| Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature(文学) in 2012. Mo， who was born in 1955 from a farmer’s family in Gaomi country in Shandong Province， is the first Chinese in China to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. In his early years， life was not easy and he experienced hunger(饥饿). These things have influence(影响) Mo Yan’s later writings. |
| 60-year-old Park Geun-hue(朴槿惠) was selected(当选) the new President of South Korea in December， 2012. She becomes the country’s first female head of state and her term will last five years from 2013. “I will become a president who puts people’s living before anything else，” she told the cheering people in central Seoul as she accepted her win. “I will keep my promises.” |
| Barack Obama (born in Honolulu， Hawaii in 1961)， who was elected the 44th President of the United States in 2008， has been elected again to a second term. Obama is a graduate(毕业) of Columbia University and Harvard Law School. His father was from Kenya. And his mother was born in Wichita， Kansas. |
1. When Mo Yan was young， his family might be .
A. big B. poor C. rich D. modern
2.Where was Barack Obama born?
A. In Kansas. B. In Kenya.
C. In Golumbia. D. In Hawaii.
3.Which of the following is NOT true about the passages?
A. The writer Mo Yan lived in a big city before he got the prize.
B. Park Geun-hue will lead South Korea till the year 2018.
C. Obama studied in Columbia University and Harvard Law School.
D. Among the three persons， Park Geun-hue is the oldest.
BEIJING—The sky is gray and air smells strange. It’s another day of smog.
On Saturday， heavy haze(霾) still covered north and east China. Highways were closed and couldn’t take off on time.
The smoggy weather the country’s land from north to south， including Beijing， Hebei， Shandong， and 6 other provinces. People could only see clearly than 50 meters in some areas.
Cities Shanghai and Nanjing have been covered by the gray sky for the past several days. Many walkers in the street had to wear . In the Lukou airport in Nanjing， more than 60 flights were canceled(取消) on Saturday the haze， which also made primary and middle schools and kindergartens stop on Thursday and Friday in Nanjing.
The office worker of Environmental Protection said earlier this week that there were several reasons behind the widespread haze： unpleasant weather conditions making difficult for smog to disappear， automobile exhaust(尾气)， and coal use for winter heating.
To fight pollution， the Chinese government now plans to clean up the air by cutting coal use， some factories， and removing 6 million old cars from the roads.
“We must face up to the facts，” said Yan Naiqiang， a professor of environmental science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. “The treatment of smog will be a long fight. From now on， if we use buses or cars less and do more riding， we believe a clear sky is not a faraway dream.”
1.A. coaches B. trains C. flights D. double-deckers
2.A. afforded B. affected C. admired D. announced
3.A. less B. more C. farther D. nearer
4.A. in B. like C. around D. outside
5.A. hats B. gloves C. sunglasses D. masks
6.A. besides B. except C. because of D. for
7.A. classes B. rest C. work D. shopping
8.A. mainly B. mostly C. main D. most
9.A. that B. this C. one D. it
10.A. close B. closing C. open D. opening
—I will miss my parents when I go abroad for further study this summer.
—Don’t worry . You can them by QQ.
A. come up with B. keep in touch with
C. make friends with D. get along with
I like the cartoon has a happy ending and makes me .
A. which， to laugh B. that， to laugh
C. whose， laughing D. which， laugh
—What about your mother， Tina?
—She doesn’t know .
A. when would the train arrive
B. where could I get the book
C. what has done
D. who left the message
Peter likes pop music， but his father his mother likes it.
A. both， and B. not only， but also
C. neither， nor D. either， nor
