If you watch British television on Friday March 15, you might be surprised to see celebrities wearing funny red noses and joking around. But don’t worry, they’re not mad, it’s all part of a biennial fund-raising event called Red Nose Day.
Organized by the charity Comic Relief, founded in 1985 by two British comedians, the aim of the event is to raise money to fight poverty and injustice in the UK and Africa.
Celebrities and public figures support the event by making appearances on comic TV shows broadcast by the BBC. This year, for example, UK Prime Minister David Cameron appeared in a music video by One Direction, which the band produced for the event.
But Britons don’t just raise money for charitable causes on one day a year, they do it all year round. One way of doing so is by shopping in charity shops.
These small, inconspicuous shops sell clothes, books and household goods just like any other shop. But there’s one big difference—it’s all secondhand.
There are nearly 10,000 charity shops in the UK, according to the Charity Retail Association. Their business model is simple: Anybody who has things they don’t want anymore can donate them to a charity shop, where they are checked for damage, cleaned and priced. Most items go back on sale at a small part of their original price and the money that is made by selling them is used for a charitable cause.
The idea of buying used clothes may sound off-putting, but for shoppers who have less spending money, such as the elderly or those in low-paying jobs, it has been a welcome option for years.
Now, “thrifting”—shopping at charity shops— is also becoming popular with young people looking for alternative fashion.
“I love shopping at thrift stores. You can find very unique clothes for a very cheap price. It doesn’t bother me that other people may have worn them, I simply wash them before I wear them,” said Anne Marie, a 19-year-old Internet user from the US, in a comment on a Yahoo forum.
So next time you spot a charity shop, why not go inside? Who knows, you might find a lovely dress for just a few pounds. Even better, you can enjoy wearing it in the knowledge that your money helped a good cause.
小題1:What do famous people in Britain do in support of the Red Nose Day event?
A．Appear on comic TV shows.
B．Donate large sums of money.
C．Donate expensive clothes to charity shops.
D．Play in a music video with the Prime Minister.
小題2:What do we learn from the passage about Comic Relief?
A．It was founded in 1985 by two British comedians in Africa.
B．It organizes the Red Nose Day fund-raising event.
C．It runs nearly 10,000 charity shops in the UK.
D．It is financially supported by the UK government.
小題3:One reason for the popularity of the thrift shops is that __________.
A．they sell a wide variety of goods
B．their business model is simple
C．their goods are carefully checked, cleaned and priced
D．they provide things, sometimes special, at low prices
小題4:The passage is written mainly to __________.
A．inspire more people to join in charitable causes in the UK
B．introduce the traditions of the Red Nose Day
C．a(chǎn)nalyze why charity shops are popular in the UK
D．explain how charity shops work in the UK

