题目内容
On Sunday, the day after my second visit to the Saturn store, my wife, Jane, said, “I don’t know if you remember, but today’s my fifth anniversary of being cancer-free.” She had been 36 with breast cancer five years ago and undergone surgery. I was 37 that I had forgotten.
The next day, Jane went to work and I called Saturn to 38 her a new car. I knew she had always wanted a 39 car. The sales consultant at Saturn said he had one left 40 he couldn’t guarantee it’d still be available because they were 41 fast. I said I’d take my 42 and asked him to put it in the showroom.
At 9:30 Saturday morning I turned into the Saturn parking lot. “What are you doing?” Jane asked 43 . “You promised me we’d get home 44 .”
But no sooner had we stepped into the store than Jane 45 the little white Saturn coupe(双门轿车). “Oh, what a pretty car,” she said. “I’d love the new car.”
46 she let out a scream. A sign stood on the hood(车篷)of the car and it said “ 47 , Jane. This car is yours. Let’s celebrate 48 . From Milt, Billy and Team Saturn”
Jane collapsed in my arms and 49 . I was in tears too. There was 50 in the store. Our sales consultant had 51 it so that we could share the moment alone. Even so, people were standing outside the windows. When Jane collapsed in my arms, I saw everybody outside 52 .
Over the years, I’ve told this story across the world as an example of excellent 53 . A woman in San Francisco heard it. She called 54 long distance and bought a new car.
It’s like what a Saturn sales consultant said: “It’s only the 55 told about us that differentiate(区别)us in the market place.”
36. A. infected B. diagnosed C. linked D. associated
37. A. astonished B. concerned C. embarrassed D. convinced
38. A. buy B. give C. show D. deliver
39. A. new B. pretty C. private D. white
40. A. although B. but C. because D. if
41. A. selling B. running C. changing D. updating
42. A. wife B. money C. chances D. order
43. A. eagerly B. delightedly C. excitedly D. angrily
44. A. right away B. tonight C. tomorrow D. this afternoon
45. A. bought B. spotted C. selected D. reserved
46. A. Curiously B. Naturally C. Suddenly D. Deliberately
47. A. Congratulations B. Thanks C. Sorry D. Welcome
48. A. marriage B. friendship C. love D. life
49. A. smiled B. cried C. screamed D. apologized
50. A. no one B. someone C. a customer D. a consultant
51. A. decorated B. confirmed C. made D. arranged
52. A. laugh B. sigh C. applaud D. leave
53. A. service B. business C. attitude D. promotion
54. A. Billy B. Jane C. me D. Saturn
55. A. lies B. stories C. truth D. facts
36-40: BCADB 41-45: ACDAB 46-50: CADBA 51-55: DCADB
The audience starts to scream and young people all over Britain turn on their TVs. Yes, it’s Top of the pops!
Top of the pops is an amazing 45-year-old programme. Pop stars from all over the world appear on this successful TV prograrmme. After about 2340 shows, it’s still the most popular pop music show in Britain．So what’s the secret?
“We get lots of bands to perform live in the studio,” says producer Chris Cowey. “That just doesn’t happen on other shows”
Chris starts the preparations for the programme over a week before it goes out．His first job is to decide which bands to have on the show. When the chart of the top twenty songs is produced on Sunday, Chris can start to book the bands
Monday starts with Chris meeting his sound, lighting and camera workers. They listen to each song and plan the show.
Tuesday is paperwork day. There are bookings to make sure of, letters to answer and lots of phone calls to make. The show is on Thursday. Bands arrive at the studio from 10 o’clock in the morning and start practicing. Tonight’s presenter, Jo Whiley, practises too
First the bands go to make up. Judy and Issy are the make-up artists. “We see the stars with no make-up on, looking terrible,” says Issy. Then the bands go to the costume department where Marianne dresses the stars.
Back in the studio things are happening. The audience is practising their dance moves! It takes over two hours to record the whole programme, then Chris edits it all night long. The final version is exactly 29 minutes long
【小题1】What make (s) Top of the Pops the most popular in Britain?
| A．The famous singers of the bands. |
| B．The live performances in the studio. |
| C．The large numbers of pop fans in Britain. |
| D．The jobs carefully done by the workers of the TV station. |
| A．they must decide what songs they will perform |
| B．they have no idea what songs they will perform |
| C．they don’t have to decide what songs they will perform |
| D．the songs that will be performed haven’t been decided on |
| A．The programme time on TV is exactly controlled. |
| B．All the stars must make up before their performance. |
| C．The producer plays the main role in planning the programme. |
| D．There are no audience to join in the performance at the TV station |
【小题5】Which is the proper title for the passage?
| A．A Stage for Pop Stars |
| B．Go Backstage of Top of the Pops |
| C．Great Success Comes from Hard Work |
| D．The Most Popular Is the Most Successful |
Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be. Places of business that used to keep daytime “business hours” are now open late into the night. And on the Internet, the hour of the day and the day of the week have become irrelevant （不相关的）. A half century ago in the United States, most people experienced strong and precise dividing lines between days of rest and days of work, school time and summer time. Today the boundaries still exist, but they seem not clear.
The law in almost all states used to require stores to close on Sunday; in most, it no longer does. It used to keep the schools open in all seasons except summer; in most, it still does. And whether the work week should strengthen its legal limits, or whether it should become more “flexible,” is often debated. How should we, as a society, organize our time? Should we go even further in relaxing the boundaries of time until we live in a world in which every minute is much like every other?
These are not easy questions even to ask. Part of the difficulty is that we rarely recognize the “law of time” even when we meet it face to face. We know as children that we have to attend school a certain number of hours, a certain number of days, a certain number of years—but unless we meet the truant officer （学监）, we may well think that we should go to school due to social custom and parents’ demand rather than to the law. As adults we are familiar with “extra pay for overtime working,” but less familiar with the fact that what constitutes （构成）“overtime” is a matter of legal definition. When we turn the clock forward to start daylight-saving time, have we ever thought to ourselves: “Here is the law in action”? As we shall see, there is a lot of law that has great influence on how we organize and use time: compulsory education law, overtime law, and daylight-saving law — as well as law about Sunday closing, holidays, being late to work, time zones, and so on. Once we begin to look for it, we will have no trouble finding a law of time to examine and assess.
【小题1】By saying “Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be”, the writer means that_____ .
| A．work time is equal to rest time |
| B．many people have a day off on Monday |
| C．it is hard for people to decide when to rest |
| D．the line between work time and rest time is unclear |
| A．fail to make full use of their time | B．enjoy working overtime for extra pay |
| C．are unaware of the law of time | D．welcome flexible working hours |
| A．need to acquire knowledge | B．have to obey their parents |
| C．need to find companions | D．have to observe the law |
| A．Our life is governed by the law of time. |
| B．How to organize time is not worth debating. |
| C．New ways of using time change our society. |
| D．Our time schedule is decided by social customs. |