Anchors（新闻节目主持人）on China Central Television(CCTV) will need to do some fast talking to replace the popular English acronyms（首字母缩略词）they are now banned from using. Shanghai Daily reports that “anchors at China Central Television have been banned from saying the English acronyms NBA, CBA, GDP, and the like in their programs.”
The replacement for those handy acronyms? Chinese presenters must use the full Chinese name, standardized by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.
Although CCTV(oops, we mean China Central Television) presenters must already have a score of at least 94 in their government-rated oral mandarin proficiency（普通话水平）exam, saying the full name of organizations like the CBA and WTO---10 and 6 characters’ long respectively---is sure to challenge even the most skillful anchors. CCTV sports anchor Sun Zhengping tells Shanghai Daily, “A full Chinese explanation of the English initials must be followed if my tongue slips. It is a little troublesome but a necessary one because not every member of the audience can understand the initials.”
Although the government isn’t giving any official explanation for the shift, it is believed to have something to do with a proposal by Huang Youyi, director of the China International Publishing Group, at March’s NPC meeting. In his speech, Huang said, “With more and more publications mixing Chinese with English, measures and regulations should be adopted to avoid English invading Chinese. If we don’t pay attention and don’t take measures to stop the expansion of mixing Chinese with English, Chinese won’t be a pure language in a couple of years.”
Although China is far from the first country to take measures to protect local languages, acronyms are more about saving time than they are about corrupting（破坏）a language, we would think. Good luck to the CCTV anchors.
1.CCTV anchors have to “do some fast talking” because they can no longer ____________________.
A. speak as slowly as they like
B. mix English into Chinese
C. use shortened Chinese expressions
D. have much time for their programs
2.According to the writer, “CBA” is supposed to be replaced with “________________”by CCTV anchors.
A. 中国男子篮球职业联赛
B. 中国篮球协会全国男女篮球职业联赛
C. 中国篮球联赛
D. 男子篮球联赛
3.What’s Huang Youyi’s purpose?
E. Using full English names instead of short forms.
F. Translating Chinese terms into proper English.
G. Avoiding Chinese words being mixed into English.
H. Keeping our mother tongue a pure language.
4.What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?
I. China has fallen behind in the matter of protection of its language.
J. The ban is not necessary.
K. Chinese shouldn’t be corrupted.
CCTV anchors will have a hard time.
Two traveling angles stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angles stay in the mansion’s guestroom. Instead the angles were given a small space in the cold basement. As they made their bed in the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger angle asked why, the older angle replied, “Things aren’t always what they seem.”
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife. After sharing the little food they had the couple let the angles sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest. When the sun came up the next morning the angles found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in the field. The younger angle was infuriated and asked the older angle how he could have let this happen. “The first man had everything, yet you helped him,” he accused. “The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow die”.
“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angle replied. “when we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn’t find it.”
“Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angle of death came for his wife. I gave him the cow instead. Things aren’t always what they seem.”
1.What's the best title of the passage?
A. Two Angles Spread Love
B. Things Aren’t Always What They Seem
C. The Rich And The Poor
D. Tales of Angles
2.In paragraph 2, the underlined word “infuriated” most probably means ___________.
A. amused B. angry C. puzzled D. disappointed
3.According to the article, which of the following is TRUE?
A. In the home of the wealthy family, the older angle put some gold into a hole in the wall.
B. In the home of the poor family, the older angle killed their cow.
C. The younger angle agreed with what the older angle did at first.
D. The angle of death is in charge of humans’ death.
Ann，a mother of 3 children, is a warm-hearted social worker and she has done a lot to help people 36 . The family’s dinner conversation often turns to local poor families, and she 37 tries her best to seek help for them. This year, Ann 38 that Santa Claus would make a special 39 to a young unemployed mother named Ashley, who was 40 two sons by herself.
One Sunday morning, the family were joyfully having breakfast 41 the phone rang, saying that the aid she had requested for Ashley had 42 . No Santa Claus, no presents, nothing. On hearing the news, Ann noticed the 43 disappear from her children's faces. Kinzie, the youngest one, 44 down from her chair and ran out of the kitchen room. In a matter of 45 , she returned carrying her piggy bank and began to 46 the coins over and over again, $3.30 in total. “Mom,” she shook her head 47 , “I know it's not much. But maybe this will buy a 48 for the children.” Then suddenly everyone was reaching into their pockets and 49 their purses. Immediately the money –- coins and bills 50 on the table. On Christmas Eve, Ann as well as Kinzie drove to Ashley’s house. After Ann wished the 51 woman a merry Christmas, she began to unload the gifts from the car, 52 them to Ashley one by one and told her the whole story.
Ashley was moved to tears 53 the words: Kinzie opened not only her piggy bank but also her 54 , and my children as well as I myself would be able to do something 55 for someone else in need.
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1.A. in time |
B. in need |
C. in trouble |
D. in sight |
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2. A. therefore |
B. even |
C. always |
D. already |
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3.A. expected |
B. believed |
C. dreamed |
D. promised |
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4. A. present |
B. arrangement |
C. appointment |
D. visit |
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5. A. raising |
B. producing |
C. adopting |
D. attending |
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6. A. until |
B. while |
C. since |
D. when |
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7. A. failed |
B. arrived |
C. passed |
D. stopped |
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8.A. anger |
B. expression |
C. cheer |
D. worry |
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9. A. sat |
B. slipped |
C. fell |
D. got |
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10.A. days |
B. time |
C. seconds |
D. hours |
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11. A. pour |
B. pick |
C. stare |
D. count |
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12. A. sadly |
B. happily |
C. excitedly |
D. repeatedly |
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13.A. clothes |
B. toy |
C. present |
D. cake |
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14.A. emptying |
B. feeling |
C. opening |
D. finding |
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15. A. filled up |
B. grew up |
C. blew up |
D. piled up |
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16. A. astonished |
B. pleased |
C. amused |
D. embarrassed |
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17. A. showing |
B. handing |
C. unfolding |
D. shouldering |
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18. A. over |
B. by |
C. with |
D. for |
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19.A. mind |
B. smile |
C. sympathy |
D. heart |
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20. A. important |
B. similar |
C. valuable |
D. different |
--Sorry, I’m late. The bus got hold up in traffic.
--_____________.
A. You can say that again B. It won’t bother me
C. Never mind D. It all depends
Li Na had managed to ______ in motion an upsurge（高涨）of students learning tennis across Asia.
A. take B. put C. set D. make
The manager was very angry, for he had sent his business partner two thousand machines yesterday, half of _________ unqualified.
A. them B. what C. which D. whom
