Passage 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage. Much of the fiction written by American women in the twenty-first century can be termed "popular,"owing to its sustained engagement with an expansive but clearly defined readership. Since the 1990s, popular women's fiction has been dominated by "chick lit,"a term that has come to signify a particular brand of commercial fiction. In her article "Who's Laughing Now? A Short History of Chick Lit and the Perversion of a Genre,"novelist Cris Mazza credits herself with inventing the taxonomy in her capacity as co-editor of an anthology of new women's writing. The stories in Chick Lit sought "not to embrace an old silly or coquettish image of women but to take responsibility for our part in the damaging,lingering stereotype." Mazza coined the term hoping that critics would recognize its "ironic intention"; as she observes, the ironic inflection of the term evaporated with the inception of the "second incarnation”of Chick Lit. It is this second incarnation that became publishing phenomenon in the 1990s and continues to thrive in the twenty-first century. Arguably, tone is the defining characteristic of the genre. The signature tone of chick lit is humorous, irreverent, and journalistic. Many writers of chick lit novels began their careers as columnists and use their social commentaries as source material for their fictional worlds. Bridget Jones's Diary(1996)evolved from British writer Helen Fielding's newspaper columns for the Independent and later the Daily Telegraph. Candace Bushnell's column "Sex and the City" provided the material for her first novel and the hugely influential HBO television series(1998-2004). From its inception, chick lit secured the readership of the younger demographic through its engagement with contemporary issues and popular culture. Over the past decade, chick lit has sprouted a variety of subgenres.Although commentators on the genre regularly announce its decline, it continues to expand and attract a wider range of women readers. Chick lit is most likely to be concerned with____

请用括号单词的恰当形式填空(deep)The project would____the river from 40 to 45 feet, to allow for larger ships.

请用括号单词的恰当形式填空(silent)He stood____, tears rolling down his cheeks, while the music played.

请用括号单词的恰当形式填空(pleasure) A friend of mine who taught in that country spoke with____about her terrible experience.

请用括号单词的恰当形式填空(reflect) In his latest collection of poems readers are confronted with a series of__________on death.

In  violently  accept  open up  with  distinguish  variety  run down  tire  quality  quantity  unravel As the weeks went by，Swain’s visits grew more frequent. When Dr. Caswell called, Ellsworth would talk about the graceful lines of the chimney or the rich (51)____of color in a bowl of fruit. The treatment was working perfectly. No more trips downtown to his office for the purpose of buying some business that was to fail later. No more crazy financial plans to try the strength of his (52)____old heart. Art was complete cure for him. The doctor thought it safe to allow Ellsworth to visit the Metropolitan Museum, the Museum of Modem Art, and other exhibitions with Swain. An entirely new world (53)____its mysteries to him. The old man showed a tremendous curiosity in the art galleries and in the painters who exhibited (54)____them. How were the galleries run? Who selected the pictures for the exhibitions? An idea was forming in his brain. When the late spring began to cover the fields and gardens (55)____color, Ellsworth painted a simply horrible picture which he called 'Trees Dressed in White.Then he made a surprising announcement. He was going to exhibit the picture in the summer show at the Lathrop Gallery. The summer show at the Lathrop Gallery was the biggest art exhibition of the year—in (56)____, if not in size. The lifetime dream of every important artist in the United States was a prize from this exhibition. Among the paintings of this (57)____ group of artists, Ellsworth was now going to place his 'Trees Dressed in White" which resembled a handful of salad dressing thrown (58) ____against the side of a house. "If the newspapers hear about this, everyone in town will be laughing at Mr. Ellsworth. We’ve got to stop him.” said Koppel. “No,” warned the doctor. “We can’t interfere with him now and take a chance of (59)________all the good work which we have done.” To the complete surprise of all three--and especially Swain--“Trees Dressed in White” was (60)___for the Lathrop show. Not only was Mr. Ellsworth crazy, thought Koppel, but the Lathrop Gallery was crazy, too. (From Art for Heart's Sake) 请选择恰当单词填空

Passage 3 Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage. Facebook, the Web's most popular social networking site, has been caught in a content-rights battle after revealing that it was granting itself permanent rights to users'photos, wall posts and other information even after a user closed an account.Under fire from tens of thousands of users Facebook posted a brief message on users' home pages that said it was returning to its previous"Terms of Use"policy. Member backlash against Facebook began after a consumer advocate website,The Consumerist, flagged a change made to Facebook's policy. Facebook deleted a sentence from the old Terms of Use. That sentence said Facebook could not claim any rights to original content that a user uploaded once the user closed his or her account. The company replaced it with: "You may remove your User Content from the Site at any time. However, you acknowledge that the Company may retain archived copies of your User Content. "In response, Chris Walters,wrote in the Consumerist post, "Make sure you never upload anything you don't feel comfortable giving away, because it's Facebook's now." Thousands of indignant members either canceled their accounts or created online petition.Among them were more than 64,000 who joined a group called "The People Against the new Terms of Service." Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg tried to quell(平息)the controversy by saying the company's philosophy is that people own their information and control who they share it with. But members were not appeased because the site did not fix its Terms of Use. The company, in its post, said it was returning to its previous Terms of Use because of the "feedback" it had received."It was never our intention to confuse people or make them uneasy about sharing on Facebook," company spokesman Barry Schnitt said in blog post. " also want to be very clear that Facebook does not, nor have we ever, claimed ownership over people's content. Your content belongs to you." Schnitt said the company is in the process of rewording its Terms of Use in "simple language that defines Facebook's rights much more specifically." From Paragraph 1, we can infer that Facebook's new"Terms of Use"is____

