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Has the recent economic downturn affected your life? For many young Chinese, it has driven them to embrace a far more frugal（economical）lifestyle.
Wang Hao, 24, is a Beijing office worker．He made a decision in June last year to limit his weekly living expenses to 100 yuan．That's the cost of eight Big Macs in China．
“The financial crisis has taught a spending lesson to young people in China, including me,” said Wang, who posted his decision on his blog, which has drawn over 200,000 hits．
As the financial crisis affects the economy, white-collar workers speak of reducing salaries．Some are unemployed．And university students are facing the worst job prospects since China's economic reform began 30 years ago．
To save money, people have started to share dinners, houses, taxis and other activities with strangers they meet online．Web users post their activities on sites, such as www．Pinkewang．com and invite others to join them．Lin Xiongbo, the founder of Pinkewang, said his website saw a 100 percent increase of visitors last November after the global financial crisis broke out．
People are also using websites like Lin's to share other activity ideas such as training programs, sports, and entertainments．
“Sharing activities with others can save a lot of money without lowering one's quality of life,” said 27-year-old Xu Li．He's a manager at a public relations firm and a long-time user of websites like Pinkewang．
It was on the Internet that Xu recently found another person to take part in an English training program with him．By joining the program with another person, he and his partner received a 10 percent discount for the course, saving them more than 1,000 yuan．
Young Chinese born in the 80s used to be accused of being materialistic．They favored designer clothes and the latest electronic products, and many of them spent their monthly salaries rather than saving them．They became known as the "Yueguang group"．
However, since the economy slowed down, this lifestyle has lost much of its charm．Now, more and more young Chinese consider saving money to be more fashionable than spending．
The frugal lifestyles these young Chinese are embracing seem to be accepted by the authorities too．In a commentary published in the People's Daily recently, the writer said frugality did not conflict with the government's demand-stimulating policies, as it called for reasonable rather than reckless spending．
“Frugal lifestyles should become a fashion, especially in the financial crisis,” said the writer Wang Jinyou．
1．The passage was written to _________．
A．advertise a website called www．Pinkewang．com
B．show how young Chinese are dealing with the economic situation
C．show the life conditions of white-collar workers in China
D．tell the readers about the economic problems China is facing
2．What can we conclude from the passage?
A．Wang Hao’s blog is popular because the stories in his blog are very interesting．
B．The financial crisis began to affect Chinese people’s lives in December 2008．
C．Since the economic downturn, fast consumer lifestyles are less popular in China now．
D．The government has asked people to spend less money to fight the economic crisis．
3．According to the passage, the following are all caused by the financial crisis EXCEPT that ______．
A．a great many college students have decided not to continue their studies
B．there is less hope for college graduates to find their ideal jobs
C．young people have to cut down their living expenses
D．some white-collar workers are out of work
4．We know from the passage that _______．
A．Xu Li will have to pay over 5,000 yuan for his training program if he attends it alone
B．the Chinese people who were born in the 1980s developed the good habit of saving money
C．the trend for young Chinese to adopt frugal lifestyles goes against current government policies
D．it’s nothing new for young Chinese to share activities with others on the Internet
My father came to the United States as a Ukrainian immigrant (移民) when he was 14 years old. Unable to speak English but willing to do anything to succeed, he learned the language, became a barber, and opened up his own business in a small town. He put my sister and me through college during a time when most people thought that women didn’t need an education and that they should be satisfied with getting married and having children. He gave us values and ambition. But this story didn’t really start until my father was 60 years old.
I was preparing to get married and my father was attempting to practice the polke, a must at any Ukrainian wedding. But he just couldn’t do it! He had lost mobility in his leg and was diagnosed with a brain tumor (肿瘤). After surgery, this energetic, hard-working man was forced to retire as a result of significant paralysis (瘫痪) in his right arm and leg. My dad had always worked two jobs and spent his spare time working around the house. Now that kind of life came to a sudden stop. Yet never once did he complain. He bought rubber balls and spent his days trying to regain his hand mobility by squeezing those balls over and over.
After his last operation, he chatted with me pleasantly in the hospital room until a nurse flew into the room, waving her finger at me, and yelling, “You’d better tell your father to stay in bed. He is paralyzed and will never walk again. He needs to stop trying to get out of bed and accept the fact that he can’t walk now or ever. I am sick of picking him up and you’d better warn him to stay put!” My father smiled. He spent a great deal of time on the floor that year, but he eventually got up and walked.
