A．short

B．tall

C．height

D．long

A.will be coming B.comes

C.came D.is coming

【1】Which can be used to make Chinese sky lanterns?

A. Steel. B. Glass.

C. Bamboo. D. Wood.

【2】How long a history does paper cutting have?

A. For over 1，500 years. B. For over 2，000 years.

C. For over 2，500 years. D. For over 5，000 years.

【3】What is the paper cutting used for?

A. Celebrations. B. Festivals.

C. Home decoration. D. All of the above.

【4】What does the underlined word “sculpture” mean in Chinese?

A. 雕塑 B. 表演 C. 绘画 D. 书法

【5】Where may the passage be from?

A. From a history textbook.

B. From a science fiction.

C. From an introduction to a museum.

D. From a book about Chinese culture.

【题目】

7 January, 2014

A new report says more and more international students are attending colleges and universities in the United States. It also notes a large increase in the number of international students from China.

These findings are from the latest Open Doors Report. The report documents the record number of international students in the United States during 2012, 2013 school year. It says more than seven hundred sixty-four thousand four-hundred such students were attending American colleges and universities during the last two years. That represents an increase of almost six percent than one year earlier.

On the other hand, the number of Americans studying overseas (海外) increased by one percent, which reached nineteen thousand this year.

The report says one hundred ninety-four thousand students at American colleges and universities were from

China. That is an increase of more than twenty-three percent over the year before. Peggy Blumenthal, an expert(专家) of international education, described the effect of the increase in Chinese students.

"Now they have been coming for some time. But this year was the highest level ever." She says many Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children. The children mainly choose to study in America.

"We know many of them have enough income to be able to afford to send them anywhere in the world that they want to go. And for the most part, looking around the world, Chinese students still prefer to come to the United States as their choice."

Chinese students are not the only ones who want to attend American colleges and universities. After China, India sends the second largest number of students to the United States for higher education. India has about one hundred thousand students in American schools. South Korea is third with about seventy two thousand students.

Why do so many foreign students study in the United States? Peggy Blumenthal provides one reason.

"The advantage America has is that we have a huge system and a very perfect system. So there are over four thousand universities and colleges in the United States. Among them are some top ones in the world, and what that tells us is there is still a lot of room to host international students."

Foreign students represent less than four percent of the total student population in American higher education. And from Learning English, that's the VOA Special English Education Report. I'm Bob Doughty. Thanks for listening.

【1】Bob Doughty seems to be ________.

A. an exchange student from the USA

B. an expert of international education

C. a viewer of VOA

D. a reporter from VOA

【2】Which country below has the fewest students studying overseas?

A. South Korea B. India C. China D. America

【3】Which is NOT the reason why so many Chinese students go to the USA for further study?

A. Lots of Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children

B. The USA has a huge and a very perfect education system.

C. There is a lot of room to host international students in the USA.

D. The USA has some top universities and colleges in the world.

【4】Which of the following statement is true?

A. China has 122,000 more students than South Korea at American colleges and universities.

B. The number of Americans studying overseas is becoming smaller and smaller.

C. The number of Asian students has an increase of 6% over the past two years.

D. Most of the international students in the United States are Chinese.

【5】This passage from VOA Special English is most likely to be ________.

A. An advertisement B. A radio programme C. A science report D. A tour guide

根据文章内容，请选择最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选定答案的字母标号涂黑。

【1】When will the English talk be held?

A. On March 1. B. On March 7. C. On March 11. D. On March 12.

【2】How will the students go to West Hill?

A. By bus B. By ship C. By bike D. By train

【3】Where was the jacket found?

A. In the school hall. B. At the school gate.

C. On the playground. D. In Room 201, Building 3.

【4】Who found the jacket?

A. Professor Li Ping. B. Chen Dong.

C. A student of the Union. D. A student of the Club.

【5】What do we know about the three notices?

A. All students have to attend the English talk.

B. Eglish Club organizes the tree planting activity.

C. Apair of sports shoes was found on the school bus.

D. Chen Dong is a students in Class 3, Grade 8.

线上，每个单词只能用一次，每空一词。

A kind of little cars may some day take the place of today’s big ones. People will like this kind of small carsmore and more. The car is as small as a bike but can

【1】two people in it. Everybody can drive it, just like riding bike. Even children and old people can drive them to school and 【2】.

