At 227 billion yuan ($33 billion) for 2008, Guangdong's cultural industries accounted for 6.4 percent of its GDP and experienced a growth rate of 13.8 percent. But Lai admits that size does not equal weight. "Our businesses are mostly small, financing difficult and brands few."
One local brand that has made it big is Pleasant Goat and Big, Big Wolf, also translated as Happy Sheep and Gray Wolf, China's most popular cartoon series currently being aired. But Liu Manyi, general manager of Creative Power Entertaining Inc, the firm behind the hit show, is not laughing to the bank. Instead she is bitter: "Pirate discs were all over the streets before our first movie hit the screen. Their images appear on all kinds of products. All this has no proper licensing."
In case you don't know, China produces the largest amount of animated(动画的) programming in the world. But quantity is not quality. Behind every Pleasant Goat there are tens of thousands of flops. The best way for the government to promote the country's creative industries is to crack down on piracy (盗版). Hollywood often raises its voice about being victimized (受害) in China. Truth be told, Hollywood is probably the least affected since there is a quota system for China's importation of Hollywood films.
Many Chinese producers are taking baby steps and the domestic market is all they have. If their rights in the home market are not protected, they will never see the day their products find a foreign audience.
The sudden closure(关闭) of BT websites where copyrighted materials used to flow freely suggests a determination on the part of the government to take intellectual property rights seriously. This kind of websites is bad for us, so we should ban them.
Much of the news coming out of the 2009 International Cultural Industries Forum was encouraging. China's film industry is expected to get 6 billion yuan ($879 million) in box office receipts this year. A decade from now, this number may go up to 30 billion, according to some forecasts.
If the government takes serious action against online and offline pirates, China's creative industries may well have a bright future.
1.What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 mean?
A. Fast as the development of Guangdong's cultural industries is, they don’t have a big challenge in the world.
B. Guangdong's cultural industries can make a big profit although they are just the small companies.
C. Guangdong's cultural industries make a big contribution to its GDP because of their strong economic power.
D. The development of Guangdong's cultural industries cannot catch up with any other industries.
2.What does Liu Manyi think about Pleasant Goat and Big, Big Wolf?
A. It is a failure since it is a local brand.
B. It is a success but cannot get the expected profit.
C. Its profit from the images has been shared legally.
D. Pirate discs make it more popular among the children.
3. Hollywood films are mentioned to tell us that __________.
A. Hollywood films make our creative industries have less space to survive
B. it is piracy that makes it possible for Hollywood films to get less influenced
C. our creative industries need enough protection to have a bright future
D. foreign films have taken up more market in China than the local ones
4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Chinese creative industries are more advanced than foreign ones.
B. The domestic market is of little significance to the survival of Chinese creative industries.
C. BT websites stand in the way of the development of Chinese creative industries.
D. The growth of China's film industry is always slow and needs more support.
5.In which column of a newspaper will you probably read this passage?
A. Regional B. Economic C. Sports D. Education
Section One
The city is an accumulation of human civilization. Just as the American social philosopher (哲学家) Lewis Mumford put it, it is a special system which, fine and compact, has been designed to preserve the fruits of human civilization. Many Western languages have developed their versions of the term “civilization” from the same Latin (拉丁语的) word “civitas”(meaning “city” ), and it is by no means a coincidence. The city has played a significant role in the perfection of order in human society.
Section Two
The emblem, showing the image of three people ― you, me, him/her holding hands together, symbolizes the big family of mankind. Inspired by the shape of the Chinese character “世” (meaning the world), the design conveys the organizers' wish to host an Expo which is of global scale and which displays the various urban cultures of the world.
Section Three
Created from the inspiration of Chinese character “人”, the design roots deeply in Chinese culture. It tells the world the eternal core (永恒的核心) and theme of Shanghai World Expo will be always human. The mascot “Haibao” will become the messenger for the theme of World Expo 2010 Shanghai China “Better City, Better Life”.
The basic structure of the Chinese character “人” in which each stroke supports each other also shows the concept that the beautiful life should depends on mutual-help. If the human are willing to support one another, the harmony among human, nature, and society will be available. Such an urban life will be nice.
Haibao’s confident smile is expressing his sincere greeting from China ― “World Expo 2010 Shanghai China welcomes you!”
1.Section One mainly tells us about ______.
A. the part cities play in human civilization B. the development of the word “city”
C. why the Expo is held in Shanghai D. where human civilization originated
2.The underlined word “it” in Section One refers to ______.
