C
I know I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.
——Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe’s career as an actress was only 16 years. She made 29 films, 24 in the first 8 years of her career.
Born as Norma Jeanne Mortenson on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles General Hospital, her mother, Gladys, listed the father’s name as unknown. Marilyn would never know the true identity of her father. On July 23, 1946 she signed a contract with Twentieth Century-Fox Studios. She selected her mother’s family name of Monroe. From this point on she would be known as Marilyn Monroe to all her fans.
Her first serious acting job came in 1950 when she had a small but important role in “The Asphalt Jungle” and received favorable reviews. “Clash By Night” in 1952 earned her several notices… Alton Cook of the New York World-Telegram and Sun wrote “… a forceful actress, a gifted new star, worthy of all the fantasy of the press. Her role here is not very big, but she makes it dominant.” Monroe’s first leading part in a serious feature was to be in “Don’t Bother to Knock”, also filmed in 1952.
Also in 1952 Marilyn began filming “Niagara”. This film established her stardom. After her next big film, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”, she signed her name and placed her hands and feet in the wet cement in front of the Chinese theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, where she had visited years earlier as a child.
In Monroe’s life, Arthur Miller had a great effect on her. To Monroe, Miller represented the serious theatre and a wisdom that she found attractive. To Miller, years after, he said, “It was wonderful to be around her, she was simply overwhelming. She had so much promise. It seemed to me that she could really be a great kind of phenomenon, a terrific artist. She was endlessly fascinating, full of original observations… there wasn’t a traditional bone in her body.”
Monroe’s health had been getting worse due to increased dependency on drugs and an unhappy marriage. She often came to the set late and was unable to remember her lines.
Monroe died on August 5, 1960, at the age of 36.
64. From this passage we know .
A. Marilyn Monroe gave herself her family name
B. Marilyn’s mother named Monroe in hospital
C. Arthur Miller selected the name for Marilyn Monroe
D. Marilyn Monroe was named after her father
65. It was in 1952 that Marilyn Monroe .
A. signed a contract with Twentieth Century-Fox Studios
B. gradually attracted the public’s attention by her acting job
C. began to play a leading role in the film called Clash By Night
D. turned 36
66. Arthur Miller said there wasn’t a traditional bone in Monroe’s body probably because .
A. she was a great beauty
B. she was a gifted actress and the characters she made brought people fresh and creative feelings
C. she belonged to the public and the world
D. she achieved a lot in her short acting career
67. It can be concluded from the passage that .
A. since she was born Monroe’s health had been in bad condition
B. Monroe began to pick up an acting job at the age of 16
C. Monroe died very young because of her unhappy marriage
D. Monroe’s acting fame was founded very quickly
D
With more than 100 shows and $65 million in prize money, Reality TV has become America’s and Australia’s fast track to fame, wealth and even true love. But if you want a piece of the action you’ll need perseverance, nerves of steel and plenty of time on your hands.
“Most people think it is just really easy to get on these shows and at this point almost everyone knows someone who has been on Reality TV. It is much less accessible than people think.” Said Matthew Robinson, the author of How to Get on Reality TV.
Anywhere from 25,000 to 50,000 Americans seek their 15 minutes of fame by applying to audition(參加選拔) every season for shows such as Survivor, Fear Factor and The Bachelor. American Idol is by far the toughest on which to land a spot, with more than 100,000 aspiring contestants.
Robinson, a Hollywood screen writer and self-confessed reality junkie(有癮的人), tells wannables(想成為名人的人) how to survive auditions and what casting directors are looking for. He passes on some good advice from past contestants who have been there, eaten that-and mostly wished they hadn’t. “Almost all of them regret it, with the exception of everybody on Amazing Race, all of whom loved it,” Robison said. “The Bachelor people I spoke to said they totally regretted it and ended up looking like idiots. The experience of being on these shows is both pretty painful and unforgettable. I feel for a lot of the people who come out of it totally shell-shocked.”
