The French Revolution broke out in 1789. At the time France was in a crisis. The government was badly run and people's lives were miserable. King Louis XIV tried to control the national parliament and raise more taxes. But his effort failed. He ordered his troops to Versailles. The people thought that Louis intended to put down the Revolution by force. On July 14, 1789, they stormed and took the Bastille, where political prisoners were kept. Ever since that day, July 14 has been the French National Day. Louis tried to flee the country in 1792, to get support from Austria and Prussia. However, he was caught and put in prison. In September 1792, the monarchy(君主制) was abolished_. In the same year, Louis was executed. A few months later his wife, Marie also had her head cut off. The Revolution of France had frightened the other kings of Europe. Armies from Austria and Prussia began to march against France. The French raised republican armies to defend the nation. The Revolution went through a period of terror. Thousands of people lost their lives. In the end, power passed to Napoleon Bonaparte.
1.What's this passage about?
A．France. B．King Louis.
C．The French Revolution. D．Europe.
2.Which did not happen in 1789?
A．The French Revolution broke out.
B．The national economy was developing rapidly.
C．The government wasn't well run.
D．King Louis XIV was in power.
3. What does the underlined word "abolished" mean?
A．Put off.
B．Established.
C．United.
D．Ended.
4.What was NOT the effect of the Revolution?
A．July 14 has become the French National Day.
B．It brought some impact on the other European kings.
C．Louis's wife, Marie was killed.
D．The king tried to control the national parliament.
Background music may seem harmless, but it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it. Recorded background music first found its way into factories, shops and restaurants in the USA. Very soon it spread to other parts of the world. Now it is becoming difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening to background music.
To begin with, background music was intended simply to create a soothing (舒适的) atmosphere. Recently, however, it's becoming a big business. An American marketing expert has shown that music can boost(提升) sales or increase factory production by as much as a third.
But it has to be the light music. Lively music has no effect at all on sales. Slow music can increase receipts(收入) by 34%. This is probably because shoppers slow down and have more opportunity to spot items they would like to buy. Yet, slow music isn't always the answer. The expert found that in restaurants slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals, which reduced overall sales. So restaurant owners might be well advised to play faster music to keep the customers moving-unless, of course, the resulting indigestion(消化不良) leads to complaints.
1.Background music was first used ________.
A．in the cinemas and theatres in the USA
B．in the offices and hospitals in the USA
C．in the schools and churches in the USA
D．in the factories, shops and restaurants in the USA
2.An American marketing expert has found background music can __________.
A．increase sales or factory production
B．create a soothing atmosphere
C．make people slow down
D．make people forget their worries
3.Slow music is useless in ________ in increasing sales.
A．shops
B．restaurants
C．factories
D．cinemas
4.Restaurant owners are advised to play ________ to increase overall sales.
A．lively music
B．loud music
C．slower music
D．faster music
People have been talking about health for a long time because people know the importance of it. People's understanding of health also becomes deeper with the progress in scientific research. Recently the term "health" has come to have a wider meaning than it used to. It no longer means just the absence of illness. Today, health means the well-being of your body, your mind and your relationship with other people. This new concept of health is closely related to another term-quality of life. Quality of life is the degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life.
Why has the emphasis of health shifted from the absence of disease to a broader focus on the quality of a person's life? One reason for this has to do with the length and conditions of life that people can now expect. Medical advances have made it possible for people today to live longer, healthier lives. Imagine for a moment that you were born in the year 1900. You could have expected on average to live until about the age of 47. In contrast, if you were born in the year 1999, you could expect to live to the age of 75.
1.________ leads to people's deeper understanding of health.
A．Common knowledge
B．Progress in scientific research
C．Better conditions of living
D．Quality of life
2.The emphasis of health has shifted nowadays because _________.
A．people enjoy better conditions of living and they can live longer
B．people pay more attention to their physical health, not their mental health
C．people have realized the importance of mental well-being
D．people are inspired by medical advances
3.We can infer from the passage __________.
A．nowadays the emphasis of health has a broader focus because of improvements in the quality of food
B．the overall quality of people's lives improved greatly in the 20th century
C．those who never fall ill are the truly healthy people
D．those who were born before 1900 could not have lived until now
4.This passage is mainly about __________.
A．different understandings of the term "health"
B．improving the quality of life
C．the importance of quality living
D．people's expectations of a long and healthy life
When we read books we seem to enter a new world. This new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very 31 .Some stories are told 32 they were true. Real people who live in a 33 world do real things; in other words, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. Other stories, such as the Harry Potter books, are not 34 . They are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be 35 for us.
But there is more to books and writing than this. If we think about it, even realistic writing is only 36 . How can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? For example, when we read about Harry Potter ,we 37 seem to learn something about the real world. And when Harry studies magic at Hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than 38 . Reading, like writing, is an action. It is a way of 39 . When we read or write something ,we do much more than simple look at words on a page. We use our 40--which is real—and our imagination—which is real in a different way --- to make the words come to life in our minds.
Both realism and fantasy(幻想) 41 the imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. When we read 42 realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we 43 that we are real and they are 44 . It sounds 45 ,but it works. When we read, we fill in missing information and 46 about the causes and effects of what a character does. We help the writer by 47 that what we read is like real life. In a way, we are writing the book, too.
Most of us probably don’t think about what is going on in our 48 when we are reading. We pick up a book and lose 49 in a good story, eager to find out what will happen next. Knowing how we feel 50 we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.
1. A．possible B．easy C．new D．different
2. A．that B．what C．whether D．as if
3. A．usual B．normal C．certain D．common
4. A．realistic B．reasonable C．moral D．instructive
5. A．difficult B．impossible C．important D．necessary
6. A．thinkable B．designed C．imagined D．planned
7. A．do B．make C．have D．are
8. A．lessons B．dreams C．experience D．magic
9. A．working B．thinking C．living D．understanding
10. A．knowledge B．skill C．words D．grammar
11. A．make B．get C．use D．have
12. A．a newspaper B．something C．everything D．a story
13. A．find B．learn C．know D．hope
14. A．too B．not C．all D．so
15. A．dangerous B．serious C．strange D．terrible
16. A．talk B．learn C．read D．think
17. A．telling B．pretending C．promising D．guessing
18. A．mind B．life C．world D．society
19. A．heart B．time C．money D．ourselves
20. A．what B．how C．when D．why
Somehow this seems to me to be _______. How could a team that had fought for Canada before suddenly become citizens of the USA?
A．out of question B．out of place C．out of shape D．out of control
That restaurant serves __________ the best food I’ve ever eaten, so I strongly recommend you go there next time.
A．actually B．eventually C．absolutely D．steadily
