1、ATalent in fashion.BGood marks at college.CAbility to create new designs.DBusiness skills in fashion industry.解析主旨大意题。第一段是文章的主题段，通读全文可知整篇文章介绍的是在时尚业应该掌握怎样的商业技巧才能立足。答案D6What can we learn from the second paragraph?AFashion designers are highly motivated and really detemined.BGood preparations for the n
2、ext season can reduce stress.CConsumers appetite for new ideas keeps changing.DAdvertisement business is very competitive.解析细节理解题。从第二段中的“It also requires continual freshness because the appetite for new ideas is hard to satisfy.”可知消费者对时尚的追求是不断变化的。答案C7What does the underlined word “This” in Paragraph
3、 3 refer to?ALydia Kemenys opinion.BThe competitive business world.CThe warning to the young designers.DThe real situation in fashion industry.解析代词指代题。通过阅读第二、三段可知，This指代的是第二段讲到的内容，即时尚界的真实情况。8Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?ASt.Martins School of Art encourages the new students
4、 to design dresses they like.BSt.Martins School of Art requires students to develop their creativity in their designing.CSt.Martins School of Art demands students to make pretty dresses for companies.DSt.Martins School of Art focuses on teaching students commercial realities. 解析正误判断题。根据第三段的第二句和第三句可知
5、该校重视教学生有关商业方面的知识。【阅读理解】Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was one of the most private women in the world, yet when she went to work as an editor in the last two decades of her life, she revealed （展现） herself as she did nowhere else.After the death of her second husband，Greek shipping magnate （巨头） Ar
6、istotle Onassis lacquelines close friend and former White House social secretary Letitis Baldrige made a suggestion that she consider a career （职业） in publishing.After consideration，Jacqueline accepted it.Perhaps she hoped to find there some ideas about how to live her own life. She became not less
7、but more interested in reading.For the last 20 years of her life, Jacqueline worked as a publishers editor, first at Viking，then at Doubleday, pursuing（追求）a latelife career longer than her two marriages combined.During her time in publishing, she was responsible for managing and editing more than 10
8、0 successfully marketed books.Among the first books were In the Russian Style and Inventive Paris Clothes.She also succeeded in persuading TV hosts Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell to transform their popular television conversation into a book ，The Power of Myth.The book went on to become an internat
9、ional bestseller.She dealt，too with Michael Jackson as he prepared his autobiography（自传），Moonwalk.Jacqueline may have been hired for her name and for her social relations，but she soon proved her worth.Her choices，suggestions and widespread social relations were of benefit both to the publishing firm
10、s and to Jacqueline herself.In the books she selected for publication，she built on a lifetime of spending time by herself as a reader and left a record of the growth of her mind.Her books are the autobiogaphy she never wrote.Her_role_as_First_Lady，in_the_end，was_overshadowed_by_her_performance_as_an
11、_editor.However，few knew that she had achieved so much. 本文主要讲述Jacqueline在选择了编辑这一职业后所做出的成就。在这一行业里她的光芒甚至压过了她作为第一夫人的头衔。1We can learn from the passage that Jacqueline_.Abecame fond of reading after working as an editorBwas in charge of publishing 100 booksCpromoted her books through social relationsDgai
12、ned a lot from her career as an editor答案：D。推理判断题。由文章内容可知，在第二任丈夫去世后 ，朋友推荐Jacqueline考虑在出版业谋一职位，没有想到她在此行业取得了成功，即D项正确。2The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that_.AJacqueline ended up as an editor rather than as First LadyBJacquelines life as First Lady was more colorful than as a
13、n editorCJacqueline was more successful as an editor than as First LadyDJacquelines role as First Lady was more brilliant than as an editorC。句意理解题。解本题的关键在于正确理解overshadow一词。通读全文可知，Jacqueline作为编辑取得了巨大成功，光芒超过了她第一夫人的头衔，故C项正确。3What can be inferred from the passage?AJacquelines two marriages lasted more t
14、han 20 years.s own publishing firm was set up eventually.CJacquelines views and beliefs were reflected in the books she edited.s achievements were widely known.由文章最后一段信息“In her books she selected for publication，she built on a lifetime of spending time by herself as a reader and left a record of the
15、 growth of her mind.”可知她的一些个人观点在自己编辑的书中有所表露，故C项正确。4The passage is mainly_.Aan introduction of Jacquelines life both as First Lady and as an editorBa brief description of Jacquelines lifelong experiencesCa brief account of Jacquelines career as an editor in her last 20 yearsDan analysis of Jacqueline
16、s social relations in publishing主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述Jacqueline作为编辑所取得的成就，故C项正确。【宁夏银川市第九中学2014一模】LONDON （Reuters） Ecotourism is causing a lot of damage to wildlife and may be endangering the survival of the very animals people are flocking to see, according to researchers.Biologists and conservationis
17、ts are worried because polar bears, dolphins, penguins and other creatures are getting stressed and losing weight and some are dying.Evidence is growing that many animals do not react well to tourists in their backyard，” New Scientist magazine said.The immediate effects researchers have noticed are
18、changes in behavior, heart rates. or stress hormone levels but they fear it could get much worse and over the long term “ could endanger the survival of the very wildlife they want to see. ”Although money produced through ecotourism, which has been growing at about 10-30 percent a year, has major be
19、nefits for poor countries and people living in rural areas, the Swiss-based World Conservation Union （IUCN） and some governments fear not all projects are audited（审计） and based on environmentally friendly policies，according to the magazine.Transmission of disease to wildlife，or small changes to wild
20、life health through disturbance of daily life or increased stress levels, while not obvious to the casual observer, may translate to lower survival and breeding，” said Philip Seddon , of the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.Scientists have noticed that bottleneck dolphins along the northe
21、astern coast of New Zealand become nervously excited when tourist boats arrive. Similar changes in behavior have been observed in polar bears and yellow-eyed penguins in areas visited by colorists are producing smaller babies.Conservationists are now calling for more research into the effect of ecot
22、ourism on animals and say the industry must be developed carefully. They also want studies done before new ecotourism projects are started.“The animals welfare should be very important because without them there will be no ecotourism，” said Rochelle Constantine of the University of Auckland in New Z
23、ealand【小题1】 Which is not discovered to have changed in animals disturbed by tourists? A. behavior B. birth rate C. hormone levels D. heart rates【小题2】We may learn from the text that _.A. ecotourism must be developed properlyB. polar bears are losing weight without enough foodC. all the poor countries
24、 have stopped ecotourismD. money produced through ecotourism should be spent on wildlife【小题3】Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?A. Many animals do not react well in their backyardB. Studies should be done before new ecotourism projects are startedC. Ecotourism has been growing at about 1030 percent a year.D. polar bears in areas visited by ecotourists are producing smaller babies.【小题4】What Rochelle Constantine said in the last paragraph implies that _.A. if people want to get high income, they must develop ecotourismB. animals have rights to live their own l
