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Once the 2008 Olympic Games finishes, the drums and trumpets(喇叭) of the competitions would also stop. But would the city remain as lively as it would be after this world event? Investment sustainability and high demand are two highly invaluable economic concepts(概念) that can be looked at in order to ensure post-Olympics flourish, or perhaps, an even better future for Beijingers.
Naturally, an economic downturn occurs in an Olympic host city once the major event finishes. Renmin University Professor Jin Yuanpu noted that a global event like this would put Beijing into a position of large importance in the international stage. But after this event, who would use the heavily-funded equipment and public and private investments left in the city? Various economists argued that a meltdown (彻底垮台) is highly unlikely. Jonathan Anderson, UBS Asia economist, suggested that the negative effects of the end of Beijing Olympics 2008 on the entire country aren’t important compared to previous host cities. China is such a huge economy that the conclusion of the Olympics games is the same as an ant-bite on a dragon.
But what about post-Olympics Beijing? Retired Headmaster of Peking University, Li Yining, noted that a long-term civil demand growth and a popular desire by companies to adopt careful financial management decisions can lead to continued investment growth. Even though demand in some departments of the economy would drop in the short-run, creativity, practicality and innovation(创新) would be the key factors that would continually enhance the city"s image and flourish long after the Olympics in the city has ended.
So what"s next for Beijing after the Olympics? Well, it"s business as usual...
小题1:Which one of the followings is the author’s idea?

A．Beijing’s economy will have a downturn after the 2008 Olympic Games.

B．The 2008 Olympic Games have no effects on Beijing’s economy.

C．Beijing’s economy will go on as usual.

D．Beijing’s economy will go worse after the 2008 Olympic Games.

小题2: What’s the Jin Yuanpu idea about Beijing’s economy after the 2008 Olympic Games according to the passage?

A．to have a downturn

B．to develop as usual

C．to develop more rapidly

D．all of the above

小题3:Why did Jonathan Anderson believe that the negative effects of the end of Beijing Olympics 2008 on the entire country aren’t important?

A．The negative effects are small.

B．The Chinese government has many measures to take.

C．The Chinese economy has developed at a certain level so that the negative effects can’t affect it too much.

D．Jonathan Anderson liked China very much so he didn’t want China to go worse.

小题4:Choose a best title for this passage.

A．Beijing After the Olympics

B．The negative effects of the end of Beijing Olympics

C．Can Beijing get through the difficult period after the 2008 Olympic Games

D．Beijing’s economy after the 2008 Olympic Games

答案

小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D

解析

小题1:文章最后点明了作者同意的观点，北京的经济会照样发展，不会受到很大的冲击。
小题2:文章第二段前半部分提到他担心大的对奥运会的投入，在会后没有其他的用途，会造成很大的损失，可以推测出他的观点。
小题3:文章第二段最后说到他认为中国是一个经济大国，奥运会的负面影响就像蚂蚁咬到龙身上，不会有什么感觉。
小题4:文章主要讲了专家对奥运会后北京及全国经济发展的看法。

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The Beijing government has set out to recruit thousands of university graduates to work as junior officials in rural areas to both improve rural administration and ease the city"s employment problems.
The government plans to recruit 3,000 university graduates this year, 1,000 more than last year, to work as assistants to village heads or Party secretaries in suburban areas.
People interested in jobs in Beijing"s rural villages and townships can submit applications to the Beijing Municipal Personnel Bureau or online at www. bjbys, com from February 1 through March 15.
"We hope university graduates will seize this opportunity to use their knowledge in rural villages and to start their careers," Sun Zhenyu, deputy director of Beijing Personnel Bureau, told Xinhua News Agency.
The government has promised successful candidates a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan( $ 250) in the first year, 2,500 yuan ($ 320) the second year and 3,000 yuan ($ 385) the third year, provided their performance is up to the required standards, Sun said.
Wang Lina, who graduated from Beijing Union University last year, was one of the first graduates to find work in the city"s countryside. After majoring in industrial and commercial administration, Wang served as the assistant to the village head of Ertiaojie Village in suburban Beijing’s Pinggu District. For one project, Wang contacted people at the Beijing Academy of Agricultural Sciences and arranged for the local farmers to receive training in strawberry planting. Her efforts paid off. The village had a plentiful harvest of organic strawberries earlier this year.
Nationwide, about 150,000 university graduates found employment in rural areas last year, according to figures provided by the Ministry of Education.
The ministry predicts that 4. 95 million students will graduate from universities across the country this year, 820,000 more than last year. About 1.4 million of them are unlikely to find jobs when they graduate.
In Beijing, a record 200,000 people are expected to graduate from university this year. Less than half of them are expected to be offered jobs, according to the personnel bureau.
小题1:The underlined word "recruit "in the first paragraph probably means_____________.

A．employ

B．force

C．encourage

D．train

小题2:We can see from the passage that_______________.

