Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang Monday visited students in a primary school in Bei Chuan
County,a hardhit area in last year"s devastating May 12 earthquake,and showed them how
to run hurdles.
B.Experts: 3G still has a long way to go
While China"s three leading telecom operators are playing up the third generation(3G)
telecom technologies,it is likely to take years for 3G services to become popular in China.
C.China table tennis team swept all 5 golden medals
Yesterday China team swept all 5 golden medals at World Table Tennis Championships
in Yokohama. Besides these 5 golds,China also gained all 5 silver medals and other 8
bronze medals. The 2 rest bronzed medals are respectively won by Japan and China
Hong Kong.
D.Sleeping too much or too little increases your risk of Diabetes
Middleaged or old people who get too little sleep,or too much,are far more likely to
develop diabetes,says scientists. A study has found that those who did not enjoy the
optimum level of seven to eight hours sleep a night were two and a half times more likely to
develop a blood sugar abnormality linked to type 2 diabetes.
E.Obama seeks to block release of abuse photos
US President Barack Obama declared Wednesday he would try to block the
courtordered release of photos showing US troops abusing prisoners,abruptly reversing
his position out of concern that the pictures would "further inflame antiAmerican opinion"
and endanger US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
F.Prospects of flu outbreak remain unclear
US public health expert Laurie A.Garrett said Wednesday that how serious the H1N1
influenza situation is going to develop remains unclear. A Washington state man with H1N1
influenza died last week,health officials said,the third U. S. sufferer to die as the new flu strain
confirmed in more than 2,200 Americans appeared in Japan and Australia.
以下是人物信息,请从上述AF选项中匹配适合他们阅读的新闻:
1.Liu Ming works as a chairman of a local Ping Pong club in Fo Shan. He shows
great concern for sports news especially the news about Ping Pong. He has never missed a
single Ping Pong match of China Ping Pong Team.
2.Han Yiwei is a successful CEO of a big International Company in Guangzhou. He
usually flies to other countries for business,so he would like to equip himself with the most
advanced communication appliances and know the news concerning the development in the
communication area.
3.Han Lei is an 18yearold girl,studying in a high school. She is a sports enthusiast and
is good at tennis and jumping. Besides,she has a particular interest in those sports celebrities.
4.Chen Lirong just retired from a state enterprise,living with her husband,who is
retired too. They want to arrange their life without work in a better way and enjoy the life
with a healthy body and high spirits. So she particularly pays more attention to their health.
5.Li Hongyu studies in China Foreign Affairs University,majoring in International
Relationship,and especially he shows great concern for the relationship between America
and the Middle East countries.
through the country"s southern region on Wednesday, authorities said.
More than 11.5 million people in Guangdong, Hainan and Guangxi provinces were affected by the
disaster, with direct economic losses reaching 13.46 billion yuan ($1.97 billion), Ministry of Civil Affairs
figures showed.
Hagupit, the strongest typhoon to hit Guangdong and its Pearl River Delta region in 12 years, reportedly headed south toward Vietnam on Thursday.
The typhoon killed nine people and left nine missing in Guangdong alone, causing direct economic losses of more than 7.7 billion yuan, Yang Minyi, a press official with the provincial flood, drought and wind
prevention office, said yesterday.
Direct losses to agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery in the region were estimated at 4.2
billion yuan;industrial and transport sector,1.5 billion yuan;and water conservancy infrastructure,1
billion.
A total of 6.52 million people in 344 towns in the cities of Maoming, Yangjiang, Zhanjiang, Zhuhai,
Zhongshan and Jiangmen in the Pearl River Delta region and in the west of Guangdong bore_the_brunt_
of the typhoon in the province.
More than 15,300 houses fell down and 365,800 hectares(公顷) of farmland were affected, authorities said.
Wang Yugui, a pig farmer in Maoming City, said Hagupit proved fatal to his business.
About twothirds of his 4,000odd pigs had drowned or were left missing in the typhoon.
"The typhoon has landed me in huge debt and I really don"t know how to weather the losses, " Wang
told China Daily yesterday.
Wang said many others in the city suffered similar losses when Hagupit hit the city on Wednesday
morning.
Hagupit also hit a South Korean freight ship, named Zeus, in the waters off Jiangmen. All 17 sailors
onboard were still missing, the Yangcheng Evening News reported on Friday.
1.We can know from the report that ________.
