Marking the opening of a new decade, 2010 has brought us many surprises and delights. It has also
delivered its fair share of pain and frustration. Many delivered its fair share of pain and frustration. Many
of the stories and headlines from this year have influenced our lives and left their marks on our vocabulary.
Let's look at some of the year's brief highlights.
     The South Africa's World Cup-vuvuzela
     This was the first World Cup staged on African soil. Before it opened. there were real concerns about
the stadiums. infrastructure and safety. However, all worries disappeared, and for four glorious summer
weeks South Africa became the focus of world attention, along with a global debate over noisy vuvuzela.
     The Chilean miners-promotional video
     On August 5, a Chilean mine accident trapped 33 miners 700 meters under the earth. The 69-day
underground life that followed was the year's global hot suspense drama, feel-good story and soap opera
all rolled into one. The media joked that the live broadcast of miners' release was a great promotional video
for the country.
     The Shanghai World Expo-"gelivable"
     More than 73 million people visited displays by 189 countries and regions at the Shanghai World Expo
which ran from May l to October 31. With the theme of "Better City, Better Life", the Expo boosted
Shanghai's economy and established its reputation as a city of world stature. The spirit of volunteerism was
a highlight of the event. Some 600,000 volunteers were described as "gelivable" (geli) by Internet users.

1. The underlined word "frustration" in Paragraph l means "____".

A. happiness
B. excitement
C. disappointment
D. anger

2. The first paragraph is used as ____.

A. an introduction to the following
B. an example of unusual events in 2010
C. a supporting to the writer's argument
D. a proof to identify the facts

3. The worrying World Cup in South Africa finally turned out to be ____.

A. troublesome
B. noisy
C. tiring
D. successful

4. The world events in 2010 ____.

A. have an impact on our lives and words using
B. have actually a global debate over noisy vuvuzela
C. have led to a hot global suspense drama
D. have been described as"gelivable" by Internet users

    Recently a Beijing father sent in a question at an Internet forum asking what "PK" meant.
    "My family has been watching the 'Super Girl' singing competition TV program. My little daughter asked
me what 'PK' means, but I had no idea," explained the puzzled father.
    To a lot of Chinese young people who have been playing games online, it is impossible not to know that
item. 
    In such Internet games, "PK" is short for "Player Kill", in which two players fight until one ends the life
of the other. 
    In the case of the "Super Girl" singing competition, "PK" was used to refer to the stage where two singers
have to compete with each other for only one chance to go up in competition ranking.
    Like this puzzled father, Chinese teachers at high schools have also been finding their students' composition
using Internet jargon (行話) difficult to understand.
    A high school teacher from Tianjin asked her students to write up compositions with colloquial (口語的)
language, but they came up with a lot of Internet jargon that she didn't understand.
    " My 'GG' came back this summer from college. He told me I've grown up to be a 'PLMM': I love to 'FB'
with him together; he always took me to the 'KPM', went one composition."
    "GG" means Ge Ge (Chinese pinyin for brother ). "PLMM" refers to Piao Liang Mei Mei (beautiful sister ).
"FB" means "to corrupt". "KPM" is short for KFC, Pizza Hut and McDonalds.
    While some specialists welcome Internet jargon as a new development in language, teachers are worried
that too much use of such language might lead students away from the "right" usages. Parents especially
worry that their children might not do well in language tests because of the use of Internet language. 
    Such as those mixed feelings are, the conciseness and liveliness of Internet language continues to attract
Internet users for making convenient communications.
    If you do not even know what a Kong Long (dinosaur, referring to ugly-looking female) or a Qing Wa (frog,
referring to ugly-looking male)is, then you will possibly be regarded as a Cai Niao!

1. By writing the article, the writer tries to ______.

A. explain some Internet jargon
B. suggest normalizing Internet language
C. draw our attention to Internet language use
D. support teachers and parents.

