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Last Thursday, the day before I got on the plane to fly to China, I went to see a movie. It wasn't just any movie, but the recently released (kiPS:) Harry Potter block buster(耗费巨拍摄的电影)"The Philosopher's Stone" that has
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Britain, America, and now Japan, by storm.
The film is a tale of witchcraft (魔法)
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in modem-day
Bfitain Based on a book by J. K Rowling,
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tells the story of very
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baby, seared at birth by an evil wizard who kills his pareats. The only legacy (遗赠物)of the tragedy is a red
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on the baby's forehead--and magical
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, inherited (继承) from his
rather and father, to fight against and overcome evil
The Harry Potter myth was founded five years ago by Joanne Rowling, a
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single mother living in Edinburgh, in the north of the United Kingdom. To date, 110 million
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of her books have been sold worldwide. But before her publish- ers would
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the first manuscript (手稿) , Joanne Rowling
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agree to change her name on the book cover to J. K. Rowling,
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it was feared that children,
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young boys,
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not read an adventure story written by a woman.
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, when the books became an overnight success, did it become generally known that the talented and creative author was
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a young and attractive woman.
At the start of production, forty thousand
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actors were auditioned(试演) and
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for the screen rote, yet Daniet Radcliffe was discovered when the products took a
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and went out to a theatre in London's west end. There in the
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row sat young Daniel who was visiting the theatre with his father for an evening's entertainment. Daniel was screen--tested arid with J. K. Rowling's agrement was immediately
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the part. Now kids around the world together with their parents are quit familiar with Harry Potter and the actor Daniel Radcliffe
1. A. arrived
B. taken
C. hit
D. brought
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2. A. published
B. shown
C. set
D. seen
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3. A. he
B. which
C. one
D. it
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4. A. lovely
B. interesting C. poor
D. special
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5. A. mark
B. sign
C. note
D. character
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6. A. energies
B. strength
C. powers
D. force
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7. A. famous
B. serious
C. weak
D. poor
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8. A. kinds
B. copies
C. pieces
D. sets
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9. A. receive
B. admit
C. accept
D. allow
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10. A. was to
B. planned to
C. had to
D. preferred to
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11. A. so
B. since
C. although
D. because
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12. A. particularly
B. frequently
C. greatly
D. recently
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13. A. should
B. could
C. would
D. might
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14. A. Even later
B. Only later
C. Later in the year
D. Sooner or later
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15. A. in fact
B. after all
C. at least
D. in time
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16. A. men
B. film
C. play
D. child
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17. A. checked
B. examined
C. tested
D. questioned
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18. A. bus
B. walk
C. break
D. look
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19. A. back
B. next
C. front
D. opposite
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20. A. supplied
B. provided
C. acted
D. offered
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Koko is the first gorilla (大猩猩) to have been taught sign language. Koko lives in the Santa Cruz mountains. She has her own house and an outside enclosure (圈起的地) where she spends her
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when it is not raining.
"Cold bad, Gorilla hate," Koko tells me, as I stand outside her house But
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Koko was interested in me, and told me "Visitor good", it is her conversations with Dr Penny Patterson, 18, that are
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Patterson was a psychology student when Koko was bom in San Frsndsco zoo in 1971. Language
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bad been made using chimpanzees(黑猩猩) before, but
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with a gorilla. "At first my expeetation was I'd
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with Koko for four years," she says. "But after a few evenings
together, I couldn't put her down. I ended up sta- ying with her
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she'd fall asleep."
When she began
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Koko the sign language that deaf--mute people
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, forcing the little fingers of the one--year--old gorilla into the
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positions for "drink'', "eat'', "more'' and rewarding(资深奖赏) her with
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, she had no idea how quickly Koko would
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Now Koko is so good at sign language that if she doesn't know a word, she
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one. For example, she didn't knowthe word
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"ring", so she joined the signs for "finger" and "bracelet" (手镯) to express it.
What has been unrecognized by science is that gorillas also have complex emotions (复杂的情感) --Koko was seen in an up set state when she heard her carers
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the events of September 11. When Patterson asked her what she would
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for her 11th birthday, Koko
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she wanted a cat. The story了of Koko's cat enabled Patterson to learn
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about her emo- tions. The cat was
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by a car and Patterson had to
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the news to Koko, who signed "Cry, sad, frown (皱眉头)".
