At 227 billion yuan ($33 billion) for 2008, Guangdong's cultural industries accounted for 6.4 percent of its GDP and experienced a growth rate of 13.8 percent.  But Lai admits that size does not equal weight. "Our businesses are mostly small, financing difficult and brands few."

One local brand that has made it big is Pleasant Goat and Big, Big Wolf, also translated as Happy Sheep and Gray Wolf, China's most popular cartoon series currently being aired. But according to Liu Manyi, general manager of Creative Power Entertaining Inc, the firm behind the hit show, is not laughing to the bank. Instead she is bitter: "Pirate discs were all over the streets before our first movie hit the screen. Their images appear on all kinds of products. All this has no proper licensing."

In case you don't know, China produces the largest amount of animated(动画的) programming in the world. But quantity is not quality. Behind every Pleasant Goat there are tens of thousands of flops. The best way for the government to promote the country's creative industries is to crack down on piracy (盗版). Hollywood often raises its voice about being victimized (受害) in China. Truth be told, Hollywood is probably the least affected since there is a quota system for China's importation of Hollywood films.

Many Chinese producers are taking baby steps and the domestic market is all they have. If their rights in the home market are not protected, they will never see the day their products find a foreign audience.

The sudden closure(关闭) of BT websites where copyrighted materials used to flow freely suggests a determination on the part of the government to take intellectual property rights seriously. This kind of websites is bad for us, so we should ban them.

Much of the news coming out of the 2009 International Cultural Industries Forum was encouraging. China's film industry is expected to get 6 billion yuan ($879 million) in box office receipts this year. A decade from now, this number may go up to 30 billion, according to some forecasts.

If the government takes serious action against online and offline pirates, China's creative industries may well have a bright future.

What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 mean?

A.Fast as the development of Guangdong's cultural industries is, they don’t have a big challenge in the world.

B.Guangdong's cultural industries can make a big profit although they are just the small companies.

C.Guangdong's cultural industries make a big contribution to its GDP because of their strong economic power.

D.The development of Guangdong's cultural industries cannot catch up with any other industries.

What does Liu Manyi think about Pleasant Goat and Big, Big Wolf?

A. It is a failure since it is a local brand.

B. It is a success but cannot get the expected profit.

C. Its profit from the images has been shared legally.

D. Pirate discs make it more popular among the children.

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Chinese creative industries are more advanced than foreign ones.

B. The domestic market is of little significance to the survival of Chinese creative industries.

C. BT websites stand in the way of the development of Chinese creative industries.

D. The growth of China's film industry is always slow and needs more support

Cutting meat production and consumption by 30 percent would help to reduce carbon emissions(排放) and improve health in the most meat-loving nations, scientists said on Wednesday.

Using prediction models, British and Australian researchers　 1 that improving efficiency, increasing carbon capture and 2 fossil fuel dependence in farming would not be enough to　 3　 emissions targets.

But combining these steps 4 a 30 percent reduction in livestock（家畜） 5 in major meat-producing nations and a similar 6 in meat-eating, would lead to "substantial population health benefits" and cut emissions, they said.

The study found that in Britain, a 30 percent 7 intake of animal-source saturated（饱和的） fat by adults would reduce the 8 of premature（过早的） deaths from heart disease by some 17 percent -- equivalent to 18,000 premature deaths reduced in one year.

In Sao Paulo, Brazil, it could mean as 9 as 1,000 premature deaths reduced in a year, they said.

10 the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, 18 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions are from meat production and experts say rising 11 for meat, particularly in countries with growing economies, could 12 livestock production up by 85 percent from 2000 levels 13 2030.

The scientists said global action was needed to maximize the benefits of cutting meat production and 14 , and that the environmental 15 "may apply only in those countries that currently have high production levels."

The study was 16 in The Lancet medical journal as part of a series in climate change and health 17 the Copenhagen global climate summit scheduled next month.

In a second study, British scientists found that increased walking and cycling, and 18 cars, would have a much greater impact on health 19 low-emission vehicles in rich and middle-income countries.

Andrew Haines, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and head of the research series, said delegates at Copenhagen needed "to understand the potential 20 impacts of their plans."

