Beijing has started a battle to get rid of "Chinglish" （Chinese English）．The "Language Mandarins" of Beijing have decided that Chinglish is a disease for China's modernizing claim and must be obliterated before the city hosts the Olympic Games in 2008．
A road sign on the Avenue of Eternal Peace （Chang'an Street） ,for example, advises: "To Take Notice of Safe; The Slippery Are Very Crafty", a warning that the sidewalk was slippery（滑）．Another sign in a Beijing park reads: "Little grass is smiling slightly, please walk on sidewalk．"
Li Honghai, the city official in charge of the battle, said," Linguistic perfection （语言美） is becoming increasingly important with the rise in the number of the foreigners flowing into the city．"
However, not everyone shares the disdain （蔑视） of the Beijing government for the mixed language．"The choice of words is pretty much．One can either choose the verbs, adverbs, nouns or whatever one likes," explained one Hong Kong linguist on an Internet website．
So many examples exist that several Internet sites have been set up to collect Chinglish phrases．Many come from English instructions on packages such as a candle marked with "Keep this candle out of children" and a model boat—curiously named Posh Sailboat—which means, "Please don't place it in dusty play．"
If the battle against Chinglish is successful, Chinese will also turn their attention to the English-language versions of newspapers, which play an even more important role in teaching right English．The underlined word "obliterated" refers to ．
| A．removed | B．exploited | C．translated | D．beautified |
From the passage, we know that
．
| A．everyone shares the disdain for the mixed language |
| B．Chinglish usually communicates in many cases |
| C．all the people don't share the disdain for the mixed language |
| D．several Internet sites have been set up to clear the Chinghsh phrases |
We can infer that the English language versions of newspapers _____．
| A．should report the battle above |
| B．should be paid more attention to |
| C．should collect more Chingliah phrases |
| D．should be in duty to teach normal English |
Which of the following signs is Chinglish?
A British-designed electronic newspaper which is made of plastic and no larger than a table mat(垫子) is to enter the market next year. The new newspaper was conceived(想出) by Cambridge University scientists. They came up with the idea of replacing silicon chips (硅片) with plastic ones. it is being developed by Plastic Logic, a company based in Dresden, Germany.
"It looks just like a table mat, and is as light as a magazine. But you can download hundreds of newspapers at the touch of a button, and read them quite safely," the BBC reported on its website.
The plastic paper is produced in a safe "clean room" at the Plastic Logic factory, which opened last month as the world's first plastic-electronics factory. Every part of the product, from the screen to the electronics, is made of plastic. And it is described by engineer Dean Baker as "top quality". Baker says the plastic newspaper could help solve the problem of waste material associated with traditlional newspapers.
"There's a huge amount of waste . We have paper distributed（分发） all over the country each day and then thrown into the bin. This doesn't need to happen any more. All of the copies could be made electronically and stored on a single e-reader with the appearance of paper." he says.
People can expect to see the plastic newspaper next year, the BBC says. According to the first paragraph, the electronic newspaper _____.
| A．is made of silicon chips |
| B．is smaller than a table mat |
| C．was developed by a company in England |
| D．was designed by more than one person |
What's special about the electronic newspaper compared with traditional ones?
| A．It looks like a table mat |
| B．It's as light as a magazine. |
| C．People can download and read lots of newspapers on it |
| D．People can receive the BBC report at the touch of a button. |
What can we learn about the electronic newspaper from the last two paragraphs?
| A．It will produce a huge amount of plastic waste. |
| B．It will be harder to distribute than before. |
| C．It will have no visual (视觉的) appearance. |
| D．It will save a huge amount of paper. |
What's people's attitude towards the electronic newspaper according to the BBC?
| A．Hopeful. | B．Doubtful. |
| C．Disappointed. | D．Worried |
Patty Griffin
Patty Griffin is a songwriter, and has been highly respected for her works in music. Her childhood. was full of music because both her mother and her grandmother liked singing. She bought her first guitar at 16, began writing songs in high school and soon started playing with a band called Patty the Executive.
