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Our world is full of signs and symbols.Most of the time we don't really need to think about them.Good examples of these “invisible” symbols are the ones used for “Play”, “Fast Forward”, and “Rewind”.We find them on everything from old tape players to DVD players, remote controls, and computer keyboards.They are so familiar that we don't really need to pay attention to them anymore.We certainly never think about who first designed them, or when.
A more recent, but increasingly familiar kind of symbol is the “emoticon”, sometimes called the “smiley”.You might not be familiar with the names, but you’ve certainly seen them many times.Here, for example, is the emoticon for happy::-)This is the one for sad::-(“Emoticon” is a combination of two words, “emotion” and “icon”.An icon was originally a religious picture but has now more commonly come to mean a symbol used on the computer.Emoticons are used to show feelings that are often difficult to express when writing an email or sending a text message.
Modern emoticons are thought to have been invented by a computer scientist called Scott Fahlman in 1982.He got so tired of people thinking that he was serious when he was joking that he suggested marking all jokes like this::-).The idea took off rapidly and, as the Internet became more popular, so did emoticons.The original two or three have now become hundreds, collected in “dictionaries” or on websites.And, although most emoticons still try to imitate an expression of the human face, some, like/o(a man scratching head, meaning confusion), or o/(a man waving goodbye), show an action.
1.Why does the author refer to the symbols on DVD players as “ invisible”?(No more than 16 words)
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2.Explain the underlined phrase “ took off” in English.(No more than 5 words)
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3.What made Scott Fahlman invent the first emoticon?(No more than 10 words)
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4.According to the author, how do emoticons show feelings?(No more than 15 words)
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5.Do you like or dislike using emoticons? Why or Why not?(No more than 20 words)
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A film was at the Circle Five Ranch to film a Marlboro commercial. This is in 1868, before they prohibited cigarette ads from American television. Darrell Winfield was watching the crew set up the equipment. The scene included an actor crossing a river on horseback, but when the time came to shoot, the man was too drunk to ride. Someone from the crews saw Winfield and asked him if he would ride the horse for 50. “Hell, ” said Winfield, “for 50 bucks, I'll jump that damn horse over the moon!”
To people in many countries, Winfield is just a familiar but nameless face, a simple cowboy with an advertising message about a connection between the West and a brand of cigarettes. Few people know that he is advertising message about a connection between the West and a brand of cigarettes. Few people know that he is 55, a family man who’s been married to the same woman for 37 years and has 5 children and 7 grandchildren. Most surprisingly, he’s a real, working cowboy who raises horses in his ranch in Wyoming.
One of the most striking things about the Marlboro Man is that success hasn’t changed him much. He says that complete strangers sometimes come up to him and say, “I’ve met you. know you from somewhere. ”Whenever it happens, he says that he gets embarrassed.
60.Which of the following statements is true?
A. Cigarette ads were prohibited in America.
B. Cigarette ads are prohibited on television in America.
C. Marlboro commercial was prohibited on television.
D. Marlboro commercial was produced on television.
61.What does the word“prohibited”in the first paragraph mean?
A. broadcast B. forbidden
C. produced D. provided
62.When they filmed the ad, ________.
A. Winfield was too drunk.
B. The actor in the ad was too drunk.
C. Winfield was setting up the equipmet.
D. Winfield was riding a horse.
63.From the passage, we know that Winfield was ________.
A. an ordinary man
B. a superstar
C. an actor
D. a rich man
64.When people recognized Winfield, he felt________.
A. excited B. happy
C. interested D. uncomfortable
65.A train car moves along a long straight track. The graph (曲线) shows the position as a function of time for this train. The graph shows that ________.
A. slows down all the time
B. speeds up all the time
C. speeds up part of the time and slows down part of the time
D. moves at a constant speed
66.As the diagram shows, there is a fixed superconductor ring, on the right of which lies a bar magnet. There is no electric current. When the magnet is moved to the right, because of electro-magnetic, induction, a certain electric current is produced. Thus the direction of the electric current is________ .
A. as indicated by the arrowhead in the diagram. When the magnet is moved away, the electric current will soon disappear.
