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In Sao Paulo, a baby boy is smiling, unaware that a court is deciding his fate. If it finds in his father's favor, he is in all kinds of trouble. There may be a law in Brazil against giving your child a name that might cause him to be laughed at, but daddy wants to call his son Osama bin Laden. The same father, Osvaldo Oliveria Soares, has a habit of trying to use babies as political statements. Nine years ago, he was banned from naming a previous son Saddam Hussein.
Unlike Brazil, there is no law Britain that constrains a parent's right to name their child. "It's not for the officials to say if someone has picked a name they don't think is suitable," says Alison Cathcart, superintendent official at Westminster register office. "But if someone is from a different culture and wants to register a name that sounds like a swear word in English then we do advise them of that."
"Naming does matter," says Helen Petrie, a professor at the City University of London. "We have fixed beliefs of what sort of people are behind certain names. There are studies of teachers in primary schools in the US that show they rate children with certain names as less capable."
"The name is the first thing we find out when we meet someone. If you call your child an unusual silly name like Fifi Trixibelle, as did Bob Geldof and Paula Yates, it can make life hard for your child — especially if you want him to be smart and are not in the least bit superficial"
There's also the class factor. “Fifty years ago there was no cross-over of names between classes. Now everyone can buy Tatler and see the name Tarquin," says Petrie. "Until the 60s, Tracey was a fashionable Chelsea name. Now it has a terrible image fixed in people's mind. I've interviewed some Traceys who find their name a huge burden. However high up they may be in their profession, people hear their name and think they're the cleaner."
1.The Brazilian court may rule against Osvaldo Olveria Soares if he ______.
A.states that he admires Osama bin Laden B.gives his son a name that will be laughed at
C.uses his babies as political statements D.keeps his habit of interfering in politics
2.What does the underlined word “constrain” in the passage most likely mean?
A.abolish B.acknowledge
C.defend D.restrict
3.As it is indicated in the third paragraph, the teacher rate some children as less capable because ______.
A.the students do not perform well in class
B.they do not love those children's name
C.they think a name can reveal one' ability
D.they understand the psychology of naming
4.What do we learn about the names?
A.A person named Fifi is usually silly.
B.Paula Yates is a name which sounds superficial.
C.Tatler is a name of low grade.
D.Tracey is still a fashionable Chelsea name.
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BEIJING/SAO PAULO-Chinese traditions like cockfighting, like-flying and fireworks have been quite common in Brazil for many years.
Despite the thousands of kilometers between them, China’s historical and artistic mark on Brazil has existed for about 300 years, said Brazilian sinologist (汉学家) Jose Roberto Teixeira Leite in his book China in Brazil. “Influences from China can date from the colonial period, even up to the time after after Brazil’s independence.” The commercial relationship between the two countries has existed for a long time, he noted, adding that incoming ships would fill up Brazilian cities like Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and Recife with Chinese products like porcelain (瓷器), silk and fans He also found Chinese influence not only in the arts and architecture of Brazil but also in the most diverse areas of Brazilian society, like the economy, medicine and popular culture. “At the end of the 19th century, in Pernambuco, (a state in northeastern Brazil), there was a custom that children slept with clothes decorated with Chinese dragons.” Teixeira added.
The book took him about 15 years to finish. “The impact of the book surprised me, though it was published by a university publisher and it had a print run of just 1,000 copies,” he said. “Some have said that the book represents a turning point in Chinese studies in Brazil.”
Besides, the sinologist did research on the mark and presence of China in the architecture and arts of Brazil. “It was through art that China awoke in me, first, curiosity, after that, interest, and finally, passion,” Teixeira said.
In 1992, the sinologist visited Macao to do research for his doctoral thesis about the marks and presence of China in Brazil, and that trip impressed him a lot. In 2013, Teixeira had a chance to visit the Chinese cities of Bejing, Shenzhen and Shanghai, and got to know “the past and present of the great country culturally, as well as its incredible material development.”
1.What does the underlined sentence imply?
A.Brazilian children’s love for dragons as Chinese children.
B.The development of China-Brazil frequent trade cooperation.
C.A further understanding of the cultures of the two countries.
D.China’s influence on most diverse areas of Brazilian society.
