SectionOneThecityisanaccumulat-优题课

While Lee Kuan Yew is known throughout the world, few people outside the Chinese-language communities know the true meaning of Kuan Yew. In Chinese language, "kuan" means light, and "yew" means glory. So, Lee Kuan Yew means Lee the "light and glory".
Singapore's glory since its rebirth in 1965 has been a miracle, largely because of the light of Lee. By 1978, the transformation of Singapore into a modern city-state had become an inspiration for Deng Xiaoping, who having just emerged as the paramount leader of China was looking for a way to lead the country out of isolation and poverty. Drawing inspiration from Lee and the success story of Singapore, Deng visited the city-state in 1978 and met with Lee for the first time. Lee said that if Singaporeans can do it, China can also do it.
Soon after returning from Singapore, Deng launched a series of reforms in China. Over the subsequent decades, China has continued the reform and opening-up and it is now the second-largest economy in the world. Perhaps it could be said that part of the plan for China's great reform and transformation took shape in Singapore in 1978 during Deng's meetings with Lee. Ever since that fateful visit, China has learned from Singapore the finer points of governance, management and economic growth. No wonder, over the years China has sent many Party, government and corporate officials to receive training in Singapore.
In 1994, the Singapore Industrial Park in Suzhou, Jiangsu province (now renamed the Suzhou Industrial Park) was set up. Over the years, the industrial park has become a testing ground for many new reform programs in China, including those for social security, venture capital and private equity.
More recently, President Xi Jinping emphasized that China can still learn many things from Singapore.
Today, many people talk about the 21st century being the "Asian century" or the "Asia-Pacific century", while others have started talking of the "Asian dream". But Lee was one of the first Asians who truly stood out and demonstrated to the world that Asians can make a difference in terms of global growth and development. Lee's legacy is based on a solid and healthy dosage of pragmatism, realism, innovation, and commitment to making a better tomorrow.
After 50 years of constant innovation and ceaseless efforts, Singapore is the most developed country among the 10 ASEAN member states, one of the most developed countries in Asia and one of the most successful economies in the world. Rather than being caught up in the day-to-day travails, Lee always chose to stand on the top of the mountain and look beyond the horizon to see deep into the future, which made him a leader of wisdom, courage and vision.
According to the passage, we can know ___________.

A．Few people know the true meaning of “ Kuan Yew” in the world

B．The transformation of Singapore started in 1978

C．Deng xiaoping paid a visit to Singapore in 1978 because of the good relationship

D．Deng Xiaoping had never met with Lee Kuan Yew before 1978

The following statements are true EXCEPT_____.

A．the successful experience of Singapore has greatly influenced china’s reform and transformation

B．the Suzhou Industrial Park has tried many new reform programs in China

C．the Asians made few contributions to the global growth and development

D．constant innovation and ceaseless efforts make Singapore one of the most developed countries in Asia

what adjectives can be used to describe Lee Kuan Yew according to the passage?
①Distinguished
②wise
③easy-going
④brave
⑤creative
⑥visionary

A．①②④⑥	B．②③⑤⑥
C．①③⑤⑥	D．②③④⑤

which of the following is the best title of the passage ?

A．the contributions of Lee Kuan Yew made to china

B．the story of a great leader--- Lee Kuan Yew

C．the relationship between Lee Kuan Yew and Chinese leaders

D．Light and glory' of Asia example to world

One day, Jack told his friend Tom that he loved a very beautiful girl with charming eyes and long hair, and that he wanted to marry her. Tom was so happy to hear the news and asked Jack to lead him to her. However, Tom loved her at first sight, He then told Jack, “This girl is not suitable for you. She deserves a handsome man like me.” Jack was astonished and struggled with Tom until they went to the police to solve the problem.
They told the policeman their story. The policeman asked them to bring the girl to his office. However, when the policeman saw her, he became taken with her and said, “This girl is not suitable for you two. She deserves someone with a status like me.” The three men struggled with each other and then went to the king.
The king asked them to bring him the girl. When the king saw the girl, he said, “Oh, the girl should marry a king like me.” They all argued with each other.
Then the girl said, “I have a solution. I’m going to run and you’ll run after me I’ll be the wife to the one who catches me first.” The four men all agreed and ran after her. While running after her, they suddenly fell into a deep hole. From the top, the girl looked at them and said, “Now, let me tell you who I am.”
“I’m Reputation—I’m the one all people run after. They compete against each other to get me . They leave principles aside to seek for me , and they are sure to fall like you !”
What makes the four men love the girl ?

A．The girl’s beauty.	B．The girl’s reputation.
C．The girl’s smart mind.	D．The girl’s way to speak.

The underlined part “ taken with” in Para. 2 means.

A．close to	B．fall in love with
C．confused about	D．delightful with

What could be the best title of the passage?

