If you see a group of people dancing and singing on the street or in the railway station,? you don't need to feel surprised．They are a flash mob （快闪族）, which is a group of people who come together suddenly in a public place, do something unusual for a brief period of time, and then quickly break up．They are usually organized with the help of the Internet or other digital communication network．At a predetermined time, they gather and perform some? distractions（消遣） such as waving their hands and exchanging books, Then, they quickly break up before the police can arrive．Using mobile phones, the flash mob can change its location if the first one has been replaced for any reason．

??????? Bill Lasik, senior editor of Harper’s Magazine, organized the first flash mob in Manhattan in May 2003 and the first successful flash mob came together on June 3, 2003 - after the first attempt was foiled at Macy's department store．Lasik claimed that the activity was designed to make fun of hipsters （起时髦的人）, and call attention to the cultural atmosphere．???????

????? Flash mob gatherings can sometimes shock people．Such an activity might seem amusing and untrue, but it also might frighten people who are not aware of what is taking place．Undoubtedly, flash mobs can serve as good political tools in any direction．They also have great economic potential, such as using flash mobs to advertise a product．

????? The flash mob is now becoming more and more popular．People use it to do many things．For example, in 2009, Michael Jackson's fans took part in a flash mob to remember him．Hundreds of his fans gathered singing and dancing Michael's famous song "Beat It" together．Flash mobs give people from all walks of life an opportunity to come together to create a memory．

1.The undefined word "foiled" in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by _????? 。

A．forgotten????????? B．prevented???? C．announced??????? D．confirmed

2.What can you learn about the flash mob from the passage?

A．The flash mob usually breaks up quickly for lacking enough time．

B．Once the place for the activity is determined, it can't be changed．

C．The flash mob can be made use offing many fields just for fun．

D．It gives people the chance to come together to do something unusual．

3.The main purpose of the passage is -

A．to entertain?????????? B．to encourage????

C．to inform????????? D．to persuade

4.The writer's attitude towards the flash mob is

A．negative????????????? C．favorable??? ????????????? B．objective??? ????????????? D．doubtful

Facts prove that the world’s economic development is not a win-lose game but one in which all _____ be winners.

A．can              B．shall              C．must             D．would

B
The year was 1985. Ronald Reagan was president. Mikhail Gorbachev became leader of the USSR. Back to the Future was boffo at the box office. “Born in the USA” was climbing the charts. Philanthropy(慈善业) and pop culture combined with LiveAid and “We Are the World.” And “.com”, which few people outside of the military or universities knew, came into this world.
Looking back, few could have predicted “.com” would become one of the biggest cultural touchstones of the century. In March 1985, the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California assigned the first .com domain address to symbolics.com. That seemingly nominal（象征性的） event set into motion forces that would change our world forever.
.com wasn’t the birth of the Internet, but it was the budding computer network’s coming-out party. It made it pretty and inviting. It did away with the need to have complex “maps” that were the equivalent of writing a phone number on your hand, and opened it up for a mainstream audience.
After 1985, all it takes is a simple .com name to get into business. “.com” became part of our daily lexicon and drove its own economic boom and depression. It helped create a whole new family of industries, facilitated global commerce and connected people around the world in ways never before possible.
It’s now 2010. Barack Obama is president, thanks in part to his smart use of the Internet. There is no USSR. A computer-generated Avatar has set new box office records. “TiK ToK” tops the charts. We’re sending robots to find water on Mars. And that once-obscure computer communications system is one of our civilization’s most prominent features.
61. This passage was written to mark _____.
A. the change of American presidency
B. the development of entertainment
C. the 25thanniversary of .com
D. the anniversary of the internet
62. What does the underlined word “boffo” probably mean?
A. Successful.     B. Changeable.     C. Tough.       D. Novel.
63. Which of the following can be the main contribution of “.com”?
A. It gave birth to the Internet.
B. It combined politics, entertainment and space science.
C. It made the Internet accessible to ordinary people.
D. It helped produce more domain addresses.
64. We can infer that before 1985, getting on-line was _____.
A. impossible     B. complex     C. expensive     D. popular
65. The first and last paragraphs were intended to _______.
A. make comparison             B. provide details
C. list arguments                D. stimulate readers’ interest

B

Evening Workshops

Optional evening workshops will be held at small restaurants or other meeting places near the conference hotel. Meals and other costs are not included but are also optional. Locations will be announced at the conference site. Workshops are very loosely organized and most represent discussions that have been held at Society for Economic Botany (SEB) meetings over a series of years.

