-
Cloze -- Passage 1
The
French
division
of
McDonald's
has
run
advertisements
that
included
a
surprising
____1____:
Kids
shouldn't eat at McDonald's more than once a week.
The advertisements, ____2____ information from specialists, aim to show that
a
balanced
weekly
diet,
said
Euro
RSCG
,
the
agency
that
came
up
with
the
ads,
which
appeared
this
spring,
mostly in French women's magazines.
Alongside
quotes
from
specialists
addressing
____3____
and
diets
for
children,
the
ads
described
how
McDonald's hamburgers are made of 100 percent real beef and cooked on a grill free of ____4____ oil.
One ad placed in Femme Actuelle in April quoted a nutritionist who said,
food, or visit McDonald's more than once a week.
The McDonald's Corp., based in Oak Brook, Ill., said in a statement Wednesday that it
with the nutritionist quoted in the French advertisement.
based on the sound nutrition ____7____ of balance, variety and moderation
（适度）
,
Since opening its first French branch in 1968, McDonald's has expanded ____8____ in France. More recently
the multinational has come under fire from anti-globalization ____9____, farmers' groups, and in Paris, striking
workers.
Last year, sheep farmer-turned-activist Jose Bove became a standard-bearer for the French anti- globalization
____10____ when he led a group that ransacked
（洗劫）
a McDonald's in southern France.
A)
quoting
B)
continuously
C)
overweight
D)
suggestion
E)
abuse
F)
protesters
G)
occasionally
H)
additional
I)
tame
J)
movement
K)
disagreed
L)
healed
M)
principles
N)
conference
O)
prosperous
Cloze -- Passage 2
Female
cheetahs
（印度豹）
at
the
Bronx
Zoo
in
New
York
just
love
Calvin
Klein's
Obsession
for
Men
perfume.
No, they don't ____1____their favorite perfume behind their ears, but they do enjoy rubbing up against tree
trunks ____2____ with the scent.
Instead
this
is
part of
a
program
of
the
Wildlife
Conservation
Society,
which
____3____
New
York
City's
zoos and aquariums, to keep animals healthy and happy.
research scientist at the Conservation Society, told reporter.
different kinds of scents to give them ____5____.
The
scents
provide
a
way
to
stimulate
the
animals.
Reiss said
smell
is
____6____
to
the
lives
of
animals.
our
cheetahs
at
the
Bronx
Zoo,
we
worked
from
____7____
perfumes
to
expensive
perfumes,
she
said.
one
they
respond
to
the
most
is
Calvin
Klein
Obsession
for
Men.
But
they
also
respond
to
inexpensive
perfumes.
The
wildlife
workers
test
the
animals'
____8____
to
various
scents
by
spraying
tree
trunks
with
different
perfumes
or
placing
cinnamon
or
other
spices
in
the
animals'
____9____.
observe
how
much
time
they
spend in that area,
But not all animals have high-class tastes when it comes to scents, Reiss said. Female cheetahs at the Bronx
Zoo
may
rank
Obsession
for
Men
as
their
____10____
perfume.
But
forget
that
for
the
pumas
and
lynx
at
the
Queens Zoo. They like something that really smells.
A)
physically
B)
variety
C)
apply
D)
essential
E)
inexpensive
F)
response
G)
sprayed
H)
favorite
I)
considerably
J)
operates
K)
environment
L)
regulation
M)
initial
N)
frequency
O)
swear
1
Cloze -- Passage 3
The Mona Lisa is showing her age, museum curators in Paris said while announcing a scientific study of the
500-year-old masterpiece.
The
thin
wooden
____1____
around
Leonardo
da
Vinci's
painting
is
showing
signs
of
warping,
causing
curators at the Louvre
The museum has ____2____ a study to evaluate the Mona Lisa's vulnerability to climate changes.
The painting will remain on ____3____during the testing, the Louvre said.