Her song l,000 Kisses won her a Grammy nomination(提名) although she lost the award.
Judy Collins
Judy Collins was an important artist in the peace movement of the 1960s. She started her own record company, Wildflower. Records. She began as a classical pianist at 13. In the 40 years that followed, Judy became known as an important American folk singer.
Odetta
One thing you always hear when people talk about Odetta is the excellent power of her voice. Known for her powerful stage presence and her skillful ability to command the simplest instruments -- her voice as well as her guitar. Odetta rose to fame singing the classic African-American folk songs and spirituals.
She has also touched the blues.
Joan Baez
Joan Baez is one of the most remarkable singers in American folk music in the 20th century. Her Father was a physicist and was forced to move the family often throughout Joan's childhood. Inspired by her experiences as a could traveling the world, Joan's music includes the peace and civil rights movement
She has been a constant voice for peace and social justice . What can we know about Patty Griffin?
| A．She has created the best works in the world. |
| B．Her mother and her grandmother taught her to sing. |
| C．Her song l,000 Kisses didn't win the Grammy award |
| D．She founded her first band Patty & the Executive. |
Who started her own record company?
| A．Patty Griffin. | B．Judy Collins. |
| C．Odetta. | D．Joan Baez. |
According to the paragraph 3, we can infer that Odetta is good at_____ .
| A．using her voice and her guitar |
| B．writing African-American songs |
| C．mixing folk music with the blues |
| D．performing various classical songs |
What was Joan's music mainly influenced by?
| A．Her father. |
| B．Her traveling as a child. |
| C．The civil rights movement |
| D．The social justice. |
I had a very good teacher named Leon Sultan .I liked him very much.
Mr. Sultan had just got a job at my high school but his name wasn't in the school's system. So when I got my schedule（课表），it read: Staff F. It was during roll-call that I realised that "Staff F" was Mr. Sultan. When he called my name, he asked if I remembered him. Then I realised that he was the teacher who had taught me English when I was in primary school.
Mr. Sultan was a very special teacher. Even though he was older and had been to college, but he was Still ready to learn from others. He would listen to your opinion carefully before expressing his opinion.
I think what he taught me more than anything else is to have an open mind Another thing I couldn't forget was his teaching method -group work
There were four members in the group. Each group had its own topic. Everyone in the group would play a certain role. One would keep the discussion moving, the other one would write down the thoughts of the group, another one would be responsible for gathering information, and another one would share everything the group had discovered with the rest of the class. This allowed us to become "experts" on one topic and teach the rest of our classmates.
Now ,I have become a more open-minded boy. That is because of my two and a half years in Mr. Sultan's class.The underlined word, "roll-call ",in the second paragraph ,is closest in meaning to "_____"．
| A．making a call | B．calling one's name |
| C．having a meeting | D．handing in homework |
What was strange about the author's schedule?
| A．It was picked up by Mr. Sultan |
| B．It was taken away by Mr. Sultan. |
| C．It didn't show Mr. Sultan's name. |
| D．t didn't have the courses that he had chosen. |
What would be the best title for the text?
| A．Mr Favourite Teacher一Mr. Sultan |
| B．My Childhood Memories |
| C．My Dream--To Be a Teacher |
| D．A Good Learning Method |
I'm not so sure I like my friends any more. I used to like them—to be honest. We'd have lunch，talk on the phone or exchange e-mails，and they all seemed normal enough. But then came Facebook and I was introduced to a sad fact：many of my friends have dark sides that they had kept from me.
Today my friends show off the unpleasant aspects of their personalities via Facebook. No longer hidden，they're thrown in my face like TV commercials—unavoidable and endless advertisements for the worst of their personalities.
Take Fred. If you were to have lunch with him，you'd find him warm，and down-to-earth. Read his Facebook and you realize he's an unbearable，food-obsessed bore. He'd pause to have a cup of coffee on his way to save a drowning man—and then write about it.
