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　　Rome had the Forum; London has Speaker’s Corner．Now always-on-the-go New Yorkers have Liz and Bill．

　　Liz and Bill, two college graduates in their early 20s, have spent a whole year trying to have thousands of people talk to them in subway stations and on busy street corners．Just talk．

　　Using a 2-foot-tall sign that says, “Talk to Me”, they attract conversationalists, who one evening included a mental patient, and men in business suits．

　　They don’t collect money．They don’t push religion．So what’s the point?

　　“To see what happens, ”said Liz．“We simply enjoy life with open communication．”

　　Shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks, they decided to walk from New York City to Washington, a 270-mile trip．They found they loved talking to people along the way and wanted to continue talking with strangers after their return．

　　“It started as a crazy idea, ” Liz said．“We were so curious about all the strangers walking by with their life stories．People ________：their jobs, their clothes, their childhood experiences, anything．”

　　Denise wanted to talk about an exam she was about to take．She had stopped by for the second time in two days, to let the two listeners know how it went．

　　Marcia had lost her husband to a serious disease．“That was very heavy on my mind,” Marcia said．“To be able to talk about it to total strangers was very good, ”she explained．

　　To celebrate a year of talking, the two held a get-together in a city park for all the people they had met over the past year．A few hundred people showed up, as well as some television cameramen and reporters．

　　They may plan more parties or try to attract more people to join their informal talks．Some publishers have expressed interest in a book, something they say they’ll consider．

1．What is the best title for the passage?(within 10 words)

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2．Please fill in the blank in the last but four paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence?(within 10 words)

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3．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

What on earth do they talk for?

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4．Will you talk about your private affairs to a stranger? Why or why not?(within 30 words)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence in the last but three paragraph．

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　　China has its own English language newspaper－China Daily, which is published in Beijing．It appears from Monday to Saturday with a Sunday edition of ?Business Weekly each week．It has all the usual sections of a newspaper, including Home News－news about China, International News－news from abroad, Business News, Travel News and Sports News．

　　There are plenty of pictures, and a weather report every day．There are reports on new plays, movies, books, new restaurants and so on．There are also longer articles about businesses, or people with interesting jobs, or about different areas of China．Every Saturday there is a section about things to do at the weekend and the TV programmes in the coming week．

　　China Daily has plenty of advertisements, which help to cut the costs of making the newspaper．There are advertisements for computers, businesses, hotels, airlines, travel companies, jobs and so on．

　　Many foreigners like to read this newspaper．It is also popular with students of English, who read it in order to improve their English．Sun Yao, a student of English major in Beijing, said, “I like reading China Daily．Learning new words and useful expressions is very important for me, so I read it every day．I can see how English is used in everyday life as well．Besides, I enjoy learning about new things from politics to sports and music．”

Questions：

1．What news does China Daily carry?

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2．Why are there plenty of advertisements in China Daily?

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3．Why is China Daily so popular with both foreigners and English learners?

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阅读下面的文章，从中获取信息，完成下面的句子。

　　A truly great song can never be heard too many times．This is certainly true of Gloria Estefan’s song “Reach”, which she sang at the closing ceremony of Atlanta Olympic Games earlier this year．Now the American singer’s voice will be reaching us via(通过)the sound waves of Joy FM．

　　Gloria Estefan is no stranger to us as her album(歌集)“Destiny” has held a place on China Chart for five weeks running since its release(发行)in China．Lines like “I’m gonna(going to)be stronger, know that I’ve tried my very best, I’d put my spirit to the test if I could reach,” talk of the struggle for strength and spirit that the singer has experienced first hand．Gloria Estefan broke her back in a bus accident and had to have an operation in which a pair of eight-inch steel rods were attached to the base of spinal cord(脊髓)．Showing great determination and bravery, Gloria went into her music room in Miami only three months after her operation to start work on a new album．Her album “Into the Light ” was released just ten months later and its songs reflect her struggle to recover．As reward for all her efforts, Gloria has become the most popular and successful Latin singer and song writer on the pop scene．She has had several No．1 hits and plenty of top 10 singles．Her husband Eilio Estefan produces much of her music．Gloria’s music varies from intimate ballads to fast-beat Latin music reflecting her Latin-American roots．

1．Gloria Estefan is ________．

2．The song “Reach” was first sung ________．

3．Gloria Estefan is well-known in China for ________．

4．The album of “Into the light” reflects ________

用下面短文中的信息完成简介。

　　The opera house in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is one of the most beautiful in the United States．It is small and open, with one roof over the stage where singers perform and another roof over part of the audience．This opera house in the mountain is one of the best in the country, which may seem surprising because performances are only given during seven weeks in the summer, and because Santa Fe is a very small city．