Deterioration in its wood panel was
The
study,
to
be
conducted by
the
Centre
for
Research
and
Restoration
of
Museums of
France, will
better
____6____what materials the painting is made of.
The painting, whose ____7____smile attracts millions of visitors to the Louvre, is displayed behind glass to
protect it from ____8____changes and camera flashes.
It will be put in a specially ____9____room in the Louvre early next year.
The Mona Lisa was painted between 1503-1506 and was thought to be named after the sitter, most likely the
Florentine wife of Francesco del Giocondo.
It moved to France with da Vinci in the early 16th Century, where it has ____10____except for a short spell
when it was stolen in 1911. The painting was discovered two years later in a Florence hotel.
A)
mysterious
B)
previously
C)
dose
D)
commissioned
E)
charity
F)
climatic
G)
intentionally
H)
redecorated
I)
interfere
J)
display
K)
determine
L)
currently
M)
panel
N)
charming
O)
remained
Cloze -- Passage 4
The ability to see words on either side of the point at which your eyes focus is called peripheral vision (
周围
的视觉
).
Foreign
students
of
English
often
feel
that
it
is
impossible
to
recognize
so
many
words
at
a
single
____1____
or
within
a
short
time.
It
is
difficult
for
many
____2____speakers
too,
but
it
can
be
done.
It
is
something that has to be done if
you are to read as
____3____as
you should. You can increase
your peripheral
vision by eye exercises.
Equally
important
is
the
importance
of
moving
your
eyes
from
point
to
point
in
a
uniform
rhythm.
Slow
reading
often
____4____from
regression,
the
number
of
times
your
eyes
have
to
go
back.
While
practising
to
increase your peripheral vision and uniform rhythm, you may ____5____have to reread. Do not get ____6____. A
smooth, forward rhythm comes with practice. ____7____your speed will get to the point where your eyes move
comfortably forward without regression.
A
final
____8____of
slow reading
is
forming
the
sounds of
each
word,
even
though
you
might
not
speak
them aloud. The ____9____ American native speaks English at 180 to 200 words a minute. If you read each word
in ____10____, it is impossible to read faster than this. Reading 200 words a minute is a dangerously slow speed.
A)
average
B)
eventually
C)
results
D)
column
E)
discouraged
F)
rapidly
G)
subsequent
H)
glance
I)
mind
J)
scratched
K)
process
L)
native
M)
occasionally
N)
cause
O)
offends
Cloze -- Passage 5
It seems
you always
forget
-- your reading glasses when
you are rushing to work, your coat when you are
going to the ____1____
, your credit card when you are shopping…
Such
absent-mindedness
may
be
____2____to
you.
Now
British
and
German
scientists
are
developing
memory glasses that ____3____everything the user sees.
The glasses can play back memories ____4____to help the wearer remember things they have forgotten such
as where they left their keys.
And the glasses also allow the user to
The
wearer
could
walk
around
an office
or
a
factory
____5____certain
items
by
pointing
at
them.
Objects
indicated are then given a blank label on a screen inside the glasses that the user then ____6____in.
It could be used in ____7____plants by mechanics looking to identify machine parts or by electricians wiring
complicated a device.
2
A spokesman for the project, said:
where a part on a
certain car model is so that it can be identified and repaired.
In other cases the glasses could be worn by people going on a guided tour, indicating points of ____10____or
by people looking at panoramas where all the sites could be identified.
A)
later
B)
motorists
C)
moisture
D)
noticeable
E)
frustrating
F)
fills
G)
dashing
H)
necessity
I)
record
J)
halts
K)
cleaners
L)
mechanic
M)
industrial
N)
interest
O)
identifying
Careful Reading
–
Passage 1
In a recent book entitled
The Psychic Life of Insects
Professor Bouvier says that we must be careful not to
credit the little winged fellow with intelligence when they behave in what seems like an intelligent manner.
They
may be only reacting.
I would like to confront the Professor with an instance of reasoning power on the part of
an insect which cannot be explained away in any other manner.
