Hurry! Time to “steal vegetables”
Don't be afraid! We are not encouraging the stealing behavior, but to tell you maybe the most popular topic from white-collars' mouth in cities. Together with "How many vegetables do you steal today," "it's harvest time for your ripe peach," "I bought you a new car today."
Are there so many people in the city really have their own farms, or are they really so rich to buy someone else cars casually?
The answer is obviously negative. They just play some games on Social Network Sites (SNS) like kaixin001.com.
Can you imagine that more than millions of people in Chinese mainland will spend lots of time on SNS to play game and talk to friends, especially white-collars who work in the cities? Take kaixin001.com as an example, the current member of it has already hit 38 million.
However, the great number of people who would like to use such SNS indicates another social problem. That is lots of people choose to escape from the reality. And SNS just offer them a Virtual space to forget the reality.
Kinds of games and various of friends do give netizens lots of fun. Though indulging, dreaming, chatting and playing , it seems like people could really escape from all the upsets in reality. But virtual world is not real and no one can live in it forever, and reality is not that simple like noodling around on the internet.
Since this kind of social phenomenon is so popular on the internet, people start thinking to remove it in the reality.After playing the "happy farm" game on kaixin001.com, would you like to put yourself among the real corps while smelling the fragrance of the countryside? Recently, a farm land service called "happy farm in reality" was opened in the suburbs of Shanghai where white-collar workers from around that region can experience the real farmer's life by themselves
1.What is the topic of the passage?
A. It’s time to” steal vegetables.”
B. a computer game called “Happy Farm”
C. open a farm in reality
D. something behind the game “Happy Farm”
2.Why are so many people interested in “Happy Farm”?
A. Because they like playing computer games.
B. Because it offers them a virtual space to escape from reality.
C. because they can talk and play with their friends at the same time.
D. because they can harvest peaches.
3.Which group are the majority playing the “Happy Farm” game?
A. Farmers B. White-collars C. workers D. students
4.What’s the author’s attitude towards the “ Happy Farm” game?
A. positive B. worried C. neutral D. we don’t know
Only if you don’t have a fear of heights do you want to visit the CN Tower. And if you can take a trip to the top of it will surely be worth it. The CN tower is Canada’s most famous symbol and the centre of tourism in Toronto.
Over 550 meters, it is one of the tallest building in the world; on a clear day the view is wonderful. Each year, around 2 million people take the elevator ride to the top of the tower to take in the breath-taking view at the top of the world. Once you are at the top, see if you have the courage to walk across the see-through glass floor .
If you are hungry, plan to eat at the revolving restaurant at the top of the tower. The floor in the 360-degree restaurant rotates once every 72 minutes allowing everyone a complete view of the city below. The CN tower has broken record many times, winning such titles as World’s Longest Metal staircase ,World’s Tallest building and , most recently , World’s Highest Wine Cellar. In 1995, the CN tower was considered as one of the seven wonders of the Modern World.
Today, the top of the tower, more than 333m in the air, serves as the year-round workplace for more than 550 people. The tower’s workers help to make the world-class attractions and food there.
While at the CN tower, you’ll also have the chance to visit gift shops. You will find the CN Tower in the heart of downtown, on Front Street. On the north shore of Lake Ontario, the CN Tower is open 364 days a year(closed on Christmas Day).
1.Who can’t visit the CN tower?
A. Someone who has heart attack.
B. An old man who has got flu.
C. A person afraid of height
D. A woman having high blood.
2.How many titles has the Tower got?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
3.Which of the following number is Not agree with its description?
A. 333 --- the height of the tower
B. 550 --- the number of people who work at the top of the tower
C. 364 --- the days that the tower is open each year
D.360--- the degree of the restaurant revolves.
4.What can we infer from the passage?
A. You can go to visit the tower any day you like.
B. You can buy some gifts and eat as well while you are at the tower.
C. You have to climb the stairs to the top of the tower to enjoy the view.
D. The floor of the revolving restaurant is made of glass.
It’s always great to hear news about wildlife returning to where they once lived. For the first time in 8 years the small blue --- British’s smallest butterfly--- has been seen back at a nature reserve in Hertfordshire.
This nature reserve has had a lot of work done recently in order to help butterflies. Management of the land has included bringing in sheep to keep the grass under control in a more natural way and planting wild flowers for butterfly species. The nature reserve is home to a number of butterfly species. In fact the way that this reserve has been managed means that it is probably the best reserve in Hertfordshire to see butterflies with at least 25 species now living in the area.
