At 227 billion yuan ($33 billion) for 2008, Guangdong's cultural industries accounted for 6.4 percent of its GDP and experienced a growth rate of 13.8 percent.  But Lai admits that size does not equal weight. "Our businesses are mostly small, financing difficult and brands few."

One local brand that has made it big is Pleasant Goat and Big, Big Wolf, also translated as Happy Sheep and Gray Wolf, China's most popular cartoon series currently being aired. But Liu Manyi, general manager of Creative Power Entertaining Inc, the firm behind the hit show, is not laughing to the bank. Instead she is bitter: "Pirate discs were all over the streets before our first movie hit the screen. Their images appear on all kinds of products. All this has no proper licensing."

In case you don't know, China produces the largest amount of animated(动画的) programming in the world. But quantity is not quality. Behind every Pleasant Goat there are tens of thousands of flops. The best way for the government to promote the country's creative industries is to crack down on piracy (盗版). Hollywood often raises its voice about being victimized (受害) in China. Truth be told, Hollywood is probably the least affected since there is a quota system for China's importation of Hollywood films.

Many Chinese producers are taking baby steps and the domestic market is all they have. If their rights in the home market are not protected, they will never see the day their products find a foreign audience.

The sudden closure(关闭) of BT websites where copyrighted materials used to flow freely suggests a determination on the part of the government to take intellectual property rights seriously. This kind of websites is bad for us, so we should ban them.

Much of the news coming out of the 2009 International Cultural Industries Forum was encouraging. China's film industry is expected to get 6 billion yuan ($879 million) in box office receipts this year. A decade from now, this number may go up to 30 billion, according to some forecasts.

If the government takes serious action against online and offline pirates, China's creative industries may well have a bright future.

1.What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 mean?

A. Fast as the development of Guangdong's cultural industries is, they don’t have a big challenge in the world.

B. Guangdong's cultural industries can make a big profit although they are just the small companies.

C. Guangdong's cultural industries make a big contribution to its GDP because of their strong economic power.

   D. The development of Guangdong's cultural industries cannot catch up with any other industries.

2.What does Liu Manyi think about Pleasant Goat and Big, Big Wolf?

A. It is a failure since it is a local brand.

B. It is a success but cannot get the expected profit.

C. Its profit from the images has been shared legally.

D. Pirate discs make it more popular among the children.

3. Hollywood films are mentioned to tell us that __________.

A. Hollywood films make our creative industries have less space to survive

B. it is piracy that makes it possible for Hollywood films to get less influenced

C. our creative industries need enough protection to have a bright future

D. foreign films have taken up more market in China than the local ones

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Chinese creative industries are more advanced than foreign ones.

B. The domestic market is of little significance to the survival of Chinese creative industries.

C. BT websites stand in the way of the development of Chinese creative industries.

D. The growth of China's film industry is always slow and needs more support.

5.In which column of a newspaper will you probably read this passage?

A. Regional    B. Economic     C. Sports    D. Education

 

完形填空（共20小题；每小题。1.5分，满分30分）

There are going to be moments in life when you must make very important decisions. You will find many people 36 to offer you advice if you ask for it (and even if you don’t), but always remember that the life you   37   is yours and nobody else’s. It’s important to decide for yourself what’s important to you and what you want before you   38   others. Because while there will be times   39 outside advice proves wise, there will be at least as many times when it proves completely   40.. The only way to really evaluate other folks’ advice is to first learn everything that you can about whatever challenge you are   41  . Once you’ve done that, in most cases you should be able to make a wise decision   42   anyway.

You were   43   with the ability to decide what is and what isn’t in your best interest. Most of the time, you will make the right decision and   44   the appropriate actions, and in thinking for yourself, you will become far more successful than if you had gone against your own  45  .

Early on in my investment career, I made the mistake of   46   a few important business decisions on colleagues’ opinions instead of conducting the   47   necessary to make a wise decision. It wasn’t due to   48   on my part; no one could ever accuse me of that. But, being   49   to Wall Street, I intended to assume that my more senior   50  knew more than I did, and so I   51   too much significance to their opinions.

You know what happened? Each of those investments ended in   52  . Eventually I stopped allowing myself to be influenced by   53   and began doing the work myself and making my own decisions. It took me until I was almost 30 years old to   54   this—it’s never too late for a person to change his approach both to   55   and to life. 

