1、Drinking and music College parties in the US are always lacking in creativity and full of wine and music. The basic form rarely changes drink until you cannot anymore and play loud music at an earth-shaking volume. There is plenty of beer involved, and some mixed cocktails.Creativity in dress The cr
2、eativity comes in how parties are dressed up. Parties often have a specific theme, like a 90s party or a sports party. At a 90s party, guests might show up dressed like once-famous celebrities. At a sports party, guests might wear their favorite teams uniforms. Held in apartments The party is usuall
3、y held in the apartment of a particular outgoing friend. Everyone will be invited, which means strangers will wander in and out of the apartment where you can get to know and make some new friends. Ugly sweater party On holidays, parties frequently take on a proper theme. A popular theme around Chri
4、stmas is the ugly sweater party. The goal is to wear the ugliest sweater you can find, creating an atmosphere of fun. Whatever the occasion is, there will be no shortage of booze. If you are smart enough, you wont have so much as to lose your consciousness. Parties are always better when you can rem
5、ember them the next day.1. This passage introduces .A. what to wear at the US college parties B. how much to drink at the US college partiesC. how to make friends at the US colleges D. parties of the US colleges2. The passage is probably written for in colleges. A. the freshmen B. the party lovers C
6、. the graduates D. the excellent students3. The author attaches importance to at the parties in colleges.A. creativity arising from inspiration B. drinking to your hearts contentC. communication combined with fun D. dressing in a fancy style4. What does the underlined word booze in the last paragrap
7、h mean? A. Juice. B. Alcohol. C. Food. D. Music.BDrinks Have No Wings You may have heard that Red Bull gives you wings. But while most people take the advertising slogan as a metaphor (隐喻) , some Americans seem to have taken it very seriously. Benjamin Careathers had been drinking the drink for 10 y
8、ears, expecting to at least feel more energetic, but nothing happened. Feeling fooled by the ad, he took the issue to court in January, 2013. In October, the Austria-based company agreed to pay $ 6. 5 million (39.7 million yuan) to customers who have bought the drink since 2002. People in the US can
9、 apply for a share through energydrinksettlement. com before March,2015. But is the case really that ridiculous? Red Bull said they had done nothing wrong and they only paid the money to save the cost and trouble of legal action. However, the suit told a different story. Even though there is no evid
10、ence that Red Bull energy drinks provide more benefit for consumers than a cup of coffee, the company markets their products as a superior source of energy that costs little. “Such conduct means that Red Bulls advertising and marketing is not just puffery, but is misleading and therefore actionable
11、(可诉讼的) ,” the suit said. The company said that the drink could promote healthy joints and reduce the risk of eye diseases. However, according to the organization, the product contains a lot of sugar, which could actually lead to many health problems. Coca-Cola agreed to pay $ 1. 2 million in compens
12、ation in July. But to fully stop the company from linking the drink to health benefits, Truth in Advertising, another non-profit organization, took the issue to court again in late October. False advertisements have become a common problem around the world. China changed its consumer rights law last
13、 year to ban advertising companies and media from making or publishing false advertisements. Celebrities (明星) are also made responsible if they endorse(代言) false or substandard products.5. What benefits can people get, according to the Red Bull company? A. One can really fly like birds, for it offer
14、s you wings. B. Drink it, and one can be forever energetic and young. C. As it contains a lot of sugar, it can make one more powerful. D. Healthy joints can be promoted if one takes this drink.6. This article shows clearly that .A. more companies will be taken to court as they fail to live up to the
15、ir promisesB. both Red Bull and Coca-Cola are now winning the consumers trust and respectC. Benjamin Careathers has benefited a great deal since he drank Red BullD. no puffery words have ever appeared in both Red Bull and Coca-Colas advertisements7. Faced with the suit, the Red Bull company decided
