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 1^st to October 18^th. 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 6^th and the 11^th 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 4^th of September and the 9^th 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 9^th and the 17^th of October.

1.In which place does the Oktoberfest take place from September to October?

2.From the first paragraph we can know that _______.

3.About the Germany town of Blumenau, we know that ______.

4.The author’s purpose in writing this passage is ______.

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 1^st to October 18^th. 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 6^th and the 11^th 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 4^th of September and the 9^th 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 9^th and the 17^th of October.
【小题1】In which place does the Oktoberfest take place from September to October?

It’s wonderful when teenage dreams collie true after a lot of hard work.Ban Ki—Moon，foreign minister of the Republic of Korea，knows this only too well.He dreamt of being a diplomat(外交官)from a young age and now"the 63-year—old has become the world’s top diplomat.
On October 9，2006，UN Security Council appointed Ban to take the place of Secretary General
Kofi Annan.Next January he will become the first Asian to take the post in 35 years.
Bom into a pool"family in ROK，s Chungju，young Ban showed early talent at languages.In his
Senior 1 year he wrote an English book to help his classmates study.At 18 Ban WOn the first prize in  an English speaking eompetidon.This allowed him to travel to Washington and meet the former US President John F.Kennedy.“This was the moment when my dream began，”said Ban.
Ever since then Ban worked hard to keep his dream alive.After graduating from the top—ranking Seoul National University，he joined the foreign ministry and became its most industrious(勤奋的)worker.In 2004 he became the top diplomat in the ROK.
Ban，s down—to—earth efforts also gave him the ability to get along with everyone.After being  a diplomat for 36 years，he made many friends but no enemies.
But critics think his gentleness might make him ready to give in.They doubt whether he can take a strong stand on burning issue like the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s(DPRK，朝鲜)nuclear programme.
As the DPRK ll／mounced a successful nuelefltr test on October 9，2006，experts said the UN’s  new boss would be challenged by his first tough task.But Ban，who played a leading role in past nuclear talks with the DPRK，seems to have his own ideas.
“I understand the power of Tai Chi(太极)well，”said Ban.He’s ready to travel to Pyongyang
to talk its leaders into giving up nuclear weapons.
“Ban has a typical oriental style，mild but determined”says Yoon Young—Kwan former foreign minister  of  the ROK.“He may look soft from the outside。but inside he has strong views.’’

1. 1.

   Ban Ki—Moon was allowed t0 meet former US President John F.Kennedy because——.

   1. A.
      he dreamt of being a diplomat   
   2. B.
      his English was excellent
   3. C.
      he wrote an English book 
   4. D.
      he was a most industrious worker
2. 2.

   What does the underhned phrase“my dream”refer to?

   1. A.
      The UN chief.   
   2. B.
      The foreign minister of POK.
   3. C.
      A diplomat.     
   4. D.
      The US president.
3. 3.

   Which of the following is the best sentence to be put into the blank in Para.8 7

   1. A.
      1 will think over a s仕ong way to solve the problem.
   2. B.
      Soft ways are  often the best to deal with intense conflicts.
   3. C.
      The nuclear programme of DPRK is very demanding.
   4. D.
      Terrible conflicts should be settled by all the countries.
4. 4.

   Acording to the text，we can infer that——.

   1. A.
      Ban Ki—Moon has no idea about dealing with the nuclear programme
   2. B.
      Ban Ki—Moon likes playing Tai Chi in his spare time
   3. C.
      An Asian took the post of UN chief in 1973
   4. D.
      Ban Ki—Moon became the world’S top diplomat at the age of 60

 He was the baby with no name. Found and taken from the north Atlantic 6 days after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, his tiny body so moved the salvage (救援) workers that they called him “our baby.” In their home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, people collected money for a headstone in front of the baby's grave (墓), carved with the words: “To the memory of an unknown child.” He has rested there ever since.

But history has a way of uncovering its secrets. On Nov. 5, this year, three members of a family from Finland arrived at Halifax and laid fresh flowers at the grave. “This is our baby,” says Magda Schleifer, 68, a banker. She grew up hearing stories about a great-aunt named Maria Panula, 42, who had sailed on the Titanic for America to be reunited with her husband. According to the information Mrs. Schleifer had gathered, Panula gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children -- including a 13-month-old boy named Eino from whom she had become separated during the final minutes of the crossing. "We thought they were all lost in the sea," says Schleifer.

    Now, using teeth and bone pieces taken from the baby's grave, scientists have compared the DNA from the Unknown Child with those collected from members of five families who lost relatives on the Titanic and never recovered the bodies. The result of the test points only to one possible person: young Eino. Now, the family sees no need for a new grave. "He belongs to the people of Halifax," says Schleifer, "They've taken care of him for 90 years."

                                Adapted from People, November 25, 2002

1.What is probably the boy's last name?

       A. Schleiferi.       B. Eino.            C. Magda.       D. Panula.

2. Some members of the family went to Halifax and put flowers at the child's grave on Nov. 5, __________.

       A. 1912 B.1954             C. 2002            D. 2004

3.This text is mainly about how _________.

       A. the unknown baby’s body was taken from the north Atlantic

       B. the unknown baby was buried in Halifax, Nova Sotia

       C. people found out who the unknown baby was

       D. people took care of the unknown baby for 90 years

Celebrity (名人) has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product. Besides, fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover because they don’t sell nearly as well as famous faces. As a result, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for others’ products to developing their own.

    Celebrity clothing lines aren’t a completely new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers, and limited to a few TV actresses. Today they’re started by first-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top brands. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their production scale rapidly, covering almost all the products of daily life.

    However, for every success story, there’s a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal. No matter how famous the product’s origins is, if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the initial (最初的）attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty returning to tried-and-true labels.

Today, celebrities face ever more severe embarrassment. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. Each misstep threatens to reduce a celebrity’s shelf life, and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears. Still, the ego’s (自我的）potential for expansion is limitless. Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition, many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers might last only a short time, but fashion — like celebrity — has always been temporary.

1. Fashion magazines today ________.

    A. seldom put models on the cover

    B. no longer put models on the cover

    C. need not worry about celebrities’ market potential

    D. judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly

2. A change in the consumer market can be found today that _______.

    A. price rather than brand name is more concerned

    B. producers prefer models to celebrities for achievements

    C. producers prefer TV actresses to film stars for advertisements

    D. quality rather than the outside of products is more concerned

3. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 indicates that any wrong step will possibly ______.

    A. decrease the popularity of a celebrity and the sales of his products

    B. damage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general public

    C. cut short the artistic careen of a celebrity in show business

    D. influence the price of a celebrity’s products

4. The passage is mainly about _______.

    A. celebrity and personal style

    B. celebrity and market potential

    C. celebrity and fashion design

D. celebrity and clothing industry