The year 2009 is the Year of Ox. The ox is a representative of the fanning culture of China. In the farming economy (经济), oxen are the major animals pulling plows (犁).

Of course, the good of oxen is not limited to plowing. In fact, they are seen as “boats on land” for their ability to carry loads. Besides, the whole body of an ox is full of treasures. Their meat and milk are food full of nutrition, and their skin can be used to make clothes and shoes. With all these qualities, oxen are regarded as generous creatures.

    In the past, oxen played an important role in the spiritual life of the Chinese. Even today, oxen still play a special part in some folk activities. For example, some people who1ive in southwest China will cook cattle bone soup and share it among family members when holding the ceremony for children who reach 13. They believe that the cattle bone soup represents the blood relationship among family members. In order to express their love for oxen, people in some other areas will run to shake off diseases on the 16th day of the first month by the lunar calendar (农历), and during their run they will take their oxen along, which indicates they regard the creature as human.

    Because of the contribution of oxen in their lives, the Chinese people are very grateful to the animal. In addition, the use of oxen in ceremonies and the thanks people owe to oxen help to develop various traditional customs, which becomes an important part of the folk culture of the Chinese nation.

The words “boats an land” underlined in Paragraph 2 refer to __

         A. animals for taking goods                 B. creatures for pulling plows

         C. treasures of the folk culture               D. tools in the farming economy

From the third paragraph, we know that __  

        A. oxen are no more important today than in the past

        B. ceremonies are held when people cook cattle bone soup

C. oxen are treated as human in some areas of China

        D. people run with oxen to shake off diseases every month

Which of the following helps to develop traditional customs?  

        A. The special role of oxen in farming.

B. People’s respect and love for oxen.

C. The practical value of an ox’s body.

D. The contribution of oxen to the economy.

Why does the author write the text?  

        A. To stress the importance of oxen in farming.

B. To introduce the Chinese folk culture.

        C. To describe how to celebrate the Year of Ox.

        D. To explain how to develop agriculture with oxen.


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LOS ANGELES, the US
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff ruled Michael Jackson,s father can
receive some medical records related to his superstar son,s death.
The judge will review the records first before making them accessible to Joe Jackson,s
lawyer,Brian Oxman.Beckloff said the man can only receive records on or after June 25一
the day Michael Jackson died.
VANCOUVER,CANADA
World number one Zhou Yang overcame three South Korean players to win the women,s
short track speed skating 1,500 meters final at the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games.
The l8-year-old made perfect debut(首次亮相)as she set an Olympic record of a winning time
of 2 minutes and l6,993 seconds among other seven skaters.
China has never won the women,s l,500 meters in the Olympics before,and this time Zhou,s
performance gave China its third gold medal in Vancouver.
BElJING,CHINA
China,s first compulsory,(强制性的)safety regulation on primary school buses,which re-
quires every seat to have a seat belt,will take effect on July l to help ensure safer transporta-
tion for the country,s 100 million students.
Each primary school bus must also be equipped with a“black box,”0r a recording monitor,
to record speed,travel time and distance.Also,the bus must be staffed by teachers who will
ensure student safety.
In addition,the new rule states that the color of the school buses should be yellow,and each bus must have at least two emergency exits.
Texas,the US
A software engineer who crashed his plane into a Texas building housing a United States
tax agency office,killing himself and at least one worker,apparently left behind an angry anti-government manifesto(宣言) detailing his financial difficulties and tax problems.
The pilot took off from an airport in Georgetown.about 48 km from Austin.He flew low
over the Austin skyline before plowing into the building.
57.We can learn from the first news that_________.
A.all Michael Jackson,s medical records can be accessed
B.Mitchell Beckloff will not go over the record first
C.medical records before June 25 won,t be received
D.Joe Jackson,s lawyer will not get any records
58.The new school bus safety rules include all the followings EXCEPT_____________.
A.the driver,s experience    B.the equipment of the bus
C.the color of the bus      D.emergency exits
59.It seems the software engineer crashed into the US tax office mainly because of___________.
A.unhappy marriage    B.mental disease
C.heavy work pressure D.financial and tax problems
60.We can infer from the news that____________.
A.Joe Jackson will be the first to receive the medical records
B.Zhou Yang once broke the Olympic records in the same event
C.the tax agency office is somewhere inside the building in Texas
D.the software engineer flew high over skyline before crashing into the building

Instead of hitting the beach, fourteen high school students traded swimming suits for lab coats last summer and turned their attention to scientific experiments.

     The High School Research Program offers high school students guidance with researchers in Texas A&M’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Jennifer Funkhouser, academic adviser for the Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management, directs this four-week summer program designed to increase understanding of research and its career potential.

Several considerations go into selecting students, including grades, school involvement and interest in science and agriculture. And many students come from poorer school districts, Funkhouser says, “This is their chance to learn techniques and do experiments they never would have a chance to do in high school.”

    Warner Ervin of Houston is interested in animal science and learned how to tell male from female mosquitoes(蚊子).His adviser, Craig Coates, studies the genes of mosquitoes that allow them to fight against malaria and yellow fever. Coates thought this experience would be fun and helpful to the high school students.

       The agricultural research at A&M differs from stereotypes. It’s “molecular(分子)science on the cutting edge,” Funkhouser says. The program broadened students’ knowledge. Victor Garcia of Rio Grande City hopes to become a biology teacher and says he learned a lot about chemistry from the program.

     At the end of the program, the students presented papers on their research. They’re also paid $600 for their work-another way this program differs from others, which often charge a fee.

     Fourteen students got paid to learn that science is fun, that agriculture is a lot more than milking and plowing and that research can open many doors.

1.The research program is chiefly designed for  _______.

A. high school advisers from Houston

B. college students majoring in agriculture

C. high school students from different places

D. researchers at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

2.It can be inferred from the text that the students in poorer areas  ___________ .

A. had little chance to go to college

B. could often take part in the program

C. found the program useful to their future

D. showed much interest in their high school experiments

3.When the program was over, the students  ________.

A. entered that college            B. wrote research reports

C. paid for their research           D. found way to make money

4.The underlined expression “on the cutting edge” in paragraph 5 means “on the most  ___ position”.

A. important                     B. favorable

C. astonishing                   D. advanced

 

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