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Before World War Ⅱ Chicago, Illinois, standing at the southern end of huge Lake Michigan, had the reputation(名声)of being one of the toughest, most lawless and corrupt(腐败的) cities in the world. It earned its ill reputation largely from those who sold strong wine during the days of 1919 to 1933, when a law forbade Americans to make or sell strong wine in any form.

Chicagoans have a great pride in their city. They say it is of great importance to the nation than New York. It is the center of American commerce(商业 ) and transportation. O’Hare Airport is the busiest airport in the world. 44 million passengers pass through it every year, and there are 2000 take offs and landings every day.

Chicago is also a great inland port().It can send goods by oceangoing ships all the way to Europe-via the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway. It can send goods by barge(驳船),through water-way and canals, to the Mississippi and down it to the Gulf of Mexico.

1.Which of the following diagrams(图解) gives the correct relationship between Lake Michigan, Chicago and Illinois?

L.M.=Lake Michigan Ch= Chicago Ill=Illinois

2.According to the passage, Chicago is more important than New York because ______.

A. Chicagoans love their city more than others

B.Chicago is the center of America

C. Chicago is an inland port and has O’Hare Airport

D. Chicago lies at the southern end of Lake Michigan

3.44 million passengers each year and 2 000 take-offs and landings prove that O’Hare Airport is ______.

A. the only one in America

B.the biggest one in the world

C.the busiest one in the world

D.the most well-known one in the world

4.If we carry goods to Chicago from Mexico, we probably go through ______.

A. the Gulf of Mexico— Mississippi—Canals—Waterway—Chicago

B.the Gulf Mexico—Mississippi—the Great Lake—Chicago

C.Lake Michigan—the Saint Lawrence Seaway—the Gulf of Mexico

D.Waterway—Canals—Mississippi—the Gulf of Mexico

 

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Four Habits t0,Help You Succeed
We all want to succeed,whether it’s in losing weight or learning the guitar.For those who hay e tried and failed,success seems difficult to understand.Why does one person succeed while another person fails?       1   
1.Identify your core values.   
Finding your core values is in line with creating inner motivation.  2     Pick a handful of things and actually write them down.Remind yourself of your values every day,and reflect on whether you are honoring those values through your work.
2.Pick a goal and focus on it.
Choose one goal to start something large enough that will give you a sense of accomplishment,while adjusting well to your core values.Focus is key here.    3     If you perform many tasks at。a time,you might never complete your projects because they will take far too lon9.
3.Set a deadline for success.
Set a date for success.Identify when you hope to achieve your goal.    4     By setting a time limit,you are making the process more real.
4.     5       .Failure can’t be avoided when you take risks, By its very definition,the desire to succeedmeans you are risking failure。Many people tend to give up far too early.Don’t fall into this trap! Remember your mindset earlier.Know it will happen.A failure is merely you working out the details,and learning what works and what doesn’t.Use failure.Treat it as a good thin9,and march on!

A.The more focused you are on one goal,the higher chance you have of Success.
B.Make the right decision.
C.I’ve made a list of four habits to help you set goals and achieve them.
D.Stick to your goal.
E.Keep it realistic,while not giving you too mu ch time.
F.Sit and reflect on what you value most.
G.Push yourself to be courageous,and take that next step.

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A. Shaolin Kungfu

Shaolin Kungfu is one of the most influential genres of Chinese martial arts, and it’s named after where it originated—the Shaolin Temple, founded on the Songshan Mountain in Dengfeng County, Henan Province in Central China. The monks in the Shaolin Temple began to study martial arts during the Northern and Southern dynasties and this tradition prevailed during the Sui and Tang dynasties.

B. Kunqu Opera

Kunqu Opera is one of the oldest forms of opera still existing in China, with its origins dating

back to the end of the Yuan dynasty. It has distinguished itself by the virtuosity of its rhythmic patterns and has exerted a dominant influence on all the more recent forms of opera in China, including the Sichuan and Beijing operas. In 2001, UNESCO proclaimed Kunqu Opera as a masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.

C. Puppet Shows

Chinese puppetry has a long history. It is noted for its many types of puppets and superb manipulative skills. It’s a truly unique art combining opera, music, fine art and craftsmanship. It creates magic with a beam of light. Puppet shows from various places have their own unique characteristics with strong local color in terms of figure modeling.

