A.Sports lovers having smartphones.

B.Women preferring advertisements.

C.People using Android system.

D.iPhone users seeking convenience.

B

To win an Oscar is an achievement at any age.To do so at 22, like Jennifer Lawrence, is just amazing.Recently, the American star won Best Actress at this year's Academy Awards for her role in the film Silver Linings Playbook. According to Time magazine's Richard Corliss, Lawrence is a rare young actress who lends mature intelligence to any role.

Though Lawrence has found great success through her big screen work, she wasn't sure what she really liked doing before the age of 14.She thought she'd go to college and maybe find a career as a doctor or a travel agent.

Lawrence's two brothers were star athletes and one of them was a straight?A student.Unlike them, she suffered through school, never finding where she belonged.However, during a trip to New York, Lawrence suddenly realized that she wanted to be an actress.When she was enjoying the beautiful city, a model seeker asked if he could take her picture, and the next day he called her in for an audition (试镜).

“I read the script and it was the first time I had that feeling like I understand this，” Lawrence said.“Within 20 minutes in the cab ride from the hotel, I decided I didn't want to be a model.In fact, I wanted to be an actress.” Having appreciated this young lady's performance, the agency was so impressed with her reading that they signed her on the spot.But she insisted on finishing high school so she could pay her full attention to her acting career.

Lawrence burst onto the Hollywood scene last year with The Hunger Games, which established her as the highest grossing (票房最高的) female action hero of all time.Rolling Stone called her “the most talented young actress in America”.

5.Which of the following is true of Jennifer Lawrence?

A.She achieved her dream by chance.

B.She used to be a well?known model.

C.She was awarded by the Academy Awards.

D.She wanted to be an actress at an early age.

6.What can we know about Jennifer Lawrence from Paragraph 3?

A.Her parents were really strict with her.

B.She seemed not to fit in with her school life well.

C.Her school performance made her today's fame.

D.Her two brothers were doing well in all school subjects.

7.From the text we can know that Lawrence is an actress of great________.

A.confidence  B.ambition

C.independence  D.talent

8.What is the best title of the text?

A.Choosing Right  B.Acting Wiselyw

C.Winning Young  D.Following Dreams

Ⅴ.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。

__1__Men lie;women lie.Husbands lie, friends lie, wives lie, and believe it or not, your mother might lie.A recent study showed that 91% of all people lie on a regular basis, and people tell at least 13 major lies a week.

Dr.Robert G.Newby, a professor of sociology, believes that men are more likely to tell lies than women.“Men are more concerned about how they present themselves in public, the impression they make on people and things like that，” he says.“Men are always trying to impress people in the work and want to make sure that their presentation of self is one that makes them look good.__2__.”

Women, on the other hand, Dr.Newby believes, are more private people and their relationship tends to be more interpersonal, as opposed to having to put on a public face.Women are more vulnerable and they are not as likely to try to pull the wool over someone's eyes like men.

Psychotherapist Vesta Callender also agrees that men and women do lie differently.“__3__.They plan better，” Callender notes.“They create a history around the lie, and they try to project into the future what might happen if the lie is detected.With a woman, a lie has a beginning, a middle and an end.”Callender believes that men tend to lie for the moment or to get out of a situation.__4__.

Dr.Elmore stresses that while it is true that most people lie from time to time, one should be truthful.

“__5__.Everything that is true does not need to be said, but everything said needs to be true.” he says.

A.Be truthful at any cost.

B.Men also lie to each other.

C.Everyone lies from time to time.

D.Women are much more careful in their lies.

E.Men think less about how the lie can be detected.

F.He lies about almost everything, even when he doesn't have to.

G.Men are more likely to step outside of their relationships than women.

1.nor do we know

2.were not admitted to universities

3.as well as;has decided to

4.one after another

5.than any country

Ⅲ.根据语境用适当的代词填空(代词专项训练)

1. it　2.Everything　3.few　4.some　5.any

6.something　7.One　8.nothing　9.anything　10.little

Ⅳ.阅读理解

1. C

2. C

3. B

4.　D

5. C

6. B

7.D

8.C

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