阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Fun Day

To celebrate the Year of the snake

Organised by Lam Tin Youth Centre and Kwun Tong High School

Date: 2 February 2013

Time: 10 am—5 pm

Place: Kwun Tong Playground

Fee: $20 (buy three get one free)

Programmes: drama, lion dance, magic show and ballet performance

Highlights: 1) enter the lucky draw to win a digital camera

2) learn to make festival food

Join us on the Fun Day!

All are welcome!

Free Soft Drinks

Note:

● Tickets are available at the General Office of Lam Tin Youth Center

● For those who would like to be a volunteer, please contact Miss Olivia Wong one week before the activity.





1. What you have just read is a ________.

A. note B. report C. schedule D. poster

2. How much do you have to pay in total if four of you go together?

A. $20. B. $40. C. $60. D. $80.

3. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Tickets are sold in Kwun Tong High School.

B. It’s unnecessary to take soft drinks with you.

C. Free digital cameras are provided for everybody.

D. Festival food will be served without extra charge.

B

You're in a department store and you see a couple of attractive young women looking at a sweater. You listen to their conversation: I can't believe it-a Lorenzo Bertolla! They are almost impossible to find. Isn't it beautiful? And it's a lot cheaper than the one Sara bought in Rome."

They leave and you go over to see this incredible sweater. It's nice and the price is right. You've never heard of Lorenzo Bertolla, but those girls looked really stylish. They must know. So, you buy it. You never realize that those young women are employees of an advertising agency. They are actually paid to go from store to store, talking loudly about Lorenzo Bertolla clothes.

Every day we notice what people are wearing, driving and eating. If the person looks cool, the product seems cool, too. This is the secret of undercover marketing. Companies from Ford to Nike are starting to use it. Undercover marketing is important because it reaches people that don't pay attention to traditional advertising. This is particularly true of the MTV generation-consumers between the age of 18 and 34. It is a golden group. They have a lot of money to spend, but they don't trust ads. So advertising agencies hire young actors to "perform" in bars and other places where young adults go. Some people might call this practice deceptive (骗人的), but marketing executive Jonathan Ressler calls it creative. "Look at traditional advertising. Its effectiveness is decreasing."

However, one might ask what exactly is "real" about of young women pretending to be enthusiastic about a sweater? Advertising executives would say it's no less real than an ad. The difference is that you know an ad is trying to persuade you to buy something. You don’t know when a conversation you overhear is just a performance.

4. The two attractive young women were talking so that they could _____.

A. get the sweater at a lower price B. be heard by people aroundC. be admired by other shoppers D. decide on buying the sweater

5. Lorenzo Bertolla is _____.

A. a very popular male singer B. an advertising agency?C. a clothing company in Rome? D. the brand name of a sweater

6. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A. The two girls are in fact employed by the Lorenzo Bertolla Company.

B. The MTV generation tend to be more easily influenced by ads.

C. Traditional advertising is becoming less effective because it's too direct.

D. Undercover marketing will surely be banned soon by the government.

7. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. Two Attractive Shoppers B. Lorenzo Bertolla SweatersC. Ways of Advertising? D. Undercover Marketing

C

Rob Swihart of Purdue University did the study with Jake Goheen, a former Purdue student now at the University of New Mexico. The two researchers estimate that several times as many walnuts grow when gathered by gray squirrels as compared to red squirrels. Gray squirrels and red squirrels do not store nuts and seeds in the same way. Gray squirrels bury nuts one at a time in a number of places. But they seldom remember where they buried every nut. So some nuts remain in the ground. Conditions are right for them to develop and grow the following spring. Red squirrels, however, store large groups of nuts above ground. Professor Swihart calls “death traps for seeds”. Gray squirrels are native to Indiana. But Professor Swihart says their numbers began to decrease as more forests were cut for agriculture. Red squirrels began to spread through the state during the past century. The researchers say red squirrels are native to forests that stay green all year, unlike walnut trees. They say the cleaning of forest land for agriculture has helped red squirrels invade Indiana. Jake Goheen calls them a sign of an environmental problem more than a cause.8. The study done by Rob Swihart and Jake Goheen is to ________.

A．find out the living conditions for squirrels B．learn squirrels’influence on black walnut trees

C．do something to get rid of squirrels D．save the forests in the American state of Indiana

The difference between gray squirrels and red squirrels mainly lies in ________.

A．the way they gather the walnut B．the time they have winter sleep

C．the place they have winter sleep D．the place they store the walnuts

10. Professor Swihart’s study shows that________.

A．red squirrels eat more nuts than gray squirrels

B．gray squirrels and red squirrels will have severe fights

C．red squirrel’s way to store nuts stops nuts growing.

D．black walnuts are harmful to other animals

11. According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A．The black walnut is equally attractive to both gray and red squirrels.

B．Gray squirrels do more harm to the forest than red squirrels.

C．Red squirrels and gray squirrels have helped the spread of walnut trees.

D．The cleaning of forest land benefits red squirrels directly.

D

Dear Gregory,

Merry Christmas! You are now the proud owner of an iPhone. Hot Damn! You are a good & responsible 13 year old boy and you deserve this gift. But with the acceptance of this present comes rules and regulations. Please read through the following contract. I hope that you understand it is my job to raise you into a well rounded, healthy young man that can function in the world and coexist with technology, not be ruled by it. Failure to comply with the following list will result in termination of your iPhone ownership.

1. It is my phone. I bought it. I pay for it. I am loaning it to you. Aren’t I the greatest?

2. If it rings, answer it. It is a phone. Say hello, use your manners. Do not ever ignore a phone call if the screen reads “Mom” or “Dad”. Not ever.

3. It does not go to school with you. Have a conversation with the people you text in person. It’s a life skill. *Half days, field trips and after school activities will require special consideration.

4. If it falls into the toilet, smashes on the ground, or vanishes into thin air, you are responsible for the replacement costs or repairs. Mow a lawn, babysit, stash some birthday money. It will happen, you should be prepared.

5. Turn it off, silence it, put it away in public. Especially in a restaurant, at the movies, or while speaking with another human being. You are not a rude person; do not allow the iPhone to change that.

7. Learn to live without it. Be bigger and more powerful than FOMO – fear of missing out. Leave your phone home sometimes and feel safe and secure in that decision. It is not alive or an extension of you.

8. Keep your eyes up. See the world happening around you. Stare out a window. Listen to the birds. Take a walk. Talk to a stranger. Wonder without googling.

9. If you will mess up. I will take away your phone. We will sit down and talk about it. We will start over again. You and I, we are always learning. I am on your team. We are in this together. It is my hope that you can agree to these terms. I hope you enjoy your awesome new iPhone. Merry Christmas!

xoxoxo Mom

12. The author’s main purpose in writing the article is to ________

A. explain to George the function of the new mobile phones.

B. show George how much thought has been put into this gift

C. inform George of good manners he has to follow in public

D. make a deal with George on the use of his Christmas gift-iphone

13. If Gregory lose hus iphone,he ________

A. has to pay for a new one himself B.will get a new one from his parents

C. will never receive gifts from his parents D. must learn to live without a phone

14. We can learn from the article that George’s parents________

A. set rules and regulations in every aspect of his life

B. expect him to do something in return for this gift

C. are worried about his manners and carelessness

D.don’t want him to be addicted to electronic products

15.George has to follow the rules below EXCEPT that ________

A . be sure to answer his parents’call

B. keep the phone in silence when is at the cinema

C. record his life as much as possible using the phone

D. bring the phone with him on field trip when necessary

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