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Argosy Christmas Ship Festival
Seattle      December1—December 23, 2010
The Argosy Christmas Ship Festival is a ship –to –shore holiday celebration that has become a local Northwest tradition. Aboard the Christmas Ship , some of the finest Northwest choirs(唱诗班) sing holiday greetings . These performances are broadcast via speakers to bonfire(篝火) sites and to other boats participating in the parade.
Holiday Island Lights Festival
Friday Harbor, Sand Juan Island       December 1—December 31, 2010
An island-wide holiday tradition that includes local businesses decorating contest, a tree lighting ceremony on Dec . 4 with shops staying open until 7:00 pm. On Dec. 11 a Lighted Boat Parade starts the evening, to be followed by the Santa ship coming into Friday Harbor for the children , shops staying open until 7:00 pm . Dec 18-19 Roche Harbor’s Christmas Festival begins at 3:00 pm and will include artists booths, Victorian carol singing , story telling, theater and dining.
Christmas Lighting Festival
Leavenworth        December4—December 19, 2010
This old –fashioned Lighted Farm Implement parade, which expressed its admiration for the Yakima Valley’s agricultural heritage, including entries with up to 35,000 lights decorating the tractor, plow or thresher of your choice! Pre-parade activities include a Christmas Tree Ceremony and other special entertainment before the parade. Join us and you’re sure to enjoy the carolers dressed in traditional clothing as they wander through out the Downtown area.
Holiday with Lights
Federal Way      December 10, 2010—January 1, 2011
With over a million twinkling lights displayed throughout the park, your heart will be filled with cheer and the spirit of the season! Holiday light displays, festive music and strolling caroler, visit with Santa, enchanted village rides, and much more

  1. 1.

    Which of the following festivals lasts the longest?

    1. A.
      Argosy Christmas Ship Festival
    2. B.
      Holiday Island Lights Festival
    3. C.
      Christmas Lighting Festival
    4. D.
      Holiday with Lights
  2. 2.

    If you want to attend a Lighted Boat Parade, you should go to _______

    1. A.
      Seattle
    2. B.
      Leavenworth
    3. C.
      Friday Harbor
    4. D.
      Federal Way
  3. 3.

    If you want to learn something about agriculture heritage, you will possibly attend___

    1. A.
      Argosy Christmas Ship Festival
    2. B.
      Holiday Island Lights Festival
    3. C.
      Christmas Lighting Festival
    4. D.
      Holiday with Lights
  4. 4.

    If you plan to attend one of the activities on Christmas Day, you will have ______choice(s)

    1. A.
      one
    2. B.
      two
    3. C.
      three
    4. D.
      four
BCCB
试题分析：文章给出了4个节日的广告，主要和圣诞节前后的活动有关。
1.B 计算题。根据文章中给出的信息，我们可以计算出各个节日的长度，其中只有  Holiday Island Lights Festival是长度为一个月的，其他都少于一个月，所以选择B
2.C 细节题。在Holiday Island Lights Festival的广告中有提到On Dec. 11 a Lighted Boat Parade starts the evening，而这个节日的举办地点是Friday Harbor，所以选C
3.C 细节题。Christmas Lighting Festival的广告里提到which expressed its admiration for the Yakima Valley’s agricultural heritage，所以应该选择C
4.B 计算题。根据文章中给出的日期，我们可以选择包含Christmas Day，即12月25日的节日，一共有Holiday Island Lights Festival和Holiday with Lights这两个，所以选B
考点：考查广告布告类短文
点评：此类短文的考查主要以细节题为主，可以先审题，再看文章，有的放矢，可以提高阅读的速度提高阅读的效率。文本所给信息非常丰富，要求考生从中选出适合题目要求的信息。解此类题目时，考生可以先阅读题目和选项，了解具体要求，然后再仔细阅读文章，认真筛选甄别，这样的阅读就有的放矢，可以大大提高阅读的速度和效率。
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According to the survey conducted by some scientists, it is common to have difficulty sleeping during the day. Humans are naturally wired to sleep best at night and be awake during the day. However, modern work schedules require some people to try to accommodate the unnatural schedule of shift（轮班）work — being awake at night and sleeping during the day.
In order to make this adjustment, you need to pay special attention to your sleep environment and your preparation for sleep. If shift work is a necessary part of your work life, here are some suggestions that may help.
Arrange to sleep uninterrupted in a quiet, dark room. This means you may have to turn off or unplug your phone, hang darkening curtains on the windows or wear a sleep eye mask, and train your family and friends to leave you alone while you sleep.
Fit in a nap (小睡). When your daytime sleep period is too short, taking a short nap of less than 30 minutes just before work or on a break has been shown to improve alertness and enhance performance.
Develop and follow a sleep routine. It's best if you go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day. Try not to vary this too much on weekends. Your body likes routine.
Take extra care to make healthy choices. You may be tempted to reach for unhealthy foods or nicotine to stay awake or alcohol to try to sleep. But ultimately these choices are more harmful than helpful.
If you have tried all these things and are still having problems getting enough quality sleep during the day, talk to your doctor or a sleep specialist. Sometimes medications (药物治疗) may be helpful and safe. In other cases, there may be an underlying sleep disorder that needs to be addressed

