To Design Perfect School Uniforms 设计完美的校服

题材：文化教育 难度：＊＊＊＊ 词数：381标准时间：15分钟 完成时间：______ 正确数：______

Believe it or not, there are good reasons for wearing a school uniform. It makes you   1__  proud of your school. It builds a common spirit of unity (整体) among students and   2   them of the values and history of their school. But for most students, school uniforms are not something to be proud of   3  .

“Why   4   the school uniform just one day a week? Always wearing the same clothes makes me feel boring,” a senior student from a high school complained (抱怨). “I don’t like the big English letters of the name of our school on the back,” said a junior student “They could be   __5  .” The main student complaints about school uniforms are: simple colors, boring designs and bad   6  . And a teacher at a middle school in Guangzhou said that   7   a teacher and a mother, she eagerly   8   the quality of school uniforms will be improved soon.

What has caused all these problems? Chen Hong, a uniform designer in Shenzhen, pointed out that problems   9   because the whole society doesn’t see the   10   of the school uniform.

“Most designers are  11   to stick to the same old fashion,  12 _ there are no professionals (专业人员)   13   work for students,” Chen said.

His company   14   most of the awards in the first national competition for school uniforms last month in Nanning, Guangxi.

“Besides, high quality calls for a high price,” said Chen. “But in some schools, the annual (一年一度) expense for each student’s uniform is only 50 to 60 yuan. How can we produce high quality clothes with so   15   money?”

Even with these problems, efforts have been made   16   the situation, according to Zhai Shiliang,   17   of the School Uniform Administration and Service Center in Beijing. A school clothes competition was held in April in Beijing. Thirty-seven uniforms,   18   in schools next spring, were selected from 570. “We will offer the samples (样品) for schools to choose,” Zhai said.

“The perfect uniform should remind the students of the school’s honor and cause them to be proud of it   19   they are,” Chen said. Zhai added, “During the 2008 Olympic Games, the whole world will see the new appearance of our   20   century young generation with new school uniforms.”

A. take                     B. feel                 C. to take             D. to feel

A. remains                B. remember          C. reminds           D. recalls

A. at all                    B. in all               C. for all              D. after all

A. not to wear            B. to wear            C. not wear          D. wear

A. large                    B. larger              C. small               D. smaller

A. quantity               B. amount            C. quality             D. unit

A. as                 B. like                 C. for                  D. with

A. wishes                 B. needs               C. wants              D. hopes

A. come through       B. come up          C. come in           D. come on

A. importance         B. important         C. design             D. possibility

A. like                    B. possibly           C. unlikely           D. likely

A. if                       B. although          C. because            D. because of

A. what                  B. which              C. that                 D. ×

A. won                   B. has won           C. wins                D. had won

A. few                    B. little                C. much               D. many

A. improve             B. develop           C. change             D. to change

A. a head                B. the head           C. Head               D. head

A. being seen          B. to be seen        C. to see              D. will be seen

A. whenever and wherever           B. when and where 

C. what and who                               D. whatever and whoever

A. 19th                   B. 20th                       C. 21st                 D. 22nd

     Along the river banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken, eats green leaves, has the stomach of a cow and has claws (爪) on its wings when young. They build their homes about 4.6m above the river, an important feature (特征) for the safety of the young. It is called the hoatzin.

      In appearance, the birds of both sexes look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside. The head is small, with a large set of feathers on the top, bright red eyes, and blue skin. Its nearest relatives are the common birds, cuckoos. Its most striking feature, though, is only found in the young.

      Baby hoatzins have a claw on the leading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip. Using these four claws, together with the beak (喙), they can climb about in the bushes, looking very much like primitive birds must have done. When the young hoatzins have learned to fly, they lose their claws.

      During the drier months between December and March hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds, but in April, when the rainy season begins, they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.

1．What is the text mainly about?

    A．Hoatzins in dry and rainy seasons.

    B．The relatives and enemies of hoatzins.

    C．Primitive birds and hoatzins of the Amazon.

    D．The appearance and living habits of hoatzins.

2．Young hoatzins are different from their parents in that        ．

    A．they look like young cuckoos

    B．they have claws on the wings

    C．they eat a lot like a cow

    D．they live on river banks

3．What can we infer about primitive birds from the text?