2. What does the writer think about the term "PK"?

A. Fathers can't possibly know it.
B. The daughter should understand it.
C. Online game players must know it.
D. "Super Girl" shouldn't have used it.

3. According to the composition, the underlined word "corrupt" probably means "______".

A. change the traditional form of something
B. often have good food or do something expensive
C. encourage someone to behave in a dishonest way
D. often have some sports to become strong

4. The example of the Beijing father and the Tianjin teacher are used to show that Internet jargon ______.

A. is used not only online
B. contains many interesting expressions
C. is hard to understand by the elders
D. causes trouble to our mother tongue

     People 1_____ (live) in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen
hundred 2_____ in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large dictionary, for example,
contains four 3_____ five hundred thousand words. But we do not need 4_____ these. To read short stories
you need to know only about two thousand words. 5_____ you leave school, you will learn only one thousand
or more.
     The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary 6_____ (big).
Read as many books as we can. There are a lot of books 7_____ (write) in easy English. You will enjoy them.
When you meet 8_____ new word, look it 9_____ in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your 10_____ (much)
useful book.

     Many different tribes live in the Ituri rain forest of Africa, but the Pygmies are the most unusual. Most
of the men are not much more than four feet tall. They weigh only about eighty pounds. The women are
even smaller and thinner. But in spite of the fact that they are small, these people are perfectly formed men
and women.
     It is an exciting experience to visit a Pygmy encampment for the first time. Before you go, you must
send words ahead that you are coming. Some friendly native or trader must take the message to the Tiki-Tikis.
Otherwise the whole tribe will vanish into the depths of the jungle long before you have come within hailing
distance.
     The great Ituri rain forest seems cut off from the rest of the earth. There are living, dead, and dying trees
on every side. Except where a clearing has been burned and chopped out, a man may live his whole life in
the Ituri and never see farther than twenty yards.
     It takes sharp eyes to discover the almost hidden path to the Pygmy camp. The path is no wider than a
small man's foot. No sound breaks the silence in this part of the forest. There are no signs of people.
     The stranger must walk carefully. What appears to be a twisted branch may prove to be a deadly snake.
A spotted gold patch of sunlight may be a crouching leopard.
     Even the Pygmy camp comes as a surprise. The leafy shelters in which the little people live are scarcely
three feet high. They look so much like the surrounding undergrowth that they might easily be passed by.
These houses contain no furniture of any sort. The beds are merely plantain leaves spread out on the earth
floor. There are no cooking pots: food is eaten raw or smoked over a fire. Spears, bows and arrows are the
only possessions of these people. When the tribe moves to a new camp there is nothing to carry except these
weapons and babies too small to walk.

1. According to the passage, we can conclude _____.

A. the Pygmies are the shortest tribe worldwide
B. the Pygmies are short but normal in mentality
C. most of the Pygmy men are more than four feet
D. the Pygmies live in the forest of America

2. Paragraph 2 mainly suggests that the Pygmies _____.

A. are unwilling to communicate with people outside
B. are very cruel and they will kill you with the spears
C. are friendly to the tourists visiting them for the first time
D. move so fast and often that can't be caught up with easily

3. Which of the following word can describe the life of Pygmy?

A. Quiet.
B. Active.
C. Hard.
D. Busy.

4. Which of the following is TRUE of the Pygmy?

A. Their houses can't be easily found in the Ituri rain forest.
B. Their houses, which are three feet high, are made of wood.
C. Weapons and cooking pots are their most valuable possessions.
D. They are living in harmony with dangerous animals around.

