In much society, there is often greater acceptance of light skin than dark skin; Light skin may be seen as a mark of beauty, intelligence and success. These beliefs can lead to social pressures even within the same group, if some members are darker than others.
The result is that skin lightening has become very common across Africa, Asia and other areas of the world and more people with dark skin are using skin-lighting products, even if it means they may face health risks. They believe that having whiter skin will improve the quality of their lives. Many people think they will have a better family. Or they want to look like what their society generally considers beautiful.
Some beauty care（美容） products and soaps contain chemicals that make skin lighter. However, some of the chemicals are extremely dangerous. The chemicals in the products block and break down the natural barrier(障碍) to protect against sunlight. Then the skin can become thick and discolored. Usually the person will use more of the product in an effort to correct the problem, which just makes things even worse. Doctor Ly says some chemicals are so dangerous that they may lead to blackened fingernails, infections(感染) and serious skin damage.
And these are not the only problems. Experts say some people who change their skin color suffer emotional damage. They feel regretful and sad. They feel that instead of risking their health, they should have learned to live and accept their skin color as it was.
1. What’s the result of the wrong understanding of darker skin?
A. Many people with dark skin try to make their skin whiter.
B. Many people with whiter skin live a better life than others.
C. People with darker skin try to marry people with light skin.
D. People with darker skin try to protect themselves against social pressures.
2. The third paragraph is about .
A. some medical effects that skin-lightening products have brought about
B. the mental damage that skin-lightening products have caused
C. the physical damage that skin-lightening products have caused
D. the causes why skin-lightening products can make skin whiter
3. Why are chemicals in beauty care products dangerous?
A. They can damage the skin’s color producing progress.
B. They can control people’s emotions and feelings.
C. They can make the fingernails and skin black.
D. They make more people decide to change their skin colors.
ACAB What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Different Colors of Skin B. The Dark Side of Skin Lightening
C. What Is Beauty? D. Light Skin or Dark Skin?
Loma just had to get in touch with someone：“I had to tell my best friend something important. I tried calling her but I couldn’t get through. So I sent her an e-mail and then I spoke to her on MSN. Without technology I would not have been able to tell her. ”
Staying connected with friends and family is important for us. That’s why we asked our readers to tell us how cell-phones, e-mail, blogs, text messaging, and personal pages help them keep in touch. More than 1,500 responded.
Most of them told us they couldn’t live without technology：80％of teens said they need technology to stay in touch. Almost 30％said they’d be completely out of their friends without their cell-phones and other methods of communication.
What do they do when they’ve got news they need to share now? Most teens say they try to reach their friends by phone. But if they don’t reach them, they use QQ, e-mails, and text messaging to get the words out.
Lots of people use one way of communication—like text messaging—to get a friend’s attention and then use another where they can talk more. “My friends and I always tell each other everything that happens. So I send them text messages to tell them to come online so we can talk about it,” said Sabeiha.
“When planning to get together with friends”, Julian said, “the easiest and fastest way I know is to send a text message to my contact group.”Jocelyn said. “If I want to go to see a movie with a few friends, I usually send text message to them. By telephone, you have to call every single friend one by one. But text messaging allows you to send the same message to as many as you’d like, which saves a lot of time. ”
1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. E-mails. B. Blogs. C. Personal pages. D. Personal letters.
2.What do most young people use first when they have news to tell their friends?
A. MSN. B. QQ. C. Phones. D. Text message.
3. The underlined part “get the words out” means“ ”.
A. send the message B. send the e-mail
C. talk with their friends D. meet their friends
4. In which part of a newspaper can you find this passage?
A. Sport. B. Education. C. Technology. D. Culture.
Beijing has started a battle to get rid of "Chinglish" (Chinese English). The "Language Mandarins" of Beijing have decided that Chinglish is a disease for China's modernizing claim and must be obliterated before the city hosts the Olympic Games in 2008.
A road sign on the Avenue of Eternal Peace (Chang'an Street) ,for example, advises: "To Take Notice of Safe; The Slippery Are Very Crafty", a warning that the sidewalk was slippery(滑). Another sign in a Beijing park reads: "Little grass is smiling slightly, please walk on sidewalk. "
Li Honghai, the city official in charge of the battle, said," Linguistic perfection (语言美) is becoming increasingly important with the rise in the number of the foreigners flowing into the city."
However, not everyone shares the disdain (蔑视) of the Beijing government for the mixed language. "The choice of words is pretty much. One can either choose the verbs, adverbs, nouns or whatever one likes," explained one Hong Kong linguist on an Internet website.
So many examples exist that several Internet sites have been set up to collect Chinglish phrases. Many come from English instructions on packages such as a candle marked with "Keep this candle out of children" and a model boat—curiously named Posh Sailboat—which means, "Please don't place it in dusty play."
If the battle against Chinglish is successful, Chinese will also turn their attention to the English-language versions of newspapers, which play an even more important role in teaching right English.
1.The underlined word "obliterated" refers to .
A. removed B. exploited
C. translated D. beautified
2.From the passage, we know that .
A. everyone shares the disdain for the mixed language
B. all the people don't share the disdain for the mixed language
C. Chinglish usually communicates in many cases
D. several Internet sites have been set up to clear the Chinghsh phrases
3.We can infer that the English-language version of newspapers .
