黃岡二輪新思維完形填空

　　Ex

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　　BRITISH newspapers are among the oldest and most famous in the world.

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　　recently big changes have seen these traditional publications try to

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　　the modern world. After 216 years, The Times has halved its

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　　to become much smaller. In fact, the paper

　　has

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　　its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid.

　　In Britain the newspaper market is

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　　between the larger broadsheets and the smaller tabloids. These terms

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　　the size of the papers' pages but there is also a clear

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　　in content. Broadsheets such as The Times, the Guardian and Daily Telegraph are

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　　papers. They cover a broad range of political, economic and international issues. Their stories are also

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　　long and use quite formal language.

　　Tabloids have far more stories about

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　　seri- ous issues such as celebrities' love lives. Their stories are shorter and use more simple language. Tabloids of-ten have bigger pictures. Britain's

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　　newspaper, the Sun, is a tabloid and has a naked

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　　on page three every day.

　　By

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　　to the size of a tabloid, The Times is following in the footsteps of a less

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　　broadsheet paper the Independent.

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　　changed to tabloid last year and saw its sales increase

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　　. Although both papers have

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　　to the smaller size, the content of the papers has

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　　the same. They are both still se-rious papers.

　　The two papers claim that people

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　　the smaller size easier to handle when they travel to work on the bus or the train in the morning.

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　　says its new size is "compact", not tabloid.

　　1. A. Then

　　B. So

　　C. And

　　D. But

　　2. A. match

　　B. suit

　　C. fit

　　D. change

　　3. A. length

　　B. size

　　C. width

　　D. thickness

　　4. A. cut

　　B. added

　　C. enlarged

　　D. printed

　　5. A. devided

　　B. separated

　　C. arranged

　　D. marked

　　6. A. turn into

　　B. refer to

　　C. think about

　　D. connect with

　　7. A. meaning

　　B. mark

　　C. difference

　　D. sign

　　8. A. old

　　B. interesting

　　C. modern

　　D. serious

　　9. A. possibly

　　B. especially

　　C. reasonably

　　D. not

　　10. A. more

　　B. less

　　C. even

　　D. quite

　　11. A. best-selling B. good-looking C.slow-moving D. ugly-looking

　　12. A. line

　　B. page

　　C. paragraph

　　D. edition

　　13. A. going

　　B. getting

　　C. changing

　　D. coming

　　14. A. important

　　B. welcoming

　　C. helpful

　　D. famous

　　15. A. It

　　B. This

　　C. That

　　D. They

　　16. A. slowly

　　B. greatly

　　C. little

　　D. usually

　　17. A. halved

　　B. made

　　C. switched

　　D. cut

　　18. A. become

　　B. found

　　C. left

　　D. remained

　　19. A. find

　　B. hope

　　C. expect

　　D. agree

　　20. A. The Independent

　　B. The Times

　　C. The Guardion

　　D. Daily Telegraph

　　Ex. 2

　　The half-empty coffee cups, still standing next to their plates, tell of a morning like any other. And yet, that grey covering of dust that everything

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　　tells a different story: it tells of screams, tears, terror and

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　　. Now the restaurant in the World Trade Center will

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　　again serve breakfast. And never again will all those people go there to eat or

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　　. So many people whose faces we associate with life and liveliness are gone

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　　.

　　So many words remain

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　　, and so much happiness has been destroyed. In their places are tear-stained faces.

　　My generation has seen this. On Monday, a fight with my sister, a bad grade and homework

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　　to be the biggest problems in the world. Tonight, so many across the country know that America's pain is at its

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　　ever.

　　We have

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　　World WarⅡBut to most of us students, that's an event on a textbook

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　　that would never happen" today.

　　After all, this was a time of

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　　and wealth—the United States was powerful and successful. There would be no more wars, and we were

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　　to live in such a time.

　　But when those planes

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　　; when firefighters with

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　　on their faces ran among the parts of the building that had fallen; when people

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　　for their family members; when history was unfolding before our eyes, in full, clear color--then we knew the world had been changed.

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　　how many human beings turned to ashes in a second, and seeing some jump from the buildings, I know that my generation is growing up in a world where

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　　can still be evil.

　　But seeing those heroes risk their lives among the castle-like ruins, and seeing the

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　　blood donors(捐獻(xiàn)者) at the hospitals, my generation has learned that tears are allowed,

　　that mankind can also be

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　　,and that the ghost of evil never

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　　the spirit of good.

