Millions of hamburgers are eaten by people in every corner of the world every day．Together with hot dogs and Coca-Cola, hamburgers have been the most important American contribution to international eating habits．
The name“hamburger”has nothing to do with ham(火腿)．It is believed that the hamburger was first brought to the United States by Germans from the city of Hamburg some time in the 1850s．The first known reference(提及)to hamburgers was in a newspaper in Washington State in 1889．
From then on the hamburger became a kind of popular American fast food．
Now young people in Asia, Europe and South America have learned to eat while on the move：a hamburger in one hand and a soft drink in the other．There have been cries of anger from Italy and Spain about the shortening of the usual lunch break．Instead, young people have discovered a lunch for which they don't have to stop at all．
However, there are clouds over the hamburger's world．People who concern about health dislike the high animal fat in the hamburger．They think the time saved seems a high price to pay for poor health．The packages in which hamburgers are usually served are causing serious pollution problems in many large cities．Big hamburger companies are destroying large areas of South American rainforest to produce the cheap meat they need．So, will the hamburger celebrate its next century?
(1)
In which way do hamburgers change people's eating habits?
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A．
People can have their meals at any time of the day．
B．
They can be served in any restaurant．
C．
People can have them with soft drinks．
D．
Meal time can be greatly reduced．
(2)
The hamburger, as a kind of popular American fast food, ________．
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A．
has a history of over one hundred years
B．
was brought to Europe in the 1850s
C．
is usually eaten with the hot dog
D．
is better served in Hamburg
(3)
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
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A．
Young people in Europe don't stop to buy hamburgers．
B．
It is suggested that hamburgers be eaten with both hands．
C．
Some people in Europe don't like to reduce their lunch break．
D．
Young people in many countries are learning how to eat in their cars．
(4)
It's possible that the writer doesn't believe that ________．
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A．
packages for hamburgers are polluting many big cities
B．
hamburgers will remain popular for the following 100 years
C．
the meat in hamburgers can cause health problems
D．
cattle raising leads to the destroying of rainforest
You Mi, a lovely and confident 17-year-old student, is the first Chinese high school student to appear on the cover of the popular young adults’ fashion magazine Seventeen．
“You is IN，” said Wang Lihua, Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen．“You is active and mature(成熟的)because of her knowledge on everything from academic studies，to books on art, to movies．We found she’s the very style we’re looking for to represent young people’s attitudes．”
You also impressed Wang with her fluent English when they first met last year．As the hostess of an English broadcasting programme at the High School Affiliated to Renmin University，she is always praised for speaking English almost like a native speaker．“I’ve built up my English by watching thousands of English DVDs since I was 10,” she explained．
But for her, watching isn’t enough．Last year，while in Senior 1, You met a talented boy who showed self-made DV movies at the English Corner in her school．
“I thought it was so cool and I knew that I should start making my own films，” she said．So she wrote a campus(校园)story, persuaded schoolmates to star in it and then began shooting a 30-minute DV movie, all in English．“I played one of the leading roles, actually I was everything in my film．I worked on it every single day during the SARS holidays,” she recalled．The movie finally became a big hit on campus，earning You a strong reputation(名气)as a DV movie director．
But this is not the only field she wants to master．Despite being a science student, she likes art, literature and fashion design very much．
“There are people who can be artists, there are people who edit books，and there are people who become film producers．But I just hope to mix all the things up!” she said．“There is an old saying I believe：Chance favours only the prepared mind．”
(1)
You Mi was chosen to be a cover of Seventeen，mainly because she ________．
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A．
is beautiful
B．
she is lovely and full of confidence
C．
is active and mature
D．
has rich knowledge
(2)
You Mi’s fluent English is based on ________．
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A．
her chance to host an English broadcasting programme
B．
the influence of her parents
C．
her deep interest in it
D．
her making DV movie
(3)
The author mentioned a talented boy to show ________．
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A．
the great influence he had on You Mi
B．
he was admired by his schoolmates
C．
the young can do things as well as the adults do
D．
self-made DV movies are popular at school
(4)
In the 30-minute DV movie, You Mi didn’t act as a(n)________．
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A．
director
B．
musician
C．
actress
D．
producer
(5)
We can learn from the passage that ________．
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A．
You Mi hopes to be a mixed talent
B．
the success of a 30-minute DV movie shocked You Mi
C．
You Mi dreams of becoming a scientist
D．
the outbreak of SARS delayed You Mi’s studies
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Any foreigner who has tried to learn Chinese can tell how hard it is to master the tones required to speak and understand．And anyone who has tried to learn to play the violin or other instruments can report similar challenges．
