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Dear Reader,
Today I am going to ask you to support Wikipedia with a donation.
Wikipedia is built differently from almost every other top 50 website.We have a small number of paid
staff,just twentythree.Wikipedia content is free to use by anyone for any purpose.Our annual expenses are less than six million dollars.Wikipedia is run by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation,which I founded in
2003.
Wikipedia is driven by a global community of more than 150,000 volunteers-all devoted to sharing
knowledge freely.Over almost eight years,these volunteers have contributed more than 11 million articles in 265 languages.More than 275 million people come to our website every month to access information,
free of charge and free of advertising.
But Wikipedia is more than a website.We share a common cause:Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge.That"s our commitment.
Your donation helps us in several ways.Most importantly,you will help us cover the increasing cost of
managing global traffic to one of the most popular websites on the Internet.Funds also help us improve the software that runs Wikipedia-making it easier to search,easier to read,and easier to write for.We are
committed to increasing the free knowledge movement worldwide,by taking on new volunteers,and
building strategic partnerships with institutions of culture and learning.
Wikipedia is different.It"s the largest encyclopedia (百科全书) in history,written by volunteers.Like a
national park or a school,we don"t believe advertising should have a place in Wikipedia.We want to keep it free and strong,but we need the support of thousands of people like you.
Thank you,
Jimmy Wales |
| 1. What do the second and third paragraphs mainly talk about? |
A. Why you should donate to Wikipedia.
B. How much the workers are paid.
C. How Wikipedia is run.
D. How many people contribute to Wikipedia. |
| 2. All the following are the reasons for the need of your donation EXCEPT________. |
A. to keep Wikipedia free for people all over the world
B. to update the software that runs Wikipedia
C. to raise the salaries of the staff
D. to pay the cost of running the website |
| 3. What does the underlined word "That" in Paragraph 4 refer to? |
A. Free access to all human knowledge.
B. Human knowledge.
C. Every single person.
D. A common cause. |
| 4. Which of the following is TRUE about Wikipedia? |
A. It only has 23 workers at present.
B. It will run a national park or a school.
C. It has got much help from other people.
D. It may put some advertisements to earn money. |
| 5. What"s the author"s purpose of writing this text? |
A. To introduce the differences between Wikipedia and other websites.
B. To improve the software that runs Wikipedia.
C. To make Wikipedia more popular.
D. To call on people to donate to Wikipedia. |
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HK"s Family Affair
The 39th Hong Kong Art Festival, to be held early next year, will be based on the topic of "family"
The art festival, considered to be Asia"s best, began in 1973.
"We hope that people from Beijing and from all over the world will go to Hong Kong to enjoy the
different performances in our art festival,"Douglas Gautier, the festival"s management director, said in a
press conference(发布会) in the capital.
In the 29 days of the festival, which runs from March 8 to April 7,2012, the audience can choose from 111 performances of 51 programmes given by 700 foreign performers, 450 local artists and 160 actors
from the mainland.
Programmes vary from classical music, jazz, world music, Western and Peking opera, drama and
dance to outdoor shows.
The programmes include Beethoven"s only opera Fidelio, Shakespeare"s drama Romeo and Juliet, the
ballet Mozartina and African dances, to name just a few.
The lineup(阵容)includes the English Touring Theatre, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Zurich Ballet, The Spanish National Dance Troupe, as well as Europe Galante the Petersen Quartet, pianists Angela Hewitt
and Lang Lang, and saxophonist Jan Garbarek.
In order to increase attendance, hotels and airlines are offering discount packages along with art
festival ticket sales, most of which are at 20% and 30% cheaper.
For more information, please check:
1. The press conference was held ____.
A. in Hong Kong
B. in Europe
C. in Beijing
D. in England
2. By means of "discount packages", you can pay ___ .
A. nothing for the cost
B. less than the usual cost
C. for the air ticket but not for the festival ticket
D. for the festival ticket but not for hotel rooms
3. According to the text, we do NOT have any information about ____ .
A. who will perform on stage
B. what programmes there will be
C. when the 39th Art Festival will be held
D. which theatres will put on performances
4. The main purpose in writing this text is ___.
A. to make the 39th Art Festival known
B. to announce the plan of the art festival
C. to introduce the cost of the art festival
D. to sell a service during the art festival
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The market for children"s products in China will double within the next five years,a report made public
at a kids expo in east China"s Zhejiang Province has predicted.
