The 21st Beijing College Student Film Festiva...

The 21st Beijing College Student Film Festival closed

On May 10th, the 21st Beijing College Student Film Festival was closed. The festival attracted thousands of students from over 20 universities in China and over 200 people from the film circle. Zhang Jiahui and Tang Wei won the Best Actor and the Best Actress Awards respectively with their Unbeatable and Finding Mr. Right. During this festival, 34 films were nominated(提名) and film scholars and college students formed the judges to select various awards.

The 7th National Chinese Language Conference held in Los Angeles

The 7th National Chinese Language Conference was opened in Los Angeles on May 8th. Over 1200 representatives from the educational government departments in the US states, presidents of universities, and secondary schools and experts of Chinese Language education were present. The US has already established about 100 Confucius Institutes and opened 300 classes, becoming the country with the largest number of Confucius Institute and classes.

Lhasa: the world’s first yak（牦牛）museum

On May 18th, the 38th International Museum Day, the world’s first yak museum was officially opened in Lhasa. For thousands of years, yak has been closely related to Tibetan people, influencing their spirits and personalities deeply; this museum will take the “spirit of yak” as the belief on which it was founded and take the yak as the carrier to show the Tibetan history and culture.

About 2.8 billion loans support the protection of ancient towns of Suzhou

Suzhou branch of China Development Bank successfully supported the protection and treatment of eight historical and cultural ancient towns through bringing in the financial supporting model and allocating(拨出) 2.81 billion yuan of loans in total. The bank actively explored the way of establishing a new model of financing small towns which features being guided by plan, promoted by financing and developed fully, thus solving the issues of collateral(担保) and source of payment effectively.

1.According to the passage, people will learn that______.

A. Suzhou has applied for about 2.8 billion loans from China Bank.

B. the first yak museum will be opened in Lhasa on May 18th

C. nearly 300 Confucius classes have been opened in the world

D. Tang Wei won the Best Actress Award in the 21st Beijing College Student Film Festival

2.When is International Museum Day?

A. On May 7th.　　　　 B. On May 8th.

C. On May 10th.　　　 D. On May 18th.

3.Which of the following events happens the most times?

A. International Museum Day.

B. The National Chinese Language Conference.

C. Beijing College Student Film Festival

D. China Development Bank.

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‘Student Voice’ is a student-run education conference discussing education in the 21st century. This event aims to gather the views and opinions of students not only in Victoria and Australia, but around the globe. On Sunday 29 July 2012 students will discuss a series of questions regarding the role of education in the 21st century. By the end of the day they will hopefully have comprehensive answers to be shared with schools around the state and maybe even the world.

Students from Preshill would like to invite a group of 5-10 students from your school to participate in this free forum（讨论）. The event is being held on Sunday 29 July 2012 from 10am-2.30pm at the Hawthorn Town Hall, 360 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn. They are inviting students who are enthusiastic on any of our topics of discussion to present a keynote speech on the day.

If you can’t make the day, they welcome your written or recorded thoughts on our questions, which will be on display at the event.

The topics for discussion:

Key Question: What is the ideal 21st century education?

1. Is it a school’s place to teach ethics, values, morals, confidence, self-esteem?

2. What are the effects of a uniform national curriculum(课程)?

3. How can we make education more engaging?

4. Should students be compared and ranked against each other?

5. What is the place of social networking and new media technology in education?

6. What is the best way to determine student knowledge?

Visit their Facebook page (see below) for updates, to communicate with organizers and other participants, and to indicate your interest in making a keynote speech.

The Student Voice Organizing Committee Facebook Page URL:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Student-Voice-The-Student-Education-Conference/101834233239391?sk=info

1.What is the aim of the Student Voice Conference?

2.Who can participate in the Student Voice conference?

3.Which of the following topics will be discussed in Student Voice conference?

4.How can you communicate with the organizers ?

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BEIJING—Beijing is to spend up to us $ 20 billion to change the Chinese capital into a 21st century one for the 2008 Olympics.

The government manages to host the 2008 games. The general aim is for Beijing to have the same environmental standards as Paris, London or Washington by 2008.

Hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent to pipe natural gas to the city’s home, taking away dirty coal burning gradually while 60,000 buses will be changed to liquefied(液化的)gas.

The money also will be used for relocating(重新部署) the polluting factories and building green belts. By 2008 around 90 percent of Beijing’s waste will be treated, compared to only 40 percent at present.

Olympic officials have already announced that around 50 large projects are being dealt with to improve traffic congestion(拥堵) and cut down pollution. They include construction of Beijing’s first light railway, a 40.5-kilometer line which is expected to be completed in 2006.

Beijing, besides, plans to build an 82.25-kilometer-long subway to add to the existing 53 kilometers. Nine major roads will be rebuilt or widened.

Beijing also plans to build a 70-meter-wide green belt along the waterways to protect water quality as well as increase the green areas.

1.The government will pipe natural gas to the city’s home in order to_________.