  1. 1.

    The purpose of the text is to______.

    1. A.
      persuade workers to have a good sleep
    2. B.
      advise night workers to keep healthy
    3. C.
      encourage workers to do day work
    4. D.
      help night workers to sleep well
  2. 2.

    What does the author recommend?

    1. A.
      A suitable amount of alcohol to help sleep
    2. B.
      A regular life on weekday’s and weekends
    3. C.
      A bright room without phones to sleep in
    4. D.
      A break for sleeping anytime during the day
  3. 3.

    On which condition should a person turn to a sleep specialist for help?

    1. A.
      If he suffers from a sleep disorder for the first time
    2. B.
      If a good sleep environment is greatly needed for him
    3. C.
      If he fails to get quality sleep through his own efforts
    4. D.
      If he has the problem of falling asleep in the daytime
  4. 4.

    We can learn from the text that______.

    1. A.
      night workers need a long time to fall asleep
    2. B.
      constant breaks at work help to improve performance
    3. C.
      it is difficult to create a good sleep environment
    4. D.
      night work requires people to adjust their body clocks

A farmer grew some vegetables in his garden. One day his wife was ill and he had no money. He had to sell some cabbages and carrots in the market. The next morning he took two baskets of vegetables to town. But it was raining hard that afternoon and there were few people in the street. When his vegetables were sold out, it was dark. He bought some medicine and hurried to his village.
On his way home he saw a person lying on the snow. He placed his baskets on the ground and was going to help the person to get up. At that time he found it was a dead man and there was much blood on his body. He was so afraid that he ran away quickly, without taking the baskets with him.
The next afternoon the farmer was sent to the police station. Having shown the baskets, an officer asked: “Are these yours?” “Yes, sir.” the farmer answered timidly(胆怯地)。”Have you killed the man?” “No, no, sir.” the farmer said in a hurry.” When did you see the dead man?” ”About seven last evening.” “Did you see who killed the man?” “No, Sir.” The officer brought out a knife and asked, “Have you seen it yet?” ”No, Sir.’ The officer became angry and told the policemen to beat him up and send him into prison.
That evening the officer went on trying .Pointing to the knife, he asked again,” Have you seen it yet?” ”Yes, Sir.” The officer was happy and asked,” When and where?” “I saw it here this afternoon, sir.”

  1. 1.

    The farmer decided to sell the vegetables to ______.

    1. A.
      buy some food for his family
    2. B.
      buy some medicine for his wife
    3. C.
      go to see a doctor
    4. D.
      go to the cinema
  2. 2.

    The farmer didn’t sell out his vegetables until the evening because ______.

    1. A.
      they were too bad
    2. B.
      they were very expensive
    3. C.
      it rained hard that morning
    4. D.
      few people liked to go out on such a bad day
  3. 3.

