Russian President Vladimir Putin has explained why he stopped to kiss a small boy on the stomach as he was walking through the Kremlin, saying it was a spontaneous (本能的) action like touching a cat.

"It was an unplanned meeting - people just came up and started talking to me," Putin said, recalling the June 28 incident when he met the boy, Nikita, among a group of tourists, lifted the boy’s shirt and planted a kiss on his stomach.

"He seemed very independent and serious. At the same time, a child is always defenceless and nice. I wanted to touch him like a cat and it came out in this action. There was nothing behind it," Putin said in an Internet question and answer meeting with Russian and foreign audiences.

The stomach kiss incident has caused a lot of guess and comment in the Russian media and major public interest ahead of Putin’s question and answer meeting Thursday.

1.According to Putin, he touched the boy _________.

A. by chance        B. on purpose           C. spontaneously     D. forcedly

2.What did the word “He” refer to in the third paragraph?

A. The cat      B. Putin                C. The boy          D. A passer-by

3.What of the following is not the result of the Putin’s kissing the boy?

A. People tried to guess what Putin’s intention was to kiss the boy.

B. People made a lot of comment about Putin’s kissing the boy

C. Putin may have to leave office because of kissing the boy.

D. The public showed much interest in Putin’s kissing the boy.

4.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Putin kissed a boy on the stomach

B. People wondered why Putin kissed a boy on the stomach

C. Putin explained why he kissed a boy on the stomach

D. People discussed how to treat Putin’s kissing a boy on the stomach

Hilton English Language Center

Information for New Students

CLASS TIME: 9:00 a. m. —10:30 a. m. , 11:00 a. m. — 12:30 p. m., 1:30 p. m. —3:00 p. m.. The Language Center is open Monday to Friday. Each class has one afternoon free per week. On the first day, go to the lecture hall to check your timetable.

SELF-ACCESS: The language laboratory ( Room 1110) is open Monday to Friday after class for all full-time students.

You can learn how to use computers for language games or word-processing. There are tapes for students to borrow to practice their English. Go in and ask the teacher to show you. If you plan to take public examinations, there are dictation and listening comprehension tapes for you to practice with. There are cloze exercises on the computers. Ask your class teacher for a list of past exam essays. Students can borrow tapes to take home but they must be returned after two days.

ATTENDANCE: All students are expected to attend classes as it is required. Students who do not attend classes will be reported to OSS. Eighty percent attendance is required for students to receive their certificates (證書) when they finish their courses. It is also required by OSS for an extension to your visa.

BOOKS: If students are given course books, the books are their responsibility. If a book is lost, the student will be expected to pay for it.

If students wish to buy books, there is a bookshop in the college specializing in English books ( Room 3520) .

1. When do classes begin and end on a full day?

A. 9:00 a. m. —1:30 p. m.     B. 9:00 a. m. —3:00 p. m.

C. 9:00 a. m. —10:30 a. m.    D. 9:00 p. m. —12:30p. m.

2. How many afternoons does a class meet each week?

A. Two.         B. Three.         C. Four.         D. Five.

3. Timetable can be seen in _____.

A. the lecture hall           B. Room 3520

C. the classroom             D. Room 1110

4. The books which the students wish to buy are in the ____.

A. library      B. book-shop in the college  C. street      D. classroom

Coca Cola’s secret is saved!

Three people have been arrested for trying to sell Coca-Cola company secrets to PepsiCo, according to the US Department of Justice.

Two men of Georgia and one man of New York City have joined in the trick to sell the Coke secrets to opponent Pepsi for $1.5 million. In May, PepsiCo told Coca-Cola that it had received a letter from a person calling himself "Dirk" offering "very detailed and secret information" about Coke’s products for a fee, according to the DOJ press release.

The FBI got its secret men to look into the case, and over the course of the next month gave the men envelopes with money in exchange for Coke secrets. Ibrahim Dimson of New York and Edmund Duhaney and Joya Williams of Georgia were arrested in Atlanta on Wednesday without incident, and charged with unlawfully stealing and selling trade secrets. Williams was a Coca-Cola employee.

"Sadly, today’s arrests include a person within our company," said Coke CEO Neville Isdell in an email to employees. "While this failure of trust is difficult for all of us to accept, it stresses the responsibility we each have to watch out in protecting our trade secrets." "Information is the lifeblood(生命線) of the company," Isdell continued. "As the health of our enterprise(事業(yè)) continues to strengthen, our ideas and our competitive data carry increasing interest to those outside our business."

A PepsiCo spokesman said that the company was pleased to be of help in the investigation(調(diào)查). "We did what any responsible company would do," said the spokesman. "Competition can be fierce, but it must also be fair and legal."

1.What do the words “a person” refer to in the fourth paragraph?

A. Ibrahim Dimson       B. Edmund Duhaney   

C. Joya Williams   D. Neville Isdell

2.What is the lesson of three men’s trying to sell Coca Cola’s company secrets?

A. The Coca-Cola company should strengthen the responsibility to protect trade secrets.

B. The Coca-Cola company shouldn’t employ any new employees.

C. The Coca-Cola company should fire some employees.

D. The Coca-Cola company should give the employees a rise.

3.What is the most expensive possession for a company?

A. Information          B. Equipment            C. Products     D. Fame

4.The relationship between PepsiCo and Coca-Cola is ___________.

A. terrible             B. not so good         

C. friendly                    D. uncertain

T=Tom  M=Mary

T: Have you seen the American film The Polar Express, Mary?

M: No, I haven’t, Tom, but I’ve heard it is a wonderful film.

T: Yes, it really is. It is in fact a fairly tale. It tells about a boy who believes Santa Claus really lives in the world.

M:   1  

T: Yes, and the boy’s friends and parents don’t believe so, either. They often laugh at him.

M:  2  

T: No, he stuck to his faith. And one Christmas Eve, a magical train took him to the North Pole to attend the Christmas ceremony. And he saw Santa Claus there.

M:   3  

T: Yes, the story tells us that the true meaning of Christmas is in our heart.   4  

M:   5    

A. It is unbelievable.

B. It is foolish of him to think so.

C. It is really an instructive film.

D. If you stick to a good wish, you will realize it sooner or later.

E. Did he give up his faith?

F. Did he fight back?

G. But most people don’t believe so.

When I came to the riverside, I found the girl ________ (掙扎) in the water.

Having passed such an important exam, she was in high ________ (情緒).

To my greatest _______(失望), she turned down my invitation in front of many of my friends.

I have heard that they have collected much money for the ________ (殘廢的) children in our city.

His exciting speech at the party ________ (激勵(lì))all of us present; we determined to study harder in the future.

How ________ (令人尷尬的)you are to be beaten by your father in public.