The market __1__for children"s products in China was more than 1 trillion yuan (152 billion U.S.
dollars) in 2010 and that __2__is expected to hit 2 trillion yuan by 2015,according to the report.
The report owes the __3__ growth of the business to the country"s large population,steady consumption and __4__attention to child health and education in recent years.
It is __5__that China has a population of about 200 million __6__under the age of 10,the report said.
A Chinese family will spend an __7__of 5,000 yuan (758 dollars) per child each year,according to a
__8__ by the Hangzhou Association of Industries on Children.This money goes to a variety of companies
__9__ child products and __10__ such as baby milk powder,clothing,toys,education and entertainment.
According to a report by the China Ecommerce Research Center,online purchases of baby milk powder
from overseas companies __11__reached 2.4 billion yuan in 2010,__12__ second only to makeups.
Education is another area that has __13__ investors at home and abroad.Twelve Chinese __14__
institutions have won financial support from overseas risk capitalists,with __15__ totaling 100 million
dollars so far. |
( )1.A.request
( )2.A.figure
( )3.A.smooth
( )4.A.existed
( )5.A.confirmed
( )6.A.children
( )7.A.offer
( )8.A.survey
( )9.A.making
( )10.prices
( )11.hopefully
( )12.ranking
( )13.surprised
( )14.entertaining
( )15.materials | B．demand
B．result
B．small
B．reduced
B．advertised
B．adults
B．account
B．record
B．sending
B．services
B．unexpectedly
B．standing
B．influenced
B．educational
B．exports | C．requirement
C．production
C．rapid
C．drawn
C．assessed
C．teenagers
C．expense
C．document
C．providing
C．cares
C．theoretically
C．topping
C．shocked
C．training
C．investments | D．devotion
D．money
D．slow
D．increased
D．proposed
D．students
D．average
D．finding
D．leading
D．qualities
D．fortunately
D．keeping
D．attracted
D．cultural
D．products |
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Kids love color,cartoons and different sounds.Combine all these in one product and you will
have their attention.However,it is equally important to advertise your products in the same way
if you want the kids to appreciate them.In order to ensure that your products are sold and that
the kids do not forget them,it is necessary to apply a combination of color and sound to your
advertisements.Mentioned below are several advertisement ideas for targeting kids.
Billboards(广告牌)
When you want to advertise products to children,ensure that you use plenty of colors on
the billboards and that you draw the children"s attention to the products.It might be an idea to
use cartoon characters in billboard advertising as they can attract kids" attention.
Comic books
If you have to introduce a new product to children,ensure that your product is featured in
all the leading comic books.This will attract kids to your product.If possible,you can show
some of their favorite cartoon characters using your product.
TV advertisements
TV advertisements are always best when it comes to advertising a product.However,when
you try to advertise to children,the one thing that always hits the nail right on the head is the
use of popular characters.Again,cartoon characters or online game characters using the
product will increase your sales.
Others
A great advertising technique is making Tshirts,watches,water bottles,school bags,bed
sheets and caps on which the products are printed.Kid"s movies are always shown in theaters
and while children go to the theaters to watch movies,they are very much interested in the
food,too.Operating a stall near the cinema will make kids flock to you.Do some promotional
advertising by distributing some free samples of the products.
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1．Which of the following advertising ideas is NOT mentioned in the text?
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A．Publishing comic books.
B．Making TV advertisements.
C．Printing products on school bags.