    As          , the farmer decided to help the person to stand up

    1. A.
      he wanted to get some money from him
    2. B.
      the person was one of his friends
    3. C.
      he thought the person would thank him
    4. D.
      he thought the person had drunk too much
  4. 4.

    The farmer ran away quickly because ______.

    1. A.
      the policemen were coming towards him
    2. B.
      his wife was waiting for him at home
    3. C.
      he was afraid to see a dead man
    4. D.
      it was so late that he couldn’t stay there any longer
  5. 5.

    The officer tried the farmer to ______.

    1. A.
      know who had killed the man
    2. B.
      know if he had seen the dead man
    3. C.
      ask when he saw the dead man
    4. D.
      ask if he had seen the knife

While shell-like roofs, unlike anything else in the world, make the Sydney Opera House an image of timeless beauty. It is famous for being a symbol, not only of a city, but a whole country and condition too.
Its creator, Danish architect Jorn Utzon , turned 85 last Wednesday. And he was awarded the Prizker Prize, known as the Nobel Prize of Architecture, on April 6. But Utzon has never seen his Opera House.
The story began in 1957 when Utzon won an international competition to design an opera house in Sydney.
But not everyone was enthusiastic (热心的 ) . Utzon left his Opera project in 1966 after an argument with the local government and a storm of public criticism over the building’s design. It was not completed until seven years later and Utzon has never returned to Australia to see the result of his work.
“Utzon made a building well ahead of its time, and he persevered (坚持) through criticism to build a building that changed the image of an entire country,” said Frank Gehry, a Pritzer Architecture Prize judge.
Although the Sydney Opera House was Utzon’s masterpiece, it damaged his career. Upon his return to Denmark, he found work hard to come by , so he become a teacher at a university in Hawaii.
Utzon said he once saw posters of the Opera House. The interiors were different from his design. But, he said, “There is no regret, for it gave me such a wonderful experience in Australia and towards which I only have love and appreciation .”
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth opened the Opera House in 1973, and it now holds around 3000 events every year. It is recognized as one of the great symbolic buildings of the 20th century

  1. 1.

    The Sydney Opera House was completed_____

    1. A.
      in 1957
    2. B.
      in 1906
    3. C.
      in 1973
    4. D.
      in 1980
  2. 2.

    Utzon has never seen his Opera House because _______

    1. A.
      it has white shell-like roofs, unlike anything else in the world
    2. B.
      its creator is Danish architect, who returned to Denmark
    3. C.
      he was not awarded the Pritzker Prize, known as the Nobel Prize of Architecture
    4. D.
      he argued with the local government and was criticized over his design
  3. 3.

    The underlined word “come by” in Paragraph 6 means ______

    1. A.
      find
    2. B.
      pass
    3. C.
      hire
    4. D.
      develop

One of the major functions of an iPhone is, of course, to play music. The iTunes app has been designed in such a way as to take advantage of the iPhone’s touch screen. But what if you want to listen to music that isn’t in your iTunes library, or you want to discover new music without sitting in front of computer?
There are plenty of ways to access music, but not everyone knows what options are available. Either that, or there are so many options that going through all of them is tiring. For these reasons, here we offer a few convenient ways of listening to music on your iPhone without using iTunes.
Stream some radio (Tuneln Radio)
Tunnel Radio provides a quick and easy way to listen thousands of Internet radio stations on your Apple products. In addition to local radio stations, this app compiles more than 40 000 radio stations from around the country. What makes the app special is that it allows you to pause and rewind live radio----pause your station to take a phone call or rewind to replay a favorite song. You can also browse by genre of location, and the app includes plenty of talks, news, sports and weather stations in addition to music.
From desktop to smartphone (QQ Music)
QQ Music seems like obvious choice, and it is. It’s a streaming service based on the Tencent technology that is already wildly popular on the Internet and now also offers a (free) app. Through this app you can listen to existing playlists or create new ones based on the patterns of music you like. It works amazingly well and everything can be saved to your QQ account for access from a computer.
What was that song? (Shazam)
Shazam is an innovative and free app that cures your“what was that song?”problem. It happens to all of us : we hear a song (on TV or in a store ), love it, know we have heard it before but just can’t remember what it is called . With Shazam you don’t need to. Just hold your iPhone up and through its microphone, Shazam will identify the album, artist and song title for you. You can then either purchase the song in iTunes or search it on other apps for streaming. How cool is that?

