2019届英语最后40天冲刺卷九1、You'll be re-directed to our Irish Fest Ticketing Store, which will feature all of 2019's ticketing options. Buying online will save you the lime of waiting in line at the ticket window. Your admission to the festival includes all of the musical acts, cultural exhibits, children’s activities and more! Questions? Contact us at info@ irishfest. com.Daily Ways to SaveAny and all active(现役的) military members will receive free admission to the festival, any day,with a valid ID, plus one guest, at any gate ticket window where you will receive your free ticket. This is to thank you for your service to our country. Fáilte Club VIP Experience—experience Irish Fest in an exclusive setting! Invite your friends and be a part of the Fáilte Club VIP Experience! Your Fáilte Club ticket includes 2 complimentary beverages ( beer, wine, soda and water), an incredible view of the Miller Lite stage from the Upper Deck, a private bar for additional beverages (including Jameson Whiskey) and private restrooms!* Wheelchair accessible *Thursday: $15 ( Hours 5 :00 p. m. —10:00 p. m. ) Friday: $25 ( Hours 5 :00 p. m. —midnight)Saturday: $35 (Hours 2:00 p. m. —midnight)—SOLD OUT Sunday: $30 (Hours noon—8:30 p. m.)Group Ticket Sales InformationSave some money with group ticket sales available through July 31 , 2019. 26—99 tickets are $18 each ; 100 + tickets are $15 each. Call the CelticMKE [Irish Fest] Center at 414-476-3378 for more information.Notice of Counterfeit (伪造的)TicketsMilwaukee Irish Fest strongly urges all customers to avoid purchasing tickets on the street from unauthorized sources, as the tickets may be counterfeit. For your own protection, tickets should only be purchased at Milwaukee Irish Fest ticketbooths, or the Milwaukee Irish Fest Center in Wauwatosa. Counterfeit tickets and tickets purchased from unauthorized sources will not be honored.1.Which of the following can take a guest to the festival?A.A soldier.B.A parent.C.A person with disability.D.A person with a VIP card.2.How much does a man in a group of 60 visitors have to pay for his ticket?A.$15.B.$18.C.$30.D.$35.3.What is the author's purpose in writing the text?A.To persuade people to go to Milwaukee Irish Fest.B.To make Milwaukee Irish Fest better known.C.To inform people of ticketing and discounting.D.To talk about how the festival is organized.2、Many of us listen to music while we work, thinking that it will help us to concentrate on the task at hand. And in fact, recent research has found that music can have beneficial effects on creativity. When it comes to other areas of performance, however, the impact of background music is more complicated.The idea that listening to music when working is beneficial to output probably has its roots in the so-called “Mozart effect”. Put simply, this is the finding that spatial rotation performance(空间旋转能力) is increased immediately after listening to the music of Mozart, compared to no sound at all.How sound affects performance has been the topic of research for over 40 years, and is observed through a phenomenon called the irrelevant sound effect. To study irrelevant sound effect, participants in the research are asked to complete a simple task which requires them to recall a series of numbers or letters in the exact order in which they saw them. The tricky thing is being able to do this while ignoringany background noise.Two key characteristics of the irrelevant sound effect are required for its observation. First, the task must require the person to use their rehearsal abilities(复述能力), and second, the sound must contain acoustical variation(声学变化). Where the sound does not vary much acoustically, the performance of the task is much closer to that observed in quiet conditions.The irrelevant sound effect itself comes from attempting to process two sources of ordered information at the same time—one from the task and one from the sound. Unfortunately, only the former is required to successfully perform the recall task, and the effort in ensuring that irrelevant order information from the sound is not processed actually hinders(阻碍) this ability.A similar conflict is also seen when reading while in the presence of lyrical music. In this situation, the two sources of words—from the task and the sound—are in conflict. The cost is poorer performance of the task in the presence of music with lyrics.What this all means is that whether having music playing in the background helps or hinders performance depends on the task and on the type of music, and only understanding this relationship will help people maximize their productivity levels.1. “Mozart effect” is mentioned to ________.A. explain how music can relax peopleB. show music can improve performanceC. advise people to listen to Mozart musicD. stress Mozart music gains wide attention2. It can be inferred that participants in the research ________.A. have improved their rehearsal abilityB. perform better in the quiet conditionsC. ignore the background noise successfullyD. prefer the music with great sound variation3. Paragraph 6 is written to ________.A. support an ideaB. make a contrastC. introduce a topicD. describe a fact4. What is the best title for the passage?A. Music shapes your lifeB. Music develops your creativityC. Choose quiet music for your workD. Does music make you concentrate?3、From Nike’s “swoosh” symbol to Starbucks- twin-tailed mermaid (美人鱼), the world's largest companies take great care of their logos. For most people the logos of such firms immediately conned our minds to the business in question, without the need to see its name.Think of the golden arches of a popular fast-food chain, or the apple with a bite taken out of it representing a certain computer company. This type of instant recognition is the holy grail(圣杯) for a business, which is w hy the world’s multinational companies can spend millions on