Can you touch your belly button(肚脐) by reaching behind your back and around your waist(腰)?
Popular among many young Chinese female users on Weibo, the topic --- which translates as “reaching your belly button from behind to show your good figure” ----was mentioned more than 130 million times among Weibo readers.
It not only led to over 104,000 active discussions, but also brought about the care about what means a healthy body image.
“Look! Success. More than four hours but I’ve finally reached my belly button,” said Weibo user GayleRabbit.
Another user Lucy said, “Why does my belly button suddenly look and feel completely new?”,
While the trend was popular with many female users on Weibo, a photo uploaded by a male blogger caught people’s eyes. “Is this pose really that difficult? I don't think so,” said Weibo user Sough Sa. His photo showing he was trying to touch his belly button drew 2,634 likes and was shared more than 8,452 times.
“I always support failures. Now I don't feel so bad about not being able to touch my belly button.” said another user Jacket. “Do we need to have flexible(柔韧的) arms or a skinny waist to achieve it?” asked Weibo user Chantilly623.
But some experts argued that China’s new belly button trend was actually distoring(歪曲) society's standards of beauty.
“These poses and pictures can be fun but sometimes they also become an expression of competitiveness,” said Jolene Tan, Programmes and Communications Senior Manager at Aware, a non-governmental organization in Singapore championing women's rights.
However, experienced body trainers say the new trend is about flexibility of the arm and the size of the waist, rather than a good figure. A skinny person with fewer muscles(肌肉) has a better chance of achieving the pose.
1.Between which two paragraphs can the following sentence be put in ?------“A new social trend(趋势) has started in China, with thousands of netizens facing the challenge and uploading photographs of themselves to show off their bodies”
A. Para1 and Para2 B. Para3and Para4
C. Para7 and Para8 D. Para9 and Para10
2. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Boys are not interested in this trend.
B. GayleRabbit reached her belly button on her first try.
C. Sough Sa’s photo of reaching his belly button was popular online.
D. Jacket felt sorry for not being able to touch his belly button.
3.What is experienced body trainers’ opinion of the new trend meaning a good figure?
A. Supportive. B. Disbelieving.C. Doubtful. D. Worried.
Look at the notice from the Students’ Union. It’s a description of students’ activities for the coming winter vacation.
Winners of Super Boys will come to our school on March 30th, 2015. They are going to give a concert in the school hall at 2:00 pm. Please come to the Students’ Union to get a half-price ticket to the concert before this Friday. |
Wouldn’t it be great if you could join us and go hiking around the West Hill for two days? We’ll start at 7:00 am on April 6th. Please come to the Students’ Union to sign your name and pay fifty yuan, 20 percent off for members of the Hiking Club. |
Are you interested in being a volunteer? We’ll go to a mountain village to give away books to the children there. We’ll work and study with them for a whole day. Please come to the school gate at 6:00 am on April 13th, 2015. Free of charge(免费). |
We’ll hold a party for the students who come from poor families and have to stay at school during the winter vacation. Would you like to join us? Please come to the reading room at 5:00 pm on March 28th. |
1.The notice is about .
A. free tickets
B. students’ activities
C. the West Hill
D. poor children
2.Betty likes music and wants to go to the concert, so she must arrive at the school hall before __________ on March 30th, 2015.
A. 2:00 pmB. 7:00 am C. 6:00 am D. 5:00 pm
3.If you are a volunteer, you will go to a mountain village.
A. on March 30th
B. on April 6th
C. on April 13th
D. on March 28th
4.If you want to take part in a party for poor students, you should go to on March 28th.
A. the school hall
B. the West Hill
C. a mountain village
D. the reading room
If you’ve been joining in chat room conversations, or trading e-mail with net pals(网友), you have become one of the millions who write in a special, short form of English.
Throughout the world, every night children and their elders are “talking” online — many of them are talking at the same time.
It’s fast: trying talking to six people once. It’s convenient: three or four words per exchange. It takes cleverness, concentration and quick fingers.
And it requires very simple language. There’s neither time nor space for explanations. Why waste valuable time telling six friends you have to leave for a moment to take care of your little brother when BRB (=be right back) will do?
Want to enter a conversation? Just type PMFJI (=pardon me for jumping in).
Interested in whom you’re talking to? Type A/S/L, the common request to know your pal’s age, sex and location. You may get 15/M/NY as a reply from your pal.
If something makes you laugh, say you’re OTF (=on the floor), or LOL (=laughing out loud), or join the two into ROTFL (=rolling on the floor laughing).
And when it’s time to get back to work or go to bed, you type GTG (=got to go) or TTYL (=talk to you later).
People want to write as fast as possible, and they want to get their ideas across as quickly as they can. Capital letters are left in the dust, except when expressing feeling, as it takes more time to hold down the “shift” key and use capitals. Punctuation is going too.
