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A.Because it meant to avoid poison
B.Because it could make boys kings
C.Because it was beautiful
D.Because their family names were Wang
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Why are so many Chinese workers willing to work abroad in spite of poor conditions？
A．They want to enjoy the beautiful scenery.
B．They want to make a leisurely life.
C．They want to make more money.
D．They are not diligent.
M: I think they don't speak because their culture values modesty, and they don't want to appear to be showing off. Goes back to Confucius.
Q: Why don't Chinese students say anything in class according to the man？
(14)
A．They are too shy.
B．They are not allowed to speak.
C．They are modest.
D．They don't dare to speak.
听力原文： The podcast revolution is erupting all over the world—and seemingly all at once. (29) Why is it getting so popular？ The technology is simple to master and podcasting software is inexpensive, sometimes even free. Two Chinese students are receiving international fame as millions of people around the world watch them podcast from their dormitory. They are called the Back Dormitory Boys, and they specialize in mouthing Backstreet Boys' songs. Although most people in China don't have iPods, podcasting is sweeping the country. (30) The Back Dormitory Boys are among the thousands of Chinese who are putting their own homemade audio and video up on the Internet for all to enjoy. "You just gotta love two guys making a fool of themselves, and gaining international attention," said "Good Morning America" technology expert Becky Worley. The Internet is becoming more and more popular with China's youth; (31) about 60 percent of the 100 million Chinese who use the Internet are under the age of 24. "This generation grew up with values that are very, very similar to their peers in the United States," said Huang Hung, publisher of Time Out Beijing. "You're going to see a complete change in the cultural landscape of China." Already, podcasting has taken off in the United States. Earlier this year, 19-year-old Gary Brolsma skyrocketed to Internet fame with what he calls his "Numa Numa" dance—a lip sync to a Romanian pop song.
29. Why is podcasting sweeping the world？
30.What does podcasting mean according to the speaker？
31.Why does the speaker hold that the Internet is very popular among young people in China？
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A．Because it is related with pop songs.
B．Because it is both simple and inexpensive.
C．Because you don't need a master to teach you.
D．Because it is initiated by two Chinese students.
Q: What does the man say about Chinese？
W: Hi, Leo. Why do you say English will become the world language？
M: Well, for one thing, it's so commonly used. The only language that is used by more people is Chinese.
W: Why is English spoken by so many people？
M: It's spoken in many countries of the world because of the British Empire. And now, of course, there's influence of America as well.
W: Many students find English a difficult language to learn.
M: Oh, all languages are difficult to learn. But English does have two great advantages.
W: What are they？
M: Well, first of all, it has a very international vocabulary. It has many German, Dutch, French, Spanish and Italian words in it. So speakers of those languages will find many familiar words in English. In fact, English has words from many other languages as well.
W: Why is that？
M: Well, partly because English speakers have travelled a lot. They bring back words with them, so English really does have an international vocabulary.
W: And what's the other advantage of English？
M: It's that English grammar is really quite easy. For example, it doesn't have dozens of different endings for its nouns, adjectives and verbs, not like Latin, Russian, and German for example.
W: Why is that？
M: Well, it's quite interesting actually. It's because of the French. When the French ruled England, French was the official language and only the common people spoke English. They try to make the language as simple as possible, so they made the grammar easier.
A.It is more difficult to learn than English.
B.It is used by more people than English.
C.It will be as commonly used as English.
D.It will eventually become a world language.
CHEN: Yes, they have been so busy during the past period of time. I think we should have a party.
ERIC: What about we invite them to have a drink, Chen？ There is one of the best pubs in the neighborhood. Besides, a lot of the employees live around there. So it would be convenient.
CHEN: I have a suggestion. Why don't we go to a KTV and sing？
ERIC: A KTV？ Are you serious？
CHEN: Yes, why not？ Don't you like KTVs？
ERIC: I don't know. I never went to one.
CHEN: Really？ Eric？
ERIC: It is not surprising. Many Americans have never gone to a KTV, It's not an American thing to do.
CHEN: But there are a lot of KTVs in town and we all like to go there.
ERIC: Maybe that's your Chinese way of recreation. Americans don't usually go out to sing with their friends.
CHEN: But you know, half of the employees in our company are Chinese, so going to a KTV would be fun for them.
ERIC: But what about the other employees？
CHEN: Well, I think they would have a good time too. They have a lot of English songs.
ERIC: Well, maybe we should suggest it to the office tomorrow. I'm willing to try.
CHEN: Good. Just as the saying goes, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do." I'm sure you will enjoy it!
(20)
A．Why KTV is popular in China.
B．How the employees spend their weekend usually.
C．Where to celebrate their success.
D．Which is the best pub in the neighborhood.
M: Nana is the most popular comic series because Japanese people can sympathize with this love story. Why Japanese people love comics is probably because riley do not show much of what they think or feel. So, they project their thoughts and feelings in comics.
W: Which part of Japan is the most famous？ And why？
M: The most famous part in Japan is Tokyo, the center of modern culture in Japan and all Japanese trends are born there.
