In China,people born in and after the 1980s are called the post-80s generation(一代人).Most of them come from single-child families.However,this generation is playing a more and more important part in China,and their image(形象) in people’s minds is changing.Han Han,a popular youth writer,is one of them.
Han Han was born in 1982 in Shanghai.His talent for writing was clear at an early age.When he was 17,he attracted the public’s attention with the article Viewing the People through the Glass.The article won first prize in the national New Concept Composition Competition.Later,Han Han again surprised the public by leaving high school.“I didn’t do well in Grade One of high school and failed to move up to the next grade.I tried my best to improve my studies,but failed,so I gave up.However,I am always learning,since learning and going to school are two different things,” Han Han said.
Han Han’s first novel Three Folded Gates sold very well in China.Later the book was translated(翻译)into several languages and sold abroad.
In the following years,Han Han wrote a lot of books.All of them were welcomed by the market.In 2006,he started blogging (写博客)and had great success.Today,Han Han’s blog has become one of the honest blogs on the Internet.
1.The post-80s generation .
A.have changed China’s image
B.are playing an important role in China
C.are very good at writing
D.are people who are more than 80 years old
2.When did Han Han begin to write a blog?
A.When he was seventeen. B.In 1982.
C.When he was twenty-four. D.In 2008.
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Three Folded Gates was only sold in China.
B.Nobody was surprised that Han Han left high school.
C.Han Han was not liked by the post-80s generation.
D.Han Han’s blog is very popular on the Internet.
“Haibao,the mascot(吉祥物)of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo,is very cute,”said Gu Hui,a school kid.“I want a big toy like the mascot.”
Haibao looks like the Chinese word ren,which means people or a person.The name,a typical lucky one in Chinese tradition comes from the Chinese phrase “Si Hai Zhi Bao” —the treasure of the four seas.It also means the treasure of Shanghai,which lies beside the sea.
Haibao’s blue curly(卷曲的)hair looks like the waves of the sea.Its smile is a sign of the healthy spirit of China.Those thumbs-up(翘拇指)will welcome millions of people to Shanghai from around the world.Its big feet show China has the ability to host a successful Expo.
Haibao was created by two artists,one from the mainland(大陆) and the other from Taiwan.The design is about people living together in the city.The designers want it to fit the theme of the Shanghai Expo,that is,a good life should be created by all the people and people should have harmonious relationships(和谐关系) with nature and society,so that life in cities would be better.
Surely the mascot will become the lucky symbol and cultural remark of Shanghai Expo.
1. Which is the mascot of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo?
2.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.School children like Haibao.
B.The name Haibao shows Chinese traditional culture.
C.Haibao is the wisdom of two artists.
D.Haibao is an animal living in the sea near Shanghai.
3.What is the theme of the Shanghai World Expo?
A.One World, One Dream. B.One China, One Family.
C.Better City, Better Life. D.Shanghai, An Open City.
Many people say that they have seen flying saucers(飞碟)in the sky. 31 can these things be ?
Some people think that they are spaceships from other planets. Doctors 32 that perhaps they are only a weakness of the eyes. It is possible that they are our own planes 33 very high. Or are they birds with the sun’s light on them?
But some people say that they have seen them 34 . They have seen beings(人)get off them and walk around. They have 35 to those beings, sometimes in English. People have 36 photos of flying saucers and of these beings. We have seen the photos, but sometimes the people had to take them in a 37 . Children have seen flying saucers, and even dogs have seen them. Perhaps we do not think that the 38 of children, or dogs are important. But school-teachers have 39 seen them and Air Force officers and 40 policemen. Must we not listen to these people?
1.A. How B. What C. Which D. Where
2.A. say B. prove C. know D. understand
3.A. rising B. flying C. risen D. flown
4.A. fly B. turn C. land D. move
5.A. flown B. gone C. come D. spoken
6.A. received B. bought C. taken D. sent
7.A. horse B. hurry C. colour D. way
8.A. opinions B. discussions C. suggestions D. needs
9.A. often B. hardly C. also D. still
10.A. yet B. even C. so D. then
—Have you seen the TV play My Ugly Mother?
—Yes, it’s well worth . It’s moving that I’ve seen it twice.
A.seeing; too B.to see; enough C.seeing; so D.to see; such
Hearing the director’s “ !”,all the actors and actresses kept in the own position (位置) and waited carefully.
A.Action B.Take two C.Stand by D.Good take
—Teenagers are sometimes made what they are not .
—I agree.
A.to do;interested B.to do;interested in
C.do;interested D.do;interested in