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:A

試題分析：本文主要講述的是英國的慈善事業(yè)，特別是英國出生二手產(chǎn)品的慈善店“thrifting”—shopping at charity shops的受歡迎。呼吁人們都取做慈善事業(yè)。
小題1:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段1,2行Celebrities and public figures support the event by making appearances on comic TV shows broadcast by the BBC.可知這些名人出席在英國的電視節(jié)目里，通過這種方式來進(jìn)行慈善活動。故A正確。
小題2:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章1,2段But don’t worry, they’re not mad, it’s all part of a biennial fund-raising event called Red Nose Day.和Organized by the charity Comic Relief, founded in 1985 by two British comedians, the aim of the event is to raise money to fight poverty and injustice in the UK and Africa.可知Comic Relief組織了the Red Nose Day fund-raising event的活動。故B正確。
小題3:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)2,4段Most items go back on sale at a small part of their original price and the money that is made by selling them is used for a charitable cause.和I love shopping at thrift stores. You can find very unique clothes for a very cheap price.可知這種商店里的東西都很便宜，這是它受歡迎的主要原因。故D正確。
小題4:A 主旨大意題。本文主要講述的是英國的慈善事業(yè)，特別是英國出生二手產(chǎn)品的慈善店“thrifting”—shopping at charity shops的受歡迎。呼吁人們都取做慈善事業(yè)。故A正確。
點評：本文主要講述的是英國的慈善事業(yè)，特別是英國出生二手產(chǎn)品的慈善店“thrifting”—shopping at charity shops的受歡迎。呼吁人們都取做慈善事業(yè)。本文以細(xì)節(jié)題的考查為主，細(xì)節(jié)題是針對文中某個細(xì)節(jié)、某句話或某部分具體內(nèi)容設(shè)置問題，正確答案的根據(jù)一定可以在原文中找到，即原文的改寫往往成為正確選項。通常細(xì)節(jié)題的正確選項有以下特征：對原文句子中的關(guān)鍵詞進(jìn)行替換。把原文中的一些詞換成意義相近的詞，成為正確選項。詞性或者語態(tài)的變化。把原文中的一些詞變換一下詞性，或者改變原文句子的語態(tài)，給考生制造障礙。語言簡化。把原文中的復(fù)雜語言現(xiàn)象進(jìn)行簡化，成為正確答案。
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A German study suggests that people who were too optimistic about their future actually faced greater risk of disability or death within 10 years than those pessimists who expected their future to be worse.
The paper, published this March in Psychology and Aging, examined health and welfare surveys from roughly 40,000 Germans between ages 18 and 96. The surveys were conducted every year from 1993 to 2003.
Survey respondents (受訪者) were asked to estimate their present and future life satisfaction on a scale of 0 to 10, among other questions.
The researchers found that young adults (age 18 to 39) routinely overestimated their future life satisfaction, while middle-aged adults (age 40 to 64) more accurately predicted how they would feel in the future. Adults of 65 and older, however, were far more likely to underestimate their future life satisfaction. Not only did they feel more satisfied than they thought they would, the older pessimists seemed to suffer a lower ratio (比率) of disability and death for the study period.
“We observed that being too optimistic in predicting a better future than actually observed was associated with a greater risk of disability and a greater risk of death within the following decade,” wrote Frieder R. Lang, a professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Lang and his colleagues believed that people who were pessimistic about their future may be more careful about their actions than people who expected a rosy future.
“Seeing a dark future may encourage positive evaluations of the actual self and may contribute to taking improved precautions (預(yù)防措施),” the authors wrote.
Surprisingly, compared with those in poor health or who had low incomes, respondents who enjoyed good health or income were associated with expecting a greater decline. Also, the researchers said that higher income was related to a greater risk of disability.
The authors of the study noted that there were limitations to their conclusions. Illness, medical treatment and personal loss could also have driven health outcomes.
However, the researchers said a pattern was clear. “We found that from early to late adulthood, individuals adapt their expectations of future life satisfaction from optimistic, to accurate, to pessimistic,” the authors concluded.
小題1:According to the study, who made the most accurate prediction of their future life satisfaction?
A．Optimistic adults.B．Middle-aged adults.
C．Adults in poor health.D．Adults of lower income.
小題2:Pessimism may be positive in some way because it causes people ______.
A．to fully enjoy their present life
B．to estimate their contribution accurately
C．to take measures against potential risks
D．to value health more highly than wealth
小題3:How do people of higher income see their future?
A．They will earn less money.
B．They will become pessimistic.
C．They will suffer mental illness.
D．They will have less time to enjoy life.
小題4: What is the clear conclusion of the study?
A．Pessimism guarantees chances of survival.
B．Good financial condition leads to good health.
C．Medical treatment determines health outcomes.
D．Expectations of future life satisfaction decline with age.

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“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net.”
“I often check my e-mail forty times a day. ”
“I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net.”
“I spend more time in chat rooms than with my ‘real-life’ friends.”
Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction（上癮）called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug（毒品）use. People lose control（控制）of the time they spend on the Internet.
For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight.
Studies show that about 6% to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.
Is “surfing the net” a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms（癥狀）:  ①You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.  ②You can’t wait for your next online time.   ③You go out with your friends less and less.   ④You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours.
小題1:How does the writer describe the addicts’ use of Internet?
A．It is something like keeping drugs.B．It is like taking drugs.
C．It is a way of producing drugs.D．It is terrible to imagine.
小題2: Why do people worry about the teens?
A．The teens are wasting too much money.
B．They used to work on the Internet.
C．The playing field of the teens will disappear.
D．More and more of the teens will become addicted to the Internet.
小題3:The example in the passage shows that     .
A．some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted
B．Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep
C．Internet problems are more serious among college students
D．the police often help to find those Internet addicts
小題4:What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage?
A．Do things as you have planned.B．Go to family activities more often.
C．Don’t be addicted to the Internet.D．Stay with your parents as often as possible.