A.at least 13 people were killed in Guangdong
B.Guangxi and Hainan suffered more economic losses than Guangdong
C.so far Hagupit has been the strongest typhoon to hit Guangdong in this century
D.Hagupit hit South Korea before it landed in Guangdong
2.The underlined word "bore the brunt of" can be best replaced by "________".
A.received the main force of
B.suffered similar economic losses from
C.shared the losses caused by
D.stood the test of
3.The example of the pig farmer Wang Yugui is used to show ________.
A.that pig farmers suffered the most losses in the disaster
B.that many others in Maoming suffered similar losses
C.how difficult it will be for people to go through the disaster
D.how seriously the disaster affected people
4.Altogether ________ people are reported missing in the passage.
A.9
B.18
C.35
D.26
same independent exam -- besides the national one -- to test students hoping to gain entrance to them in
2011.
The seven are Peking University, Beihang University, Beijing Normal University, Nankai University,
Fudan University, Xiamen University and Hong Kong University.
Students who want to gain entrance to any of the seven universities will only have to sit one independent
exam, according to the joint announcement.
"This will help lighten tile students" load, otherwise they must take several exams for different universities," said the announcement.
Passing the exam could result in more than one interview chance, giving the students more opportunities to choose their favorite universities.
China"s college entrance exam system is undergoing reform as universities aim to select students based
on independent criteria rather than just using the results of the national exam.
In 2003, Peking University and another 21 universities were allowed to pilot (试用) the reform by
using their own criteria to independently select five percent of their students.
Now nearly 80 universities across the country have the right to select talented students based on their
own exams.
Education experts regard universities selecting students according to independent examinations as
conducive (有助的) to better understanding where the students" talents lie.
Although this may be the case, it has also created problems as students may sit many different exams
as they often apply for a number of universities.
To relieve students from such pressures, the national education outline (2010--2020) released in July
this year encourages high-level universities to group together to use the same exams.
1. If students want to be admitted to the seven prestigious universities , they can ______.
A. only pass the interview.B. only take the national exam.
C. only take the independent exam.
D. either take the national exam or the take the independent exam.
2. What"s the purpose of students sitting one independent exam to gain entrance to the seven universities ?
A. It can reduce students" load to take several exams.
B. The universities will have the same standard to test students.
C. There will be less trouble marking students" test papers.
D. It can avoid fierce competition among these universities.
3. If students pass the independent exam , they will ______.
A. take the national exam.B. have one or more interview chances.
C. be admitted to one of the universities.
D. he trained to be adapted to universities life and studies.
4. What is the advantage of universities selecting students according to independent examinations?
A. Students needn"t take the national exam.B. Students" education cost can be lowered.
C. Students abilities and talents can be better found.
D. It can encourage middle schools to recommend more qualified students.
the world, according to an annual taxi poll (民意调查).
The survey by travel website hotels.com found London taxis, despite being the most expensive,
beat others across the globe to head the list for the third consecutive (连续的) years, scoring a total of
59 percent in votes on several categories by travelers.
London taxi drivers were voted both friendly and most knowledgeable, Drivers in the English capital
must pass an examination called The Knowledge to earn their taxi license.
New York"s yellow taxis came second in the list, scoring 27 percent which was up 10 percentage
points from last year even though Manhattan"s cab drivers were tied with Parisian taxi drivers as the rudest. Travelers said New York had the most available taxis.
Cabbies in Rome were voted the worst drivers in the world with almost one in 10 travelers thinking
the Italian capital had the world"s worst taxi drivers when it came to the quality of driving.
"Traveling by taxi is one of the first experiences that many travelers have upon arrival in a new city. In
fact, the research found that cabs are by far the most popular method of traveling from the airport
to their hotel." a spokesman for hotels.com said in a statement.
The global poll scored city taxis for theirlevels of cleanliness, value, quality of driving, knowledge of the area, friendliness, safety and availability.
Rounding out the top five were Tokyo with total score of 26 percent, Berlin with 17 percent, and
Bangkok famed for its scoring 14 percent.
B. taxi" fares were the lowest there
C. London had the most available taxis
D. they were the most hardworking
B. 26 percent
C. 27 percent
D. 59 percent
B. irregular charges
C. the poor quality of driving
D. lacking knowledge of the area.
B. London -- New York - Tokyo -- Berlin -- Bangkok
C. London -- New York -- Tokyo -- Paris -- Bangkok
D. London -- New York -- Tokyo -- Bangkok -- Berlin
currently working.
