C. There’s music, entertainment and magic during the festival.
D. The rice dish needs to be mixed in one big bowl by dozens of chefs together.
22. What do we know about Waikiki Spam Jam ?
A. People spend one day to prepare the Jam.
B. The spam is the most favorite for Hawii people.
C. The Jam isn’t affordable for the plain townsfolk.
D. The Jam is mainly made from raw beef.
23. If you have time in August, you can go to ______.
A. Bibimbap Festival B. Waikiki Spam Jam
C. Bessieres Easter Egg Festival D. Potato Days Festival
B
To Rehan Staton, his childhood was a life of privilege―loving parents, a supportive big
brother and a pleasant, private school education. Everything changed when his mother left
the country and his father lost his job.
He had to sleep with a heavy jacket on when it was cold. He was always hungry. He said
he couldn’t concentrate at school and would sleep during class. He went from straight-As to
near the bottom of his class. A teacher told him he needed special education, which made
him hate school.
Staton spent his high school years as an excellent athlete, training to become a
professional boxer. He had won a lot of martial arts competitions. But a tragedy struck him
in his senior year when Staton suffered serious tendonitis( 肌腱炎) in both shoulders. He
couldn’t lift either arm for months. His dream of becoming a professional player failed. He
struggled to apply to colleges but was refused by all of them.
Staton’s body slowly recovered from martial arts and he got a job as a rubbish collector.
Many co-workers couldn’t help but ask him a simple question, “What are you doing here?
You’re smart. You are too young to be here. Go to college.” It was the first time someone
outside his family had spoken highly of his intelligence. It was the co-workers that
emboldened him to return to school.
Several co-workers put Staton in touch with a professor at Bowie State University. The
professor was impressed with their conversation and persuaded the admissions board to
change its former decision.
Going to college forced Staton’s older brother, Reggie, to drop out. They both knew
someone had to be working full time along with their dad. It was a decision Reggie made on
his own.
After receiving a 4.0, Staton succeeded in becoming a student at the University of
Maryland. But he still had a long way to go to attend Harvard Law eventually...
24. What finally changed Rehan Staton’s happy childhood?
A. His brother’s losing the job. B. His serious health problem.
C. His father’s sudden death. D. His mother’s leaving the country.
25. What does the underlined word “emboldened” in the fourth paragraph mean?
A. Force. B. Direct. C. Encourage. D. Accompany.
26. Why did Staton’s elder brother have to drop out of school?
A. He wanted his brother to study further. B. His father asked him to leave school.
C. He had lost interest in most lessons. D. He had to go out to find his mother.
27. What will the writer mainly talk about next?
A.What Rehan Staton planned to do after entering Harvard.
B. How Rehan Staton managed to be admitted to Harvard.
C. Why Rehan Staton decided to choose to go to Harvard.
D. When Rehan Staton would be successful in Harvard Law.
C
Every week in China, millions of people will sit in front of their TVs watching
teenagers compete for the title Character Hero, which is a Chinesestyle spelling bee (拼写大
赛). In this challenge, young competitors must write Chinese characters by hand. To prepare
for the competition, the competitors usually spend months studying dictionaries.
Perhaps the show's popularity should not be a surprise. Along with gunpowder and
paper, many Chinese people consider the creation of Chinese calligraphy (书法) to be one of
their primary contributions. Unfortunately, all over the country, Chinese people are
forgetting how to write their own language without computerized help. Software on smart
phones and computers allows users to type in the basic sound of the word using the Latin
alphabet( 字 母 ). The correct character is chosen from a list. The result? It's possible to
recognize characters without remembering how to write them.
But there's still hope for the paint brush. China's Education Ministry wants children to
spend more time learning how to write.
In one Beijing primary school we visited, students practice calligraphy every day inside
a specially decorated classroom with traditional Chinese paintings hanging on the walls. Soft
music plays as a group of sixyearolds dip brush pens into black ink. They look up at the
blackboard often to study their teacher's examples before carefully trying to reproduce those
characters on thin rice paper. "If adults can survive without using handwriting, why bother to
teach it now?" we ask the calligraphy teacher, Shen Bin. "The ability to write characters is
part of Chinese tradition and culture," she reasons. "Students must learn now so they don't
forget when they grow up." says the teacher.
28. What can we learn about the Character Hero?
A. It draws great public attention across the country.
B. It's the mostviewed TV programs in the world.
C. It means to spread Chinese culture to the world.
D. It's open to people of all ages and all walks.
29.Why are Chinese people forgetting how to write the characters?
A .Chinese people don't refer to dictionaries very often.
B .Chinese people no longer use brush pens or practice calligraphy.