During the summer, while I was at work on my doctoral thesis, we kept a female wasp at our cottage.
It
was
more like a child of our own than a wasp, except that it looked more like a wasp than a child of our own.
That was one of the ways we told the difference.
It was still a young wasp when we got it and for some time we could not get it to eat or drink, it was so shy.
Since it was female, we decided to call it Miriam.
One evening I had been working late in my laboratory fooling around with some gin and other chemicals,
and in leaving the room I tripped over a line of diamonds which someone had left lying on the floor and knocked
over my card index which contained the names and addresses of all the larvae worth knowing in North American.
The cards went everywhere.
I was too tired to stop to pick them that night.
As I went, however, I noticed the wasp was flying about in
circles
over
the
scattered
cards.
―
Maybe
Miriam
will
pick
them
up
‖
,
I
said
half
laughingly
to
myself,
never
thinking for one moment that such would be the case.
When I came down the next morning Miriam was still asleep in her box, evidently tired out.
And well she
might have been.
For there on the floor lay the cards scattered all about just as I had left them the night before.
The
faithful little insect had bussed about all night trying to come to some decision about picking them up and
arranging them in the boxes for me, and then had figured out for herself that, as she knew practically nothing on
larvae of any sort except wasp larvae, she would probably make more of a mess of rearranging them than if she
had left them on the floor for me to fix.
It was just too much for her to tackle, and discouraged, she went over
and lay down in her box, where she cried herself to sleep.
1.
Professor Bouvier most probably agrees that __________.
A.
insects
‘
reasoning power has nothing to do with intelligence
B.
wasps can only behave in an instinctive manner
C.
wasps are different from other winged creatures
D.
the issue of insects
‘
intelligence need further research
2.
The author took the wasp Miriam to the cottage because __________.
A.
Miriam was treated like a child
B.
Miriam was the pet of the family
C.
the author was studying insects for his doctoral thesis
D.
the author wanted to prove that insects have intelligence
3.
When the card index scattered on the floor, the author __________.
A.
decided to pick them up the next morning
B.
believed Miriam would pick them up
C.
didn
‘
t understand why Miriam flew about over the cards
D.
found it ridiculous that Miriam would pick them up
4.
By saying
―
And well she might have been
‖
(Sen. 2, Para. 6), the author thinks that Miriam was __________.
A.
exhausted
B.
intelligent
C.
energetic
D.
depressed
3
5.
Which of the following statement was based on facts rather than on the author
‘
s pure thinking?
A.
Miriam cried herself to sleep.
B.
Miriam had bussed about all night.
C.
Miriam could only tell wasp larvae.
D.
Miriam had left the cards on the floor.
Careful Reading
–
Passage 2
The 35-year-old Beijing woman is watching an ad showing a giant television made by the Chinese company
Haier.
A
stream
of
introduction
for
the
television
floats
in
and
out
of
view,
including
one
about
receiving
electronic
over
the
tube.
A
surfer
rides
the
waves
between
skyscrapers,
his
wash
leaving
an
―
@
‖
in
the
water.
The
ad
is
―
too
direct
‖
,
she
tells
an
interviewer.
―
There
is
this
guy
talking,
telling
me
all
about
the
product, showing me some images.
We get it
–
but we don
‘
t like it.
‖
Since
a
Shanghai
television
station
aired
China
‘
s
first
TV
commercial
in
1979,
most
have
been
the
plain,
straightforward,
tell-the-name-of-the-product-and-what-it-does kind.
Those
started disappearing
the
U.S.
in
the
late 1960s in favor of more subtle pitches using irony and humor.
Now a study says Chinese commercials don
‘
t
have to talk down to consumers anymore either
–
at least the one-third of them living in China
‘
s prosperous cities,
and who most interest advertisers.
Even the Western agencies that win awards elsewhere for hip, inventive commercials usually keep it simple in
China.
After all this country only began
flirting with capitalism 20
years ago and is fairly new to advertising.
