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A modern-day love story of a man spotting the girl of his dreams across a New York subway train and tracking her down over the Internet has failed to have a fairytale ending with the relationship over.

For Web designer Patrick Moberg, then 21, from Brooklyn, it was love at first sight when he spotted a woman on a Manthttan train last November. But he lost her in the crowd so he set up a website with a sketch to find her — www. Nygirlofmydreams.com.

Unbelievably in a city of 8 million people, it only took Moberg 48 hours to track down the woman, with his phone ringing non-stop and email box overflowing as usually cynical New Yorkers took sympathy on the subway Romeo and joined his hunt.

The mysterious girl was named as Camille Hayton, from Melbourne, Australia, who was working at the magazine Black Book and also lived in Brooklyn. One of her friends spotted the sketched picture on the Web site and recognized her.

But after finding each other, appearing on TV and getting international press, the couple took their romance out of the public eye, with Moberg closing down the Web site and with both refusing to make any more comments — until now.

Hayton told Australian newspaper The Sunday Telegraph that she dated Moberg for about two months but it just didn’t work out.

“I say we dated for a while but now we’re just friends,” Hayton, now 23, told the newspaper. Hayton said she is still recognized about three times a week on the streets of Manhattan as “that girl” and the question is always the same：“So what happened?”

“I think the situation was so intense that it linked us,” she said, adding, “it linked us in a way that you could mistake, I guess, for being more romantic than it was. I don’t know. But I wanted to give it a go so I didn’t wonder what if, what if?”

Hayton told The Suday Telegraph that she is enjoying single life in New York, keeping busy with acting classes, working in two clothing stores. Last week she had a small role as a waitress in the long-running daytime soap As the World Turns.

“I just can’t believe it happened. It feels like a long time ago,” said Hayton. Moberg, however, was still refusing to comment on the relationship.

1．After Moborg lost the girl in the crowd, he set up a website with         .

A．a pretty notice to find her                      B．a rough drawing to discover her

C．an exciting program to attract her              D．an inspiring story to move her

2．Moberg found the girl in a short time because         .

A．he phoned everybody in the city               B．he e-mailed everybody in the city

C．he continued his hunt day and night            D．he got help from the net citizens

3．What has happened to Hayton after the subway romance?

A．She has become a superstar in the city.

B．She has become a journalist in Australia.

C．She still gets noticed in the streets in New York.

D．She is out of work and is looking for a new job.

4．The best title for this passage may be         .

A．NY subway romance hits end 

B．NY subway romance causes debate

C．NY — a romantic city for the young couple  

D．NY — a heartbreaking city for the young couple

BDCA

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“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend’s email, I laughed. I thought it was a typical _36__ of Chinglish.

Obviously it is a word-by-word literal（字面上的）translation of the Chinese greetings with a 37  English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American 38  .I was too delighted to believe her. Her words could not  39  me at all. So I did a  40 on Google. Com.. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages  41  “Long time no see”. This sentence has been 42 used in emails, letters, newspapers, moves, or any other possible place. Though it is 43   informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily. 44  , if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the 45  will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected.

Nobody knows the  46  of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan’s movies. In 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully 47 a world wide famous Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens. Detective Chan liked to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom 48 quoting (引用) Confucius. “Long time no see” was his trademark. Soon “Long time on see” became a   49   phrase in America 50   the popularity of these movies.

    Some people 51  America to a huge melting pot (熔炉). All kinds of culture are 52 in the pot together, and they 53   the color and taste of each other. American Chinese, though a minority ethnic group in the United States, is also 54 some changes to be 55 in the mixed pot.

1.A.example        B. sign            C. word         D. change

2.A.damaged       B. perfected        C. learned      D. ruined

3.A.custom         B. greeting         C. habit       D. proverb

4.A.persuade        B. encourage       C. convince    D. believe

5.A.job              B. research        C. survey      D. search

6.A.containing        B. printing        C. publishing    D. expressing

7.A.widely            B. hardly         C. seldom       D. search

8.A.lots of             B. plenty of      C. lots of        D. sort of

9.A.Unfortunately     B. Luckily         C. However      D. Suddenly

10.A.hardware         B. software         C. operator     D. speaker

11.A.use              B. origin           C. expression     D. meaning

12.A.created          B. published        C. did          D. discovered

13.A.by                B. in              C. with         D. of

14.A.ordinary           B. rare           C. modern       D. popular

15.A.because           B. as to           C. thanks to     D. but for

16.A.compare          B. add             C. join          D. owe

17.A.joined            B. mixed            C. compiled     D. done

18.A.improve           B. change           C. lower       D. promote

19.A.owing             B. putting           C. taking      D. contributing

20.A.influenced         B. mentioned        C. used        D. considered

 

A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is remarkable first for what it contains: the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sport to business to fashion to science, and the range of comment and special features(特定 )as well, from editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism of books, art, theatre and music. A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it: never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping from here to there  in and out glancing at one piece reading another article all the way through , reading just a few paragraphs of the next.A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality(时事性 ) , its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient (短暂的  ) value. For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper: what each person does is to put together out of the pages of that day’s paper, his own selection and sequence, his own newspaper . For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently,  which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands  skill and self-awareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading.

