He () from the water, holding the camera high in one of his hands.

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Recently, I flew to Las Vegas to attend a meeting. As we were about to arrive, the pilot announced with apology that there would be a slight【16】before setting down. High desert winds had【17】the airport to close all but one runway. He said that we would be【18】the city for a few minutes waiting to【19】. We were also told to remain in our seats meanwhile with our seat belts fastened【20】there might be a few bumps(颠簸). Well, that few minutes turned into about four-five minutes, including a ride that would make a roller coaster(过山车)【21】by comparison. The movement was so fierce that several passengers felt【22】 and had to use airsickness bags. As you might guess, that' s not a good thing to have happen in a(n)【23】 space because it only【24】 to increase the discomfort of the situation.

About twenty minutes into the adventure, the entire airplane became very【25】There was now a sense of anxiety and fear that could be【26】noticed. Every passenger simply held on for dear life …except one. A【27】was having a good time！ With each bump of the【28】, he would let out a giggle (咯咯地笑)of delight. As I observed this, I【29】that he didn't know he was supposed to be afraid and worried about his【30】. He neither thought about the past nor about the future. Those are what we gown--ups have learned from【31】. He was【32】the ride because he had not yet been taught to fear it. Having understood this, I took a deep breath and【33】back into my seat, pretending I was【34】on a roller coaster. I smiled for the rest of the flight. I even【35】to giggle once or twice, much to the chagrin(随恼) of the man sitting next to me holding the airsickness bag.

(20)

A．mistake

B．delay

C．change

D．wind

which range from folklore to junk. The poles are clear enough, but the middle tends to blur. The Hollywood Western of the 1930&39;s for example, has elements of folklore, but is closer to junk than to high art or folk art. There can be great trash, just as there is bad high art. The musicals of George Gershwin are great popular art, never aspiring to high art. Schubert and Brahms, however, used elements of popular music -- folk themes -- in works clearly intended as high art. The case of Verdi is a different one: he took a popular genre -- bourgeois melodrama set to music (an accurate definition of nineteenth-century opera) and, without altering its fundamental nature, transmuted it into high art. This remains one of the greatest achievements in music, and one that cannot be fully appreciated without recognizing the essential trashiness of the genre.

As an example of such a transmutation, consider what Verdi made of the typical political elements of nineteenth-century opera. Generally in the plots of these operas, a hero or heroine -- usually portrayed only as an individual, unfettered by class -- is caught between the immoral corruption of the aristocracy and the doctrinaire rigidity o r secret greed of the leaders of the proletariat. Verdi transforms this naive and unlikely formulation with music of extraordinary energy and rhythmic vitality, music more subtle than it seems at first hearing. There are scenes and arias that still sound like calls to arms and were clearly understood as such when they were first performed. Such pieces lend an immediacy to the otherwise veiled political message of these operas and call up feelings beyond those of the opera itself

Or consider Verdi&39;s treatment of character. Before Verdi, there were rarely any characters at all in musical drama, only a series of situations which allowed the singers to express a series of emotional states. Any attempt to find coherent psychological portrayal in these operas is misplaced ingenuity. The only coherence was the singer&39;s vocal technique: when the cast changed, new arias were almost always substituted, generally adapted from other operas. Verdi’s characters, on the other hand, have genuine consistency and integrity. Even if, in many cases, the consistency is that of pasteboard melodrama, the integrity of the character is achieved through the music: once he had become established. Verdi did not rewrite his music for different singers or countenance alterations or substitutions of somebody else&39;s arias in one of his operas, as every Eighteenth century composer had done. When he revised an opera, it was only for dramatic economy and effectiveness.

By referring to Schubert and Brahms, the author suggests that

A.the works produced in the 18th century can be all considered as trash

B.the achievements of the two artists overshadow that of Verdi

C.popular music could be applied to compositions intended as high art.

D.the term of popular music is susceptible to many definitions.

A．By the time he graduated from elementary school．

B．When he was in high school．

C．By the time he graduated from coll

E．

D．When he was sophomore in coll

E．

m does not look like the food you eat. Some food is carried in closed bags. It is cooked and frozen before the astronauts get it. All the water is removed from the food. In the spaceship the astronaut puts the water back. He "shoots" hot or cold water into the food bag with a special gun. He eats the food through a small hole in the bag.

Other foods come in bite size. The astronaut puts a whole piece in his mouth at once. There can be no crumbs. Crumbs would float around the spaceship and get in the way. Meat and cake often come in bite-sixed pieces. Astronauts can' t drink water from open cups. The water would float in drops in the air. The water is put in the special gun. The astronaut shoots the water into his mouth. Eating in space is not easy. Astronauts must learn this way.

Some space foods are carded in ______ .

A．water guns

B．lunch boxes

C．closed bags

D．food bags

High in the Swiss Alps many years ago, there lived a lonely shepherd(牧羊人)boy who longed for a friend to share his evenings.One night he saw three old men, each holding a glass.

