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阅读理解。     More than 200 activities have been held so far during the Chinese Language Year in Russia. It has not
only made Chinese culture popular in Russia, but also improved understanding and friendship between
Russians and Chinese people. More and more Russians begin to enjoy Chinese food and operas, watch TV
programs to learn Chinese, and travel in China.
     Since the Chinese Language Year program in Russia started, so many events such as movie weeks, operas,
Chinese language classes, language contests and teaching programs have been popular in Russia.
     Through the activities, Russian people have had a chance to leam more about the Chinese culture, literature,
history and its life today. For example, the first group of 500 Russian students visited the Chinese cities of
Beijing, Dalian and Qingdao. There they painted both countries" landmarks, including the Tian" anmen Square,
the Great Wall, the Kremb (克林姆宫), the Volga River and the Red Square. When the Russian students
returned, they took part in a photo contest and a writing contest to show their love for China.
     And Russians, especially young people, have become more and more interested in learning Chinese. To
date, more than 130 universities in Russia are offering Chinese courses. More than 20 middle and primary
schools have also taught Chinese as their first foreign language. 1. ______ activities have been held so far during the Chinese Language Year. A. Over 200
B. 130
C. Less 200
D. 200 2. Where did the Chinese Language Year program start? A. In China.
B. In Russia.
C. In America.
D. In Japan. 3. What did the first group of Russian students do in China? A. They had language contests.
B. They went to see a movie and operas.
C. They had teaching programs.
D. They visited some cities and painted both countries" landmarks. 4. What"s the main idea of the passage? A. Many events have been popular in Russia.
B. Russians have had a chance to learn more about China.
C. Russians have become more and more interested in learning Chinese.
D. Chinese Language Year in Russia makes Chinese culture popular.

1-4 ABDD

阅读理解。     More than 200 activities have been held so far during the Chinese Language Year in Russia. It has not
only made Chinese culture popular in Russia, but also improved understanding and friendship between
Russians and Chinese people. More and more Russians begin to enjoy Chinese food and operas, watch TV
programs to learn Chinese, and travel in China.
     Since the Chinese Language Year program in Russia started, so many events such as movie weeks,
operas, Chinese language classes, language contests (比赛) and teaching programs have been popular in
Russia.
     Through the activities, Russian people have had a chance to learn more about the Chinese culture.
Literature, history and its life today. For example, the first group of 500 Russian students visited the Chinese
cities of Beijing, Dalian and Qingdao. There they painted both countries" landmarks (界标), including the
Tian"anmen Square, the Great Wall, the Kremlin ( 克里姆林宫), the Volga River and the Red Square. When
the Russian students returned, they took part in a photo contest and a writing contest to show their love for
China.
     And Russians, especially young people, have become more and more interested in learning Chinese. To
date, more than 130 universities in Russia are offering Chinese courses. More than 20 middle and primary
schools have also taught Chinese as their first foreign language. 1. __________ activities were held in the Chinese Language Year in Russia.
2. So many events __________ in Russia since the program started.
3. What have Russian people learnt from the activities?
    ________________________________________________________
4. How did the Russian students show their love for China when they came back?
    ________________________________________________________
5. How many schools are having Chinese courses in Russia?
   ________________________________________________________

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完形填空。     Beautiful pictures of mountains and forests, clear skies, flying birds, wild animals, silly faces - you can
find them all in one place. 1 ? On a postcard! Have people always sent postcards? No! Before postcards,
people  2   sealed (密封的) letters.
     The  3  for the first decorated (装饰的) postcard came to John P. Charlton in 1861. He thought a simple
card  4 a border would be a great way to send a note. Then in the late 1800s, postcards which had pictures
on them  5 . By law, people had to write their note on the front-on the picture! The back was  6 for the
address. Several years later, England allowed a divided-back (背面隔开的) postcard. Then people could write
their  7 on the back left side. And they put the address  8 . During the early 1900s, the golden age of postcards,
people around the world were more and more  9 picture postcards. In 1908, Americans alone mailed over
677 million postcards.
     Today, postcards are the  10 most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins. You can always
see or get a lot of newly-designed postcards, especially on New Year"s Day.