My father lived nineteen more years after that operation. He bought himself a motor scooter (小型摩托车) and spent years zipping around the streets of Philadelphia. He was proud, free, and always smiling.
In what way was the author’s father different from most other people in his times?
A. He succeeded in migrating to the U.S.
B. He learned the new language easily and quickly.
C. He achieved his life goal by working as a barber.
D. He had his daughters educated.
The underlined word “polke” in Paragraph 2 probably refers to .
A. a song B. a dance C. a musical instrument D. a tool for painting
The author’s father used the rubber balls to .
A. kill his too much spare time B. relieve himself from work pressure
C. get his hand’s function back D. recover from his operation
Which of the following can be used to describe the author’s father?
A. Perfect. B. Strong-minded. C. Creative. D. Impractical.
What can we learn from the text?
A. Love can do wonders. B. Failure is the mother of success.
C. A father’s love is most valuable. D. Never give up on your life.
My father came to the United States as a Ukrainian immigrant (移民) when he was 14 years old. Unable to speak English but willing to do anything to succeed, he learned the language, became a barber, and opened up his own business in a small town. He put my sister and me through college during a time when most people thought that women didn’t need an education and that they should be satisfied with getting married and having children. He gave us values and ambition. But this story didn’t really start until my father was 60 years old.
I was preparing to get married and my father was attempting to practice the polke, a must at any Ukrainian wedding. But he just couldn’t do it! He had lost mobility in his leg and was diagnosed with a brain tumor (肿瘤). After surgery, this energetic, hard-working man was forced to retire as a result of significant paralysis (瘫痪) in his right arm and leg. My dad had always worked two jobs and spent his spare time working around the house. Now that kind of life came to a sudden stop. Yet never once did he complain. He bought rubber balls and spent his days trying to regain his hand mobility by squeezing those balls over and over.
After his last operation, he chatted with me pleasantly in the hospital room until a nurse flew into the room, waving her finger at me, and yelling, “You’d better tell your father to stay in bed. He is paralyzed and will never walk again. He needs to stop trying to get out of bed and accept the fact that he can’t walk now or ever. I am sick of picking him up and you’d better warn him to stay put!” My father smiled. He spent a great deal of time on the floor that year, but he eventually got up and walked.
My father lived nineteen more years after that operation. He bought himself a motor scooter (小型摩托车) and spent years zipping around the streets of Philadelphia. He was proud, free, and always smiling.
【小题1】 In what way w
as the author’s father different from most other people in his times?
| A．He succeeded in migrating to the U.S. |
| B．He learned the new language easily and quickly. |
| C．He achieved his life goal by working as a barber. |
| D．He had his daughters educated. |
| A．a song | B．a dance | C．a musical instrument | D．a tool for painting |
| A．kill his too much spare time | B．relieve himself from work pressure |
| C．get his hand’s function back | D．recover from his operation |
| A．Perfect. | B．Strong-minded. | C．Creative. | D．Impractical. |
| A．Love can do wonders. | B．Failure is the mother of success. |
| C．A father’s love is most valuable. | D．Never give up on your life. |
August was one of the nastiest months I can remember: torrential rain; a hailstorm or two; cold, bitter winds; and mists. But we are accustomed to such weather in England. Lord Byron used to say that an English summer begins on July 31 and ends on Aug. 1. He called 1816 "the year without a summer." He spent it gazing across Lake Geneva, watching the storms, with 18-year-old Mary Shelley. The lightening flickering across the lake inspired her Frankenstein, the tale of the man-made monster galvanized into life by electricity.
This summer's atrocious weather tempted me to tease a Green whom I know. "Well, what about your weather theory now?" (One of the characteristics of Greens is that they know no history.) He replied: "Yes, this weather is unprecedented. England has never had such an August before. It's global warming, of course." That's the Greens' stock response to anything weather-related. Too much sun? "Global warming." Too little sun? "Global warming." Drought? "Global warming." Floods? "Global warming." Freezing cold? "Global warming."
I wish the great philosopher Sir Karl Popper were alive to denounce the unscientific nature of global warming. He was a student when Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity was first published and then successfully tested. Einstein said that for his theory to be valid it would have to pass three tests. "If," Einstein wrote to British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, "it were proved that this effect does not exist in nature, then the whole theory would have to be abandoned."