2.What marks a new stage of Chinese studies for Brazilian?
A.Children’s clothes. B.The sinologist’s traveling.
C.The sinologist’s book. D.China’s porcelain.
3.What fired the sinologist’s passion for Chinese studies?
A.Chinese art. B.Chinese customs.
C.The history of China. D.China’s development.
4.What is the best title for this passage?
A.The Impression of China on Sinologist.
B.China and Brazil in Eyes of Sinologist
C.An Introduction to Sinologist’s New Book
D.The Future of China-Brazil Trade Relations
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The boys are still playing basketball happily on the court ______ it is raining heavily.
A．in case
B．even though
C．as if
D．as long as
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That company is bound to lose the case in court because no one can _______ their selling pirated software and breaking intellectual property.
A. justify B. testify C. confirm D. prove
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— Do you know that woman in blue?
— Of course. She is kind and always ____ beautiful smiles on her face.
A．having on
B．wears
C．putting on
D．dresses
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In a TV ad, a happy housewife is polishing her table so shiny that her smiling reflection _____ on it.
A. has seen B. was seen
C. is seen D. has been seeing
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It must be something in the air as every company that possibly can is having a baby contest. Of course, babies are wonderful , and many parents would be the first to agree. Companies really bring in much money.
Walgreens Baby Contest
If you play the new Baby Milestones Challenge Contest by BabyCenter & Walgreens, you could be entered to win $1,000 in Walgreens & Beauty.com Gift Cards and Certificates. You can play the instant win to see if you get a $25 Walgreen’s gift card, but you have to plug in your email address
and receive all their sales and other information for the contest.Kids and Babies
Kids and Babies are accepting entries for May 2012 Free Photo Contest. Baby Photo Gallery with theme albums and age group albums is moved to the new website Cute Baby Gallery. Check KidsandBibs.com for their Baby Photo Contest blog’s latest update. Grand prize is $25,000. The catch: Winners are decided by the visitors coming to the site and voting for their favorite babies, so you have to advertise their site for them.
Parents.com
Perents.com has a website only for their members, but if you are into “baby” photos, it is well worth surfing. You could receive offers on free samples, money- saving coupons (优惠券), and chances to win the latest contests.
Avon
Avon is another company that has a baby photo contest this spring. Avon is advertising their newest collection. It is Avon’s only collection for the photos of babies. Babies’ age: newborn to 2 years. Just go to TinyTillia.com and upload your recent baby’s photos. First place Baby will be featured in a Tiny Tillia Storybook and win a $5,000 U.S. Savings Bond. The Cuties will win $300 in Tiny Tillia products.
The tip is to run a search engine for all the latest contests going on and start entering them today. You could be lucky and win enough to put “Baby” through college! Have fun!
1.In the author’s opinion, holding a baby contest __________.
A. is not reasonable at all
B. is funny and interesting
C. attracts parents’ attention
D. can cost a company much money
2.If your baby enters for the 2012 Free Photo Contest, you will __________.
A. have to help to advertise their site
B. take your baby to the gallery in May
C. advise the visitors to come to the site
D. see the Baby Photo Gallery’s update about Babies’ photos of the contest
3.What can we learn from this passage？
A. Free Photo Contest will be held in March, 2012.
B. Avon is a website that will hold a baby photo contest.
C. Parents.com only accepts the photos of its members’ babies.
D. You can upload your one-year-old baby’s photos to TinyTillia.com.
4.In the last paragraph, the author advises you to __________.
A. try your best to bring up your baby well
B. enter for all the contests as soon as possible
C. let your kid go to college when he grows up
D. get more information about these contests
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—Tom is so joyful that he smiles at everyone.
—So ________ you if you get the first in the exam.
A．do B．are
C．would D．will
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It's said that in China millions of legal cases are now being decided by "internet courts" that do not require citizens to appear in court.
The "smart court" includes non-human judges powered by artificial intelligence, or AI. People seeking legal action can register their case on the internet. They can then take part in a digital court hearing. The system gives users the chance to communicate and receive court decisions by text or through major messaging services. Users completed more than 3.1 million legal activities through the court system from March to October in 2019, China's official Xinhua news agency reported.