  1. 1.

    All of the options are strongly recommended to the users of ________

    1. A.
      iTunes
    2. B.
      iPhones
    3. C.
      computers
    4. D.
      microphones
  2. 2.

    If you are to enjoy the freedom to go backward or make a phone call without missing anything your are listening, you can turn to_________

    1. A.
      Tuneln Radio
    2. B.
      iTunes
    3. C.
      Shazam
    4. D.
      QQ Music
  3. 3.

    What is possibly the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      Beyond the Music
    2. B.
      Streaming Service of Music
    3. C.
      Get easier accesses to music
    4. D.
      Get Familiar t o Each Song

Gallows humor（黑色幽默）seem like a mistake, or at least in poor taste. But psychologists say that gallows humor can be an important way to relieve stress. “Humor makes you feel in control and it can give you that feeling that everything is okay even when it's not,” says James M. Jones, a psychology professor at the University of Delaware.
Psychologists say that just because you're laughing doesn't mean you’re wasting time. Occasional teasing among colleagues, particularly if it revolves around things associated with the job, can boost creativity, departmental cohesiveness（凝聚力）and performance.
“There are a lot of stressors out there,” says Ed Dunkelblau, a psychologist with the Institute for Emotionally Intelligent Learning in Chicago. “But gallows humor is a way of making difficult things a little less difficult.”
This is true as long as the humor is used for the right purpose. The main point of it should be inspiring people --- not laughing at them. “Anything that would lift morale（士气）in terms of the company would be good humor,” says Thierry Guedj, a professor of business and psychology at Boston University. “Before you say or do anything, think about, ‘How is this helping my employees’ morale?’”
You want to give your employees and co-workers a sense of belonging, so don’t make observations that are aggressive. Most obviously, Dr Guedj says, don’t make comments about people’s physical appearance, or faith. If you have any doubt, it's appropriate, don't go through with it.
Or you can take aim at the one person you know won't be offended（冒犯）:Yourself. “If there's going to be a joke or story, it should be you,” Mr. Dunkelblau says. For example, if you're a marketing manager reviewing a failed campaign that you led, begin with a line like, “The guy who gave permission to this deal might just be looking for work next week.”
“People with the ability to laugh at themselves can give other people permission to laugh at themselves too,” Mr. Jones says. “And if you can laugh at yourself, you feel better about yourself.”

  1. 1.

    According to the text, gallows humor has the following functions EXCEPT ________

    1. A.
      reducing pressure
    2. B.
      improving performance
    3. C.
      making people more creative
    4. D.
      leading to a big mistake
  2. 2.

    What is Ed Dunkelblau’s attitude towards gallows humor?

    1. A.
      Positive
    2. B.
      Negative
    3. C.
      Neutral
    4. D.
      Uncertain
  3. 3.

    Which of the following would Dr. Guedj most probably agree with?

    1. A.
      Gallows humor is the basic source of morale
    2. B.
      Gallows humor allows people to laugh at others
    3. C.
      Gallows humor may sometimes be used for the wrong purpose
    4. D.
      Anything that may lift morale can be called gallows humor
  4. 4.

    When people use gallows humor, they should ________

    1. A.
      observe who is aggressive
    2. B.
      show a sense of belonging
    3. C.
      doubt about the result of humors
    4. D.
      try to avoid irritating others
  5. 5.

    What can we infer from the text?

