(08·湖南)
“This Friday we’ll have the yearly Egg Drop Challenge,”said our science teacher, Mr. Baker.“You can work alone or with a partner.”
My friend, Cassie, and I smiled at each other. We always worked on projects
36 .
The 37 of the Challenge was simple—to build a protective container to keep an egg from breaking when 38 the stadium wall.
I made my sandwich that afternoon while waiting for Cassie. 39 the butter cream gave me an idea.
“I have a brilliant design for our 40 container!”I said when Cassie arrived.“We can 41 the egg with some butter cream.”
“Why not put the egg in a basket with a parachute(降落傘) 42 ?”Cassie rolled her eyes.“The parachute is better than that stupid idea.”
I couldn’t believe it. Of course we’d had our little 43 in the past, but she’d never called any of my ideas “ 44 ”before.
“Then I’ll build mine and you build yours!”
45 words had been out, our friendship was challenged.
When Friday finally arrived, I had to 46 Cassie’s Egg Force One looked pretty good. 47 ,my Egg-cellent Egg Cream didn’t look quite scientific. We kids carried our containers up three stadium steps and dropped them over the side wall. Those whose eggs broke were out; those whose eggs survived 48 three more steps and dropped them again. This would go on till the last egg broke.
After four rounds, only Cassie and I were 49 .I let go of my box. I heard someone say “ew” after seconds. Had my egg broken? I raced down the 50 .The sidewalk was dotted with egg shells(蛋殼) from those 51 drops. Finally I found my little Egg-cellent Egg Gream.
“That looks like egg drop soup, Laura,”Cassie said. She was holding her Egg Force One. My 52 raced. Had she won? I looked at her basket. 53 .
“My egg bounced 54 ,”she explained, pointing to a broken shell.
“A tie(平局),”Mr.Baker said.
Cassie looked at me,and her glare 55 .I laughed. She smiled...
36.A.patiently B.silently C.together D.alone
37.A.function B.goal C.reason D.result
38.A.rolled down B.pushed against
C.thrown at D.dropped over
39.A.Spreading B.Boiling C.Baking D.Holding
40.A.butter B.sandwich C.cream D.egg
41.A.protect B.replace C.carry D.mix
42.A.followed B.covered C.attached D.supported
43.A.ideas B.fights C.worries D.challenges
44.A.wrong B.stupid C.brilliant D.scientific
45.A.Since B.While C.But D.And
46.A.explain B.deny C.admit D.prove
47.A.Therefore B.Anyway C.Otherwise D.Besides
48.A.paced down B.turned around
C.walked up D.went back
49.A.left B.wanted C.chosen D.discovered
50.A.steps B.way C.wall D.sidewalk
51.A.intended B.unexpected C.failed D.desired
52.A.eyes B.hands C.feet D.heart
53.A.Lost B.Dirty C.Broken D.Empty
54.A.around B.out C.in D.down
55.A.returned B.remained C.increased D.softened
科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解
(08·湖南D篇)
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 poducts 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.
69.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
70.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
71.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
72.The passage is mainly about .
A.celebrity and personal style
B.celebrity and market potential
C.celebrity and fashion design
D.celebrity and clothing industry
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Susan wanted to be independent of her parents.She tried _______ alone,but she didn’t like it and moved back home.(08年湖南卷)
A.living B.to live C. to be living D. having lived
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