Just by living, it is apparent that the media has profound effects on people. How or why or to what degree, only the individual can judge for himself/herself. No matter if the media is small or major, everyday events are what effects people. A commercial about ice cream can send millions running to the nearest grocery store ready to try the new flavor.

While reading the online article about how poor sleep contributes to health problems, I was surprised to hear that not getting enough sleep was such a big problem. I was absolutely freaked out (使震惊) by this article, so right after I decided to get a good night's rest from then on. That night I drank hot tea, took a long bubble bath and listened to peaceful music before bed. I didn't sleep a wink that night, and it's because of the pressure I was putting on myself to “sleep well”. This article has macro effects because it is possible that many people have read the article and been affected.

Another media effect is a movie. It is originally a novel that is adapted into a movie. I normally hate literature that is put into film, but this was an exception. My mother was in love with the book Pride and Prejudice, so when I went to Blockbuster the other night it caught my eye. I rented the movie and fell in love with it. I was in fact so inspired by the movie that I decided to read the book. Thus, it was an unintended (无意识的) effect because the writer/adapter did not produce this movie thinking that it would make viewers want to read more classic books.

1. What is mainly talked about in the passage?

A. The different kinds of the media.

B. The effects of the media on people.

C. Our pressure under the influence of the media.

D. Our addiction to the media.

2. The author decided to read the book Pride and Prejudice because ________.

A. his mother liked reading it

B. the movie was well produced

C. he didn't like the movie

D. the producer wanted viewers to do so

3. The last paragraph is written to show that ________.

A. the media can influence us in a positive way

B. a movie is usually a poor betray of a classic book

C. people usually like movies instead of original works

D. we can't love a classic without reading the original work

4. The author probably believes that________.

A. the influence of the media is usually misleading

B. we should remain calm under the influence of the media

C. the media can cause great pressure to people

D. people can't avoid the influence of the media in their daily life

5. The author's attitude towards the media can be described as ________.

A. subjective    B. negative  C. objective  D. positive

One day in January, my uncle, my cousin and I decided to go hunting.We left by car in the afternoon.It was a Range Rover with four-wheel drive.It took us three hours to get there.After we arrived at 5:15 p.m., we fixed the tent, then made coffee and had a short rest.After that, we went hunting, using a falcon(猎鹰).We spent two hours without finding anything.On our way back to the camp, my cousin saw a rabbit.I removed the falcon’s bead cover and let go of the aggressive falcon.When the rabbit saw the falcon, it ran fast, but my falcon was a professional hunter.He flew up and came down to trick the rabbit.After two minutes, the rabbit was caught.We took it back to the camp to cook our dinner.We ate the delicious food, drank Arabic coffee, and sat around the fire talking until 10:30 p.m.

We left the camp the next day at 7 o’clock in the morning.We went north.However, around 10:00 a.m.our car got stuck in the sand! We spent about three hours trying to pull out the car without any progress.Finally, we decided to walk.As it was hard for an old man or a young boy to walk more than 40km in the desert, I decided to get help myself.I took a bottle of water with me and started to walk south alone.I knew the way well, but it was a long way in the sand.I walked more than four hours without stopping.When I felt so tired and thirsty, I stopped to rest.I drank all the water and slept for around two hours.

When I got up, it was dark.I continued to walk south.I was worried about my uncle and cousin.Suddenly, I met a Bedouin man who was riding his camel.He took me to his house.When I had had enough rest, I asked him to take me to the road where I found a car.It took me to the city to get help.I had one day to get back to my uncle and cousin.When I got back to them, they were so happy because I had gotten help and they were able to see me again.

1.Which word can best describe the first evening of their hunting trip?

       A.Adventurous.     B.Enjoyable. 

       C.Stressful.            D.Exhausting.

2.How did the writer finally get out of the desert?

       A.He was picked up by a car.

       B.A camel took him to the road.

       C.A passer-by Bedouin helped him.

       D.His uncle and cousin found and rescued him.

3.What can be inferred from the story?

       A.It’s an easy job to walk 40km in the desert.

       B.The author loved to go hunting with his family.

       C.The hunting trip is much longer than expected.

       D.To hunt in the desert one must train a falcon well.

 

阅读理解。
     I was waiting for the bus to take me down from the Janiculum Hill into the city of Roma when I turned
and saw black smoke rising into the sky. It seemed to be coming from my studio, a small, cabin-like study
built up against the ancient Roman wall. I'd arrived there three weeks before with my most important thing:
the first draft (手稿) of my new novel. 
    The smoke? I thought of the electric coil (电热棒) I'd been using to heat water for the endless cups of tea
I need to fuel my writing. What if I had started heating water and forgotten about it? I supposed the coil had
turned over from the cup and started a fire that would not only destroy the studio but also the pages of work
I had spent years on and I could never rewrite. 
    I hurried back, but soon saw that the smoke came from the old leaves and branches in the neighbor's
garden. I felt relieved (轻松的). But since I was now so close, I went into my study to have a look anyway.
    The electric coil was red, and the water I'd meant to use for tea before I left had all boiled out of the cup
that had already turned over and the red-hot coil had toppled (倾斜) onto the desk and was burning the wood.
My pages that might have burnt in a second were only inches away. 
    Drawn by the smoke, I'd come back just in time. "Thank God" I said. Of course, thank my luck.
1. The author was leaving for ______.
[     ]
A. the Janiculum Hill
B. his cabin-like study
C. the ancient Roman wall
D. the city of Rome
2. We can infer (推断) from the passage that the author ______.
[     ]
A. drank tea to work well
B. stayed there for months
C. often forgot what he had done
D. wrote a number of books
3. In fact, the smoke the author saw was rising from the ______.
[     ]
A. author's studio
B. neighbor's garden
C. author's apartment
D. author's kitchen
4. The author was worried about that ______.
[     ]
A. the electric coil couldn't work
B. his valuable things would be burnt
C. the fire would burn down the neighbor's house
D. his first draft would be burnt.

We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe did not know anything about tea. Some people had heard about it, however, very few of them knew what to do with it.

There is a story about an English sailor who went to countries in the east, the west and the south. He had been to India and China. One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for his mother. She told her friends about the present and asked them to a “tea party”. When her friends came to the “tea party”, the old woman offered them brown tea-leaves. The old woman’s friends began to eat them. Of course, nobody liked the tea leaves.

At that time the sailor came in. He looked at the table and said, “Mother, what have you done with the tea?”

“I boiled it as you said.”

“And what did you do with the water?”

“I threw it away, of course.” answered the old woman.

“Now you may throw away the leaves, too.” said her son.

1.More than three centuries ago, _____________.

A.most Europeans began to drink tea

B.some people in Europe drank tea every day

C.only a few people drank tea

D.few people in Europe knew about tea

2.The sailor ______________.

A.gave his mother some tea as a gift         B.didn’t know what to do with the tea

C.offered to hold a “tea party”                 D.told his mother what to do with the tea

3.At the tea party, the mother ____________.

A.gave her friends some tea                     B.sell her friends some tea

C.asked her friends to eat the tea-leaves    D.suggested throwing away the tea

4.The old woman made a mistake, ______________.

A.so she threw the tea away

B.because she didn’t know what to do with the tea

C.and nobody was fond of drinking tea

D.for she boiled the tea

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