    A．They had claws to help them climb.

    B．They could fly long distances.

    C．They had four wings like hoatzins.

    D．They had a head with long feathers on the top.

4．Why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the rainy season comes?

    A．To find more food.

    B．To protect themselves better.

    C．To keep themselves warm.

    D．To produce their young.

Chinese girl looking for language exchanger

Posted Feb 10, 2010 16:25     by Sophia    

Tag: Seeking Language partners    Guangzhou     Sex: Female

Race/Ethnicity: Chinese

I am a Chinese girl in my 20’s, can speak and write in English, but I’d like to make some improvement. People always look for making it better, right?

Meanwhile, I also like to meet more friends if we really have some topics to share.

And if you are in Guangzhou or visit here, I am more than willing to show you around in my spare time.

Reply to happycora@hotmail.com or call 15015704625

Tianhe nice apartment for share

Posted Feb 24, 2010 16:47     by Vivian  

Tag: Seeking roommates     Guangzhou  Tianhe District     Up to 2000 RMB

I have a room available for rent in a shared apartment in Central Tianhe district.

The room has a big window with a nice view. The apartment itself is on the 22th floor of a new secure building on Tianhe Bei Lu, about 10 minutes walk from metro stations on lines 1 and 3, as well as buses and other transportation methods very close.

If you are interested, please feel free to phone me (Vivian) on 13145751201 (message preferred), or email me on vivian_liu2003@hotmail.com.

Business Interpreter/Guide

Posted Feb 26, 2010 08:46     by Sony   

Tag: Business Services    Guangzhou  Baiyun District    

Dear Foreign Friends, I am a professional interpreter, now looking for a Freelance interpreter job urgently. Please read my CV at below：

Name: Sony Song

Gender: Male

Age: 22 years old

Education: Studied English in Da Shan Foreign Language College

Birth: 9th Oct 1987, Luohe city, Henan province, China.

Ability: Speak fluent English, know Guangzhou city very well, can also guide you to Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Dongguan, Shunde, Macao, Hongkong, etc.

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Looking for flat

Posted Mar 11, 2010 14:03     by Lucy    

Tag: Apartments wanted     Guangzhou         

Hello,

This is Lucy coming from Peru and looking for a short term flat, from 15th April until 4th May 2010. If somebody can give some information, send me pictures, price and address.

Email: lucitamaron@hotmail.com; cell phone: 13800013900

Thanks a lot in advance!

If foreigner wants to learn some Chinese and make friends; he / she can call _________.

A. 15015704625    B. 13800013900

C. 13145751201    D. 15112015812

To share a department where the traffic is quite convenient, you may send text message to ________.

A. Sophia    B. Lucy     C. Vivian     D. Sony

What do the four advisers have in common?

A. All of them speak both Chinese and English.

B. All of them are in their twenties.

C. All of them are Guangzhou citizens.

D. All of them are hotmail users.

The information above can be probably found_________.

A. in a magazine                       B. in a newspaper

C. at a website                            D. in a guidebook

.

第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）

第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

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56. Where do whitewater rafting tours start?

A. Travertine Falls.                        B. Peach Springs.

C. Diamond Creek.                        D. Grand Canyon West.

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A. Hualapai River Runners provides dry clothes

B. you will get $20 back if you are dissatisfied

C. the trip is free of charge for children under 2

D. online booking has a better offer all year round

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第二节语法填空 (共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31～40的相应位置上。

On April 20, after two classes in the morning, the broadcasting station of our school went on the air. The   31    (announce) told us the sad news that a student named Tong Kai in Junior 2 needed a kidney transplant(肾移植). It would cost one hundred thousand yuan. It was    32    (possibility) for his family to pay so much money.

The news soon spread    33    the campus. From that day on, the teachers and students began to contribute money to help him. The teachers    34    (donate) part of their salaries. Many students helped Tong Kai with their pocket money. A student in Junior 3 contributed eighty yuan and said “The money we     35    (contribute) is not enough for Tong’s operation, but we have done    36    we can.” In only three days ten thousand yuan was collected.

With    37    help of many students and teachers, Tong got enough money and was operated on    38    (success). He said, “I thought I was the    39    unlucky person in the world, but now I think just the opposite.” While    40    (say) these words, he couldn’t keep back his tears.