W: What is the most important festival in Japan and why does it become so significant for the Japanese？
M: In Japan, the most important festival is the New Year's Holidays. Japanese people visit a shrine on New Year's day to pray for health and good future. Also, family gets together and many children receive money. Also, people clean the house before the New Year and eat toshikoshi soba for long life. And on New Year's day people eat osechi ryori, which is very special and delicious. I like New Year very much.
W: If I want to skiing, where should I go？
M: I think Nagano(长野) is the best place to ski in Japan. The reason is because the Winter Olympics were held in Nagano in 1998. The snow there is very soft and beautiful.
W: What kind of food do you like besides Japanese food？ Like American food, Chinese food？
M: Recently, young Japanese people eat with their friends at fast food restaurants like McDonalds or Yoshinoya. There are not many university students eating meals at home. I think that I am the same as those students. Also, Japanese like Italian, Chinese, and Korean food. But I like Japanese food the best because foreign food is too strong for me.
W: What do you think about Junlehiro Koizumi？ Is he handsome or look old？
M: I think Prime Minister Koizumi is a progressive person rather than a traditional one. He is active and has made good diplomacy, but his idea of tax increase is not good. I think capitalism is going to do big damage to poor people. Koizmni's capitalism is just like that of President George Bush. Is Koizumi handsome？ Well, I think he looks not all that bad.
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A．Nana is the most popular comic series in Japan because it's a love story.
B．Nana is the most popular comic series in Japan because its plot is attractive.
C．Japanese people do not like to express their thoughts and feelings before others.
D．Japanese people love comics because they are very funny and interesting.
Why do people marry？ People divorce often, it can be 【S1】______
seen by the rising divorce rate in the U.S. and elsewhere. But they
remarry soon enough after they divorce. Now many of them
divorce at a much younger age than before. That is also found 【S2】______
that the young have a big share of divorce. But what many
sociologists find difficult to understand is because they seem to 【S3】______
be eager to rush into marriage than get out of it. 【S4】______
In the old days, there was every reason to marry young—
specially among the working class. In Chinese communities, 【S5】______
unmarried men and women seemed to be disadvantaged in many
ways. Women were in a more difficult position than men since
in earlier time, girls were not allowed to be educated. They also 【S6】______
did not enjoy social freedom. In the past, women who were not
"married off" if they turned 30 were considered to be a problem 【S7】______
or a worry for the family. They might have to remain with their
families as they could not find jobs, and thus were able to support 【S8】______
themselves. For men, they often led an unpleasant and uncomfortable 【S9】______
life as they did not have a wife to do the sewing, cooking,
and cleaning and take care of the husband and children. In those 【S10】______
days, the family was the cornerstone of society. Both sexes needed
marriage far more than now.
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听力原文：W: Have you been to that new restaurant yet？
M: You mean the campus comer？
W: Yeah. That's the one. It's right across the street from the entrance to the school.
M: No. I've never eaten there. I usually have 6me to go home for lunch between classes.
W: Are you a good cook？
M: I'm quite handy in the kitchen myself. Last semester I took a course in Chinese cooking. And I must say I think I did rather well.
W: Well, in that case I'll certainly have to take the advantage of our acquaintance. Do you think you could teach something about Chinese cooking？
M: That's a great idea. Say, why don't you come home with me after geometry class？ I'll mm dinner into a cooking lesson.
W: OK. If you are sure it's not too much trouble.
M: Not at all. I'll teach you what I've learnt in the cooking class. Just remind mc to stop by the grocery store after class. I have to pick up a couple of ingredients.
W: I hope this isn't turning into a huge project.
M: No way. I like to cook. Besides we have to eat anyway, right？
W: You are fight. I guess I haven't thought of it that way.
M: Oh, there is the professor. You'd better go sit down.
W: OK. See you after class.
(20)
A．At the office
B．In the street
C．In a classroom
D．In a restaurant
The Long March
A Long Way to Go for Chinese Entrepreneurs
Prospects of a new direction
"Made in China" lost its novelty long ago. The label has become widespread in much of the world, affixed to shoes, toys, apparel and a host of other items produced for global companies. What is novelty, however, are China-made goods sold under Chinese brand names. Only a handful of Chinese firms so far have the money and the management expertise to establish international brands. Most of the vast remainders are struggling to get even national recognition. But the pioneering companies which have started exploring overseas market might be regarded as on the threshold of something big.
Some believe that individually, with the help of enterprising local management or eager multinational partners wanting to add new products to their stable, Chinese brands could become a global phenomenon within a decade, marketed on quality and foreign appeal, as well as competitive pricing. Says Viveca Chan, Hong Kong based managing director at Grey China, an advertising agency: "If there' s one country in the world that has ample potential for taking brands global, it's China."
Why going abroad？
The concept of Chinese brands has been evolving through the 1990s, but is now getting greater attention at home. Although the domestic market is still robust, a handful of state-owned enterprises, or SOEs, including listed Chinese companies, are now looking to establish international brands because they believe the quality of both their products and their management has improved. Chinese joint ventures think their products can compete on quality with foreign brands anywhere, while enjoying the advantage of being perceived as exotic.
