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he woman think of the movie theatre?
A) It is being forced out of the entertainment industry.
B) It should change its concept of operation.
C) It should revolutionize its technology.
D) It is a very good place to relax.
解析：女士只是说应该改革电影运作的理念，并没有说改革技术，所以C错。B才是对话中I think we have to … 一句的同义表达。
单词：revolutionize使革命，使彻底变革；operation运作，运营
短语：movie theatre电影院；entertainment business娱乐行业；be faced with面对；grave challenge严峻挑战
Section B
Passage 1
（11）Few people can stand for（代表，象征）the spirit of early America as much as Benjamin Franklin. He lived through almost the whole of the 18th century. He was born six years after the century began and died ten years before it ended. During this time, he saw the American colonies（殖民地）grow from tiny settlements（定居点） into a nation and he also contributed much to the new state. He was deeply interested in science and natural history. And his experiments with the electricity and lightning led directly to the invention of the lightning rod. He was also interested in improving the conditions of his fellowmen. He was involved in a number of projects in his native Philadelphia, including the setting up of a library, a university, a philosophical society and a fire prevention service. He worked hard to enable the American colonies to gain independence from (从…获得独立) Britain.（12）As an ambassador（大使）to France, he encouraged the French to help George Washington. After the war, he attended the American Constitutional Congress. This was his last contribution, for he died later that year.（13）He’s still fondly（亲爱地, 深情地）remembered by Americans as one of the creators（创立者）of the United States.
11. What did the speaker say about Benjamin Franklin?
12. How did Franklin help George Washington?
13. According to the passage, what is Franklin still well remembered as?
Passage 2
Yuppies are young people who earn a lot of money and live in a style that is too expensive for most people. （14）If you are invited to a Yuppie（雅皮士）dinner party, don’t be surprised if you are offered freshly cooked insects as a first course. While the idea of eating fried insects fills most of us with horror, insect eating is becoming highly fashionable. For example, in the media industry, successful executives（经理） are often seen to eat fried or boiled insects from time to time while working at their desks上一页 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] ... 下一页 >> |
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