their logos— like UK oil group BP, which back in 2000 spent 136 million introducing its current sunflower design. Other firms of a similar size, whose logo is simply their name written out in a stylized way, can spend hundreds of thousands on a new font (字体),or a different color. But how easy is it for a business to pick a good logo, and how important is it at the end of the day?If you are presented with a design for your company logo that is immediately likeable and sympathizes with your values, you might be wise to take a long hard look at it, bin it, and start again. “This is the clearest choice that has been putbefore the British people for a generation," Miliband said , "between a Tory government that works only for the privileged few or a Labor government that will put working families first. ’’Sagi Haviv says that many of the worlds most successful logos were not liked on first viewing. That’s the opinion oi Sagi Haviv, partner at New York graphic design firm Chemrayeff & Geismer & Haviv ( C GH). "It's never love at first sight,” he says. "A good logo, a good trademark, gains meaning and power over time. " CGHhas been responsible for some of the most recognizable US business logos of the past 50 years, such as Chase Bank, National Geographic, Mobile, NBC and HarperCollins.1.What do we know about the logo for a company?A.The companies don't need logos at all.B.The companies design their logos by themselves.C.The largest companies think highly of their logos.D.The largest companies are simply to make their logos.2.What does the underlined word "likeable" mean in Paragraph 3?A.Moving.B.Pleasing.C.Puzzling.D.Disappointing.3.Why does Sagi Haviv think most logos were disliked at first?A.Because the partners at New York graphic design logos.B.Because CGH has been responsible for US business logos.C.Because a good logo gains meaning and power over time.D.Because the companies can spend millions on their logos.4.What is the best title for the passage?A.The Best LogoB.A Logo of a CompanyC.The Design of a LogoD.The Importance of a Good Logo4、Alarming headlines suggest one in four teenage girls in the UK are self-harming, motivatedby sex discrimination and pressures to look good in a selfie(自拍）society. These stories comefrom a report by UK charity The Children’ Society, based on an ongoing survey of 11,000 children aged 14. Among the girls, 22 per cent said they had self-harmed while boys 9 per cent.But while the term self-harm improves images of teenagers cutting themselves, that may,thankfully,be only the most extreme end of a broader range. In this survey, participants weremerely asked if they had “hurt themselves on purpose in any way”.Some could have answered yes for things like punching (击拳）a wall indissatisfaction or deliberately getting falling-down drunk. Others could have thought the question included mental hurt. Such self-destructive behaviour would naturally be of concern to parents, but wouldn5t be that unusual for teenagers. Max Davie, a health promotion officer, does believe that self-harm among teens is somewhat on the rise—but thinks the question in this survey was not specific enough to reveal its real universality.The latest headlines join an ongoing account about a mental health crisis in today’s youth. Some blame cutbacks in social services, while others point to a loosening of sexual standards putting teens at risk. For those cautious of new technologies, it is social media or the latest popular computer games.But such reports also deserve some skepticism. Claims of high rates of depression are usually based on surveys with very loose, non-medical criteria. Thankfully, clinical depression is still rare in this age group.In fact, a different and regularly repeated survey has found no change in 11-to-15-year-olds' happiness with life as a whole between 1995 and 2016. Nor did their satisfaction with their appearance change, which makes it strange to blame the selfie culture for the apparent self-harm increase. This survey, called Understanding Society, even found improvement in happiness withfamily and schoolwork over that period. These more optimistic findings were also in the latest Children's Society report but were buried at the bottom of their press release.Davie thinks the rise in self-harm may not be due to a rise in unhappiness, but simply that this age group now sees self-harm as a more culturally acceptable way to express extreme sufferings. “It may be that previously people didn't know that this was something you could do. If people are talking about something and normalizing it,it’s probably more likely that their peers will do it”.If that is the case, it is all the more reason not to make self-harm seem more common than it really is.1. In response to the survey reported by The Children's Society, the author believes ______.A. the survey is unscientific as it asked very specific questionsB. the self-destructive behavior for teens is worrying to parentsC. the number of self-harming teens is alarming because of selfiesD. the images of teens' self-harm are becoming more specific2. What does Max Davie think of self-harm among teenagers?A. The situation is too worrying.B. The rise is somewhat beneficial.C. The problem is actually widespread.D. The phenomenon is not so universal.3. What can we know from the survey called Understanding Society?A. Teenagers in the past lived a happier life.B. Selfie culture is responsible for the increase of self-harm.C. There is no connection between self-harm and selfle.D. With selfie teenagers are more satisfied with their appearance.4. The last two paragraphs mainly imply that_____.A. self-harm results from too much pressureB. self-harm is the result of social developmentC. teens need correct guidance from the outsideD. teens should avoid following peers’ examples5、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。