A. should be in duty to teach normal English
B. should report the above battle
C. should be paid more attention to
D. should collect more Chinglish phrases
4.Which of the following signs is Chinglish?
A. Watch your step. Slippery sidewalk. B. Keep off the grass, please. C. Tourists do not enter. D. No smoking, please.
Ad．1 April fool’s party
On Friday, April 1, Inner Affair goes back to the days of funk! Classic Tunes from the 70’s and 80’s by DJs Den & Sion．9 pm till late．
Tickets：Free entrance for those in costume, otherwise 50 yuan（US $6）
Time/date：9pm, April 1
Place：Inner Affair, 1/F Qiankun Dasha, 6 Sanlitun xiliujie, Chaoang District
Tel：8454-0321
Ad．2 Language in use
Enjoy free in-house coffee, tea and beer as well as music and dancing．Practice your Chinese, make friends and have fun．
Time/date：7 to 9 pm, March 25
Place：Language In Use Club, 2/F, Science Fortune Centre, 8 Xueqing Lu, north of Xueyuan Lu, Haidian District．
Ad．3 The “worst ” party
Organized by 0-zone productions, the party is set to be “the worst ever,” with the lamest music from the 60s, 70s and 80s．Special prizes will be awarded to the worst dressed or for bad fashion sense．
Tickets：Free entrance
Time/date：9 pm, April 1
Place：Pula Pula, Tianze Lu, Oriental Seven Colors Plaza, Chaoyang District
Ad．4 La Nuit Francaise
Again on the 2nd Thursday of the month La Nuit Francaise will be held at Le Rendezvous．The monthly event is an opportunity for all French people and everyone interested in France of speaking French to gather together．
The evening features three glasses of wine and canapés for participants and a special exhibition．
Time/date：7 to 10pm, April 14
Place：Le Rendez-vous, 3 Gongti Beilu, across from the Pacific Century Plaza Chaoyang
Ad．5 Marco V
Dutch DJ Marco V drops by Banana for a gig which is supported by Hong Kong’s DJ Spark．
Marco V has been around for many years, as an inventive, style-blending deejay and successful and devoted producer．His spinning is energetic, crowd-pleasing and never sees an empty dance floor．He was ranked No 15 in this year’s international DJ MAG DJ Top 100．
Tickets：40 yuan （US $ 4．80） in advance, 50 yuan（US$6） at the door, both include a free drink．
1.Which of the following is NOT True of Ad．1and Ad．3 ?
A．The two parties will be held on the same day．
B．The two parties will be held at the same time．
C．The entrance fees of the two parties will not be charged．
D．Some old music will be played at the parties．
2.Which of the following is intended for the Chinese learners?
A．Marco V B．La Nuit Francaise
C．Language in use D．The “worst” party
3.Which of the following events takes place every month?
A．Marco V B．La Nuit Francaise
C．The “worst” party D．Language in use
4.We can infer that _____．
A．Marco V is a newly-established band
B．La Nuit Francaise may be French words
C．The “worst” party will attract a lot of college students
D．You will enjoy free drink at April fool’s party
完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从下列各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项.
As a young reporter, Sparky asked Lu Haoting, a business reporter from China Daily, for help on interviewing．He found that interviewing people is not as 1. as just asking questions．To his 2. , journalists also need to do a lot of homework 23 an interview．
Lu shared her 3. of a recent interview with the president of Boeing China, David Wang, with Sparky．
There are two 4. of interviews, inclusive （群访） and exclusive （专访）．The inclusive interview is 5. in the form of a press conference．
In a（n） 6. interview, only you and the interviewee talk 7. ．You need to 8. all your questions for both types of interviews 9. ．
" 10. you don't prepare, you will ask some silly questions and 11. your time," Lu said．
"I wanted to know Boeing's new strategy in the Chinese market． 12. I checked out over 20 reports from different newspapers about Boeing and its rival, Airbus," Lu said．She also found useful 13. about the two companies on their websites．
On many occasions, interviewees 14. journalists to provide a question list in advance of an interview．In order to 15. a proper objective story Lu also interviewed some 16. to get their comments on Boeing's performance in China．
17. her interview with David Wang only lasted about half an hour, her 18. helped her to ask many good questions about Boeing's development in China．
"After a successful interview, you always find all that homework was really 19. it," Lu told Sparky．
20.A．interesting B．simple C．general D．interactive
21.A．excitement B．disappointment C．surprise D．delight
22.A．before B．after C．at D．in
23.．A．idea B．opinion C．knowledge D．experience
24.．A．stages B．kinds C．steps D．ways
25.A．almost B．nearly C．mainly D．hardly
26.A．inclusive B．exclusive C．formal D．informal
27.A．side by side B．in secret C．at work D．face to face
28.A．prepare B．think C．find D．ask
29.A．in case B．in memory C．in advance D．in mind
30.A．Though B．As C．Since D．If
31.A．waste B．take C．cost D．lose
32.A．But B．So C．Then D．Now
33.A．comments B．information C．news D．reports
34.A．insist B．allow C．require D．agree
35.A．read B．produce C．make D．form
36.A．experts B．friends C．businessmen D．others
37.A．Then B．Although C．When D．Until
38.A．homework B．friends C．attitude D．search
39.A．realizing B．behind C．worth D．helping
---My God! When did you get the door ________?
---Last week．
A．to paint B．painted C．painting D．to be painted
