The Chinese New Year lasts for two weeks and is crowned by the ___________ Festival.（

stounding economic growth (8 percent annually} , its tremendous consumer market (1.2 billion people), the investment enthusiasm of foreign suitors ($40 billion in foreign direct investment last year【2】)？ China is an economic wonder.【3】Nicholas Lardy of the Brookings Institution, a Washington D．C．-based think tank, "No country【4】its foreign trade as fast as China over the last 20 years. Japan doubled its foreign trade over【5】period; China's foreign trade was quintupled(使成五倍). They've become the pre-eminent producer of labor-intensive manufacturing goods in the world. "

But there's been【6】from the dazzling China growth story-namely, the Chinese I multinational. No major Chinese companies have yet established themselves, or their brands,【7】the global stage. But things are now starting to change.【8】100 years of poverty and chaos, of being overshadowed by foreign countries and multinationals, Chinese industrial companies are starting to make a mark on the world.

A new generation of large and credible firms【9】in China in the electronics, appliance and even high-tech sectors. Some have【10】critical mass on the mainland and are now seeking new outlets for their production-through exports and by building Chinese factories abroad, chiefly in Southeast Asia.

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A．listened

B．listened to

C．heard

D．heard of

places like New York City, eating Chinese food became intertwined with the traditions of other ethnic groups, especially that of Jewish immigrants. Many Jewish families faithfully visited their favorite Chinese restaurant every Sunday night. Among the menus in the exhibition are selections from Glatt Wok: Kosher Chinese Restaurant and Takeout in Monsey, N. Y. , and Wok Toy in Cedarhurst, N.Y..

Until 1965 Cantonese-speaking immigrants, mainly from the county of Toisan. dominated the industry and menus reflected a standard repertory of tasty but bland Americanizations of Cantonese dishes. But loosening immigration restrictions that year brought a flood of people from many different regions of China, starting "authenticity revolution," said Ed Schoenfeld, a restaurateur and Chinese food consultant.

Top chefs who were trained in spicy and more unusual regional specialties, like Hunan and Sichuan cooking, came to New York then, Mr. Schoenfeld said.

President Richard M. Nixon's trip to China in 1972 awakened interest in the country and accounts of his meals helped whet diners' appetites for new dishes. An illustration of a scowling Nixon with a pair of chopsticks glares down from the wall at the exhibition.

Hunan and Sichuan restaurants in New York influenced the taste of the whole country, Mr. Schoenfeld said. Dishes like General Tso's chicken and crispy orange beef caught on everywhere.

But as with the Cantonese food before it, Mr. Schoenfeld said, the cooking degraded over time, as it became mass produced. Today's batter-fried, syrup-laden version of Chinese food, he said, bears little resemblance to authentic cuisine.

The real explosion of Chinese restaurants that made them ubiquitous came in the 1980's, said Betty Xie, editor of Chinese Restaurant News. "Now you see there are almost one or two Chinese restaurants in every town in the United States. " she said.

There are signs that some have tired of Chinese food. A 2004 Zagat survey showed that its popularity has ebbed somewhat in New York City. But the journey of the Chinese restaurant remains the story of the American dream, as experienced by a constant but evolving stream of Chinese immigrants who realized the potential of 12-hour days, borrowed capital and a willingness to cook whatever Americans wanted. Sales margins are tight, and wages are low.

Restaurants are passed from one family member to the next, or sold by one Chinese family to another. Often a contingency written into sales contracts is that the previous owners train the new owners.

Nowadays it is overwhelmingly Fujianese immigrants, many of them smuggled into this country illegally, who are flocking to the restaurant business because they have few other options.

"The competition in Chinese communities is cutthroat," Mr. Chen, the co-curator, said. "What people realize is you can make much, much better profit in places like Montana. "

From the first paragraph we know that by the 1950's and 60's Chinese food was a favorite of ______.

A．the suburban dwellers

B．New Yorkers

C．ethnic immigrants

D．Jewish immigrants

A.since

B.in

C.on

D.by

students end dorm life as soon as they can. Residence(住校)choices at U.S. colleges and universities are as different as the institutions themselves, but the first-year dorm experience is generally a mandatory rite(仪式)of passage. Students often complain about the space, but compared with most Chinese dorm rooms those in the U.S. are costly and satisfying. Most students spend their first year in a double room, usually with an area of somewhere between 12 and 15 square meters. A standard room includes a sink(washbasin), a telephone, a bunk-bed, two desks and two wardrobes. Rooms often come equipped with cable TV and broadband Internet access. Students usually provide other extras for themselves-they buy or rent a mini-refrigerator and bring along a carpet, a computer and audiovisual equipment. Roommates are usually chosen by chance from among all the new students at the university, so it's quite likely you won't share any classes with your roommate. It's not only the lack of space, but the many rules that make students feel they've had enough after a year. Rules on visitors of the opposite sex and alcohol are considered by many as the most bothersome(讨厌的)。 Some students put much effort into making their rooms different, especially by using paint, but this can lead to fines. Many students who leave move into an apartment or share a house with friends. This offers more freedom and sometimes even costs less than residence hall living. But a few grow fond of dorm life and stay on for another year or even longer. The most devoted go on to serve as resident assistants, the enforcers(执行者)of rules.

