AIn recent years , tourist companies Bhave succeeded in selling us the idea that Cthe fart
Section A
In recent years, Chinese fancy knots have become very popular.【76】 They are hand-made ornaments noted for their patterns and bright colors. They are also symbols of happiness and good luck.
Chinese fancy knots closely related to the everyday life of the Chinese people and express their aspirations for a better life.
"In primitive times, people kept records and accounts by tying knots. Later, they need knots as symbols of good luck to decorate their clothes. Some knots were designed to embellish (修饰) us and jade pendants. They were regarded as signs of happiness and good luck. “said Mr. Duan, professor of Chinese from Peking University.
【77】These beautiful Chinese fancy knots, of a simple or a complicated structure, are made of a single piece of string by tying, drawing, twining, and weaving. The instruments used include crochet hooks, tweezers, scissors, and lighters. The materials needed are strings of various colors, gum, and small decorations made of porcelain or jade.
“In feudal China, it was unbecoming for women to show themselves in public. So they devoted most of their time to needlework at home. Making fancy knots was part of their work and they were very skilled at it.【78】Chinese fancy knots are symmetrical and well balanced. The patterns on both sides are identical. You can make an endless chain of knots on a single piece of string. This symbolizes that life on earth will continue and multiply forever, ”said Mrs. Xiong, knitting expert.
【79】Chinese fancy knots are named after their shapes or in accordance with what they suggest. They are symbols of prosperity, happiness, wealth, and longevity.【80】As they are believed to be able to remove evil spirits and bring luck, people often carry them and hang them in their homes.
Chinese fancy knots are widely used to decorate clothes, sitting rooms, and cups, plates and chop sticks on dinner tables.
(46)
A.won’t be
B.hadn’t been
C.wouldn’t be
D.can’t be
TEXT A
In the case of mobile phones, change is everything. Recent research indicates that the mobile phone is changing not only our culture, but our very bodies as well.
First. Let’s talk about culture. The difference between the mobile phone and its parent, the fixed-line phone, you get whoever answers it.
This has several implications. The most common one, however, and perhaps the thing that has changed our culture forever, is the “meeting” influence. People no longer need to make firm plans about when and where to meet. Twenty years ago, a Friday night would need to be arranged in advance. You needed enough time to allow everyone to get from their place of work to the first meeting place. Now, however, a night out can be arranged on the run. It is no longer “see you there at 8”, but “text me around 8 and we’ll see where we all are”.
Texting changes people as well. In their paper, “insights into the Social and Psychological Effects of SMS Text Messaging”, two British researchers distinguished between two types of mobile phone users: the “talkers” and the “texters”-those who prefer voice to text message and those who prefer text to voice.
They found that the mobile phone’s individuality and privacy gave texters the ability to express a whole new outer personality. Texters were likely to report that their family would be surprised if they were to read their texts. This suggests that texting allowed texters to present a self-image that differed from the one familiar to those who knew them well.
Another scientist wrote of the changes that mobiles have brought to body language. There are two kinds that people use while speaking on the phone. There is the “speakeasy”: the head is held high, in a self-confident way, chatting away. And there is the “spacemaker”: these people focus on themselves and keep out other people.
Who can blame them? Phone meetings get cancelled or reformed and camera-phones intrude on people’s privacy. So, it is understandable if your mobile makes you nervous. But perhaps you needn’t worry so much. After all, it is good to talk.
81 when people plan to meet nowadays, they_____
A: arrange the meeting place beforehand
B. postpone fixing the place till last minute
C: seldom care about when and where to meet
D: still love to work out detailed meeting plans.
Section A
In recent years, Chinese fancy knots have become very popular. (81) They are hand-made ornaments noted for their patterns and bright colors. They are also symbols of happiness and good luck.
Chinese fancy knots are closely related to the everyday life of the Chinese people and express their aspiration for a better life.
"In primitive times, people kept records by tying knots. Later, they used knots as symbols of good luck to decorate their clothes. Some knots were designed to embellish fans and jade pendants. They are regarded as signs of happiness and good luck," said Mr. Duan, professor of China from Peking University.
(82) These beautiful Chinese fancy knots, of a simple or a complicated structure, are made of a single piece of string by tying, drawing, twining, and weaving. The instruments used include crochet hooks, tweezers, scissors, and lighters. The materials needed are string of various colors, gum, and small decorations made of porcelain or jade.
"In feudal China, it was unbecoming for women to show themselves in public. So they devoted most of their time to needlework at home. Making fancy knots was part of their work and they were very skilled at it. (83) Chinese fancy knots are symmetrical and well balanced. The patterns on both sides are identical. You can make an endless chain of knots on a single piece of string. "This symbolizes that life on earth will continue and multiply forever," said Mrs. Xiong, knitting expert.
(84) Chinese fancy knots are named after their shapes or in accordance with what they suggest. They are symbols of prosperity, happiness, wealth, and longevity. (85) As they are believed to be able to remove evil spirits and bring luck, people often carry them and hang them in their homes.
Chinese fancy knots are widely used to decorate clothes, sitting room, and cups, plates and chop sticks on dinner tables.
(71)
In recent years .
A.young couples refuse the traditional relationship
B.women work and earn money for the family
C.women don't stay at home and care for the children and the house
D.the role of men and women has begun to change
In recent years, ______.
A.young couples reject the traditional relationship
B.the woman has a job and earns money for the family
C.the woman doesn't stay at home and care for the children and the house
D.the roles of men and women have begun to change
A.El Nino occurs periodically.
B.In recent years El Nino happened more frequently than before.
C.El Nino caused a lot of damages.
D.El Nino doesn't affect the central Pacific.
Aaliyah received her first licensing deal as a teenager, after her uncle, Barry Hankerson, formed Blackground Records. Aaliyah's first album, "Age Ain't Nothing But A Number", went gold in 1994, when she was 15. Aaliyah's music benefited from her close collaboration with hip-hop artist R. Kelly. After rumors that the two had married, they stopped working together. Aaliyah went on to make two more albums in a fruitful collaboration with prodncers Timbaland and Missy Elliot. Her third and last CD, "Aaliyah" was released in July 2001.
Aaliyah's song "Try Again" earned her a Grammy nomination for best female R&B vocalist. She was nominated in the same category in 1999 for "Are You That Somebody". In 1996, she released her second album; the single, "If Your Girl Only Knew", went double platinum.
In addition to being a talented musician, Aaliyah was building a reputation as an actress. She made her first feature film appearance in the movie "Romeo Must Die" with Jet Li. She also starred in "The Queen of the Damned", based on the novel by Anne Rice. She was also scheduled to act in the sequel to "The Matrix".
On August 26, 2001, Aaliyah was on her way to shoot a music video for her most recent album on Abaco Island, about 170 miles east of south Florida. Soon after takeoff for Florida, the plane she was traveling on crashed, just 200 feet beyond the end of the runway at Marsh Harbor International Airport on Abaco Island. The plane, a Cessna 402B, apparently suffered engine failure upon liftoff. Aaliyah was only 22 years old.
Which of the following is true of Aaliyah?
A.Her full name was Dana Haughton.
B.Her parents died when she was six.
C.She began her acting at 11.
D.The first role she played is an orphan.
In recent years
A.young couples (拒绝) the traditional relationship
B.the woman has a job and earns the money for the family
C.the woman doesn't stay at home and care for the children and the house
D.the role of men and women has begun to change
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