When a rather dirty, poorly dressed person kneels at your feet and puts out his hands to beg _36____a few coins, do you hurry on, not ___37___ what to do, or do you feel sad and hurriedly ___38___ some money? What should our attitude__39__ beggars be? There can be no question that the world is full of terribly sad stories． It ___40___ be terrible to have no idea where our next meal is going to come from． It seems ___41___ not to give some money to beggars．
__42____, most of the world’s great religions order us to be open-hearted and ___43__what we have with those less lucky than ourselves． But has the world changed? Maybe what was morally right in the old days, ___44___ one knew exactly who in the village had suffered misfortune and needed help, is no longer the best idea． Quite a few people will not give to beggars． Let us look at their ___45__．
First, some believe that many city beggars dress up ___46___ to look pitiable and actually make a good ___47___ from begging． Giving to beggars only encourages this sort of evil（惡行）． __48___, there is the worry that the money you give will be spent on beer, wine or drugs． Thirdly, there is the opinion__49____there is no real excuse for begging． One might be poor, but that is no reason for losing one’s sense of ___50___ and self-dependence．
Related to this is the opinion that the problem should be handled by the government __51____ordinary people． Some people think beggars should go to the local government department and __52____ help．
It is hard to come to any final conclusion: there are various __53___and we must __54___ them differently． A few coins can save a life in some situations, and even if the money is wasted, that does not take away the moral goodness of the__55____．
小題1:
A．toB．withC．a(chǎn)tD．for
小題2:
A．knowingB．expectingC．demandingD．settling
小題3:
A．put awayB．hand overC．take inD．get out
小題4:
A．a(chǎn)tB．inC．overD．towards
小題5:
A．mustB．canC．needD．might
小題6:
A．warm-heartedB．generousC．cruelD．considerate
小題7:
A．StrangelyB．HonestlyC．CertainlyD．Surprisingly
小題8:
A．giveB．donateC．shareD．contribute
小題9:
A．whyB．whenC．whatD．how
小題10:
A．a(chǎn)rgumentsB．quarrelsC．sayingsD．talks
小題11:
A．on showB．on purposeC．for funD．by accident
小題12:
A．moneyB．comfortC．livingD．decision
小題13:
A．SecondlyB．SurelyC．PossiblyD．Then
小題14:
A．whatB．whetherC．thatD．which
小題15:
A．goodnessB．prideC．securityD．responsibility
小題16:
A．rather thanB．or ratherC．other thanD．but also
小題17:
A．produceB．receiveC．earnD．offer
小題18:
A．casesB．eventsC．conditionsD．states
小題19:
A．go withB．communicate withC．deal withD．meet with
小題20:
A．giverB．receiverC．villagerD．government

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:A
小題6:C
小題7:C
小題8:C
小題9:B
小題10:A
小題11:B
小題12:C
小題13:A
小題14:C
小題15:B
小題16:A
小題17:B
小題18:A
小題19:C
小題20:A

