A. The plan, known as the APEC China Year 201...

A. The plan, known as the APEC China Year 2014 and Low Carbon Model Town World Campaign(低碳示范镇的世界运动), has already organized more than 20 science and research institutes and enterprises and 50 experts to assess (评估)Shenzhen as an "International Low Carbon City".

B. Huo Zun,23, is the writer of the song ROLL the Beaded Curtain (《卷珠帘》). He was the winner of the TV program Sing My Song (《中国好歌曲》), a talent show. His beautiful melody and Chinese flavor lyrics won him the best song and millions of fans.

C. People gathered at the Hull Truck Theatre and cheered with joy when Minister Maria Miller announced Hull as the UK’s 2017 City of Culture. Every four years, the UK government chooses a city for the award. It’s hoped that more people will travel to the winning place, making it more popular.

D. A company in Poland plans to build hotels which can be moved to any chosen and suitable place in the sea. The hotel rooms can float about 50 feet below the surface. The whole building is underwater, and you can only get into it by swimming down and entering through an opening at the bottom. There is a television, air conditioning and Wi-Fi in the lodge.

E. International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. She spent all her life taking good care of those patients. She set up the first nurse school in London.

1.Kathy has interest in the underwater world. She’s expecting to visit Poland.

______________________________________

2.Fred enjoys traveling. He wants to go somewhere new and exciting in the future.

______________________________________

3.Mrs. Yang takes part in the campaign that can make people live in a low carbon(碳) city.

______________________________________

4.Dan is a student in a nurse school. He hopes to be a nurse to look after other patients.

______________________________________

5.Alex is a fan of the TV program Sing My Song. He loves listening to the beautiful songs.

______________________________________

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2014 is the year of horse in China. Do you know anything about the horse?

The horse is strong and runs very fast. He’s a useful and hard-working animal. The horse learns to know his owner soon. He loves his owner, even after his owner loses his life. Here’s a story about such a horse. In a war, the owner passed away(死), and fell from his horse. When people found his body some days later, the horse was still standing beside it. During that long time, the horse didn’t leave the body of his owner, without food or water, in the coldest weather, driving away the birds that might eat it. Wasn’t he a great animal?

1.When people found the body of the owner, the horse was _______.

A. going away　　　　　　　　　　 B. still standing beside it

C. drinking water　　　　　　　 D. eating grass beside it

2.The story probably took place in _______.

A. spring　　　　 B. summer

C. autumn　　　　 D. Winter

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China plans to let tourists _______ the Xisha Island in the South China Sea this year.

A.visit B.visits C.visiting D.visited

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China plans to let people ______the Xi Sha Islands this year.

A. visit　　　　 B.visits

C. visiting　　 D. visited

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Mei Lanfang（1894-1961）, known as the great master of China’s dramatic arts, was the one who developed the modevn Beijing Opera.

Mei Lanfang was born into a family of Beiing Opera performers in Beijing. He made his first performance when he was just 10 years old. He was especially good at playing females, or the Dan role.

With a deep love for his people, he gave his whole life to the art of Beijing Opera. During his stage career（舞台生涯） of over 50 years, not only did he carry on the best of the traditional art of opera, but also kept searching for ways to improve his art and created many lively and unforgettable artistic images（形象） by studying and learning from the best of other local and national operas. He successfully put acting, singing and dancing together in his performing, and turned Beijing Opera into a colorful art of the highest stage effects（效果）. As a result, he developed his own style called the “Mei Lanfang School”.

Mei Lanfang was the first one who introduced Beijing Opera to the world and made successful tours to Japan（1919, 1924 and 1956） and the USA（1930）. He popularized the Chinese classical drama among foreign audiences and won international fame（声誉）. Through his performances Beijing Opera won the hearts of many foreign people and influenced（影响） foreign stages in return.

Mei Lanfang is the symbol of China’s performing arts, the hero of his people and country.

1.Was Mei Lanfang good at playing the Dan role?

2.What did he put together in his performing?

3.Why is Mei Lanfang the symbol of China’s performing arts?

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It’s known as “the City of Ice” for a good reason. The famous International Ice and Snow Festival opened on Thursday in Harbin, capital of China’s most northern (北方的) Province of Heilongjiang. When most of northern China closes its doors to the cold winter wind, Harbin always comes to life. CCTV reporter (记着) Nie Jia is in Harbin, enjoying the charm (魅力)of this winter land.

