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Hong Kong Bans Smoking

Do you plan to go to Hong Kong Disneyland with your family? If your dad smokes, you must ask him to be careful. 1.          The new law went into effect on Monday, and heavy fines（罚金） will be imposed on anyone who breaks it. The places include restaurants, workplaces, schools and karaoke rooms. 2.         

Public response has been mixed. Smoking is now banned in public spaces in Hong Kong.

Many Hong Kong residents are in favor of the new regulation, however. Hong Kong hopes the ban can prevent passive smoking. 3.          And it’ll be better if more people in Hong Kong give up smoking because of the ban.

Hong Kong has 7 million people. 4.         

Amy Choi, 27, a student, agrees to the smoking ban. ‘ I don’t like people smoking next to me. It’s so smoky and smelly,” she said.

Warning signs are now clearly visible in most public places such as beaches, stadiums, parks, and playgrounds. Some owners of bars and restaurants say that although the new ban may have negative effect on their business, they will still stop their customers from lighting up. If someone breaks the ban, he will have to pay up to HK$5,000.

5.          On January 1,2006, Singapore banned smoking in most public places.

A．Hong Kong is not the first Asian city to have a smoking ban.

B．When you stay with a smoking person, you will feel light-hearted.

C．From January 1,2007, Hong Kong bans smoking in most public places.

D．Even smoking in some outdoor places like beaches, sports grounds, museums and parks is against the law.

E．Among them, about 840,000 people aged 15 or above are smokers.

F．It does great harm to people’s health.-

G．You can smoke anywhere except Hong Kong in 2008.

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Hong Kong Bans Smoking
Do you plan to go to Hong Kong Disneyland with your family? If your dad smokes, you must ask him to be careful. 【小题1】         The new law went into effect on Monday, and heavy fines（罚金） will be imposed on anyone who breaks it. The places include restaurants, workplaces, schools and karaoke rooms. 【小题2】         
Public response has been mixed. Smoking is now banned in public spaces in Hong Kong.
Many Hong Kong residents are in favor of the new regulation, however. Hong Kong hopes the ban can prevent passive smoking. 【小题3】         And it’ll be better if more people in Hong Kong give up smoking because of the ban.
Hong Kong has 7 million people.【小题4】         
Amy Choi, 27, a student, agrees to the smoking ban. ‘ I don’t like people smoking next to me. It’s so smoky and smelly,” she said.
Warning signs are now clearly visible in most public places such as beaches, stadiums, parks, and playgrounds. Some owners of bars and restaurants say that although the new ban may have negative effect on their business, they will still stop their customers from lighting up. If someone breaks the ban, he will have to pay up to HK$5,000.
【小题5】         On January 1,2006, Singapore banned smoking in most public places.

Sam, a dog, was left behind in Colorado while his owners, Mr. And Mrs. Green moved to Southern California. They did not give the dog up. They found him a very nice home before they moved. They would have let Sam accompany them, but they were afraid the dog’s presence would make it difficult for them to rent a house when they reached their destination.
The Green family lived in Colorado for less than a year. Before that, they had lived in the same neighborhood in California to which they returned. So Sam had been there before, but only for a short time when he was young.
Several months after the Greens left Colorado, after they were comfortably settled back in California, they heard a scratch at the door. They couldn’t imagine who might be there. It never occurred to them that it might be Sam, because they were sure he was happily set up with his new family back in Colorado. When they opened the door, the Greens saw a dirty, tired dog with very hurting feet. The animal looked a little bit like Sam, but no one could believe that Sam could have walked 840 miles on his own. The tired dog spent the night under the family car. The next day, when he was more rested, he performed some of his old tricks. The Greens knew they had their own dog back.
【小题1】The story suggests that _______ .

