Battle of the Books

Each year in April, the “Battle of the Books” teams from each school meet for the Semi-Battle competition. The top three teams from each division go on to the Final Battle to compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The gold medal winners go on to compete in the Regional Championship.

Battle of the Books Rules and Goals

Goals:

Students: Have fun reading good books from a wide variety of authors and genres(体裁).

Educators: Encourage reading, foster friendly competition, and nurture the love of books in young people.

Rules:

One team of six students from grades 7 or 8 will represent each school.

1. Each team will have a spokesperson. While the team is encouraged to discuss possible answers, team answers will only be accepted from the spokesperson.

2. The Semi-Finals will consist of three rounds of play, and the Finals will have one round. Each round features a Regular Battle and a Lightning Battle.

3. Regular Battle questions will be addressed to teams alternately(轮流地), regardless of the last correct answer. There will be 12 Regular Battle questions per round. When asked a question, teams will have 20 seconds to provide the book’s title and author.

4. Five points will be given if the team correctly identifies the exact title, and three points will be awarded for correctly identifying the author’s surname. The author’s first name does not need to be identified.

5. The Lightning Battles will be featured at the end of each round. Lightning Battles consist of a 2 minutes, 30 seconds time period during which each team is asked up to 12 questions. These questions concern details of the books and will not require teams to identify titles or authors. Each correctly answered Lightning Battle question will be worth three points.

PLEASE NOTE:

A warm-up practice question will be given to each team at the beginning of its first Semi-Battle and at the beginning of the Final and Regional Final Battles.

There may be no assistance from the coordinators and audience members.

Teams will not be punished for incorrect answers.

Any team demonstrating poor sportsmanship will not be invited back.

1.According to the text, “Battle of the Books” is an activity ______.

A．where students are inspired to write books

B．where books are used as arms in the battle

C．where friends compete with each other

D．where readers are motivated to love books

2.How many questions will be asked in the Semi-Finals?

A．72               B．24               C．36               D．12

3.What information can we get from the text?

A．Teams are given 20 minutes to answer a question.

B．A competitor gets 18 points for 6 correct titles.

C．Each round ends with the Lightning Battles.

D．A correct first name will be given 5 points.

4.If a team doesn’t compete fairly, it ______.

A．won’t be given a warm-up practice         B．won’t get help from audience members

C．will be reduced in its points                D．won’t be allowed to compete next time

Winners Club

You choose to be a winner!

The Winners Club is a bank account specially designed for teenagers. It has been made to help you better manage your money. The Winners Club is a transaction account（交易账户）where you receive a key-card so you can get to your money 24/7 – that’s 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!

It’s a club with impressive features for teenagers:

No account keeping fees!

You’re no millionaire so we don’t expect you to pay large fees. In fact, there are no account keeping or transaction fees!

Excellent interest rates!

You want your money to grow. The Winners Club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at least two deposits（储蓄）without taking them out in a month.

Convenient

Teenagers are busy – we get that. You may never need to come to a bank at all.  With the Winners Club you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the Internet···You can have money directly deposited into your Winners Club account. This could be your pocket money or your pay from your part-time job!

Mega magazine included

Along with your regular report, you will receive a FREE magazine full of good ideas to make even more of your money. There are also fantastic offers and competitions only for Winners Club members.

The Winners Club is a great choice for teenagers. And it is so easy to join. Simply fill in an application form. You will have to get permission from your parent or guardian (so we can organize that cool key – card) but it is easy. We can’t wait to hear from you. It’s the best way to choose to be a winner!

1.The Winners Club is a bank account intended for ________.

2.Which of the following is TRUE about the Winners Club?

3.The Winners Club provides magazines which ________.

4.If you want to be a member of the Club, you must ________.

5.What is the purpose of this text?

Online Voting —The Most Beautiful Places in China

         What are the most beautiful places in China in your eyes? Please take part in our activity and vote online. We are looking forward to your choice and voice!

    Everyone is welcome!

         Rules:

         1) Voting period: October 1 to November 30.

         2) The results and the winners list will be released in December.

         3) 10 votes are allowed.

         4) Please leave your contact information when sending your votes. CRIENGLISH takes no responsibility if a winner fails to receive the award because of incorrect contact information.

         5) Your comments will be important in choosing the winners.

         6) CRIENGLISH reserves the right to decide the final winners.

         7) CRIENGLISH reserves the right for final explanation of the rules.

         Awards:

         The three top winners will each receive an award worth 300 yuan (about 48 US dollars);

         The five second place winners will each receive an award worth 200 yuan (about 32 US dollars);

         The ten third place winners will each receive an award worth 100 yuan (about 16 US dollars).

1.You need to leave your contact information when sending your votes so that ______.

A. CRIENGLISH can post it online

B. everybody online can contact you

C. CRIENGLISH can reach you if you win a prize

D. CRIENGLISH can use it for some other purposes

2.How many winners will be chosen in this activity?

A. 8.                 B. 10.              C. 15.            D. 18.

3.What can be learned about the rules?

A. The activity lasts three months.

B. Everyone must provide 10 votes at least.

C. Only the one giving his information can join the activity.

D. You’d better give a comment in order to win.

4.The text invites people to ______.

A. travel around the ten most beautiful places in China

B. choose the ten most beautiful places in China

C. write an article about the ten most beautiful places in China

D. send some photos about the ten most beautiful places in China

5.Who probably wrote the passage?