B. as indicated by the arrowhead in the diagram. When the magnet is moved away, the electric current will still remain.
C. in the opposite direction. When the magnet is moved away, the electric current will soon disappear.
D. in the opposite direction. When the magnet is moved away, the electric current will still remain.
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HOUSTON (Reuters) — Houston tops a U.S. magazine’s annual fattest cities list for the fourth time in five years, with four other Texas cities in the top 25.
Fast food restaurants — Houston has twice the national average number — are partly to blame for the dishonor, Men’s Fitness editor-in-chief Neal Boulton said.
“Americans work long hours, don’t take vacations, and when they’re faced with the worst food choices, they indulge (沉溺于) in those,” he said.
High humidity, poor air quality and some of the nation’s longest commute (每天去上班的路程) times also helped Texas’ most populous city unseat Detroit, the 2003 heavy weight champion, the magazine said.
Houston Mayor Bill White, who has worked with a major food company to develop healthy food products and the city’s public schools to improve lunch menus, called the report “mostly ungrounded and nonsense.”
“On the other hand, it calls attention to real issues the mayor is trying to deal with,” his spokesman, Frank Michel, said.
The magazine said it looked at factors such as the number and types of restaurants, park space, air quality, weather and the number of health clubs.
Philadelphia, Detroit, Memphis, Tennessee, and Chicago followed Houston on the seventh edition of the fat list. Texas cities Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth and El Paso were in the top 14, which Boulton said was no surprise.
“It’s pure big indulgence, just living big, and that’s part of the culture,” said Boulton.
Seattle ranked as the fittest city. Austin and Arlington, a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb, were the only Texas cities on the fit list. Austin was 19th and Arlington 22nd out of 25.
What decides the magazine’s annual fattest list?
A. The size of fat population. B. The number of fast food restaurants.
C. The economic growth rate of the state. D. Things related to unhealthy ways of life.
Which city topped 2003 fattest cities list?
A. Houston. B. Dallas. C. Detroit. D. Philadelphia.
By saying “living big” (in Paragraph 9), Boulton means people _________.
A. are growing fatter B. are living wastefully
C. eat too many fatty foods D. are spending too much time working
Which of the following is best supported by the text?
A. Texas has the most fat cities in the U.S.
B. Bill White is happy with the newspaper report.
C. People in Texas are the most hardworking in the U.S.
D. Most school children in Houston have weight problems.
HOUSTON (Reuters) — Houston tops a U.S. magazine’s annual fattest cities list for the fourth time in five years, with four other Texas cities in the top 25.
Fast food restaurants — Houston has twice the national average number — are partly to blame for the dishonor, Men’s Fitness editor-in-chief Neal Boulton said.
“Americans work long hours, don’t take vacations, and when they’re faced with the worst food choices, they indulge (沉溺于) in those,” he said.
High humidity, poor air quality and some of the nation’s longest commute (每天去上班的路程) times also helped Texas’ most populous city unseat Detroit, the 2003 heavy weight champion, the magazine said.
Houston Mayor Bill White, who has worked with a major food company to develop healthy food products and the city’s public schools to improve lunch menus, called the report “mostly ungrounded and nonsense.”
“On the other hand, it calls attention to real issues the mayor is trying to deal with,” his spokesman, Frank Michel, said.
The magazine said it looked at factors such as the number and types of restaurants, park space, air quality, weather and the number of health clubs.
Philadelphia, Detroit, Memphis, Tennessee, and Chicago followed Houston on the seventh edition of the fat list. Texas cities Dallas, San Antonio, Fort Worth and El Paso were in the top 14, which Boulton said was no surprise.
“It’s pure big indulgence, just living big, and that’s part of the culture,” said Boulton.
Seattle ranked as the fittest city. Austin and Arlington, a Dallas-Fort Worth suburb, were the only Texas cities on the fit list. Austin was 19th and Arlington 22nd out of 25.
【小题1】What decides the magazine’s annual fattest list?
| A.The size of fat population. | B.The number of fast food restaurants. |
| C.The economic growth rate of the state. | D.Things related to unhealthy ways of life. |
| A.Houston. | B.Dallas. | C.Detroit. | D.Philadelphia. |
| A.are growing fatter | B.are living wastefully | C.eat too many fatty foods | D.are spending too much time working |
| A.Texas has the most fat cities in the U.S. |
| B.Bill White is happy with the newspaper report. |
| C.People in Texas are the most hardworking in the U.S. |
| D.Most school children in Houston have weight problems. |
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