After achieving a 9 percent GDP growth, hosting a successful Olympic Games and carrying out its first
space walk the year before last, you'd think China would be happy. _____. That, at least, is the opinion of a
new book written by a group of Chinese authors.
     China Is Not Happy was published in March,2009.It is a fol low-up to the 1996 work China Can Say No,
a bestseller that complained about the influence of the West and the US in particular, on China. Thirteen years
later, the authors of China Is Not. Happy list their dissatisfaction with how China is being treated in the world
today.
     They argue that China needs to use its growing power and eco nomic resources to build its own position
of preeminence (卓越). "From looking at the history of human civilization, we are most qualified to lead this
world." the book says.
     The authors single out the US for special scorn (轻蔑)."The economic problem has shown the Chinese
people that America does have problems, that what we've been saying is right," said one of the authors.
     The book has become a bestseller in many Chinese bookstores. Yet much of the response to the book has
been negative. Several re- views in the Chinese media have criticized the book's radical (激进的) opinions. The
book is a way to" fish money from the pockets of the angry youth and angry elderly," wrote one critic in the
China Youth Daily. Meanwhile, a well-known sociologist, Li Yinhe, has said that China needs patriotism (爱国
主义),but there is a limit.
      In her blog she wrote,"If we are to bully (欺负) other countries, take the world's resources and try to lead
it, we're going over the top."

1. List three great achievements that China made in 2008 based on the text. ( Please answer within 20 words. )
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2. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 1 with proper words. ( Please an swer within 6 words. )
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3. Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the fol lowing one?
     Ancient China was advanced and it was Chinese who created developed civilization, so we
      Chinese should be the leader of the world.
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4. What is the main idea of the last Paragraph?( Please answer within 10 words.)
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5. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 into Chinese.
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     Smiling is a great way to make yourself stand out while helping your body to function better. Smile to
improve your health, your stress level, and your attractiveness.
     1. Smiling Makes Us Attractive.
     We are drawn to people who smile. There is an attraction factor. We want to know a smiling person and
figure out what is so good because anxieties can push people away-but a smile draws them in.
     2. Smiling Changes Our Mood
     Next time you are feeling down, try putting on a smile. There's a good chance your mood will change for
the better. Smiling can trick the body into helping you change your mood.
     3. Smiling Is Appealing
     When someone is smiling they lighten up the room, change the moods of others, and make things happier.
A smiling person brings happiness with them Smile lots and you will draw people to you.
      4. Smiling Relieves Stress
     Stress can really show up in our faces. Smiling helps to prevent us from looking tired, wom down, and
overwhelmed. When you are stressed, take time to put on a smile. The stress should be reduced and you'll be
better able to take action.
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     When you smile, there is a measurable reduction in your blood pressure. Give it a try if you have a blood
pressure monitor at home. Sit for a few minutes, take a reading. Then smile for a minute and take another
reading while still smiling. Do you notice a difference?
      6. Smiling Lifts the Face and Makes
     You Look Younger The muscles we use to smile lift the face, making a person appear younger. Don't go
for a face lift, just try smiling your way through the day-you'll look younger and feel better.
     7. Smiling Helps
     You Stay Positive Try this test: Smile. Now try to think of something negative without losing the smile.
It's hard. When we smile our body is sending the rest of us a message that" Life is Good!"

1. List three aspects that smile can overcome according to the passage. ( Please answer within 10 words. )
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2. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words. ( Please an swer within 10 words. )
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3. Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the fol lowing one? Face operation is not necessary.
    As long as you try smiling dai ly, smile can make you younger and better.
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4. What would you do if you are feeling down? Give us at least 3 ways. ( Please answer within 10 words. )
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5. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 into Chinese.
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     Surgeons in Spain have successfully carried out the world's first organ transplant (移植) using new stem
cell technology. Some people are calling it the greatest medical breakthrough so far this century.
     But what are stem cells? As we know, most cells in our bodies are designed____ -for example, a liver cell
develops to work in the liver and cannot become a heart cell. But stem cells are different. They are very young
and in the laboratory scientists can grow them into different types of cells.
     Claudia Castillo needed a new windpipe (气管) after getting a serious disease. Scientists from the University
of Bristol took a donor windpipe, from someone who had recently died. They used strong chemicals to remove
the donor's cells, leaving a tissue scaffold (组 织支架). This was refilled with cells from Ms Castillo's windpipe and stem cells from her bone. After four days the cells had grown sufficiently for the windpipe to be
transplanted into Ms Castillo.
     Currently, transplant patients have to take drugs for the rest of their lives to prevent their bodies rejecting
the new organs. These drugs can have bad side-effects, and do not always prevent rejec tion. But by using
Ms Castillo's own cells, doctors were able to trick her body into thinking the new windpipe was her own organ. Five months on, Claudia Castillo is in perfect health.
     This ground-breaking procedure could be used in other trans- plant operations in the future. Scientists also
believe stem cells might be used to treat Parkinson's disease, heart disease, stroke, ar thritis, burns and so on.
     However, stem cell research is extremely controversial. The most effective stem cells do not come from
adults but from embryos (胚胎) created in laboratories which are just a few days old. Many people have
religious or ethical objections to growing embryos, even if they can be used to cure diseases.

1. What's the best title for the passage? ( Please answer within 8 words. )
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2. Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. ( Please an swer within 8 words. )
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3. Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the fol lowing one? However, Ms
      Castillo's body mistook the new windpipe for her own because doctors put her own cells in it.
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4. What do you think of the stem cell transplant? Why? ( Please answer within 30 words. )
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5. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 into Chinese.
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