Although the enthusiasm has gone off reality television for US networks, which are offering more scripted drama this season, Robison said most reality shows saw a 20 to 30 percent increase in the number of would-be contestants. Robinson believes Reality TV is here to stay.
“I don’t think it’s a fad(短暫的時尚). It’s a matter of cost. You can do an entire season of the Bachelor for the same cost as one episode of ER,” Robison said. “Reality TV makes good economic sense. And, perhaps more important, these shows are just plain entertaining.”
68. The subject discussed in the text is .
A. Robison’s Reality TV B. the book How to Get on Reality TV
C. American fashion D. TV entertainment programs in U.S.
69. Almost all who have been on Reality TV regret it but the number of would-be contestants is increasing by 20 to 30 percent because .
A. they have followed Robinson’s expert advice
B. getting on the shows is one possible way to make themselves known to people
C. it’s more accessible to be successful on the shows
D. the shows are more challenging
70. According to the text, we know Robison’s attitude towards Reality TV is that .
A. he has shown great interest in it
B. he thinks Reality TV will disappear soon
C. he considers Reality TV represents the American fashion
D. he holds the idea that Reality TV should not have made much money
71. We can see from this text that there is an opponent to Reality TV called .
A. American Idol B. Survivor C. scripted drama D. The Bachelor
E
As motorways become more and more blocked up with traffic, a new generation on flying cars will be needed to ferry people along skyways. That is the verdict(定論) of engineers from the US space agency and aeronautical firms, who envision future commuters traveling by “skycar”.
These could look much like the concept skycar shown in the picture, designed by Boeing research and development. However, such vehicles could be some 25 years from appearing on the market. Efforts to build flying vehicles in the past have not been very successful. Such vehicles would not only be expensive and require the skills of a trained pilot to fly, but there are significant engineering challenges involved in developing them. “When you try to combine them you get the worst of both worlds: a very heavy, slow, expensive vehicle that’s hard to use,” said Mark Moore, head of the personal air vehicle(PAV) division of the vehicle systems program at Nasa’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, US. But Boeing is also considering how to police the airways-and prevent total pandemonium(吵雜狂亂的喧鬧)-if thousands of flying cars enter the skies.
“The neat, gee-whiz part is thinking about what the vehicle itself would look like,” said Dick Paul, a vice president with Phantom Works, Boeing’s research and development arm. “But we’re trying to think through all the consequences of what it would take to deploy(散開) a fleet of these.”
Past proposals to solve this problem have included artificial intelligence systems to prevent collisions between air traffic. Nasa is working on flying vehicles with the initial goal of transforming small plane travel. Small planes are generally costly, loud, and require months of training and lots of money to operate, making flying to work impractical for most people. But within five years, Nasa researchers hope to develop technology for a small plane that can fly out of regional airports, costs less than $100,000(£55,725), is as quiet as a motorcycle and as simple to operate as a car.
Although it would not have any road-driving capabilities, it would bring this form of travel within the grasp of a wider section of people. The new technology would automate many of the pilot’s functions. This Small Aircraft Transportation System(Sats) would divert pressure away from the “hub-and-spoke(中心輻射型)” model of air travel. Hub-and-spoke refers to the typically US model of passengers being processed through large “hub” airports and then on to secondary flights to “spoke” airports near their final destinations.
72. The best title for this text would be .
A. Developing Skycars B. The Traffic Jams in the Sky
C. How to Guide Flying Cars in the Sky D. What Flying Cars Will Look Like
73. The underlined word “envision” in Paragraph 1 most probably means “ ”.
A. see B. expect C. think D. announce
74. When engineers develop the skycars, they have to deal with the following difficulties except .
A. how to fly out of regional airports
B. how to prevent the disorder of the airways
C. how to reduce expenses and the vehicle’s weight
D. how to fly the skycars to enter skies
75. Now Nasa researchers’ aim is to .
A. make big flying cars
B. work out the plan——how to transform small plane travel
C. develop a new kind of small plane different from the traditional one
D. build a new kind of small plane with road-driving abilities
I know I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.
——Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe’s career as an actress was only 16 years. She made 29 films, 24 in the first 8 years of her career.
Born as Norma Jeanne Mortenson on June 1, 1926 in Los Angeles General Hospital, her mother, Gladys, listed the father’s name as unknown. Marilyn would never know the true identity of her father. On July 23, 1946 she signed a contract with Twentieth Century-Fox Studios. She selected her mother’s family name of Monroe. From this point on she would be known as Marilyn Monroe to all her fans.
Her first serious acting job came in 1950 when she had a small but important role in “The Asphalt Jungle” and received favorable reviews. “Clash By Night” in 1952 earned her several notices… Alton Cook of the New York World-Telegram and Sun wrote “… a forceful actress, a gifted new star, worthy of all the fantasy of the press. Her role here is not very big, but she makes it dominant.” Monroe’s first leading part in a serious feature was to be in “Don’t Bother to Knock”, also filmed in 1952.
Also in 1952 Marilyn began filming “Niagara”. This film established her stardom. After her next big film, “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”, she signed her name and placed her hands and feet in the wet cement in front of the Chinese theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, where she had visited years earlier as a child.
In Monroe’s life, Arthur Miller had a great effect on her. To Monroe, Miller represented the serious theatre and a wisdom that she found attractive. To Miller, years after, he said, “It was wonderful to be around her, she was simply overwhelming. She had so much promise. It seemed to me that she could really be a great kind of phenomenon, a terrific artist. She was endlessly fascinating, full of original observations… there wasn’t a traditional bone in her body.”
Monroe’s health had been getting worse due to increased dependency on drugs and an unhappy marriage. She often came to the set late and was unable to remember her lines.
Monroe died on August 5, 1960, at the age of 36.
64. From this passage we know .
A. Marilyn Monroe gave herself her family name
B. Marilyn’s mother named Monroe in hospital
C. Arthur Miller selected the name for Marilyn Monroe
D. Marilyn Monroe was named after her father
65. It was in 1952 that Marilyn Monroe .
A. signed a contract with Twentieth Century-Fox Studios
B. gradually attracted the public’s attention by her acting job
C. began to play a leading role in the film called Clash By Night
D. turned 36
66. Arthur Miller said there wasn’t a traditional bone in Monroe’s body probably because .
A. she was a great beauty
B. she was a gifted actress and the characters she made brought people fresh and creative feelings
C. she belonged to the public and the world
D. she achieved a lot in her short acting career
67. It can be concluded from the passage that .
A. since she was born Monroe’s health had been in bad condition
B. Monroe began to pick up an acting job at the age of 16
C. Monroe died very young because of her unhappy marriage
D. Monroe’s acting fame was founded very quickly
D
With more than 100 shows and $65 million in prize money, Reality TV has become America’s and Australia’s fast track to fame, wealth and even true love. But if you want a piece of the action you’ll need perseverance, nerves of steel and plenty of time on your hands.
“Most people think it is just really easy to get on these shows and at this point almost everyone knows someone who has been on Reality TV. It is much less accessible than people think.” Said Matthew Robinson, the author of How to Get on Reality TV.
Anywhere from 25,000 to 50,000 Americans seek their 15 minutes of fame by applying to audition(參加選拔) every season for shows such as Survivor, Fear Factor and The Bachelor. American Idol is by far the toughest on which to land a spot, with more than 100,000 aspiring contestants.
Robinson, a Hollywood screen writer and self-confessed reality junkie(有癮的人), tells wannables(想成為名人的人) how to survive auditions and what casting directors are looking for. He passes on some good advice from past contestants who have been there, eaten that-and mostly wished they hadn’t. “Almost all of them regret it, with the exception of everybody on Amazing Race, all of whom loved it,” Robison said. “The Bachelor people I spoke to said they totally regretted it and ended up looking like idiots. The experience of being on these shows is both pretty painful and unforgettable. I feel for a lot of the people who come out of it totally shell-shocked.”
