She considers blog writing to be ______（宣传她的电影的最方便、最经济的途径).

C)She considers it nothing fancy． D)She is considering buying one．

famous paintings. Some of them are priceless.

M: However, he does not like visiting the art museum because he considers it a noisy place.

Q: What can we conclude about Jack from the conversation？

(19)

A．He is good at drawing pictures.

B．He thinks the art museum is a very quiet place.

C．He likes visiting the art museum very much.

D．He likes paintings very much.

PASSAGE 1 (教材课文原文)

With a teeny waist, exaggerated breasts, icy-blue eyes, 21-year-old Valeria says she is the real natural deal. A real-life Barbie, that is.

That’s what she claims anyway, but many people doubt to her claims. Whether she underwent plastic surgery or uses Photoshop remains unclear. On her blog, the model notes that she is the most famous woman on the Russian Internet because of her doll-like appeal. Hundreds of photos on her Facebook page show a wide-eyed, nearly fake-looking Valeria posing in a variety of outfits.

The model did not return requests for comment. If Photoshop is not a factor in getting Valeria’s look, she likely underwent a barrage of plastic surgery. The president of American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)said, plastic surgery should never be used to transform. oneself into a favorite celebrity or, in this case, a play toy. He also warns patients to keep in mind that plastic surgery is real surgery with real risks, just as with any operation, so the decision should not be taken lightly.

1. Valeria thinks that she is a real-life Barbie.{T; F}

2. Valeria used to accept plastic surgery.{T; F}

3. Valeria writes that she is the most famous woman on the Russian Internet because she posts a lot of pictures on her blog..{T; F}

4. The author thinks Valeria neither Photoshops her, nor accepts a series of plastic surgery.{T; F}

5. The president of ASPS thinks that plastic surgery is of risks.{T; F}

m right then and there.

M: Serves them right. I don't sympathize with anyone trying to pass that way.

Q: What is the man's attitude toward the professor's action？

(19)

A．He approves of the action.

B．He feels sorry for those students.

C．He considers the punishment excessive.

D．He has no opinion about the action.

e so many famous pictures. Some of them are priceless.

M: However, he does not like visiting the art museum because he considers it a noisy place.

Q: What can we conclude about Jack from the conversation？

(17)

A．He is good at drawing pictures.

B．He likes paintings very much.

C．He likes visiting the art museum very much.

D．He thinks the art museum is a very quiet place.

(CIRCLE) at Tufts University shows that today's youth vote in larger numbers than previous generations, and a 2008 study from the Center for American Progress adds that increasing numbers of young voters and activists support traditionally liberal causes. But there's no easy way to see what those figures mean in real life. During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama assembled a racially and ideologically diverse coalition with his message of hope and change; as the reality of life under a new administration settles in, some of those supporters might become disillusioned. As the nation moves further into the Obama presidency, will politically engaged young people continue to support the president and his agenda, or will they gradually drift away？

The writers of Generation O (short for Obama), a new Newsweek blog that seeks to chronicle the lives of a group of young Obama supporters, want to answer that question. For the next three months, Michelle Kremer and 11 other Obama supporters, ages 19 to 34, will blog about life across mainstream America, with one twist: by tying all of their ideas and experiences to the new president and his administration, the bloggers will try to start a conversation about what it means to be young and politically active in America today. Malena Amusa, a 24-year-old writer and dancer from St. Louis sees the project as a way to preserve history as it happens. Amusa, who is traveling to India this spring to finish a book, then to Senegal to teach English, has ongoing conversations with her friends about how the Obama presidency has changed their daily lives and hopes to put some of those ideas, along with her global perspective, into her posts. She's excited because, as she puts it, "I don't have to wait [until] 15 years from now" to make sense of the world.

Henry Flores, a political-science professor at St. Mary's University, credits this younger generation's political strength to their embrace of technology. "[The Internet] exposes them to more thinking," he says, "and groups that are like-minded in different parts of the country start to come together." That's exactly what the Generation O bloggers are hoping to do. The result could be a group of young people that, like their boomer(二战后生育高峰期出生的美国人) parents, grows up with a strong sense of purpose and sheds the image of apathy （冷漠） they've inherited from Generation X(60 年代后期和70年代出生的美国人). It's no small challenge for a blog run by a group of ordinary—if ambitious—young people, but the members of Generation O are up to the task.

What is the finding of a new study by CIRCLE？

A．More young voters are going to the polls than before.

B．The younger generation supports traditionally liberal causes.

C．Young voters played a decisive role in Obama's election.

D．Young people in America are now more diverse ideologically.

re so many famous pictures. Some of them are priceless.

M: However, he does not like visiting the art museum because he considers it a noisy place.

Q: What can we conclude about Jack from the conversation？

(19)

A．He is good at drawing pictures.

B．He likes paintings very much.

C．He likes visiting the art museum very much.

D．He thinks the art museum is a very quiet place

gagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University shows that today's youth vote in larger numbers than previous generations, and a 2008 study from the Center for American Progress adds that increasing numbers of young voters and activists support traditionally liberal causes. But there's no easy way to see what those figures mean in real life. During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama assembled a racially and ideologically diverse coalition with his message of hope and change; as the reality of life under a new administration settles in, some of those supporters might become disillusioned. As the nation moves further into the Obama presidency, will politically engaged young people continue to support the president and his agenda, or will they gradually drift away？

The writers of Generation O (short for Obama), a new Newsweek blog that seeks to chronicle the lives of a group of young Obama supporters, want to answer that question. For the next three months, Michelle Kremer and 11 other Obama supporters, ages 19 to 34, will blog about life across mainstream America, with one twist: by tying all of their ideas and experiences to the new president and his administration, the bloggers will try to start a conversation about what it means to be young and politically active in America today. Malena Amusa, a 24-year-old writer and dancer from St. Louis sees the project as a way to preserve history as it happens. Amusa, who is traveling to India this spring to finish a book, then to Senegal to teach English, has ongoing conversations with her friends about how the Obama presidency has changed their daily lives and hopes to put some of those ideas, along with her global perspective, into her posts. She's excited because, as she puts it, "I don't have to wait [until] 15 years from now" to make sense of the world.

Henry Flores, a political-science professor at St. Mary's University, credits this younger generation's political strength to their embrace of technology. "[The Internet] exposes them to more thinking," he says, "and groups that are like-minded in different parts of the country start to come together." That's exactly what the Generation O bloggers are hoping to do. The result could be a group of young people that, like their boomer (二战后生育高峰期出生的美国人) parents, grows up with a strong sense of purpose and sheds the image of apathy (冷漠) they've inherited from Generation X (60 年代后期和70 年代出生的美国人). It's no small challenge for a blog run by a group of ordinary—if ambitious—young people, but the members of Generation O are up to the task.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

What is the finding of a new study by CIRCLE？

A．More young voters are going to the polls than before.

B．The young generation supports traditionally liberal causes.

C．Young voters played a decisive role in Obama's election.

D．Young people in America are now more diverse ideologically.