(　 ) 1. A. invented 　　　　　 B. experimented 　 C. found 　　　　　　 D. proved

(　 ) 2. A. increasing 　　　　 B. speeding 　　　　 C. stopping 　　　　 D. reducing

(　 ) 3. A. meet 　　　　　　　　 B. change 　　　　　 C. break 　　　　　　　　　　 D. adapt

(　 ) 4. A. by 　　　　　　　　　 B. with 　　　　　　　 C. to 　　　　　　　　　 D. in

(　 ) 5. A. sale 　　　　　　　　　 B. eating 　　　　　　 C. production 　　　　　　 D. use

(　 ) 6. A. cut 　　　　　　　　　 B. increase 　　　　　 C. addition 　　　　　 D. consumption

(　 ) 7. A. lower 　　　　　　　 B. higher 　　　　　　 C. more 　　　　　　　 D. less

(　 ) 8. A. amount 　　　　　　 B. number 　　　　　 C. quantity 　　　　　 D. deal

(　 ) 9. A. much 　　　　　　　 B. many 　　　　　　　 C. few 　　　　　　　　 D. little

(　 ) 10. A. According to 　 B. Apart from 　　　 C. As well as 　　　 D. In addition to

(　 ) 11. A. resistance 　　　 B. fear 　　　　　　　　 C. demand 　　　　　 D. anxiety

(　 ) 12. A. weaken 　　　　　 B. strengthen 　　　 C. drive 　　　　　　　 D. broaden

(　 ) 13. A. in 　　　　　　　　　 B. by 　　　　　　　　　 C. from 　　　　　　　 D. after

(　 ) 14. A. evaluation 　　　 B. consumption 　 C. process 　　　　　 D. store

(　 ) 15. A. advantage 　　　 B. disadvantage 　 C. pollution 　　　　 D. improvement

(　 ) 16. A. written 　　　　　 B. claimed 　　　　　 C. delivered 　　　　 D. published

(　 ) 17. A. along with 　　　　　　 B. from behind 　　 C. ahead of 　　　　 D. in front of

(　 ) 18. A. more 　　　　　　　 B. fewer 　　　　　　　　　　 C. no 　　　　　　　　　 . none

(　 ) 19. A. then 　　　　　　　 B. as 　　　　　　　　　 C. that 　　　　　　　　 D. than

(　 ) 20. A. health 　　　　　　 B. body 　　　　　　　 C. spirit 　　　　　　　 D. emotion

Life is like potato salad; when it’s shared it becomes a picnic.

When my three children were young, my husband Roy and I were very   1. . “Can we go on a picnic, Mom?” my six-year-old daughter, Becky   2. . “Please.” I had said no so many times in   3.  months, and I decided the usual Saturday morning chores (日常工作) could    4.  . To her   5.  I agreed.

I prepared a few sandwiches and   6.  a cooler with ice and drinks and called Roy   7. . My eleven-year-old twin sons loaded the cooler and the picnic basket in the trunk and off we went to spend some   8.  time together as a family.

About the time I got the lunch   9.  out on the table, Roy arrived on the   10. . That was one of the happiest meals we ever shared together. The meal was filled with   11. . We felt a closeness that had been hidden by work and school related responsibilities for so many months. Roy and the boys   12.  rocks into the lake. Becky fed the ducks and I sat quietly at the picnic table,   13.  God for blessing me with such a wonderful family.

That night as our children went to bed, I kissed their cheeks and   14. what a wonderful life I had. As I walked out of the room it dawned on me that even the busiest   15.  could become a picnic when it’s shared with the ones you   16. . Even though the kids have now grown up and   17.   from home, I can still remember how I felt that day while sitting at the picnic table.

Maybe today would be a good time to   18.  potato salad, call all of my   19.  kids, feed some hungry ducks and skip a few rocks into the lake. Since life is like potato salad, let’s make it a   20. .

21.               A．old            B．poor           C．busy  D．patient

22.               A．begged         B．asked          C．doubted   D．wondered

23.               A．coming         B．recent         C．following  D．late

24.               A．last            B．wait           C．relax D．approach

25.               A．disappointment  B．sadness        C．embarrassment D．surprise

26.               A．supplied        B．provided       C．compared D．filled

27.               A．off work        B．at home        C．at work    D．on business

28.               A．unhappy        B．quality         C．quantity   D．sad

29.               A．spread         B．taken          C．made D．cooked

30.               A．scene          B．view           C．sight  D．scenery

31.               A．communication  B．expectation     C．hope D．laughter

32.               A．missed         B．took           C．skipped   D．left

33.               A．praying         B．praising        C．thanking   D．trusting

34.               A．expected       B．realized        C．imagined  D．admitted

35.               A．lifestyle        B．time           C．world D．occupation

36.               A．enjoy          B．own           C．have  D．love

37.               A．left alone       B．left behind      C．ran away  D．moved away

38.               A．appreciate      B．cook           C．watch D．plant

39.               A．grown         B．little           C．young D．handsome

40.               A．salad          B．life            C．picnic D．purpose

__1.__ This was not because the woods and fields were always far away, but because they were too far from the city to permit people to make a day trip between morning and nightfall.

___2.___ He decided to turn his little school house into a dormitory for the summer holidays. Anyone who brought his sleeping bag and cooking equipment along could stay there for a very small quantity of money. The idea was a success. A few years later, the school house was much too small to hold the many young people who wanted to stay there. ___3.___ This was the first hostel (青年招待所).

Today, young students and workers of every country can meet in the hostel and get to know each other. When young people arrive at the hostel, they have only to show their cards of membership in a hostel organization in their own country. ___4.___

Often, at the evening meal, a group of boys and girls from various parts of the country or world will happen to meet at the same hostel. They may put their food together and prepare a dinner with many kinds of dishes. Sometimes a program will be organized after the meal with dances, songs, or short talks followed by a question period．___5.___  For this reason, a few weeks spent ‘hostelling’ can be just as useful a part of one’s education as classes in school.

A．In 1970, a young German school master had an idea which changed this situation.

B．People can stay in the hostel if they brought enough equipment with them.

C．One can learn a lot about other places, just by meeting people from those places.

D．As a result, a dormitory was set up in an old castle nearby.

E. For years, children in the industrial areas of Europe seldom left their cities to see the beauties of the countryside.

F. More and more young people went to the hostel for summer holidays.

G. This card will permit them to stay in a hostel all over the world for very low prices.