Taking too many pills will () you problems.
A.affect
B.convey
C.cause
D.influence
A.affect
B.convey
C.cause
D.influence
第1题
The ad has great appeal. It pictures a handsome man sitting at a piano in front of smiling guests. It tells the story of Jack, who has secretly learned to play the piano through a mail-order course. His friends at a party all scoff when he sits at the keyboard. But as he plays the first notes of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata, " they all amazed. When he finishes his flawless performance, the listeners shower him with applause and praise.
Jack tells his friends that he learned to play through the V. S. School of Music. He explains that he was taught through a new method, using no laborious scales and no tiresome practicing. He didn't even have a special talent for music! In the ad, others, too, could increase their popularity and gain happiness.
The writer of this ad, John Gaples, called this style. the "Walter Mitty approach." Walter Mitty is a character in a short story by James Thurber, who daydreams of taking part in great adventures. Although this ad seems old-fashioned now, many people still dream of such easy social success.
The opening sentence catches your attention by______.
A.surprising you
B.describing a humorous situation
C.ridiculing someone
D.appealing to people's dreams of personal success
第2题
In 1963, a Grade 8 student named Tom Sims【C4】______ a ski-board for a school project in New Jersey. Then in 1966, a man named Sherman Poppen【C5】______ two skis together for his kids on Christmas day. He called his invention "the Snurfer," which 【C6】______ the words "snow" and "surf". In 1969, Jack Burton Carpenter received a【C7】______for Christmas. He soon began designing boards, and today "Burton" is a popular【C8】______of snowboard.
By the 1980s, snowboarding had become very popular.【C9】______, most ski resorts did not allow snowboarding because they thought it was too【C10】______. Since many snowboarders were young, many older skiers did not want them on the ski hills. The snowboarders had to go to the backcountry, 【C11】______ patrolled (有巡逻的) resorts.
Rejection at the resorts did not【C12】______snowboarding from growing in popularity. Eventually, the owners of ski resorts changed their views. They 【C13】______that they could make more money by allowing snowboarding. One by one, the resorts【C14】______ to welcome snowboards. Today, many resorts even set【C15】______special areas where snowboarders can practice their creative tricks.
【C1】
A.spreading
B.popular
C.ordinary
D.interesting
第3题
A.so much
B.too much
C.so
D.too
第4题
第5题
Which of the following is NOT required for entering most private schools. A. entrance examinations B. taking part in many activities C. GPA D. college prep classes
第6题
第7题
A.went through
B.went after
C.went by
D.went for
第8题
The reason why some people are unlikely to succeed in life is that they__________ .
A.have ruined their talents
B.have taken on an unsuitable job
C.think of nothing but their salary
D.are not aware of their own potential
第9题
完成下列各题 A Eating disorders(混乱)is very common now.“When I first wrote about this,the problem was pretty much hidden…I didn’t expect ii to get:as bad as it is,”Susie Orbach,all intema’tional authority(权威)on eating disorders,said. Orbach must at times think the anti-diet message of her book“Fat is a Feminist(女权主义的)Issue(问题)”has been lost since it was written more than 20 years ago. Girls,boys,old people-even the famously well-rounded female(女性)population of Fiji is failing victim(牺牲品)to fat fears."If anything.the situation has got much,much worse.We nOW have kids as young aseight and women in old people’s homes worried about the way they look," Orbach said. Even though it has been proved that repeated dieting results in a little more than regaining most of the lost weight, constant dieting(节食)has become a way of life for many women.48 per cent of British women aged 25 t0 35 were on some kind of diet and that 20 per cent of young wonen dieted all or most of time.Some of them said they would pop a pill to give them their beautiful shape.even if it meant risking their health. Worldwide,70 million people have an eating disorder.Most are women,but men are increasingly affected,too. More than half the women and two-thirds of the men in Britain weigh too much,while in the United States more than one quarter of adults and about one in five children are overweight.The idea that female beauty is a very thin body could be changed,if clothing factories and magazines showed images(形象)of women of an shapes instead of selecting skeletal-like models and stick.thin actresses. But that is easier said than done. To get her message across.Orbach is also considering talking to pop stars such as Victoria Beckham and Geri Halliwell,both of whom have admitted(承认)having suffered from eating disorders. According to Susie Orbach,________.
A.nobody had suffered from eating disorders 20 years before
B.eating disorders had become much commoner than before
C.eating disorders shouldn’t have become so common as it was
D.Victoria Beckham and Geri Halliwell hadn’t suffered from eating disorders
第10题
Many wealthy people don't want to leave too much'behind mainly because
A. it is not easy for them to make their fortunes
B. they want their children to make their own way
C. they just wish their children to have a comfortable life
D. they hope to gain reputation by donating their wealth