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[键入文字]河北唐山市2013—2014学年度高三年级第一次模拟考试第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）AHowcoolcanlibrariesbeinanera（时代）ofiPodsandKindles?Morethanyouthink．Onlyifyouknowwheretogo．CentralLibrary:Seattle,Washington,UnitedStatesTheCentralLibraryinSeattleismodernandfashionableandhastouristsfromaroundtheworldpayingvisitsandtakingtours．ItwasdesignedbyDutcharchitectRemKoolhaasandAmericandesignerJoshuaRamus．Toursbeganin2006,twoyearsafteritsopening．Thelibraryholdsvariousartexhibitions,booksigningsandotherevents,whilevisitorscanstopbytheChocolatecartforacoffeeandscanthroughthegiftshopanytimeTrinityCollegeLibrary:Dublin,IrelandTheTrinityCollegeLibraryinDublinistheoldestlibraryinIreland,foundedin1592byQueenElizabethI．Itisthelargestsinglelibraryintheworld,alsoknownastheLongRoom,whichcontainsmorethan200,0000fthelibrary'soldestbooks．TheLongRoomhousesoneoftheoldestharps（竖琴）inIreland．Datingtothe15thcentury,theoldharpisthemodelforthesymbolforeland．GeiselLibrary,UniversityofCalifornia:SanDiego,UnitedStatesAtfirstglance,itlookslikeaspaceship．ArchitectWilliamPereira,whohelpeddesignactualspacelaunchfacilitiesatCapeCanaveralinHouston,Texas,designedthelibraryin1970．Ithasbeenfeaturedinsci-fifilms,shortstoriesandnovels．ThelibraryhostsDinnerintheLibrary,whichinvitesreadersforcocktails,andalsoaspecialspeechfromdistinguishedauthors．TUDelftLibrary:TheNetherlandsThelibraryattheDelftUniversityofTechnologywasconstructedin1997andhasmorethan862,000books,16,000magazinesubscriptionsanditsownmuseum．Thebuildingitselfexistsbeneaththeground,soyoucan'treallyseetheactualLibrary．Whatmakesitinterestingistheroof,whichisagrassyhill．Theroofcovers5,500squaremeters．Andithasbecomeoneofthemoststrikingandgreeneststructuresinthearea．[来源:学科网]21．Whichofthefourlibrarieshasthelongesthistory?A．CentralLibrary．C．GeiselLibrary．B．TrinityCollegeLibrary．D．TUDelftLibrary．22．WhatmakesGeiselLibrarydifferentfromtheothersisthatA．famouswritersoftendeliverspeechesthereB．ithasareoffergrassyhillC．QueenElizabethIfoundedthelibraryD．itisthelargestsinglelibraryintheworld23．InCentralLibrary,youcanA．buysouvenirsB．drinkcocktailsC．enjoysci-fifilmsD．seetheoldharpBIfyouseeagroupofpeopledancingandsingingonthestreetorintherailwaystation,youdon'tneedtofeelsurprised．Theyareaflashmob（快闪族）,whichisagroupofpeoplewhocometogethersuddenlyinapublicplace,dosomethingunusualforabriefperiodoftime,andthenquicklybreakup．TheyareusuallyorganizedwiththehelpoftheInternetorotherdigitalcommunicationnetwork．Atapredeterminedtime,theygatherandperformsomedistractions（消遣）suchaswavingtheirhandsandexchangingbooks,Then,theyquicklybreakupbeforethepolicecanarrive．Usingmobilephones,theflashmobcanchangeitslocationifthefirstone[键入文字]hasbeenreplacedforanyreason．BillLasik,senioreditorofHarper’sMagazine,organizedthefirstflashmobinManhattaninMay2003andthefirstsuccessfulflashmobcametogetheronJune3,2003-afterthefirstattemptwasfoiledatMacy'sdepartmentstore．Lasikclaimedthattheactivitywasdesignedtomakefunofhipsters（起时髦的人）,andcallattentiontotheculturalatmosphere．Flashmobgatheringscansometimesshockpeople．Suchanactivitymightseemamusinganduntrue,butitalsomightfrightenpeoplewhoarenotawareofwhatistakingplace．Undoubtedly,flashmobscanserveasgoodpoliticaltoolsinanydirection．Theyalsohavegreateconomicpotential,suchasusingflashmobstoadvertiseaproduct．Theflashmobisnowbecomingmoreandmorepopular．Peopleuseittodomanythings．Forexample,in2009,MichaelJackson'sfanstookpartinaflashmobtorememberhim．HundredsofhisfansgatheredsinginganddancingMichael'sfamoussongBeatIttogether．Flashmobsgivepeoplefromallwalksoflifeanopportunitytocometogethertocreateamemory．24．TheundefinedwordfoiledinParagraph2canbereplacedby_。A．forgottenB．preventedC．announcedD．confirmed25．Whatcanyoulearnabouttheflashmobfromthepassage?A．Theflashmobusuallybreaksupquicklyforlackingenoughtime．B．Oncetheplacefortheactivityisdetermined,itcan'tbechanged．C．Theflashmobcanbemadeuseoffingmanyfieldsjustforfun．D．Itgivespeoplethechancetocometogethertodosomethingunusual．26．Themainpurposeofthepassageis-A．toentertainB．toencourageC．toinformD．topersuade27．Thewriter'sattitudetowardstheflashmobisA．negativeC．favorableB．objectiveD．doubtfulCHelenThomas,thepioneeringWhiteHousereporterknownforputtingpresidentsonthehotseat,diedat92．Tothosewhoregularlywatchpresidentialpressconferences,HelenThomasisafamiliarfigure．Usuallydressedinredandalwaysseatedinthefrontrow,sheisalwaysthefirstorsecondreporterthepresidentcallsupon．Itisanhonorshehasearned．Besides,itaffordshertheperfectopportunitytodowhatshedoesbest-challengethepresidentandotherpublicofficialstotelltheplaintruth．Shesaid,Wereporters'priority（首要事情）isthepeople'srighttoknow-withoutfearorfavor．Wearethepeople'sservants．HelenThomaswasborninKentuckyin1920．AllthenineThomaschildrenwerebroughtuptovalueeducation,andallwereexpectedtomakesomethingofthemselvesthroughworkinghard．Shemadeuphermindwhilestillinhighschooltobecomeareporterafterwritingforthestudentnewspaper．Afterreceivingherbachelor'sdegreein1942,ThomasheadedstraightforWashington,D．C．insearchofanewspaperjob．Beforelong,shelandedoneatWashingtonDailyNews．Herdutyin