A．once you are hired as a junior official, you can get an endlessly rising salary

B．the government guarantee a relatively high salary for the successful candidates

C．working as junior officials is easy but very meaningful

D．the competition for the job as junior officials is very fierce

小题3:From the story of Wang Lina we can learn that________________.

A．the sooner you go to the countryside, the sooner you will be successful.

B．local farmers can get big harvests if they learn more knowledge.

C．university graduates can also realize their value in rural areas.

D．Wang had great difficulty in helping villagers planting organic strawberries.

小题4:The last two paragraphs aim to tell us that________________.

A．more and more graduates will work as junior officials

B．the universities should not have so many students

C．there are more and more graduates in recent years

D．it is not easy for graduates to find jobs nowadays

小题5:Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

A．Go to the countryside.

B．Job hunting for university graduates.

C．What is the best career?

D．A good choice for university graduates.

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It seems that politicians around the world are thinking about the health of their countries. While in China, Chen Zhu has announced his plans for a universal（全体的，普遍的）health service and reform across health services. Gordon Brown, the UK Prime Minister, has also announced he is planning to make some changes in our health service.
The crux（关键）of Mr. Brown"s proposals are related to giving the NHS (National Health Service) a greater focus on prevention, rather than just curing patients.
He is planning to introduce increased screening for common diseases such as heart disease, strokes（中风）, and cancer, for example, breast cancer. In Britain there are 200,000 deaths a year from heart attacks and strokes, many of which might have been avoided if the condition had been known about.
Initially, the diagnostic (诊断的) tests will be available for those who are vulnerable, or most likely to have the disease. One example is a plan to offer all men over 65 an ultrasound test to check for problems with the main artery (动脉), a condition which kills 3,000 men a year.
The opposition have criticized Mr. Brown"s proposals, saying that they are just a trick, and claiming that there is no proper timetable for the changes. They also say that Mr. Brown is reducing the money available for the treatment of certain conditions while putting more money towards testing for them.
The NHS was founded in 1948, and is paid for by taxation. The idea is that the rich pay more towards the health service than the poor. However in recent years there has been a great increase in the use of private healthcare, because it’s much quicker. NHS waiting lists for operations can be very long, so many people who can afford it choose to pay for medical care themselves.
小题1:The underlined word vulnerable in the fourth paragraph probably means ________.

A．sick

B．weak

C．wounded

D．old

小题2:All the following statements are true except that _________.

A．all people should pay for their healthcare at the NHS.

B．some people are against the reform of the healthcare.

C．the writer is likely to come from Britain.

D．more money will be spent on testing people than before.

小题3:Which of the following is the reason for the increasing private healthcare?

A．People are paying more attention to their own health.

B．People are well off enough to pay their healthcare.

C．The NHS was not available for most of the people.

D．It’s not so convenient for people to go to the NHS for their healthcare.

小题4:According to the passage, the purpose of the health reform plan in the UK is to _______

A．encourage more private healthcare.

B．focus on the prevention rather than on curing the patient.

C．deal with the main artery problems.

D．fight against the opposition in the UK.

小题5:The author of this passage intends to tell us _________.

A．the NHS should be reformed right away.

B．more and more people are dying from diseases.

C．the plan to reform the NHS in the UK.

D．the criticism of Mr. Brown"s proposals.

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Vienna－In spite of Iraq’s decision to stop oil deliveries, the 11- nation Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries（OPEC）will not increase production to make up the shortfall, ministers decided Tuesday in Vienna.
The 11 oil ministers decided to meet again on July 3 to discuss the effects of the Iraq temporary stop. The organization’s president, Charkid Kheria of Algeria, said after the meeting that stocks were high and prices were stable, so quota increases were not necessary.
The E.U. Commission has expressed concern about Iraq’s output stop. A speaker said OPEC had to take all possible measures to keep or lower the oil price.
Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Ali Al-Nuaimi had earlier said there would not be any shortfall of oil in the market. The organization had already taken steps to fill the gap, he said. OPEC Secretary General Ali Rodriguez added that the period of Iraq’s output stop was not known, so other exporters were not going to lift quotas yet. If the market was destabilized (使……动摇), a suitable response could be made.
Iraq on Monday stopped shipments of crude oil to protest against the U.N. Security Council’s decision to extend the oil-for-food programme by only a month, instead of the normal six-month renewal. Just before the Vienna meeting, oil prices had gone up, with a barrel of OPEC crude oil selling for 27.05 dollars, up from 26.81 dollars last Friday. North Sea oil was at 29.26 dollars Monday evening.
OPEC wants the oil price to stay within a margin of 22 to 28 dollars and achieved that with cuts in January and March that reduced 2.5 million barrels per day off quotas(配额).
小题1:Iraq made the decision to stop oil deliveries because ___________.

A．oil price is too low in international market.

B．The U.N. Secretary Council has decided to shorten the time of extension of the oil-for-food programme

C．Many oil wells were destroyed during the war in the late 1980s

D．It couldn’t get enough money to develop its economy

小题2:The attitude the E.U. Commission took towards Iraq’s output stop is ________.

