China’s cartoon industry produced more than 81,000 minutes of animation(卡通片) in 2006, almost double the previous year’s 42,700 minutes, said an official with the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television(SARFT) at a meeting to mark the 80^th anniversary of China’s cartoon production.

The country produced more than 50,000 minutes of cartoons from January to August in 2006, topping the previous year’s total output, not to mention the country’s aggregate(总计的) output of cartoons from 1993 to 2003. China has exported 65,100 minutes of cartoons to 17 countries and regions in recent years, said Zhao Shi, deputy director of SARFT.

He said that a series of measures have been taken to increase the output of domestic(国产的) cartoons. With private capital able to play a role in the animation industry since 2005, 15 national animation bases have been set up, including the Shanghai Animation Film Studio, the Sunchime Cartoon Group and China Film Group Corporation. About 5,473 animation studios had been founded in China by Oct. 2006, said the official. The SARFT has approved cartoon channels on Beijing, Shanghai and Hunan TV stations since 2004, and more than 30 kids’ channels.

Animation departments have been established in 447 universities and 1,230 universities offer professional training for cartoonists, Zhao said. “Some 64,000 students majoring in animation have graduated from universities and 466,000 were studying in colleges at the end of 2005,” he said.

In August, the SARFT banned foreign cartoons from prime time(黄金时段)(5:00 pm to 8:00 pm) television programs from Sept 1.

The campaign of promoting domestic cartoons began in 2004, when the government told broadcasters that Chinese cartoons had to account for at least 60 percent of cartoons shown. Foreign cartoons, especially from Japan, are popular with China’s 250 million children, and domestic animation studios are struggling to compete with a flood of imports.

Analysts say that Chinese cartoons need to be more original with better story lines. China made its first ever 12-minute cartoon in 1926.

1. What would be the best title for the passage?

      A. China’s Cartoon Has a Long History  

    B. Foreign Cartoons Lose Its Audience in China

     C. China’s Cartoons Marks Its 80th Anniversary

      D. China Produces More Cartoons in 2006

2. Chinese cartoons are advised to improve by ________.

      A. broadcasting in prime time                     B. strengthening its creativeness

      C. learning from foreign cartoons                D. going with children’s interest

3. Which of the following is TRUE of foreign cartoons?

      A. They are shown less than domestic ones.

      B. They are hardly available on TV in China.

      C. They are not popular with Chinese children.

     D. They are mainly made in Japan.

4. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

      A. China’s cartoons are sold abroad

      B. SARFT is the main national animation base

      C. China’s cartoon industry has a good development environment

       D. foreign cartoons will disappear in China one day

If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago, we should probably have

to say that

we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it what we did each day, we

should be able to give an answer to the question.

      It is the same in history. Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country, but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write. For example, we know a good deal about the people who lived in china 4,000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them. But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write.

    Sometimes, of course, even if the people, and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings, and these have been sung and acted and told for many generations, for most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past. This we may call 'remembered history'. Some of it had now been written down. It is not m exact or so valuable to us as written history is, because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing. But where there are no written records, such spoken stories are often very helpful.

1. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

A. "Remembered history", compared with written history, is less reliable(可靠的).

B. Written records of the past plays a most important role in our learning of the human history.

C. A written account of our daily activities helps us to remember the events that happened in the past.

D. Where there are no written records of the past, there is no history.

2. Why do we know little about what happened in Central Africa 200 years ago?

A. There was nothing worth being written down at that time.

B. People there had not known how to write in those days.

C. The written records were perhaps destroyed in a fire.

D. People there ignored the importance of keeping a record.

3. According to the author, which of the following is not 'remembered history'?

A. History based on a person's imagination.

B. Stories of important happenings passed down from mouth to mouth.

C. Songs and dances about important events in the past.

D. Spoken stories about the past.

4. 'Remembered history' is regarded as valuable only when__________.

A. it is written down                        B. it proves to be true

C. no written account is available            D. people are interested in it

5. It can be inferred from the passage that we could have learned much more about our pastthan we do now if our ancestors had___________.

A. kept a written record of every past event  

B. not burnt their written records in wars

C. told exact stories of the most important happenings

D. made more songs and dances

If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago，we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did each day，we should be able to give an answer to the question.
It is the same in history .Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them .Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country，but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war．Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write．For example，we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4，000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them．But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write．
Sometimes, of course，even if the people cannot write，they may know something of the past．They have heard about it from older people，and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings，and these have been sung and acted  and told for many generations, for most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past．This we may call  “remembered history”．Some of it has now been written down. It is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history is，because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing．But where there are no written records，such spoken stories are often very helpful．
【小题1】Which of the following ideas is not suggested in the passage?

If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago，we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it an account of what we did each day，we should be able to give an answer to the question.

It is the same in history .Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them .Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country，but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war．Sometimes there was never any written record at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write．For example，we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4，000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them．But we know almost nothing about the people who lived even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write．

Sometimes, of course，even if the people cannot write，they may know something of the past．They have heard about it from older people，and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happenings，and these have been sung and acted  and told for many generations, for most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past．This we may call  “remembered history”．Some of it has now been written down. It is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history is，because words are much more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing．But where there are no written records，such spoken stories are often very helpful．

1.Which of the following ideas is not suggested in the passage?

2.We know very little about the central Africa 200 years ago because ___

3.“Remembered history” refers to ___．

4.“Remembered history”is regarded as valuable only when ____.

5.The passage suggests that we could have learned much more about our past than we do now if the ancient people had _____

China is known as a country of etiquette (礼节) and ceremonies. Here is an interesting story that shows this. Once upon a time, a man   36  on a long trip to visit his friend and took a swan as a gift. But the swan   37  from its cage on the way and when he tried to   38   it, he got hold of nothing but a   39 . Instead of returning home, he continued his    40  taking the swan feather with him. When his friend received this   41  gift, he was deeply moved. And the   42  ‘The gift is nothing much, but it’s the thought that counts.’ was   43  far and wide.
Chinese used to   44  one hand in the other in front of the chest as a salute. This      45  has a history of more than 2,000 years but nowadays it is   46  used except on the Spring Festival. And shaking hands is more popular and   47  on formal occasions. Bowing was often used by people in a   48  position such as subordinates(下属), students, and attendants.   49  at present Chinese youngsters tend to simply nod as a greeting.
It is common social practice to   50  the junior to the senior, or the familiar to the unfamiliar. When you start a talk   51   a stranger, topics such as weather, food, or    52  are a good choice to break the ice. With a   53 , a chat about current affairs, sports, the stock market or his job usually goes   54 . Similar to Western customs, you should be   55  in asking a woman private questions. However, talking about her job or family life will never put you into danger.