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【题目】As I walked into the drugstore to pick up a roll of toilet paper and cat food the week of Halloween, I found myself being stared down by an oversized Rudolph doll. His eye expression aroused a swell of anxiety within me. This is not because I have an irrational fear of dolls. The red nose is a mocking reminder that for those of us who are members of dysfunctional(功能失调的) families, the most wonderful and challenging time of year is upon us. The issue isn’t that the holiday season brings a new, once-a-year, unpleasant feeling. Rather, this time of year enlarges the most complicated, sensitive area of my life: family.

Over the past several months, certain situations have left me emotionally raw when dealing with the subject of family, particularly my mom. The holiday season has never agreed well with her, physically or emotionally. Her first heart attack took place two weeks before Christmas when I was in the seventh grade. The song “Jingle Bell Rock” instantly took me back to driving to the hospital to visit her after her emergency heart operation. When I was at grade 2 at high school, we found ourselves awkwardly putting turkey into our mouths after my mom had come from a week-long stay in the hospital to recover from heart attack and a stroke. A girl of 15, due to the gift of having my mom alive and home to celebrate, my heart was contradictory that Thanksgiving.

1The author went to the drugstore to ________.

A. buy some medicine B. buy a doll

C. buy some necessities D. see her family members

2By saying the holiday season has never agreed with her, the author wanted to show ________.

A. her mother was not comfortable on holidays

B. her mother didn’t like holidays

C. her mother didn’t agree with her holiday plan

D. her mother often disagreed with her

3What can be inferred about the author’s family?

A. Her family may be badly off.

B. Holidays may be hard times for them.

C. her mother was a strong-willed woman.

D. Her parents were not concerned about her.

【答案】

1C

2A

3B

【解析】文章描述作者在万圣节前去商店买东西,装扮节日气氛的鲁道夫娃娃唤起自己对节日的恐惧,并介绍自己恐惧节日的原因(母亲在节日期间不舒服。)

1细节理解题。根据文章第一句As I walked into the drugstore to pick up a roll of toilet paper and cat food the week of Halloween可知,我去杂货店是为了买卫生纸和猫食,故necessities(必需品)符合题意,选C。

2推理判断题。通过作者下文叙述的两次妈妈心脏病发作时间都是在节日前,可知作者说节日季节和妈妈不相符的意思是:妈妈在节日期间不舒服,故选A。

3推理判断题。根据文章第一段内容The issue isn’t that the holiday season brings a new, once-a-year, unpleasant feeling. Rather, this time of year enlarges the most complicated, sensitive area of my life: family.(问题并不是节日带来新的、一年一次的、不快乐的情感,而是每年的这个时期扩大了生活中最复杂,敏感的区域:家庭。)以及下文描述母亲两次在节日前心脏病发作的经历,可知节日对作者一家来说是艰难的时期。故选B。

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【题目】The Alice Ferguson Foundation is a non-profit group that works to improve the environment by building relationships between people and nature. The foundation is based in the state of Maryland. It was created more than 50 years ago. It teaches people ways to protect the environment.

At the end of the year, it designs events to help children celebrate Christmas without increasing the amount of waste they create. Hanna Seligmann works for the foundation. “So let’s figure out what is in our bag of trash.” She shows adults and children how to reduce waste during the holiday gift-giving season. “You can sort it as a cardboard item or you can sort it as a plastic item.” “We encourage using things that are already in your house like newspaper, old magazines, using a gift within a gift.” Urging people to recycle is important in the Washington, D.C., area, because Potomac River, one of the most famous rivers in the country lies there.

“Over time we realized that really just doing trash cleanups was the symptom of the problem, not getting to the root cause. And so it was just a little over a decade ago that we started the initiative (倡议) itself.” says Seligman.

The Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative is an effort by the Alice Ferguson Foundation to support clean agricultural methods. It includes educational programs teaching children about the kinds of pollution that can enter the watershed.

One activity is called the Trash Timeline Game. It teaches children that the things they throw away do not decompose, at the same rate. For example, paper dissolves in about four weeks. An apple core may take two months to rot. A metal can take up to 100 years.

1The Alice Ferguson Foundation ________.

A. devotes itself to keeping citizens engaged in going green

B. deals with relationship between people

C. teaches people how to form groups

D. concerns itself about children’s holidays

2At the end of the year, the Alice Ferguson Foundation is busy ________.

A. buying plastic items

B. celebrating Christmas

C. figuring out how much waste was produced

D. educating people to reduce less waste while enjoying Christmas

3How to get to the root cause of environmental protection, according to Seligman?

A. Environmental education. B. Doing trash cleanups.

C. Saving water. D. Celebrating holidays less.

4What does the underlined word in the last paragraph mean?

A. Give off. B. Break down. C. Come out. D. Pack up.

【题目】This is Voice of America. It is February 13, 2016, and our traditional Valentine's Day will fall tomorrow. Some famous movies about love stories will be on show at Emperor Theater on February 14. Book online (www.emperortheater.com) now for the following movies you can watch them at half prices.

Movies

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Ghost

Before Sam (Patrick Swayze) is murdered in a robbery, he tells his fiancée Molly (Demi Moore) he'll love and protect her forever. His love enables him to remain on earth as a ghost and communicate with Molly through a spiritualist(巫师). This movie will make you and your partner get close and embrace each other as you realize how precious life is.

Love

Story

The film lets you know exactly what you're in for. Oliver (Ryan O'Neal) and Jennifer (Ali MacGraw) are students in famous universities. They're an unlikely couple who can't stop arguing. Oliver is a wealthy athlete and Jennifer a free-spirited music student. Despite everything, love makes them stay together. If your own relationship is rocky, the movie's famous line will strike a chord(引起共鸣). Love means never having to say you're sorry.

When

Harry

Met

Sally

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Say

Anything

...

Average high school senior Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) has a good heart but limited ambition. He has a secret crush(迷恋) on beautiful genius Daine Court (Ione Skye), who is closely protected by her father. Daine gradually falls for the charms of Lloyd's nervous chatter(闲聊) and kind heart. But when she gets a scholarship to study in England, she has a weighty decision to make.

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A. on Thanksgiving Day

B. on Independent Day

C. at Christmas

D. on Valentine's Day

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A. Ghost

B. Love Story

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D. Say Anything...

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A. Ghost.

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C. When Harry Met Sally.

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