Do you enjoy reading? Do you read newspapers or magazines? Chances are, if you do any of these activities, your preschool child is on his way to becoming a reader.
The process of learning to read is complex, and one of the most important things to know is that parents can help their children learn to read.As children have conversations with adults, they hear both new and familiar words and their vocabulary grows.
There are many opportunities for adults and children to talk together, such as when riding in the car or in a bus, doing housework like fixing dinner,or bathing and getting ready for bed. A major part of conversation is listening. When children talk, adults listen and respond.Then children listen and respond,and so the flow of conversation happens.
Have you watched your preschool child pretend to read to his younger sisters or brothers? Have you read his favorite story over and over?These experiences tell children that reading is fun.And when things are fun and they are repeated, your child will see letters. He begins to connect them to familiar words, especially the letters that make up his name.A natural next step for him to take is to write the letters.
When children see parents make a grocery list,they want to use a pencil and paper to make their own list. To encourage these beginning writing activities, have pencils,  markers,  crayons and scrap paper within your children's reach.
The more children get connected with talking,listening, reading and writing, the easier it is for them to become active readers. While you as a parent have a big influence on these early behaviors, it is important to remember that opportunities for literacy experiences happen when you and your child share in the basic routines(日常生活) of everyday life.The third paragraph tell us that parents can talk with their children________.
| A.during daily routines | 
| B.only in quiet places | 
| C.in their spare time | 
| D.when they are eager to talk | 
During the process of learning to read,children may ________.
| A.copy the action of the adults | 
| B.prefer to talk with those of their own age | 
| C.show no interest in reading at all | 
| D.waste a lot of paper and other materials | 
When do children want to learn to write?
| A.When their parents ask them to do so. | 
| B.When they believe they can write well. | 
| C.When they know what they want to know. | 
| D.When they can connect letters with familiar words. | 
The passage is written to________.
| A.talk about parents' influence on their children's behavior | 
| B.encourage parents to set a good example to their children | 
| C.advise parents to make reading a part of their children's daily life | 
| D.make parents believe in the importance of early reading | 
In order to help customers to find what they want quickly,it’s important to keep the thou- sands of titles in the Main Street Movies store organized properly.This section of the Employee Handbook will tell you how to organize videos.
 Each Main Street Movies store has three main sections:
 1.New Releases Wall.
 2.Film library.
 3.Video Games.
 New Releases Wall.A1most 70 percent of movie rentals are new releases,and that is the first place where most customers go when they enter the store.The center section of shelves on this wall holds Hottest Hits.When new titles come into the store,place them on this wall in alphabetical order.The shelves beside Hottest Hits are called Recent Releases.The New Releases Wall,including the Hottest Hits and Recent Releases shelves,holds about 350 titles.
 Film Library.The thousands of tides in the Film Library are organized into categories. The films within each category are displayed alphabetically.Here are the categories and their two-letter computer codes:
 *Foreign Language tides include films that were originally made in a foreign language and films with foreign language subtitles.A sticker on the back of each box tells which type of film it is.
 Video Game.All the video games in Main Street Movies are arranged in alphabetical order.Although video games represent only a small percentage of our inventory(库存),they are stolen more often than any other type of goods in our store.Therefore,video games are never displayed on the shelves. Shelves in the Video Game section hold cardboard with pictures and information about each game.When a customer wants to rent a particular game,you can find the game from the locked case behind the counter.Whom do you think this passage is most probably written for?
| A.The readers in the store. | 
| B.The manager of the store. | 
| C.The customers in the store. | 
| D.The salespersons of the store. | 
How can a customer find a film with foreign language subtitles?
| A.Check the computer. | 
| B.Cheek the center section. | 
| C.Look at the back of the box. | 
| D.Watch a few minutes of the film. | 
Why can’t video games be seen on the shelves?
| A.Because they’ve been sold out. | 
| B.Because they’re in the storehouse. | 
| C.Because they’re in a locked case behind the counter. | 
| D.Because they represent a small percentage of the inventory. | 
BEIJING,Feb.5,2013(Xinhua)-Chinese health authorities on Tuesday launched a campaign to fight against assisted reproductive technology (ART:辅助生育技术)abuse.Unauthorized ART use,surrogate motherhood and the illegal collection and supply of sperm and eggs,as well as the illegal sale and abuse of ovulation induction(诱导排卵) medicine,will be targeted.
