摘要: We don’t believe . 我们相信他不会赢得这场比赛.

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Armed only with iPhones, the inventive rock band Atomic Tom has gone viral(广为流传) by way of the New York subway. The band has scored an Internet hit with the video to the song “Take Me Out.”

Singer Luke White says the production was a top-secret operation.

“We didn't tell anyone about this. It was completely top-secret from our family, from our friends, from our label, our management, everybody. So the first time that people saw this video was last Friday when we put it on YouTube,” explained White.

Since uploading the video to YouTube, band members have spent several days refreshing the page to watch the number of hits rise.

The video has also made its way around Twitter as many people have shared it with their friends.

“I mean, it still hasn't quite hit. It's just kind of blowing our minds right now that we're getting this: many people are fond of it, and they're sharing it with their friends. We don't know what it's like really to have something that's viral, so all of this is very new to us.” said Eric Espiritu, the lead guitarist of the band.

White explains how the video came together:

“We did our research with the applications( 应用程序) and found applications that worked out really well with the instruments and then we plugged them all into, plugged our phones into mini-battery powered amplifiers(扩音器) that we put underneath our seats, and we did a lot of, you know, practices, in terms of figuring out what the balance of the sound and like who was overpowering, who was too loud or who was too soft.”

The idea for the video came from Espiritu's younger brother Benjamin. The younger Espiritu directed the video from his initial concept through the final edit and upload to the Internet. 

“I've seen a lot of the music applications come out, and I've never actually had the chance to play with them," says Ben Espiritu. "When I started hearing about how they sound and everything, I thought it might be unique to take it one step further and then create an entire band just performing solely(单曲) on the iPhones, and I thought it would be a pretty cool idea.”

Ben says the success of the band’s music video is a credit to the talent and ability of the musicians, but it's also a sign of the times.

“It really comes down to seeing something different, seeing something unique, and I think that that's always, in any type of art form, what will speak to people, and I think it does reflect the times that we live in, taking a smart phone and then being able to turn it into an instrument, not only just an instrument, but making it sound really good.”

Who first saw the video of the song “Take Me Out”?

   A. Their friends       B. The people on line

    C. Their family        D. Their management

What is the band members’ attitude towards the sudden fame?

   A. They are thrilled.

   B. They are quite used to it.

   C. They are kind of confused.

   D. They are so excited as to tell everyone they know.

How did the video come into being?

   A. The band copied from it other musicians.

   B. It had already existed in the iPhones before they bought them.

    C. The band created it with the help of the applications in the iPhones.

    D. The band made full use of the traditional instruments to make the song.

What is the significance of the success of the band's music video?

    A. It has introduced us several talented musicians.

    B. It has made the musicians into millionaires.

    C. It teaches the young a big lesson.

    D. It reflects the talent and ability of the musicians and the times that we live in.

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KFC(肯德基), one of the most famous fast-food chains, saw its reputation in China shaken because of “quick chicken”. Recent years, KFC has ever shocked us more than once because of its food safety, which made itself in severe trust crisis. Now it greatly surprised us again owing to the poultry(禽肉)incident. We could never believe it should have cheated us again and again. In fact, as a well-known restaurant chain, KFC’s business records at China’s is not very good. There’s no doubt that the very incident has made things worse and worse.

However, what surprised us is that although a series of misdeeds had reduced KFC’s reputation, its business is increasing. What’s more, KFC just made a so-called apology after what had happened, the content of which is not responsible at all for the public. As a matter of fact, this is not an ordinary chance incident. Recent years have seen so many food-safety problems in China, such as wasted oil, lean meat powder(瘦肉精), melamine(三聚氰胺), which has done great damage to people’s life. We don’t know what can be eaten and how much harmful food we have eaten. Now it is not wars and natural disasters but everyday food safety that has been a great risk to human health.

So what can be done to prevent our health from being damaged? To begin with, the related departments should strengthen laws to stop such illegal products from being produced. In addition, it would be a good idea to call on the media to perform its further function to monitor the businesses, factories and traders. Besides, everybody should be made aware of the risks of harmful food and only in this way can people improve their self-protection. In a word, everyone should play a role in making our food safer and better in quality. Meanwhile, the government and the related departments should take their responsibilities for people’s health.

1.According to the text, we can learn that KFC made itself in severe trust crisis________.

A. because it had food safety problems many times

B. because it is one of the most famous fast-food chains

C. no people went to it

D. many people don’t like it

2.From the passage, we learn that after the “quick chicken” incident ________.

A. KFC was closed

B. KFC apologized to the public though it was not sincere

C. no people went to KFC

D. there is no longer chicken in KFC

3.We can learn that the author thinks that people’s health is in danger because of ________.

A. war         B. natural disaster        C. food safety         D. disease

4.The main purpose of the passage is to ________.

A. introduce some food safety incidents                      B. make people not support KFC

C. ask people not to eat fast food                        D. appeal to people for food safety

 

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One school night this month I walked quietly up to Alexander, my 15-year-old son, and touched his cheek gently in a manner I hoped would seem casual.A year ago he would have ignored this disturbance but now he reacted impatiently and leaned back to his computer screen.

I made a mistake: breaking into my teenager's personal space. “The average teenager has pretty strong feelings about his privacy," Lara Fox and her friend Hilary Frankel told me. Mr.Frankel and Mr.Fox, both 17, are the authors of Breaking the Code, a new book that seeks to bridge the generational divide between parents and adolescents.It is being promoted by its publisher as the first self-help guide by teenagers for their parents, a kind of "Kids Are From Mars, Parents Are From Venus" that explains the language and actions of teenagers.The girls dealt with issues including hanging out late, money, school pressures, smoking etc.

Personally, I welcome their opinions.The most common missteps in interacting with teenagers arise from the war between parents exercising their rights to know what goes on under their roof and teenagers firmly guarding their privacy.Teenagers can be quick to interpret their parents' remarks and respond with anger that masks their vulnerability (脆弱 ). Ms Fox said, "What we want above all is your approval.Don't forget, no matter how much we act as if we don't care what you say, we believe the things you say about us."

Nancy, a New York child-raising expert said she didn't agree with everything the authors suggested but found their arguments reasonable."When your kids are saying, ' You don't get it, and you never will, ' there are lots of ways to respond so that they will listen and that is what the writers point out."

" My parents helped me see that, " Mr.Fox told me, " even though they used to stay out late and ride their bicycles to school, times have changed and the way parents educate children is different.These days there is a major fear factor in bringing up kids.Parents worry about their child crossing the street." The writers said they hoped simply to throw light on teenage thinking.

1.According to the two girls, teenagers nowadays are ____.

A.independent          B.intelligent

C. inconsiderate           D.sensitive

2.The underlined sentence "You don't get it, and you never will" in the 4th paragraph implies that ____.

A.the teenagers don't want/to admit their weakness

B.the teenagers think that their parents will never understand them

C.the parents do not necessarily force into the world of their children

D.the generation gap cannot be shortened despite their parents' efforts

3.It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that ____.

A.teenagers should guard their privacy

B.Nancy totally agrees with the two girls' opinions

C.parents are more concerned about children's safety

D.the two girls have obtained numerous support from the public

4.Why does the author mention the book "Kids Are From Mars, Parents Are From Venus ?

A.It is one of the best-sellers

B.It is also written by the two girls

C.The two books have the similar theme

D.The two books have different opinions

 

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