     How would you like to come home after a long day, open the door, and walk into an elephant? That's what
you would do if you lived in Elephant House in Margate, New Jersey. The elephant-shaped house was built in
1881 by James Lafferty. In 1962, Herbert Green built a chicken-shaped house.
     Sarah Winchester tried to build a ghost-proof house in San Jose California. Workers built fake chimneys,
doors that open onto blank walls and stairs that lead nowhere. Many rooms were torn down and then rebuilt in
a new way to confuse the ghosts. It took 38 years to complete the house!
     Some houses are built of strange materials. A house in Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts, is built of more than
100,000 newspapers. In Canada, George Pat built a house entirely out of bottles.
     Some homes stand for great wealth and power. The Palace of Alhambra in Spain is one of the most beautiful
homes in the world. The man who built it loved water. A stream runs through all 9 acres of the palace. In each
room there is a small pool of sparkling water.
     Wealthy Americans design dream houses, too. In 1895, Cornelius Vanderbilt built and moved into a house
named the breakers. He called it his summer cottage. It cost $ 10 million to build and had walls decorated with
gold. This "summer cottage" could hold 60 guests comfortably.
     Dream houses don't have to be expensive. A man named Baldasera built a house with 90 rooms for about
only $ 200 by digging under the earth. Baldasera worked alone. He spent about 40 years completing his
underground house.

1. The passage mainly talks about _____.

A. old houses
B. building materials
C. building history
D. unusual houses

2. The builder of the Palace of Alhambra is probably proud of _____.

A. the shining pools in the rooms
B. his special personality
C. his mother country Spain
D. the large area of his house

3. The Breakers was built _____.

A. in 1881 by Sarah Winchester
B. in 1881 by James Lafferty
C. in 1895 by Cornelius Vanderbilt
D. in 1962 by Herbert Green

4. Baldasera built his house _____.

A. without any tools
B. without spending much money
C. with his family
D. with much help from others

     Visitors to Britain may find the best place to sample local culture is in a traditional pub. But these friendly
pubs can be dangerous places of potential gaffes (失禮) for the newcomers.
     A team of researchers have discovered some of the unknown customs of British pubs-starting with the
difficulty of getting a drink. Most pubs have no waiters-you have to go to the bar to buy drinks. A group of
Italian youths were waiting 45 minutes before they realized they would have to fetch their own. This may
sound inconvenient, but there is a hidden purpose.
     Pub culture is designed to promote sociability (社交) in a society known for its reserve. Standing at the
bar for service allows you to chat with others waiting to be served. The bar counter is possibly the only site
in the British Isles in which friendly conversation with strangers is considered entirely suitable and really quite
normal behavior. "If you haven't been to a pub, you haven't been to Britain."This tip can be found in a bookle,
Passport to the Pub: The Tourists' Guide to Pub Etiquette, a customers' rule of conduct for those wanting to
sample" a central part of British life and culture".
     The trouble is that if you do not follow the local rules, the experience may fall flat. For example, if you are
in a big group, it is best if only one or two people go to buy the drinks. Nothing annoys the regular customers
and bar staff more than a group of strangers blocking all access to the bar while they chat and hesitate about
what to order.

1. The underlined word "sample" in the first paragraph probably means "____".

A. taste
B. experience
C. test
D. record

2. The culture of pub in Britain is developed to ____.

A. encourage people to communicate with each other
B. encourage more people to consume drinks
C. attract more tourists to the pubs
D. form its own character of culture

3. If you don't follow the local rules in a pub, ____.

A. you won't buy good local drinks
B. you may annoy the regular customers and bar staff
C. you may fail to feel the local culture
D. you might get into a dangerous place

4. What may be the best title for the passage?

A. Self-service Pubs in Britain
B. British Local Pubs: Special Chat Places
C. Local Pub Culture in Britain
D. Manners in British Local Pubs