    1. A.
      People tend to laugh at others rather than themselves
    2. B.
      Laughing at ourselves can help relieve the stress of others
    3. C.
      People can’t avoid offending others with gallows humor
    4. D.
      People who laugh at themselves are hard to be friends with

________about her son’s future, the mother has been sleeping very badly these months


  1. A.
    Concerning
  2. B.
    Concerned
  3. C.
    To concern
  4. D.
    Having concerned

When I lived in Spain, some Spanish friends of mine decided to visit England by car. Before they left, they asked me for advice about how to find accommodation (住所). I suggested that they should stay at “bed and breakfast” houses, because this kind of accommodation gives a foreign visitor a good chance to speak English with the family. My friends listened to my advice, but they came back with some funny stories.
“We didn’t stay at bed and breakfast houses,” they said, “because we found that most families were away on holiday.”
I thought this was strange. Finally I understood what had happened. My friends spoke little English, and they thought “VACANCIES” meant “holidays”, because the Spanish word for ‘holidays” is “vacaciones”. So they did not go to house where the sign(标牌) outside said ‘VACANCLES’, which in English means there are free rooms. Then my friends went to house where the sign said ‘NO VACANCLES’, because they thought this meant the people who owned the house were not away on holiday. But they found that these houses were all full. As a result, they stayed at hotels!
We laughed about this and about mistakes my friends made in reading other signs. In Spanish, the word ‘DIVERSION’ means fun. In English, it means that workmen are repairing the road, and that you must take a different road. When my friends saw the word ‘DIVERSION’ on a road sign, they thought they were going to have fun. Instead, the road ended in a large hole（洞）.
English people have problems too when they learn foreign languages. Once in Paris when someone offered me some more coffee, I said ‘Thank you’ in French. I meant that I would like some more.  However, to my surprise,  the coffee pot was taken away! Later I found out that ‘Thank you’ in French means ‘No, thank you.’

  1. 1.

    My Spanish friends wanted advice about ______

    1. A.
      learning English
    2. B.
      finding places to stay inEngland
    3. C.
      driving their car on English roads
    4. D.
      going toEnglandby car
  2. 2.

    I suggested that they stay at bed and breakfast houses because ______

    1. A.
      they would be able to practise their English
    2. B.
      it would be much cheaper than staying in hotels
    3. C.
      it would be convenient for them to have dinner
    4. D.
      there would be no problem about finding accommodation there
  3. 3.

    “NO VACANCIES” in English means ______

    1. A.
      no free rooms
    2. B.
      free rooms
    3. C.
      not away on holiday
    4. D.
      Holidays
  4. 4.

    If you see a road sign that says ‘Diversion’, you will ______

    1. A.
      fall into a hole
    2. B.
      have a lot of fun and enjoy yourself
    3. C.
      find that the road is blocked by crowds of people
    4. D.
      have to take a different road
  5. 5.

    When someone offered me more coffee and I said ‘Thank you’ in French, I ______

    1. A.
      didn’t really want any more coffee
    2. B.
      wanted them to take the coffee pot away
    3. C.
      really wanted some more coffee
    4. D.
      wanted to express my politeness

Barack Obama became US President in January, 2009. Since then, the world has been watching him closely to see whether he keeps his promises about the economy(经济), foreign policy and health care.
But at home, he has also been under pressure from his two daughters to keep his promise: to give them a new dog as a gift for helping him with his election campaign(竞选活动).
On Tuesday the nation’s first dog, named Bo, came out. It is a six-month-old water dog which is black with a white chest and white paws(爪).
“Bo’s got star quality,” said President Obama as he and his family took a walk with the dog on the White House lawn(草坪) in front of reporters.
He then joked, “ I finally got a friend. It took some time,” mentioning a famous saying, “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog.”

  1. 1.

    Barack Obama is ______ President now

    1. A.
      French
    2. B.
      British
    3. C.
      Russian
    4. D.
      American
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is NOT true?

    1. A.
      The dog is called Bo
    2. B.
      The dog is six month old
    3. C.
      The dog is black and white
    4. D.
      The dog is all white
  3. 3.

    The dog is Obama’s gift to ______

    1. A.
      the reporters
    2. B.
      his wife
    3. C.
      his daughters
    4. D.
      his sons
  4. 4.

    What might the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?

    1. A.
      It’s not easy to find a dog in Washington
    2. B.
      It’s not easy to find a friend in Washington
    3. C.
      Dogs aren’t friendly to man
    4. D.
      Man isn’t friendly to dogs

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