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They'll never pick me, you thought. Three teenage kids torched a subway token booth after seeing the movie Money Train on cable television. They were caught at the scene red-handed, so they aren't claiming innocence. Instead, their defense is that the med

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They'll never pick me, you thought. Three teenage kids torched a subway token booth after seeing the movie Money Train on cable television. They were caught at the scene red-handed, so they aren't claiming innocence. Instead, their defense is that the media are the real culprits; Money Train and television made them do it.

You listen as the prosecutor tells you and your eleven colleagues that similar appeals have been rejected in the past. A boy in Florida named Ronnie Zamora killed an elderly neighbor and said he was just imitating Kojak. Some boys gang raped two little girls after seeing a similar attack on an NBC made-for-television movie, Born Innocent. Both times juries like yours refused to place the blame on the media) Millions of people had seen the same content, those juries reasoned, and they didn't kill anyone, rape anybody, or set fire to anything.

Then you listen to the defense. These are good kids. They've never been in trouble. But they'd seen thieves in the movie squirt a flammable liquid into a token booth and set it afire, causing the clerk to open the door to escape. The defendants did what the movie had taught them to do, only this time the clerk didn't get out in time. She was burned to death. The lawyer asks,

Where would these children have gotten such an idea? Their parents didn't teach them this. Why did they think it was possible? Why did they think no one would get hurt? The attorney then quotes former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole’s comments on the floor of the U.S. Senate after a series of similar attacks occurred when the movie was in the theaters. Those who work in Hollywood’s corporate suites must also be willing to accept their share of the blame, said the Republican who would eventually run for president. Is this how they want to make their livelihoods? Is this their contribution to society?

(1)They were caught at the scene red-handed⋯ (paragraph 1) means _______.

A、When they were caught, their hands were red

B、They were caught when they torched a subway token booth.

C、They were caught at the moment they saw a red hand.

D、They were caught by the police.

(2)In this case, the clerk in the subway token booth ______.

A、opened the door and escaped.

B、got out in time

C、was burned to death

D、was caught by the police

(3)The word attorney (paragraph 3) means______.

A、the judge

B、the lawyer

C、the jury

D、the defendant

(4)What’s Bob Dole’s attitude toward Hollywood’s corporate suites?

A、They accepted their share of the blame

B、They contributed a lot to the society.

C、They make their livelihoods in a right way.

D、They should be blamed.

(5)Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the defense?

A、The author believes that the media should not be blamed.

B、These are good kids and they’ve never been in trouble

C、The kids did what the movie had taught them to do

D、The kids thought no one would get hurt.

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1.There’s nothing like a beautiful summer dayblue skies, warm breezes, birds singing lie back and dream about your future. You have the world before you.Allow yourself to dream, and think big big as the sky. The world’s greatest achievers are some of the best dreamers. Walt Disney, Amelia Earhart, Henry Ford, Susan B. Anthony, Andrew Carnegie, and hundreds more, all had dreams.Then take the first step to make your dreams come true. Form. a goal and accomplish it. Create a new goal and accomplish it. Every time you set and achieve a goal, you’ll move one step closer toward building the future you want for yourself.When you achieve a target you’ve set for yourself, it helps build your self-confidence and teaches you self-discipline. Each goal you achieve will boost your confidence and help you set bigger goals for your future. Soon, you’ll find yourself moving on a path to success.Steps for reaching your dreams:It can be as easy as starting a savings account at your credit union. Give yourself a goal. First, what do you want to save for? It might be a new CD player, your first car, or college.Next, where will your savings come from? Will you use a portion of your allowance, or can you think of other ways to earn money?It’s okay to set small goals at first. In fact, that may be wise so you begin to understand the rewards and personal satisfaction that come from achieving your goals.You can keep your goals secret or share them with someone close to you who may help you stay on track.Another important step is to write your goal on paper. Post your written goal (or a photo of it) in your room where you can see it regularly. This will remind you of what you are working toward.Give yourself a pat on the back when you’ve achieved your goal and start thinking about your next personal challenge.Before you know it, you’ll be living your dreams.(1)What is the first step for reaching your dreams?A、To start a savings account.B、To give yourself a goal.C、To save money for something you want.D、All of the above.(2)To make dreams come true, how many steps are mentioned in the passage?A、Three.B、Four.C、Six.D、Seven.(3)Andrew Carnegie and Henry Ford are mentioned to show ___________.A、they all had dreamsB、they are greatest achievers in the worldC、we should dream and think bigD、we are achievers if we are dreamers(4)According to the passage, you praise and encourage yourself when you _________.A、have formed a goalB、have accomplished a goalC、build your self-confidenceD、are planning a personal goal(5)You’ll be living your dreams〃 means you’ll __________.A、live in your dreamsB、be dreamersC、reach your dreamsD、believe your dreams

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  • 第1题：

    Don't run so much. You'll ____ yourself before the game begins.