A. A Travel Research Agency        B. A Medical Center

C. An Animal Reservation           D. A Souvenir shopping mall

Water and its importance to human life were the centre of the world’s attention last week. March 22 was World Water Day and     36    the theme “Water for Life”.

There are more than one billion people in the world who live without     37    drinking water. The United Nations      38    to cut this number in half by 2015.

Solving such a big problem seems like a(n)     39    challenge. But everyone,     40    teenagers, can do something to help. A teenage girl in the US has set an example to the     41  of her age around the world.

Rene Haggerty, 13, was awarded the 2004 Gloria Barron Prize for her work—     42    discarded(废弃的) batteries（电池）which pollute water.

In 2003, Haggerty went on a field trip to the Great Lakes Science Centre in Ohio. There she saw an exhibit about how     43    in old batteries harm the water of Lake Erie.

Haggerty learnt that     44     the batteries was an easy solution. “I think everybody can do it, because everyone     45    batteries, and it can make a big difference.” With these words, she began to     46    awareness in her area.

She     47     her county government and school board. She got permission to start a recycling programme in schools     48    the public library, hospital, and churches. With help from her family, friends and local waste-management    49   , she gathered containers, arranged transportation, and made a(n)     50    video.

Over the past two years, she collected four tons of batteries and drew the attention of officials, who were in charge of a battery recycling programme but had made     51   progress.

When asked     52    she feels like a hero, Haggerty is quite ____53   . “Not really. Well, maybe for the fish I saved!”

Every year the Gloria Barron Prize     54  young Americans aged 8 to 18 who have shown leadership and courage in     55    the public and the planet. Each year ten winners receive US $ 2,000 each, to help with their education costs or their public service work.

1.                A．had            B．gave           C．wrote    D．discussed

2.                A．enough         B．safe            C．much D．polluted

3.                A．asks           B．orders          C．hopes    D．ensures

4.                A．good           B．strong          C．important D．unreal

5.                A．especially       B．sometimes      C．even D．seldom

6.                A．boys           B．others          C．students  D．grown-ups

7.                A．collecting       B．selling          C．buying   D．using

8.                A．things          B．chemicals       C．water    D．air

9.                A．making         B．recycling        C．reducing D．handling

10.               A．uses           B．has            C．throws    D．needs

11.               A．tell            B．increase        C．spread    D．inform

12.               A．talked to        B．listened to      C．heard from D．thought about

13.               A．and           B．beside         C．as well as  D．as good as

14.               A．officials         B．workers        C．clerks D．experts

15.               A．industrial       B．agricultural      C．scientific  D．educational

16.               A．much          B．no            C．some D．little

17.               A．if             B．how           C．when D．why

18.               A．proud          B．glad           C．modest    D．worried

19.               A．praises         B．helps          C．supports   D．honors

20.               A．awarding       B．saving          C．serving    D．favoring

Sneaker is a kind of shoe worn by many people all over the world. Some say that the word “sneaker” is another word for tennis shoe,   36   no one really knows where the word came from.   37  say it came from the old English verb “sneak”, which  38   moving silently and quickly. The only thing we are   39  is that when you put on a pair of sneakers, you   40   light-hearted, light-footed and ready to play.

Sneakers of some kind are used by   41   who play tennis, basketball, and other sports. New design has been made   42   for people who run slowly. But perhaps sneakers are   43   used by children in the United States. In fact American children of  44   ages would much rather play in sneakers than anything else, except perhaps  45   at all.

　　New York City once held a poetry contest (诗歌比赛) for children. The subject was only “sneaker”. Thousands of children sent in their  46   and praised the sneakers they love. One prize winner called  47   poem “The Sneaker and the World Peace”. “When everyone is wearing sneakers,” she said, “it will be impossible to   48 .”

American school children can be seen every day   49  sneakers of all colours. They put them on in the morning and take them off  50 . Sneakers are  51  washed. In fact the older and dirtier they are, the  52  loveable they are. When their sneakers wear out (穿破), children hate to throw them off. How do you explain the closeness between  53  ? Perhaps another young   54  in the New York Poetry Contest said it best. “A shoe is just a shoe,” he said. “But a sneaker is a   55 .”

1.                A．however        B．but            C．or   D．and

2.                A．All            B．Some          C．People   D．The others

3.                A．appears        B．remains         C．means    D．wants

4.                A．excited about    B．sure of         C．surprised at   D．pleased with

5.                A．think           B．feel            C．consider  D．suggest

6.                A．men           B．women         C．those D．these

7.                A．lovely          B．specially        C．lively D．cheaply

8.                A．only           B．greatly         C．hardly    D．finally

9.                A．all             B．some           C．little D．old

10.               A．some shoes     B．no shoes        C．no children D．some sneakers

11.               A．photos         B．compositions    C．poems    D．drawings

12.               A．her            B．his            C．its    D．their

13.               A．explain         B．guide          C．hate  D．love

14.               A．dressing        B．wearing        C．putting on D．having

15.               A．the next day     B．at noon         C．at bedtime D．in the evening

16.               A．forever        B．always         C．seldom    D．sometimes

17.               A．much          B．many          C．most  D．more

18.                                A．sneakers and other shoes   B．boys and girls

C．children and sneakers               D．winners and sneakers

19.               A．girl            B．man           C．woman    D．winner

20.               A．sneaker        B．friend          C．poem D．shoe