Now researchers have found that people with musical training have an easier time learning Chinese．Writing in the online edition of Nature Nenroscieme, researchers from Northwestern University say that both skills draw on the same parts of the brain that help people discover changes in pitch(音调)．
One of the study's authors, Nina Kraus, said the findings suggested that studying music "actually tunes our sensory system"．This means that schools that want children to do well in languages should hesitate before cutting music programs．Dr．Kraus said．She said music training might also help children with language problems．
Mandarin(普通话)speakers have been shown to have a more complex encoding(编码)of pitch patterns in their brains than English speakers do．This is because in Mandarin and other Asian languages, pitch plays a central role．A single syllable word can have several meanings depending on how it is intoned．
For this study, the researchers looked at 20 non Chinese speaking volunteers, half with no musical background and half who have studied an instrument for at least six years．
As they were shown a movie, the volunteers also heard an audio tape of the Mandarin word "mi" in three of its meanings：squint, bewilder and rice．The researchers recorded activities in their brain stems to see how well they were processing the sounds．Those with a music background showed much more brain activities in response to the Chinese sounds．
The lead author of the study, PatrickC．M．Wong, said it might work both ways．It appear? That native speakers of tonal languages may do better at learning instruments．
(1)
When learning Chinese, a foreigner will find ________．
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A．
he has a difficult time learning music at the same time
B．
he has an easier time learning music at the same time?
C．
it is hard to master the tones required to speak and understand
D．
it is easy to use the brain to help him discover changes in pitch
(2)
Why does Chinese learning have something to do with music training?
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A．
Because there is the same difficulty in learning Chinese and music．
B．
Because skills to learn the two make use of the same parts of the brain．
C．
Because music training might help people with language study．
D．
Because people who do well in Chinese study do well in music．
(3)
The underlined word "intoned" in the fourth paragraph can be replaced by the word " ________ "．
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A．
created
B．
spelled
C．
seemed
D．
pronounced
(4)
What would be the best title for this passage?
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A．
Mandarin Speakers Are Smarter than English Speakers．
B．
Skilled Ear for Music May Help Language Study．
C．
Pitch Plays a Central Role in Chinese Learning．
D．
Schools Need to Develop Music Programs．
阅读理解
Two year s ago, Wendy Ha snip, 47，experienced a brain injury that left her speechle s s for two week s．When she finally recovered, she found her self talking with what seemed to be a French accent．“I phoned a friend the other day, and she spent the fir st ten minute s laughing, ” Ha snip said at the time, “while I have nothing again st the French．”
Ha snip suffered from foreign accent syndrome(外国口音综合症), a rare condition in which people find them selve s speaking their own language like someone from a foreign country．The condition u sually occur s in people who have experienced a head injury or a stroke-a sudden lo s s of con sciou sne s s, sen sation, or movement cau sed by a blocked or broken blood ve s selin the brain．
The condition wa s fir st identified during the Second World War in a Norwegian woman who se head wa s injured during an attack by the German military．The woman recovered but wa s left with a German-sounding accent, to the horror of fellow villager s who avoided her after that．
Re searcher s have di scovered that the combined effect of the damage to several part s of the brain make s victim s lengthen certain syllable, mi spronounce sound s, and change the normal pitch(音高)of their voice．Tho se change s in speech add up to what sound s like a foreign accent．
Another re searcher, a phonetician, say s victim s of the syndrome don't acquire a true foreign accent．Their strangely changed speech only re semble s the foreign accent with which it ha s a few sound s in common．
When an Engli sh woman named Annie recently developed foreign accent syndrome after a stroke, she spoke with what seemed to be a Scotti sh accent．However, Annie' s Scotti sh coworker s said she didn't sound at all like a Scot．
(1)
According to the pa s sage, people ________ may have foreign accent syndrome．
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A．
who se parent ha s experienced a head injury
B．
who have lived in a foreign country for a long time
C．
who have lo st their con sciou sne s s owing to a stroke
D．
who have learned foreign language from their coworker s
(2)
If a per son suffer s foreign accent syndrome, ________．
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A．
hi s coworker s will be afraid of him and avoid contacting with him
B．
he ha s more chance of suffering stroke again
C．
he will speak a fluent foreign language like native speaker s
D．
hi s speech only ha s a few sound s in common with the foreign accent
(3)
Writing thi s pa s sage, the writer' s main purpo se i s to ________．
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A．
introduce foreign accent syndrome and some related information
B．
warn people not to be at the ri sk of experiencing a stroke
C．
make it clear that foreign accent syndrome can be cured
D．
tell a story of an injured woman during the Second World War