A．All Men Are Similarly Stupid

B．A Smart Girl Has All Solutions

C．Be Careful about Beautiful Girls

D．Always Follow the Principles in Life

When an ice cube melts, it creates a puddle (水坑). When an ice sheet (冰盖)melts, it raises sea levels. It sounds simple, but scientists have debated for decades whether both the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets actually were shrinking, and how much that melting contributed to rising sea levels.
Now, a new study has provided the best evidence of how the polar ice sheets are responding to our warming world. In the study, an international team of scientists looked at 20 years of' data in the ice sheets collected by 10 satellite missions. The team's conclusion: The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets both are losing ice overall. The researchers also found that between 1992 and 2011, melt water from those shrinking ice sheets caused sea levels to rise by about 11 millimeters.
Over the 19 years studied, the Greenland ice sheet lost 2.7 trillion metric tons of ice. The Antarctic ice sheet also shrank by about l.3 trillion metric tons. Previously, some scientists disagreed whether the Antarctic sheet, the largest mass of ice in the world, was shrinking or growing or neither.
While the Earth is warming overall, the effect of climate change varies from region to region. Over the last 15 years, for example, scientists have something disagreed over how climate change has affected the polar ice sheets. Many studies found that the sheets lost a lot of ice and that not enough snow fell on the sheets to compensate for the loss. But other studies found that the loss of ice was balanced by the gain in snowfall.
Richard Alley, a glacier scientist at Penn State University, said that many of those studies looked at different areas, and over different time periods. In addition, the studies didn't all use the satellite data in the same way. Those differences made, it difficult to compare the results.
The data in the new study matched time periods and areas. The study also combined measurements from kinds of satellites.
Why does the author use a common-sense phenomenon as the beginning?

A．To present the reason for ice sheet melting.

B．To show us the result of a scientific experiment.

C．To give a simple example to introduce the topic.

D．To present a common daily finding obvious to the readers.

The researchers reached their conclusion by_____.

A．analyzing the findings of former studies

B．observing the Antarctic and Greenland

C．referring to the data from satellites

D．making measurements in the Antarctic and Greenland

What does the underlined phrase "compensate for" in paragraph 4 refer to?

A．Cut down.

B．Lead to．

C．Bring about.

D．Make up for.

Which of the following might be the best conclusion for the passage?

A．Ice sheets are shrinking due to global warming.

B．People are suffering from climate change.

C．Rising sea levels makes people live in danger.

D．Shrinking ice has nothing to do with sea levels.

One evening, a man was on his way home when he saw a woman come by, hauling a cart full of flowers. The smell of her flowers perfumed the air with sweetness so easily that it seemed to lift his spirits. He had never experienced such wonder from the flowers of his own garden. "How much must I pay for your wonderful flowers?" he asked. "Take what you wish for." "What return must I make for them?" he asked again. "Your gratitude is enough." She said. So he filled his arms with flowers and hurried joyfully home. His wife and children also liked the remarkable flowers, for they, too, discovered that the sight of
them was a delight and the smell of them refreshed the soul.
In order not to lose his treasure. the man planted the flowers in his garden. Sunlight and water kept them amazingly beautiful and they still performed their powerful magic. When his children came to play in the yard, the man cautioned them against carelessness and wild play in case they damage the flowers. But the flowers remained hardy and strong as long as there are enough sun and moisture to nourish them.
As the family grew and more children came to play in the garden, the man was even more concerned about his remarkable flowers. He even built a high wall to protect them with the utmost care. Unfortunately, this began to cause consternation among the family members. If the children caused their father stress, he would refuse them access to the flowers. Later, he set up rules as to who could enter the garden and what they must do while they were there. He also established offices to determine accessibility. Eventually, it became necessary to have lawyers to defend, judges to weigh, guards to safeguard.
The man's family, however, saw less and less of the flowers and experienced less and less of their magical power. In the meantime, many of them went out in search of the flower lady. Well, she was still out there, still giving away her amazing flowers.
The family found that the smell of the flowers could_____.

A．remove their spirits

B．make them energetic

C．bring them what they want

D．make them smell sweet

In order to protect the flowers, the man_____.

A．asked the policemen to help him take care of the garden

B．built a high building to keep the children away from the garden

C．set up offices to decide, who can get close to the flowers

D．employed lawyers, judges and guards to protect the flowers

What can we learn from the underlined sentence?

A．The man began to prevent the, family members coming into his garden.

B．The man asked the family members to enjoy his flowers but no one wanted to.

C．What the man did made the family members less interested in flowers.

D．What the man did made the family members panic.

What lesson can we get from the father's behavior?

A．To give is more fruitful than to get.

B．Shared beauty is real beauty.

C．A problem shared is a problem halved.

D．Many hands make light work.

The 16th Annual Our Own Words Teen Poetry & Fiction Writing Contest
Attention, teen writers!
Win cash, get published.
Entries will be accepted between March 8th and April 21st, 2015.
Awards ceremony at Lagerquist Hall, Pacific Lutheran University on December 27th, 2015.

Winning poems and stories will be published as written. Contest winners will read their work at the awards ceremony at Lagerquist Hall, Pacific Lutheran University on December 27th, 2015.
Your poems and stories will be judged on the basis of originality, style, general presentation, grammar and spelling. All entries will belong to Pierce Country Library System and will not be returned. Winners' names may appear in newspapers and on the Library's Website.
You may enter both the short story and poetry categories, but you can only offer one entry per category.
To enter the contest, you should

A．hand in a poem

B．be a teenage student from Pierce County

C．turn in published works

D．pay some entry fees

Your poem or story will be judged on_____.

A．how many words there are

B．when you hand it in

C．whether it is first written by yourself

D．what topic it is about.

What information can we get from the passage?

A．There will be 18 teenagers to be awarded in all.

B．Your work will be published in newspapers.

C．Your work will be returned to you if you fail.

D．Winners will be awarded prizes in more than half a year.

The passage can be classified as______.

A．a contest announcement

B．an official report

C．an art show review

D．an exhibition explanation

A．the part cities play in human civilization	B．the development of the word “city”
C．why the Expo is held in Shanghai	D．where human civilization originated