"You can't be too rich or too thin." It's a sayingthat has stood the test of time. Still-certain thingshave changed.
Coined by socialite Babe Paley in the 1960s-thequote was popular at a time when working out waspracticed mainly by pro-athletes and it was only thegenetically blessed who managed to be really thin.
Today possessing the discipline to consume ahealthful diet and to stick to an effective exerciseprogram can mean more than having good genes. Ifyou include sessions with a personal trainer and take the right supplements - you'll be rewarded with evenmore success.
But sometimes stubborn pockets of fat just don'trespond well to diet and exercise. That's when manypeople seek plastic surgery（整形外科) if they canafford it.
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When Aimee, 36, wasn't spending time with herdaughter, she was at the gym lifting weights ortraining."But no matter how much I worked out Icouldn't shake the extra fat on my legs."
Then Aimee discovered Sono Bello." Aftermeeting the staff at the center, I felt confident thatSono Bello would be able to help me get back to mypre-baby look." Aimee loved the results, but whatreally impressed her was the fast recovery time."After I got home I took a little bit of a nap, andlater that same day I was up and around making my daughter dinner."
Now, Aimee feels like she's gotten her bodyback:"I've recommended Sono Bello to all the momsI know. "From the passage, we can infer that in the 1960s _______.
| A．not too many people can manage to be thin |
| B．most of the people tend to practice working out |
| C．none of the people like to practice working out |
| D．nobody are for the job of being athletes |
To be more successful in becoming thin, the article suggests us _______.
| A．having good genes |
| B．sticking to exercise |
| C．including sessions with a personal trainer |
| D．consuming a healthy diet |
Which of the following about Sono Bello is Not True?
| A．It is one kind of a laser liposuction just as common as other kinds. |
| B．Performed by over 35 physicians, it has 12 locations nationwide. |
| C．It can help to treat almost any part of the body of too much fat. |
| D．It exclusively performs procedures with new Micro Laser Liposuction. |
What is the author's purpose mentioning Aimee's words in the last paragraph?
| A．To support the effectiveness of Sono Bello. |
| B．To let more people know about Aimee. |
| C．To persuade readers to keep thinner and healthier. |
| D．To give us some suggestions on losing weight. |
The best title of the passage may be "_________".
| A．Say Goodbye to Your Problem by Using Sono Bello |
| B．An Advertisement on How to Lose Weight |
| C．The Success of Aimee's Getting Thin |
| D．Some Advice on How to Keep Healthy and Thin |
第三部分: 阅读理解 (共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
When Mr. David retired(退休),he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it.
But to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night there were tourists outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into Mr. David’s garden. This was too much for Mr. David. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the window. The notice said: “If you want to satisfy your curiosity, came in and look round. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house. “I came here to retire, not to work as a guide.” he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.
56. Mr. David’s house was that many tourists came to see it.
A. so smallB .so quiet C .so interesting D .so beautiful
57. Mr. David put a notice on the window in order .
A. to drive the visitors away
B. to satisfy the visitor’s curiosity
C. to let visitors come in and look round
D. to get some money out of the visitors
58. The notice made the visitors .
A. more interested in his house
B. lost interest in his house
C. angry at the unfair price
D. feel happy about the price
59. After Mr. David put up the notice ,.
A. the visitors didn’t come any longer
B. fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house
C. more and more tourists came for a visit
D. no tourist would pay the money for a visit
60.At last he had to sell his house and move away because .
A. he did not like it at all
B. he could not work as a guide
C. he made enough money and wanted to buy a new expensive house
D. he could not live a quiet life in it
About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table, I couldn’t help overhearing parts of their conversation. At one point the woman asked, “So, how have you been?” And the boy — who could not have been more than seven or eight years old — replied, “Frankly, I’ve been feeling a little depressed lately.”
This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find out we were “depressed”, that is, in low spirits, until we were in high school.
Undoubtedly a change in children has increased steadily in recent years. Children don’t seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to.
Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Childhood as it once was no longer exists. Why?
