． They were, after all, 8 for just one pair of eyes．
Sadly, however, we don t write proper letters any more． Not only that, but, it's a fact that nowadays hardly anyone 9 to the letters they have receivedWe think only about 10 living and throwing things out． Who among us will leave any helpful papers for historians? In researching a book, I would never have found out that, in the late 19 th century, showy(花枝招展) waistcoats caused a lot of 11 , if I hadn't read the 12 ． One fellow even wrote to a friend to say that if he were to ever meet a man wearing a kind of showy clothes he 13 shoot the man on sight．
What a 14 if such details were lost due to lack of letter writing and a little saving． I think we should all 15 to write at least one letter a month any try to 16 those we get．
17 good emails should be printed out and kept, too． Emails may not leave an example of our handwriting, but 18 they allow us to record our lives． Some years ago, a friend 19 me with a bundle of letters that I'd sent her since I was 16 ． They gave a wonderful 20 of my teenage． History will need to know this, I'm sure．
(1)
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A．
ran
B．
led
C．
referred
D．
turn
(2)
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A．
fond
B．
covered
C．
full
D．
filled
(3)
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A．
personally
B．
historically
C．
politically
D．
commonly
(4)
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A．
useless
B．
important
C．
unimportant
D．
meaningful
(5)
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A．
so that
B．
while
C．
where
D．
because
(6)
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A．
Therefore
B．
Besides
C．
Otherwise
D．
However
(7)
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A．
life
B．
fact
C．
nature
D．
themselves
(8)
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A．
used
B．
intended
C．
tried
D．
limited
(9)
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A．
holds out
B．
holds on
C．
holds back
D．
holds up
(10)
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A．
enriching
B．
making
C．
simplifying
D．
earning
(11)
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A．
interest
B．
worry
C．
matters
D．
accidents
(12)
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A．
letters
B．
newspapers
C．
stories
D．
magazines
(13)
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A．
ought to
B．
need
C．
would
D．
must
(14)
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A．
pity
B．
fun
C．
wonder
D．
danger
(15)
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A．
have
B．
aim
C．
insist
D．
stick
(16)
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A．
keep
B．
read
C．
destroy
D．
print
(17)
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A．
Partly
B．
Probably
C．
Largely
D．
Especially
(18)
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A．
at most
B．
at least
C．
little more than
D．
no more than
(19)
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A．
presented
B．
returned
C．
showed
D．
brought
(20)
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A．
opinion
B．
experience
C．
description
D．
report
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I work as a volunteer for an organization that helps the poor in Haiti．Recently I took my son Barrett there for a week, hoping to 1 him．
Before setting out, I told Barrett this trip would be tiring and 2 ．For the first two days, he said almost nothing．I worried the trip was too 3 for a 17-year-old．Then, on day three, as we were 4 over high rocky mountains, he turned to me and grinned(咧嘴笑), “Pretty hard．”
After that there was no turning back．A five-year-old girl, wearing a dress several sizes 5 large and broken shoes, followed Barrett around, mesmerized(着迷)．He couldn't stop 6 ．Later he said 7 , “I wish I could speak French．” I was 8 － this from a boy who hated and 9 French classes throughout school．
Usually silent, he 10 Gaby, our host, and kept asking questions about the country and its people．He blossomed(活泼起来)．
11 , the moment that really took 12 breath away occurred in a village deep in the mountains．I was 13 a woman villager for an article．135 centimeters tall, she was small in figure but strong in 14 ．Through determination, she had learned to read and write, and 15 to become part of the leadership of the 16 ．
Learning her story, Barrett was as 17 as I by this tiny woman's achievements．His eyes were wet and there was a 18 of love and respect on his face．He had finally understood the importance of my work．
When leaving for home, Barrett even offered to stay 19 as a volunteer．My insides suddenly felt struck．This 20 achieved all I'd expected．Soon he will celebrate his 18 th birthday．He'll be a man．
