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Now in China many young people _____ important positions in the government..
A.seize B.catch C.grasp D.hold
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Celebrated in the city of Munich, Germany, the Oktoberfest, as it is popularly called, is a 3-week festival that takes place in the months of September and October. Also called the largest beer festival in the world, the Oktoberfest gathers about 6 million visitors worldwide every year. Seeing the popularity of the festival, many countries around the world have adapted to what they call their own version of the Oktoberfest. So if you are not able to make it to Germany, you can always enjoy the festival in the areas mentioned below. Don’t miss out on it!
Brazil: welcome to the German town of Blumenau in Brazil. Well, we are not talking about Germans living in the town, but the place was originally founded by immigrants from Germany in the year 1850. The town is built in a traditional German style and there are a fair number of people who still live the way it used to be in good old days. The Oktoberfest is celebrated in a small village called Parque Vila Germanica between the dates of October 1st to October 18th. Guests can enjoy the festival in addition to exploring the town and its sites which include a beer museum.
Vietnam: celebrated in Ho Chi Minh City since 1992, the Oktoberfest event over here is conducted between the 6th and the 11th of October and the decorations are like the original festival in Munich, with large wooden tables lined with beer.
The Philippines: unlike the original Oktoberfest which is celebrated in a certain area, the Oktoberfest in the Philippines is a recent addition to the already existing festival which takes place between the 4th of September and the 9th of October. Now the event is set to be celebrated in a total of 30 parties in various cities around the country.
Canada: over 700,000 guests (second highest after Munich) in and around Canada take part in the Oktoberfest celebrated in Ontario between the 9th and the 17th of October.
【小题1】In which place does the Oktoberfest take place from September to October?
A.In Blumenau. | B.In Ontario. | C.In Ho Chi Minh City. | D.In Munich. |
A.the Oktoberfest in Germany is the biggest beer festival in the world. |
B.every year about 600,000 people celebrated the Oktoberfest in Germany |
C.the Oktoberfest lasts longer in Germany than in any other country |
D.in Germany the name “beer festival” is better known than the Oktoberfest |
A.only Germans live in the town |
B.the town was first founded by Germans |
C.people in the town all live in the old German way |
D.the town has many beer festivals |
A.to call on more people to travel abroad |
B.to attract more tourists to the Oktoberfest in Munich |
C.to introduce Oktoberfest celebrations in the world |
D.to describe the development of the Oktoberfest |
Nowadays more and more people are trapped in too busy work to relax themselves. We have no time to tell a bed-time story to our children, or enjoy a nice dinner with our family, or take a break to think about how we live the precious life, or even meet friends. All we notice is that the distinctions that used to guide and steady us ------ between Sunday and Monday, public and private, here and there ------ are gone. We have more ways to communicate, but less and less to say. Partly because we’re so busy communicating.
Maybe that’s why more and more people I know, even if they have no religious commitment, seem to be turning to yoga, or meditation, or tai chi. Some friends of mine try to go on long walks every Sunday, or to “forget” their cellphones at home. A series of tests in recent years has shown that after spending time in quiet rural settings, subjects “exhibit greater attentiveness, stronger memory and generally improved cognition. Their brains become both calmer and sharper.” More than that, empathy, as well as deep thought, depends on neural processes that are “inherently slow. ” The very ones our high-speed lives have little time for.
In my own case, I turn to eccentric and often extreme measures to try to keep my sanity and ensure that I have time to do nothing at all. I’ve not yet used a cellphone and I’ve never Tweeted or entered Facebook. I try not to go online till my day’s writing is finished, and I moved from Manhattan to rural Japan.
None of this is a matter of principle or asceticism (苦行主义): it’s just pure selfishness. Nothing makes me feel better-----calmer, clearer and happier----than being in one place, absorbed in a book, a conversation, a piece of music. It’s actually something deeper than mere happiness: it’s joy, which the monk David Steindl-Rast describes as “that kind of happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens.” That is the highest of the highest we have been longing for----The Joy of Quiet.
【小题1】The writer sometimes doesn’t do anything because ________.
A.he is out of work . |
B.whatever he does make no sense |
C.he is worried about his writing. |
D.he can enjoy himself in his leisure time. |
A.Somebody really forgets his cellphone at home. |
B.Somebody thinks cellphone is not a suitable means of communication. |
C.Somebody hates modern techniques such as the cellphone. |
D.Somebody leaves his cellphone at home on purpose. |
A.It is better to go back to the ancient times since we are so busy now. |
B.The writer is unwilling to help others since he is selfish. |
C.Slowing down to find time and space to think and enjoy oneself is urgent. |
D.We have more to say because we have more ways to communicate. |
A.difference | B.sameness | C.simplicity | D.complication |
A.The importance of spending time in quiet. |
B.We can do some sports such as yoga to relax. |
C.Principle or asceticism is important in one’s life. |
D.The more we communicate, the more we will be closer. |
Nowadays more and more people are trapped in too busy work to relax themselves. We have no time to tell a bed-time story to our children, or enjoy a nice dinner with our family, or take a break to think about how we live the precious life, or even meet friends. All we notice is that the distinctions that used to guide and steady us ------ between Sunday and Monday, public and private, here and there ------ are gone. We have more ways to communicate, but less and less to say. Partly because we’re so busy communicating.
Maybe that’s why more and more people I know, even if they have no religious commitment, seem to be turning to yoga, or meditation, or tai chi. Some friends of mine try to go on long walks every Sunday, or to “forget” their cell phones at home. A series of tests in recent years has shown that after spending time in quiet rural settings, subjects “exhibit greater attentiveness, stronger memory and generally improved cognition. Their brains become both calmer and sharper.” More than that, empathy, as well as deep thought, depends on neural processes that are “inherently slow. ” The very ones our high-speed lives have little time for.
In my own case, I turn to eccentric and often extreme measures to try to keep my sanity and ensure that I have time to do nothing at all. I’ve not yet used a cell phone and I’ve never Tweeted or entered Face book. I try not to go online till my day’s writing is finished, and I moved from Manhattan to rural Japan.
None of this is a matter of principle or asceticism (苦行主义): it’s just pure selfishness. Nothing makes me feel better-----calmer, clearer and happier----than being in one place, absorbed in a book, a conversation, a piece of music. It’s actually something deeper than mere happiness: it’s joy, which the monk David Steindl-Rast describes as “that kind of happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens.” That is the highest of the highest we have been longing for----The Joy of Quiet.
【小题1】The writer sometimes doesn’t do anything because ________.
A.he is out of work . | B.whatever he does make no sense |
C.he is worried about his writing. | D.he can enjoy himself in his leisure time. |
A.Somebody really forgets his cell phone at home. |
B.Somebody thinks cell phone is not a suitable means of communication. |
C.Somebody hates modern techniques such as the cell phone. |
D.Somebody leaves his cell phone at home on purpose. |
A.It is better to go back to the ancient times since we are so busy now. |
B.The writer is unwilling to help others since he is selfish. |
C.Slowing down to find time and space to think and enjoy oneself is urgent. |
D.We have more to say because we have more ways to communicate. |
A.difference | B.sameness | C.simplicity | D.complication |
A.The importance of spending time in quiet. |
B.We can do some sports such as yoga to relax. |
C.Principle or asceticism is important in one’s life. |
D.The more we communicate, the more we will be closer. |