And to consumer culture, too.
China is still a developing nation where an income of just $$2,0000 a year qualifies
an urban household as middle- class.
On the other hand, city people who once aspired to own the
―
big three
‖
–
a
television, refrigerator and washing machine
–
have already moved up to DVD players and mobile phones.
And
with
a
population
of
1.3
billion,
the
world
‘
s
largest,
China
is
a
huge
market.
That
is
why
the
world
‘
s
largest
companies, from Coca-Cola to Procter $$ Gamble, are battling it out in China.
Advertisers spent more than $$500
million dollars through the first half of the year, estimates market researcher, making China the largest advertising
market in Asia after Japan.
The prevailing view of many of those advertisers and their agencies is that the Chinese don
‘
t yet get clever or
subtle advertising and they prefer a straightforward ad with lots of information.
But the April survey of almost
500 people in five China
‘
s largest cities discovered
―
a savvy urban population, tired of a diet of
?
boring
‘
ads and
hungry to be treated as the sophisticated decision-makers they are.
‖
In short, the Chinese appreciation of what
makes a good ad is no different from their counterparts anywhere else in the world.
1.
The 35-year-old woman was dissatisfied with the Haire TV because __________.
A.
there is too much misleading information about it
B.
its function is too similar to that of a computer
C.
its advertisement was too difficult to understand
D.
it has been advertised in a simple-minded way
2.
By
saying
that
―
Chinese
commercials
don
‘
t
have
to
talk
down
to
consumers
‖
,
the
author
suggests
that
__________.
A.
the plain and straight-forward way of advertising should be abolished
B.
it is not necessary to take up irony and humor in advertisement
C.
advertisers are more interested in how to attract the high-class citizens
D.
those disappearing in the U.S. may be just appropriate in China
3.
What can we learn about the consumer culture in China?
A.
It is not as complicated as that outside China.
B.
It has not been fully understood yet.
C.
Its influence on advertising is still limited.
D.
It is one of the most important products of capitalism
4.
The author will agree that China
‘
s middle-class households __________.
A.
are interested in inventive ads instead of simple ones
B.
earn less than the overseas middle-class households
C.
contribute most to China
‘
s consumer market
D.
no longer aspired to own the
―
the big three
‖
5.
The passage mainly intends to discuss __________.
A.
the most effective ways of advertising in China
B.
the development of advertising styles in China
C.
consumers
‘
view on the ads in China
D.
a misconception on the ads in China
4
Careful Reading
–
Passage 3
The HMS Ontario is one of the most famous shipwrecks and was discovered by two Rochester engineers Jim
Kennard, 64, who has spent more than half his life pursuing The HMS Ontario, along with Dan Scoville, 35, a
shipwreck
diver.
They
discovered
The
HMS
Ontario
deep
off
the
southern
shore
of
Lake
Ontario
when
side- scanning
sonar
system
that
Mr.
Kennard,
a
retired
Kodak
engineer,
designed
and
built
himself,
showed
a
picture of something deep in Lake Ontario. The location of the shipwreck had been unknown for 228 years.
Experien
ced
ship
wreck
divers
Jim
Kennard
and
Dan
Scoville
have
discovered
seven
of
Lake
Ontario‘s
estimated
500
shipwrecks
in
the
last
six
years
alone.
Jim
Kennard
also
designed
a
microwave-sized
remote
submersible that they deployed to go down and take the shipwreck‘s video. The shipwreck is quite deep in
Lake
Ontario, so the remote machine with video was very useful.
―Right away we saw the quarter gallery, the windows in the stern, the cannons,‖ said Jim Kennard. ―There
was no mistaking. That‘s when we started getting excited.‖ The discovery of the ship wreck was confirmed by The
HMS Ontario expert Canadian Arthur Britton Smith, who authored the definitive book on the HMS Ontario.
