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Dear Alice, 

       I just received your letter. And I was very surprised to know that you decided to drop out of school and

wanted to be a model (模特).

       Being a model for a living is not easy. In fact, a famous person like me has a lot of problems that you

couldn't see. I can't eat what I like, even though I'm very hungry. Keeping thin makes me look more beautiful

on the stage because no one would like to see a heavy model.

       Besides, I have to wear a heavy coat in the hot sun, in a swimming suit in the cold air. And practicing

walking nicely every day is tiring for me.

      You might say I made much money from modeling. Bus my dear niece (侄女), you have to know that

money is, nothing, knowledge is everything. School is important and everyone should go to school for a certain

period of time. The longer they stay at school, the better they will be. Very often, I hope I can give up my job

and continue my studies at school. But it is very difficult for me to go back to school again. I am too old to go

back to school now.

      You are a pretty young girl with a bright future. You only have one year to finish your studies in high school.

A year is really short. Please do consider my words carefully before you decide. Of course, there is only one

thing I care about, and that is your happiness.

                                                                                                                          Love,

                                                                                                                          Emma

1.What was Emma surprised about? [ ]

A.Alice wanted to keep thin.

B.Alice decided not to do modeling.

C.Alice ate too much and became a heavy girl.

D.Alice decided not to finish her studies at school.

2.Emma can't go back to school again, because _______. [ ]

A.she is tired of being a student

B.she wants to make more money from modeling

C.she is so old that she has missed the best time in school

D.she has done a good job and makes a lot of money as a model

3.How long does Alice still have to study in high school? [ ]

A.One year.

B.Two years.

C.Three years.

D.The longer, the better.

4.Emma only cares about ________. [ ]

A.Alice's beauty

B.Alice's happiness

C.Alice's age

D.Alice's swimming suit

5.From the letter we know that ________. [ ]

A.Emma is a famous model

B.Emma likes being a model for a living

C.Alice will go on her studies in high school

D.Emma can eat what she likes when she is very hungry

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Passage Four

 

Read the passage below and then do the exercises that follow.

If a Mecca exists for today’s youth, it must take the form of a rock concert. Such a colossal event draws people from surprisingly distant places and from oddly diverging lifestyles. The sophisticated college student may be seated next to the wide-eyed junior high cheerleader, the latter showing fright at the approach of a wild-eyed freak. How do these incompatible character types find a mutual appeal in rock concert What induces young people to exchange the few dollars earned through babysitting or car washing for a concert ticket

To many, the answer is immediately obvious—the music is the source of appeal at a concert. The quality of the sound produced, however, frequently casts doubt on this explanation. Unquestionably, rock concertsare loud ; the decibel level of some reportedly exceeds that attained by a jet plane on takeoff. In addition, this aural assault is often intensified by an out-of-tune guitar, by the faltering voice of the performer, or by the bad acoustic in the concert hall. Rock groups generally correct these problems in a studio; their recordings may even boast pleasing harmonies with intelligible lyrics. So why do we battle crowds to secure choice seating at a concert creates a magical, otherworldly atmosphere, reminiscent of a childhood never-never land. An eerie darkness shrouds the hall, and then, just as in our favorite fairy tale, the supernatural being( otherwise identified by the vulgar term, "rock star") appears in a burst of light. In another context he would have been known as a" god out of the machine. " Bizarre lighting schemes and gimmicks such as mock hangings or fire-breathing contribute to the atmosphere of other-worldliness in some acts. The fans are permitted only a glimpse of the star before he vanishes once more in the darkness, only to materialize the following evening in a concert hall hundreds of miles away. The stage becomes the rock star’s only natural habitat; for us, he can have no existence apart from it. We can scarcely conceive of our idols performing such mundane activities as going to the dentist, shopping for tuna fish, or changing the baby, perhaps we have a need to believe in an illusory creature of the night, somehow different from ourselves. Who fits this description better than a rock star

How does the author achieve the transition from one paragraph to another ?