题目内容
Would the voice of Amanda Holden saying “your city had talent” encourage you to use a litter bin? Or maybe former Monty Python star Michael Palin telling you no one had expected “the Spanish bin-quisition”?
Organizers of a plan persuading celebrities(名人)to lend their voices to “talking bins”believe it can make a real difference to keeping Britain tidy. They hope that by using humor, they will succeed where fines and warnings have failed in keeping streets and parks clean.
A similar experiment in Sweden found a talking bin received nearly three times as much rubbish as an ordinary one because people were attracted by its quality of being new and unusual value.
Twenty-five specially adapted bins to be installed(安装)in the streets of London and Liverpool next month will use a sound card to play a themed message when litter is placed inside. For example,one near the Royal Opera House will play a “thank-you” message sung by Janis Kelly to the tune of Nessun Dorina. Bins installed in Liverpool will play Beatles-themed messages. For others,Britain’s Got Talent judge Holden is expected to record the message:“This is Amanda, and this city’s got talent.”
The campaign,entitled Bin Thinking, is being organized by art group Sing London. If successful,talking bins could become a familiar feature on Britain’s streets.
Colette Hiller, director of Sing London, said, “ The idea is to reward people in a small way for changing their behavior and raise awareness through a sense of fun.”
- 1.
What is the plan persuading celebrities to lend their voices to “talking bins” aimed at?
- A.Attracting passers’-by attention on celebrities
- B.Encouraging people to use the litter bins to keep Britain tidy
- C.Making fun of those who won’t keep the streets and parks clean
- D.Thanking people for cleaning the litter bins through a sense of fun
- A.
- 2.
The following stars’ voices are to be lent to “talking bins” except_________________
- A.Amanda Holder’ s
- B.Michael Palin’s
- C.Janis Kelly’s
- D.Nessun Dorma' s
- A.
- 3.
We can infer from the text that_________________
- A.children are most attracted by “talking bins”
- B.different messages will be played due to different streets
- C.Britain is the first city where the experiment on “talking bins” was made
- D.“talking bins” might take the place of ordinary litter bins in Britain
- A.
- 4.
What would be the best title for the text?
- A.Lending your voice to “talking bins”
- B.Sing London art organization
- C.A campaign named Bin Thinking
- D.A new experiment on litter bins
- A.
试题分析:
1.推理题,由第一段的第一行Would the voice of Amanda Holden saying “your city had talent” encourage you to use a litter bin可以知道鼓励人们用垃圾桶保持英国干净,所以选B
2.细节题,由由第一段可以找出Amanda Holden和Michael Palin,在倒数第三段倒数第四行可以找到Janis Kelly,所以选D
3.推理题,由文章的主要意思“谈论垃圾桶可以保持干净”,所以选D
4.推理题,由本文的中心思想“用声音探讨垃圾桶可以保持干净”,所以选A
考点:本文为一篇说明文文。
点评:本文说明了探讨垃圾可以保持干净,先通读全文,然后带着问题,再读全文,找出答题所需要的依据,完成阅读。本文主要考查推理题,要求学生有很强的推理分析能力。
“Hey, Jenna, do you think we’ll still be friends when we’re eighty – two?” I asked my friend. It was clear she was wondering where I had come up with such a question. Losing Jenna would be like losing a very close sister. We hung out together. We gave each other advice.
“Of course, we’ll still be friends when we’re eighty – two.” Jenna announced loudly.
The next year, in fourth grade, we met Jamie. The three of us soon became close friends. We played together almost every day. I thought even time couldn’t pull us apart, but I was sadly mistaken.
The three of us started fighting a lot. Before Christmas, we had a really big fight, and Jamie and Jenna were against me, both saying I was bossy. I felt helpless and lonely. I thought Christmas would be horrible!
I was surprised when Jenna came to my house and gave me an awesome Christmas card she had made for me. I was so sure that she was still disappointed with me.
“Wow, ” I said. breaking the silence as we stood on either side of my front door. “Thanks.”
“Okay…well…I have to go,” she said softly.
“Okay. See you late then…” and I closed the door.
“Who was that at the door?” my mum asked.
The card stared off with “Merry Christmas”, but then it said, “I am so glad we’re friends. I am sorry about what I said when we were fighting. A fight won’t stop us from being friends. Besides, we said we were going to be friends even when we’re eight – two.”
I stopped reading and started laughing. I couldn’t believe I had forgotten what she said that day in her back yard. I couldn’t believe I had been so selfish in trying to get even and making my friends feel sorry for me that I had forgotten about real friendship.
【小题1】How would the author and Jenna get along with each other after Christmas?
A.They would be close friends again. |
B.They would not speak to each other. |
C.They would lose touch with each other. |
D.They would go on fighting with each other. |
A.I looked like a boss | B.I acted as boss |
C.I was fond of giving orders | D.I was fond of fighting |
a. Jamie became our friend.
b. I felt lonely and unhappy.
c. Jenna, Jamie and I fought a lot.
d. Jenna brought me a Christmas card.
e. I was sorry for what I did to her.
f. Jenna and I promised to be lifelong friends.
A.f – a – b – c – e – d | B.a – c – f – b – d – e |
C.a – b – c – f – e – d | D.f – a – c – b – d – e |
A.what Jenna wrote was funny |
B.Jenna would be her friend again |
C.she was happy about the coming Christmas |
D.she was happy to receive a Christmas cad |
Exchanging music over the Internet is fun and easy. Better yet, it's free, which means you don't have to pay for any more expensive music CDs. Several online file-sharing services make it easy for music lovers to exchange their favorite tunes with one another.
However, this illegal sharing of music — a form of music piracy(盗版)— is doing harm to the music industry. Industry experts estimate (估计) that US$4.3 billion in worldwide sales was lost to music piracy last year. These lost profits could force record companies to stop producing the music of many popular artists. That would hurt both musicians and music fans alike.
Music producers are puzzled about how to fight music piracy. Their efforts to fight piracy using the law have had only limited success. The music industry did win a legal victory against Napster, a famous music website. The courts ordered Napster to stop giving away copyrighted music from their site. But a number of other music-sharing networks have sprung up in its place.
These new networks are made up of thousands, or even millions, of individuals. Unlike Napster, there's no one company controlling the distribution(发行)of music over each network. So it's nearly impossible to stop the illegal activities.
Now people in the music industry have decided that " if you can't beat them, join them." They've begun to offer legal alternatives to online music piracy. Major music producers have given companies like Apple Computer permission(许可) to sell their music online. Apple's iTune Music Store allows computer users to legally download any song for 99 cents.
Will these new measures save the music industry from piracy? That depends on whether music fans are willing to pay 99 cents fro a song that they can download illegally for free. Unfortunately, many people believe music should be free. The music industry, however, hopes to persuade these music fans to change their tune.
【小题1】This text is written to _____.
A.discuss music piracy on the Internet |
B.introduce the popularity of online music |
C.persuade music fans to give up downloading music |
D.protect copyrighted music from being downloaded illegally |
A.Some online file-sharing services are responsible for music piracy. |
B.Napster, a famous music website, broke down because of its piracy. |
C.There have been no perfect measures to put an end to piracy. |
D.Legal sharing of music is available at Apple's iTune Music Store. |
A.The only effective way to fight music piracy is to stop it by law. |
B.Music lovers will be persuaded to pay for online music in time. |
C.It is certain that no one will be willing to pay for online music. |
D.There is a long way for music industry to go in fighting piracy. |
A.being protected by the law | B.popular | C.being against the law | D.surprising |