67. From the passage we can learn ______. A. sadness is as contagious as happiness B. anger is less contagious than friendliness C. surprise is more contagious than smile D. surprise is the most contagious among emotions
68. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. Emotions have delicate influence on fellow humans. B. Children like copying the actions of the fellow humans. C. Scientists are still confused about contagious yawning.
D．People tend to communicate more with body language.
D
Celebrity（名人）has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption（消费）on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product. Besides, fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover because they don’t sell nearly as well as famous faces. As a result, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful marker potential, moving from advertising for others’ products to developing their own
Celebrity clothing lines aren’t a completely new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers, and limited to a few TV actresses. Today they’re started by first-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top brands. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their production scale rapidly, covering almost all the products of daily life.
However, for every success story, there’s a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal. No matter how famous the product’s origin is, if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the initial（最初的）attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty（忠城）returning to tried-and-true labels.
Today, celebrities face even more severe embarrassment. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. Each misstep threatens to reduce a celebrity’s shelf life, and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no
problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears. Still, the ego’s（自我的）potential for expansion is limitless. Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition, many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers might last only a short time, but fashion—like celebrity—has always been temporary. 69. Fashion magazines today . A. seldom put models on the cover B. no longer put models on the cover
C. need not worry about celebrities’ market potential D. judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly
70. A change in the consumer market can be found today that . A. price rather than brand name is more concerned B. producers prefer models to celebrities for advertisements C. producers prefer TV actresses to film stars for advertisements D. quality rather than the outside of products is more concerned
71. The underlined sentence in paragraph 4 indicates that any wrong step will possibly . A. decrease the popularity of a celebrity and the sales of his products B. damage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general public C. cut short the artistic career of a celebrity in show business D. influence the price of a celebrity’s products 72. The passage is mainly about . A. celebrity and personal style B. celebrity and markets potential C. celebrity and fashion design D. celebrity and clothing industry
第二节 简答题(共3小题, 每小题2分, 满分6分)
阅读下面短文, 根据第73至第75小题的具体要求, 简要回答问题, 并将答案转写到答题卡上.
Every January, Breckenridge hosts the International Snow Sculpture Championships. Fourteen teams travel from all over the world to Switzerland to compete. Teams sculpt for sixty-five hours over five days. Each team hopes that when the time is up, its sculpture will be judged the best.
As the championship begins, the fourteen teams are faced with huge blocks of snow that weigh twenty tons each. The sculptors bring out their favorite tools that work best on the hard iced snow, but they are not allowed to employ tools that use electricity.
Most teams are inspired by what they have seen in daily life. For example, one team carved a teapot with tea pouring out. Another team sculpted a little cat on its hind feet(后脚)reaching into a fish bowl complete with water ripples(涟漪) and a crab(螃蟹) trying to attack the cat. In 2006, Team USA sculpted a golden dog looking at its image reflected in a mirror. To create the effect that the little dog saw its reflection in the glass, the artists carved two dogs facing each other with their paws(脚爪)touching.
As the final hours of the competition tick by, exhausted team members add last-minute detail. They use small brooms to brush off snow caught in tiny holes. One team member counts down the last five minutes while others are busy cleaning up the tools. If they leave any tools behind, they will be out. When the whistle bows, everyone must step away from the sculpture. The judges then vote on creativity, technical skills, and visual impact (视觉效果)of the designs.
In 200, Team USA took first place for their golden dog sculpture titled ―Discovery‖. But the competition is not just about medals and ribbons. ―It’s not about the prize,‖ said Rob Neyland, Team USA’s captain. ―It’s about touching the audience. ‖
Every year, as the championship ends, each team is already dreaming of the next masterpiece it will design.
73. What kind of tools are the sculptors Not permitted to use?(回答词数不超过6个)
74. What gives the sculptors ideas for their creative work? (回答词数不超过9个)
75. Why did Team USA win the competition in 2006? (回答词数不超过15个)
第四部分：书面表达（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 填空（共10小题：每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文后第76至第85小题的空格里填上适当的单词或短语，并将答案转写到答题卡上。
注意：每空不超过3个单词。
The best thing you can say about the roofs of most city buildings is that you don’t have to look at them. That’s very good, since an urban landscape viewed from above can be an unlovely thing ---block after block of tarred (铺有沥青的)black rooftops, sticky in summer, ugly year-round. Or at least that’s the way it used to be.
But urban roofs are going green. Environmental designers have begun to realize that he tops of buildings don’t have to be wastelands. Indeed, they can be gardens, planted with grasses, flowers and bushes.
A planted roof usually comes in one of two varieties: extensive or intensive. The extensive type is wide and shallow, with a soil depth of less than 8 inches, able to support smaller plants, The intensive type may be smaller, but it’s relatively deeper and home to larger plants.
Whatever the design, green roofs are not so simple as ordinary gardens. They have multiple layers beneath the soil, including a drainage layer, waterproofing, structural support, and so on . But this system can do a great deal of good. A recent paper in the journal BioScience tells that green roofs can control temperature, contain water and clean the air. And most impressively, they can cut heat loss from a building by 50%, lower air-conditioning costs by 25%, and reduce the urban-heated-island effect by 2℃.
Of course, apart from the square feet greened and heat reduced, green roofs are even more valued since people can gain some psychological comfort simply by having a quiet place to go. As so often happens, what’s good for the planet can also be good for the spirit.
第二节 写作（满分25分）
请从下列任务中选择你 最喜欢的一位，用英语谢一篇120词左右的短文。要求很具所给信息做适当发挥，且需包括一下三部分内容：
1. 对该任务的简单介绍； 2. 喜欢该任务的理由； 3. 从该任务身上得到的启示。
Thomas Edison Helen Keller William Shakespeare