The first old man said：“Drink this liquid and you shall be victorious in battle.”

The second old man said：“Drink this liquid and you shall have countless riches.”

The last old man said：“I offer you the happiness of floated across the valley. He had found a friend.

So goes the legend(传说) of the horn. First known in the ninth century, the horn was used by herdsmen to call cattle, for its deep tones echoed across the mountainsides. Even today, on a quiet summer evening, its music can be heard floating among the peaks.

6.The passage tells us his lonely job about the shepherd boy.

A.T

B.F

7.The boy choose to drink the glass offered by the last old man because the boy was thirsty.

A.T

B.F

8.After the shepherd boy found the horn, he discovered it was like a new-found friend.

A.T

B.F

9.Today the horn is heard in the Swiss Alps when it rains.

A.T

B.F

10.The Legend of the Horn would be the best title for the passage.

A.T

B.F

ns in one, is accurate up to 1,000 yards and in 【21】______ fires 【22】______ corners. Its message to enemies is that they can run but they can't hide.

Still in the development phase, the rifle for 2006 has just been 【23】______ off with great 【24】______ by the Pentagon to members of Congress who will be asked to 【25】______ the money. The makers, Alliant Techsystems, say that the weapon will revolutionize 【26】______ combat much as the machine gun.

Pentagon jargon has given the new gun a(an) 【27】______ title: the Objective Individual Combat Weapon. 【28】______ one trigger, the rifle can fire a standard 5.56mm Nato bullet and a 20mm high explosive shell that will burst in the air. It can 【29】______ shrapnel behind, 【30】______ or even from the side of enemy troops who have taken 【31】______ behind a building. The shell can be 【32】______ to explode after a short delay. The weapon's 1,000 yard accuracy is twice 【33】______ of other rifles, made possible by a laser system built into the sight. This rangefinder fixes the target, measures the distance and passes it along to a computer chip in the shell.

The gunsight has an infrared lens for night 【34】______ . It can also have video camera with a zoom lens that is linked to a video display attached to the soldier's helmet, allowing him to aim 【35】______ without exposing himself to enemy return fire. But there are snags still be 【36】______ out. Two men were 【37】______ when a shell burst in a barrel during firing tests. The rifle weighs more than 18lb. There are questions whether its electronic innards will be rugged enough for rain, snow and difficult 【38】______ .

Michael Klare, a professor of peace and world security issues and a board member of the Arms Control Association, says that the Pentagon is seeking this combination of firepower and automation to compensate for the uncertain aim of GIs. He said: "Soldiers won't have to worry about careful steady aim. They'll just look 【39】______ the viewfinder and 【40】______ the trigger."

【21】

A．reality

B．affect

C．effect

D．operation

Passage 4

Dieting advisor Dr. Robert Atkins recommends eating a diet high in protein for those who want to lose weight and keep it off. The hamburger patty is good, the hamburger bun bad, according to the _1_ of Atkins, who has turned his philosophies into a dieting revolution, starting with his first book, Dr.Atkins Diet Revolution, in 1972. Atkins，books _2_ top best-seller lists. Atkins companies have made millions of dollars in sales of specialty low-carb food products and carb-counting scales. But the popularity of Atkins’ eating advice, now appealing to another generation, is _3_ some food companies who rely on the consumer _4_ for carbohydrate-laden foods such as pastas and pizzas, cakes, cookies and cereals, to add weight to their own bottom lines. “Our industry has to do something, and soon. It is starting to become a _5_belief that carbohydrates are bad,” said Judi Adams, director of the Wheat Foods Council. Part of the society&39;s push will be in Washington, where federal health officials are starting talks on _6_ to the nation&39;s 11-year-old Food Guide Pyramid. Currently, the pyramid puts bread, cereals, rice and pasta as the _7_ for healthy eating. The strategy is a direct attack on Atkins: Americans who follow the Atkins diet _8_ their risk of health problems that include cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol, kidney damage and some cancers, the Wheat Foods Council says. According to Atkins, he is not looking to go to war with the food companies, and even Atkins diehards allow for an _9_ doughnut or cookie. “We teach people how to respect it and, on rare occasions, have it in _10_,” he said. “We know people can’t stay away from it forever.”

A) mainstream

B) increase

C) profitable

D) occasional

E) routinely

F) panicking

G) foundation

H) hasty

I) recommends

J) appetite

K) teachings

L) revisions

M) empirically

N) moderation

O) merge

第1空答案是：

Allusion is applied in ________.

A、It is scarcely possible to exaggerate the influence of vanity throughout the range of human life, from the child of three to the potentate at whose frown the world trembles.

B、It was there, ironically enough, that the Odyssey turned homeward.

C、I bear the same mark as a son of Watts now that I did during that oratorical contest in high school.

D、But when he took to agriculture, …and to dream of the life hereafter in which he would perpetually hunt the wild boar of Valhalla.

icebergs off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

Arthur von Wiesenberger, who carries the title Water Master, is one of the few water criticsin North America. As a boy, he spent time in the larger cities of Italy, France and Switzerland,where bottled water is consumed daily. Even then, he kept a water journal, noting the brands heliked best “my dog could tell the difference between bottled and tap water, ” He says.