Besides bringing in additional revenue, a global brand also burnishes a company's image in China, stimulating sales among status-conscious domestic consumers. For example, state-owned soft-drinks maker Jianlibao has developed its overseas market in part to "establish a good image", which in turn enhances consumption at home, says Chief Executive Han Weixian.
Difficulties on the way
But building a brand takes time, money and marketing wisdom. Many Chinese brands have nudged into the international market on the back of competitive pricing and only a few have utilized other strategies. Jianlibao has highlighted its Asian appeal, presenting itself as the preferred sports-drink of China's athletes. Others like Haier, one of China's leading home-appliance producers, have pointedly avoided pricing strategy, competing instead on product quality and an efficient distribution and after-sales service.
Of course, global sales don't mean global brands, as Grey China's Chan points out. And it's still early days for Chinese companies. For a start, investment funds for brand promotion are hard to obtain, says Chu Liangjin, the Qingdao-based director of the overseas division of China's Tsingtao Brewery. "No more than 5% of our total export sales can be reinvested in promoting our brand overseas," explains Chu, adding that Tsingtao is trying to persuade the foreign-currency authorities to change this standard practice for SOEs. With the government's emphasis on preventing the outflow of foreign currency, the chances of the restrictions being lifted are small.
Although targeted only at SOEs, the 5% limit is bound to hamper Chinese brands. Jianlibao, for example, has invested about ＄10 million to sell its brand in the U.S. market, but Li Jingwei, the company's general manager, knows that's just a drop in the bucket. He believes that to successfully generate brand recognition among Americans, the company needs to spend at least ＄50 million to ＄100 million on marketing. He has no doubt that consumers will like Jianlibao's range of sports and soft drinks, but explains that
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China promises Internet bounty
Yahoo! will pay $ 1 billion for a stake in the Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba. com as it battles other U.S. Internet companies for a foothold in China's fast-growing Internet market.
Other major U.S. Web players such as eBay, Amazon. com, Barry Diller's Interactive Corp. and Monster. com are shelling out big bucks for Chinese companies, although Yahoo! hit a new record.
Why the spending spree？
The same mason U. S. companies from Coca-Cola to General Motors have long beaten a path to China's door: The nation has a lot of people. And now it has a burgeoning middle class, primed to revel in prosperity by buying consumer goods.
Less than 8 percent of China's 1.3 billion people are online—but that still gives it 103 million Inter- net users, second only to the United States, with 203 million. By 2009, the number of Chinese Netizens is expected to surpass the number of Americans online. That year, Chinese e-commerce will be a $ 390.9 billion market, according to the research firm IDC.
Those colossal projections have U. S. investors salivating—even though actual Internet sales in China to date are minuscule. Yahoo's billion-dollar deal Thursday gives it a 40 percent stake in a company with just $ 68 million in 2004 revenue. It follows last week's debut of Baidu. com— "the Google of China"— which skyrocketed 354 percent on its opening day of trading on the Nasdaq stock market, despite having just $ 13.4 million in 2004 revenues. Google has a 2.6 percent stake in Baidu and reportedly would like more.
Moreover, e-commerce has some big obstacles in a country where credit cards are still, rare. Internet transactions are sometimes paid for by sending bicycle messengers with cash. PCs are beyond the reach of most of the multitudes, who had a gross national per capita income in 2002 of just $ 940, according to the World Bank.
But its massive demographics and surging economy—China's CDP grew 9 percent in 2004—make the People's Republic seem all the riper to U.S. companies. Now that explosive growth has slowed in the United States, Internet moguls see China as vast virgin territory.
"We are doubling down in China because the potential for Internet commerce in that country is simply extraordinary," eBay CEO Meg Whitman told analysts in February.
Internet firms in China "are getting in at the very beginning of a consumer economy that's really nascent," said Laura Martin, senior analyst with Soleil/Media Metrics in Pasadena, Calif. "First movers have the best advantage at creating enormous amounts of value."
Add to that the Chinese propensity for homegrown enterprises, and you've got a mini-gold rush as U. S, Internet firms vie for Chinese partners to help them penetrate beyond the Great Wall.
Peter Sealey, an adjunct professor of marketing at the University of California-Berkeley's Haas School of Business, was chief marketing officer for the Coca-Cola Corp. in 1979 when it entered China.
Like the U.S. Internet firms, Coke allied with Chinese companies. "You always want a partner on the ground who's native to the territory, who knows the political system, who has connections," Sealey said.
The soft-drink firm faced some marketing challenges. "Coke is an acquired taste," he said. "We had Fanta Orange soda—a taste (the Chinese) were accustomed to. We used to take a case of 24 bottles of Fanta and swap in two bottles of Coke. Then we had to run ads explaining that Coke should be consumed cold."
Internet firms are likely to face a different set of cultural barriers. The reliance on a cash economy is a big one. To help spur Web transactions, eBay is introducing its online payment system PayPal in China this year. Alibaba, Yahoo's new partner, already has a payment system called Alipay.
Then there's cost. "To
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