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第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

At the age of ten I could not figure out what this Elvis Presley guy had that the rest of us boys did not have.I mean，he had a head，two arms and two legs，just like the rest of us.About nine O’clock on Saturday morning I decided to ask Eugene Correthers，one of the older boys，what it was that made this Elvis guy so special.He told me that it was Elvis’s wavy hair and the way he moved his body.

About half an hour later all the boys in the orphanage(孤儿院)were called to the main dining-room and told we were all going to downtown Jacksonville，Florida to get a new pair of Buster Brown shoes and a hair cut.That is when I got this big idea，which hit me like a ton of bricks.If the Elvis hair cut was the big secret，then that’s what I was going to get.

All the way to town I told everybody，including the matron(女管家)from the orphanage who was taking us to town，that I was going to look just like Elvis Presley and that I would learn to move around just like he did and that I would be rich and famous one day，just like him.

When I got my new Buster Brown shoes，I could hardly wait for my new hair cut and now that I had my new Busier Brown shoes I would be very happy to go back to the orphanage and practice being like Elvis.

We finally arrived at the big barber shop，where they cut our hair for free because we were orphans(孤儿).I looked at the barber and said，“I want an Elvis hair cut.Can you make my hair like Elvis?”I asked him，with a big smile on my face.“Let’s just see what we can do for you，little man，”he said.I was so happy when he started to cut my hair.Just as he started to cut my hair，the matron signed for him to come over to where she was standing.She whispered something into his ear and then he shook his head，like he was telling her“No”.Then he told me they were not allowed to give as Elvis hair cuts.Then I saw my hair falling onto the floor.

21.In the author’s eyes，Elvis Presley was_______.

A.admirable B.disgusting C.ambitious D.dynamic

22.From the passage，we can know that___________.

A.Buster Brown was more appealing than Elvis Presley

B.The matron did not want the boy to have an Elvis hair cut

C.An Elvis hair cut cost the orphans a lot of money

D.The barber was unwilling to give the boy an Elvis hair cut

23.We can learn from the underlined sentence that the boy was______.

A.worried to think about the secret B.excited to have an Elvis hair cut

C.anxious to remove the ton of bricks D.careful to seize the chance

24.How would the boy probably feel when he walked out of the barber shop?

A.Delighted. B.Guilty. C.Depressed. D.Self-satisfied.

B

Instagram is a fast，beautiful and fun way to share your life with friends and family.Take a picture or video，choose a filter to transform its look and feel.and then post to Instagram—it’s that easy.You can even share to Facebook.Twitter and more.It’s a new way to see the world.So many photos of food are contained on Instagram—now a pop-up diner in London is taking advantage of this new trend by letting people settle the bill for their meals simply by uploading photos of their dishes to social networks.

I always thought people’s taking pictures of their food was kind of silly，but at this new pop-up restaurant in the UK，I’d probably do it too.“The Picture House”is the world’s first pay-by-photo restaurant—yon order，click a photo of the food，share on Instagram and eat for free!

The testaurant belongs to frozen food giant(巨人)Birds Eye，who came up with the idea to cash in on people’s addiction with photographing food and sharing the pictures online.They conducted a survey and found out that more than half of the British population regularly took pictures of their meals.So they realized it was a better way to advertise their new dining range.

The pop-up diner was open in Soho，London for three days in May，and is now moving to other major UK cities.They serve two-course meals that customers don’t have to pay for，if they photo and Instagram it.

The restaurant is a part of Birds Eye’s “Food for Life”campaign，a new marketing project that aims at changing the way people look at frozen food.“Taking photos of food enables people to show off and to share their mealtime moments—from the everyday to the special，”said marketing director Margaret Jobling.

The reaction to the Picture House has been great so far And the pay-by-picture concept has proven to be an effective way.Alternative payment methods are actually gaining popularity among a lot of businesses.Last year in a care in Germany customers pay by how much time they spend there，not by what they eat.

25.Instagram probably is________.

A.a program used to share photos B.a campaign of“Food for Life”

C.a restaurant free of charge D.a new marketing project

26.What’s the author’s attitude to this new trend?

A.Confused B.Interested C.Opposed D.Unconcerned

27.“The Picture House”encourages sharing photos of its food to_______.

A.raise the price of frozen food B.create a new social media trend

C.attract more customers D.reward the regular customers

28.Which of the following can serve as the best title for the passage?

A.Food for Life B.The Pop-up Diner

C.No Need to Pay D.Pay by Picture