On a flight from Johannesburg，a middle-aged，rich white South African lady had found herself sitting next to a black man. She called the cabin crew attendant (服务员)over to complain（抱怨） about her   41   . “What seems to be the__42__，Madam？” asked the attendant.

“Can’t you see？” she said，“You’ve sat me next to a__43__person！I can’t possibly sit next to this kind of person. Find me another__44_！”

“Please__45__down，Madam，” the attendant replied. “The flight is very full today，__46__I’ll tell you what I’ll do—I’ll go and__47__to see if we have any free seats in club（中等舱）or first class.”

The woman ingored the angry black man beside her (not to mention many of the surrounding passengers)．A few__48__later the attendant returned with the__49__news，which she delivered to the lady.

“Madam，__50__，as I expected，economy（经济舱） is__51__.I’ve spoken to the cabin services director，and club is also full. __52__，we do have one seat in__53__class.”

Before the lady had a chance to answer，the attendant __54__，“It is quite unusual to make this kind of upgrade(升级)，however，and I have had to get special__55__from the captain. But，learning the conditions，the__56__felt that it was shocking that someone should be__57__to sit next to such a tiring person.”

Having said that，the attendant __58__to the black man sitting next to the lady，and said，“So__59__you’d like to get your things，sir，I have your seat ready for you...”

At which point，obviously the__60__passengers stood and gave an applause(鼓掌) while the black man walked up to the front of the plane.

41．A. food         B．sleeping         C．friend           D．seating

42．A. problem       B．theme          C．symbol         D．injury

43．A. white         B．black           C．rich            D．short

44．A. car           B．bed             C．seat           D．room

45．A. bend          B．sit              C．look          D．calm

46．A. but            B．and             C．so           D．or

47．A. test            B．check           C．examine      D．prove

48．A. hours          B．days            C．minutes       D．months

49．A. good           B．bad            C．original       D．harmful

50．A. totally          B．instead         C．besides       D．unluckily

51．A. empty          B．full            C．expensive     D．tidy

52．A. Somehow       B．In fact          C．However      D．Therefore

53．A. second         B．club            C．economy      D．first

54．A. continued      B．stopped         C．explained      D．questioned

55．A. style          B．offer            C．design        D．suggestion

56．A. woman        B．man             C．captain        D．attendant

57．A. forced         B．allowed         C．forbidden      D．used

58．A. referred        B．turned          C．owed         D．introduced

59．A. while          B．though          C．if           D．unless

60．A. unexpected      B．united          C．suffering     D．Surrounding

Announcers on China Central Television (CCTV) will need to do some fast talking to replace the popular English acronyms(首字母缩略词) they’re now forbidden to use. Shanghai Daily reports that “anchors at China Central Television [CCTV] have been banned from saying the English acronyms NBA, CBA, GDP, and the like in their programs.”

The replacement for those handy acronyms? Chinese presenters must use the full Chinese name, standardized by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.

Although CCTV (oops, we mean China Central Television) presenters must already have a score of at least 94 in their government-rated oral Mandarin proficiency exam（普通话等级考试）, saying the full name of organizations like the CBA or WTO ― 10 and 6 character’s long separately ― is sure to challenge even the most skillful anchors. CCTV sports anchor Sun Zhengping tells Shanghai Daily, “A full Chinese explanation of the English acronyms must be followed if my tongue slips. It is a little trouble but a necessary one because not every audience member can understand the acronyms.”

Although the government isn’t giving any official explanation for the shift, it is believed to have to do with a proposal (提案) by Huang Youyi, director of the China International Publishing Group, at March’s NPC meeting. In his speech, Huang said, “With more and more publications mixing Chinese with English, measures and regulations should be adopted to avoid English invading Chinese. If we don’t pay attention and don’t take measures to stop the expansion of mixing Chinese with English, Chinese won’t be a pure language in a couple of years.”

Although China is far from the first country to take measures to protect local languages (the French and Québécois beat them to it by a long way), acronyms are more about saving time than they are about corrupting a language, we would think. Good luck to the CCTV anchors. 

1. CCTV anchors have to “do some fast talking” because they can no longer ______.

    A. speak as slowly as they like     B. mix English into Chinese

    C. use shortened Chinese expressions    D. have so much time for their program

Announcers on China Central Television (CCTV) will need to do some fast talking to replace the popular English acronyms(首字母缩略词) they’re now forbidden to use. Shanghai Daily reports that “anchors at China Central Television [CCTV] have been banned from saying the English acronyms NBA, CBA, GDP, and the like in their programs.”
The replacement for those handy acronyms? Chinese presenters must use the full Chinese name, standardized by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.
Although CCTV (oops, we mean China Central Television) presenters must already have a score of at least 94 in their government-rated oral Mandarin proficiency exam（普通话等级考试）, saying the full name of organizations like the CBA or WTO ― 10 and 6 character’s long separately ― is sure to challenge even the most skillful anchors. CCTV sports anchor Sun Zhengping tells Shanghai Daily, “A full Chinese explanation of the English acronyms must be followed if my tongue slips. It is a little trouble but a necessary one because not every audience member can understand the acronyms.”
Although the government isn’t giving any official explanation for the shift, it is believed to have to do with a proposal (提案) by Huang Youyi, director of the China International Publishing Group, at March’s NPC meeting. In his speech, Huang said, “With more and more publications mixing Chinese with English, measures and regulations should be adopted to avoid English invading Chinese. If we don’t pay attention and don’t take measures to stop the expansion of mixing Chinese with English, Chinese won’t be a pure language in a couple of years.”
Although China is far from the first country to take measures to protect local languages (the French and Québécois beat them to it by a long way), acronyms are more about saving time than they are about corrupting a language, we would think. Good luck to the CCTV anchors. 
1. CCTV anchors have to “do some fast talking” because they can no longer ______.