A teacher let her class play a game. The teacher 1each child to bring a bag 2a few potatoes. Each potato will be 3 a name of the person that the child 4, so the number of potatoes that a child will put into his/her bag will 5the number of people the child hates.
Some children had two potatoes; some had three and others had up to 6potatoes. The teacher then told the children to 7the bag wherever they go for a 8.
9the days went by, the children started to 10because of the unpleasant smell coming from the rotten(腐烂) potatoes. And the students with five potatoes also had to carry11bags.
After a week, the teacher asked, “How did you feel？”the children started complaining(抱怨)about the 12they had to 13. When they had to carry the heavy and 14potatoes everywhere they went.
Then the teacher said, “This is the 15where you carry your hate for somebody 16 your heart. The smell of hate will 17your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot 18the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine19it is like to have the smell of hate in your heart for your20.

1.
1. A.
  warned
2. B.
  liked
3. C.
  told
4. D.
  preferred
2.
1. A.
  containing
2. B.
  putting
3. C.
  covering
4. D.
  included
3.
1. A.
  called
2. B.
  given
3. C.
  used
4. D.
  offered
4.
1. A.
  missed
2. B.
  hates
3. C.
  likes
4. D.
  appreciated
5.
1. A.
  depend on
2. B.
  decide on
3. C.
  set down
4. D.
  write down
6.
1. A.
  six
2. B.
  two
3. C.
  ten
4. D.
  five
7.
1. A.
  bring
2. B.
  wash
3. C.
  carry
4. D.
  take
8.
1. A.
  week
2. B.
  day
3. C.
  month
4. D.
  holiday
9.
1. A.
  After
2. B.
  Until
3. C.
  Before
4. D.
  As
10.
1. A.
  cry
2. B.
  complain
3. C.
  laugh
4. D.
  disagree
11.
1. A.
  heavier
2. B.
  lighter
3. C.
  bigger
4. D.
  older
12.
1. A.
  happiness
2. B.
  joy
3. C.
  trouble
4. D.
  sadness
13.
1. A.
  get along
2. B.
  go over
3. C.
  be settled
4. D.
  go through
14.
1. A.
  funny
2. B.
  smelly
3. C.
  tasty
4. D.
  dusty
15.
1. A.
  situation
2. B.
  view
3. C.
  expression
4. D.
  sign
16.
1. A.
  without
2. B.
  outside
3. C.
  with
4. D.
  inside
17.
1. A.
  injure
2. B.
  keep
3. C.
  pollute
4. D.
  protect
18.
1. A.
  like
2. B.
  bear
3. C.
  escape
4. D.
  throw
19.
1. A.
  whom
2. B.
  how
3. C.
  which
4. D.
  what
20.
1. A.
  youth
2. B.
  school life
3. C.
  lifetime
4. D.
  childhood

Throughout history, people have been interested in knowing how languages first began, but no one knows exactly where or how this happened. However, we do know a lot about languages, the languages of today and also the languages of earlier times. There are probably about 3,000 languages in the world today. Chinese is the language with the most speakers. English, Russian and Spanish are also spoken by many millions of people. On the other hand, some languages in the world have less than one hundred speakers.

There are several important families of languages in the world. For example, most of the languages of Europe are in one large family called Indo-European. The original (最初的) language of this family was spoken about 4,500 years ago. Many of the present day languages of Europe and India are modern forms of the language of 4,500 yeas ago.

Languages are always changing. The English of today is very different from the English of 500 years ago. In time some even died out completely. About 1,000 years ago, English was a little-known relative of German spoken on one of the borders of Europe.

If a language has a large number of speakers or if it is very old, there may be differences in the way it is spoken in different areas. That is, the language may have several dialects. Chinese is a good example of dialect differences. Chinese has been spoken for thousands of years by many millions of speakers. The differences between the dialects of Chinese are so great that speakers of Chinese from some parts of China can’t understand speakers from other parts.

1 The first paragraph mainly tells us that ____ .

A. most people in the world speak Chinese

B. there are thousands of languages in the world today

C. man has much knowledge about languages

D. some people know several languages

2 According to the passage, most European and Indian languages ____ .

A. will soon die out completely B. were once a relative of English

C. are no longer spoken D. come from the same family

3 According to the passage, ____ has the most speakers.

A. Chinese B. English C. Spanish D. German

4 According to the passage, ____ seems to have changed a lot.

A. German B. English C. Spanish D. Chinese

5The underlined word dialect in the last paragraph probably means ____ .

A. a special language spoken by Chinese

B. the sign used by the Chinese people in a special area

C. the difference between the old and today’s Chinese

D. the form of a language used in one part of the country

In its latest move to fight online piracy (盗版), the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) has shut down hundreds of BT file-sharing websites, 1the popular BTChina.net. The name BT is short for BitTorrent, one of the most common 2methods used in 3. As a result of 4, the more people who download the same thing, the 5the downloads get. BT sharing has been the means of choice for users to trade software , music, movies, and digital books, TV dramas and pirated DVDS and CDs. These BT sites were shut down either for operating without a 6, or for copyright problems.

The closure of BT sites has 7millions of young Chinese netizens. Liu Pei, a 27-year-old IT engineer who visits BTChina most nights to get a 8movie, was upset by the change. “It was so popular and I can’t believe it has 9from my life overnight,” he told China Daily newspaper. The shutdown might have an immediate 10on the amount of downloads, but over time it will 11quickly, according to Hurvitz, a member of the foreign counsel (法律顾问) for Kangxin Partners PC.

Netizens are beginning to search for new download 12. “The problem is, if you shut down the top 13BitTorrent sites, then people are simply going to go to number three, number four or number five on the list,” Hurvitz said. Whether netizens like it or not, SARFT said the 14sites will have to solve the “copyright (版权) problem” if they want to reopen. Copyright should be 15. If you don’t pay for 16, investors lose money. Then no one will make movies in the future, experts say.

In the future, some 17say, the concept of “downloading” will disappear. The Internet’s future is completely “online”, a founder of one software downloading website told Information Times. Eventually, you may not have to bother downloading content to your computer, but just 18it online, the founder said. But the concept of “copyright” will still be there, inspiring talented people to create 19things, in which they take pride, and from which they make 20.

1.A. except B. beside C .but D. including

2.A. upload B. download C. reading D. listening

3.A. England B. America C. China D. India

4.A. sharing B. broadcasting C. selling D. purchasing

5.A. less B. worse C. slower D. faster

6.A. leader B. monitor C. license D. computer

7.A. satisfied B. disappointed C. excited D. touched

8.A. sad B. foreign C. paid D. free

9.A. developed B. destroyed C. deferred D. disappeared

10.A. effect B. affect C. impression D. advantage

11.A. rebuild B. recover C. disappear D. spread

12.A. ways B. methods C. sites D. experts

13.A. two B. three C. four D. five

14.A. popular B. reopened C. opened D. closed

15.A. remembered B. protected C. argued D. discussed

16.A. movies B. plays C. songs D. music

17.A. teachers B. experts C. engineers D. students

18.A. buy B. sell C. download D. enjoy

19.A. strange B. popular C. new D. old

20.A. money B. future C. friends D. information

Throughout history, people have been interested in knowing how languages first began, but no one knows exactly where or how this happened. However, we do know a lot about languages, the languages of today and also the languages of earlier times. There are probably about 3,000 languages in the world today. Chinese is the language with the most speakers. English, Russian and Spanish are also spoken by many millions of people. On the other hand, some languages in the world have less than one hundred speakers.