China's first internet court was established in the eastern city of Hangzhou in 2017. Hangzhou is a center for major Chinese technology companies. Judicial officials recently invited reporters to the Hangzhou Internet Court to see how it operates. In one demonstration, citizens used video messaging to communicate with virtual, Al-powered judges.
"Does the defendant have any objection to the nature of the judicial block-chain （区块链） evidence submitted by the plaintiff 原告）?” a virtual judge asked during a pre-trial meeting. The non-human judge was represented in the system by an image of a man wearing a black robe. "No objection," the human plaintiff answered.
A Hangzhou court official told China's state-run CGTN television that the internet court system operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It is designed to ease the workload of humans and improve the speed and effectiveness of the legal process. Court officials say that even though virtual judges are used, human judges observe the process and can make major rulings.
The internet court in Hangzhou only deals with cases involving legal disputes over digital matters. These include internet trade issues, copyright cases and disputes over online product sales. Digital court cases in China have seen a sharp increase in recent years, as the number of mobile payments and internet-based businesses has grown. The growth is tied to China's huge number of internet users --- about 850 million.
After establishing the court in Hangzhou, China launched similar operations in the cities of Beijing and Guangzhou.
1.What can we infer about the internet court?
A.Human judges have played little role in the internet court.
B.Citizens can only place their cases on file on weekdays.
C.It will become a helper for the court system.
D.It has enjoyed great popularity all over China.
2.How do people seeking legal action get court decisions according to Paragraph 2 ?
A.By Al-powered judges. B.By receiving text messages.
C.By attending a court hearing. D.By registering the cases on the internet.
3.Why are there more digital court cases in China now?
A.Because there is a growing tendency in internet-based businesses.
B.Because it is efficient to deal with cases in the internet court.
C.Because legal disputes can only be handled in the internet court.
D.Because China has the perfect digital court system.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.The Future of the China's Justice. B.The Future Master of The Internet Court.
C.The Growth of Digital Court Cases. D.The Rise of China's "Internet Courts5.
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The Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States. Let’s meet some of the great women who have left their mark on the country’s highest court.
Margaret Brent
In the early years of our nation, women were generally prevented from practicing law. However, there were some exceptions. One such exception was Margaret Brent, who settled in Maryland with her sisters in 1638 and became a wealthy landowner. Brent appeared before courts several times to file lawsuits( 诉 讼 ) against people who owed her money.
Lucy Terry Prince
Lucy was well -known for her skills as a public speaker, and in 1796 she became the first black woman in America to argue before a Supreme Court justice. The case arose from a land dispute, and Lucy argued against two leading lawyers. Chief Justice Samuel Chase , who oversaw the case, said that Prince “made a better argument than he had ever heard from a lawyer in Vermont.”
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1933, Ginsburg attended Cornell University and Columbia Law School. Between 1972 and 1978, she argued six cases before the Supreme Court concerning laws that kept women out of certain occupations. She won five of them. In the spring of 1993, Justice Byron White retired from the Supreme Court. President Bill Clinton then picked Ginsburg to be his replacement.
Myra Bradwell
In 1872, the Illinois Supreme Court denied Myra Bradwell’s admission to the Illinois Bar despite the fact that she had passed the state bar exam. Bradwell then asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn(撤销) the Illinois court’s decision. Unfortunately for Bradwell, the tables weren’t turned. The Supreme Court claimed that there was nothing unconstitutional about denying a woman the chance to practice as a lawyer.
1.Which of the following describes Margaret Brent?
A.Brave and determined B.Generous and friendly
C.Considerate and optimistic D.Traditional and scholarly
2.What was Samuel Chase’s attitude to Lucy’s argument?
A.Favorable B.Uncaring
C.Doubtful D.Grateful
3.Who served on the Supreme Court?
A.Margaret B.Myra Bradwell
C.Lucy Terry Prince D.Ruth Bader Ginsburg
4.What does the author mean by the underlined sentence in the text?
A.Bradwell failed the state bar exam B.Bradwell’s request was unconstitutional.
C.The Illinois Supreme Court broke the law. D.The Supreme Court ruled against Bradwell.
5.What does the underlined word “denied” mean?
A.Liked. B.Refused
C.Introduced D.Worried
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and receive all their sales and other information for the contest.