Nie Jia said, “Welcome to Harbin, the city of ice in north China. The temperature now is -16℃, but it’s the best time of the year for Harbin because it is the suitable weather to build a world of ice and snow. For me, I really can’t wait to see what the festival has to offer (提供). So follow me.”

A Harbin resident (居民) said, “I feel very excited. Because ice and snow are important parts of our culture. They make our city more beautiful and through the festival people can feel the enthusiasm (热情) of the local (当地) people.”

A tourist (游客) said, “My friend is from Guangxi. And I’m from Hebei province. We have been looking forward to the ice and snow festival for a long time and we really enjoyed the blue sky and white snow here.”

1.When and where did International Ice and Snow Festival open?

A.On Tuesday in Harbin. B.On Thursday in Harbin.

C.On Tuesday in Hebei. D.On Thursday in Hebei.

2.What did Nie Jia go to Harbin to do?

A.To enjoy the ice and snow as a tourist.

B.To work for International Ice and Snow Festival.

C.To report the International Ice and Snow Festival.

D.To visit a friend there.

3.Which season is the best time of the year for Harbin?

A.Winter. B.Summer. C.Autumn. D.Spring.

4.The tourists in Harbin liked ________ best.

A.International Ice and Snow Festival B.the enthusiasm of the local people

C.the world of ice and snow D.the blue sky and white snow there

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（2014安徽）As we all know，the Silk Road________China to the West in ancient times．

A．connects

B．connected

C．will connect

D．is connecting

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In China, many people have the habit of buying a new calendar at the beginning of a new year and putting it on the wall. Usually the calendar is made of thirteen pieces of paper （a cover and the calendar for each month）. The pictures in the calendar look very beautiful. But when the year is over and the calendar is no longer useful, they just throw it away.

Now some smart calendar makers get a good idea—a shopping bag calendar. This kind of calendar looks no different from other calendars. What makes it different is that it’s not made of paper, but twelve shopping bags. On every shopping bag, there is a calendar for each month. When one month is over, they can take down that month and use it as a shopping bag. You can find out the date or put things in it. It’s cool and good for the environment.

1.When do Chinese people buy a calendar?

A. At the end of the new year.

B. In the middle of the year.

C. At the beginning of the new year.

D. On New Year’s Day.

2.According to the article, usually how many pages are there in a traditional calendar?

A. 14.　　 B. 13.　　 C. 12.　　 D. 6.

3.Which of the following is RIGHT?

A. Shopping bag calendar looks the same as other calendars.

B. Shopping bag calendar is bad for the environment.

C. People often go shopping with the traditional calendars.

D. People often take down the shopping bag at the beginning of that month.

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In China, a lot of food is wasted every year and the waste food is enough for   people. The food is wasted in restaurants, at home and in schools, etc.

In restaurants or at home, people often order or cook    food. But they can’t eat it up。When they go out of a restaurant, full and happy, they never look back     the uncertain food on the table again. Should Chinese consumers (消费者) feel     for the terrible waste?

In schools, we can often see a lot of students  food away after meals and they only eat the food they like.

Everyone is supposed to have enough food to eat. However, in some places, the food is so little  a lot of people died from hunger. Although China has tried hard to solve  of hunger over the past thirty years, the job is not finished yet. Food is important to us all. We live without food. So      is necessary for us to love food and try to eat up everything on our plates. When we eat in restaurants, we should pack up the leftovers(剩菜剩饭). We also need to tell other people to stop   ________ food as soon as possible.

1.A. 200 million(百万) B. 200 millions C. 200 million of    D. 200 millions of

2.A. too many         B. many too     C. too much        D. much too

3.A. in                B. at           C. on              D. up

4.A. interested         B. excited      C. happy           D. sorry

5.A. throw             B. threw           C. thrown          D. to throw

6.A. which             B. when         C. where          D. that

7.A. the problem       B. the question   C. the danger      D. the mistake

8.A. can               B. can’t          C. mustn’t        D. may

9.A. it                 B. he            C. she            D. they

10.A. waste            B. to waste.      C. wasting        D. to be wasted

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1.The new planet________.

A. might have 365 days a year       B. has no water

C. might be a future home for human     D. has bad weather

2.________will make the Eiffel Tower become a big tree.

A. 1000 light bulbs         B. 600,000 plants

C. 600 light years          D. 7 million visitors

3.________was the winner of Britain’s Got Talent 2011.

A. Steven Hall          B. Ronan Parke

C. Kelly Clarkson       D. Jai McDowall

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