If everyone drives such a car in the future, there will be less 【3】 in the air. There will also 【4】 more space for all the cars in cites, and the street will have morespacefor peopleto walk. Three such cars can fit in the space now needed for one car of the 【5】 size.

The little cars of the future will cost much less 【6】to own and to drive. And they cango only 65 kilometers an hour, so driving will be safer, too.

The cars of the future will be fine for【7】around a city, but they will not be useful, for a long trip.

This kind of cars can save a lot of gasoline (汽油).They will go 450 kilometers

【8】needing to stop for more gasoline.

If big cars are still used along with the small of 【9】, two sets of roads will be needed inthe future. Some roads will be needed for the big, faster cars and other roads will be needed forthe small, 【10】 cars.

The Stars (Xingxing) show of 1979, hung on the wall outside the Chinese National Art Gallery(美术馆)in Beijing, was one of the most important shows in the recent history of Chinese art. Yan Li was a key member of the group of Chinese artists, Stars (Xingxing), and was also a member of the literary(文学的) group "Today" at that time. In the conversation between Yan Li and Dr. Silvia Fok, they will review the history of that period and how literature(文学) and arts were changed.

Yan Li, born in 1954 in Beijing, is a writer and painter who moved to the U.S. in 1985 and since 1998 he spends his time between Shanghai and New York. He began writing poems and painting in oils during the Cultural Revolution(文革). Li who is very well-read in both Chinese and Western history and literature has several books of poems including a Chinese-English book named Poetry Possibility (2009) and Things Are Symbols of Themselves (2005) . Yan Li is the host of the Mid-Autumn Poetry Festival which takes place in Beijing every September.

Dr Silvia Fok received her B.A., M. Phil., and Ph.D. from the University of Hong Kong in 1998, 2002 and 2008 . Her primary research is Chinese Art. She has taught art history in the Hong Kong Art School from 2002 to 2004. She worked as part-time teacher at the Department of Fine Arts, HKU, and Cultural and Religious Studies Department, CUHK, in 2009. She is a teacher in Art at the General Education Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Information Card

【1】In News 1, we know Huang Heshan has helped Yang Kangshao for _______.

A. eighteen years B. eight years C. eight months D. eighty years

【2】We should _______ if we want to have a nice field trip along Xiaoqing River.

A. throw the rubbish B. find some waste bags

C. help keep the environment clean D. plant more trees

【3】To lead a healthy life, over four thousand people ____ on November 25.

A. ran about 4.7 kilometers B. signed their names on the flags

C. cleaned the park D. started to help disabled people

【4】We may know the news above from _______.

A. a newspaper B. a novel C. a TV play D. a poster

【5】Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Yang Kangshao has trouble with his eyes.

B. Yang Kangshao is better at study than Huang Heshan.

C. Xiaoqing River is very clean and beautiful.

D. Only young people took part in the running activity.

The Newton Public Library’s Summer Reading program has been a longtime favorite for local children. You are invited to check out any three books on July 16th to earn a free ticket to the movie of your choice at the Capital Theatre. In addition, there are also some other events for you to join. You can choose any one you like in your convenience.

Events for Teenagers

Any questions? Contact Public Services Librarian, Becca Klein at 641-792-4108.

【1】To get a free ticket to a movie, you should check out ______books.

A. one B. two C. three D. four

【2】The musical The High Crest will be held______.

A. on the library lawn. B. inside the music hall.

C. on the stone floor. D. in the public library.

【3】The attendees should bring______ to learn to use the smartphones.

A. Tickets. B. Earphones. C. Chairs. D. Books.

【4】If you are interested in painting on stone, you can go to ______.

A. Stone Designing. B. Craft Making.

C. Smartphone Using. D. Musical Acting

【5】______ will answer the phone if you contact Public Services.

A. Newton B. An attendee C. Lisa Frasier D. Becca Klein

“Life is just like a mirror, you smile at it, and it smiles at you, too.”请你以“Learn to Smile”为题，

根据下表所列的要点写一篇60词以上的文章（文章开头已给出）。

1. 参考词汇：

误解 misunderstand 自信confident 交流 communicate

2. 短文必须包括所有内容要点，不要逐字翻译，可适当发挥，使短文连贯通顺。

Learn to Smile

I remember a song by Westlife, the first sentence of it is “Just a smile and the rain is gone.” Do

you like smiling? I think you should learn to smile._______________________________________

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