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(     )1. A. How
(     )2. A. liked
(     )3. A. advice
(     )4. A. above
(     )5. A. happened
(     )6. A. even
(     )7. A. note
(     )8. A. on the front
(     )9. A. surprised at
(     )10. A. first

B. When
B. hated
B. picture
B. with
B. changed
B. only
B. word
B. on the back
B. interested in
B. second

C. Why
C. found
C. idea
C. under
C. ended
C. still
C. address
C. on the left
C. expected by
C. third

D. Where
D. lost
D. card
D. for
D. appeared
D. ever
D. letter
D. on the right
D. worried about
D. fourth

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US Boy, 9, Plans to Take Balloon Flight Alone
ALBUQERQUE. New Mexico - Bobby Bradley is ready. He has been training for
about five years and learned from some of the most experienced and decorated pilots
in the sport of ballooning.

BENGHAZI, Libya - Muammar Gadhafi accepted an African Union (AU) plan to
end the Libyan civil war but the opposite said on Monday there could be no deal unless
he leaves office.

NEW YORK - A new book written by Amy Chua on her super-strict parenting-Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has raised media (媒体) storm and strong arguments in the
US. Amy Chua is the mother of two teenage girls. In the book she describes her efforts
to give her children what she describes as a traditional, strict"Chinese" way of bringing
up children.

TOKYO - The operator of Japan"s quake-hit nuclear plant (受地震袭击的核电站)
said on Sunday it aims to reduce radiation leaks (辐射泄漏) in three months and
achieve a "cold shutdown" in six to nine months.

LOS ANGELES - Sunday night, the 83 annual (每年一度的) Academy Awards
took place in Los Angeles. Colin Firth won the Best Actor for his role in "The King"s
Speech", and Natalie Port man won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in "Black
Swan".

短文填空。

Wood-block printing was invented sometime between the 4th and the 7th (1) c______ in China. The earliest
book that we have was (2) p______ in 868 and was found in a Dunhuang cave. Wood-block printing took a
long time because a new block was needed for every (3) p______ in z book. By the 1 Ith century printed books
could be (4) f______ all over China. They included books of Confucius" thoughts, dictionaries, and books on
maths. In 1340, books could be printed u-sing two (5) c______, black and red.
(6) A______ the Chinese learnt about printing so early, printing was not introduced in other parts of the
world for hundreds of years. It is thought that when the great Italian traveler Marco Polo visited China in the
13th century, he (7) s______ printed books. It is possible that Marco Po-lo brought that (8) k______ to Europe.
But printed books did not come to Europe (9) u______ 1450 when a German called Johann Gutenberg
(10) i______ a printing machine. Twenty-four years later, in 1474, an Englishman called William Caxton printed
the first printed book in English. His second book was about the game of chess. Caxton printed about a
hundred books, and some can still be found today in museums.

完形填空。

    Today some people call Amsterdam the “City of Bicycles” because it is a city which is flat and convenient
(方便的)for bicycles.
    In the 1960s,a group of cycling fans    1    an idea.They believed that it would be better for everybody
if only bicycles were allowed in the city centre. They were  2   that this would help to save energy,reduce
pollution and provide free public transport. The group painted hundreds of bicycles    3   and placed them
in public places around Amsterdam for people to use.    4   was allowed to take them and use them for short
journeys,whether he was a local or a foreigner. Wherever someone finished a journey,they would    5    the
bike there for someone else to use . The problem was that it didn"t work   6    took all the bicycles within
weeks!
       7    , more than thirty years later,the “white bike” is back in town ---this time with a computer chip(芯片)
to   8   its every move!To take a bicycle,you have to put a special card inside.The new “white bike” is not
white any more but is an unusual     9   with bright colours. The bikes are parked at special parking places
and people who want to use them have to take them to another place that has enough room.
    There is already less traffic in central Amsterdam,   10   both locals and tourists have been using the white
bikes.Thanks to the good ideas of lots of people, like the cycling fans in the 1960s, many people around the
world have been enjoying city centre streets without cars for many years.

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