The loss of the HMS Ontario, is one of the worst-ever disasters recorded on Lake Ontario. In her time The
HMS Ontario was the most-feared ship on the Great Lakes. It was 1780 and the Yankees were threatening to storm
across Lake Ontario and seize Montreal from the British. But the intimidating 226-ton Ontario
–
22 cannons, two
80-foot masts, a beamy hull with cargo space for 1000 barrels, was intimidating. On Oct. 31, 1780, she sailed into
a storm with around 120 passengers on board and was never seen again. The British tried to keep the news of the
ship wreck hush hush.
The HMS Ontario appears to be in perfect shape and The HMS Ontario has aged remarkably well though
zebra mussels cover much of the woodwork. Leaning on a 45-degree angle, her masts still jut straight up from her
decks where several guns lie upside-down and a brass bell, brass cleats and the stern lantern are perfectly visible.
The Seven windows across her stern still have glass. Shipwrecks in cold freshwater are well preserved, that is why
great lakes shipwrecks are prized. At 500 feet deep, where the HMS Ontario lies, there is no light and no oxygen to
speed up the decomposition, and little marine life to feed on the wood.
There
was
no
evidence
of
the
roughly
113
Canadian
men,
women,
children
and
American
prisoners
who
went down with the ship - the passengers
–
mostly Canadian soldiers from the 34th regiment
–
were never found.
Nobody knows for sure how many passengers perished on the Ontario; the British kept their prisoner counts secret.
Out of worries over looting, Mr. Jim Kennard and Mr. Dan Scoville are not revealing The HMS Ontario‘s
location.
The
vessel
sits
in
water
up
to
500
feet
deep
and
cannot
be
reached by
anyone
other
than
experienced
divers. It is not believed to have any shipwreck treasure on it as was reported other than a few shipwreck coins that
belonged to the passengers.
Kennard
said
he
and
his
partner
have
gathered
enough
ship
wreck
video
of
the
ship
that
it
will
not
be
necessary to return to the site. He added that they hope to make a documentary about the discovery with the video
of the shipwreck.
The
Great
Lakes
host
many
shipwreck
locations
and
there
are
an
estimated
4,700
shipwrecks
in
total,
of
which 500 are in Lake Ontario. Freshwater shipwrecks are famous for their preservation of the vessels and make
popular diving spots.
1.
The two discoverers of the HMS Ontario saw its video __________.
A.
with the help of a scanning sonar system
B.
with the help of a remote submersible
C.
on an Ontario TV channel
D.
on a DVD about history
2.
The HMS Ontario was most probably a __________.
A.
cruise liner
B.
fishing boat
C.
war ship
D.
cargo ship
3.
Great Lakes shipwrecks are highly valued because __________.
A.
they are well protected against decomposition
B.
they need to be explored with high technology
C.
they are of great use to the research of history
D.
they have much well-preserved treasure on board
4.
What is Not true about the HMS Ontario?
A.
No trace of human being has been found in the shipwreck.
B.
The passengers were evacuated before the ship sank.
5
C.
The ship used to belong to the British Navy.
D.
There was not much treasure on the ship.
5.
What will Jim and Dan do with the HMS Ontario shipwreck?
A.
They will take it to the surface when they get more financial fund.
B.
They will make it a popular diving spot.
C.
They will reveal the location of the ship when the video is released.
D.
They will leave the shipwreck where it is.
6.
Which paragraph is Not about the finding of Jim and Dan?
A.
Paragraph 3.
B.
Paragraph 4.
C.
Paragraph 5.
D.
Paragraph 6.
Careful Reading
–
Passage 4
Self-Portrait with Straw Hat
(1887), a van Gogh self-portrait done in Paris, is one of his most intriguing yet
most neglecte
d works. The artist‘s
gloomy eyes stare out from his face in half- profile, facing to the left, and the
world- weary
expression
initially
appears
to
support
the
view
of
critics
such
as
James
Risser,
who
explains
van
Gogh‘s self
-portraits as a sustained search for identity.
Self-Portrait
with
Straw
Hat
(1887)
initially
appears
to
comply
with
Risser‘s
evaluation.
