The following news will be played TWICE. Fill in the blanks below with the EXACT WORDS or NUMBERS you hear from the news. Write your answers on the answer sheet. There is only ONE WORD or NUMBER for each blank."I went into a Burger King with my son. And I saw this. I think it's a ZHU, zhu zhu pet. Yes. ZHU.ZHU and recognized that that is Chinese. " For some Americans, the word China elicits fear, recognizing China's rise means recognizing America's decline. "So now we are getting, not our toys and our things in our little “Happy Meals”, which should be ______ , they are so dangerous. Not just our toys in the bag made in China but the image and everything else. The culture coming from China."For others, China elicits feelings of ______ . According to the Pew Research Center, 47 percent of Americans think China's the world's leading economic power, while only 31 percent think America is. That's certainly the opinion among students at Millinocket School in Maine which will welcome paying Chinese students to close its ______ gap next year."I think the Chinese are gonna be (in) total shock. I think of it high tech, way more advanced than us, like 10 times more money and like a better society. And then you look at us, and we are like poor and have nothing."As Hu Jintao tours the US capital, American officials are eager to ______ fears about what a rising China could mean for the world's only superpower. Still some analysts say the US should be focusing on what it can learn from China rather than merely ______ it. "China knows how to develop. They are doing it. We are spending, borrowing and consuming rather than saving and investing for the future."A ______ echoed by many we spoke to. "There is a lot to learn in terms of productivity, organizational resources and also having a culture that values hard work more than our own. ""I think that China developed their economy and shared some of the wealth with the folks."Economically, politically, militarily, China is on the rise. And while the US put education on the ______ block this year, China invested four percent of its GDP in primary and secondary schools in poor rural areas. Chinese universities are mushrooming all across the country and increasingly attracting ______ foreign professors and even American students like Philadelphia native, Zachary Franklin."It seemed just a better decision to be in a country learning about economics where so much is happening economically."Getting a Master's in Shanghai doesn't mean crippling student loans."Chinese students themselves are not paying ______ amounts of money for an education in this country."China is also speeding ahead in high-speed rail lines, in massive infrastructure. Chinese officials say they will complete the first eco-city by 2020 which will be home to 350,000. As US lawmakers ______ for years over who will foot the bill for every high speed rail link, bridge or metro expansion. "America used to have those dreams too. We built the whole inter-state highway system. We built gigantic infrastructure projects in the US in our history.""They are certainly more unified as a people. They are moving in a positive certain direction. I wish we could say the same."President Obama has plenty to put on the table as he hosts his Chinese counterpart at the first US-China state dinner. But will the White House be equally eager to learn from its guests? Katelyn Ford, RT, Washington D.C.
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- Which description about China’s economic growth is correct? A: Chinese economy will grow more smoothly than that of the US during economic emerging period. B: Chinese economy will grow less smoothly than that of the US during economic emerging period. C: China will definitely follow the Latin America path. D: China will definitely follow the East Asian path.
- Which one is wrong, about the geography of America and China?( ) A: China has more railways than America. B: America has two neighbour countries, Canada and Mexico. C: Both America and China's climates vary greatly. D: America's land is less than China's, but water in America is more than China.
- Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. A) In the last decade, mainland Chinese students have reshaped the international student body at US colleges and universities, notably at Ivy League institutions. In the 2009-2010 academic year, China surpassed traditional "study abroad" heavyweights like Canada, India and South Korea, to lead international enrollment across US higher education, according to the Institute of International Education. The US-based institute's most recent figures reveal that mainland Chinese students increased 23% to more than 723,000 in the 2010-2011 academic year. B) While Chinese students traditionally went abroad when they failed to secure a place at a top-tier local university, the best students are now forgoing(放弃) famous Chinese universities to study in the United States. Many of them are seeking a higher quality of education that will train them to become independent and creative. And they believe the world's top-ranked universities are in the United States. While China's economic reforms and "opening-up" that began in 1978 gave rise to the first major generation of students who were generally reliant on scholarships to study in the United States, its rapid economic growth in the mid-1990s has made a distinctive second generation of overseas Chinese students emerge. This new generation comprises much more affluent students. Many of them don't rely on scholarships anymore. This is one of the reasons why there is such a great increase in this population. C)The factors driving mainland Chinese to study in the United States come into play much earlier. Starting around 2005, an influx(流入) of foreign Chinese students came into private US secondary schools. Many Chinese parents send their children to private US high schools as a strategic decision to strengthen their candidacy for elite(精英) US universities. A growing number also want their children to lead happier lives rather than have them consumed by preparing for the "gaokao" in China---the one-time, high-stakes national university entrance examination that is the sole determinant of admission. However, while US boarding schools desire Chinese students both for their dollars and diversity, they typically admit four to five students of any foreign nationality per grade level, with international students comprising up to 20% of the overall student body. With about 100 students for each of the four grade levels, this means admitting a maximum of 20 mainland Chinese, or five percent of the student body. D) By virtue of their size, US universities can accept a much higher number of Chinese students than boarding schools. Since 1999, China was the second leading place of origin for international students at Harvard, trailing only Canada. Its student numbers steadily increased to lead Harvard's international enrollment since the last academic year, with 686 students currently enrolled (nearly 16% of the international student body). China similarly dominates international enrollment at other Ivy League schools, including Yale and Princeton. International students are seen very favorably as a whole, as a way to diversify and really become a global institution. Also economically ---it's very advantageous for elite schools to admit international students because the bulk of them can pay full tuition. As such, there is "a lot of favoritism" toward such students, as financial aid budgets have been cut over the last decade. E) But while mainland Chinese students dominate international enrollment, they comprise a small fraction of the overall student body. This is even more the case at the undergraduate level, as most international students are graduates. According to Harvard spokesperson Kevin Galvin, Harvard has "no quotas or limits for international students. All students are considered in the same pool for all places in the incoming class, regardless of citizenship or the school they attend. " While there is no evidence of undergraduate quotas for international students in Harvard, it is standard practice for top-ranked schools to assess them as a separate pool rather than with the entire pool of applicants. Some US colleges and universities, however, state clearly that they aim to recruit an undergraduate group with around 10% international students. F) As US campuses cannot fully support the demand from China, some educators have seen an opportunity in bringing international education to China, beginning at the secondary level. The trend can already be seen in US universities establishing local degree-granting branches. Next September, New York University will welcome its first undergraduate cohort(一批人) at its new Shanghai campus. Instead of sending Chinese students to secondary schools in America or other foreign countries, these people want to bring international curriculum into China so they don't need to travel outside the country. They help local high schools incorporate international systems, such as the International Baccalaureate and A-Levels, alongside Chinese curriculum. Students at these "Chinese versions of international schools" are typically Chinese nationals, who are restricted by government policy from attending full-fledged(完备的) international schools, which cater to expatriates(侨民). ______1.Some American universities have already established local degree-granting branches in China. ______2.Though Chinese students lead international enrollment in many schools, they make up a small percentage of the overall student population. ______3.Many Chinese students start their study in America early at boarding schools. ______4.The number of mainland Chinese students in American colleges and universities has increased greatly in recent years, especially at Ivy League schools. ______5.American universities recruit international students as a way to diversify and improve their financial situation. ______6.American boarding schools usually admit a very limited number of Chinese students. ______7.Since the last academic year, China has become the leading place of origin for international students at Harvard. ______8.Many top students choose to go to American universities rather than attend the famous universities in China. ______9.Since US schools cannot fully satisfy the demand from China, educators now work to bring international education to China. ______10.Unlike the first generation of Chinese students in America, the new generation includes the best students and many of them do not need to rely on scholarships.
- Socialist culture with Chinese characteristics is derived from China's fine traditional culture, which was born of the Chinese civilization and nurtured over more than 5,000 years.( )
- Section B Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Why Study History? A)Let's face it, our first experience with history is that it is a course that we have to take in order to graduate. As a junior and senior high school student, we have to study American history and state history, and perhaps even take a general course in western civilization (文明) or world history. We didn't have a choice. And the fact that we are forced to take history puts us on the defensive. We begin to build that splendid brick wall that will prevent us from getting anything important out of history. B)The main problem as I see it, is not history itself. The study of history can be fun. But there's only one thing that can make our first experience with history a horrible thing indeed: and that's a poor instructor. I was fortunate. I managed to have a number of excellent history instructors throughout my high school years and this was at a time when I was leaning toward the physical sciences, geology and biology to be exact. I might not have been an excellent history student, but I do remember having excellent history teachers. C)Fine. That's my experience. But experience aside, why study history in the first place? What could history offer the business major? the student hoping to study web page development? the student taking her first psychology class? or the lawyer? or the worker on the shop floor? Well, simply stated, everything has a history, whether we like it or not. Even history itself has a history. Try hard as we might, we can't escape the past. We can't let go of the past. And we celebrate the past all the time. D)You may have been told that we study history so that we won't repeat the mistakes of the past. This is the wishful thinking (一厢情愿) school of historical interpretation (诠释). It's too clean. If we have learned from the past then over the centuries we ought to have built on so much knowledge that things like war, poverty, injustice and immorality ought not to exist. Of course, we've still got a long way to go along this line. E)You may also have heard that everything repeats itself, so if we study the past, we can be sure to know something of the future. I don't hold to this view either. To insist that the study of the past will help to know something of the future is a nice idea, but what I really want to know about is the present. History cannot "tell" the future. History can, on the other hand, help to understand all that is the present. So, faced as we are with the question "why study history?" I can only hope to answer by telling you why I study history. F)Well first off, it's extremely important for us to be in touch not only with the past of our own country, but also of the world as well. History tells us things about the world in which we live. When we are young, we know little about the world beyond our immediate family and environment. As we grow older we realize that the world extends far beyond those limited surroundings and we are hungry for more knowledge of the wider world. But no matter how much of it we explore, all we see is the world as it is today. However, the way the world works is a result of a very long period of development, and we can never understand it well enough unless we try to learn as much as possible about our past. G)Most of us want to live meaningful lives, and we want to understand more than is enough for our mere survival. In our search for understanding our place in the world, we turn to history. There we find a much larger store of human beliefs and values than we come across in our everyday lives. In doing so, we develop a wiser understanding of who we are, of what we can achieve, and of what dangers put individuals, families, communities and nations at risk. H)Of course, there are also more practical reasons why we should study history. Historians examine facts, compare them, evaluate (评价) them, and reach conclusions. By studying history, our own ability to perform these tasks is increased, and this ability is crucial in many walks of life. If you think about it, it's what managers, journalists, politicians, doctors, lawyers and many other professionals have to do every day -- each in their profession. I)But history is enjoyable, too. We should know something of our past in order to be proud of our achievements and how we may have played our part in the development of civilization. With increasing globalization, individual countries are losing the traditions and customs of their own regions, but knowing our history would mean that these traditions do not entirely disappear. However, we should not feel that only our history is of value to the world. Every country has been important to the development of civilization and we must not be so arrogant (傲慢) as to think only ours counts. ______11.What the world is now has taught us that it has not come true that we study history to avoid repeating the same mistakes of the past.