A．solve the problem of being short of fuel

B．reduce the pollution of our capital

C．bring down the cost of daily life

D．keep up with the development of modern society

2.From the last three paragraphs we know the fact that _________.

A．lengthening the existing 53-kilometer subway is among the 50 large projects

B．a 40.5-kilometre line will be added to Beijing’s first light railway

C．the length of the subway will be up to 135.25 kilometers in 2006

D．a 70-meter-wide green belt will supply us with enough water

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The environment of London is better than Toronto.

B．In the first paragraph “a 21st century one” refers to a modern and advanced capital.

C．Beijing is badly polluted mainly by coal burning

D．Liquefied gas is more expensive than petrol.

4.This news report mainly talks about ___________.

A．how Beijing is becoming a 21st century city

B．how many projects are being dealt with to improve traffic of Beijing

C．how Beijing is being built into a first class Olympic host city

D．the use of the 20 billion US dollars

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The world record for fastest text message typing is held by a 21-year-old college student from Utah, but his flexible fingers could mean serious injury later on. Most adults aged 18-21 prefer texting over e-mail or phone calls, and ergonomics(人体工程学) researchers are starting to wonder whether it’s putting the younger generation at risk for some overuse injuries – once reserved for older adults who have spent years in front of a computer. Judith Gold, an assistant professor of Epidemiology at the College of Health Professions and Social Work, thinks this might be the case. At this year’s annual meeting of the American Public Health Association, she presented previous research which suggested that among college students, the more they texted, the more pain they had in their neck and shoulders.

“What we’ve seen so far is very similar to what we see with office workers who’ve spent most of their time at a computer,” said Gold, who directs the Ergonomics and Work Physiology Laboratory. “The way the body is positioned for texting – stationary（不动的）shoulders and back with rapidly moving fingers – is similar to the position for typing on a computer.”

Text messaging is a fairly new technology, Gold says, so this is a new area of research among ergonomists. “But given the similarities in body position, findings from research on overuse injuries from computers could be applied here,” she said.

Current studies on computer use show office workers have the tendency to get involved in such diseases as tunnel syndrome, bursitis, and tendonitis.

In Gold’s lab, she and her team use tools like special cameras, motion analysis and heart rate monitors to study the body’s position in several job-related situations. But given the popularity of text messaging among young adults, Gold wants to explore further into the physiological effects of this latest form of communication.

“Looking around our campus, you see every student on their cell phones, typing away,” she said. “It’s the age group that texts the most, so it’s important to know what the health effects may be in order to learn whether it will cause long term damage.”

64. Which of the following are ergonomics researchers not sure about?

A. A 21-year-old college student holds the world record for fastest text message typing.

B. Most adults aged 18-21 prefer texting over e-mail or phone calls.

C. Overuse of computer will cause injuries to health.

D. Over text message will cause long term damage to health.

65. Current studies on computer use will lead people to believe that ______.

A. office workers are good at texting messages

B. office workers tend to suffer from some kinds of physical problems

C. texting messages seriously damage people’s health

D. e-mails and phone calls will be forbidden

66. When texting messages, college students will ______.

A. keep moving shoulders and back

B. move fingers very fast with shoulders and back still

C. spend most of their time at a computer

D. look around their campus

67. The most suitable title of this passage may be ______.

A. Over text messaging could cause shoulder and neck pain

B. Overuse of computers could cause diseases

C. A new world record for fastest text message typing

D. A new scientific discovery by ergonomics researchers

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— Is there any possibility of the film ________ in Shanghai International Film Festival?

— Not in the least, because audience generally think little of it.

A. tried out　　　 B. trying out

C. to try out　　 D. being tried out

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XUE Bai, a 21-year-old university student, hopes to volunteer for Beijing's 2008 Olympics. "I want to do something for the Olympics. It is also a kind of learning for me," said the fourth-year student at Beijing Foreign Studies University. Now it is time for Xue to act on her plan. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the 2008 Olympiad  will start to recruit(招募)volunteers on August 28.

The Olympics will need around 70,000 volunteers and the Paralympic Games(残疾人奥运会) will need another 30,000. University students like Xue will make up the majority of the volunteers. But the Olympics also need other volunteers - ordinary citizens and foreigners, for example. Students in Beijing should apply through their universities. Other volunteers may apply online or submit a written application. The online application system and a hotline will be open next Monday. For applicants outside Beijing, the application process begins in December. There is plenty of work for volunteers to do. For example, there will be chances to help publicize the games over the next two years. During the games themselves, volunteers will clean, serve food, marshal(礼仪引导)or offer language help.

The Sydney Olympics in 2000 was the first that placed special emphasis on the role of volunteers. It used more than 45,000 volunteers in different roles. In the 2004 Athens Olympics, around 45,000 volunteers were used. More than 70,000 volunteers will be needed for the Olympic games and Paralympic Games in 2012, the London Olympic Organizing Committee has said.

1.Xue Bai is willing to be a volunteer for the Beijing Olympics for the purpose of_____.

A．watching live Olympic matches             B．learning more

C．meeting his favorite sports stars            D．making money

2.It is estimated that volunteers for Beijing's 2008 Olympics are mainly _____.