In
this
work,
the
painter depicted himself wearing a jumper of intense blue before a background done almost entirely in gray but
with noticeable blurs of blue
—
most notably in the top right corner. Overall the painting appears to be unfinished, a
hastily done portrait that the painter abandoned to create more lasting works.
In its incomplete state we can precisely read ―an unfinished life,‖ and in the wi
ld strokes of casual blue in the
background and splashed across the artist‘s garments we are instantly confronted with the sense of growing ―more
and more out of control.‖
But is this an accurate evaluation? On the one hand, Risser seems to have legitimate cause for envisioning van
Gogh‘s self
-portrait as psychological self-
analysis, a painting that ―reveals an emotional intensity hiding beneath
the
surface‖.
But
is
the
chaotic
surface
effect
of
the
blue
in
this
painting
actually
a
form
of
self
-criticism,
the
artist‘s
own
intense
and
emotional
despair
over
his
loss
of
control—
or
is
it
representative
of
an
underlying
aesthetic whose focus is not the painter himself? An intriguing alternative exists: van Gogh may not have painted
the self-portraits as psychoanalytical evaluations of himself, but instead merely as experiments in technique. The
artist often stated that he painted himself only because he lacked other models, a view found in the critical work of
both
Richard
Kendall
and
T.J.
Shackelford.
Perhaps,
then,
van
Gogh
was
not
trying
to
learn
about
himself
but
about
art
as
a
whole
while
painting
these
portraits
and
hence
we
ought
to
read
the
self-portraits
as
a
series
of
statements about art itself. The key to this analysis may be a careful exploration of the special color symbolism van
Gogh attached to the color blue. Unlike our everyday association of blue with melancholy or
boredom, the artist
imagined
blue
as
a
symbol
for
the
infinite
or
the
limitless.
Such
a
view
calls
into
question
the
idea
that
self-
portraits such as van Gogh‘s
Self-Portrait with Straw Hat
(1887) were a psychological profile of the artist‘s
melancholy or despair. Instead, when we consider blue‘s special symbolic role as the infinite in van Gogh‘s Paris
self-portraits, we discover a ne
w narrative describing the painter‘s own aesthetic: his insistence that the future of
art lay in expressive rather than realistic methods.
1.
What does James Risser think of van Gogh
‘
s self- portraits?
A.
Different self- portraits represent van Gogh
‘
s different attitude towards life.
B.
Many of his self-portraits have been neglected by critics.
C.
Van Gogh sought for identity through all his self-portraits.
D.
Van Gogh expressed his weariness of the world in most of his self-portraits.
2.
Which description is mentioned in the second paragraph about van Gogh
‘
s Self-portrait with a Straw Hat?
A.
The painting is not well done.
B.
The painting mainly used gray.
C.
The painter used blue but erased it later.
D.
The portrait showed a depressed emotion.
3.
Who felt that the self-portrait showed
―
an unfinished life
‖
?
A.
Van Gogh himself.
B.
Risser
‘
s opponents.
C.
The author.
D.
James Risser.
4.
According to Richard Kendall and T.J. Shackelford, the Self- portrait with a Straw Hat may not have anything
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to do with __________.
A.
van Gogh
‘
s painting technique
B.
the symbolism of color
C.
the psychological analysis of the painter
D.
the painter
‘
s aesthetic
5.
According to van Gogh himself, his self-portraits were intended to be __________.
A.
narrative
B.
expressive
C.
analytic
D.
artistic
Careful Reading
–
Passage 5
It took me a decade to realize that the world has no shortage of fashion designers who are capable of making
trendy, elegant, sexy and sophisticated garments, but that it is badly in need of, simply, clothes designers. My own
definitions
would
set
fashion
and
clothing
greatly
apart.
It
is
a
fact
that,
in
the
world
of
metropolitan
shopping
malls and
high-end
boutiques,
there
are
plenty
of
beautiful
garments
whose
very
unpredictability
make
our
life
colorful, and compel a multitude of desires. You are almost convinced: you can buy whatever you dare to think.