There are a number of threats to British butterflies and the greatest threat is the loss of their habitat. Changing farming practice has affected British native butterfly species greatly with many more now being at risk. Butterflies are such an excellent species that they can clearly tell the situation of local environment because they are easily influenced by environmental changes, A wide species of butterflies will generally mean a healthy environment.
The type of land management at the nature reserve in Hertfordshire offers a hope for many species of butterfly to live as usual. Butterflies need all the help they can get at the moment. Although the number of butterflies is beginning to increase, many are still at risk.
1.What has the nature reserve done to help butterflies return ?
a. changing the reserve place b. bringing in sheep
c. planting wild flowers d. changing farming practice
A. a.b B. c,d C. a,d D .b,c
2.Why did the butterflies fly away eight years ago？
A. The weather is changing B. The flowers have died out
C. Their habitat has been lost. D. The environment has changed
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A. The environment has changed healthier a lot than before.
B. All the butterflies have returned to the reserve.
C. There is no threat to the British butterflies.
D. Over 25 species is living in the reserve now.
4.What does the underlined sentence mean?
A. The butterflies changed as the environment changed.
B. Butterflies are very beautiful.
C. Butterflies are sensitive to the environment the live.
D. Butterflies can tell us what is happening.
Do you still remember your dreams from childhood? They’re like flowers that never fade, “23-year-old Liu Wei told a happy audience during a broadcast of the nationwide talent competition China’s Got Talent. Liu, an ___16____ pianist from Beijing, was named one of the show’s finalists.
Liu once had arms. At the age of 10 he accidentally grabbed a high-voltage wire and lost his arms. “My family and I were so ___17____ then,” Liu recalled. He credits a disable boy he met at the hospital who gives him the __18_____ to cheer him up.
He was forced to __19_____ playing soccer (his favorite sport) but bounced back and ___20____himself to learn swimming. After two years, Liu had won two gold medals and one silver at the National Swimming Championship for the disabled in 2002.
By the age of 19, Liu had taught himself __21_____ to play the piano with his feet, fulfilling a childhood ___22____ of composing and producing music, he said ___23____ a big smile. “__24_____ enough time, I could be just as same as anyone.”
“I can read music and have __25_____ the ‘toeing’ by myself,” he told. According to Liu, the big toe is the most __26_____ digit when “toeing,” but that he can only reach five keys at the same time. “It means I have to train my toes to move more ___27____,” he said.
One of the show’s hosts, Cao Kefan, told press. “He was __28_____ so hard his feet were constantly cramping,” Cao said.
“ We’ve all __29_____ our dreams when we were young, but no one has fought as hard as you,” commented Gao Xiaosong. Gao is one of the show’s judges and one of most ___30____ music producers in China.
“You tell us that to __31_____ our dream, we need to spare no pains,” said Yi Nengjing, a show judge and Taiwanese pop star.
“I’ve received a lot of letters of support, all ___32____ me to focus on my music,” Liu said. When asked what he would do when the show was ___33____, he revealed several music companies had asked to __34_____ him. But whatever happened, he added he is sure he would keep __35_____ his dream.
“Music is like water and air to me,” he said. “I can’t live with out it.”
1.A．aimless B．legless C．armless D．forceless
2.A．desperate B．happy C．angry D．nervous
3.A．power B．strength C．energy D．enthusiasm
4.A．give away B．give in C．give up D．give off
5.A．let B．devoted C．abandoned D．challenged
6.A．what B．how C．whether D．which
7.A．idea B．purpose C．dream D．thought
8.A．at B．to C．in D．with
9.A．given B．if C．when D．only if
10.A．carried out B．figured out C．worked out D．gave out
11.A．flexible B．available C．sensible D．advisble
12.A．heavily B．rapidly C．slowly D．slightly
13.A．looking B．working C．exercising D．practicing
14.A．looked for B．fought for C．make for D．took for
15.A．influential B．beneficial C．potential D．official
16.A．make B．gain C．get D．realize
17.A．letting B．discouraging C．inspiring D．encouraging
18.A．by B．out C．over D．off
19.A．offer B．sign C．answer D．find
20.A．pursuing B．looking C．thinking D.promising
One of the most important things in education is to let students ____ positive emotions and experience in the process of their learning.
A. require B. acquire C. demand D. clarify
––– I felt left out at the party last night.
––– Really? ____, you should have said something.
A. If possible B. If so C. If necessary D. If any
