When you turn on the radio,you hear an advertisement. 1       If you turn the pages of a newspaper or magazine,again you find an advertisement. If you walk down the street,you see one advertising board after another. All day,every day,people who want to sell you something compete to catch your attention. As a result,advertisements are almost everywhere.

2       Many TV stations,newspapers,magazines,radio stations are privately owned in the West. The government does not give them money. So where does the money come from? From advertisements. Without advertisements,there would not be these private businesses.

3       Through the years,people have given different answers to the question. For some time it was felt that advertising was a means of " keeping your name before the public”. And some people thought that advertising was " truth well told". Now more and more people describe it in this way：

4        Second,advertising is not personal. It is not face to face communication. Although you may feel that a message in a certain advertisement is aimed directly at you,in reality,it is directed at large groups of people. Third,advertising is usually persuasive. Directly or indirectly it tells people to do something. 5       Fourth,the sponsor of the advertisement must be identified. From the advertisement,we can see if the sponsor is a company,or an organization,or an individual. Fifth,advertising reaches us through traditional and nontraditional mass media. Included in the traditional media are newspapers,magazines,radio,television,and films. Nontraditional media include the mail,matchbox covers,and billboards (廣告牌) .

   A. First,advertising is usually paid for.

   B. All advertisements try to make people believe that the product,idea,or service advertised can do good to them.

   C. Advertisements are very popular in Asian countries.

   D. When you watch television,you hear and see an advertisement.

   E. In the West,advertisements are the fuel that makes mass media work.

   F. Have you ever asked yourself what advertising is?

   G. It takes a large amount of money to produce an advertisement.

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Parents all hope their children will have a bright future with quality education. When the child is still young,they would think of all mean to make their child a distinction. They would send their child to attend various training class from piano or mathematics. They would hope their children could take the leading position from the started line.

The child,on other hand,always feels pushed and wants freedom by their own. They would like to learn that they are interested instead of sitting in front of a piano for hours every single day.

But as the child grow,he or she will come to understand their parents,and the unwillingness they had will turn into grateful. And when they become parents,they probably will follow their parents' footprint.

Recently a Beijing father sent in a question at an Internet forum asking 1       "PK" meant.

Like this 2       (puzzle) father,Chinese teachers at high schools have also been finding their students' compositions using Internet jargon (行話) difficult 3       (understand) .

A high school teacher from Tianjin asked her students to write up compositions with colloquial ( 口語(yǔ)的) language,but they came 4       a lot of Internet jargon 5        she didn't understand.

While some specialists welcome Internet jargon as a new development in language,teachers are worried 6        too much use of such language might lead students away 7        the "right" usage. Parents especially worry that their children might not do well in language tests 8       (because) the use of Internet language.

Such as those mixed feelings are,the conciseness and liveliness of Internet language continue to attract Internet users for making convenient communication.

If you do not even know what a Kong Long [ dinosaur,9       (refer) uglylooking female] or a Qing Wa is,then you will possibly 10        (regard) as a Cai Niaoj

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Driving a car at high speed along a highway seems to be fun. 1       It will take you to where you wish.

2       A taxi driver has to have not only good driving skills but also a good knowledge of the map of London,from the smallest lane (小巷) to the most popular bar around. He has to be at the service of all kinds of passengers at all times.

3       During the night it is quite usual for him to stop two or three times for some refreshments (點(diǎn)心) .He said, "I never drink when I'm working―I would lose my license."

4       There are times he has to stay longer and try to make more runs. He said, "That's the worst thing about working for yourself. If you don't make the money,no one is going to give it to you."

5       Every summer hundreds of children from London will go for a day at the sea―by taxi!Their rides are paid by the taxi drivers,and these fares all go to the "London Taxi Fund for Underprivileged Children". At the sea,they are met by the mayor,and a lunch party is also held in honour of the taxi drivers and the children. After a happy day running around the sea beaches and visiting the market,the children go home again―by taxi,and free of charge,of course！

   A. London taxi drivers not only "take" but also "give".

   B. London taxi drivers enjoy talking to passengers much.

   C. You need only to follow the bright traffic signs beside the highways.

   D. But to a London taxi driver,driving is not an easy job.

   E. He normally goes home between 2  and 3 o'clock in the night.

   F. A certain London taxi driver told of his job as follows.

   G. A good London taxi driver is probably patient.

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Dear Bob,Thank you for your last letter ask about our library.

Let me make a brief introduction to our library. It is locating in front of our teaching building,faced the garden on the other side. And a variety of trees are planted around it. The wonderful surroundings make it a splendidly place to study in.

Our library has a large amounts of books,covered all fields of science,literature,art and so on. But you can easily pick up that you need,since they are clear classified in order.

The library is opened from Monday to Friday,from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and closed at weekends. You can lend five books at one time and should return them in ten days. Or you can just read inside the library as enough tables and chairs are provided.

Best wishes,Tom

It is true that times are changing for the old people in Britain. But not all the changes are bad ones. Modern machine has made old people healthier than 1       . Besides,old people have a good social life 2        their own clubs and organizations. Old people,too,have more money than their own parents and grandparents 3       (have) .