1. A modern newspaper is remarkable for all the following except its______.

A. wide coverage         B. uniform style

C. speed in reporting news  D. popularity

2.According to the passage the reason why no two people really read the “same” newspaper is that _______.

A. people scan for the news they are interested in

B. different people prefer different newspapers

C. people are rarely interested in the same kind of news

D. people have different views about what a good newspaper is

3. It can be concluded from the passage that newspaper readers ______.

A. apply reading techniques skillfully

B. jump from one newspaper to another

C. appreciate the variety of a newspaper

D. usually read a newspaper selectively

4.A good newspaper offers “ a variety” to readers because____.

A. it tries to serve different readers

B. it has to cover things that happen in a certain locality

C. reader are difficult to please

D. readers like to read different newspapers

5. The best title for this passage would be _____.

A. The Importance of Newspaper Topicality

B. The Characteristics of a Good newspaper

C. The Variety of a Good Newspaper

D. Some Suggestions on How to Read a Newspaper

 

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So you have been called for an interview-well done ? Your effort has been paid off . Now to get the job , you will fell better at the interview if you show an understanding of the nature of the organization .

Ask a member of family or a friend to act as the employer and to give you an unreal interview . Be as realistic as possible , answer the questions seriously . Afterwards discuss how it went .

Think about how the employer would prefer to see you look . Remember the majority of employers are over 30 .

It is not wise to rush out and buy new clothes which will be worn for the first time at the interview . You’ll feel more at ease (自在) in a familiar dress .

Carelessness in any of these could cost you the job . Arrive at least 15 minutes before time . This will give you a chance to have a look around , read the notice broad and get the feel of the place .

Being late at interviews produces a bad impression. The first impression the interviewer gets of you formed as you walk through the door , so take a couple of deep breaths .

Be ready to shake hands of the interviewer offers .

Don’t take a seat until asked . Then sit comfortably .

Make eye contact when you are greeted and again if you shake hands , and during questioning . Eye contact is a form of non-verbal(非语言的) greeting .

Remember the interviewer’s name and use it from time to time .

Be ready for the question “Is there anything you want to ask?” Before the interview you should get ready for two or three such questions. Look on these not just as a chance to get information but as a means to improve your prospects (前途)in the employer’s estimation(判断). 

Asking can show knowledge and avoid mistakes even before you begin . You can check on these later , when the hope for job is offered . 

And if you fail , look upon the interview as an experience in itself , learn from it .

We wish you good luck and good job hunting .

72．Before you go to see the employer , it is better for you to_____________ .

A．put on your newly-bought clothes

B．have you hair cut

C．buy some modern and beautiful ties , shoes . etc

D．find a dress which you’ve got used to

73．To make a good impression , it is important for yo_____________ .

A．to walk through the door quickly

B．not to see the interviewer’s eyes

C．to sit down in front of the interviewer

D．to remember the interviewer’s name and use it sometimes

74．The underlined word “eye contact” means_____________.

A．looking at each other for a long time

B．a kind of greeting without any words

C．shaking hands with the employer again and again

D．a way of getting a wonderful job

75．People usually do the following things before a job interview, which is the right order for doing them ?

a. Asking a friend to give you an unreal interview .

b. Understanding the nature of the organization .

c. Paying attention to your clothes .

d. Arriving at the place of the interview on time .

e. Getting some information from the advisers .

A．a, e, b, c, d     B．d, c, b, a , e     C．b, e, a , c, d     D．e, d, a , b, c

 

Few of us haven’t read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone’s heart—we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity(默默无闻).

Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.

Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.

Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not—kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joey’s paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked(邪恶的) stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn’t get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.

The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.

“The movie takes the Cinderella fairytale as its jumping off point,” writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson. “The focus is firmly on following your dream.”

1.The first paragraph is mainly to ____________.

A．build interest and lead us to Mary’s secret dream

B．remind us why Cinderella is popular all the years

C．inform us of the main topic of the whole passage

D．tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is

2.In the movie, Mary Santiago is the main character who _____________.

A．is brave in expressing her love

B．is attended badly by the stepmother

C．has a dream of meeting a prince

D．is embarrassed by the pop singer

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A．Joey is just like other boys in Mary’s class.

B．Mary’s mother influences her a lot in singing.

C．Not many people have a dream to be realized.

D．The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary.

4.The passage is mainly about ___________.

A．an introduction to a film

B．a review about a film

C．an essay about dreams

D．an advertisement of Cinderella

5.According to the passage, Another Cinderella Story ________.

A．follows Cinderella with nothing new

B．pays more attention to the looks of the actors

C．encourages young people to follow their dreams

D．focuses more on materialism than other films

 

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