Why are so many students not doing well? Why is there such a huge achievement gap between urban
and suburban students? Just this week, in my school the seventh grade team leader called a meeting to
discuss academic detention (放学后留校). The purpose of the detention is to allow students who are
doing poorly a second chance to redo the work. Now if a student did not understand an assignment I
have no trouble allowing that student to redo a test or give some extra credit work, but if a student did
poorly because he/she opted(选择) not to do the work out of sheer laziness, that student should not be
given a second chance.
And parents should be held accountable for their children. That is another reason why there is such a
huge achievement gap. All children should be monitored at home in order to achieve great success in
school. Perhaps it might be a great idea for urban school districts to offer free classes to parents on how
to help their students at home. Of course this idea is far fetched, after all we do not want to offend the
parents. What we will do instead is to spend a fortune on teacher training because if the kids are not
doing well it must be the fault of the teacher. That kind of mindset, if allowed to continue will be a perfect
recipe for greater achievement gaps.
I started working at my current school in August and I have been in the teaching field for 25 years.
What I believe is that you can lead a horse to water but you can"t make that horse drink. You can"t
force kids to change bad habits over night, nor can we afford to lower standards just so a kid can pass
a class.
1. The seventh grade team leader in the author"s school called a meeting to ________.
A. analyse the reason for the huge achievement gap between students
B. find out who is to blame for the huge achievement gap between students
C. talk about giving students who are doing poorly a second chance to redo the work
D. discuss how to narrow the huge achievement gap between students
2. The author believes that a student can be given a second chance ________.
A. if he did poorly the first time
B. for whatever reason he did poorly the first time
C. if he failed the first time in spite of his efforts
D. if he comes from a suburban area
3. In the last paragraph, the author intends to tell us that ________.
A. a student can make improvement only when he is willing to
B. teachers are to blame if his students are doing poorly
C. the school should force those students to work harder if they"re doing poorly
D. the school should treat different students with different standards
Beijing - The public has responded with vigorous support for an NPC deputy’s proposal to extend the
Spring Festival holiday from three days to 10.
More than 78 percent of about 27,600 respondents to a poll on www.people.com.cn <http://www.
/> voted in favor of the idea of Li Jing, who is also the mayor of Meishan city in South-west
China"s Sichuan province. Li said the lunar new year festival holiday was too short for family reunions,
especially fog the nation"s 220 million migrant workers.
With hundreds of millions of people on the move during such a short time span,the holiday puts great
stress on the public transport system and suppresses tourism, he added. He suggested the ho1iday be
extended and cover the three adjacent (毗连的) weekends, which means the public could take a total
of 16 days off and floating population could spend the Lantern Festival,which falls on the 15th day of the
lunar new year, with their families.
People would then have sufficient time to fully enjoy the traditional holiday with their families, Li said
during an interview with People"s Daily Online on Friday.
Most online voters agreed that extending the holiday will ease the burden on public transport and
strengthen family ties. "The Spring Festival is an occasion for family reunions and should be longer than
the National Day holiday," one responder said in an online post. "Every year, I wish I could spend
more time at home for the Spring Festival, but I always have to go back to work. I hope the NPC will
approve this proposal.
" Another online comment read: "Extending the Spring Festival holiday could prevent the annual
transportation crush, which has in recent years resembled an exodus (出走) of fleeing refugees (难民)"".
Most of the about 13 percent who opposed the idea citied difficulties readjusting to work after the
break. Some pointed out that office moral (士气) was generally low during the first week after the holiday. "After thesix-day holiday, many people come back to work feeling absent-minded," one respondent said. Some who opposed the extension suggested adding the Lantern Festival as an official holiday.
Another 10 percent said lawmakers should carefully study the impacts before they make any decisions
on holidays.
B. People could spend more money and this could promote consumption.
C. The lunar new year festival holiday was too short for family reunions.
D. The holiday puts great stress on the public transport system and suppresses tourism
B. The holiday would be from the first day of the lunar year.
C. He added the Lantern Festival as an independent official holiday.
D. The public could take a total of 16 days off including the Lantern Festival.
B. a drink made by pressing fruit and used as juice
C. a traffic accident resulting from traveling too fast
D. people"s eagerness to go home to meet their families
B. people would not earn much money.
C. It would have a bad effect on China"s economy.
D. people wouldn"t be in a good working stag after so long a holiday.
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- 4听对话和对话后的问题,选择正确答案。(对话和对话后的问题朗读两遍)
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