Anchors（新闻节目主持人）on China Central Television(CCTV) will need to do some fast talking to replace the popular English acronyms（首字母缩略词）they are now banned from using. Shanghai Daily reports that “anchors at China Central Television have been banned from saying the English acronyms NBA, CBA, GDP, and the like in their programs.”

    The replacement for those handy acronyms? Chinese presenters must use the full Chinese name, standardized by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.

    Although CCTV(oops, we mean China Central Television) presenters must already have a score of at least 94 in their government-rated oral mandarin proficiency（普通话水平）exam, saying the full name of organizations like the CBA and WTO---10 and 6 characters’ long respectively---is sure to challenge even the most skillful anchors. CCTV sports anchor Sun Zhengping tells Shanghai Daily, “A full Chinese explanation of the English initials must be followed if my tongue slips. It is a little troublesome but a necessary one because not every member of the audience can understand the initials.”

    Although the government isn’t giving any official explanation for the shift, it is believed to have something to do with a proposal by Huang Youyi, director of the China International Publishing Group, at March’s NPC meeting. In his speech, Huang said, “With more and more publications mixing Chinese with English, measures and regulations should be adopted to avoid English invading Chinese. If we don’t pay attention and don’t take measures to stop the expansion of mixing Chinese with English, Chinese won’t be a pure language in a couple of years.”

    Although China is far from the first country to take measures to protect local languages, acronyms are more about saving time than they are about corrupting（破坏）a language, we would think. Good luck to the CCTV anchors.

1.CCTV anchors have to “do some fast talking” because they can no longer                       ____________________.

A.                   speak as slowly as they like

B.                    mix English into Chinese

C.                    use shortened Chinese expressions

D.                   have much time for their programs

2.According to the writer, “CBA” is supposed to be replaced with “________________”by CCTV anchors.

A.                     中国男子篮球职业联赛

B.                      中国篮球协会全国男女篮球职业联赛

C.                      中国篮球联赛

D.                     男子篮球联赛

3.What’s Huang Youyi’s purpose?

E.                      Using full English names instead of short forms.

F.                      Translating Chinese terms into proper English.

G.                     Avoiding Chinese words being mixed into English.

H.                     Keeping our mother tongue a pure language.

4.What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

I.                        China has fallen behind in the matter of protection of its language.

J.                       The ban is not necessary.

K.                     Chinese shouldn’t be corrupted.

CCTV anchors will have a hard time.

单词拼写（每空一词，共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
【小题1】The whole city are discussing how to make the chemically p____________ river clean.
【小题2】The Christian Church used to think the earth was the c__________ of the solar system, which is completely wrong.
【小题3】Many so-called m____________ art works are really hard to understand.
【小题4】At her story, we were all d____________ moved, almost to tears.
【小题5】English g_____________ might be boring but it is necessary in language learning.
【小题6】To my surprise, it t________ out that I was wrong!
【小题7】Only by u__________ force could the door be opened.
【小题8】She was so tired after the long journey that she f__________ fast asleep.
【小题9】Always keep the matter of s_________ in mind when you’re driving.
【小题10】You can get b__________ by hot liquids, steam, fire, the sun, chemicals and so on.

单词拼写（每空一词，共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

1.The whole city are discussing how to make the chemically p____________ river clean.

2.The Christian Church used to think the earth was the c__________ of the solar system, which is completely wrong.

3.Many so-called m____________ art works are really hard to understand.

4.At her story, we were all d____________ moved, almost to tears.

5.English g_____________ might be boring but it is necessary in language learning.

6.To my surprise, it t________ out that I was wrong!

7.Only by u__________ force could the door be opened.

8.She was so tired after the long journey that she f__________ fast asleep.

9.Always keep the matter of s_________ in mind when you’re driving.

10.You can get b__________ by hot liquids, steam, fire, the sun, chemicals and so on.

 English g_____________ might be boring but it is necessary in language learning.