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Jack lay, quiet and unmoving, for thirty minutes while a stranger repeatedly stabbed(刺) him with sharp needles, causing blood to pour steadily out of his leg. Jack was getting a tattoo. His friend Tony had recently gotten a tattoo, and Jack was so impressed by it that he decided to get one too. Peer pressure, media influence, and personal expression are some of the common reasons for wearing tattoos today.

The desire to be accepted by one’s friends or peers can have a great influence on what a person does. Sometimes, wearing a tattoo can be a sign that you belong to a certain group. Gangs often use special clothes and tattoos to identify their particular group. Some of these groups wear only brand-name clothes. Others wear tattoos. When a person’s friends are all doing something, that person is more likely to do the same thing.

The media is another big influence behind the popularity of tattoos in North America. A wide variety of media images show tattoos—people appearing in commercials selling expensive cars, famous sports heroes with tattoos in magazines, fashion models wearing designer clothes that show their bodies tattooed with detailed and colorful patterns. These media images link tattoos to ideas of wealth, success, and status. As a result, many people decide to get a tattoo for its fashion and status value.

Many people decide to wear tattoos in order to express their artistic nature, their beliefs, or their feelings－in other words, to show their individuality(个性). A musician in a rock band may get a tattoo of a guitar on the arm. Some environmentalists may tattoo pictures of endangered animals on their shoulders. A tattoo can be a public sign to show what is important in a person’s life.

As you can see, there are many reasons why young North Americans get tattoos. A tattoo can be part of a group’s uniform, a sign of fashion, or an expression of individuality. The decision to get a tattoo is most often a result of the influence of friends or media or the desire to express oneself. For Jack, it was a mixture of all three.

Jack has got tattoos in order to ________.

A. show his great bravery B. gain a special experience

C. make himself more healthy D. be different from others

According to the passage, media images are linked to ________.

A. traditional lifestyle B. social position

C. cultural background D. public interest

We can infer from the passage that ________.

A. some people get tattoos out of pressure B. tattoo is related to religious belief

C. getting tattoos costs a lot of money D. most people with tattoos are artists

Nearly 19,000 boys are starting secondary school with a reading age of a seven-year-old or below, government data has shown.

Some 9% of all 11-year-old boys in state schools in England did not reach level three in their __1__ tests this summer, statistics from the Department for Education reveal. This is the equivalent of 18,855 boys.

Level two is the __2__ expected of a seven-year-old and means pupils only have an understanding of __3__ texts and cannot read independently.

The government has said that by the age of 11, pupils should reach level four, at which __4__ they are able to understand the major themes of a variety of texts and can to some __5__ read "between the lines".

The data, first obtained by the BBC, shows that in Nottingham, 15% of 11-year-old boys are reading at __6__ level three. In Yorkshire and the Humber, the __7__ is 11%, while across the north-east, east Midlands and West Midlands, it is 10%.

The proportion of __8__ who did not reach level three in reading is 6%. On__9__, 8% of all pupils do not reach level three. Over the past 15 years, the proportion of pupils who have reached level four has __10__ to 81% from 49%.

However, the statistics have cast __11__upon the success of government schemes to eradicate sub-standard reading skills among a minority of children. Over the past__12___, the previous government spent more than £25m on early year’s education.

Michael Gove, the education secretary, said the coalition(联合) government would be __13__ a reading test at the age of six to identify struggling pupils. The curriculum was "a closed book" for a child who starts secondary school with a reading age of a seven-year-old, he said.

He said __14__ in some parts of the country had proved that it was __15__ for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds to achieve level four. These headteachers would help struggling schools, he said.

（）1. A. listening B. reading C. speaking D. writing

（）2. A.demand B. expectation C. request D. standard

（）3. A.intensive B. difficult C. simple D. extensive

（）4. A. point B. spot C. way D.corner

（）5.A. extent B. expense C. example D. excuse

（）6. A. around B. above C. below D. beneath

（）7. A. figure B. mark C. sign D. score

（）8. A. boys B. girls C. pupils D. children

（）9. A. level B. usual C. equality D. average

（）10. A. jumped B. dropped C. stayed D. remained

（）11. A. remark B. blame C. doubt D. belief

（）12. A. year B. decade C. centry D. months

（）13. A. preparing B. addending C. organizing D. introducing

（）14. A. educators B. experts C. headteachers D. scholars

（）15. A. possible B. impossible C. doubtful D. helpful

Frank Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York., in 1852. His family were very poor farmers, and there was never enough to eat. Frank decided he did not want to be farmer. He took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman in a large city.

Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for showing goods to attract people’s interest, but he soon learned something more important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends (小商品 ) for as much as he could get. Frank put all these things on one table with a sign which said five cents each. People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleared.

