What did you do on April 23, World Book Day, last year? Did you find some interesting books to read? Here is a book list from China’s GAPP.
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Author: Jimmy Jimmy, a Chinese painter and his 10-year-old daughter argue a lot. Jimmy tried to understand his daughter, so he drew this picture book for her. His paintings show kids’ anger, pain, happiness and wishes. |
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Author: Yamamoto Ryoichi If the earth’s temperature went up 2 ℃, what would happen? In this book we learn about the history, today’s situation and the future of global warming. The author also tells us useful ways to protect our world. |
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Author: Song Chao The first part gives an introduction to World Expos. The next talks about the host countries and each of their World Expos. China’s early participation (参加) in the World Expo is the topic of the third part. The last one is all about the World Expo 2010. |
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Author: Randy Pausch Randy Pausch, a professor (教授) from New York was asked to give a lecture. He knew it would probably be his last lecture, because he was dying of illness. His lecture wasn’t about dying, but about getting over the difficulties, helping others to reach their dreams. |
74. Who wrote the book “Don’t Blame Me, it’s Not My Fault”?
A. Jimmy B. Yamamoto Ryoichi C. Song Chao D. Randy Pausch
75. The book, Climate Change +2 Degrees mainly tells us __________.
A. that the earth’s temperature will surely go up 2 ℃.
B. the history of different countries in the world
C. the future of global warming
D. how we can protect our earth before the global warming comes
76. We can know about Shanghai World Expo from __________ of the World Exposition Reader.
A. part 1 B. part 2 C. part 3 D. the last part
77. Which of the following is NOT true in the book The Last Lecture?
A. The professor is from America.
B. The professor was in his poor health.
C. The professor shared his opinion with his audience
D. The professor talked a lot about his illness in his lecture
78. The writer introduces some __________ to us for World Book Day.
A. books B. pictures C. cities D. famous people
79. The passage maybe comes from __________.
A. a diary B. a novel C. a book advertisement D. film reviews
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| A. where B. In this way C. Yet D. improving E. What’s more F. written G. international H. information I. problems |
If you want to find out a piece of information about anything, the best place to search for it is Wikipedia. This online encyclopedia (百科全书) is ____51____ by thousands of people around the world. Anyone can add or change the information if he or she finds it not correct or not well written. ____52____, people who know a lot about a certain subject can write about it even if they are not university professors.
____53____, Wikipedia includes articles written in about 253 languages. This fact makes it one of the few websites on the Internet that are truly ____54____. It was started in 2001 by Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales, as a free online English-language encyclopedia project. By April 2008, over 10 million articles had been put on Wikipedia. A quarter of the ____55____ is English. Wikipedia is also a place ____56____ people can find the latest news.
However, Wikipedia has its own ____57____. There have been many complaints that some of the information on Wikipedia is not accurate and some important subjects are not included. This has led to arguments between the writers of the articles. The people running Wikipedia say that the accuracy (精确度) of the information is ____58____ and that it is one of the top 20 visited websites on the Internet. So, if you are looking for some information, why not try Wikipedia?