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Music can work hand-in-hand with what you are advertising. Many times the advertising jingle, or saying, is what the audience remembers. Companies such as McDonald’s and Subway have used this method many times with different jingles and little sayings that are easy to remember and fun to sing along with.
Usually concepts that are part of a jingle would sound conceited(自負(fù)的)  and pompous(浮夸的) when said in a normal conversation. When put to music however, and sung in a rhythm，it suddenly sounds attractive. For example, if someone said,” No one does it better than me” in a normal statement, this would sound very conceited. Add music and a tune to this statement and it becomes attractive and fun for others to sing along with.
While understanding how important music is for your advertising needs, it is also important for you to know the best way to get special music.
Having people from many different backgrounds all over the world write something specifically for you is one of the best ways to get songs written just for you. You simply choose which one you believe is best for the project. So instead of hiring a single songwriter to compose your music, you can run a contest for you advertising jingle and songwriters around the world write you a finished jingle in an attempt to win your contest.
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A．How to use music in advertising.
B．Advertising music can help sell products.
C．How to get an advertising jingle.
D．Advertisements are important in promoting.
小題2:What makes concepts of an advertising jingle sound attractive?
A．Wonderful sayings.B．Word and pictures.
C．Beautiful voice.D．Music and tune.
小題3:According to the writer, the best way to get an advertising jingle is____.
A．to collect works from publicB．to invite a famous singer
C．to get advice from expertsD．to hire a top songwriter
小題4:What’s the advantage of your running a contest for an advertising jingle?
A．It will save much time.B．You can get the best works.
C．It will cost less money. D．You can sell more products.

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In today's Internet age, the demand for online games continues to grow. Online computer game centers exist in many cities and towns throughout Asia. Facing the pressures of school and life, people tend to the virtual world, expecting a diversion from these problems. Too often, however, they can lead to problems and unhealthy addictions.
This is most clearly seen in the example of South Korea. The country has the world's highest percentage of high­speed Internet services. It also has a high number of online game players and related problems. It was once reported that a young man collapsed (突然暈倒) and died while playing online games. He had been playing almost nonstop for 86 hours at an Internet cafe. Another young man killed his sister after becoming confused between the online world and real life. A 12­year­old boy stole US $ 16000 from his father and ran away from home. He did this to continue his obsession  (著迷) with online game. Such problems, however, don't just happen in South Korea. They are spreading to other parts of Asia, as well.
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How many problem game players are there? In mainland China, the potential number of problem online gamers is alarming. Just in 2004, China has had 13.8 million online game players according to China Daily. Furthermore, it stated that 80 percent of these were under 25 and had signs of addiction. Such numbers point toward a growing problem among Chinese youth.
Make sure to keep control over your online game playing. If you don't control it, it can get control of you.
小題1:The underlined word “diversion” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _____.
A．solution B．comfort C．escapeD．support
小題2:The examples in the second paragraph tell us that ________.
A．the side effects are caused by high­speed Internet services
B．online game playing can even cause death
C．online games have caused much damage to young people
D．the teenage boy can't resist the temptation of the online games
小題3:According to Dr SueHuei Chen, what can we do to prevent game addiction?
A．Limit the speed of the Internet services.
B．Sacrifice things such as school and family.
C．Spend more and more time online.
D．Care much for the young and improve their ability to get along with others.
小題4:We can conclude from the passage that ________.
A．the demand for online services continues to grow
B．China is fighting a battle against online games
C．the problems caused by online games don't just exist in South Korea
D．in the year 2004 there were a total of 13.8 million Chinese visiting the Internet
小題5:What's the best title for the passage?
A．Internet ProblemB．Addiction to online Game
C．Problem People in the WorldD．Online Game Can Control People