     Cittaslow has discovered China, and it is awarding a little village in Jiangsu the title of "slow city".
     The bored teenagers of Gaochun are impatient with the leisurely pace of hometown life. For them there
is no nightlife to speak of, no bright lights, no excitement and they cannot wait to grow up and leave for the
urban attractions of the big cities. But it is this laid-back lifestyle that has attracted international attention. At
least, a quiet village within Gaochun county has come under the spotlight. Yaxi village, population 20,000, is
about to be designated China's first "slow city" by Cittaslow, the sustainable lifestyle movement that first
surfaced in Italy 11 years ago.
     At home, the residents at Yaxi are unfazed and pretty much unimpressed by the honor. To them, life has
been like this for as long as they can remember. Here, growing old gracefully is natural.
     Nobody living in this little county had heard of Cittaslow or the words "slow city" before this.
     "The first time I heard the term was last July, when the vice- president of Cittaslow, Angelo Vassallo,
visited Yaxi village," says Zuo Niansheng, the chief editor of local newspaper Gaochun Today.
     "Vassallo was deeply impressed by this village's natural and cultural resources and said it perfectly fitted
the requirements for a slow city," says Zuo. That was how Yaxi became connected with Cittaslow.
     The Slow City must also be committed to protect and maintain the natural environment as well as promote
a sustainable way of development, all of which are the current strategies adopted in Gaochun. "We've been
doing this for years," adds Zuo.
     Cittaslow was founded in Tuscany, ltaly in 1999. It was a spin- off from the Slow Food Movement which
started, also in Italy, in 1986 as a protest against the first McDonald's opening near the Spanish Steps in Rome.
The movement championed a return to healthy, nutritious home-grown, home-cooked foods.
     Slow Food has expanded globally to more than 130 countries. Its mission has also broadened to include the
promotion of sustainable foods and local small businesses, and the localization as opposed to globalization of
food production.
     Cittaslow is an expansion of the Slow Food Movement, and it actively advocates a lifestyle that is
sustainable, and that will improve quality of life, mid will preserve cultural and culinary (烹飪的) heritage.

1. According the passage, Cittaslow is a( n) ____.

A. organization
B. person
C. lifestyle
D. honor

2. What's the reaction of the residents at Yaxi to the award according the passage?

A. Very excited.
B. Very shocked.
C. Indifferent.
D. Very happy.

3. Why is the village Yaxi awarded the title of "slow city"?

A. Because it is full of excitement and activities of nightlife.
B. Because the residents at Yaxi enjoy a leisure life.
C. Because it is very rich and has a lot of attractions.
D. Because foreign people prefer to small towns.

4. It can be inferred from the passage that ____.

A. young people at Yaxi enjoy their life very much
B. China is more and more popular with foreign people
C. the first McDonald's in Europe was opened in Spain
D. the lifestyle of"slow city" will be good to environment and people

     We now think of chocolate as sweet, but once it was bitter. We think of it-as a candy, but once it was
a medicine. Today, chocolate can be a hot drink, a frozen dessert, or just a snack. Sometimes it is an
ingredient in the main course of a meal. Mexicans make a hot chocolate sauce called mole and pour it over
chicken. The Mexicans also eat chocolate with spices like chili peppers.
     Chocolate is a product of the tropical cacao tree. The beans taste so bitter that even the monkeys say
"Ugh!" and run away. Workers must first dry and then roast the beans. This removes the bitter taste.
     The word "chocolate" comes from a Mayan word. The Mayas were an ancient people who once lived
in Mexico. They valued the cacao tree. Some used the beans for money, while others crushed them to make
a drink.
     When the Spaniards came to Mexico in the sixteenth century, they started drinking cacao too. Because
the drink was strong and bitter, they thought it was a medicine. No one had the idea of adding sugar. The
Spaniards took some beans back to Europe and opened cafes. Wealthy people drank cacao and said it was
good for the digestion.
     In the 1800s, the owner of a chocolate factory in England discovered that sugar removed the bitter taste
of cacao. It quickly became a cheap and popular drink. Soon afterwards, a factory made the first solid block
of sweetened chocolate. Later on, another factory mixed milk and chocolate together. People liked the taste
of milk chocolate even better.
     Besides the chocolate candy bar, one of the most popular American snacks is the chocolate chip cookie.
Favorite desserts are chocolate cream pie and of course an ice cream sundae with hot fudge sauce.

