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Your mobile phone rings,and instead of usual electronic signals,it’s playing your favorite music.A friend sends your favorite song to cheer you up.One day,a record company might forward new records and music videos to your phone
The mobile business is getting into the music business.For the moment,the interest is in pleasant ring tones,but some companies are hoping to take full advantage of the next generation of mobile phones-all-purpose gadgets that blend phone,personal stereo,video player and Internet browser into one.
Finally,record companies might send new records and videos to fans who register their cell phone numbers.
The fans could pass music or songs along to friends—a kind of musical trading card.Unlike Internet tracks,mobile downloads would be easy for record companies to control,said former record industry official Ralph Simon,who is now chairman of your mobile,based in Santa Monic,California.
“If you pass a song along to other phones through a network,each phone can be charged,” said Simon.“It’s like going through a toll gate（收费站）.There’s more possibility for copyright control than there is on the Internet.”
Massachusetts-based Converse is offering a service in Portugal and the Netherlands that lets people record tunes on their voice mail or send music as presents to friends.Finally,people might be able to sing karaoke and pass them along.The company is sure that people will want to use music to reach out and touch someone.
“A mobile phone is not a listening machine,and you’ll be disappointed if you think you can change it to a radio,”said Ohad Ouziel,a creative manager for Converse in Israel.“But if someone sends you a song while you’re on vacation,you appreciate the feeling.”
1.The underlined word “blend”in the second paragraph probably means _____.
A.send
B.become
C.mix
D.compare
解析：从上下文以及该词的搭配可知，blend...into...“把……融为一体”。?
答案：C
2.“Massachusetts-based Converse”in the sixth paragraph probably refers to _____.
A.a person
B.a city in Israel
C.a state in the USA
D.a company
3.Record companies _____ the idea of passing songs and music along mobile phones.
A.are worried about
B.are interested in
C.try hard to stop
D.a company
4.According to Ralph Simon it would be easier to _____ through mobile phone network than through the Internet.
A.protect copyright of music works
B.send personal messages
C.pass along songs and music
D.send voice mail
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阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1-25各题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案。
After his meal Lincoln walked over to the War Department to see 1 any more news had come from Sherman's Army. Then it was time to go to the theatre. In the morning it 2 that the President and Mrs. Lincoln, together 3 a number of guests, would visit Ford's Theatre to see the 4. The President went into the theatre, and took his seat at the back of the box (包厢). While he 5 the play a young man wanted to 6 him. He was twenty-year-old John Wilkes Booth, a 7 of a famous family of actors and a lover of the 8. A few hours 9 the play began he was in the theatre 10 a small hole 11 the door of the presidential box. Now 12 Booth entered the box. In his 13 hand was a small knife, in his right hand a gun. Aiming the gun at the back of the President's head he fired. Lincoln fell 14 in his seat. Rathbone, one of his guests, threw himself at the 15. Booth 16 him with his knife, then jumped 17 the box rail (栏杆) to the stage (舞台), eleven feet below, He fell, but quickly to his feet, shouting, "Sic semper tyrannis." (拉丁语, 意思是" 独裁者的下场总是如此".)For a time there was 18 confusion (混乱). Then a young army doctor climbed into the Presidential box. Mary 19 his arm. "Oh, doctor! Is he 20 ?"The doctor looked at Lincoln's wound, and his face darkened, The President had badly wounded 21 . There was no 22 . The wounded President was carried across the street to the nearest house, 23 he was laid on a bed.All through the night Lincoln 24 with death. At 7:22 (April 15, 1865) in the 25 it was all over. The great and good man was at peace (和平) with the world.
| 1. | A. where | B. whether | C. when | D. weather | ［ ］ |
| 2. | A. had planned | B. has been planned | C. has planned | D. had been planned | ［ ］ |
| 3. | A. with | B. on | C. in | D. by | ［ ］ |
| 4. | A. film | B. army | C. Sherman | D. play | ［ ］ |
| 5. | A. saw | B. watched | C. looked at | D. observed | ［ ］ |
| 6. | A. wound | B. talk to | C. kill | D. hurt | ［ ］ |
| 7. | A. number | B. member | C. one | D. woman | ［ ］ |
| 8. | A. South | B. North | C. south | D. north | ［ ］ |
| 9. | A. after | B. as | C. before | D. soon after | ［ ］ |
| 10. | A. made | B. making | C. and making | D. or made | ［ ］ |
| 11. | A. in | B. on | C. by | D. with | ［ ］ |
| 12. | A. quiet | B. quite | C. quietly | D. quietly | ［ ］ |
| 13. | A. right | B. upper | C. left | D. other | ［ ］ |
| 14. | A. quickly | B. happily | C. heavily | D. fast | ［ ］ |
| 15. | A. murder | B. murdering | C. murderor | D. murderer | ［ ］ |
| 16. | A. wounded | B. wound | C. wounding | D. hurt | ［ ］ |
| 17. | A. in | B. over | C. on | D. with | ［ ］ |
| 18. | A. but nothing | B. nothing but |
| C. nothing besides | D. except nothing ［ ］ | |
| 19. | A. catches hold of | B. gets hold of |
| C. take a firm (强有力的) hold of | D. took hold of ［ ］ |
| 20. | A. death | B. died | C. dead | D. dies ［ ］ |
| 21. | A. in the head | B. on the head | C. in the back | D. on the back ［ ］ |
| 22. | A. wish | B. hope | C. chances | D. possibilities ［ ］ |
| 23. | A. when | B. which | C. where | D. on which ［ ］ |
| 24. | A. thought | B. brought | C. fight | D. fought ［ ］ |
| 25. | A. morning | B. afternoon | C. noon | D. night ［ ］ |
Ⅰ．听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1．What does the woman suggest they do?
