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If Confucius（孔子）were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. He’d need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out.
While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It’s nothing personal. Most Americans don’t even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes.
But this doesn’t mean that Americans don’t care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.
In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually include Chinese art, history and philosophy（哲学）. Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantage of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Westerners philosophy. Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers.
So the old thinker’s ideas are still alive and well.
Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.
As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.
64. The opening paragraph is mainly intended to ________
A. provide some key facts about Confucius B. attract the readers’ interest in the subject
C. show great respect for the ancient thinker D. prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations
65. We can learn from Paragraph 4 that American students______
A. have a great interest in studying Chinese B. take an active part in Chinese competitions
C. try to get high scores in Chinese exams D. fight for a chance to learn Chinese
66. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Forgotten Wisdom in America B. Huge Fans of the Chinese Language
C. Chinese Culture for Westerners D. Old Thinker with a Big Future
67. The passage is likely to appear in ___________.
A. a biography B. a history paper C. a newspaper D. a philosophy textbook
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One day I heard that one of my dear friends had lost his mother. This made me sad, for my friend was very close to his mother. He had been by her side as she traveled through her long and hard journey with cancer. At this time, many memories about my loved ones that had passed away came flooding to me. Finally these memories passed, but it was really sad to think that my friend would have to go through the pain.
Three times I tried to write an email to my friend and three times words failed me. I am a person who is not often lost for words and I decided to have a sleep. Upon waking up I could hardly wait for my computer to work, the words I needed were there. I was still left with a heavy heart although I had sent an email.
They say that everything in this universe is balanced(平衡的) and indeed it is. Three days later, I received his reply letter. I was happy to hear that he’d been admitted to(录取) Cambridge University. It served as a gentle reminder for me that my friend would be okay and that life would go on.
Everything in life is balanced; the lowest feelings change places with the highest feelings. Without the lows, we would never appreciate the highs. No matter how dark the clouds seem to be, the sunshine is always there and just waiting for the opportunity to shine through.
61. When the author learnt her friend had lost his mother, she ______.
A. gave him some money B. wrote an email to him
C. went to visit him D. went for a journey with him
62. What good news did the author’s friend receive?
A. He received the author’s email.
B. He was told that life would go on.
C. He would go to Cambridge University.
D. His life would go back to normal again
63. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A. The author wrote four emails to her friend.
B. The mother of the author’s friend died from cancer.
C. The author’s friend is a teacher in Cambridge University.
D. The author felt relaxed after sending the email.
64. From the text, we can learn that the author is ______.
A. sincere and warm-hearted
B. proud and confident
C. serious and friendly
D. funny and responsible
65. The author aims to tell us that ______.
A. life is not fair to everybody
B. time waits for no man
C. everyone has good and bad times in life
D. where there is a will, there is a way
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The mayor has _______ to pick you up at the airport.
A. arranged a car B. arranged a car for you
C. made a car arrangement D. arranged for a car
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The Mother Goose Stories, so well known to children all over the word, are commonly said to have been written by a little old woman for her grandchildren. According to some people, she lived in Boston, and her real name was Elizabeth Vergoose. Her son-in-law, a printer named Thomas Fleet, was supposed to have published the famous stories and poems for small children in 1719. However, no copy of this book has ever been found, and most scholars doubt the truth of this story—and doubt, moreover, that Mother Goose was ever a real person. They point out that the name is a direct translation of the French “Mere I’ Oye.” In 1697 the Frenchman Charles Perrault published the first book in which this name was used. The collection contains eight tales, including “Sleeping Beauty,” “Cinderella,” and “Puss in Boots.” But Perrault did not originate these stories; they were already quite popular in his day, and he only collected them.
In 1729 there appeared an English translation of Perrault’s collection,Robert Samber’s Histories or Tales of Past times, Told by MotherGoose(London,1729), which introduced “Sleeping Beauty”, “Little Red-hood”, “Puss in Boots”,”Cinderella” and other Perrault’s tales to English-speaking audiences. These were fairy tales(童话)。 John Newbery published a book of English rhymes，Mother Goose’s Melody, or Sonnets for the Cradle( London, undated,1765), which switched the focus from fairy tale to nursery rhymes, and in English this was until recently the primary meaning for Mother Goose.A book of poems for children entitled Mother Goose’s Melody was published in England in1781, and the name “Mother Goose” has been associated with children’s poetry ever since.
1.What is supposed to have happened in 1719?
A. Elizabeth Vergoose wrote the first Mother Goose Stories.
B. The Mother Goose Stories were translated into French.
C. Thomas Fleet published the Mother Goose Stories.
D. Charles Perrault published the first Mother Goose Stories.
2. Most scholars consider Mother Goose to be _________.
A. a real person B. a translation from French
C. a collection by Elizabeth Vergoose D. a book written by a little old woman
3.When Perrault published the first book in 1679, _______.
A. no story of the book had been known to people
B. some stories of the book were already well known
C. few people were interested in the stories of the book
D. stories like “Sleeping Beauty” and “Cinderella” became popular
4.The name used in the first book published in 1679 is supposed to have been _______.
A. Mother Goose B. Charles Perrault C. Elizabeth Vergoose D. Mere I’ Oye
5.When people talk about Mother Goose, they refer to,___________
A. a printer of Boston B. a kind of animal
C. children’s poetry D. the French “Mere L’oye
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