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　　Traditionally at the Oscars we take a look back at the artists that our community has lost．This year we lost a true legend, Miss Catherine Hepburn．When one thinks of her, one immediately thinks of her irrepressible(抑制不住的)spirit, her swaggering confidence, but mostly her indomitable(不屈不挠的)sense of humor in the roles she played and in her own life．Who else would say of her craft, “Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high class way to earn a living．After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four．”

　　She was also a pioneer when it came to fashion．In a time when it was really quite radical she wore pants and became so famous for it that when Barbara Walters once interviewed her and asked her quite pointedly, “Kate, you always wear pants, do you even own a skirt?” Hepburn replied, “I have one, Miss Walters, I’ll wear it to your funeral．”

　　An original, a classic, never to be replaced, always to be remembered, Catherine Hepburn．

(1)

According to the passage, which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．

Catherine Hepburn is an Oscar winner．

B．

Catherine Hepburn is a crazy woman．

C．

Catherine Hepburn thought acting was a high class way to make a living．

D．

Catherine Hepburn was always impolite to her interviewers．

(2)

The underlined word “pointedly” in the second paragraph probably means ________．

[　　]

A．

quickly

B．

immediately

C．

truly

D．

straight-forwardly

(3)

To the writer, the fact that Catherine Hepburn always wears pants is seen as ________．

[　　]

A．

a waste of money

B．

an expression of taste

C．

a pioneer in fashion

D．

an expression of creativity

(4)

What would be the best title for this passage?

[　　]

A．

Remembering Catherine Hepburn．

B．

An imaginary woman－Catherine Hepburn．

C．

A pioneer in fashion

D．

A woman having sense of humor．

答案：1．A;2．D;3．C;4．A;
解析：

(1)

推理判断题。根据第一段第一句可知Catherine Hepburn是一位奥斯卡奖获得者。

(2)

猜测词义题。根据上下文可知pointedly意为“直截了当地”。

(3)

细节题。根据第二段第一句“She was also a pioneer when it came to fashion．”选C项。

(4)

主旨大意题。总结全文，整篇是对Catherine Hepburn的怀念。


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　　“Who made your T-shirt?” A Geo etown University student raised that question．Pietra Rivoli, a professor of business, wanted to fin the answer．A few weeks later, she bought a T-shirt and began to follow its path from Texas cotton form to Chinese factory to charity bin(慈善捐赠箱)．The result is an interesting new book, The Tra ’s of a T-shirt in the Global Economy(经济)．

　　Following a T-shirt around the world in a way to make her point more interesting, but it also frees Rivoli from the usual arguments over gobal trade．She goes wherever the T-shirt goes, and there are surprises around every corner．In China, Rivoli shows why a clothing factory, even with its poor conditions, means a step toward a better e for the people who work there．In the colorful used-clothing markets of Tanzania, she realizes, th “it is only in this final stage of life that the T-shirt will meet a real market,” where the price of a shirt changes by the hour and is different by its size and even color．Rivoli’s book is full of mem able people and scenes, like the noise, the bad air and the “muddy-sweet smell(泥土香味)of the cotton．”She says, “Here in the factory, Shanghai smells like Shallowater Texas．”

　　Rivoli is at her best when making those sorts of unexpected connections．She even finds one between the free traders and those who are against globalization．The chances opened up by trade are vast, she argues, but free markets need the correcting force of politics to keep them in check．True economic progress needs them both．

(1)

What do we learn about Professor Rivoli?

[　　]

A．

She used to work on a cotton farm．

B．

She wrote a book about world trade．

C．

She wants to give up her teaching job．

D．

She wears a T-shirt wherever she goes．

(2)

By saying T-shirt “meet a real market”, Rivoli means in Tanzania ________．

[　　]

A．

cheaper T-shirt are needed．

B．

used T-shirt are hard to sell

C．

prices of T-shirt rise and fall frequently

D．

prices of T-shirt are usually reasonable

(3)

What does the word “them” underlined in the last paragraph refer to?

[　　]

A．

Free-markets．

B．

Price changes．

C．

Unexpected connection．

D．

chances opened up by trade．

(4)

What would be the best title for the text?

[　　]

A．

What T-shirt Can Do to Help Cotton Farms

B．

How T-shirt Are Made in Shanghai

C．

How T-shirt Are Sold in Tanzania

D．

What T-shirt Can Teach Us

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　　Most American students go to traditional public schools．There are about 88,000 pub-lic schools all over the US．Some students attend about 3000 independent public schools called charter schools．

　　Charter schools are self-governing．Private companies operate some charter schools．They are similar in some ways to traditional public schools．They receive tax money just as other public schools do．Charter schools must prove to local or state governments that their students are learning．These governments provide the schools with the agreement called a charter that permits them to operate．

　　Charter schools are different because they do not have to obey most laws governing tra-ditional public schools．Local, state or federal governments cannot tell them what to teach．Each school can choose its own goals and decide the ways it wants to reach them．Class size is usually smaller than in traditional public schools．

　　The Bush Administration strongly supports charter schools as a way to re-organize pub-lic schools that are failing to educate students．But some education agencies and unions op-pose charter schools．One teachers' union has just made public the results of the first nation-al study comparing the progress of students in traditional schools and charter schools．

　　The American Federation of Teachers criticized the government's delay in releasing the results of the study, which is called the National Assessment of Educational Progress．U-math education experts say the study shows that charter school students performed worse on math and reading tests the students in regular public schools．

　　Some experts say the students is not a fair look at charter schools．because students in those schools have more problems than students in teaditional schools．Other education experts say the study results should make charter school officials demand improved student progress．

(1)

If a private company wants to operate a charter schools, it must ________．

[　　]

A．

try new methods of teaching

B．

prove its management ability

C．

obey the local and state laws

D．

get the government's permission

(2)

Charter schools are independent because ________．

[　　]

A．

they make greater progress

B．

their class size is smaller

C．

they enjoy more freedom

D．

they oppose traditional ways

(3)

What's the government's attiude toward charter schools?

[　　]

A．

Doubtful．

B．

Supportive．

C．

Subjective．

D．

Optimistic．

(4)

What can we learn from the text?

[　　]

A．

More students choose to attend charter schools．

B．

Charter schools are better than traditional schools

C．

Students in charter schools are well educated．

D．

People have different opinions about charter schools．

(5)

It can be inferred from the text that ________．

[　　]

A．

charter schools are part of the public education system

B．

one-on-one attention should be paid to students

C．

the number of charter schools will be limited

D．

charter schools are all privately financed

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