A new Long March (长征)
Twenty-one people from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland began a new Long March on
October 15. They will walk about 8,000 kilometres from Ruijin, Jiangxi to Wuqi, Shanxi. They hope
to get 20.2 million yuan to build 101 schools and help poor children go back to school. They hope to
finish the march by August 16, 2012.
The football team
The Chinese under-17 football team is No. 1 in Asia. They won the Asian U-17 Championship
(亚洲U-17锦标赛) in Japan on Saturday. They beat the Democratic People"s Republic of Korea
(朝鲜) by 1: 0. After 85 minutes, Wang Weilong got the only goal. They took the cup for the first
time in 12 years.
Liu leaves China
Chinese actor Liu Ye left for the US on Monday to make a film called Meteor (《流星》). He
is going to act with the Hollywood film star Meryl Streep. His former classmate Zhang Ziyi sent Liu
a message to encourage him. Liu was worried about his English, and worked hard on it before he left.
People know him from films like last year"s "Mei Ren Cao".
B. visit some schools
C. teach poor children
D. get some money and help poor children go back to school
B. the Chinese football team is No. 1 in South-East Asia
C. the Chinese under-17 football team won the world championship
D. the Chinese under-17 football team won the championship for the first time in 12years
B. The 2nd
C. The 3rd
D. The 3th and the 1st
birthday, he played a game of tennis and went for a long walk. A few days later a radio reporter came
to his house and asked him if he had any "secrets of long life". This is what Mr. Gale said, "No, I don"t
know any secrets like that, but there are a few simple rules of good life. I"ve always kept them all my life.
The first is this: Don"t listen to those fools who tell you to give up all the pleasures of life! The second is
to enjoy all the pleasures of life in moderation (节制). For example, I"ve always smoked a few good
cigars every day. Not many, mind you! Only two or three! I"ve always also drunk a little good wine
with my meals, perhaps two or three glasses. The third rule is to take a little exercise every day. I"ve
taken a little and on Saturdays I"ve played a little tennis or golf."
B. Mr. Gale is 100 years old.
C. Mr. Gale is one of the oldest men in England.
D. Mr. Gale was interviewed by a radio reporter after his 100th birthday.
B. Drinking.
C. Eating a lot.
D. Smoking.
B. Because he keeps a few simple rules of good life.
C. Because he gives up all the pleasures of life.
D. Because he enjoys all the pleasures of life without thinking of his health.
B. old people
C. disabled people
B. She is unable to move well.
C. She is unable to hear well.
B. Half a year.
C. More than a year.
B. gave her a special dog
C. donated money to "Animal Helpers"
B. "Animal Helpers" trains animals like Lucky.
C. Lucky can fetch some things for disabled people.
One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese girl student, "You speak very good English."But
the girl answered, " No, no. My English is very poor." The foreigner was quite 1 at the answer.
Thinking he had not made 2 understood or the girl had not 3 him clearly, he said , " Yes , indeed,
you speak
very well." 4 the girl still kept saying , " No." In the end the American boy could not understand and
didn’t know 5 to say.
What’s wrong with the girl’s answer? She didn’t 6 a compliment (恭维)in the same way as the
American people do . She should answer , " Thank you” instead of " No" . She 7 understood what
the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the 8 , people will feel proud
and 9 when they are praised . So if someone says the 10 you have cooked are very delicious , you
should say , " Thank you ."
In our country we think being modest is a virtue ( 美德) and being proud is a bad thing , but in my
opinion , being confident does not 11 being proud , so sometimes you should be confident 12 being modest.
13 you are modest and say , "No , I"m afraid I can’t do it well" , while working in a western country,
the others may think that you really cannot do it . If you often say "No" , you will certainly be looked
down upon by 14 . When asking for a job , if one says something like "Yes , I can certainly do it "
instead of " Let me have a try ” , he or she will 15 get it . So in the west , you should be brave to
show your self-confidence.
( )2. A. itself
( )3. A. heard
( )4. A. Though
( )5. A. when
( )6. A. receive
( )7. A. hardly
( )8. A. east
( )9. A. dutiful
( )10. A. dishes
( )11. A. think
( )12. A. as soon as
( )13. A. Unless
( )14. A. another
( )15. A. fail to
B. herself
B. watched
B. Although
B. which
B. accept
B. really
B. south
B. modest
B. cups
B. say
B. as well as
B. Until
B. the other
B. expect to
C. himself
C. listened to
C. Or
C. what
C. refuse
C. rarely
C. west
C. shameful
C. glasses
C. ask
C. instead of
C. Whether
C. the others
C. succeed in
D. themselves
D. looked at
D. But
D. how
D. disagree
D. badly
D. north
D. confident
D. bowls
D. mean
D. in spite of
D. If
D. others
D. believe in
Business is growing for two graduates who decided to pay off ( 偿清) their university debts by selling
advertising space on their faces .Ross Harper and Ed Moyse, both from Oxford , are selling advertising
space for hundreds of pounds a day and have earned more than £25,000 since setting up business last
October
.
Anyone can buy the advertising space , from businesses to individuals or groups, on a day-to-day
basis, through the pair’s website, buymyface .co. uk. The logo (标识) is then seen by people as they go
about their daily business. The pair sold their first face ads to friends and family for just £ 1 a day, but
as need has increased, so has the daily price , which has reached an amazing £400 by now, the end of
May. So far , the main customers have been Paddy Power , the online betting agency ( 网络博彩企业),
and accountancy firm ( 会计事务所)Earnest & Young , which is now the website ‘s official sponsor ( 赞助商).
Moyse and Harper said , “ It’s our special way of paying off our student debts. We’ve seen so many
students unsuccessfully applying for jobs , only to find one that they never really wanted. It’s just
something a bit different and has taken off quite nicely.”
B. To earn money for their family.
C. To pay off their university debts .
D. To pay for their online betting
B. At the website buymyface. co.uk.
C. At the accountancy firm.
D. At the online betting agency.
B. About£100 .
C. Over £400.
D. Up to£500.
B. have paid off their debts already
C. are ready to apply for another job
D. never really wanted to do face ads
haven"t 2 for ages. It didn"t require the Internet, a TV screen, batteries… or anything else for that matter. But we all 3 it so much we"re thinking of doing it again sometime.
We had a conversation. The kind of real, live conversation that was 4 when I was growing up, but
which seems all too rare these days. Today we have chat rooms, text messages, e-mails but we seem to be
losing the 5 of communicating face-to-face. We all know 6 young people are out on a date(约会)these days, they spend most of that time 7 their mobile phones. And teenagers nowadays seem to 8
communicating with their friends by sending text messages rather than actually 9 to them.
If we carry on like this,in the future, we"ll lose the use of our 10 . What do you think? E-mail me,
and who knows? Maybe we could even have a real conversation about it!