 The Ministry of Health and health department of the People's Liberation Army General Logistics Department jointly announced the campaign at a conference.Both departments also ordered all of their local branches to suspend permits for new organizations that wish to offer ART treatments.That is,new organizations will not appear recently.Official figures showed that at the end of 2012,China had 358 organizations authorized to conduct ART treatment.
 The health ministry also delivered a brief statement of the country's current infertility rate(不孕率) and ART use.The infertility rate in China is now between 7 and 10 percent,the ministry said.Some 70 to 80 percent of women who are suffering from infertility can be pregnant after changing their lifestyles and receiving medical treatment.Around 20 percent of infertile couples have to resort to ART to have babies.In 2011,about 350,000 people received ART treatment and more than 60,000 infertile couples successfully had children with the help of ART,the ministry said.ART abuse DOSEN'T include________.
| A.surrogate motherhood | 
| B.unauthorized ART use | 
| C.the regular usage of medicine | 
| D.the illegal supply of sperm and eggs | 
What does the underlined word “suspend” (paragraph 2) probably mean?
| A.Support. | B.Pause. | C.Allow. | D.Ban. | 
From the last paragraph we can know________.
| A.Nearly10 percent of couples could not have their own babies | 
| B.70 to 80 percent of women could not be pregnant now | 
| C.Over 350,000 infertile couples had their babies with the help of ART | 
| D.About one fifth of infertile couples have to turn to ART for help | 
What's the best title of the passage?
| A.China targets ART abuse | 
| B.ART is used in China | 
| C.ART is illegal in China | 
| D.China increases ART using | 
Growing strawberries in pots
 ·The best way to start growing strawberries is to buy pot-grown strawberry plants in spring:5 plants are plenty for a hanging basket and 10 for the average 13 inch-sized pot.
 ·Plant them immediately in soil-based compost(混合肥料) and they will produce a modest crop in their first year.The second year should see a bumper(特大的)crop,followed by a slightly lower yield(产量)the third summer.Then start again with fresh stock .
 ·Careful watering and feeding are essential If you are to harvest a good crop,you must never let the compost dry out, particularly when the fruit is forming and ripening;if you do.most of your crop will drop off血e bush almost immediately.
 ·Water well then leave the pots for up to 3 weeks,until they reach the point of drying out be careful not to overwater them during the winter months.
 Pruning apple trees
 ·A one-year-old tree is known as a “maiden”.It has a single stem when purchased.Immediately after planting, cut it back by about half to leave 4 good buds at the base of the stem.This will force growth from the base or the plant during the summer.
 ·In the second year ,prune in winter by cutting all side branches back by about one-third, Make sure each cut is made cleanly just above an outward-facing bud.In the third and fourth years, new side branches will have emerged from the previous year’s growth.Cut back all these new side branches by a third, pruning to an outward-facing bud.
 ·By the fifth year the tree should have a well-balanced shape.From then on ,cut back all new branches by one-third in winter.Remove any diseased wood and broken branches, and ensure the centre is open to air circulationThe two pieces of advice probably appear in_________
| A.a scientific repot | B.a gardening guide | 
| C.a book review | D.a fashion column | 
A good crop of strawberries mainly depends on_________
| A.the size of a pot | 
| B.the season of harvesting | 
| C.the number of plants in a pot | 
| D.careful watering and feeding | 
Cutting back all side branches by a third is to__________
| A.remove the diseased and broken branches | 
| B.keep the whole tree open to air circulation | 
| C.force the apple tree to grow from the base in winter | 
| D.help the apple tree to form a well-balanced shape | 
The two pieces of advice suggest that planting is closely related to_______
| A.season | B.water | C.compost | D.cutting | 
The breaking news of Mo Yan's Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday evening soon aroused public curiosity of the 57yearold Chinese writer: Why was it him that was favored by the Swedish Academy?
 Born in 1955 into a rural family,Mo dropped out of school and became a farmer when he was a teenager.He joined the military and devoted himself to writing after the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976).
 Less than half an hour after the announcement,Mo's works turned to soldout status at China's major online book sellers.One lucky buyer wrote in an online comment: “Rushed to purchase,but to my shame,I have not read any of his novels.”
 Although Mo was entitled one of the top domestic literature awards before the Nobel Prize,he is not the most popular novelist in China,in either the book market or in reputation.
 Mo's novel “Big Breasts & Wide Hips,” translated by Howard Goldblatt,tells a story of a mother who struggled and suffered hardship and intertwined fates with Chinese people in the 20th century.His more recent work “Frog” more directly criticized China's onechild family policy,which helped control the country's population explosion but also brought tragedies to rural residents in the past 60 years.