Frederick Law Olmsted （1822 - 1903）, a Connecticut farm boy, saw his first public park in Liverpool, England, as he accompanied his brother on a walking tour. He was impressed by the park’s winding paths, open fields, lakes and bridges. Perhaps the most wonderful things of all was that the park was open to everyone.
A moment beginning in 1840 to set aside park land on New York City’s Manhattan Island has successful result in 1856 with the purchase of 840 acres of rocky and swampy （沼泽） land, bought with about $ 5 million in state funds. Olmsted’s chance meeting with a project organizer led to his applying for the job of park manager. In 1857 Olmsted was appointed manager of the proposed park, and the clearing of the site began.
Calvert Vaux, a British architect, asked Olmsted to collaborate with him on a park design, and Olmsted agreed. Vaux saw the park as a work of art, while Olmsted saw the park as a place for people to escape the noise of the city. Together they invented a plan that would give the persons and animals living in the city a quiet, green park and would also preserve and increase the good qualities of the natural features of the land. The commissioners voted in favor of Vaux and Olmsted’s plan, and in 1858, the two became the official designers of New York City’s Central Park.
It took millions of cartloads of topsoil to build Central park’s gentle slopes, shady glens, and steep, rocky ravines. Five million trees were planted, a water – supply system was laid, and bridges, arches, roads and paths were constructed. The park officially opened in 1876, and today, well over a century later, people still escape the noise of the city in Olmsted and Vaux’s great work of art.
53．What is the text mainly about?
A．A history of the planning of Central park.
B．An engineering plan for Central Park.
C．A biography of Frederick Law Olmsted.
D．A guided walking tour of Central park.
54．Olmsted became manager of Central Park because of         .
A．his friendship with Calvert Vaux
B．his hard work in clearing the land
C．his winning a design competition
D．a chance meeting with one of the park’s organizers
55．The underlined word “collaborate” in the third paragraph means         .
A．disagree    B．comment   C．vote   D．work together
56．Which of the following is true about Central Park?
A．It is out of date nowadays.       
B．The designers came from the same country.
C．It is an old park in America.      
D．It is only for people who can well afford it.

Increasing affluence（富裕）and currency appreciation are behind the spike in Chinese students traveling abroad for their undergraduate studies, industry insiders said.

The Ministry of Education last month reported that a record 840,000 high school graduates did not register for the gaokao (university entrance exam) this year. Those numbers are fueling speculation that this was due to the increasing number of Chinese students wanting to study abroad.

The total number of students traveling abroad to study increased from 144,000 in 2007 to 170,000 last year. This figure will probably top 200,000 this year, said Feng Jishang, marketing manager of Wiseway, a consulting firm that advises students and their parents about overseas schools.

Years ago, most Chinese students who went abroad would first complete their undergraduate studies in China before applying to an overseas graduate school. But this traned is changing. According to industry estimates, the proportion of students seeking their first degree abroad has risen to 30 to 50 percent of all overseas-bound students. That means there could be as many as 60,000 to 100,000 such students this year—— triple the number in 2003.

Foreign college campuses are beginning to notice the trend. A source tat the University of San Francisco told China Business Weekly that the campus used to accept three or four Chinese undergraduate students every year. Today, the number has hit 80, the university source said.

Rapid economic growth, coupled with a currency that has risen by more than 20 percent against the US dollar over the last four years, is making an overseas education more affordable for Chinese students. That’s making US campuses such as the University of San Francisco, or USF, more of a bargain. “ Students used to tell me that they did not have the money to go to USF, and they needed full scholarships. That is not the case now,” said Stanley Nel, vice-president of international relations at the San Francisco campus.

Another reason is that there simply aren’t enough places in Chinese colleges, especially the higher-rated ones, to satisfy the demand for a university education. “ Four in ten students taking the gaokao won’t get university places. Furthermore, of those that do many don’t get into the schools of their choice. That is why more are going abroad,” Feng of Wiseway said.

A widespread perception among students is that going overseas for college improves their career prospects, sources said. “ For Chinese students, capability is not a problem, but they need work experience and communication skills,” said Alan McNeilly, assistant dean at Teeside University in the United Kingdom. “ If they get a degree overseas, they can expect higher salaries and better positions when they return,” McNeilly said. His university will set up an office in China next month to attract more students, Mc Neilly added.

1.More and more Chinese students have recently traveled abroad for studines because______.

A．they don’t want to take part in the gaokao

B．most Chinese students want to study abroad

C．many Chinese people become richer and US dollar has been devalued

D．it is easy to complete their undergraduate studies

2.Which of the following statistics-related statements is NOT true?

A．The number of students seeking their first degree abroad is around 20,000 to 33,000 in 2003.

B．The increment of the total number of students traveling abroad to study is probably bigger from 2008 to 2009 than that from 2007to 2008.

C．The number of Chinese undergraduate students accepted at USF is about 20 to 26 times of that in the past.

D．200,000 out of the 840,000 high school graduates who did not take the gaokao this year started their undergraduate study abroad.

3.Students interested in studying abroad take the following factors into account EXCEPT_____.

A．financial affordability    

B．work opportunities after graduation

C．accommodation standard

D．the chance of getting into a more desirable university

4.What can be inferred from this passage?

A．If the Chinese RMB decreases 20 percent against the US dollar, the number of Chinese students traveling abroad to study will decrease 20 percent.

B．If more universities are established in China, fewer students will choose to study abroad.

C．Teeside University will set up an office in China to attract those students who have been admitted to USF but have not been offered full scholarships.

D．Without a degree overseas higher salaries and better positions are not impossible if you are experienced and have outstanding communication skills.