1.Students usually have dorm life for at least one year because ().

A.they have to

B.they like to try something new

C.they want to make new friends

D.their dorm life is quite satisfying

2.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？()

A.Students can have other residence choices after their fist-year dorm life

B.It's not necessary that you share a room with your classmates

C.Maybe boys are only allowed to visit girls at fixed time

D.No one would like to go on with their dorm life after first-year dorm life experience

3.Which of the following is probably NOT the reason why students end their dorm life as soon as possible？()

A.Rooms are too small

B.Their roommates are not friendly

C.They don't like the many rules there

D.It is more expensive.

4.What does the author want to tell us in the last paragraph？()

A.All students do enjoy their dorm life

B.Some students become the enforcers of rules

C.Though many students move out, there are some students who stay on

D.Students are allowed to stay on

5.What is the best title for the passage？()

A.Most U.S. Students Move Our of the Dorm

B.U.S. University Students Today

C.University Life in the U.S.

D.The U.S. University Students Need More Freedom

This is a ______table.

A．brown new Chinese wooden beautiful

B．beautiful new brown Chinese wooden

C．Chinese beautiful new brown wooden

D．wooden new beautiful Chinese brown

he first time you （） thunder or watched a television program？ Adults seldom （） events much earlier than the year or so before entering school, just as children younger than three or four （） retain any specific, personal experiences.A variety of explanations have been （） by psychologists for this “childhood amnesia”(儿童失忆症).One argues that the hippocampus, the region of the brain which is responsible for forming memories, does not mature （） about the age of two.But the most popular theory （） that, since adults do not think like children, they cannot （） childhood memories.Adults think in words, and their life memories are like stories or （） ----one event follows （） as in a novel of film.But when they search through their mental （） for early childhood memories to add to this verbal life story, they don't find any that fits the （）.It's like trying to find a Chinese word in an English dictionary.

Now psychologist Annette Simms of the New York State University offers a new （） for childhood amnesia.She argues that there simply （） any early childhood memories to recall.According to Dr.Simms, children need to learn to use （） spoken description of their personal experiences in order to turn their own short-term, quickly （） impressions of them into long-term memories.In other （）, children have to talk about their experiences and hear others talk about （） -----Mother talking about the afternoon （） looking for seashells at the beach or Dad asking them about their day at Ocean Park.Without this （） reinforcement, says Dr.Simms, children cannot form. （） memories of their personal experiences.

1.A.listened B.feltC.touchedD.heard

2.A.involveB.interpretC.recallD.resolve

3.A.largelyB.rarelyC.merelyD.really

4.A.canceled B.figuredC.proposedD.witnessed

5.A.untilB.onceC.afterD.since

6.A.magnifiesB.intervenesC.containsD.maintains

7.A.reflect B.attainC.accessD.refer

8.A.narratives B.forecastsC.regulationsD.descriptions

9.A.the restB.anotherC.the other D.others

10.A.outputs B.dreamsC.flashesD.files

11.A.footstepB.patternC.frameD.landscape

12.A.emphasisB.arrangementC.explanationD.factor

13.A.aren'tB.weren'tC.isn'tD.wasn't

14.A.anyone elseB.anyone else'sC.some elseD.someone else's

15.A.forgottenB.rememberedC.forgettingD.remembering

16.A.sensesB.casesC.wordsD.means

17.A.himB.theirsC.itD.them

18.A.usedB.chosenC.takenD.spent

19.A.habitualB.verbalC.prettyD.mutual

20.A.permanentB.consciousC.subordinateD.spiritual

according to a survey among 5,000 overseas students, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported last week.

The survey was carried out by the British Council, the council for international education, and Universities UK, an organization supporting the work of all the country's universities.

The survey revealed only 7 percent of the students said most of their friends were from the UK; 32 percent said they had a mixture of UK and international student friends; and 59 percent said their only friends were international.

Some student leaders say one reason fox' the trend is that overseas students are dedicate to their courses instead of their social lives.

In addition, many foreign students weren't interested in the pub-centered drinking culture on British campuses, according to Will MacFarlane, student union general secretary of the London School of Economies. This prevented some students who didn't pay regular trips to pubs from making new friends.

Some students think that MacFarlane's explanation is true.

"I have only one year to adapt to the new all-English environment and dealing with a full study workload. The time is so limited that I have little time to make friends with foreign students." Said one Peking University grad student who is at Oxford University.

She also admitted that an important reason for the lack of interaction is that Chinese students are usually shy, and don't take the initiative to make new friends.

MacFarlane also came forward with some suggestions on how to improve the situation. "It may be helpful if we can provide a cultural shift in university activities away from the drinking culture, and provide more activities for more groups," he said.

The survey showed that ______.

A．the number of overseas students is reduced in recent years

B．overseas students are not willing to make friends with British students

C．no overseas students have time to go to pubs in spare time

D．most overseas students have few British friends

They saw a new movie at the theatre, ______ they had dinner at a Chinese restaurant.

A．then which

B．which after

C．after which

D．after that