Chinese consumers' crazy appetite for luxury goods and services appears unstoppable,with just 2 percent of the Chinese population responsible for one-third of the world's luxury items.
As China's economic miracle develops,the market opportunities for all sorts of luxury goods and services are increasing.Luxury consumption in China now extends ways beyond well-known car,clothing and jewelry brands.For example,the luxury jet market in China is the fastest-growing in the world,even outstripping that of the United States, with a market share of 25 percent.This trend appears to continue,with 20 to 30 percent growth expected in China, compared with only 2 to3 percent in the US.But more importantly,China's luxury jet market growth represents a major development in the private consumption of luxury items.
China's high-quality red wine market also provides evidence of the growth in private consumption of luxury goods.In 2013,China became the largest market for red wine in the world,even overtaking France,with l.86 billion bottles consumed in China last year.Over the past five years,China's red wine consumption has grown 136 percent.
According to my ongoing consumer research in this area while working at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing,public consumption of such expensive global luxury brands such as Prada and Armani is easily explained by the desire to "gain face" and publicly display social climbing through material possessions.On the other hand,it is "self-reward" that lies behind consumer motivation in this area.Chinese consumers who have experienced rapid financial and economic gains appear particularly prone to the need to reward themselves for their success.But this has little to do with "gaining face" and impressing others and much more to do with the need for personal contentment.
Finally,the growth in private luxury consumption in China is set to continue in part due to the maturity of the Chinese consumer and advancement of Chinese consumer culture generally.
1.What do you think the author would most probably be?
A.A news reporter. B.An accountant.
C.A professor. D.A conductor.
2.The underlined word "outstripping" in Paragraph 2 probably means" ".
A.falling far behind of B.going out of
C.going far ahead of D.keeping pace with
3.What can we learn from Paragraphs 2 and 3?
A.China's luxury jet market growth is only 2% to 3%.
B.France was once the largest market for red wine in the world before 2013.
C.The luxury jet market in the US shares 25%of the jet consumption in the world.
D.China's red wine consumption has increased to 1.86 billion bottles since 2013.
4.What can be the best title for the passage?
A.Future Private Luxury Consumption in China
B.Chinese Appetite for Luxury Goods and Services
C.The Potential Luxury Jet Market in China
D.The Maturity of the Chinese Consumers
A 3-year-old boy who was lost in the woods for two days is now safe at home with his family. But Casey Hathaway told his rescuers that he was not alone in the rainy, freezing cold woods. He said he was with a friend — a bear.
The child went missing on January 22 while playing with friends near his grandmother's house in North Carolina. When the other children returned but Casey did not, the family searched the area for almost an hour before calling the police.
Police formed a search team to look for the young boy in the nearby woods. But two days went by and—no Casey.
Then on January 24, someone called the police saying he heard a child crying in the woods. Police followed up on the information and found Casey at about 9:30 that night. He was in good health.
Casey told the rescuers he had hung out with a black bear for two days, a bear he called his "friend".
The police officer Chip Hughes spoke with reporters from several news agencies. He said Casey did not say how he could survive in the woods for two days in the cold, rainy weather. "However," the police officer said, "he did say he had a friend in the woods that was a bear with him."
Hundreds of people helped in the search and rescue efforts, including some 600 volunteers, police and members of the army. Doctors at the medical center gave Casey some examination. He was then sent to his family on January 25.
His mother talked with reporters and thanked everyone who joined the search for her son. "We just want to tell everybody that we're very thankful that you took the time out to search for Casey," said his mother. "He is up and talking He's already asked to watch cartoons."
1.When did Caseyget lost?
A.On January24.
B.After a 911 call.
C.Before his playmates returned home.
D.After he left his grandmother's house.
2.What can we know about the boy?
A.He survived with the help of a bear.
B.The rescuers rescued him from a bear.
C.Someone offered key information to find him.
D.He was eventually found by officer Hughes.
3.Why did the mother say that in the last paragraph?
A.To report the detailed situation.
B.To show her gratitude and relief.