　　One reason why the Santa Fe Opera is so good is that it attracts many excellent young singers．They all hope to sing in famous opera houses like Metropolitan in New York someday, and they work hard to become well-known during the summer．The musicians and directors are experts who come from the best orchestras(管弦乐队)and operas in the country during their vacations．They enjoy working there because they like to live in Santa Fe, which is near both the mountains and the desert．It is very beautiful there in summer．

　　The state government of New Mexico advertises the Santa Fe Opera in newspapers all over the country, and a great many tourists come to New Mexico because of the opera．Still, most of the audience does come from Santa Fe and other nearby cities, and all the seats in the theater are sold for every show．

　　There is only one thing that some people do not like about the Santa Fe Opera, and that is the cold weather．Because the theater is open, performances cannot start before it gets dark at nine o’clock in the evening, and then the mountain air becomes very cool．Sometimes people complain about the cold air, but because the operas are good, these people come back again wearing warm coats．

The Santa Fe Opera House

Location：________________

Open Time：______________

Performers：______________

Audiences：_______________

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　　Students may find much of the information they need to attend college in the United States in The International Student Handbook．This guide is published by the College Board, an educational organization．The International Student Handbook explains the American system of higher education．It tells foreign students how to apply for a college．It explains the different costs and what kinds of financial(财政的)aid that foreign students can get．The handbook also gives information about required tests．The material is organized for both undergraduate and graduate students．Information is included on more than 2500 colleges．The International Student Handbook costs ＄28 if purchased(购买)through the College Board website．You might find it for less at a site like Amazon．com．Students who want to know about undergraduate education only can buy the Online Undergraduate Edition at the College Board site．It costs twelve dollars and can be read on the computer or printed out．The online version includes learning about colleges, preparing an admission application, estimating(估计)costs and finding financial aid．The website is collegeboard．com．Or you can write to the College Board at 45 Columbus Avenue, New York 10023, USA．

　　We are now in the fifteenth week of our Foreign Student series．So far, we have explored the American college system, how to choose a school, and government rules about coming to the United States．

　　We have also talked about the TOEFL and other tests, the costs of education and the different forms of financial aid．Next week, the subject is how to decide what kind of housing situation to choose once you are admitted to a school．Future reports will take you to different colleges and universities around the country．And we will discuss working as a teaching assistant．

1．The International Student Handbook is for ________(whom)．

2．From the passage, we know that if we want to buy The International Student Handbook and the Online Undergraduate Edition, we can ________．

3．What can you find in Foreign Student series in its fifteenth week?________．

阅读下面的短文，完成下列信息。

It’s no secret that we’re into computers．And why not? On the Internet, we can catch up on news, plan vacations, pay bills and make friends．But for some, once they type their way onto the Internet, they just can’t stop．Internet addiction(沉溺)can happen to anyone who’s lonely, and that includes two surprising groups：college students and homemakers．Away from their families, homesick and overwhelmed, many college students seek connections．Their brightest freshmen were failing to maintain good grades, they realized half were using the Internet excessively(过度地)!They couldn’t forbid it, because students needed it for schoolwork．So they provided counseling(咨询)to help students adjust to college－and a year later, the number of web junkie flunkers(不及格的学生)dropped by half．And homemakers are prone to(有……的倾向)addiction too, if they’re shy．But the more on-line connection vulnerable(易受伤害的)people make, the more they may neglect the connections they hold in real life．In recent study,51 percent of men and 42 percent of women named the Internet as one of the reasons they were not getting enough sleep! And 68 percent of Internet addicts surveyed(被调查的)said their on-line usage was destroying their relationships．The person will retire to the computers at night instead of the bedroom and to cyberspace(网络空间)relationships with strangers instead of communication with families．There are steps to take to make sure your family doesn’t get hooked(上瘾，入迷),such as：Putting the computer in a common area like a living room where you can’t spend hours on-line; using a timer to limit on-line time; joining a club or taking up a hobby．Anyone with balance and face-to-face contact with others isn’t likely to get hooked．Your family member or friend could be a cyberholic(电脑狂)if：They’re lying about how much time they spend on-line．They’re spending more and more time on-line and less and less time with you．They get anxious when they try to cut back on on-line time．They’re losing sleep to go on-line．

1．The passage is about ________．

2．Internet addiction easily happens to ________．

3．Harm that Internet addiction does：________．

4．How to prevent Internet addiction：________．

仔细阅读下面的短文，短文中有10个空格或画线句子。请按照每小题括号内的具体要求完成语法填空、词形变化、句子合并、句子改写以及病句改正等。

　　Do you ever have 　　[1]　　(冠词)dream of making your home a happier place to be?Maybe there are some points 　　[2]　　(引导词)you will follow：

　　Sometimes you don’t think your parents are fair(公平)to you．When you want to dress 　　[3]　　(介词)a modern way, your mum doesn’t like you wearing a mini-skirt．When you are 　　[4]　　(动词)phone calls to friends, they ask if you’re speaking to a boy or a girl．Sometimes it seems that you’re not as close to your parents as you used to be．

　　How can you become close again?

