65. What is the main subject of the reading?
A. The development of the Thai silk industry.
B. How Thompson improved Thai art.
C. One man’s life and mysterious death.
D. A unique house and collection of weaving techniques.
66. When did Thompson first go to Thailand?
A. As a child. B. As an adult.
C. As a college student. D. As an old man.
67. The underlined word “intrigued” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________”.
A. confused B. puzzled C. interested D. astonished
68. What did Thompson find in Ban Krua?
A. A factory that made Thai silk.
B. Beautiful clothes made of Thai silk.
C. A large, exquisite house.
D. People to help his business.
69. Which statement about Thompson’s house is true?
A. It has a single big room inside it. B. Thompson never actually lived in it.
C. It looks ordinary from the outside. D. It was made from several old houses.
70. What is the writer’s main point in the final paragraph?
A. No one is sure what happened to Thompson.
B. Thompson was murdered.
C. Thompson was probably eaten by animals.
D. He is possibly still alive and hiding.
第二卷(非选择题 满分40分)
第四部分 语法填空(共10小题;每小题0.5分,满分5分)
This summer, local food manufactures are playing the nostalgia (怀旧) card to attract urban consumers 71 their 30s and 40s by branding products with sweet childhood memory.
An ice cream bar from Northeast China, packaged 72 (exact) like ice cream bars in the 1980s, 73 (become) popular in the past two months in cities like Beijing and Shanghai. The ice-cream bar looks and 74 almost the same as in their childhood. It 75 (remind) them of many good old things.
Beverage 76 (producer) are also trying to revive old brands. A company in Tianjin will bring Shanhaiguan back to the local market on Aug 1. The brand, 77 dates to 1902 and had its peak from the 60s to the 80s, is a familiar name among older Tianjin residents. For many people in Tianjin, 78 (see) the brand again is like an old friend returning — with new elements.
“Old local brands are cool”, said an analyst at Shanghai-based China Market Research. The brands have found demand from consumers looking for more 79 (optional), and the strategy works well because the taste satisfies Chinese consumers.
80 is old is new again.