As
experience
grew
with
age,
my
attraction
to
art
became
ever
stronger.
The
world
of
art
revealed
new
spiritual prospects, a food for the heart and the sense of happiness that comes from catching sight of a friend from
a past life. My journeys into the remote countryside, far away from urban life, carry me to deeper thoughts and
explorations of the values of life. I am no longer satisfied by the practical and ornamental functions of clothing that
are changing in modality, nor breakthroughs in form, much less does the drive for reputation or profit enter into my
work. I yearn strongly for clothing to stand as does paint to the painter, as does stone to the sculptor, as a simple
and particular language of an individual creation, which draws the audience from an appreciation of the surface to
deeper thoughts and conversations with the world of the soul. I have a strong desire to explore the mental life and
spiritual world of human beings. And through the works of hand that have touched me deeply, I believe that the
most sublime and most meaningful creative motives should arise through caring for other people, the ultimate care
of humanity
—
a concern for human feeling and spirituality. This includes love, but it is bigger than love, and it is
unconditional. I believe the greatest works of art can touch the deepest and strongest parts of human feeling and
the world of the spirit, and only these works can be the memories of history, preserving the most valuable feelings
that have ever existed, and inspiring a greater awareness of ourselves.
I am not satisfied if people only appreciate clothing if it makes them happy, or visually appealing, or merely
serves
their
needs.
I
believe
clothing
could
be
a
specific
creative
language,
and
has
infinite
possibilities
for
communicating
ideas
and
transmitting
thoughts,
for
inspiring
you
and
shaping
your
behavior.
The
spiritual
qualities
which
I
pursue
stand
in
complete
opposition
to
the
trends
of
modern
fashion
What
I
find
profoundly
engaging
are
the
primitive
eras
of
human
history,
when
people
held
nature
in
the
deepest
reverence
and
made
objects of the utmost simplicity. Those crafts fashioned out of necessity, and not by the hands of celebrated masters,
possess a power that can endure across the ages. These designs may still resonate through the millennia and arrest
the values of contemporary fashion. This is what I have pursued, for clothing to return to its original simplicity. For
our sensibilities which have been over- stimulated by fashion, we must regain a natural sense of clothing. Genuine
fashion today should not follow the glamor of trends. It should instead uncover the extraordinary in the ordinary,
for I believe that the ultimate luxury is not the price of the clothing, but its spirit.
1.
According to the author, the fundamental factor a fashion designer needs to consider is __________.
A.
the unpredictability of the clothing
B.
the desires of the consumers
C.
the creation of the clothing itself
D.
the shifting trend in fashion
2.
The author
‘
s desire for art was inspired by __________.
A.
the life of one of his friends
‘
B.
his experience as a designer
C.
his journey in the countryside
D.
the consumers
‘
changed need
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3.
Which of the following is of least interest to the author in his designing work?
A.
The functions of clothing.
B.
The spirit implied in clothing.
C.
The appreciation of the consumers.
D.
The prospect of reputation and profit.
4.
By saying
―
This includes love
‖
(Sentence 7, Paragraph 2), the author regards love as __________.
A.
that can be achieved through the works of hand
B.
a form of concern for human feeling and spirituality
C.
the most important component of the spiritual world
D.
one of the most sublime and meaningful creative motives
5.
The author indicated that the primitive crafts were made as a result of __________.
A.
respect for nature
B.
simplicity
C.
necessity
D.
spiritual pursuit
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Fast Reading --
Passage 1
Secrets of Grade-A Parents
Helping your child get ahead at school starts at home
When
Carey
Graham
started
Grade
One,
he
got
a
very
special
teacher.
―She
recognized
my
passion
for
learning,
”
says the now 20-year-old.