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The education of thousands of children with reading and sight trouble is being held back because of a lack of awareness of their legal rights, say campaigners.
They are calling for greater efforts to increase awareness of the rights of such children to have text books in design other than standard (標(biāo)準(zhǔn)) print. The campaign is being supported by five times Olympic gold medalist, Sir Steve Redgrave, who has reading trouble.
Pupils have the right to receive text in another way, and parents can take action under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) if they feel their children are being treated in a different way through a lack of support. But new research suggests 89 per cent of print disabled pupils and their parents are unaware of software which changes standard print into other substitutes like combined text and audio files (音頻) which can be read or listened to.
Sir Steve has teamed up with software company Dolphin Computer Access to raise awareness of software turning tools. He said: "I recognize that schools have competing priorities (優(yōu)先權(quán)) for their resources (資源), but I would like to see a much greater effort on the part of the government and schools to raise awareness among parents that these additional solutions exist and that their children have a right to use them."
Mike Foster, Dolphin's local MP in Worcester, is backing the campaign. "There is clearly an issue to solve concerning software for special needs. I'll be asking ministers what steps can be taken to improve the situation", he said.
小題1:What is the best title of this text?
A．Awareness of legal rights among parentsB．Campaign started for disabled children
C．Problems of disabled childrenD．Steve — Olympic gold medalist
小題2:Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “backing” in Paragraph 5?
A．holding backB．objecting toC．supportingD．controlling
小題3:Most print disabled pupils and their parents ________.
A．don’t know anything about such software
B．must cooperate with the software company
C．prefer combined text and audio files more
D．must take action to receive text in another way
小題4:Sir Steve Redgrave suggests that ________.
A．government and schools raise awareness of disabled children’s legal rights
B．parents take greater efforts to ask the government and schools for help
C．parents should take action to raise awareness of software turning tools
D．software company work with him to make the products
小題5:What Mike Foster said in Paragraph 5 means ________.
A．the ministers should be responsible for improving the situation
B．the software for special needs has got well along
C．the problem about software for special needs is to be dealt with
D．how to use the software is a big problem

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If you lose your wallet, how often do you think someone will be kind enough to return it to you, with cash and credit cards?
Some people may be greedy, and others are simply too lazy to bother(打攪) with the trip to the post office to send back a wallet to a stranger. But according to a psychology study by Dr. Richard Wiseman, there’s one thing that’ll greatly increase your odds of being reunited with a lost wallet: a photograph of a cute baby.
In the study, hundreds of wallets were scattered(分散) around the streets of Edinburgh, Scotland. The psychologists wanted to see how many strangers would take the trouble to return them to the addresses listed on the drivers’ licenses inside—but more than that, they wanted to find out what would make a person more likely to help out a stranger.
To finish this, they included personal things in most of the wallets: some included a photo of a happy elderly couple, some contained a cute puppy, some contained a family portrait, and some held a photo of a lovely baby. Others had receipts(發(fā)票) showing that the wallet’s owner had recently donated to a charity（慈善）. Some contained no personal details.
As the psychologists soon discovered, the sight of a smiling baby is enough to warm nearly any heart: only one in ten of the strangers who retrieved such wallets did not return them. In contrast, the second most successful image, the puppy, had a 53% return rate. When the wallet included no photograph, it stood only a one in seven chance of being returned to the owner.
The success of the baby photograph shows a human compassion(同情) for the young that’s been passed down through the ages, according to Dr. Wiseman. “The baby kicked off a caring feeling in people, which is not surprising from an evolutionary perspective(進(jìn)化的角度),” he told the Times.
To ensure our species’ survival, scientists think that we must feel empathy and compassion for our young. Scientists say that this study supports the argument that we won’t feel compassion only for our own babies, but for any that we see—hence, the strong desire a stranger would feel to return a wallet to the baby’s parent.
On a more basic level, the study also provides a great tip to help ensure that if your wallet is ever lost, you’re more likely to get it back. “If you want to increase the chances of your wallet being returned if lost, gain a photograph of the cutest baby you can find and ensure that it is clearly displayed,” said Dr. Wiseman.
小題1:The main purpose of the psychologists’ leaving hundreds of wallets around was to find out________.
A．whether people were as honest as before
B．what made people willing to help strangers
C．what kind of feelings could be caused by a smiling baby
D．how evolution influenced human beings
小題2:The underlined word “retrieved” in Para. 5 probably means “________”.
A．picked upB．spread outC．found outD．looked for
小題3:Why did people return a wallet with a photograph of a cute baby in it?
A．Because the wallet was not attractive enough to keep.
B．Because the sight of a baby could cause a caring feeling in them.
C．Because they were curious to know the parents of the baby
D．Because the sight of a cute baby reminded them of their own children.
小題4:If there are 30 lost wallets with a photograph of a cute baby, how many of them will probably be returned?
A．Only 3. B．About 15.C．20 or so.D．About 27.
小題5:We can learn from the last two paragraphs that________.
A．humans usually have compassion for the young
B．the caring feeling in people is gone during evolution
C．scientists believed that people only feel compassion for their own babies
D．a(chǎn) wallet with a cute baby’s picture in it cannot be lost