　　“Closing the Gap” by American author Jay McGraw gives advice on [5]how you can have a good relationship with your parents．(改为同义句)．He gives ways to help you 　　[6]　　(understand)your parents．When you think “my parents don’t want me to have any fun,” that usually means your parents want you to be safe．[7]Parents have needs and children have needs．(改成简单句)They need to feel they are important and loved．You should tell your parents your needs, and find 　　[8]　　(副词)what their needs are．Then you can think of a way to make all of you happy．He gives you some ideas：

　　1．Make time to talk．You could talk about your school life and your plans for the future．

　　2．Keep a diary．[9]This is help you understand more about yourself and your feelings．(改错)

　　3．Show your parents you are growing up．Wash your own clothes and help around the house．

　　Your parents will feel that you are no 　　[10]　　(long)a small child．

　　If you follow these steps, slowly, you will be able to break down the walls between your parents and yourself．

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　　Background music may seem 　　[1]　　(harm), but it can have a powerful effect on those 　　[2]　　(引导词)hear it．　　[3]　　(record)background music first found its way into factories, shop and restaurants in the US．But it soon spread to other arts of the world．Now it is becoming increasingly difficult to go shopping or eat a meal 　　[4]　　(介词)listening to music．

　　To begin with, “muzak” was 　　[5]　　(intend)simply to create a soothing(安慰)atmosphere．Recently, however, it’s become big business-thanks in part to recent research．[6]Dr．Ronald Milliman, an American marketing expert, has shown that music can improve sales or increase factory production by as many as a third．(改正错误)

　　But it has to be light music．[7]A fast one has no effect on sales．(改成倒装句)Slow music can increase receipts by 38％．This is probably 　　[8]　　(连词)shoppers slow down and have more[9]opportunity(同义词)to find items they like to buy．Yet, slow music isn’t always answer．Dr．Milliman found, for example, that [10]in restaurants slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals．It reduced overall sales．(合并句子)So restaurants owners might be well advised to play up-tempo music to keep the customers moving, unless of course, the resulting indigestion leads to complaints!

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　　While Thais and Cambodians share the same branch of Buddhism(佛教), many linguistic(语言的)and cultural traits(特点), the neighbors have had many slight quarrels over the centuries, many of which were lined to the Angkor Wat temple．

　　For 500 years, from the early ninth century, Angkor Wat, was the capital of Khmer(Cambodian)empire that stretched over much of modern Indo-China．The Thais captured it in 1431 and Cambodia became a battleground sandwiched between Siam, as Thailand was called, and Vietnam．

　　France officially declared Cambodia a colony in 1867 but allowed Thailand’s’ ________, including Siam Reap, the home of Angkor Wat．Fifty years later France regained the two provinces, for Cambodia in a treaty with Bangkok．

　　After Cambodia declared its independence in 1953, a bitter dispute broke out between the neighbors over possession of another temple, Preah Vihara, located on a border escarpment(悬崖)．The International Court of Justice at last sided with Cambodia in 1962．

　　During the rule of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in 1975-1979, and after its overthrow, there was little formal contact between the countries．

　　Relations were not normalized until after the UK-sponsored election in 1993 restored democracy to Cambodia．But several borders still remain disputed．

1．What is the best title of the passage?(within 10 words)

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2．The under word “it” in Paragraph Two refers to．

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3．Fill in the blank in the third paragraph to complete the sentence．(within 10 words)

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4．Translate the underlined parts in the passage．

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5．Suppose you have a chance to travel abroad, which country do like to go?Why?(within 30 words)

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　　For most Americans, a clean glass of water is just a faucet away．But for many of the world’s poorest people, it’s hard to get．

　　On Wednesday, the United Nations(UN)marked World Water Day by trying to cut the number of people without good drinking water－one billion human beings worldwide－in half．In the next ten years, the UN will work with the governments around the world to reduce the shortage．

　　Without clean water nearby, many people use water ________．In India, many people bathe and wash their clothes in rivers that are polluted by human waste．

　　According to the UN, not having enough clean water and sanitation causes more than three million deaths a year．

　　“The links between water and human health are powerful, ” said Dr Lee Jong Wook, director-general of the world Health Organization(WHO)．“We cannot live without clean water．”

　　In fact, the International Federation of the Red Cross said that quick reaction after last year’s Asian tsunami had stopped disease．The agency provided clean water to nearly 500 000 people in Indonesia and Sri Lanka after the tsunami．

　　World Water Day was first celebrated in 1993 since then, it is celebrated each year on March 22．

1．What is the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by this one?

The quality of the water is closely connected with human beings．

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3．What did the International Federation of the Red Cross do after the tsunami?(Please answer within 20 words．)

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4．Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence?(Please answer within 10 words．)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese．

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