Human development is depended not only on born biological states, but also on patterns of gaining social knowledge. Movement from one social role to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new social positions. Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages; traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders.
In the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation (揭示) machine has been equipped in 98 percent of American homes. It is called television. Television passes information to all viewers alike, whether they are children or adults. Unable to resist the temptation, many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more attractive moving pictures.
Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information which children will gain. Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials.
67. According to the author, feeling depressed is ______.
A. a sure sign of a mental problem in a child
B. a mental state present in all humans, including children
C.something that cannot be avoided in children’s mental development
D. something hardly to be expected in a young child
68. Traditionally, a child is supposed to learn about the adult world ______.
A.through connection with society B. gradually and under guidance
C. naturally without being taught D. through watching television
69. According to the author, that today’s children seem adultlike results from ______.
A. the widespread influence of television
B. the poor arrangement of teaching content
C. the fast pace of human scientific development
D. the rising standard of living
70. What does the author think of communication through print for children?
A. It enables children to gain more social information.
B. It develops children’s interest in reading and writing.
C. It helps children to read and write well.
D. It can control what children are to learn.
71. What does the author think of the change in today’s children?
A. He feels their adultlike behavior is so funny.
B. He thinks the change worthy of note.
C. He considers it a rapid development.
D. He seems to be upset about it.
China has become an increasingly appealing market for Hollywood films, so it was inevitable that Academy Award-winning director James Cameron would touch down in Beijing Wednesday to promote his latest big-budget movie, Avatar.
During his 20-hour stay in the city, he shared with local media and some lucky fans details of his new film and shared his insights on China's growing film industry.
Having toured numerous countries for the promotion of Avatar since the film globally premiered on December 10, Cameron said he anticipated the visit to China for some time and apologized for his hoarse and tired voice.
"It is so sad for a director not being able to shout," he joked at the beginning of the press conference Wednesday afternoon, announcing that the 3D science fiction film will open in China on January 4.
Cameron collected 360 million yuan (US$52.7 million) at the box office in China with his blockbuster Titanic in 1998, a record that held for ten years until it was broken by Transformers in 2008.
Considering that another computer-generated, live action flick, 2012, has sold more movie tickets in China than in the US, the director said he is positive about Avatar's performance in China.
"Our partner here, the China Film Group, has given us great confidence," he explained, saying that the number of 3D screens has grown from 500 to 600 in the past month, a never-seen-before growth in Chinese mainland.
China is second only to the US as the country with the most 3D screens. Cameron said the screening of Avatar in China has specific importance as a test of future 3D film development.
"I'm very interested in the 3D film market in China. I cannot predict the box office results here, but I look forward to the test results."
