XinJiang:The plane carrying the bodies of three Chinese engineers, who were shot dead in Pakistan on Wednesday, landed at Urumqi airport on Friday.
Investigations are focusing on why no guards escorted the engineers the day when they were attacked.Local police usually accompanied the group during their travels in the country.
Earlier in the day, 10 other Chinese engineers who worked together with the victims returned to Hefei.They were all from Hefei Cement Research & Design Institute, and were in Pakistan to offer technical services for the construction of a cement factory there.
“The guards of the Chinese engineers were not accompanying them when they were attacked,”local police officer Pervez Zahoor said.“Police are investigating as to why the guards did not do so that day.”
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said in Islamabad on Friday that all the development activities between Pakistan and China would continue and the incident would not affect the friendship between the two countries.He told Xinhua News Agency that the incident had shocked him.“We condemn it in the strongest terms,”he said.“We are annoyed at those who carried out this very evil act.We are determined to catch them and give them the strongest and harshest punishment.”
Families of the victims-Long Hongbao,32, Wei Jianping,54, and Zhao Bin, 46-have spoken of their disaster.“I can’t accept his death, as he called me only days ago to say he would be coming back this Saturday,”Zhao’s wife Shi Weiling said.The father of Long, from Hefei, said,“My son was the pillar of the family, how can this tragedy have happened to him?”
Families of the victims are expected to get at least 400,000 yuan(US$ 49,000)in compensation according to their insurance policies.
(1)
Which of the following is true according to the news?
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A.
China will not send engineers to Pakistan until the attackers are found.
B.
Luckily the three families will get compensation from the government of Pakistan.
C.
In all there are thirteen engineers working in Pakistan now.
D.
Maybe the attackers planned this incident
(2)
Which word can best replace the word“escort”in Paragraph 2?
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A.
stay with
B.
work with
C.
play with
D.
train with
(3)
Which the following is the best title for the news?
During the Spring Festival holidays, pets’ beauty salons were inundated by pets and their loving owners. The tendency to treat pets as a family member is spreading in big cities in China, and daily care services for pets have the potential (潜力,潜能)to become profitable earners following endorsement (认可,支持)by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security as one of nine “new careers(职业)”last December.
Li Xin, a pet stylist at Beijing Pet Hospital, told Beijing Star Daily that regular health care for pets was necessary, including combing, bathing, cleaning the ears, and trimming the nails and hair.
“It needs great care and patience for every step. Care needs to be taken when trimming a puppy’s nails, for example. After the basic health requirements comes the individual styling, which depends on the character of the pets and on the weather. ”
Generally, it takes one or two hours to give a full service to a small pet and four to five hours for a bigger one, according to Ling Fengjun, president, of Beijing Pet Hospital.
China Small Animal Protect Association recently released statistics showing that there were 420,000 registered pets in Beijing, over 200 pet hospitals and clinics, but only 90,000 vets (兽医), and nursing staff working in China.
For newcomers, the starting monthly salary is around two thousand Yuan. After working for two to three years, those with a Bachelor’s degree can earn between 3,000and 8,000, while an experienced one might make 10,000.
Ling said, “With more focus to regulate the industry by issuing (颁发)qualification certificates, the market for pet beauty and health has huge development potential. ”
(1)
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
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A.
Every pet needs daily care services.
B.
Pet dogs need more care than any other animal.
C.
Beijing is in great need of vets and nursing staff.
D.
Pets’ beauty salons will be too busy to deal with any pet.
(2)
We can learn from the article that ________.
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A.
a pet stylist should be skillful and creative
B.
a pet beauty salon is always crowded on holidays
C.
dog owners have to be patient in a pet hospital
D.
an experienced vet earns more money than a pet stylist a month
(3)
Which is the best title for the article?
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A.
Pet Health and Beauty
B.
Pet Care a Growth Industry
C.
Great Need in Pet Stylists
D.
Social Care for Pets
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China National Acrobatics Circus
China National Acrobatic Circus was the first State-level acrobatic troupe of New China and has won lots of gold medals in various well-known international acrobatic contests in places such as Monaco, France, Hungary, Russia and Italy.Now the star-studded casts are exhibiting the charm and elegance of the most professional comprehensive acrobatic art every night.Integrating superlative juggling, unicycling, balancing and jumping through hoops with the finest ancient Chinese dancing, the award-winning variety show will amaze you at every turn.
Time/Date:19∶15-20∶30,every evening
Location:Universe Theatre, 10 Dongzhimen Nandajie, Dongcheng District
(100 metres north of Poly Plaza )
Tel:6502-3984,6502-2649,6416-9893
Fax:6500-2743 Concerts
Light tunes:The light Music Troupe of the China National Song and Dance Ensemble is to stage a concert.Programmes include the Japanese work “The Spring of the Northern Nation,” Strauss’“the Blue Danube Waltz,” as well as songs by vocal soloists, “The Same Song,” “Beautiful Spanish Maidens,” “Memories” and others.