1. A. holidays
B. nights
C. days
D. afternoons
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2. A. what
B. since
C. when
D. although
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3. A. boring
B. exciting
C. useful
D. meaningful
答案：B
指导：此处表示大猩猩与博士之间的交谈非常“令人振奋”，从下文看，博士跟大猩猩的交流确实不同一般。“枯燥的”不合下文的逻辑；“有用的”、“有意义的”用在此处都有点太轻描淡写的味道，都不足以表达博士工作的非同一般。
4. A. courses
B. learning
C. studies
D. tests
答案：C
指导：此处是说原来曾经用黑猩猩做过语言方面的研究，但从来没有用过大猩猩做过类似的研究。make．．．studies当“进行……研究”讲。从与动问make的搭配关系可排除其他干扰项。
5. A. once
B. always
C. usually
D. never
答案：D
指导：由转折词but可以断定，“从来”没有对大猩猩进行过语言方面的研究。
6. A. work
B. live
C. study
D. help
答案：A
指导：workwith此处当“以…为工作对象”讲，而不是“跟某人一块工作”。此处题意为：我本来期望对大猩猩研究四年，但与大猩猩度过了几个晚上，我就一直陪伴它入睡。此处选“生活”、“学习”、“帮助”显然不合逻辑。
7. A. unless
B. until
C. so that
D. because
答案：B
指导：表示“一直”呆到大猩猩入睡。until引导时间状语从句。
8. A. telling
B. showing
C. teaching
D. improving
答案：C
指导：此处表示“教”大猩猩手势语言，故用teach sb．sth．，tellsb.sth．“告诉某人什么事情”；show sb．sth．“把什么东西拿给某人看”；inprove此处不合搭配。
9. A. need
B. have
C. use
D. speak
答案：C
指导：从常识判断，聋哑人“使用”手势语言。
10. A. correct
B. normal
C. wrong
D. possible
答案：A
指导：博士教大猩猩手势语言，让它的手指形成"正确”的姿势来表达不同的意义。其他“正常的”、“错误的”、“可能的”在此都不合题意。
11. A. money
B. food
C. music
D. flowers
答案：B
指导：根据常识判断，当动物所做的事情符合人的要求时，人们往往用“食物”来奖赏它们。
12. A. pick it up
B. find it out
C. give it up
D. put it up
答案：A
指导：开始教大猩猩手势语言时，博士也不知道，它会“学”得多快：pick sth．up此处当“学会什么”讲。find sth．out"弄清楚”，give sth．up“放弃”，pick sth．out“挑出来”都不合题意。
13. A. makes
B. invents
C. finds
D. borrows
答案：B
指导：当大猩猩不知道一个单词怎样表达时，它就“创造”一个。此处说明大猩猩有一定的创造力。make“制造”，一般是产品；find"发现”丢失的动词；borrow"借用”干扰性最大，但从文章内容看，大猩猩学到的手势语言有限，不可能从其他场合借用。
14. A. as
B. of
C. for
D. with
答案：C
指导：此处是介词的特殊搭配，当“对应”讲。如：What's the Frenchword for"book"?
15. A. discussing B. watching C. learning
D. escaping
答案：A
指导：此处是指当“9·11"事件发生以后，大猩猩的饲养员在谈论这件事情时，大猩猩听到了他们的谈论，故用 discuss．
16. A. have
B. buy
C. like
D. keep
答案：C
指导：此处是征求某人意愿的句子：Whatwould you like for?你……喜欢什么东西?
17. A. wrote
B. admitted
C. signed
D. said
答案：C
指导：大猩猩只能用“手势语”来表达自己的含义，故用signed．注意大猩猩学的是手势语，并不会“写”或“说话”。
18. A. much
B. nothing
C. less
D. more
答案：D
指导：通过大猩猩与宠物之间的故事，博士对它的情感有了“更多的”了解，从下文叙述的内容可得出答案。
19. A. hit
B. carried
C. sent
D. run
答案：C
指导：从后文大猩猩得到猫的消息后“哭泣、伤心、皱眉 头”可以推断出猫被车“撞”了。
20. A. keep
B. break
C. spread
D. report
答案：B
指导：breakthenews当“宣布令人震惊的大事情’’讲。对大猩猩来说，自己的宠物被车撞了，应该是“大”事情。spreadthenews当“传播资讯”讲；report thenews当“报告”资讯讲，在此都不合语境。