Workshop 1: Student Network

Date????????????? Wednesday evening, Feb. 5th

Chairs????????????? Hugo de Boer and Arika Virapongse

Sponsor????????????? Society for Economic Botany

Description????????????? Student members of the SEB hold a networking mixer each year in order to meet each other and to become familiar with a variety of educational programs and faculty advisors(大学指导老师). Faculty members who are part of training programs are encouraged to join the mixer to meet and talk with students.

Workshop 2: Botanical Film Making

Date ????????????? Wednesday evening, Feb. 5th

Chair ????????????? David Strauch

Sponsor ????????????? University of Hawaii

Description ????????????? Digital film making is a particularly useful tool of linking cultural information to recognizable plants. This workshop is aimed towards increasing the quality of material recorded by giving participants greater control over the medium. We will cover technical aspects (e.g. camera settings, audio), technical aspects (framing, lighting, focus), and some ways of presenting the material. Experienced filmmakers are encouraged to attend, and participants are welcome to bring their own camera equipment.

Workshop 3: Collections for Botany

— Collections Development and Management

Date????????????? Friday evening, Feb. 7th

Chair????????????? Jan Salick

Sponsor????????????? Society for Economic Botany

Description????????????? SEB is a network of researchers who have been developing standards for the development of collections of artifacts, plant samples and related materials. Participants discuss successes, problems, and funding sources for solving management issues.

1.One of the purposes of a networking mixer held each year is to ________.

A. provide students with greater control over the media

B. link cultural information to recognizable plants

C. help the students to deal with most of the environment issues

D. help the students to be familiar with educational programs

2.Which of the following is true according to the poster?

A. Evening workshops will be held at small restaurants with meals included.

B. Participants have more than one option on Feb.5th than another night.

C. Workshops have nothing to do with the discussions held at SEB meetings.?

D. Faculty advisers can join the mixer without training experience.

3.You are a college student, interested in plants and good at taking TV pictures. Which of the Evening Workshops is most suitable for you?

A. Botanical Film Making.????????????? ????????????? B. Collections for Botany.

C. Student Network.????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. Society for Economic Botany.

完成句子根据汉语意思完成下列句子，每空一词 (共20个空格；每空0.5分，满分10分)

1.这种药物已经进行过人体试验；现在有一点是肯定的，它有可能降低得心脏病的风险。

The drug has been _____ _____ on humans. _____ is certain now is that it has the _____ to reduce the risk of heart attacks.

2.人们建造动物园是为了拉近人类社会和大自然的距离。而且，动物园能为当地的旅游业做贡献，这肯定是对周围地区的经济发展有利的。

Zoos are built to shorten the distance between human society and nature. _____ _____, zoos can _____ _____ local tourism, which is surely _____ _____ the economic development of the local neighborhoods.

3.为了找出那起事故的真相，他一直在当年的报刊杂志中仔细搜寻，另外还查阅了所有相关的网页。

In order to find out the truth of the accident, he has been _____ _____ all the newspapers and magazines of that year, along with all the relevant web pages.

4.研究显示有些将过多时间用于上网的学生已经辍学，他们往往会脱离周围的人和世界。

The study shows that some students, who spend too much time on the Internet, have _____ _____ and tend to _____ _____ the people and the world around them.

5.在完成了一项为期三个月的工程后，她累坏了；为了放松一下，她已决定今年去法国度假。

She was _____ _____ after a three-month-long project and has _____ _____ France for her holiday this year for relaxation.