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The British aren’t having as many children as they used to. One reason is that people are having children much older than before, meaning they have fewer years in which they can have them. After years at university, they need a few years of work experience before they can get the job they want. They might then get married, but it’s incredibly expensive to buy a house in the UK.
The above explains why young British people now don’t move out of their parents’ home until they are around 30 years old on average. It is not until they are 30 that they can afford their own home. Increasingly, it is not until that age that they can afford to get married and start a new life in a new home. It’s only after this age that many young people start thinking about having a child.
So a British person manages to get a job, get a home and get married. Why isn’t he or she then having at least two children on average? The main reason is that it is quite expensive to bring up a child in the UK. Why is it expensive? Well, these days, both parents need to work just to pay for their home and living expenses. Because both parents are at work, that means they then need to pay someone to look after their child during the day. Paying for this childcare is nearly always expensive.
The recent financial crisis is making things even harder for families, since unemployment is rising and even fewer people can afford to have children. With so much pressure on families, is it any surprise that the divorce rate is so high?
So what is Britain doing to try and save the British family? The government is trying to make it cheaper to have children. For example, there have been increases in money families can claim from the state each month. Also, there are increasing government subsidies for nursery schools, so that parents do not need to pay so much for child care.
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小題1:Young British people live in their parents’ home until around 30 because         .
A．They are allowed to get married at 30
B．they can’t find jobs to support themselves
C．they can’t afford a house of their own until then
D．they enjoy family life with their parents
小題2:The British are now having fewer children than before for all the following reasons EXCEPT that         .
A．they have fewer years to have children
B．they live much shorter lives than before
C．it is more expensive to bring up a child
D．people are losing their jobs because of the recent financial crisis
小題3:To make it cheaper to have children, the British government is         .
A．bringing down prices
B．raising the salaries of parents
C．reducing family income tax
D．increasing subsidies for families and nursery schools
小題4:It can be inferred from the text that         .
A．with long work hours, it is hard for British parents to balance life and work
B．more and more families in Britain are breaking up because they are having fewer children
C．a(chǎn)mong Europeans, British people work hardest and earn the least
D．childcare takes up too much energy and time for the British
小題5:The underlined word “subsidies” in Paragraph 5 means _________.
A．food paid by the government
B．school buildings for poor students
C．free transportation
D．money from the government to benefit the public

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Internet has become part of young people’s life. You can do lots of things on line such as chatting, sending messages and emails, getting useful knowledge and information, buying things without going to the shops, visiting cool websites, and so on. But it’s also easy to be cheated online. Here’s a story about a girl named Mary.
Mary is an 18-year-old girl who lives in New York. The people in Mary’s family are so busy that they hardly have time to be with her. In fact, Mary is quite lonely. So she spends a lot of time on QQ.
Last year Mary made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and he lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Mary had a common interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot the time. David sent Mary a picture of “himself”: he was a tall, good-looking young man with a big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other.
Before David’s birthday, Mary wanted to give him a surprise. She flew to San Francisco. But when Mary knocked on David’s door, she found that the special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!
So when you make friends on the Internet, please be careful. Here are some rules to make sure you are safe and have fun on the Internet.
u    Don’t give your password to anyone else, and never let out the following information: your real name, home address, age, school, phone number or other personal information.
u    Never agree to meet someone you met on the Internet without your parents’ permission. Never meet anyone you met online alone.
u    Always remember that people online may not be who they say they are. Treat everyone online as if they were strangers.
u    Remember — not everything you read on the Internet is true.
小題1:Why does Mary spend a lot of her time on QQ?
A．Because she feels lonely.
B．Because she doesn’t like learning.
C．Because she wants to make a boyfriend.
D．Because she likes computer games.
小題2:Mary thought David was special because __________.
A．he was tall and good-looking B．he sent her a picture of himself
C．he was from San FranciscoD．he made her quite happy on QQ.
小題3:It’s good for children to _________ on the Internet.
A．give password to others
B．get useful knowledge and information
C．give phone number to others
D．believe everything they read
小題4:What shouldn’t be done when you are online according to the passage?
A．Sending messages and emails.
B．Visiting cool websites.
C．Giving your real name to others.
D．Treating everyone online as strangers.
小題5:What’s the main idea of this passage?
A．Things might not be real on the Internet.
B．It’s not good to chat on QQ.
C．Don’t meet some one you get to know on QQ.
D．Don’t buy anything on line.

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