A．ordinary citizens                        B．foreigners

C．university students                      D．applicants outside Beijing

3.Volunteers have played an very important role in Olympics since_____.

A．the 1996 Atlanta Olympics                B．the 2000 Sydney Olympics

C．the 2004 Athens Olympics                D．the 2008 Beijing Olympics

4.The passage mainly tells us______.

A．the history of volunteers in Olympics.

B．hat volunteers will do in the 2008 Olympics.

C．who can apply to be volunteers for Beijing Olympics.

D．volunteers for the 2008 Olympics are wanted.

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October 1, 2010 is the 61^st________of the People’s Republic of China.

A．day             B．festival             C．year             D．anniversary

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----Is there any possibility of the film _____in Paris International Festival?

----Not in the least, because the audience generally think little of it.

A. being tried out          B. tried out        C. trying out    D. to try out

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For 26 years, the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF) has featured (放映，上演) thoughtful, memorable, meaningful and culturally diverse children's movies. This film festival in 2009 ran from October 22 to November 1 and featured more than 200 films. It is the largest annual film festival in North America and the only Academy­qualifying children's film festival in the world. Winners in the short film category go on to compete in the Oscars！The films came from more than 40 countries. More than 25,000 people attended.

TFK Kid Reporter Meghan Pfau was there. “We don't just show kids movies. We ask kids to think about what they are watching,” CICFF Director Nicole Drieske told TFK. “Five minutes before the lights go down we have a talk with everybody. We talk about what's going on in our minds when we are watching a movie,” she explains. “Movies teach us so much. If we're not paying attention to what we are watching, we aren't learning as much as we could.” Viewers vote to give their opinions at the end of each movie. The CICFF staff wants kids to feel like they are an important part of the festival.

Kids can also attend interactive (互动的) workshops led by filmmakers, media professionals and celebrities. And young talent takes part in the CICFF. Eleven­year­old Shiropa Purna wrote and directed Our Boat is Our Address，which is featured in the festival. “My dad is a director and he taught me many things，”Shiropa says.

A “children's jury” meets in August to watch more than 100 movies that will appear in the festival. They rate the films based on plot, character, setting, acting and sound. The jury awards more than a dozen prizes. The awards are announced at the festival's Closing Night Award Ceremony.

1.According to the passage, the children's jury ________.

A. announces the awards at the festival's award ceremony

B. awards about twenty prizes

C. rates the films based on their own experience

D. watches more than 100 movies before the festival

2.We can learn from the passage that ________.

A. some of the films were made by kids

B. the films are from more than 200 countries

C. the CICFF in 2009 lasted half a month

D. the CICFF is held every three years

3.It can be inferred(推断) that Shiropa Purna learned a lot from ________.

A. her father　　 B. media professionals

C. viewers　　 D. celebrities

4.What would be the best title of the passage?

A. 100 movies in CICFF

B. A film festival for kids

C. The largest film festival in the world

D. Film festival secrets

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As the international demand for narrative(叙事的) film/TV content continues to increase with popular streaming services like Netflix and others the two questions then come: will the coming generations receive most of their entertainment through visual means rather than through the written word and will such an increase of narrative film/ TV reduce the importance of reading?

Growing examples of this trend include the diminishment(减少) of fiction in the common core (核心的)curriculum, the ever－rising culture of computer games, the wave of streaming services of wide international reach, and movies filled with special effects made for children and teenagers. Nor must we ignore the economic dangers that lie ahead for the written word. The narrative film industry is a moneymaker that dwarfs(使相形见绌) the publishing industry.

The other underlying question, of course, is “does it really matter if the written word bows to the world of film/TV?” From my point of view, any diminishment of fiction delivered by words is a loss for mankind.

There is no greater human feature than the imagination. It lies at the very soul of the human species. It is the brain’s most powerful engine. It is the essential muscle of life and like all muscles it must be exercised and strengthened.

Writing and reading are the principal tools that inspire, create and empower our imagination. Anything that diminishes that power is the enemy of mankind.

It should be known that I am not opposed to new media and technological advances. Instead, I have always felt it necessary to adapt to advancing technology. In fact, a number of my novels are in various stages of development for film, TV, and live stage productions. My hope is that the written word will only stand to be complemented(补充)by its visual counterparts(对应物), not pushed to the edge of extinction.

Of course, there are those who will present arguments for the superiority of the moving image over the written word. Each has its place. My argument is for finding the right balance between it and the moving image.

1.In what way does narrative film/TV embarrass the written word?

A.Economic benefits B.International reach

C.Cultural influence D.Educational importance

2.Why does the author value the role of the written word?

A.It strengthens our muscles. B.It helps sharpen imagination.

C.It distinguishes man from each other. D.It paves the way for narrative film/TV.

3.What is the author’s attitude towards technology?

A.Cautious B.Skeptical

C.Positive D.Critical

4.What’s the author concerned about?

A.The fate of reading. B.The extinction of fiction.

C.The impact of the written word. D.The future of the moving image.

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