1.When people are online, they talk by ______.
A. using body language
B. drawing some strange pictures
C. making phone calls
D. making use of a special short form of English
2.The sentence “There’s neither time nor space for explanations” means that ______.
A. people should use words properly
B. people should know what time it is when they are talking
C. people online have to express themselves in a simple way
D. people should communicate in a funny way
3. If you get 17/F/NY as an answer to your A/S/L, it means ______.
A. the people on the other end is 17 from New York and he is fine
B. you are talking to a girl who is 17 and lives in New York
C. you are talking to 17 girls who are from New York
D. the people you are talking to is a 17-foot tall New York girl
4. Which of the following is a way to save online time?
A. People seldom use capital letters or punctuation marks.
B. Many people draw pictures.
C. People only use the mouse instead of the keyboard.
D. People never use the “shift” key.
News One: 29 October, 2015
The government of China plans to end its one-child per family policy(政策) and instead let families have two children. The plan was announced Thursday after high-level meetings in Beijing.China, which has the largest population, made the one-child policy in 1980. The government allowed only a small number of couples to have two children for so many years. For example, some couples in the countryside could have two children.
News Two: 05 October, 2015
The first of the 2015 Nobel Prizes has been announced. Sweden’s Nobel Prize committee says the Nobel Prize for medicine will go to scientists from Ireland, Japan and China.William Campbell from Ireland and Satoshi Omura from Japan share the prize for their discovery of the medicine avermectin(阿维菌素). The Nobel committee praised their work on what it calls a “novel therapy.” The treatment fights disease caused by parasites（寄生虫）.The prize for medicine is also going to Chinese researcher Tu Youyou. She discovered artemisinin. Artemisinin is a drug (药物) that has greatly made the number of people who die from malaria(疟疾) smaller.
News Three: 09 December, 2015
Oil prices have fallen to their lowest levels since 2009. Brent crude oil, one of several kinds of oil on the world market, dropped below $40 a barrel（桶） on Tuesday. However, the main group of oil producing countries has been unable to reduce the oil production.
1.How long did China’s one-child policy last?
A. 38 years.B. 36 years.C. 25 years. D. 65 years.
2.Who got the Nobel Prize for medicine?
A. Tu Youyou from China.
B. William Campbell from Ireland.
C. William Campbell from Ireland and Satoshi Omura from Japan.
D. William Campbell from Ireland, Satoshi Omura from Japan and Tu Youyou from China.
3.What can we know from News Three?
A. There is only one kind oil on the world market.
B. Main oil producing countries will produce less oil.
C. Oil prices on Tuesday are the lowest in history.
D. Main oil producing countries will still produce as much oil as before.
4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. The oil prices are the lowest in 2009.
B. The artemisinin has saved lots of lives.
C. There are the most people in China in the world.
D. Only a small number of Chinese couples can have two children in China in the past few years.
完形填空
Are your parents “helicopters”(直升飞机)? That’s a new word I read about. It means parents who are “over” their children. They ________ about every little thing in their child’s life： Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? Too hot? Too cold? Do you need more books? _______pens? More anything? More everything?
These parent _______ their children and want to _______ that everything in their life is perfect. Some kids may become upset but _______ like being pampered (纵容). The pampered kids get used to being treated very well. They don’t like ________to make decisions.
I don’t think this is a good idea. I think it’s important for kids to do things for________ . I think it’s important for kids to make decisions. This ________them grow up. It helps them to________an independent (独立的) and responsible (负责的) person.
________ can you become independent and responsible? It’s easy, just ________ with little things. You can make your own meals sometimes for help with the cooking. You can also________ your own bed and clean your room. You can______ your parents that you can be responsible with money.
Your parents are “helicopter” ________they love you. So, tell them that you understand and that they really shouldn’t worry. Tell them they can “______” the helicopter because you are a responsible kid.
1.A. worryB. changeC. collectD. bring
2.A. ManyB. MuchC. More D. Most
3.A. loveB. hate C. trust D. punish
4.A. make up B. make sure C. make of D. make from
5.A. anotherB. the other C. other D. others
6.A. talkingB. doingC. giving D. having
7.A. himselfB. yourselvesC. themselvesD. ourselves
8.A. asks B. decidesC. helps D. stops
9.A. becomeB. learn C. believeD. develop
10.A. WhyB. WhenC. HowD. What
11.A. talk B. start C. dreamD. finish
12.A. make B. repair C. sweepD. move
13.A. teach B. train C. planD. show
14.A. soB. becauseC. but D. though
15.A. land B. invent C. make D. design
--- I will give a speech in tomorrow’s talk. I am a bit nervous.--- _____________
A. Take it easy. B. Sounds great!
C. What a pity. D. What a shame!