　　:

　　1. A. dresses

　　B. gets

　　C. wears

　　D. covers

　　2. A. blood

　　B. surprise

　　C. laugh

　　D. cry

　　3. A. still

　　B. never

　　C. hardly

　　D. seldom

　　4. A. work

　　B. drive

　　C. play

　　D. swim

　　5. A. yesterday

　　B. tonight

　　C. last night

　　D. this morning

　　6. A. unknown

　　B. untold

　　C. unchanged

　　D. unsaid

　　7. A. turned

　　B. had

　　C. got

　　D. seemed

　　8. A. least

　　B. worst

　　C. best

　　D. most

　　9. A. experienced

　　B. known

　　C. read about

　　D. seen

　　10. A. text

　　B. lesson

　　C. copy

　　D. page

　　11. A. tears

　　B. terror

　　C. peace

　　D. health

　　12. A. unlucky

　　B. promising

　　C. convenient

　　D. lucky

　　13. A. fell

　　B. landed

　　C. hit

　　D. exploded

　　14. A. terror

　　B. surprise

　　C. joy

　　D. smile

　　15. A. called

　　B. screamed

　　C. died

　　D. reached

　　16. A. Knowing

　　B. Tellin

　　C. Hearing

　　D. Remembering

　　17. A. everyone

　　B. nobody

　　C. mankind

　　D. our country

　　18. A. unwilling

　　B. eager

　　C. happy

　　D. curious

　　19. A. beautiful

　　B. terrible

　　C. terrified

　　D. hopeful

　　20. A. hurt

　　B. beat

　　C. wins

　　D. defeats

　　Ex. 3

　　Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the world's attention last week. March 22 was World Water Day and

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　　the theme "Water for Life".

　　There are more than one billion people in the world who live without

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　　drinking water. The United Nations

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　　to cut this number in half by 2024.

　　Solving such a big problem seems like

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　　chal-lenge. But everyone,

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　　teenagers, can do some-thing to help. A teenage girl in the US has set an exam-ple to

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　　of her age around the world.

　　Rene Haggerty, 13, was awarded the 2004 Gloria Barron Prize for her work

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　　discarded batteries which pollute water.

　　In 2003, Haggerty went on a field trip to the Great Lakes Science Centre in Ohio. There, she saw an ex-hibit about how

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　　in old batteries harm the water of Lake Erie.

　　Haggerty learnt that

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　　the batteries was an easy solution. "I think everybody can do it, because everyone

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　　batteries, and it can make a bigdiffer-ence. " With these words, she began to

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　　aware-ness in her area.

　　She

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　　her county government and school board. She got permission to start a recycling pro-gramme in schools

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　　the public library, hospital, and churches. With help from her family, friends and local waste-management

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　　, she gathered contain-ers, arranged transportation, and made a(n)

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　　video.

　　Over the past two years, she collected four tons of batteries and drew the attention of officials, who were in charge of a battery recycling programme but had made

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　　progress.

　　When asked

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　　she feels like a hero Haggerty is quite

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　　. "Not really. Well, maybe for the fish I saved !"

　　Every year the Gloria Barron Prize

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　　young Americans aged 8 to 18 who have shown leadership and courage in

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　　the public and the planet. Each year ten winners receive US $ 2,000 each, to help with their education costs or their public service work.

　　1. A. had

　　B. gave

　　C. wrote

　　D. discussed

　　2. A. enough

　　B. safe

　　C. much

　　D. polluted

　　3. A. asks

　　B. orders

　　C. hopes

　　D. ensures

　　4. A. a great

　　B. a strong

　　C. an important

　　D. an unreal

　　5. A. especially

　　B. sometimes

　　C. even

　　D. seldom

　　6. A. boys

　　B. others

　　C. students

　　D. grown-ups

　　7. A. collecting

　　B. selling

　　C. buying

　　D. using

　　8. A. things

　　B. chemicals

　　C. water

　　D. air

　　9. A. making

　　B. recycling

　　C. reducing

　　D. handling

　　10. A. uses

　　B. has

　　C. throws

　　D. needs

　　11. A. tell

　　B. increase

　　C. spread

　　D. inform

　　12. A. talked to

　　B. listened to

　　C. heard from

　　D. thought about

　　13. A. and

　　B. besides

　　C. as well as

　　D. as good as

　　14. A. officials

　　B. workers

　　C. clerks

　　D. experts

　　15. A. industrial

　　B. agricutural

　　C. scientific

　　D. educational

　　16. A, much

　　B. no .

　　C. some

　　D. little

　　17. A. if

　　B. how

　　C. when

　　D. why

　　18. A. pround

　　B. glad

　　C. modest

　　D. worried

　　19. A. praises

　　B. helps

　　C. supports

　　D. honours

　　20. A. benefiting

　　B. saving

　　C. serving

　　D. favouring

　　Ex. 4

　　Salsa is a musical type that has existed for many years and is still

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　　today. Salsa comes from Cuba, but many people

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　　that the Puerto Ricans who moved to the US

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　　the style of salsa we know today.

　　Because of political problems in the

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　　20th century, many people left Puerto Rico and settled in the US. Between 1915 and 1930, about 50,000 Puerto Ricans

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　　in the US. In 1917, a

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　　was passed that made people from Puerto Rico Americans move

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　　After this, Puerto Ricans were able to move

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　　between their home and the US mainland.

　　Between 1940 and 1969, about 800,000 Puerto Ri-cans moved to the US,

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　　to New York City and Miami. They brought with them their culture, style, and Latin rhythm (節(jié)拍). One style of music and dance they

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　　to the US was a mixture of Afro-Cuban rhythms and Puerto Rican traditional dance.

　　In New York,

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　　incorporated (little) American jazz, and the salsa we know today

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　　. During this time, sala music and dance, were popular in the New York City and around the US.