Passage 3 Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage. Facebook, the Web's most popular social networking site, has been caught in a content-rights battle after revealing that it was granting itself permanent rights to users'photos, wall posts and other information even after a user closed an account.Under fire from tens of thousands of users Facebook posted a brief message on users' home pages that said it was returning to its previous"Terms of Use"policy. Member backlash against Facebook began after a consumer advocate website,The Consumerist, flagged a change made to Facebook's policy. Facebook deleted a sentence from the old Terms of Use. That sentence said Facebook could not claim any rights to original content that a user uploaded once the user closed his or her account. The company replaced it with: "You may remove your User Content from the Site at any time. However, you acknowledge that the Company may retain archived copies of your User Content. "In response, Chris Walters,wrote in the Consumerist post, "Make sure you never upload anything you don't feel comfortable giving away, because it's Facebook's now." Thousands of indignant members either canceled their accounts or created online petition.Among them were more than 64,000 who joined a group called "The People Against the new Terms of Service." Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg tried to quell(平息)the controversy by saying the company's philosophy is that people own their information and control who they share it with. But members were not appeased because the site did not fix its Terms of Use. The company, in its post, said it was returning to its previous Terms of Use because of the "feedback" it had received."It was never our intention to confuse people or make them uneasy about sharing on Facebook," company spokesman Barry Schnitt said in blog post. " also want to be very clear that Facebook does not, nor have we ever, claimed ownership over people's content. Your content belongs to you." Schnitt said the company is in the process of rewording its Terms of Use in "simple language that defines Facebook's rights much more specifically." By marking the change in Facebook's Terms of Use, The Consumerist meant to____

Passage 3 Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage. Facebook, the Web's most popular social networking site, has been caught in a content-rights battle after revealing that it was granting itself permanent rights to users'photos, wall posts and other information even after a user closed an account.Under fire from tens of thousands of users Facebook posted a brief message on users' home pages that said it was returning to its previous"Terms of Use"policy. Member backlash against Facebook began after a consumer advocate website,The Consumerist, flagged a change made to Facebook's policy. Facebook deleted a sentence from the old Terms of Use. That sentence said Facebook could not claim any rights to original content that a user uploaded once the user closed his or her account. The company replaced it with: "You may remove your User Content from the Site at any time. However, you acknowledge that the Company may retain archived copies of your User Content. "In response, Chris Walters,wrote in the Consumerist post, "Make sure you never upload anything you don't feel comfortable giving away, because it's Facebook's now." Thousands of indignant members either canceled their accounts or created online petition.Among them were more than 64,000 who joined a group called "The People Against the new Terms of Service." Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg tried to quell(平息)the controversy by saying the company's philosophy is that people own their information and control who they share it with. But members were not appeased because the site did not fix its Terms of Use. The company, in its post, said it was returning to its previous Terms of Use because of the "feedback" it had received."It was never our intention to confuse people or make them uneasy about sharing on Facebook," company spokesman Barry Schnitt said in blog post. " also want to be very clear that Facebook does not, nor have we ever, claimed ownership over people's content. Your content belongs to you." Schnitt said the company is in the process of rewording its Terms of Use in "simple language that defines Facebook's rights much more specifically." Facebook's new "Terms of Use"policy quoted in Paragraph 2 implies that____

Passage 3 Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage. Facebook, the Web's most popular social networking site, has been caught in a content-rights battle after revealing that it was granting itself permanent rights to users'photos, wall posts and other information even after a user closed an account.Under fire from tens of thousands of users Facebook posted a brief message on users' home pages that said it was returning to its previous"Terms of Use"policy. Member backlash against Facebook began after a consumer advocate website,The Consumerist, flagged a change made to Facebook's policy. Facebook deleted a sentence from the old Terms of Use. That sentence said Facebook could not claim any rights to original content that a user uploaded once the user closed his or her account. The company replaced it with: "You may remove your User Content from the Site at any time. However, you acknowledge that the Company may retain archived copies of your User Content. "In response, Chris Walters,wrote in the Consumerist post, "Make sure you never upload anything you don't feel comfortable giving away, because it's Facebook's now." Thousands of indignant members either canceled their accounts or created online petition.Among them were more than 64,000 who joined a group called "The People Against the new Terms of Service." Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg tried to quell(平息)the controversy by saying the company's philosophy is that people own their information and control who they share it with. But members were not appeased because the site did not fix its Terms of Use. The company, in its post, said it was returning to its previous Terms of Use because of the "feedback" it had received."It was never our intention to confuse people or make them uneasy about sharing on Facebook," company spokesman Barry Schnitt said in blog post. " also want to be very clear that Facebook does not, nor have we ever, claimed ownership over people's content. Your content belongs to you." Schnitt said the company is in the process of rewording its Terms of Use in "simple language that defines Facebook's rights much more specifically." Facing the crisis, Facebook decided to____