The idea that human beings have changed and are changing the basic climate system of the Earth through their industrial activities and burning of fossil fuels--the essence of the Greens' theory of global warming--has not much basis in science. Global warming, like Marxism, is a political theory of actions, demanding compliance with its rules.
Those who buy in to global warming wish to drastically curb human economic and industrial activities, regardless of the consequences for people, especially the poor. If the theory's conclusions are accepted and agreed upon, the destructive results will be felt most severely in those states that adhere to the rule of law and will observe restrictions most faithfully. The global warming activists' target is the U.S. If America is driven to accept crippling restraints on its economy it will rapidly become unable to shoulder its burdens as the world's sole superpower and ultimate defender of human freedoms. We shall all suffer, however, as progress falters and then ceases and living standards decline.
【小题1】 The writer of the passage is probably _______.
| A．one of the “Greens” |
| B．an American |
| C．not quite a believer in Global Warming |
| D．an environmentalist |
| A．Karl Marx | B．Sir Karl Popper | C．The Greens | D．Mary Shelley |
| A．politician | B．poet | C．Greenpeacer | D．physicist |
| A．announce | B．pronounce |
| C．speak out for | D．speak out against |
| A．Why Einstein’s Theory Stands the Tests. |
| B．Which Country the “Greens” Are Attacking? |
| C．Global Warming? I See Little Point. |
| D．The Climate in England and beyond. |
August was one of the nastiest months I can remember: torrential rain; a hailstorm or two; cold, bitter winds; and mists. But we are accustomed to such weather in England. Lord Byron used to say that an English summer begins on July 31 and ends on Aug. 1. He called 1816 "the year without a summer." He spent it gazing across Lake Geneva, watching the storms, with 18-year-old Mary Shelley. The lightening flickering across the lake inspired her Frankenstein, the tale of the man-made monster galvanized into life by electricity.
This summer's atrocious weather tempted me to tease a Green whom I know. "Well, what about your weather theory now?" (One of the characteristics of Greens is that they know no history.) He replied: "Yes, this weather is unprecedented. England has never had such an August before. It's global warming, of course." That's the Greens' stock response to anything weather-related. Too much sun? "Global warming." Too little sun? "Global warming." Drought? "Global warming." Floods? "Global warming." Freezing cold? "Global warming."
I wish the great philosopher Sir Karl Popper were alive to denounce the unscientific nature of global warming. He was a student when Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity was first published and then successfully tested. Einstein said that for his theory to be valid it would have to pass three tests. "If," Einstein wrote to British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, "it were proved that this effect does not exist in nature, then the whole theory would have to be abandoned."
The idea that human beings have changed and are changing the basic climate system of the Earth through their industrial activities and burning of fossil fuels--the essence of the Greens' theory of global warming--has not much basis in science. Global warming, like Marxism, is a political theory of actions, demanding compliance with its rules.
Those who buy in to global warming wish to drastically curb human economic and industrial activities, regardless of the consequences for people, especially the poor. If the theory's conclusions are accepted and agreed upon, the destructive results will be felt most severely in those states that adhere to the rule of law and will observe restrictions most faithfully. The global warming activists' target is the U.S. If America is driven to accept crippling restraints on its economy it will rapidly become unable to shoulder its burdens as the world's sole superpower and ultimate defender of human freedoms. We shall all suffer, however, as progress falters and then ceases and living standards decline.
1. The writer of the passage is probably _______.
A．one of the “Greens”
B．an American
C．not quite a believer in Global Warming
D．an environmentalist
2.Which person(s), in the writer’s eyes, is the one he agrees with?
A．Karl Marx B．Sir Karl Popper C．The Greens D．Mary Shelley
3.Sir Arthur Eddington could be inferred as a ______.
A．politician B．poet C．Greenpeacer D．physicist
4.“denounce” in the third paragraph can be replaced by ______.
A．announce B．pronounce
C．speak out for D．speak out against
5. Which of the following is probably a good title for this article?
A．Why Einstein’s Theory Stands the Tests.
B．Which Country the “Greens” Are Attacking?
C．Global Warming? I See Little Point.
D．The Climate in England and beyond.
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