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Sina Weibo, one of the country’s most popular micro-blogging sites,has launched a paid service.For a 10 yuan ($ l.57) monthly fee, users get a membership on their Sina Weibo accounts.

According to Xu Yuanyuan, a member of the marketing team at Sina, themove is to guarantee a more convenient and safer environment for users.But despite the company’s efforts to increase income, it seems that most of its 300 million users still prefer the free version.

The premium membership (高级会员) plans ,announced by the company on Monday, brought about negative comments from its users .

“The current service is good enough for me”, said a Beijing-based micro-blogger.“I don’t really need those value-added services and it might be a waste of money.I might consider paying for it if some more features are added.”

Dong Xu, an analyst with consulting firm Analysys International, said that Sina shouldn’t expect a great increase in income brought by the new services.The free services are enough for most users, Dong said. “The company has been making attempts at different profit models since last year.A potential source of income could be gaming.Games and advertisements are so far the two biggest sources of income.” she said.

Other micro-blogging service providers have not yet followed suit.Fang Gang, vice-president of rival Sohu, said via e-mail on Tuesday that Sohu’s micro-blogging service will never charge users.“It’s good news for us.Users can come to our website if they have to pay for services (at Sina).” Fang said.

1.Most of Sina Weibo’s users______.

A. aren’t satisfied with its free version

B. show no interest in its paid services

C. are looking forward to new services

D. think highly of its new paid version

2.What’s Dong Xu’s attitude towards Sina Weibo’s new services increasing income?

A. Negative. B. Confident.

C. Indifferent. D. Positive .

3.Why did Fang Gang consider Sina Weibo’s charging its users good news?

A. Because Sina will make more money.

B. Because Sina will lose the whole Weibo market.

C. Because Sohu will attract more users.

D. Because Sohu will offer free services.

4.What can be inferred from the text?

A. Most of Weibo websites will charge their users.

B. Sina Weibo’s new move will be a great success.

C. Sina Weibo’s users will enjoy more services.

D. A large number of Weibo users like playing games.

5.What can be the best title for the text?

A. Sina Weibo Faces Great Challenges

B. Sina Weibo Launches Paid Services

C. Sina Weibo Expects Income Increase

D. Sina Weibo Becomes More Convenient

My family moved from Taiwan to a small town in central Georgia,where my dad got a visa for his family and a job. I had just learned English,and from what little I could gather from my classmates,Santa Claus would come down one’s chimney(烟囱) and put toys in one’s stocking on Christmas Eve! What a great country,I thought.After I looked up “stocking” in my Chinese-English dictionary,I knew what I had to do.

On that fateful night,after everyone went to bed,I took my longest,cleanest knee sock and attached it to a nail already on the mantel(壁炉).Obviously,the previous owners of this house were no strangers to this Santa character.

I woke up before everyone else on Christmas Day and ran to the fireplace.To make a sob story short,I was hit with the reality of an empty sock and the biggest lie ever told. I burst into tears,quickly took down the sock,and stuffed it in the back of a drawer.Santa was dead.

Every December since then,the topic of Christmas memories would unavoidably come up,and I would amuse my friends with my poor-little-me story.I had to make it as funny as possible,or else I would cry.

How could I know that Santa was just late? Nine years ago,on Christmas Eve,an older man with a white beard and a red cap knocked on my front door.He said,“I’ve been looking for you for twenty-five years.” He handed me a bulging red stocking,winked,and left.On top of the stocking was a card. It read: “For Becky—I may have missed you in the second grade,but you’ve always lived in my heart.Santa.”

Through tear-blurred eyes,I recognized the handwriting of Jill,a friend I had met just two months before.I later discovered that the older man was her father.Jill had seen the hurt little girl underneath the thirty-something woman and decided to do something about it.

So now I believe that Santa is real.I don’t mean the twinkle-eyed character of children’s mythology(神话) or the creation of American holiday marketers.Those Santas annoy and sadden me.I believe in the Santa Claus that live inside good and thoughtful people.This Santa does not return to the North Pole after a crazy delivery but lives each day purposefully,really listens to friends,and then plans deliberate acts of kindness.

1.What does the underlined part “what I had to do” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A. Waiting for Santa Claus.

B. Putting a stocking on the mantel.

C. Asking for gifts from her parents.

D. Looking up “stocking” in the dictionary

2.It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s parents ____.

A. didn’t love their child at all

B. didn’t know the previous owners of the house

C. didn’t know much about Christmas tradition

D. didn’t have enough money to buy the author Christmas presents

3.When the author told her friends about the story,she felt ______in her heart.

A. proud B. amusing C. hate D. regret

4.By writing the passage,the author speaks highly of ________

A. friendship

B. parenting

C. religion

D. culture

5.The author of the passage is probably ________.

A. a teenager

B. a primary school student

C. a middle-aged woman

D. a native American

Hilton English Language Center

Information for New Students

CLASS TIME: 8:30A. m.—10:00A. m.,10:30A. m.—12:00A. m.,1:30p.m.—3:00p.m.

The Language Center is open Monday to Friday.Each class has one afternoon free per week.On the first day,go to the lecture hall to check your timetable.

SELF-ACCESS: The language laboratory (Room 1110) is open Monday to Friday from 3:15p.m.to 5:00p.m.for all full-time students.

You can learn how to use computers for language games or word-processing(文字处理).There are tapes for students to borrow to practice their English.Go in and ask the teacher to show you.If you plan to take public examinations,there are dictation and listening comprehension tapes for you to practice with.There are cloze exercises on the computers.Ask your class teacher for a list of past exam essays.Students can borrow tapes to take home but they must be returned after two days.

ATTENDANCE(出勤):All students are expected to attend classes as it is required. Students who do not attend classes will be reported to OSS.Eighty percent attendance is required for students to receive their certificates(证书)when they finish their courses.It is also required by OSS for an extension to your visa.

BOOKS: If students are given course books,the books are their responsibility.If a book is lost,the student will be expected to pay for it.

If students wish to buy books,there is a bookshop in the college specializing in English books (Room 3520).

1.When do classes begin and end on a full day?

A. 8:30A. m.—1:30p.m.

B. 8:30A. m.—3:00p.m.

C. 8:30A. m.—3:15p.m.

D. 3:15p.m.—5:00p.m.

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. No teachers are in the language laB.

B. 90% attendance is required for the students.

C. Books can’t be taken out of the center.

D. Students can prepare for exams by listening to tapes.

3.Timetable can be seen in _____.

A. the lecture hall

B. Room 3520

C. the classroom

D. Room 1110

4.Where can students buy books?

A. Room 1110

B. Room 3520

C. the language lab

D. OSS

5.Which of the following is wrong?

A. Each class don’t have lessons for one afternoon every week

B. Students can learn to use computers to learn their language

C. Students can’t take tapes back home

D. All the students should attend the required classes

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