A．They shouldn't buy food for picnic．
B．They should afford the expense together．
C．They should buy food instead of Gary．
2．What does the man mean?
A．He should have listened to his coach．
B．He wouldn't listen to the coach in future．
C．He won the match in fact．
3．What can we know about the man from the dialogue?
A．He watched the game with his boss．
B．He didn't watch the game because he had to work．
C．He watched the game but did not know the score．
4．Which of the following sentences about Tom is true?
A．He is working in Canada now．
B．He has come back from Canada．
C．He went to Canada a few years ago．
5．Will the woman stop worrying after their talk?
A．Yes, she will．
B．No, she won't．
C．No, she doesn't．
Ⅱ．听下面一段文章，在空格上填入所缺的单词，使其意思完整，短文读两遍。
Good evening．Tonight the main news is about the bad weather we're having．Storms are 1 in all parts of the country．In the north many roads are 2 because of the high 3 ．Two main roads near Glasgow are blocked by trees．In the south, too, heavy
rains and storms are reported; 4 Dover 5 houses have been flooded．And last night a truck was blown 6 by the wind．In the east, quite a few areas have been flooded．Many small boats have been 7 ．And this morning, one boat was found two 8 in land．Things are better in the west．But the two villages have been flooded by the river．Four people nearly 9 in the river．More storms are 10 tomorrow．
下面文章有5处需要添加小标题。请从以下选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中选出符合各段意思的小标题。选项中有一项是多余选项。
1
A study of art history might be a good way to learn more about a culture than is possible to learn in general history classes．Most typical history courses concentrate on politics, economics and war．But art history focuses on much more than this because art reflects not only the political values of a people, but also religious beliefs, emotions, and psychology．
2
In addition, information about the daily acivities of our ancestors-or of people very different from our own-can be provided by art．In short, art expresses the essential qualities of a thme and a place, and a study of it clearly offers us a deeper understanding than can be found in most history books．
3
In history books, objective information about the political life of a country is presented; that is, facts about politics are given, but opinions are not expressed．Art, on the other hand, is subjective： it reflects emotions and opinions．The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya was perhaps the first truly “political” artist．In his well-known painting The Third of May 1808, he criticized the Spanish government for its misuse of power over people．Over a hundred years later, symbolic images were used in Pablo Picasso's Guernica to express the horror of war．Meanwhile, on another continent, the powerful paintings of Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros-as well as the works of Alfredo Ramos Martins-depicted these Mexican artists’ deep anger and sadness about social problems．
4
In the same way, art can reflect a culture's religious beliefs．For hundreds of years in Europe, religious art was almost the only type of art that existed．Churches and other religious buildings were filled with paintings that depicted people and stories from the Bible．Although most people couldn't read, they could still understand biblical stories in the pictures on church walls．
4
By contrast, one of the main characteristics of art in the Middle East was(and still is)its absence of human and animal images．This reflects the Islamic belief that statues are unholy．That's why no figures can be found in or around places of interest in these regions．
第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16－30各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Jenkins was a jeweller, who had made a large diamond ring worth ￡57,000 for the Silkstone Jewellery Shop. When it was ready, he made a copy of it which looked ___16__ like the first one but was worth only￡2,000. This he took to the shop, which accepted it without a question.
Jenkins gave the much more 17__ ring to his wife for her fortieth birthday. Then, the husband and wife __18__ to Paris for a weekend. As to the __19__ ring, the shop sold it for￡60,000.
Six months later the buyer __20__it back to Silkstone's office. "It's a faulty diamond,"he said. "It isn't worth the high __21__ I paid." Then he told them the __22__. His wife's car had caught fire in an __23__. She had escaped ,__24__ the ring had fallen off and been damaged in the great __25__ of the fire.
The shop had to agree. They knew that no fire on earth can ever damage a perfect diamond. Someone had taken the __26__ diamond and put a faulty one in its place. The question was: who __27__ it?
A picture of the ring appeared in the __28__. A reader thought he recognized the ring. The next day, another picture appeared in the papers which showed a famous dancer walking out to a plane for Paris. Behind the dancer there was a woman __29__ a large diamond ring."Do You know the __30__ with the lovely diamond ring?" the papers asked their readers. Several months later, Jenkins was sentenced to seven years in prison.
16. A. surely B. only C. nearly D. exactly
17. A. real B. worthy C. modern D. valuable
18.A. drove B. flew C. sailed D. bicycled
19. A. last B. first C. second D. next
20. A. sold B. posted C. brought D. returned
21.A. money B. price C. cost D. value
22. A. facts B. questions C. results D. matters
23. A. accident B. affair C. incident D. experience
24. A. so B. but C. or D. and
25. A. pile B. heat C. pressure D. power
26. A. real B. pure C. right D. exact
27.A. made B. stole C. copied D. did
28.A. magazines B. notices C. newspapers D. programmes
29. A. carrying B. holding C. dressing D. wearing
30. A. dancer B. woman C. jeweler D. reader
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