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

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One day a few years ago we had an uninvited guest—a sparrow.  36  the little bird had flown into our open garage. Then I  37  the bird before I saw it.

“What’s that?”I asked when I first heard the sound.

“It’s coming from the  38  .”my wife, Anita, said. “Maybe it’s one of the little  39  .”

I looked into the garage. No children at all. But there was that sound again, coming from right up there. And that’s  40   I saw the sparrow. It was flying  41  just inches below the ceiling. It was clearly  42  to get out, but couldn’t see the way out was not up, but  43  and and out through the garage door. So the bird continued flapping its wings and bumping its little head 44  the ceiling.

I tried to terrify it out, but only succeeded in driving it into the  45  open space between the door and the ceiling. Then I tried to show the bird how to fly down a few feet  46   it could get outside, but that only seemed to  47  it more.

“Why don’t we just leave for a few minutes,” Anita  48  .“I’m sure he’ll figure it out eventually.”

We went back into the house, where we  49  to hear the ongoing struggle between the sparrow and the ceiling. Then suddenly, it was  50  and our uninvited guest was gone.

I’ve  51  that little sparrow through the years, and I’ve decided that birds are not different much from people. We think we were  52  to fly ever upward, and we don’t even consider the  53  that something good might happen if we just fly down a little bit. Once we figure out that we can make  54  without banging（碰）our heads against ceilings, we can usually save ourselves much  55  .

36.A. Still              B. Somehow          C. Instead              D. Perhaps

【答案】B

【解析】不知怎么的，这只小鸟飞进了我们开着的车库。B.不知怎么的。

37.A. heard            B. caught               C. searched           D. observed

【答案】A

【解析】根据下文when I first heard the sound， 可知本句的意思是“未见其鸟，先闻其鸣”。

38.A. house           B. backyard           C. garage               D. basement

【答案】C

【解析】根据36题所在的句子可知， 小鸟进入了garage,所以声音应该从garage传来。

39.A. birds            B. guests               C. cats                  D. kids

【答案】D

【解析】根据下文no children at all.可知, 作者的妻子认为是期中一个孩子

40.A. when            B. how                  C. why                  D. whether

【答案】A

【解析】when引导表语从句。“就在那时我看到了那只麻雀。”

41.A. quickly         B. anxiously           C. cautiously          D. slowly

【答案】B

【解析】anxiously不安的，焦虑的。因为被困，所以很焦虑。

42. A. deciding       B. hesitating           C. trying                D. choosing

【答案】C

【解析】try to get out努力要出去。

43. A. up               B. backward          C. forward            D. down

【答案】D

【解析】但是它看不到出去的路不在上方，而在下方。

44. A. against         B. off                    C. along                D. into

【答案】A

【解析】bump its little head against the ceiling 小脑袋撞击天花板

45. A. free             B. small                 C. wide                 D. dark

【答案】B

【解析】门和天花板之间的空间很小。

46. A. in case         B. even if               C. as though          D. so that

【答案】D

【解析】so that 引导目的状语从句。

47. A. puzzle          B. confuse             C. frighten             D. disturb

【答案】C

【解析】但是这样似乎使它更害怕。Frighten sb使某人害怕， 吓唬某人

48. A. suggested     B. explained           C. insisted             D. demanded

【答案】A

【解析】why don’t sb do 是表示建议的用语。 所以选择A。

49. A. attempted     B. continued          C. refused             D. failed

【答案】B

【解析】continue to do sth继续干某事

50. A. fierce           B. empty               C. safe                  D. silent

【答案】D

【解析】根据下文our uninvited guest was gone， 所以没有声音了，很安静

51.A. looked after   B. worried about    C. thought about    D. brought up

【答案】C

【解析】Ａ．照看　Ｂ．担心 Ｃ．思考  Ｄ． 提出。下文题到“鸟和人没有什么不同”，所以作者是在思考。

52. A. forced         B. determined         C. born                 D. urged

【答案】C

【解析】be born to do 天生就是干某事的。 “我们认为我们天生就是往上飞的”

53. A. idea             B. possibility          C. challenge           D. problem

【答案】B

【解析】我们甚至没有考虑这种可能性，如果我们飞的低一些，好事也可能会发生。

54. A. progress      B. peace                C. decisions           D. efforts

【答案】A

【解析】make progress取得进步

55. A. panic           B. pressure            C. loss                  D. trouble

【答案】D

【解析】save some trouble 省去很多麻烦。

    阅读后面短文，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。　　 　　

    One Saturday afternoon in February, 1943, a farmer in Mexico　　 stopped 1 for a moment and looked across his field of corn. 　　 2 he saw a thin line of white smoke curling up (旋转) out of his field,　　 about 200 feet 3 he stood. As he went toward the smoke to see 　　 4 , he heard a strange 5 . The line of smoke 　　 6 bigger. It looked 7 some great force were pushing it up into the sky.

