57. Lorenzo Bertolla is __________.

A. a very popular male singer　　　　 　B. an advertising agency

C. a clothing company in Rome　　 　D. the brand name of a sweater

56. The two attractive young women were talking so that they could ________.

A. get the sweater at a lower price　　B. be heard by people around

C. be admired by other shoppers　 　D. decide on buying the sweater

50．What Schipper said showed that she___________.

　　　 A．was no longer Gould’s friend　 　　　　 B．had learned a lot from Gould

　　　 C．was not interested in Gould’s stories　　　 D．would not like to compete against Gould

答案：46．D　 47．D　 48．A　 49．C　 50．D

Passage 9

(江西省九江一中2010届高三适应考试二A篇)

You're in a department store and you see a couple of attractive young women looking at a sweater. You listen to their conversation:

　“I can't believe it--a Lorenzo Bertolla! They are almost impossible to find. Isn't it beautiful? And it's a lot cheaper than the one Sara bought in Rome. ”

They leave and you go over to see this incredible sweater. It's nice and the price is right. You've never heard of Lorenzo Bertolla, but those girls looked really stylish. They must know. So, you buy it. You never realize that those young women are employees of an advertising agency. They are actually paid to go from store to store, talking loudly about Lorenzo Bertolla clothes.

Every day we notice what people are wearing, driving and eating. If the person looks cool, the product seems cool, too. This is the secret of undercover marketing. Companies from Ford to Nike are starting to use it.

　 Undercover marketing is important because it reaches people that don't pay attention to traditional advertising. This is particularly true of the MTV generation----consumers between the age of 18 and 34. It is a golden group. They have a lot of money to spend, but they don't trust ads.

　 　So advertising agencies hire young actors to “perform” in bars and other places where young adults go. Some people might call this practice deceptive(骗人的), but marketing executive Jonathan Ressler calls it creative. “Look at traditional advertising. Its effectiveness is decreasing. ”

However, one might ask what exactly is “real” about of young women pretending to be enthusiastic about a sweater? Advertising executives would say it's no less real than an ad. The difference is that you know an ad is trying to persuade you to buy something. You don' t know when a conversation you overhear is just a performance.

49．The underlined word “it” in the fifth paragraph probably refers to　　　　 .

　　　 A．the Olympics　　　　　 B．the youth camp

　　　 C．the friendship　　　　　 D．the Australian team

48．Gould won her three Olympic golds when she was____________.

　　　 A．15　　 B．17　　 C．22　　 D．30

47．Gould and Schipper are going to____________.

　　　 A．talk about sport and life　 　　　　 B．go back to elite competition

　　　 C．set a qualifying time and win gold　 D．take part in the same sports event

46．What is the passage mainly about?

　　　 A．Stories happening in swimming competitions.

　　　 B．Two women swimmers winning Olympic golds.

　　　 C．Lessons learned from international swimming championships.

　　　 D．Friendship and competition between two swimmers.

75.A　 这篇短文的主题不是教授、不是彩票、所以只有A适合做文章的标题。

Passage 8

(广东省潮州市实验中学2010届高三4月月考B篇)

SYDNEY: As they sat sharing sweets beside a swimming pool in 1999. Shane Gould and Jessicah Schipper were simply getting along well, chatting about sport, life and anything else that came up.

Yet in Sydney next month, they will meet again by the pool, and for a short time the friends will race against each other in the 50 – meter butterfly in the Australian championships at Homebu Bay.

Gould, now a 47 – year – old mother of four, has announced she will be making a return to elite competition (顶级赛事) to swim the one event, having set a qualifying (合格的)time of 30. 32 seconds in winning gold at last year’s United States Masters championships. Her comeback comes 32 years after she won three golds at the Munich Olympics.

Schipper, now a 17 – year – old girl from Brisbane with a bright future of going to Athens for her first Olympics, yesterday recalled (回忆) her time with Gould five years ago.

“I was at a national youth camp on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to us and watch us train.” Schipper explained. “It seemed as if we had long been good friends. I don’t know why. We just started talking and it went from there.”

“She had a lot to share with all of us at that camp. She old us stories about what it was like at big meets like Olympics and what it was like to be on an Australian team. It was really interesting.”

Next time, things will be more serious: “I will still be swimming in the 50 m butterfly at the nationals, so there is a chance that I could actually be competing against Shane Gould.” said Schipper, who burst onto the scene at last year’s national championships with second places in the 100 m and 200 butterfly.

74.C　 通过上下文我们可以判断这里是“拒绝”。

73.B　 这些人的目的很简单，就是想得到钱，见第三段第一句话。