The biggest problem of modern life is loneliness. The young leave their homes to another part of the country when they grow up. They have their own work 4       (do) and their own children to look 5       . They have not much time for the old 6        feel lonely.

The world 7      ( change) so fast since 1900 that it is difficult for old people to understand the problems of the young. And the world 8    (change) even faster these days than it 9       (be) fifty years ago. It makes you think,doesn't it? What will it be like 10        today's young are old?

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Proverbs are quite common in spoken English. We don't normally put them in a composition or a letter. Sometimes it is helpful if you know what common proverbs mean. Here are a few examples：

1       If a dog bites me,I shall be twice as careful in future when I see it. This proverb is also used to apply to many things and not only to dogs. If you have been cheated at a shop,you will not go to the same shop again.

2       If I am a hunter,trying to catch birds,it is better to catch one than to see two birds in a bush but not able to catch them. Thus this means that what you have already got is better than the chance of being able to get something bigger in future.

3       When too many people do something,they get in each other's way and do a bad job. "Pour oil on troubled waters" is to try to calm things down. Oil is lighter than water. If

a ship is in trouble at sea,another ship may come to help it. The second ship can send small boats to rescue people. However,it may first pour oil on the sea to mi^ce the sea less rough.

"Don't be a dog in a manger (食槽) "means "don't be selfish". In a stable (;馬廄) ，the manger is the place where the horse's food is put. Sometimes a dog will sleep in the manger and bark when a horse comes to get its food. The dog does not want to eat the hay in the manger but it will not let the horse eat it.

"He is sitting on the fence" means that somebody will not say whether he is in favor of a plan or against it. He is sitting on a fence between two opposing sides,perhaps waiting to see which side will win.

4       A piper is a musician. The man who employs or pays a musician can say what tunes the man will play. Thus this means that if a man provides the money for a plan,he can say how it will be carried out.

5       means that you cannot get something from a person who has not got any of the things you want,for example,you cannot get a million dollars from a poor man.

   A. ^” You can't get blood out of a stone."

   B. "He who pays the piper calls the tune."

   C. "Once bitten,twice shy."

   D. "It is pouring cats and dogs."

   E. "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."

   F. "It is no use crying over spilt milk."

   G. "Too many cooks spoil the broth (soup) ."

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With large and small keyboards are everywhere,neither children or adults need to write much of anything by hand. That's a big problem. Study after study suggests that handwriting was important for brain development―helping kids learn to express and create ideas. Yet the time devoting to teaching penmanship in most schools has been cut up to just one hour a week. Is it time to give up handwriting? Have a look the link between the brain and penmanship,and you may get the answer. Studies shows that this is not only an English language phenomenon. Chinese and Japanese youths are also suffered. Sometimes they can remember how to write characters.

Cole Bettles had been 1       (reject) by a number of universities when he received an email from the University of California,San Diego,last month,2       ( congratulate) him on his admission and inviting him to tour the campus. His mother 3       (book) a hotel in San Diego,and the 18-year-old Ojai high school senior arranged 4        his families to meet them at the campus for lunch during the Saturday tour.

"They were like ' Oh my God,that's so awesome！' " Bettles said. Right before he got in bed,he checked his email last time and found another message 5       ( say) the school 6      (make) a mistake and his 7        (apply) had been denied.

In fact,all 28,000 students turned away from UC San Diego,in one of the 8       (tough) college entrance seasons on record,had received the same 9      (correct) message. The students' hopes had been raised and then dashed (破滅) in a cruel twist that shows the danger 10        instant communications in the Internet age.

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There are two dangers to be guarded against in old age. One of these is undue (過(guò)度的) absorption (專注) in the past. There is no need to live in memories,in regrets for the good old days,or in sadness about friends who are dead. 1      ,and to things about which there is something to be done.

It is unwise to be too attached to the youth in hopes of sucking vigor from their vitality (活力) . 2      ,they want to live their own lives,and if you continue to be as interested in them as you were when they were young,you are likely to become a burden to them,unless they are cold to you.

I think a successful old age is easier for those who have strong impersonal interests involving proper activities. 3      ,both because they will not believe you,and because mistakes are an essential part of education. But if you are one of those who are incapable of impersonal interests,and you only concern yourself with your children and grandchildren,then you must realize that while you can still give them material services,such as making them an allowance,you must not expect that they will enjoy your company.

4       But in fact the best way is to make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal. An individual human's existence should be like a river―small at first,rushing passionately past rocks and over waterfalls. 5      ,and the banks move back and in the end they become merged (融入) in the sea without any visible break.

The old man who can see life in this way will not suffer from the fear of growing old and death.

   A. Gradually the river grows wider

   B. When your children have grown up

   C. Family will always be the sweetest place.

   D. Some old people are afraid of death.

   E. One's thoughts must be directed to the future

   F. We should change ourselves to suit the world.

   G. It is no use telling children not to make mistakes 

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