63. Cameron is hopeful about Avatar’s performance in China because ____.
A. Avatar is a newly-released 3D movie
B. Transformer held the record of box office in China
C. Avatar is directed by him alone
D. 2012 had a higher box office in China than in the US
64. Which of the following has the closest meaning to “anticipated” in Paragraph 3?
A. participatedB. paid C. expected D. delayed
65. Why did Cameron come to China?
A. To promote his latest film Avatar.
B. To test the future development of 3D film in China.
C. To show his interest in the 3D film market in China.
D. To make a 20-hour trip in Beijing.
66. The passage is most probably taken from ____.
A. a science book B. a newspaper C. a story book D. a magazine
Below is adapted from an English dictionary
| figure/fīg ə / noun, verb ●noun 1. [C, often pl.] a number representing particular amount, especially one given in official information: the trade /sales figures 2. [C] a symbol rather than a word representing one of the numbers between 0 and 9: a six-figure salary 3. [pl] (informal) the area of mathematics that deals with adding, multiplying, etc 4. a person of the type mentioned: Gandhi was both a political and a religious figure in Indian history. 5. the shape of a person seen from a distance or not clearly 6. a person or an animal as shown in art or a story: a wall with five carved figures in it 7. [C] the human shape, considered from the point of view of being attractively thin: doing exercise to improve one’s figure 8. [C] a pattern or series of movements performed on ice: figure-skating [IDM] be/become a figure of fun: be/become sb. that others laugh at cut a…figure: (of a person) to have a particular appearance He cut a striking figure in his dinner jacket. put a figure on sth.: to say the exact price or number of sth. |
a fine figure of man/woman: a tall, strong-looking and well-shaped person figure of speech: a word or phrase used in a different way from its usual meanings in order to create a particular mental image or effect figurehead: someone who is the head or chief in name only (with no real power or authority) ●verb 1. to think or decide that sth. will happen or is true: I figured that if I took the night train, I could be in Scotland by morning. 2. to be part of a process, situation, etc. especially an important part: My opinion of the matter didn’t seem to figure at all. 3. to calculate an amount or the cost of sth.: We figured that attendance at 150,000. [PHRV] 1. figure in: to include (in a sum): Have you figured in the cost of hotel? 2. figure on: to plan on; to expect sth. to happen: I haven’t figured on his getting home too late. 3. figure out: to work out; understand by thinking: Have you figured out how much the trip will cost? [IDM] It/That figures! (informal): That seems reasonable, logical and what I expect. |
60. I didn’t really mean my partner is a snake; it was just a ______.
A. figure of eight B. figure head C. figure of speech D. a fine figure
61. ---She was coming late again.
---______! That’s typical of her.
A. It figures her out B. It figures C. It cuts a poor figure D. She is a figure of fun
62. What does “watch my figure” in the sentence “Don’t tempt me with chocolate; I am watching my figure.” mean?
A. add the numbers B. have sportsC. try not to get fat D. watch games
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
What Is a Boy?
Between the innocence of babyhood and the seriousness of manhood we find a delightful creature called a “boy”. Boys come in different sizes, weights, and colors, but all boys have the same belief: to enjoy every second of every minute of every hour of every day and to fill the air with noise until the adult males pack them off to bed at night.
Boys are found everywhere — on top of, under, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around, or jumping to. Mothers spoil them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers love them, and God protects them. A boy is TRUTH with dirt on its face, BEAUTY with a cut on its finger, WISDOM with chocolate in its hair, and the HOPE of the future with a snake in its pocket.
When you are busy, a boy is a trouble-maker and a noise. When you want him to make a good impression, his brain turns to jelly or else he becomes a wild creature bent on destroying the world and himself with it.
A boy is a mixture — he has the stomach of a horse, the digestion of stones and sand, the energy of an atomic bomb, the curiosity of a cat, the imagination of a superman, the shyness of a sweet girl, the brave nature of a bull, the violence of a firecracker, but when you ask him to make something, he has five thumbs on each hand.
He likes ice cream, knives, saws, Christmas, comic books, woods, water (in its natural habitat), large animals, Dad, trains, Saturday mornings, and fire engines. He is not much for Sunday schools, company, schools, books without pictures, music lessons, neckties, barbers, girls, overcoats, adults, or bedtime.
Nobody else is so early to rise, or so late to supper. Nobody else gets so much fun out of trees, dogs, and breezes. Nobody else can put into one pocket a rusty knife, a half eaten apple, a three-feet rope, six cents and some unknown things.
A boy is a magical creature — he is your headache but when you come home at night with only destroyed pieces of your hopes and dreams, he can mend them like new with two magic words, “Hi, Dad!”
56. The whole passage is in a tone of ______.
A. humor and affectionB. respect and harmony
C. ambition and expectation D. confidence and imagination
57. By saying “he has five thumbs on each hand.”, the author means .
A. he has altogether five fingers B. he is slow, foolish and clumsy
C. he becomes clever and smart D. he cuts his hand with a knife
58. According to the writer, boys appreciate everything in the following except ______.
A. ice cream B. comic books
C. Saturday morningsD. Sunday schools
59. What does the writer feel about boys?
A. He feels curious about their noise. B. He is fed up with these creatures.
C. He is amazed by their naughtiness. D. He feels unsafe staying with them.