C.To invite everyone to watch her child.
D.To appreciate searchers and the bear.
4.Where is this text most likely from?
A.A newsreport B.A guidebook.
C.A diary. D.An adverisement
假设你是某中学的学生李华，你校拟选拔一批优秀学生，利用暑假到某小学为学生辅导英语，你希望参加此活动。根据以下提示，用英语给校评选小组写一封申请信，要求如下：
1. 此活动对自己，对辅导学生的好处。
2. 个人优点，如性格、语言能力。
3. 你的辅导计划。
4 . 字数：不少于100。
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am Li Hua from Class One, Senior Two .____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
When I was in high school,each of my friend had a bicycle.I hoped I could also have it.One day I saw a second-hand bicycle,that was only one hundred yuan.I asked my father the money.And he said he could only give me half of the money.I should find the other half myself.So I went to sell newspapers after the school.My father was pleasing when I showed him the money a month after.He gives me the other fifty.You can imagine how happily I was when I rode to school on my own bicycle.
On July 12th, 2012, an airplane took off from the capital airport of Belgium. After about an hour’s flight, something 1. ( believe ) happened on the plane. The airhostess was about to serve lunch 2. a small mouse stole out from the bag of a young man, 3. made the young woman nearby fall in terror with loud screaming. Then more and more 4. ( mouse ) came out of the bag. 5. ( catch ) by surprise, the other passengers all shouted in panic. The steward（机长）managed to get in touch with the control center on the ground. With the order from the ground, the plane 6. ( succeed ) landed at the nearest airport. As soon as the plane was on the ground, all the passengers got off. Then seven specialists got on 7. ( kill ) these small creatures. Many means had been tried, but 8. of them were good enough.
At last they tried to fill in the plane 9. carbon-dioxide, which poisoned all of the small creatures. It 10. ( report ) that the young man wanted to carry them to another city and sell them as pets but no one expected that these small creatures succeeded in escaping from the bag .
I fell in love with reading when I was a child. Through reading, I developed a good ____ with my parents.
___ as a second-generation South Korean in America, I was raised in an environment in which my parents ____ to settle in American culture. My parents were awkward, strange and different. Their limitations as immigrants(移民) ____ me; as a child, I was alone and quiet. I grew up in a family where I was ____ to speak English. I wanted to ____ the depth of the books I read but the words ____ me, like my parents. I wasn't able to change the situation ____ I was placed in, but I worked very hard. Every ____, I went to the library to check out new books. I would have ____ reading all the books by Friday afternoons. I became a better ____. Pretty soon, I was the ____ reader in the class. People would look at me in ____ as they saw me read 500-page books in only a few days. But I believe the greatest ____ was reading every night to my parents. Every evening, we ____ together in our living room, and I read to them. Slowly but surely, our ____ grew. My parents can communicate with others ____; for me, grammar quizzes became a piece of cake.
Today I'm ____ to have Asian-American parents who were ____ enough to learn English from a young boy and wise enough to ____ their son to read at a young age.
1.A.relationship B.career C.agreement D.attitude
2.A.Considered B.Born C.Known D.Described
3.A.helped B.waited C.struggled D.hesitated
4.A.inspired B.influenced C.annoyed D.hurt
5.A.forbidden B.forced C.expected D.allowed
6.A.show B.measure C.guess D.understand
7.A.excited B.frightened C.challenged D.shocked
8.A.which B.where C.what D.whom
9.A.day B.decade C.week D.season
10.A.considered B.kept C.finished D.admitted
11.A.listener B.reader C.viewer D.child
12.A.strangest B.busiest C.luckiest D.fastest
13.A.amazement B.satisfaction C.panic D.relief
14.A.enthusiasm B.chance C.achievement D.power
15.A.calmed down B.queued up C.stayed up D.sat down
16.A.interests B.vocabulary C.needs D.popularity
17.A.easily B.anxiously C.privately D.legally
18.A.nervous B.eager C.proud D.committed
19.A.superb B.free C.strict D.patient
20.A.encourage B.convince C.expect D.beg