Soon afterwards, Woolworth opened his own store., selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful. That is, if you want to make money by selling low-price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities directly from the factories. Once, for example, Woolworth went to Germany and placed an order for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.

By 1919, Woolworth had over 1000 stores in the US and Canada, and opened his first store in London. He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world. He always run his business according to strict rules, of which the most important was: “ The customer is always right.”

1.Frank took a short business course in order to ____________.

A．earn more money for his family	B．learn something from a salesman
C．get away from the farm	D．get enough to eat.

2.The price of the knives was cut down by half because ______________.

A．the factory workers worked 24 hours a day.

B．knives were ordered in large quantities directly from the factory.

C．the knives were made in Germany, where labour (劳动力) was cheap.

D．the knives were produced in one factory.

3._____________ make Woolworth a world-famous man.

A．His business skills and his wealth.

B．The low price of the goods he sold.

C．His trip to Germany and his huge order of knives.

D．His natural skill for showing things.

4.The belief that : “ The customer is always right” suggests that _______________.

A．whenever there is a quarrel between the customer and shop assistant, the customers are always right.

B．If you want to succeed, the rule is the only way.

C．stores must always follow the customer’s orders if they want to make more money.

D．stores should do their best to meet the customer’s needs if they want to be successful.

C

A light emitting diode （发光二极管）, or L．E．D．, is a device that shines when electricity passes through it．But it works differently than traditional kinds of light bulbs．Light emitting diodes use less energy and last much longer than bulbs with a filament （灯丝） inside．L．E． D．’s are also cooler to the touch, and shine a lot brighter than they used to．

Red L．E．D．’s have long been used as signal lights on electronic equipment．But now light emitting diodes also come in blue and other colors．Colored L．E．D．’s are used to show images on everything from wireless phones to huge video signs．And white L．E．D．’s are being used increasingly to replace traditional lighting systems．

But all these require electricity．In poor countries, people often burn fuel to produce light．But the smoke can make people sick．So an electrical engineering professor from Canada started a project to produce L．E． D．lighting systems for the developing world．These lights are powered by batteries that can be recharged with energy from the sun．The batteries can also be charged through other ways, such as wind power and water power．

Professor David Irvine-Halliday tells the story of how he got the idea．In 1997, while climbing in the Annapurna mountains in Nepal, he saw a small school．All the children were outside．He looked through a window and saw that inside the school was dark．The school had a sign that read: "We have no teachers．If you want to stay and teach for a few days, we would be very pleased．" Professor Irvine-Halliday says that experience had a big effect on him．Back at the University of Calgary, he was on the Internet one day．He saw a company in Japan selling bright white L．E． D．’s．So he built a light with some．This is how he began the Light Up the World Foundation．

48．Compared with traditional kinds of light bulbs, L．E．D．’S________．

A．waste a lot of energy B．need shorter time to make

C．shine much brighter D．are warmer to touch

49．According to the passage, we know that L．E．D．’s________．

A．will replace all the lights B．will be more and more popular

C．will be only colored ones D．will be only used in developing countries

50．According to the passage, we can infer that the purpose of the Light Up the World Foundation is to________．

A．develop L．E．D．lighting system for the developing world

B．sell bright white L．E．D．’s

C．collect money for developing countries

D．earn money by selling L．E．D．’s

For many years, no one could communicate with people who had been born without hearing. These deaf people were not able to use a spoken language.

But, beginning in the 1700s, the deaf were taught a special language. Using this language, they could share thoughts and ideas with others. The language they used was a language without sound. It was a sign language.

How did this sign language work? The deaf were taught to make certain movements using their hands, faces, and bodies. These movements stood for things and ideas. People might move their forefingers across their lips. This meant, “You are not telling the truth.” They might tap their chins with three fingers. This meant “my uncle.”

The deaf were also taught to use a finger alphabet (字母). They used their fingers to make the letters of the alphabet. In this way, they spelled out words. Some deaf people could spell out words at a speed of 130 words per minute.

Sign language and finger spelling are not used as much as they once were. Today, the deaf are taught to understand others by watching their lips. They are also taught how to speak.

1. The deaf “talked” to other people __________.

A. by moving their hands, faces and bodies

B. by shouting and singing

C. without using any letters

D. without using any language

2. The deaf could spell out words __________.

A. by reading them aloud

B. by going here and there

C. by expressing the letters with their fingers

D. by watching others

3. Now, the deaf are trained to __________.

A. write sentences quickly

B. understand others by lip-reading

C. be good at mind-reading

D. keep alone happily

4. The story as a whole is about __________.

A. learning to spell B. teaching the deaf to speak

C. how the deaf communicate D. understanding Indian sign language

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