Although the enthusiasm has gone off reality television for US networks, which are offering more scripted drama this season, Robison said most reality shows saw a 20 to 30 percent increase in the number of would-be contestants. Robinson believes Reality TV is here to stay.
“I don’t think it’s a fad(短暫的時尚). It’s a matter of cost. You can do an entire season of the Bachelor for the same cost as one episode of ER,” Robison said. “Reality TV makes good economic sense. And, perhaps more important, these shows are just plain entertaining.”
68. The subject discussed in the text is .
A. Robison’s Reality TV B. the book How to Get on Reality TV
C. American fashion D. TV entertainment programs in U.S.
69. Almost all who have been on Reality TV regret it but the number of would-be contestants is increasing by 20 to 30 percent because .
A. they have followed Robinson’s expert advice
B. getting on the shows is one possible way to make themselves known to people
C. it’s more accessible to be successful on the shows
D. the shows are more challenging
70. According to the text, we know Robison’s attitude towards Reality TV is that .
A. he has shown great interest in it
B. he thinks Reality TV will disappear soon
C. he considers Reality TV represents the American fashion
D. he holds the idea that Reality TV should not have made much money
71. We can see from this text that there is an opponent to Reality TV called .
A. American Idol B. Survivor C. scripted drama D. The Bachelor
E
As motorways become more and more blocked up with traffic, a new generation on flying cars will be needed to ferry people along skyways. That is the verdict(定論) of engineers from the US space agency and aeronautical firms, who envision future commuters traveling by “skycar”.
These could look much like the concept skycar shown in the picture, designed by Boeing research and development. However, such vehicles could be some 25 years from appearing on the market. Efforts to build flying vehicles in the past have not been very successful. Such vehicles would not only be expensive and require the skills of a trained pilot to fly, but there are significant engineering challenges involved in developing them. “When you try to combine them you get the worst of both worlds: a very heavy, slow, expensive vehicle that’s hard to use,” said Mark Moore, head of the personal air vehicle(PAV) division of the vehicle systems program at Nasa’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, US. But Boeing is also considering how to police the airways-and prevent total pandemonium(吵雜狂亂的喧鬧)-if thousands of flying cars enter the skies.
“The neat, gee-whiz part is thinking about what the vehicle itself would look like,” said Dick Paul, a vice president with Phantom Works, Boeing’s research and development arm. “But we’re trying to think through all the consequences of what it would take to deploy(散開) a fleet of these.”
Past proposals to solve this problem have included artificial intelligence systems to prevent collisions between air traffic. Nasa is working on flying vehicles with the initial goal of transforming small plane travel. Small planes are generally costly, loud, and require months of training and lots of money to operate, making flying to work impractical for most people. But within five years, Nasa researchers hope to develop technology for a small plane that can fly out of regional airports, costs less than $100,000(£55,725), is as quiet as a motorcycle and as simple to operate as a car.
Although it would not have any road-driving capabilities, it would bring this form of travel within the grasp of a wider section of people. The new technology would automate many of the pilot’s functions. This Small Aircraft Transportation System(Sats) would divert pressure away from the “hub-and-spoke(中心輻射型)” model of air travel. Hub-and-spoke refers to the typically US model of passengers being processed through large “hub” airports and then on to secondary flights to “spoke” airports near their final destinations.
72. The best title for this text would be .
A. Developing Skycars B. The Traffic Jams in the Sky
C. How to Guide Flying Cars in the Sky D. What Flying Cars Will Look Like
73. The underlined word “envision” in Paragraph 1 most probably means “ ”.
A. see B. expect C. think D. announce
74. When engineers develop the skycars, they have to deal with the following difficulties except .
A. how to fly out of regional airports
B. how to prevent the disorder of the airways
C. how to reduce expenses and the vehicle’s weight
D. how to fly the skycars to enter skies
75. Now Nasa researchers’ aim is to .
A. make big flying cars
B. work out the plan——how to transform small plane travel
C. develop a new kind of small plane different from the traditional one
D. build a new kind of small plane with road-driving abilities