試題分析：本文介紹在街上遇到行乞的人，要不要給他們錢，不同的人有不同的觀點。
小題1:考查介詞： beg for sth. 是一個固定的詞組，意思是乞討東西。選D。
小題2:考查動詞：A.knowing知道B．expecting期望C．demanding要求D．settling解決，根據(jù)句意，這里的意思是：你是否匆匆走過，不知道怎么辦。選A。
小題3:考查詞組： put away 的意思是放好；hand over 的意思是遞過去；take in 的意思是吸收或者欺騙；get out 的意思是滾出去。根據(jù)文章的意思，意思是你感覺很難過并急忙遞過去一些錢。選B。
小題4:考查介詞： attitude 和 towards 是固定搭配。選D。
小題5:這里考查的是情態(tài)動詞表猜測的用法。本句是肯定句，所以can 不合適。而根據(jù)句意，當(dāng)你不知道你的下頓飯在何方的時候，那生活肯定是非常悲慘的，所以要選擇確定的 must，而不是might，因為might 一般都不是很確定。選A。
小題6:考查形容詞：A.warm-hearted熱心腸的，B．generous大方的，C．crue殘忍的，D．considerate考慮周到的，根據(jù)上下文句意。不給乞丐錢似乎是殘忍的，選C。
小題7:考查副詞：A.Strangely奇怪地B．Honestly誠實地C．Certainly當(dāng)然D．Surprisingly令人驚訝地，這里是表示肯定的意思，因為世界上偉大的宗教肯定是要信徒向善的，多做好事。選C。
小題8:考查詞組： share...with...是固定搭配。選C。
小題9:這里考查的是定語從句中關(guān)系副詞的用法。先行詞是old days，定語從句缺少地點狀語，用when引導(dǎo)定語從句。選B。
小題10:考查名詞： arguments 的意思是論點；quarrels 的意思是爭吵，吵架；sayings 的意思是名言； talks 的意思是閑談。根據(jù)句子意思，A 選項是正確答案。
小題11:考查詞組的意思。但on show 的意思是在展出中；on purpose 的意思是故意； for fun 是娛樂； by accident 碰巧。選B。
小題12:考查固定詞組： make a living 是固定搭配，意思是謀生，養(yǎng)活自己，符合句意。選C。
小題13:考查副詞：A.Secondly第二B．Surely 當(dāng)然C．Possibly可能地D．Then然后，根據(jù)上文的first�？芍xA。
小題14:考查同位語從句。同位詞是opinion，后面是opinion的內(nèi)容，選C。
小題15:考查名詞：A.goodness好意B．pride驕傲C．security安全D．responsibility責(zé)任根據(jù)句意。一個人可以貧困，但是不能失去自尊和自立。選B。
小題16:考查詞組意思。rather than 的意思是“而不是”；or rather 的意思是確指，表示進(jìn)一步明確；other than 的意思是除…以外；but also 一般和not only 連用，意思是不但…而且…。這里需要的是rather than，表示問題應(yīng)該有政府解決而不是個人。選A。
小題17:考查動詞：A.produce生產(chǎn)B．receive收到C．earn掙錢D．offer提供，句子的意思是乞丐應(yīng)該找政府部門尋求幫助，指客觀上得到幫助。選B。
小題18:考查名詞：case 在這里表示的意思是情況，而condition 表示情況是不可數(shù)名詞，可數(shù)情況下condition 的意思是條件。選A。
小題19:考查詞組： go with 意思是與…相配；而communicate with 意思是與某人交流；deal with 的意思是處理，符合句子意思。meet with 的意思是偶爾碰到。選C。
小題20:考查名詞：A.giver給與者B．receiver接受者C．villager村民D．government政府根據(jù)句意，即使錢浪費了，可是給予者的善良是不會被帶走的。選A。
點評：本文是議論文，作者分析透徹，反映的道理深刻，從選項中可以看出，本大題主要還是考查了詞匯的辨析與運用，但更加注重綜合語言能力的運用，需要根據(jù)上下文，了解詞匯用法的同時，結(jié)合語境，做出準(zhǔn)確的判斷。
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Celebrity(名人) has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption(消費) on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product. Besides, fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover because they don’t sell nearly as well as famous faces. As a result, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for others’ products to developing their own.
Celebrity clothing lines aren’t a completely new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers, and limited to a few TV actresses. Today  they’re started by first-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top brands. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their production scale rapidly, covering almost all the products of daily life.
However, for every success story, there’s a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal. No matter how famous the product’s origin is, if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the initial(最初的) attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty(忠誠) returning to tried-and-true labels.
Today, celebrities face even more severe embarrassment. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. Each misstep threatens to reduce a celebrity’s shelf life, and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears. Still, the ego’s(自我的) potential for expansion is limitless. Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition, many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers might last only a short time, but fashion—like celebrity—has always been temporary.
小題1:Fashion magazines today         .
A．seldom put models on the cover
B．no longer put models on the cover
C．need not worry about celebrities’ market potential
D．judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly
小題2:A change in the consumer market can be found today that         .
A．price rather than brand name is more concerned
B．producers prefer models to celebrities for advertisements
C．producers prefer TV actresses to film stars for advertisements
D．quality rather than the outside of products is more concerned
小題3:The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 indicates that any wrong step will possibly         .
A．decrease the popularity of a celebrity and the sales of his products
B．damage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general public
C．cut short the artistic career of a celebrity in show business
D．influence the price of a celebrity’s products
小題4:The passage is mainly about         .
A．celebrity and personal styleB．celebrity and market potential
C．celebrity and fashion designD．celebrity and clothing industry

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解


Sir,
Just over six months ago, I saw an advertisement in the Morning Mail for a set of the complete works of William Shakespeare. Your company, Cosmo books Ltd., offered this set (eight books of plays and two books of poetry) at what was claimed to be a ‘remarkable’ price: fifteen pounds and fifty pence, including postage and packing. I had wanted a set of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for some time, and these books, in red imitation leather, looked particularly attractive; so I sent for them.
Two weeks later, the books arrived, together with a set of the complete works of Charles Dickens which I had not ordered. So I returned the Dickens books to you, with a cheque for fifteen pounds and fifty pence for the works of Shakespeare. Two more weeks passed. Then there arrived on my door step a second set of the works of Shakespeare, the same set of novels by Dickens and a six book set of the plays of Moliere, in French. Since I do not read French, these were of no use to me at all. However, I could not afford to post all these books back to you, so I wrote to you at the end of August of last year, instructing you to come and collect all the books that I did not want, and asking you not to send any other books until further notice.
You did not reply to that letter. Instead you sent me a bill for forty two pounds, and a set of the plays of Schiller, in German. Since then, a new set of books has arrived every two weeks, the works of Goethe, the poems of Milton, the plays of Strindberg; I hardly know what I have. The books are still all in their boxes, in the garage, and my car has to stand in the rain outside.
I have no room for any more books, and even if I read from now until the Last Judgment, I should not finish reading all the books that you have sent me.
Please send no more books, send no more bills, send no more angry letters demanding payment. Just send one large lorry and take all the books away, leaving me only with the one set of the complete works of Shakespeare for which I have paid.
Yours faithfully,
SIMON WALKER
小題1: Simon Walker wrote the letter to ________
A．urge for the final solution to the problem with the unwanted books.
B．complain about getting books he didn’t want.
C．a(chǎn)dvise readers not to order books from Cosmo Books Ltd..
D．show his anger to Cosmo Books Ltd..
小題2: The advertisement that Mr. Walker saw in the Morning Mail was for ________
A．unlimited number of Cosmo Books.
B．fifteen pounds and fifty pence.
C．a(chǎn) set of 10 books of the works of Shakespeare.
D．a(chǎn) book containing all the plays and poems of Shakespeare.
小題3:Mr. Walker answered the advertisement because ________
A．he claimed that the books were being offered at a remarkable price.
B．he wanted a set of Shakespeare’s works which was a good bargain
C．he had ordered the set and had been waiting for them to come for some time.
D．the set he already had was not particularly attractive.
小題4: It can be inferred that _______
A．Cosmo Books have sent bills for books that they have not sent.
B．Several sets of books have been sent to Mr. Walker free of charge.
C．Mr. Walker hasn’t received the books that he ordered.
D．Mr. Walker took some action after receiving the books he did not order.
小題5:. The tone of the letter is that of _______
A．bitternessB．respectC．humorD．a(chǎn)nnoyance

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