D．Making billboards using cartoon characters. |
| 2．The underlined word "distribute"is close in meaning to"________" |
A．hand in
B．give away
C．put away
D．put aside |
| 3．The purpose of keeping a stall near the cinema is to ____________. |
A．sell tickets for movies
B．attract kids to buy the products
C．attract kids to perform in the cinema
D．exhibit samples of the products |
| 4．Which of the following can BEST describe advertisements for kids? |
A．Modern and creative.
B．Cool and traditional.
C．Silent and traditional.
D．Colorful and cartoonish. |
| 5．What is the main idea of this text? |
A．It aims to persuade kids to watch more advertisements.
B．It lists some of the types of advertisements targeted at kids.
C．It introduces some techniques you can use in advertising to kids.
D．It introduces some advertisements which target kids. |
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Pop music is the name for different forms of popular, commercial(商业) music. It had its beginning in
the USA and spread throughout the whole world during the 1950s and 1960s. It is widely liked by the young people. The best known early form of pop music was "rock" n" roll"; another was "blues". A more
recent development is "folk-rock". Pop music has taken the place of native music in many parts of the
world; it has caused the number of people for jazz to become much smaller than it was in the 1950s and
earlier, and it has now begun to rule musical stage productions. It"s a big industry. Much pop music is
without artistic value, but the work of some pop singers, e.g. the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the groups like
Floyd and Crosby, Stills and Nash, is on a higher musical level. And there is still a great interest in it today. Pop music concerts and festivals are held all over the world. |
1. All of the following forms belong to pop music EXCEPT _____.
A. blues
B. rock" n "roll
C. jazz
D. folk-rock
2. According to the article, the number of people for jazz in the 1950s and earlier was _____ it is today.
A. much greater than
B. much smaller than
C. as great as
D. as small as
3. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. No pop music is on a high musical level.
B. Much pop music is very artistic.
C. Pop music is highly artistic.
D. Not all pop music is without artistic value.
4. "It is a big industry" means that _____.
A. it makes a lot of musical instruments (乐器)
B. it is a big musical and commercial business
C. the pop singers are very hard-working
D. pop music is on a very high musical level |
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Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, counted among the greatest American
CEOs of his generation, died on Wednesday at the age of 56, after a-year-long and highly
public battle with cancer. Jobs" death was announced by Apple in a statement late on
Wednesday. The Apple.com homepage featured a black-and-white picture of him with
the words "Steve Jobs, 1955-2011".
A message on the site read, "Apple has lost an imaginary and creative genius, and the
world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to
know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring leader."
"His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them
and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts."
"Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever
be the foundation of Apple." The Silicon Valley hero who gave the world the iPod and the
iPhone had resigned as CEO of the world"s largest technology corporation in August,
handing the position to current chief executive Tim Cook.
Two years before the iPhone that forever transformed the way people around the
world access and use the Internet, Jobs talked about how a sense of his death was a
major driver behind that vision.
"Remembering that I"ll be dead soon is the most important tool I"ve ever got to help
me make the big choices in life," Jobs said during a Stanford commencement ceremony
in 2005. "Because almost everything－all others" expectations, all pride, all fear of
embarrassment or failure－these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only
what is truly important."
"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of
thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to
follow your heart."
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| 1. According to the passage, which statement of Steve Jobs is RIGHT? |
A. Steve Jobs was the present CEO of Apple.
B. Steve Jobs was thought to have great talent.
C. Steve Jobs had no idea about his death before.
D. Steve Jobs fought against cancer for a year secretly. |
| 2. What can we learn about iPhone from the passage? |
A. People can use it to do anything they want.
B. It can teach people how to surf the Internet.
C. People can learn the spirit of Apple from it.
D. It can change the way people use the Internet. |
| 3. In Jobs"s speech in Stanford, we can learn that . |
A. to make great achievements, you must lose everything
B. people should try to achieve everything regardless of death
C. people who will be dead soon must make big choices in life
D. in the face of death, nothing is truly important except to follow your dream |
| 4. What"s the main idea of the passage? |
A. Steve Jobs changed the world.
B. Steve Jobs died on Wednesday.
C. Who will be the next Steve Jobs?
D. Steve Jobs, the greatest American CEO.
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