    A.exhaust

    B.exaggerate

    C.consume

    D.constrain


    参考答案：A

  • 第2题：

    I′m sorry I can′t see you immediately;but if you′d like to take a seat,I′ll?be with?you__________.

    A.for a moment
    B.in a moment
    C.for the moment
    D.at the moment

    答案：B
    解析：
    【考情点拨】考查词组词义辨析。【应试指导】句意：对不起，我不能马上见你；但是如果你坐下来等我的话，我过一会儿就可以。for a moment一会儿（表示时间段）；in a moment过一会儿：for the moment暂时；at the moment此时，此刻。

  • 第3题：

    Me,you是两个初始集合，则下列关于派生集合定义方式正确的是

    A．link/me,you/:a;

    B．link(me,you):a;

    C．link/me you/a;

    D．link(me,you)/a;


    link(me,you):a;

  • 第4题：

    49．—What about some drinks?

    —__________．

    A． Help， yourself

    B． Good idea

    C． You're welcome

    D． Me，too


    正确答案：B
    49．B【解析】句意t——来些饮料怎么样？——好主意。选项A的意思是“自用／随便吃”；选项D的意思“我也是”，两个选项均不符合题意;选项C是用来回答 Thank you的问题，故也排除。

  • 第5题：

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    Late-Night Drinking
    Coffee lovers beware.Having a quick"pick-me-up"cup of coffee late in the day will play havoc with your sleep .As well as being a stimulant,caffeine interrupts the flow of melatonin,the brain hormone that sends people into a sleep.
    Melatonin levels normally start to rise about two hours before bedtime. Levels then peak be-tween 2 am and 4 am,before falling again."It's the neurohormone that controls our sleep tells our body when to sleep and when to wake,"says Maurice Ohayon of the Stanford Sleep Epidemiology Research Center at Stanford University in California.But researchers in Israel have found that caf feinated coffee halves the body's levels of this sleep hormone.
    Lotan Shilo and a team at the Sapir Medical Center in Tel Aviv University found that six vol-unteers slept less well after a cup of caffeinated coffee than after drinking the same amount of de-caf. On average,subjects slept 336 minutes per night after drinking caffeinated coffee,compared with 415 minutes after decaf. They also took half an hour to drop offtwice as long as usual-and jigged around in bed twice as much.
    In the second phase of the experiment,the researchers woke the volunteers every three hours and asked them to give a urine sample.Shilo measured concentrations of a breakdown product of melatonin .The results suggest that melatonin concentrations in caffeine drinkers were half those in decaf drinkers .In a paper accepted for publication in Sleep Medicine,the researchers suggest that caffeine blocks production of the enzyme that drives melatonin production.
    Because it can take many hours to eliminate caffeine from the body,Ohayon recommends that coffee lovers switch to decaf after lunch.

    The author mentions"pick-me-up" to indicate that______.
    A: melatonin levels need to be raised
    B: neurohormone can wake us up
    C: coffee is a stimulant
    D: decaf is a caffeinated coffee

    答案：C
    解析：
    pick-me-up指提神饮料，也就是一种刺激物，在这篇文章里具体指咖啡。所以，答案选C。


    第二段第三个句子谈到，“控制我们睡眠的是神经激素”，而这一段的最后一个句子告诉我们“含咖啡因咖啡能使这种激素减半”。这正是咖啡因影响睡眠的原因。


    第三段涉及的是一个实验，这个实验的目的是测试含咖啡因咖啡和脱咖啡因咖啡对睡眠的影响，该段主要谈论的是这个实验的结果。


    第四段是第三段实验的继续，是该实验的第二阶段。研究人员通过劝志愿者尿样进行化验发现，咖啡因摄入者体内的褪黑激素仅为非咖啡因摄入者的一半。褪黑激素就是睡眠激素，所以答案应该选D。


    文章结尾谈到，"Ohayon建议爱喝咖啡的人午饭后应该换喝脱咖啡因咖啡”。另外，整篇文章都在探讨咖啡因影响睡眠的机理，所以，作者大概会同意“晚饭后不应该喝咖啡”的说法。选项A是一个全称判断，这等于说“所有喜欢喝咖啡的人都比不喝咖啡的人睡觉少”。这不一定，因为如果咖啡适量，喝咖啡的时间适当，咖啡不会影响睡眠。所以，作者可能不会同意这种说法。根据文章第二段第二句，选项C是错的。根据文章第二段第一个句子，我们体内的褪黑激素（睡眠激素）的浓度在我们上床时间前两小时开始上升，而这个时候我们会开始有困意。反过来说就是，人们并非一有困意就睡觉。所以，选项D不是答案。

  • 第6题：

    me是一个包含3个成员属性为a的集合，you是一个包含2个成员属性为b的集合，则要定义一个2行3列的矩阵所对应的派生集合方法中正确的是

    A．ps(me,you):c;

    B．ps(you,me):c;

    C．ps(a,b):c;

    D．ps(b,a):c;


    ps(you,me):c;

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