16、to .A. apologize to its customers and pay for their losses in healthB. take full responsibility for the bad effects it has caused to its customersC. give no one but its American customers some money as a rewardD. spend some money to save the cost and trouble of legal action8.What is each country as
17、well as the publics attitude towards those false advertisements? A. Tolerant. B. Favorable. C. Unbearable. D. Indifferent.CIt is 7 am and the alarm is going off. You know you have to be out of bed to catch the bus. But the urge to bury yourself in the bed is ever so strong. Sounds familiar? Why is i
18、t that teens find it difficult to get themselves out of bed in time every morning or stay sharp and focused during the first couple of hours of school? During adolescence, the body goes through many changes and these include a shift in sleep patterns. Researchers from MIT have been tracking the body
19、s need for sleep in teenagers. They found that though adolescents need as much as 9. 5 hours of sleep a day, they get to bed later and later with each passing year. In fact, the sleep cycle shifts later by as much as 12 to 18 minutes each year between the ages of 10 and 20. So by the time a 10-year-
20、old who sleeps at 8 pm grows to be 17 or 18, his body naturally wants to stay up till 10:30 pm or 11 pm. According to researchers, this is because of a hormone called melatonin (褪黑激素) that is secreted (分泌) by the pineal gland a tiny structure deep inside the brain. Melatonin regulates the bodys natu
21、ral day-night rhythms. It causes a person to become sleepy by lowering his bodys core temperature. In teens, melatonin is secreted much later in the evening and continues to increase throughout the night. This makes it difficult for teens to fall asleep earlier as they did in their younger years. Li
22、kewise, the effect of melatonin continues until much later in the morning, making it hard for them to wake up early. A study found that at least one in four teens is tired and falls asleep in school at least once a week. During sleep, important body functions and brain activities happen. So how can
23、teenagers get their sleep enough? The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that middle and high schools should start later not before 8:30 am. This should give teens some more time to sleep at night.9. From Paragraph 2, we can learn that if you sleep late, the next day you should . A. sta
24、y sharp B. skip breakfast C. get up late D. stay up late10. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A. The students want to stay up. B. The shifts of the sleep cycle. C. The pinea gland secretes melatonin. D. The adolescents sleep late.11. The teens go to sleep later than befor
25、e because . A. melatonin is secreted much later B. melatonin regulates the sleep time C. they sleep a lot in the daytime D. they need to finish their homework12. According to AAPs recommendation, middle and high schools should . A. let teens sleep in the day B. let the students be active C. delay th
26、e start time D. start later at 8 am13.In which place are you likely to read this passage ?A. Science magazine B. Newspaper C. Guide D. Novel第二节 (共5小题;每小题3分) 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。(注意:选E涂AB,选F涂AC,选G涂AD)Many of us deal with the rush every morning in preparation for work or school, b
27、ut it doesnt have to be this way. With a little time management, these steps can help you cut down on your morning stress. Create an evening preparation routine. 14 These simple tasks will take you less than 30 minutes to complete each evening and will save you a huge headache every morning. Get a g
28、ood nights sleep. Make sure you start winding down for bed at a reasonable hour to allow enough time for a healthy nights sleep. 15 If needed, set a bedtime reminder alarm on your alarm clock. Always keep the temperature in your bedroom comfortably cool 16 . An extra 30 minutes in the morning will m
29、ake a difference. As long as you go to bed on time, waking up 30 minutes earlier should seem natural after just a few days. Use this time to think, shower and eat breakfast. Plan a realistic day.Writing things down means you dont have to worry about forgetting to do them. 17 Write down anything that
30、 cannot be put off to the following day. 18 Getting up to face a new day is far more satisfying when you have something to look forward to. Make sure you manage your time better so that you have time to do something you love on a daily basis.A. Morning stress is very common.B. Schedule something you love daily.C. Never fill your mind with unnecessary worries.D. Make a summary of what you did in the daytime.E. Wake up 30 minutes earlier.F. Iron your clothes, locate your keys, plan a nutriti
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