A. the civilization B. the philosopher C. the word D. the city
3.Which correctly matches the sections with the pictures described in the passage?
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4.The second paragraph in Section Three explains how the creation is connected with the _____ of the Chinese word “人”.
A. story B. meaning C. shape D. Usage
Buckminster Fuller once said, “The minute you choose to do what you really want to do, it’s a different kind of life.” If you want to live abundantly, decide what you really want and figure out a way to do it. Be clear and live with intent.
You may have heard of Fred Lebow. He complained to his doctor that he lacked energy. His doctor advised him to take up running. He fell in love with it! He was 39 years old when he entered his first race.
Fred joined the New York Road Runners Club and organized New York City’s first marathon race. But what Fred truly wanted to do was to bring people together. He believes that anybody should be able to run — people of all ages and of any country.
Not everyone in New York was excited about people running through their neighborhood. A youth gang warned him that nobody had better run through their turf. “That’s great,” Fred said. “I need someone to protect the runners in your area, and you look like just the fellows to do it.” He gave them each a hat, shirt and jacket and that year, when the marathon went through their neighborhood, these young men proudly guarded the runners along their way.
Fred decided what was truly important to him and he found a way to do it. He lived with intent. That single decision made his life remarkably different.
As one sports writer said, “Fate handed him a short race. With his goal, with his love of life, Fred turned it into a marathon.”
Fred would say that it’s not about how long you live, but how you run the race of life.
1. The purpose that Fred Lebow organized New York City’s first marathon race was _____.
A. to be popular with people
B. to display his true love for sports development
C. to drive away his loneliness in the running
D. to get more people together
2. Which word in the passage is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “turf”?
A. Neighborhood. B. Way. C. Decision. D. Race.
3. What’s the best title for this passage?
A. Determination guarantees you a success.
B. The race of life with intent.
C. Nothing is impossible in one’s life race.
D. The benefits of taking up running.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并填写在答题卡上。
After years of searching，a truth seeker was told to go to a cave，in which he would find a well．“Ask the well what is 36 ”，he was advised．‘'and the well will reveal it to you’． Having found the well，the seeker asked that most basic and important 37 ．And from the depths came the answer：“Go to the village crossroad，and there you shall find what you are seeking．”
Full of 38 the man ran to the crossroad to find only three rather _____39____ shops．One shop was selling pieces of metal，another sold 40 ，and thin wires were for sale in the third．Nothing and no one there seemed to 41 much to do with the revelation of truth．
Disappointed，the seeker returned to the well to demand an 42 ，but he was told only：“You will 43 in the future．”
As years went by, the 44 of his experience at the well gradually 45 until one night，while he was walking，the sound of sitar(一种弦乐器)music 46 his attention．It was wonderful and it was 47 with great skill and inspiration．
Deeply 48 ，the truth seeker felt drawn towards the 49 ．He looked at the fingers dancing over the strings．And then suddenly he let out a cry of joyful 51 ：the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like 51 he had once seen in the three stores．
At last he understood the 52 of the well：we have already been given everything we
need：our 53 is to assemble and use them in the proper way．Nothing is 54 so long as we recognize only fragments(碎片)．But as soon as the pieces arc put together, something new appears．whose nature we could not have 55 by considering the fragments alone．
1.A．truth B．hope C．future D．music
2.A．fact B．reason C．question D．well
3.A．energy B．hope C．mystery D．surprise
4.A．interesting B．small C．uninteresting D．family-run
5.A．instruments B．clothing C．food D．wood
6.A．connect B．have C．prepare D．offer
7.A．explanation B．advice C．excuse D．opportunity
8.A．succeed B．discover C．pay D．understand
9.A．bitterness B．failure C．memory D．secret
10.A．doubled B．forgot C．faded D．recovered
11.A．paid B．lost C．split D．caught
12.A．played B．broadcast C．enjoyed D．conducted
13.A．annoyed B．moved C．confused D．frightened
14.A．adviser B．director C．composer D．player
15.A．admiration B．distinction C．recognition D．imagination
16.A．what B．that C．it D．which
17.A．secret B．message C．theory D．benefit
18.A．target B．difficulty C．task D．shortcoming
19.A．interesting B．meaningful C．accessible D．successful
20.A．foreseen B．decided C．judged D．formed
His grandpa was so poor at that time that he had to get up at dawn every day and walk to the factory in distance.
A. ×; a B. ×; the C. a; the D. the; the
—What do you think of the speech given by the CEO from Hongkong?
—Excellent, I have never heard one before.
A. a more interesting B. the most interesting C. a more interested D. the most interested