Time:2∶30 pm, April 6
Place:Concert Hall of China National Library, Zhongguancun Nandajie
Tel:8854-5731
Kung Fu Show
The 70-minute performance displays dazzling skills of mysterious Chinese kung fu in a hero-plus-beauty story.Fifty kung fu masters amaze the audience with bare-handed practice, one-to-one competing and weapons practice.
Presented by Beijing Detian Shunyi Culture Development Co.
Venue:XinRong Theatre (Xuanwu District).
Time/Date:19∶30, nightly
Tel:8354-0774,8354-0755
Exhibition
Art show:The Wanfung Art Gallery is hosting a joint art exhibition featuring about 50 realistic watercolour works by artists Jiang Chun from Suzhou in Jiangsu Province, Huang Youwei from Beijing and Yu Jiantao from Dalian, Liaoning Province.The exhibition runs until April 8.
The three artists have tired in different ways to combine the concepts and techniques of traditional Chinese paintings and those of watercolours.
Time:9 am-5 pm until April 8
(1)
You are likely to have a good morning if you go to ________.
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A.
Universe Theatre
B.
Concert Hall of China National Library
C.
Xin Rong Theatre
D.
The Wanfung Art Gallery
(2)
If you like foreign culture, you can ________.
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A.
go to the art show
B.
go to the concert
C.
see the film
D.
see Acrobatic show
(3)
Which of the following is NOT true?
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A.
The film tells a love story.
B.
The art works are painted with techniques of traditional Chinese painting.
C.
Some programs of Acrobatic Circus are first class in the world.
D.
The Spring of Northern Nation probably belongs to light music.
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BEIJING-After a night of wining and dining with 50 of China's richest people, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates told the journalists on Thursday that the biggest difference between eating with Chinese tycoons(企业界大亨)and Western ones was the food.
“I was amazed last night, really, at how similar the questions and discussions and all that were to those in the dinners we had in the U.S.,” said Mr.Buffett.
Mr.Buffett and Mr.Gates, two of the best known Westerners here, announced in September, 2010 that they planned to invite 50 wealthy Chinese tycoons to dinner in Beijing to encourage philanthropy(慈善事业)among China's new rich.
On Thursday, the two men pronounced the dinner a great success, saying that two-thirds of those invited had shown up, and that more than half of them had offered their own ideas on how Chinese philanthropy should work.
The guest list wasn't made public, but the Chinese news media reported that it included Jet Li, the movie star; Niu Gensheng, the founder of a Chinese dairy business; and Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin, who control the SOHO China real estate(房地产)empire.
As with four earlier dinners held in the United States, Mr.Buffett and Mr.Gates said, no one at the Beijing event was asked to donate money or to promise to engage in charity.“Bill and I won't be calling anybody.What happens in China will depend on what the Chinese people feel about a project of this sort,” said Mr.Buffett.
China is widely reported to be second only to the United States in the number of dollar billionaires.Mr.Gates and Mr.Buffett said the nation was unique because its wealthy class had arisen almost wholly in the past 30 years, so the philanthropic practices established among European and American dynasties are new here, and open to change.
The two said the dinner wasn't a long planned matter, but an offshoot of a trip that Mr.Buffett had already scheduled to Guangdong and Hunan Provinces, where BYD Company, a maker of clean-energy automobiles, has factories.Mr.Buffett's company, Berkshire Hathaway, holds a 10%stake(股金)in the company.
But Mr.Gates suggested that their philanthropic trip wasn't yet over.“We may do an event in India,” he said.
(1)
What is the text mainly about?
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A.
A brief analysis of future philanthropy.
B.
The development of Chinese philanthropy.
C.
An introduction on Mr.Buffett and Mr.Gates' trip in China.
D.
A charity dinner held in Beijing by Mr.Buffett and Mr.Gates.
(2)
According to the first two paragraphs, Mr Buffett really wanted to say that ________.
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A.
the dinner was quite a success
B.
the food in the dinner was very delicious
C.
Chinese tycoons are similar to Western ones
D.
it was pleasing to discuss with Chinese tycoons
(3)
We can learn from the text that ________.
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A.
China has the largest number of dollar billionaires in Asia
B.
many people have promised to donate money at dinner
C.
Beijing will be the last stop of their philanthropic trip
D.
the Chinese news media published the complete guest list of the dinner
(4)
The underlined words “an offshoot” in Paragraph 8 can probably be replaced by “________”.