1. It was ____ that discovered sugar could remove the bitter taste of cacao.

A. the workers in the chocolate factory
B. the Spaniards
C. the people in England
D. the owner of a chocolate factory

2. According to the passage which of the following statements is TRUE? 

A. Nobody had the idea of adding sugar into cacao until the sixteenth century.
B. The word "chocolate" comes from a Mexican word.
C. The beans taste so bitter that even the monkeys like them.
D. Workers must dry and roast the beans to remove the bitter taste.

3. The Spaniards think that cacao was a medicine because ____.

A. it was strong and bitter
B. it was good for digestion
C. it cured man' s diseases
D. it was a kind of drink for good health

4. Which is the right time order of the events regarding chocolate?
    a. Chocolate became a cheap and popular drink in England.
    b. A factory made the first solid block of sweetened chocolate.
    c. The Spaniards started drinking cacao.
    d. It was found that sugar removed the bitter taste of cacao. e. A factory mixed milk and chocolate
        together.

A. a-b-c-d-e
B. c-d-e-b-a
C. c-d-a-b-e
D. c-d-b-e-a

5. It can be learned from the passage that ____.

A. chocolate can be a hot drink, a frozen dessert, or a candy bar
B. the Mayas only used cacao beans for drinking in Mexico
C. chocolate is a product of the cacao tree
D. people liked more the taste of solid blocks of sweetened chocolate than that of chocolate mixed with milk

     1.____ People use money to buy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need
or want. When they work, they usually get paid in money. Most of the money today is made of metal or paper.
2.____ one of the first kinds of money was shells.
     Shells were not the only things used as money. In China, cloth and knives were used. In the Philippine
Islands, rice was used as money for a long time. Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used as money in
parts of Africa. The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the centre.
3.____
     Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. 4.____ Sweden and Russia used
copper (銅) to make their money. Later some countries began to make coins of gold and silver.
     But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese
thought of a way to improve money. 5.____ The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to
another than the paper money used today. Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money
until today.

A. The first coins in England were made of tin (錫).
B. But people used to use all kinds of things as money.
C. No one knows for certain when people began to use money.
D. People strung (串聯(lián)) them together and carried them from place to place.
E. Money, as we know, is all made of paper.
F. They began to use paper money.
G. Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services.

     It's only 4 hours flying time from Sydney, but a world away. What better place to rest than a country
where the only place people hurry is on the football field and things are done in "Fiji time"?
     Viti Lev-Great Fiji-is the largest island. Here you'll find the capital Suva and the international airport at
Nadi Vatoa, on the other hand, is a tiny island in the farthest part of Hiji. Then there are 331 other islands,
many of them with places to stay.
     With less than a million people living on islands, you'll never feel crowded And with a climate (氣候)
that changes only for five degrees between seasons, there's never a bad time to come.
     From cities to villages, from mountains to beaches, from water sports to wooden artworks, Fiji can
give you more adventures and special experiences than you could find almost any where in the world.
     Whenever you come, wherever you go, you're sure to see some unforgettable events from war dances
to religious (宗教的) songs, from market days to religious days. It's not just staged for tourists; it's still
a part of everyday life in Fiji And any one of us can enjoy Fiji's spirit by being part of the traditional (傳統(tǒng)
的) sharing of yaqona-a drink made from the root of a Fiji plant.
     So why not join us for the experience of a lifetime?

1. Where is the international airport of Fiji?

A. In Suva
B. In Sydney
C. On the island of Vatoa
D. On the island of Viti Levu

2. What does the text tell us about Fijian people?

A. They invented "Fiji time" for visitors
B. They stick to a traditional way of lift
C. They like to travel from place to place
D. They love taking adventures abroad

3. One of the things that make Fiji a tourist attraction is _____.

A. its comfortable hotels
B. its good weather all year round
C. its exciting football matches
D. its religious beliefs

4. Where can we most probably read this text?

A. In a personal diary
B. In a science report
C. In a travel magazine
D. In a geography textbook