57.The underlined word “Furious” is closest in meaning to “_______”.
A、angry confused
58.According to the passage, _______ voted for England during the secret ballot.
A、David Cameron C、David Beckham
B、Geoff Thompson D、Sepp Blatter
B、worried
C、guilty
D
、
59.By saying “It turns out that’s not enough.” Mr. Cameron really means ________.
A、England still has a long way to go to host the bid of the 2020 World Cup
B、England hasn’t been fully prepared for the bid of the 2020 World Cup C、Russia has done far better than England to bid of the 2020 World Cup D、there were dirty deals behind the decision
60.As can be concluded from the passage, one of the reasons for England’s failure might be _______. A、its lack of experience
B、its bad economic C、its lack of energy
D、an accusation by BBC’s Panorama and The Sunday Times B
Chocolate soap is supposed to be good for the skin. But it’s not so good for the tongue. Unfortunately for the US soldiers of World War II, the chocolate bars the army gave them tasted like they were intended for use in the bath.
In the army’s defense, it wasn’t trying to win any cooking awards. In fact, it specifically ordered that its chocolate bars not be too delicious,
so soldiers wouldn’t eat them too quickly. These bars were created for survival, not taste. “They were awful,” John Otto, a former army captain in World WarⅡ said. “They were big, thick things, and they weren’t any good. I tried them, but I had to be awful hungry after I tried them once.”
As unappealing as the chocolate bars were to some, others liked them. Samuel Hinkle, the chemist who created the chocolate bars, pointed out that the number of bars made were far greater than the army needed. “It soon became obvious that the generous American soldiers were sharing their valued possessions with their foreign friends, whether soldiers of other countries or local citizens.”
The bars turned many hungry Europeans into friends of the United States. “People wanted them,” said Otto, “You’d give them to kids. In some places they were very hungry. And they sure helped relax people about American soldiers.”
Otto said he never saw a European turn his or her nose up at the chocolate. “It was food,” he said, “At that time, everyone was very hungry. I saw German kids standing outside the U.S. army kitchen. They weren’t begging, just standing there very politely. When we were done, the kids would eat the food out of the garbage. They were that hungry.”
Other Europeans did not see chocolate until well after the war ended. “We didn’t see any Americans where I was,” said Elizabeth Radsma, who was 25 years old when the Germans occupied her country, the Netherlands. “Even after the war, we saw only English. Maybe the Americans gave out some chocolate in the big cities, but we were only in a small town. Before the British, we saw only German soldiers. But chocolate? Don’t make me laugh! Maybe in my dreams!”
A soldier in the field might have responded “Be careful what you wish for” — and then gratefully bit on a chocolate bar, the only food available
for miles.
61. What was the American soldiers’ attitude towards the chocolate bars?
A. They were delicious. B. They tasted awful.
C. They were necessary for survival. D. Too many of them were produced.
62. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. The US soldiers used the chocolate bars as bath soap. B. The US soldiers did not have enough food during World WarⅡ. C. The US army produced more chocolate bars than necessary for its soldiers.
D. European people regretted eating chocolate bars from the US soldiers. 63. The underlined expression “turn his or her nose up at” probably means ____.
A. reject C. receive
B. demand
D. smell
64. Why does the author mention the German kids’ story?
A. To tell how friendly the American soldiers were. B. To describe the hunger in Germany during the war. C. To prove German kids could be very polite. D. To show how much they were eager for chocolate.
65. Elizabeth Radsma never saw chocolate during the war because ____.
A. the US soldiers handed out all chocolate to people in big cities B. the German soldiers kept them all for themselves
C. the British soldiers didn’t share it with the local people D. the US soldiers never showed up in the small town she lived in C
In the early 1950s, researchers found that people scored lower on intelligence tests if they spoke more than one language. Research in the sixties found the opposite. Bilingual people scored higher than monolinguals, people who speak only one language. So which is it?
Researchers presented their newest studies last month at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The latest evidence shows that being bilingual does not necessarily make people smarter. But researcher Ellen Bialystok says it probably does make you better at certain skills.
Ellen Bialystok said, “Imagine driving down the highway. There’re many things that could
capture your attention and you really need to be able to monitor all of them. Why would bilingualism make you any better at that?”
And the answer, she says, is that bilingual people are often better at controlling their attention — a function called the executive control system.
Ms. Bialystok is a psychology professor at York University in Toronto, Canada. She says the best method to measure the executive control system is called the Stroop Test. A person is shown words in different colors. The person has to ignore the word but say the color. The .problem is that the words are all names of colors.
Ellen Bialystok said, “So you would have the word blue written in red, but you have to say red. But blue is so salient(显著的), it’s just lighting up all these circuits(电路) in your brain, and you really want to say blue. So you need a mechanism(机制) to override that so that you can say red. That’s the executive control system.”
Her work shows that bilingual people continually practice this function. They have to, because both languages are active in their brain at the same
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