Beijing today, first published in May, 2001, is the capital’s only English weekly newspaper and is published with the help of the Information Office of the Beijing Municipal Government and run by Beijing Youth Daily. Its readers include English-speaking foreigners living in Beijing and local Chinese who have great interest in English or take English as a working language.
The paper’s main content deals with metropolitan life, explaining the differences and similarities between Eastern and Western culture. Its culture and lifestyle part is regarded as a guide to metropolitan life in Beijing.
The paper has 24 pages in four main sections:
NEWS: Select stories that discuss cultural differences.
COMMUNITY: Reports on developments related to foreigners in the city and a platform(平台)by which they can communicate with a bigger audience.
CULTURE and LIFESTYLE: Highlights from international lifestyle and fashion trends in Beijing
STUDY: Cheerful and humorous pieces to help English-language students improve their skills
Beijing Today circulates 50,000 copies published every Friday. It is one of Beijing’s most authoritative(权威的) English media sources, and is sold at post newsstands and distributed in hotels, apartment complexes, etc.
Price: 2 yuan per issue
1.Which of the following sections would be the best choice to exchange thoughts with others？
A. NEWS B. COMMUNITY C. CULTURE and LIFESYLE D. STUDY
2.If you want to subscribe to Beijing Today for half a year, you need to pay ________.
A. 52 yuan B. 24 yuan C. 104 yuan D. 48 yuan
3.What CANNOT you read in Beijing Today?
A. News abou foreign cultural festivals
B. fashion trends in Paris.
C. Discussions with foreigners
D. Skills in improving English
KFC(肯德基), one of the most famous fast-food chains, saw its reputation in China shaken because of “quick chicken”. Recent years, KFC has ever shocked us more than once because of its food safety, which made itself in severe trust crisis. Now it greatly surprised us again owing to the poultry（禽肉）incident. We could never believe it should have cheated us again and again. In fact, as a well-known restaurant chain, KFC’s business records at China’s is not very good. There’s no doubt that the very incident has made things worse and worse.
However, what surprised us is that although a series of misdeeds had reduced KFC’s reputation, its business is increasing. What’s more, KFC just made a so-called apology after what had happened, the content of which is not responsible at all for the public. As a matter of fact, this is not an ordinary chance incident. Recent years have seen so many food-safety problems in China, such as wasted oil, lean meat powder（瘦肉精）, melamine（三聚氰胺）, which has done great damage to people’s life. We don’t know what can be eaten and how much harmful food we have eaten. Now it is not wars and natural disasters but everyday food safety that has been a great risk to human health.
So what can be done to prevent our health from being damaged? To begin with, the related departments should strengthen laws to stop such illegal products from being produced. In addition, it would be a good idea to call on the media to perform its further function to monitor the businesses, factories and traders. Besides, everybody should be made aware of the risks of harmful food and only in this way can people improve their self-protection. In a word, everyone should play a role in making our food safer and better in quality. Meanwhile, the government and the related departments should take their responsibilities for people’s health.
1.According to the text, we can learn that KFC made itself in severe trust crisis________.
A. because it had food safety problems many times
B. because it is one of the most famous fast-food chains
C. no people went to it
D. many people don’t like it
2.From the passage, we learn that after the “quick chicken” incident ________.
A. KFC was closed
B. KFC apologized to the public though it was not sincere
C. no people went to KFC
D. there is no longer chicken in KFC
3.We can learn that the author thinks that people’s health is in danger because of ________.
A. war B. natural disaster C. food safety D. disease
4.The main purpose of the passage is to ________.
A. introduce some food safety incidents B. make people not support KFC
C. ask people not to eat fast food D. appeal to people for food safety
Last week after a long day of traveling, I found myself delayed at a bus station. The bus was running two hours late! I was a little ____ and had to wait there reading a book. Just then a woman _____ and asked me if I had any spare change to help her ____ a bus ticket.
“Oh, sure,” I said.
With the words, I reached into my bag for some _____. As I handed her five dollars I _____her stomach rumble (发出辘辘声) and I knew she was very ______.
I then reached back into my _____ and brought out a Danish pastry (酥皮糕点) I had bought earlier and _____it to her with a smile.
She took the pastry and gave me a bus ticket to Milwaukee to show her _____. I don’t live in Milwaukee and the ticket will probably ____ be used, but I took it. A look of ____ spread over her face. Then she went to get her ____ and I went back to my ____.
She came back a few ____ later, apologized, and told me there were five dollars ____. I gave her the money and slipped(悄悄地塞) a twenty ____. She thanked me and went back to the counter. ____ I went back to my book.
Five minutes later she came back again and ____ to return my twenty. ____ I said it was for her so she could get something else to eat and that I wasn’t taking it back, she _____crying and hugged me.
From then on, I always help others in trouble, because I believe I am really making a difference to them!
1.A. worried B. terrified C. interested D. moved
2.A. looked around B. came up C. walked about D. ran away
3.A. exchange B. check C. find D. get
4.A. books B. newspapers C. money D. food
5.A. felt B. heard C. imagined D. proved
6.A. weak B. sick C. tired D. hungry
7.A. bag B. counter C. pocket D. suitcase
8.A. handed B. showed C. lent D. sold
9.A. trouble B. thankfulness C. kindness D. belief
10.A. always B. ever C. never D. still
11.A. surprise B. relief C. excitement D. fear
12.A. luggage B. pastry C. coffee D. ticket
13.A. speech B. seat C. book D. room
14.A. days B. minutes C. hours D. weeks
15.A. short B. missing C. available D. unused
16.A. as well B. in return C. with anger D. by chance
17.A. Sometimes B. Once C. Again D. Often
18.A. refused B. pretended C. agreed D. tried
19.A. Since B. After C. Though D. If
20.A. forgot B. considered C. started D. avoided
The chief editor demanded that the article _________ immediately.
A. must be submitted B. would be submitted C. submits D. be submitted
He decided not to say anything at the meeting unless_________.
A. asking to B. to ask to C. asked to D. ask to
Jim went to answer the phone. _________ , Harry started to prepare lunch.
A. However B. Nevertheless C. Besides D. Meanwhile