A．active

B．concerned

C．cold

D．surprised

小题3:The 11 oil ministers decided to meet on July 3 so that _________.

A．they can persuade Iraq to continue oil production

B．they can have a talk with the U.N. Security Council

C．they can have a discussion about the effects of Iraq’s temporary output stop

D．they can make up their minds to increase oil production

小题4:The main idea of the passage is ________.

A．the oil prices in the world were stable though Iraq has stopped oil deliveries

B．OPEC has controlled the oil price to stay within a margin of 22 to 28 dollars

C．OPEC will not increase oil production to make up the shortfall that caused by Iraq

D．Oil is connected with people’s daily life

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China news, Beijing, Feb. 9 – Housing price in China has always aroused heated discussions among property developers and ordinary Chinese. To many property developers and local government officials, housing price in China is still low compared with many developed countries. However, the average housing price in the United States is only 8,000 yuan per square meter, while in China, it is even higher than in the United States. This shows that there are some bubbles(泡沫) in Chinese real estate market, the International Finance News reported.
Although the average price of residential houses in the United States, after converted to Renminbi, is about 8,000 yuan per square meter, the houses in US are not sold in terms of building area, as most Chinese property developers do when they sell their houses. If US property developers sell their houses according to the building area, then the housing price will be even lower than 8,000 yuan per square meter. In most big Chinese cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, houses are sold at a price even higher than those in the US.
The high housing sales price in large cities in China proves that Chinese real estate market does have some bubbles. Moreover, Chinese houses can not be compared with houses in US in terms of building quality, environment and supporting facilities. Furthermore, it should be noted that American people’s average income is several dozen times higher than that of Chinese people. How can the Chinese afford to buy a house which is even more expensive than that sold in US?
At the beginning of 2007, Chinese government issued a set of policies that aimed to benefit the public. Now in order to reduce the high housing prices, the government can regulate(控制) the real estate market by raising tax on property industry and controlling the release of loans and lands to property developers. At the same time, the government should allow people to build more houses through various fund-raising channels, such as funds collected from buyers or raised by working units. By applying these multiple means, it is expected that the high housing prices can be lowered.
小题1:What is the average housing price per square meter in China?

A．8,000 yuan

B．10,000 yuan

C．7,000 yuan

D．It’s not mentioned here

小题2:Which of the following does NOT support the idea that the average housing price in China is even higher than in the United States?

A．Chinese houses can not be compared with houses in US in terms of building quality, environment and supporting facilities.

B．American people’s average income is several dozen times higher than that of Chinese people.

C．The houses in US are not sold in terms of building area, as most Chinese property developers do when they sell their houses.

D．There are more people who need houses in China.

小题3:What is the main idea of this passage?

A．The housing price in China is so high that the government should do something useful to prevent it.

B．There are some bubbles in Chinese real estate market

C．The average housing price in China is even higher than in the United States

D．Chinese government issued a set of policies that aimed to benefit the public.

小题4:How many measures are mentioned in the last paragraph in order to reduce the high housing prices?

A．Four

B．Three

C．Five

D．Two

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Meeting people from another culture can be difficult. From the beginning, people may send the wrong signal (信号). Or they may pay no attention to signals from another person who is trying to develop a relationship.
Different cultures emphasize (强调) the importance of relationship building to a greater or lesser degree. For example, business in some countries is not possible until there is a relationship of trust. Even with people at work, it is necessary to spend a lot of time in "small talk", usually over a glass of tea, before they do any job. In many European countries -- like the UK or France -- people find it easier to build up a lasting working relationship at restaurants or caf6s rather than at the office.
Talk and silence may also be different in some cultures. I once made a speech in Thailand. I had expected my speech to be a success and start a lively discussion; instead there was an uncomfortable silence. The people present just stared at me and smiled. After getting to know their ways better, I realized that they thought I was talking too much. In my own culture, we express meaning mainly through words, but people there sometimes feel too many words are unnecessary.
Even within Northern Europe, cultural differences can cause serious problems. Certainly, English and German cultures share similar values; however, Germans prefer to get down to business more quickly. We think that they are rude. In fact, this is just because one culture starts discussions and makes decisions more quickly.
People from different parts of the world have different values, and sometimes these values are quite against each other. However, if we can understand them better, a multicultural environment (多元文化环境) will offer a wonderful chance for us to learn from each other.
小题1:In some countries, eating together at restaurants may make it easier for people to _______.

A．develop closer relations	B．share the same culture
C．get to know each other	D．keep each other company

小题2:The author mentions his experience in Thailand to show that _________.

A．the English prefer to make long speeches

B．too many words are of no use

C．people from Thailand are quiet and shy by nature

D．even talk and silence can be culturally different

小题3:According to the text, how can people from different cultures understand each other better?

A．By sharing different ways of life.	B．By accepting different habits.
C．By recognizing different values.	D．By speaking each other" s languages.

小题4:What would be the best title for the text?

A．Multicultural Environment.	B．Cross-Cultural Differences.
C．How to Understand Each Other.	D．How to Build Up a Relationship.

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