 “I think the reason why I could win the prize is because my works present lives with unique Chinese characteristics,and they also tell stories from a viewpoint of common human beings,which is above differences of nations and races,” Mo said on Thursday evening to Chinese journalists.Mo also said many folk arts originated from his hometown,such as clay sculpture,paper cuts,traditional new yearpaintings,have inspired and influenced his novels.
 With more Chinese writers like Mo,the world could learn a more real China.Perhaps,this is another reason for the Swedish Academy's choice.What can we conclude from the second paragraph?
| A.Mo's life experiences. | B.Mo's family life. | 
| C.Mo devoted himself to writing. | D.Mo had a gift for writing. | 
What can we infer from the passage?
| A.Mo didn't got any national awards before he won the Nobel Prize. | 
| B.Mo was the top novelist in China before he won the Nobel Prize. | 
| C.Mo's novels have attracted many people to read. | 
| D.Mo's novels are all based on his daily life. | 
Which of the following have no effect on Mo's novels according to the passage?
| A.Clay sculpture. | B.Paper cuts. | 
| C.Folk arts. | D.Beijing opera. | 
According to the passage,we know that________.
| A.Big Breasts & Wide Hips' leading role is one happy mother | 
| B.Big Breasts & Wide Hips criticized China's onechild family policy | 
| C.Frog came out earlier than Big Breasts & Wide Hips | 
| D.Frog shows benefit as well as shortcoming of one China's policy | 
The kindly “Chinese Fortune Grandpa” wearing Han Chinese clothing and holding a fortune bag debuted (亮相) at the Imperial Ancestral Shrine in Beijing on the day after Christmas.The final image of the Chinese gift-giver was selected through a global design competition against“Santa Claus”,according to a report by Guangming Daily.
 Many Chinese cities have been filled with Christmas neon lights,Christmas songs,Christmas trees,and the images of “Santa Claus”in recent days.As a matter of fact,foreign festivals are becoming more popular than certain traditional Chinese festivals among the Chinese people,particularly the youth.“Certain traditional festivals have died out because people have forgotten their spiritual meanings,”said noted writer Feng Jicai.More and more Chinese people are beginning to exchange gifts on Valentine's Day and Christmas.However,many of them know nothing about Chinese New Year pictures or sugarcoated figurines(小糖人),and have never heard suona music.Certain folk customs on the Dragon Boat Festival,Tomb Sweeping Day,and other traditional festivals have gradually disappeared.Under such circumstances,even the “Chinese Fortune Grandpa” is unlikely to defeat “Santa Claus”.
 However,it is not a bad thing to some extent.It constantly reminds people to restore the “true face” of traditional festivals.China has listed traditional Tomb Sweeping Day,Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival as legal holidays,which brings more paid leaves to the public,and helps to awake the public awareness of traditional festivals.
 In modern society,festival is a carrier of culture and its meaning largelydepends on their understandings and usages by people.Compared with foreign festivals,traditional Chinese festivals are not inferior (次于) in cultural meanings,but lack of fashion sought by modern people.If people do not appreciate the historical culture contained by traditional festivals,and only take pleasure-seeking as the most important,the significance of traditional festivals will fade away and the inheritance (继承) of fine traditional culture will be cut off.
The second paragraph implies that______________________.
| A.traditional festivals should co-exist with foreign festivals | 
| B.all the Chinese festivals are disappearing in the near future | 
| C.western festivals are constantly impacting on our festivals | 
| D.the Chinese people have the public awareness of traditional festivals | 
We can learn from the passage that______________.
| A.an image designed by the Chinese people will be displayed | 
| B.the Chinese gift-giver was intended to symbolize traditional culture | 
| C.many foreigners know nothing about Chinese festivals | 
| D.the Chinese are beginning to exchange gifts on the Mid-Autumn Festival | 
Many Chinese youth dislike traditional festivals because they think______________.
| A.traditional festivals are out of fashion now | 
| B.the historical culture is more difficult to understand | 
| C.western festivals contain more cultural meanings | 
| D.the inheritance will cut off their contact with western festivals | 
What would be the best title of the passage?
| A.Gone are Chinese Traditional Festivals | 
| B.True Face of Chinese Traditional Culture | 
| C.Foreign Festivals Popular with Chinese | 
| D.Chinese Fortune Grandpa VS.Santa Claus |