1. A. easy    B. ready    C. unwilling   D. hard

2. A. lead    B. lend    C. take    D. earn

3. A. look at    B. pick up   C. turn to    D. learn from

4. A. that    B. since    C. when    D. while

5. A. useless     B. useful    C. priceless   D. clever

6. A. getting     B. making    C. suffering   D. facing

7.A. on one hand   B. on your own  C. on the whole  D. on all sides

8. A. born    B. tired    C. satisfied   D. covered

9. A. enjoy    B. step    C. plan    D. take

10. A. assumption   B. judgment   C. condition   D. fortune

11. A. basing    B. depending   C. relying    D. focusing

12.A. research    B. search    C. resources   D. activity

13. A. poverty    B. laziness   C. fear    D. diligence

14.A. used    B. accustomed   C. new    D. old

15.A. students    B. brothers   C. colleagues   D. classmates

16. A. attached    B. paid    C. gave    D. held

17. A. disaster    B. progress   C. failure    D. success

18.A. either    B. another   C. each    D. others

19.A. think    B. remember   C. realize    D. recall

20. A. payment   B. dreams   C. happiness   D. business

 

五位学生打算选择适合各自情况的文学课程。第1至5题是学生对课程要求的介绍。阅读下面六个课程简介（A、B、C、D、E和F），选出符合各人需要的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。

1.        Tommy has the basic knowledge of American literature. He wants to take a course which can help him read more famous works about American literature.

2.        Kate likes to read literature works and she has many opinions after reading, but she doesn’t know how to express her idea properly.

3.        Jerry wants to write some articles to show the significance of researching literature today. He is looking for a course which can help him.

4.         Helen wants to become a famous writer in the future. She is eager to take a course which can help her realize her dream.

5.        Peter was ill last term and missed a lot of lessons in American literature. He wants to take a course which can give him an outline of it.

A．American Comments The course is a study of how to write literature comments through some vivid examples. We believe that practice makes perfect. Only by following our examples can you acquire your ability on literature comments.

B．Works of Some Famous American Writers Works of Some Famous American Writers show us the introductions to eleven famous writers and their works and also give us some comments on the works.

C．Detailed Reading of American Literature Detailed Reading of American Literature is a course which focuses on some important and moving details in the works of American literature. It will analyse the details.

D．Story and Plot

It is a course which analyses the setting of the main plots in some famous stories. The aim of this course is to help those who want to become writers in the future.

E．Characters and Life

As you know, literature comes from our life, but it is more than our life. This course will analyse the personalities of some important characters in the world literature, and combine the analysis with our life. It will help us gain wisdom from the characters.

F．A Look at American Literature

A Look at American Literature is a course which gives us a brief outline of American Literature. Our classes are organized in small size and given by professors who are expert in American literature.

 

I have read the passage several times but it doesn’t make any     to me.

  A. meaning    B. importance    C. sense    D. significance

 

Ma Weidu is the founder and curator(馆长)of Guanfu Museum, which is the first private  museum in China. With mainly Chinese artifacts on exhibition, the museum was founded on Jan. 18,l 997.It was not well-known by the public until 2008.

On Jan. l,2008,Ma Weidu was invited to be the guest in the flagship CCTV program “Lecture Room”. He talked about his museum and more importantly, he introduced Chinese artifacts and their underlying historical, cultural significance.

In 2009,Ma Weidu initiated Beijing Guanfu Cultural Foundation. Creating a culture foundation had been Ma’s dream for many years. Beijing Guanfu Cultural Foundation is committed to spreading Chinese traditional culture, funding the development of Guanfu Museum, heritage research and conservation projects, building a platform for public culture, promoting and guiding the public in the spirit of “charity&culture sponsorship(赞助)”.

Guanfu Museum is currently located at No.18 Jinnan Road, Zhangwanfen, Dashanzi, Chaoyang district, Beijing. But due to the city planning, it has to move. Guanfu Museum, which has experienced relocation for three times, is now looking for a new place. According to Mr. Ma, it should be around 20,000-30,000 square meters.

1.According to this passage, which of the followings is true?

A．Guanfu Museum was built in 2008.

B．Ma Weidu was invited to lecture by Guanfu Museum.

C．The public were attracted by Chinese artifacts on exhibition.

D．Guanfu Museum, the first private museum in China was founded fifteen years ago.

2.Guanfu Museum, according to the city government,_______ .

A．will be painted                         B．has to hold a new exhibition

C．has to move to a new place                D．has to be enlarged

3.The proper title of this passage should be_____.

A．Ma and His Museum B．Museums          C．Culture Relics      D．Chinese Culture