D. T’ai Chi Ch’uan

T’ai Chi Ch’uan is a major division of Chinese martial arts. Literally, T’ai Chi Ch’uan means “supreme ultimate fist”; T’ai means “supreme”, Chi means “ultimate”, and Ch’uan means “fist”. T’ai Chi Ch’uan has its philosophical roots in Taoism and is considered an internal martial art, utilizing internal energy, or Qi, and following the simple principle of “subduing the vigorous by the soft.”

E. Traditional Chinese Medicine

In Chinese medicine, doctors use various diagnostic methods to get full and detailed information about the patients and to guide their treatment. The methods include observation, auscultation and olfaction, interrogation, and checking the pulse and heart rate. They are also known as the four major methods, each having a distinctive function.

F. Xianzi Dance

The Xianzi dance, also called Xie or Ye, is danced to the accompaniment of a Tibetan-style

two-string instrument. The most typical kind of Xianzi Dance is Batang Xianzi in Ganzi, Sichuan Province . Batang is a Tibetan inhabited area. The dancers dance in a circle or randomly, sometimes resembling a winding dragon. They sing to each other to express their feelings.

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1.Janet, who likes Chinese traditional art very much, is a dancing teacher in California University. She wants to know more about a truly unique art combining opera, music, fine art and craftsmanship.

2.Cathy is a medical college student in UK. Now she is preparing her thesis about other countries’ medicine, so she wants to find some information online.

3.Kate is a college student in America. She wants to get more information about Chinese traditional art, especially Chinese traditional music.

4. Jason, who has been living in America for about 30 years, wants to learn some Chinese Kungfu which is represented by the famous symbol of Yin and Yang.

5.Freda, a 23-year-old girl, is fond of playing Tibetan-style instrument. This time she decides to visit Sichuan and plans to know more about its typical dance.

 

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Four Habits t0,Help You Succeed

We all want to succeed,whether it’s in losing weight or learning the guitar.For those who hay e tried and failed,success seems difficult to understand.Why does one person succeed while another person fails?       1   

1.Identify your core values.   

Finding your core values is in line with creating inner motivation.  2     Pick a handful of things and actually write them down.Remind yourself of your values every day,and reflect on whether you are honoring those values through your work.

2.Pick a goal and focus on it.

Choose one goal to start something large enough that will give you a sense of accomplishment,while adjusting well to your core values.Focus is key here.    3     If you perform many tasks at。a time,you might never complete your projects because they will take far too lon9.

3.Set a deadline for success.

Set a date for success.Identify when you hope to achieve your goal.    4     By setting a time limit,you are making the process more real.

4.     5       .Failure can’t be avoided when you take risks, By its very definition,the desire to succeedmeans you are risking failure。Many people tend to give up far too early.Don’t fall into this trap! Remember your mindset earlier.Know it will happen.A failure is merely you working out the details,and learning what works and what doesn’t.Use failure.Treat it as a good thin9,and march on!

A.The more focused you are on one goal,the higher chance you have of Success.

B.Make the right decision.

C.I’ve made a list of four habits to help you set goals and achieve them.

D.Stick to your goal.

E.Keep it realistic,while not giving you too mu ch time.

F.Sit and reflect on what you value most.

G.Push yourself to be courageous,and take that next step.

 

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     Do you know insurance(保险)? Buying insurance is a   1   by which people can protect themselves 
  2   large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large number of people pay    3  sums
of money to an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only   4 
will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will  pay for these homes  out or the  sums of  money  it has  5  .
     The first modern fire insurance company was    6   in London, England, in 1666. A great fire had just 
 7   most of the city, and people wanted protection against    8     losses. The first company   9    rapidly.
Soon other companies were founded in other areas.
      Benjamin Franklin helped form the first fire insurance company in America in 1752. he also  10   a
new kind of insurance for  11     . the new insurance would off protection against the loss of crops 12  
storms.
     In 1795, Benjamin Franklin helped start 13   new insurance company in America. This company, 14 
offered life insurance, collected some money15   from many different men.16  a man died, his family was
given a large sum of money. Today, this company is 17   in business.
     Over the years, people have  18    from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered  from 
19   accidents as car and plane crashes.20   , almost everyone has some kind of insurance.
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