　　     The farmer 8 home to get his wife. While he was urging his wife　　 to hurry 9 the house, the earth 10 violently(剧烈地). When he　　 stood up 11 the earth stopped shaking, he looked across the field　　 and saw that 12 flames (火焰) were rising from his cornfield. A　　 volcano 13 .

　　     They hurried across 　　 14 earth to the village of Paricutin, 15 was near their farm. They found the village in ruins (废墟) and the　　 road from the village 17 frightened people 　　 16 to safety.

　　     Paricutin did not become dark that night. The volcano lighted up　　 the sky for miles around. Flames rushed 18 the ground. The volcano　　 hurled (喷出) hot stones a thousand feet 19 the air. Great　　 explosions shook the earth and heavy black ashes (灰) fell from the sky. But that was not all. Next, there was lava(熔岩). 　　 20 the third evening a stream of lava began to boil up from the center of the　　 volcano. It 21 slowly across the valley, 　　 22 certain death to everything that could not move from its path.　　 　　Government officials, scientists, newspaper reporters and　　 photographers rushed into the valley. They went as 　　 23 to the fire 24 and stayed there for several days, 　　 25 the new volcano which people now call Paricutin, after the village.

(1) A. to work 　　 B.　　 worked C. working 　　 D.　　 work

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(2) A. Quietly 　　 B. Just now C. For 　　　　 D. Suddenly

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(3) A. from where 　　B. where C. that 　　　　 D. in front of

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(4) A. it was what B. what it was C. where it was D. how it was

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(5) A. cry 　　　　 B. shout C. voice 　　　　 D. noise

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(6) A. was 　　　　 B. became C. seemed 　　　　D. looked

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(7) A. as if 　　　　 B. like C. as 　　　　　　D. if

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(8) A. walked 　　　　B. moved C. traveled 　　 D. rushed

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(9) A. in 　　　　　　B. away C. from 　　　　 D. to

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(10) A. shook 　　　　 B. moved C. tremble 　　 D. waved

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(11) A. after 　　　　 B. since C. before 　　　　D. for

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(12) A. much 　　　　 B. great C. a great deal D. a little

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(13) A. was being born B. was born C. was over there D. was there

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(14) A. shaking 　　 B. a shaking C. the shaking D. the

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(15) A. from where 　　B. that C. where 　　　　 D. which

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(16) A. filled by 　　 B. filled with C. filling in D. filling with

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(17) A. hurrying 　　 B. to hurry C. hurried 　　 D. in hurry

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(18) A. out 　　　　 B. through C. across 　　　　D. out of

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(19) A. out 　　　　 B. through C. from 　　　　 D. out of

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(20) A. On 　　　　　　B. In C. At 　　　　　　D. For

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(21) A. shook 　　　　 B. traveled C. covered 　　 D. turned

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(22) A. carrying 　　 B. taking C. bringing 　　 D. fetching

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(23) A. close 　　　　 B. closely C. nearby 　　　　D. nearly

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(24) A. possibly 　　 B. so as possible C. as possibly D. as possible

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(25) A. studying 　　 B. watching C. checking 　　 D. looking at

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阅读下面短文，从后面所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　The London Tea Trade Centre is on the north bank of the River Thames. It is the centre of 1 of great importance in the 2 lives of the British. Tea is without 3　　 the British national drink: every man, woman and child over ten years of age has 4 average over four cups a day or some 1,500 cups a 5　　. Some thirty percent of the world's exports of tea makes its 6 to London. Britain is by far the 7 importer(进口商) of tea in the world. A large number of Samples (样品) of tea brought into the country to 8 the national thirst go to the London Tea Trade Centre, where they are tasted by 9 professional tea tasters before being sold at each week's tea 10 . It is interesting to see them at 11 . Over a hundred samples are 12 in a line on long tables. Teas are generally tasted with milk, since that is how the 13 in Britain drink their tea. The tasters 14 down the line with surprising 15 , tasting each sample from a spoon and deciding what is a 16 price for each tea. The types of tea that are popular in Britain are 17 inexpensive but they are of a very 18 quality. The best are fine 19 of numerous teas from 20 sources (来源) and countries.

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