Take Andy. You won't find a smarter CEO anywhere，but now he's a CEO without a company to run. So he plays “Mafia Wars” on Facebook. He's doing well-level 731.Thanks to Facebook，I know he's playing about 18 hours a day. Andy，you've run four companies—and this is how you spend your downtime? What happened to golf? What happened to getting another job?
Take Liz. She is positive that the H1N1 vaccine will kill us all and that we should avoid it. And then comes Chris who likes to post at least 20 times a day on every website he can find，so I get to read his thoughts twice，once on Facebook and once on Twitter.
In real life，I don't see these sides of people. Face to face，my friends show me their best. They're nice，smart people. But facing Facebook，my friends are like a blind date which goes horribly wrong.
I'm left with a dilemma. Who is my real friend? Is it the Liz I have lunch with or the anti-vaccine lunatic(狂人) on Facebook? Is it the Fred I can grab a sandwich with or the Fred who weeps if he's at a party and the wine isn't up to his standards?According to the text，Facebook tends to ________．
| A．present another side of people |
| B．offer some food for free |
| C．show endless advertisements |
| D．get you to attend more parties |
The text is developed mainly by ________．
| A．giving examples | B．following the time order |
| C．listing figures | D．raising questions |
The author focuses on the question of “________”．
| A．what is Facebook? | B．what happened to golf? |
| C．who is my real friend? | D．who can help me? |
A 400-pound adult male gorilla (大猩猩) escaped from his cage at the Buffalo Zoo on Monday. He bit a female zookeeper before being caught. The 24-year-old gorilla came out of his living quarters through an unlocked door on Monday morning. He ran into the space which was used by zoo workers but closed to the public.
A keeper who has cared for Koga since he arrived in 2007 was bitten on her hand and leg. Zoo officials said it was an act of excitement. “He was probably just as surprised coming face to face with her as she was with him,” Buffalo Zoo President Donna Fernandes said.
The keeper took refuge (庇护) inside the habitat of a female gorilla and her newborn baby. The keeper’s decision to lock herself inside the separate habitat likely kept her from being further harmed. The keeper had a good relationship with the mother who, like Koga, is a west lowland gorilla, native to West Africa and the Congo River Basin, according to Fernandes.
Several locked doors prevented Koga from running wildly through the zoo and beyond. The police sent in a team to make sure the area was safe while a vet (兽医) used a pipe to sedate (给……服镇静剂) Koga. The gorilla was dragged by the zoo staff back to his cage once the drugs took hold.
Visitors to the zoo were moved indoors and stayed there for about 45 minutes while the team was trying to catch the gorilla and send it back to his cage. “That was the scariest thing I’ve ever done in my career,” said the team’s captain Mark Maraschiello. “It’s a 400-pound gorilla. Nobody knew what harm he could do to us. He could have bitten my arm off easily,” Maraschiello added.What is the main idea of this passage?
| A．A zoo keeper was injured while working at the zoo. |
| B．A zoo keeper forgot to lock the door of a gorilla’s cage. |
| C．A 400-pound gorilla ran wildly in the zoo after breaking his cage. |
| D．A 400-pound gorilla bit a zoo keeper after escaping from his cage. |
According to Donna Fernandes, the gorilla bit the zoo keeper because .
| A．he was too angry to see the zoo keeper |
| B．he was too excited to see the zoo keeper |
| C．he didn’t want to be sent back to the cage |
| D．he wanted to find some delicious food |
What did the zoo keeper do after being bitten by the gorilla?
| A．She asked another gorilla to protect her. |
| B．She tried her best to comfort him. |
| C．She locked herself in a cage of another gorilla. |
| D．She called the police and asked them to rescue her. |
According to the last paragraph, how did Mark Maraschiello feel when he was trying to catch the gorilla?
| A．Excited. | B．Calm. |
| C．Angry. | D．Frightened. |
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