But is plain tap water all that bad？ Not at all. In fact. New York&39;s municipal water for more than a century was called the champagne of lap water and until recently considered among the bestin the world in terms of both taste and purity. Similarly, a magazine in England found that tapwater from the Thames River tasted better than several leading brands of bottled water that were400 times more expensive.

Nevertheless, soft-drink companies view bottled water as the next battle-ground for market share-this despite the fact that over 25 percent of bottled water comes from tap water: PepsiCo&39;sAquafina and Coca-Cola&39;s Dasani arc both purified tap water rather than spring water.

As diners thirst for leading brands, bottlers and restaurateurs salivate(垂涎)over the profits. A restaurant&39;s typical mark-up on wine is 100 to 150 percent, whereas on bottled water it&39;s often 300 to 500 percent. But since water is much cheaper than wine, and many of the fancier brands aren&39;t available in stores, most diners don&39;t notice or care.

As a result, some restaurants are turning up the pressure to sen bottled water.According to an article in The Street Journal, some of the more shameless tactics include placing attractivebottles on the table for a visual sell, listing brands on the menu without prices, and pouring bottledwater without even asking the diners if they want it.

Regardless of how it？s sold, the popularity of bottled whaler taps into our desire for betterhealth, our wish to appear cultivated, and even a longing for lost purity.

76.What do we know about Iceberg Water from the passage？

A.lt is a kind of iced water

B.It is just plain tap water

C.It is a kind of bottled water

D.It is a kind of mineral water

The-fancier brands (Line 3 Para 5) refers to____.A.tap water from the Thames River

B.famous wines not sold in ordinary stores

C.PepsiCo's Aquafina and Coca-Cola's Dasani

D.expensive bottled water with impressive names

According to passage, why is bottled whaler so popular？A.It is much cheaper than wine

B.It is considered healthier

C.lt appeals to more cultivated people

D.It is more widely promoted in the market

Why are some restaurants turning up the pressure to sell bottled water？A.Bottled water brings in huge profits

B.Competition from the wine industry is intense

C.Most diners find bottled water affordable

D.Bottled water satisfied diners' desire to fashionable

By saying “My dog could tell the difference between bottled and tap water (Line 4 Para2),V on Wiesenberger wants to convey the message that_____？A.plain tap whaler is certainly unfit for drinking

B.bottled water is clearly superior to tap water

C.bottled water often appeals more to dogs taste

D.dogs can usually detect a fine difference in taste

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

hallenged as the nation's biggest banking organization. At its peak, it had more branches in California -- 1,100 -- than the U.S. Postal Service. It was also a highly profitable enterprise. But since 1980, Bank of America's earnings have been down or flat. From March 1985 to March 1986, for example, earnings per share dropped 50. 8%. Samuel H. Armacost, president and CEO, has confessed that he doesn't expect a turnaround soon.

Some of Bank of America's old magic seems to have rubbed off on New York's Citibank, perennial rival for top banking honors. Thanks to aggressive growth policies, Citicorp's assets topped Bank of America's for the first time in 1983 and by a healthy margin. Citibank has also been generating profits at a fast clip, enabling it to spend lavishly on campaigns to enter new markets -- notably Bank of America's turf in California.

The bad times Bank of America is currently facing are partly the result of the good times the bank enjoyed earlier. Based in a large and populous state and operating in a regulated environment, Bank of America thrived. Before deregulation, banks could not compete by offering savers a higher return, so they competed with convenience. With a branch at every crossroads, Bank of America was able to attract 40% of the California deposit market -- a source of high earnings when the legal maximum payable to depositors was much lower than the interest on loans.

The progressive deregulation of banking forced Bank of America to fight for its customers by offering them competitive rates. But how could this mammoth bureaucracy, with its expensive overhead, offer rates as attractive as its loaner competitors？ Pruning the establishment was foremost in the minds of Bank of America policymakers. But cutbacks have proceeded slowly. Although the bank is planning to consolidate by offering full services only in key branches, so far only about 40 branches have been closed. Cutbacks through attrition have reduced the work force from 83,000 to fewer than 73,000; wholesale layoffs, it seems, would not fit the tradition of the organization. And they would intensify the morale problems that already threaten the institution.

According to the passage, New York's Citibank ______.

A．is a dark horse in the field of banking

B．has been growing in a moderate way

C．has been making efforts to conquer the markets of Bank of America

D．has more branches than Bank of America now

A、The American dream promised older people that if they worked hard enough all their lives, things would turn out well for them.

B、But what are an individual’s chances for a “good” old age in America, with satisfying final years and a dignified death？

C、And though I’m as leery of certain polls as anyone, this margin of credulity is too wide to be discounted.

D、He stands there, his feet braced, his head high from the soaring mountain of his huge neck, and he wonders where he is.