―Every morning we‘
d sit down with workbooks and do writing and math
exercises. And any time during the day, she could always be counted on to read to me. She always encouraged me
to learn all I could about everything.‖
This extraordinary teacher was his mom, Jeanne Lambert, who homeschooled Graham until high school.
He‘
s
now in his second year in the University of Toronto‘
s Peace and Conflict Studies program, having received a
provincial ―Aiming for the Top‖scholarship. Graham is considering a law degree or a master‘
s in political science
down the road. He attributes his academic success to the foundation laid by his parents.
―They
understood
the
importance
of
reacting
to
a
child‘
s
interests,
”
says
Graham.―Every
opportunity
—
whether
building
an
addition
to
our
house
or
a
family
trip
outside
—
was
used
to
enhance
my
learning.‖
While Graham‘
s
type of education is becoming more and more popular, most people can‘
t give up the
time or income to teach their kids at home, and many are more confident in mainstream schooling. But even if you
send your kids off on the school bus every morning, you can still give them many of the benefits of homeschooling.
After
all,
you‘
ve
been teaching
your children successfully
since
infancy, and that teaching role doesn‘
t end just
because a child is in school. Pa
rents need to remind themselves that no matter how qualified their child‘
s teacher,
they are the ones who know their child best
—
what motivates and excites him, when he has the energy to learn.
―You
can‘
t
be
a
parent
without
being
a
teacher,
”
says
Bruce
Arai,
a
professor
in
the
Department
of
Sociology and Anthropology at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.
―Perhaps the most important teaching in a child‘
s life is done by his parents, not by some professional with
certificates,
”
he says.
Home
schooling isn‘
t about sitting your kids down in the kitchen and teaching them in the formal sense,
says Arai, but about ―making sure the resources and opportunities for learning are available to them.‖ And that, any
parent can do.
Here, then, are some methods that parents who would never consider homeschooling can pick up from
those who do.
Lesson 1
Think Outside the Classroom
―Education can take place anywhere,
”
says homeschooler Gina Rozon of La Ronge, Sask.
When her ten- year-old daughter, L
iana, became interested in rocks, Rozon didn‘
t just consult a book for
information. ―I phoned some friends until I found somebody who knew somebody who knew somebody who was
married to a geologist (
地质学家
).
He was happy to come over and examine Liana‘
s rocks with her. He also told
us about his job at a mine and the education required to do it.‖
When homeschooler Kerri Paquette, a mother of six, was building a house in Lansdowne, she saw it as
a learning opportunity.
―They learned math as we measured,
about soil as we dug the foundation, about water while we did the
plumbing,
and
about
electricity
when
we
did
the
electrical
work.
My
children
make
the
subjects
come
alive
as
much I do,
”
says Paquette.
Her kids, aged three to 13, continue to view the
world as their classroom. They study food and plant
growth through their organic garden. They learn about cows by talking to the neighboring farmers. And they learn
math,
measuring
and
science
while
helping Paquette
cook.
―The other day
my
nine
-year-old,
Maddison,
started
learning a new educational computer program. The section on fractions was all new, but she knew it from when we
bake.‖ Every activity, says Paquette, can include a lesson.
Lesson 2
Eliminate Learning Limits
A teacher with a class of 25
students can‘
t continue a unit on, say, the body just because one child is still
keen
—
but you can.
―We don‘
t
have a time frame that restricts our investigations, and we don‘
t have a daily schedule,
”
says
Linda Clement, who homeschools her two daughters in Victoria. When her 14-year-old showed an interest in the
human body, the curious student read dozens of relevant books and surfed web sites. Janet‘
s curiosity took her in
all
sorts
of
directions:
a
dictionary
of
poisons
and
antidotes,
an
encyclopedia
of
medicine,
books
about
human
personality and much more.
The
benefit
to
your
child
goes
beyond
a
thorough
knowledge
of
a
subject.
Studying
deeply
a
topic
builds independent research skills and a love of learning.
―If my children are interested in
a subject,
”
says Clement, ―we can go as far into the subject, answering
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