BEIJING, Oct,24－Chinese well-known public figures Yao Ming, Yang Liwei, and Andy Lau’s pictures were chosen for the teaching material in the middle school version of”New Modern English”．
The”New Modern English”project was officially started by the Beijing Modern Teaching Research Institute along with Ke Pu Publishing House since last week．
These star images are in the first term of the junior middle school version of”New Modern English”, which includes Song Zuying, Ruby Lin, Deng Yaping,altogether it has 6 pictures of stars．
According to the curriculum(课程) content, the student must translate the star’s age and birthplace into English according to the book．The assistant chief editor of the teaching material Wang Chuanwei introduced that, the main reason for putting stars into the teaching material aims at meeting the young people’s psychology(心理), putting pictures of the stars these young people like is advantageous in helping them quickly enter the studying mode, to promote interest in studying．
Besides film and television stars, the teaching material also selected and included”Special Olympics weightlifting champion Bian Jianxin,”and other inspirational stories such as the elderly man holding 10 jobs, to arouse the students’ interest in reading．
The”New Modern English”teaching material is mainly aimed at four to fifteen years olds．It was produced according to the Ministry of Education’s new curriculum standard, including a three versions of books．
These books will be used in different classroom instructions, as well as elementary and middle schools’ English class teaching material．
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What is the passage mainly about?
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Encouraging stories by the Ke Pu Publishing Huose．
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Famous characters such as Yao Ming and Yang Liwei．
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Different versions designed by the assistant chief editor．
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The teaching material of”New Modern English”．
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We can infer from the passage that ________．
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the text book aims at satisfying the young students’ psychology
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putting pictures into the book helps students learn from them
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other inspirational stories cause students to like New English
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the curriculum content makes the students’ interest colorful
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According to the passage, the author thinks that ________．
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the”New Modern English”is going to be used in every part of the country
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the”New Modern English”is published to match another new curriculum
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the”New Modern English”mainly arises the students’ interest in studying
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the”New Modern English”is mainly intended for 7 to 15-year-old students
One of Britain's most popular reality TV programmes has returned to our screens for a fifth series．The Apprentice sees 16 ambitious individuals competing for a job with electronics tycoon(巨头)Sir Alan Sugar．
The Apprentice is a BAFTA award-winning British reality television series in which fl group of aspiring young businessmen and women compete for the chance to win a￡100,000-a-year job as“apprentice”to the British business tycoon Alan Sugar, The Baron Sugar．Winners have gone on to work at Amstrad, an electronics manufacturing company founded by Sir Alan(but since sold to BSkyB), or one of Sugar's other companies, Viglen, Amsprop or Amshold．TheApprentice, billed as a“job interview from hell”, is similar in format to the American series of the same name, which stars entrepreneur Donald Trump．
With endless talk of financial crisis, redundancies(过剩)and cut-backs, it may come as no surprise that thousands of brave hopefuls applied for the show．The chosen 16 will compete in a series of business tasks and do their best to escape elimination．Not one of them wants to hear the fateful words：you're fired．
It should also be noted that this year's apprentices are not going, to be allowed to forget the terrible economic climate quite so easily．At the launch of this year's TV show, Sir Alan announced that some episodes have been“specifically made towards recognition of what difficult times we are in”．
The tasks will as usual be tough tests of business wisdom。team-working and leadership skill．They will also make for some funny viewing．British viewers will be shaking their heads in disbelief at the crazy decisions of the wanna be apprentices．But perhaps the most entertaining feature of the show will be watching the hopefuls squirm(局促不安)and quarrel in the。boardroom．It is here they will have to explain just why they have failed each task so badly．
What drives people to take part in the show is difficult to say．Some are clearly motivated by the promise of a six-figure salary and some claim they want the experience of working with a successful businessman such as Sir Alan．One thing is for sure．the contestants will all gain some level of celebrity．The show is a regular ratings winner．
To date, there has been one big winner and that is the show's creator, Mark Burnett．Originating in the US, The Apprentice's winning format has been copied all over the world and with the hype(炒作)surrounding this latest series, it looks as though the show will have success for many years to come．
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What's the aim of contestants'taking part in The Apprentice?
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Tb acquire a good job．
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To meet famous people．
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To win some prize money．
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To obtain some experience．
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What is special about this year's The Apprentice?
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There will be more contestants．
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There will be more famous people．
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It is affected by the financial crisis．
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1t is supported by Sir Alan Sugar．
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The tasks in The Apprentice lay emphasis on the following EXCEPT ________．
farmer，inventor，astronomer writer and antislavery supporter．He created the first American—built striking clock．
lt(一卷)of white cloth for his mother and looked around for someone to taik to．Benjamin’s heart jumped like a rabbit when he saw a friend holding a gold watch．Benjamin had always wanted to figure out how clocks and watches worked．The friend saw Benjamin and let him sit down for a good talk．
r two years，Benjamin farmed all day and worked on his wood pieces at night．In1753，two years after he had borrowed the watch，Benjamin put all the pieces together．Benjamin had made his own clock．