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International Pen Friends (IPF) started in Ireland in 1967. Our IPF head Julie Delbridge is from Australia. We welcome everyone who is no younger than 8. You can write to your pen friends in English, French, German, Greek, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese. IPE members include people such as singers, clerks, students, teachers, waiters, writers, and more.
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IPE gives you 10 to 14 other IPE friends .We will send e-mails to you from IPE in Australia. Also, your name will be given to 10 to 14 other IPE members. The pen friend you will get will be in your age group. You will have the same interests. Why not try it out now?
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What’s the passage about?
The word “shanzhai” originally means “mountain village”，but it means“copy”in Chinese now．
I started to research this topic and found a whole new shanzhai world．There are shanzhai products(产品) and online games，even shanzhai culture．It is so popular that some people say to each other “have you shanzhaied today”?Like it or not，shanzhai has become part of our life in China．
I even met a famous engineer recently who has just had his shanzhai mobile phone．He was so proud of it and would not stop talking about all the functions while showing off the look of his phone．I could hardly see the back cover as he had stuck fake logos(假冒标记)“iPhone”，“No-kia”&“LG”on it．
But why has shanzhai become so popular in China? Why do over 50 percent of the people surveyed by CCTV support it? Firstly，many may not realize it but for Chinese people，the word
“shanzhai” also reminds us of“ the heroes of Liangshan”．Secondly, there would be no shanzhai without the Internet．Shanzhai has caught the interest of millions of Chinese online．
There are also shanzhai celebrities．Many shanzhai singers can be seen performing in some
remote places where people cannot see performances by the actual“real”stars．These events are very successful，even though people know that they are not getting the“real”thing．Shanzhai means __________ today．
| A．copy | B．mountain village |
| C．terrible accident | D．the heroes of Liangshan |
Shanzhai is a popular word in ____________．
| A．Japan | B．America | C．China | D．England |
Shanzhai appears because of ___________．
| A．the telephone | B．the television |
| C．the radio | D．the Internet |
What’s the meaning of the underlined word “remote”?
| A．modern | B．faraway | C．real | D．nearby |
Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Many people are interested in shanzhai． |
| B．Shanzhi has become popular on the Internet these days． |
| C．Some shanzhai singers perform well and people love their performance． |
| D．People who watch shanzhai clelebrities didn’t know they are not real. |
One day, there was a blind man called John sitting on the bench with a hat by his feet
and a sign that read，“I am blind．Please help me．”
A creative publicist(广告员)named Tom was walking by the blind man and stopped to
see that the man only had a few coins in his hat．He put a few of his own coins in the hat．
Without asking for permission(允许)，took the sign，turned it around and wrote a new message．
Then he put the sign by the feet of the blind man and left．
Later that afternoon the publicist returned to the blind man and noticed that his hat was almost full of bills and coins．The blind man recognized(识别)his footsteps and asked if it was he who had changed his sign．He also wanted to know what the man wrote on it．
The publicist said，“I just wrote the message a little differently．”He smiled and went on his way．
The new sign read，“Spring has come，but I can’t see anything．”What’s the blind man’s name?
| A．Tom | B．John |
| C．Tony | D．Sorry, I don’t know |
Who wrote a new message?
| A．The blind man | B．The teacher |
| C．The publicist | D．The farmer． |
How did the blind man recognize the publicist?
| A．By his sign | B．By his footsteps |
| C．By his voice | D．By his coins． |
When did the story happen?
| A．In spring | B．In summer | C．In autumn | D．In winter． |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．Publicists are always friendly and helpful． |
| B．We can get more money by changing a sign． |
| C．The blind man is not clever，so he has little money． |
| D．The power of language is great． |
Post 1 is aimed at people who want to __________．
| A．make their moms happy |
| B．enjoy eating hamburgers |
| C．have cheap meals outside |
| D．eat chicken and sea food |
The underlined word“REWARD”in Post 2 most probably means _________．
| A．招聘 | B．海报 | C．悬赏 | D．求职 |
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Oak Street Coaching School helps students ___________．
| A．become the best in class | B．improve their marks |
| C．perform well at parties | D．face the teachers bravely |
According to the passage, which is TRUE?
| A．Nobody will like Sambo’s restaurant |
| B．The food in Sambo’s restaurant is very expensive. |
| C．Jennifer kesse is lost . |
| D．Oak Street Coaching School is an online school. |
In many Western schools, sports day is a big event. Children take part in competitive sports, trying to break school records and take the first place.
Sports days, or sports meetings are usually held in the warmer seasons, either at the beginning or at the end of the school year. They are also called field days.
Primary school sports days are fun. They usually have activities such as the egg and spoon race and the sack race. Other events include the skipping race and the three-legged race. In middle and high school, sports days include many of the common tracks and field events. They are more serious and competitive than primary schools.
Students’ parents and other relatives also come to the school on sports day. They watch children play. Many schools in the west have ‘mothers and fathers’ races for parents to take part in!
Although sports days are exciting, they also have some problems. According to some reports in the USA, sports days have become too competitive for students. Some parents put too much pressure on their children. Some schools don’t have ‘mothers and fathers’ races any more as there is much fighting and cheating.
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Born into a farmer’s family, life was not easy when I was a kid. We were so poor that we often did not know where our next meal was coming from. I had to sell cabbages at the marketplace to support my family.A storyteller once came to the marketplace, and I went to listen to him. My mother was unhappy with me for forgetting my job. But that night, while she was making clothes for us under the weak light of an oil lamp, I couldn't help retelling stories I'd heard that day. She listened impatiently at first, since in her eyes professional（职业的） storytellers were smooth-talking men—nothing good ever came out of their mouths. But slowly she was attracted by my retold stories, and from that day on, she never gave me any task on market days, unspoken agreement to enjoy new stories. As a repayment（回报）for Mother's kindness and a way to show off my memory, I'd retell the stories for her in lively detail. Soon, she wasn't the only member of my audience, which later included my elder sisters, my aunts, even my stubborn grandmother. I knew she was worried about me. Talkative kids are not well thought of in our village, for they can bring trouble to themselves and to their families when they talk too much. Mother often reminded me not to talk so much, wanting me to be a silent and modest teenager. However, my
natural desire（渴望）to talk never went away, and that is what makes my name – Mo Yan, which means ‘no speaking’. This strong wish to talk also improved my ability to express myself, which is important for writers who are also considered as storytellers.
| A．hard | B．colourful | C．easy | D．rich |
| A．little Mo Yan was interested in selling vegetables |
| B．his mother was attracted by the retold story at first |
| C．his mother didn’t let him listen to the new stories again |
| D．little Mo Yan had quite a good memory |
| A．Because she thought they never said anything good. |
| B．Because she thought they couldn’t make much money. |
| C．Because she thought they would affect Mo Yan’s schoolwork. |
| D．Because she thought most people didn’t like listening to stories. |
| A．silent | B．modest | C．talkative | D．trouble-making |
| A．My Unlucky Childhood |
| B．A Storyteller’s Childhood |
| C．My Kind Grandmother |
| D．More talking leads to success |