Thirty female contestants, all older than 30, took part in a reality show this summer, competing for five places in a performance group.
The program immediately became a hot topic nationwide, as the entertainment industry in China traditionally favors women in their early 20s or even younger.
Named Sisters Riding the Winds and Breaking the Waves, the show premiered (首映) on June 12 on Hunan Television and Mango TV, a livestreaming platform.
Actresses Ning Jing, 48, and Christy Chung, 50, along with singers Zhang Hanyun, 31, and Yu Kewei, 37, were among the contestants. A panel (专门小组) of coaches joined the show, including a well-known actor, the head of a music company, a celebrity manager, a music director and a stage director.
The first episode attracted more than 15 million viewers and sparked heated debate online. The contestants showed their dancing and singing abilities with solo and group performances.
Yang Chang, who works for a media company in Beijing, said: "Bringing these women together arguably contributed to making the most interesting reality show of the year. It sends a message that although we live in a youth-obsessed (着迷的) culture, there's still something to be said for the enduring appeal of women who are established and experienced."
Molly Tang, another fan of the show, who is approaching 30, said: "The women are very cool, fashionable and attractive. They have their own styles, rather than following a trend. I really admire their courage in breaking conventional stage or screen stereotypes (刻板印象)." She added that after watching the show, she is no longer afraid of becoming older.
1. Why did the program become a hot topic?| A．Because the contestants are traditional. |
| B．Because Hunan Television and Mango TV have huge influence on youngsters. |
| C．Because the female contestants are all old. |
| D．Because its contestants contrasted sharply with traditional shows. |
| A．5 contestants will be the final winners and form a group. |
| B．A music director and a stage director also joined in the show as contestants |
| C．The contestants performed singly and cooperatively. |
| D．Mr.Yang admitted that we live in a youth-obsessed culture. |
| A．Mr. Yang is not a fan of the reality show. |
| B．Mr. Yang favors the experienced entertainers more than the young ones. |
| C．Miss. Molly is in her 30s. |
| D．Miss. Molly got inspired and became more confident. |
| A．The older people get, the more attractive they become. |
| B．People get old, but gold will shine. |
| C．Never follow the trend. |
| D．It is never too old to learn. |
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【推荐1】Building on the success of the digital series of One World: Together at Home, Global Citizen and the World Health Organisation (WHO) are partnering for a special one-night event of the same name, which will screen across BET/Comedy Central/MTV/MTV base on Sunday, April 19. On MTV Base, DStv channel 322 and GOtv channel 72, it would air by 1am. (WAT), with a repeat broadcast same day by 8pm. (WAT).
Launched with Chris Martin of Coldplay on March 16, 2020, Together at Home has become an outlet for artistes to share music with their fans for a purpose to educate and inform millions around WHO’s critical effort to prevent, detect and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, One World: Together at Home is not a charity event, but a broad global entertainment special to support the World Health Organisation and the global fight to end COVID-19. The show will feature A-list superstars such as Lady Gaga, John Legend, Billie Eilish, and more.
The two-hour program will be hosted by marquee personalities from each of the major networks. It will include both live and pre-taped performances from the world’s most prominent artists with multimillion-naira pledges to the WHO’s Solidarity Response Fund.
The show will lift viewer’s spirits in these trying times with exclusive and unique cameos from the worlds of music and arts, sports superstars, and comedic sketches, while always drawing back to its core purpose to educate and inform on COVID-19 risks, prevention and response. The broadcast will also feature interviews with experts from WHO as well as stories of frontline healthcare workers from around the world.
With the confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States rising each day, the rich and famous aren’t staying quiet about their diagnoses. Instead, celebrities are speaking out on social media not only to keep fans informed but in some cases, to urge followers to stay home in order to help reduce the risk of transmission.
1. What will you see at this concert?| A．Covid-19 treatment method | B．Marquee production method |
| C．Anti-epidemic stories of medical staff | D．Music interview |
| A．Let the audience understand the music |
| B．Show the charm of superstars |
| C．Call on the public to raise awareness of health protection |
| D．Introducing Covid-19 |
| A．The stars participating in this activity have a sense of social responsibility |
| B．The performances are all live |
| C．World Health Organization donates to this event |
| D．American people are unaware of Covid-19 |
| A．The Medical Magazine | B．The Music Magazine |
| C．The Adevertisment | D．The Newspaper |
【推荐2】In the past decades, TV advertising（广告）has been one of the most powerful forms of advertisement. Basically it is a mixture of both video and sound advertising messages. Some people believe that TV advertising is more powerful than other advertising means such as magazines, websites, radio stations, and newspapers. Television was once considered to be the “king” of advertising media at a time.
A TV advertising company always tries to catch the attention of as many people as possible. And TV advertising conquers its viewers for various reasons. It allows a product to reach a large number of people, both at local as well as at national levels. In addition, it takes a short time for a product to reach the public as well. TV advertising can target （瞄准）a large number of local families with local cable（有线电视）network channels and independent stations. Various audience like housewives, young people and children are targeted through different channels like TV series, cartoons, shopping programme, etc. Before a product is advertised on TV, complete market research is done in order to know the needs of various customers to the product. Then TV helps get more detailed message with sounds, images and actions rapidly across to TV viewers, providing easier choices to the customers to choose the desired product.
Although we admit the fact that TV advertising works better over others in many aspects, TV advertising are not always the best choice for both companies and viewers. It has its negative（消极的）side sometimes. TV advertising is usually short, thus they do not express much information about the product. Besides, making TV advertising involves complicated steps. Producing it involves hiring an advertising agency, video editors, actors and writers, so an advertising agency need to think over the high expense of making TV advertising. Therefore, TV advertising with rich sounds, images and actions can mislead or persuade people to buy some products they don’t really need.
1. What can we say about TV advertising?| A．It probably influences housewives more easily. | B．It spreads the product fastest and most effectively. |
| C．Advertisers needn’t know the market very well. | D．It targets customers more exactly than other forms. |
| A．Advertisers must pay attention to saving money. | B．An advertising agency needs professionals. |
| C．TV advertising should always be short. | D．TV advertising has its own disadvantages. |
| A．Positive. | B．Objective. | C．Confused. | D．Doubtful. |
| A．Is TV advertising out of date nowadays? | B．TV advertising is the most expensive of all! |
| C．TV advertising has both positive and negative sides | D．Pay attention to the misleading TV advertising! |
【推荐3】Good Morning Britain weather girl Laura Tobin left her co-hosts and viewers speechless after she accidentally tore a rare Superhero poster worth about £150,000 live on air.
To mark the start of comic book and sci-fi festival London Super Comic Con, Laura was tasked with showing rare magazines and expensive collection. She informed the audience: “We’ve got a very special display here called The Replicator Man. This was a character back in the 1970s. This is a special poster that is worth about £150,000 and there are only ten of them in the world.” Laura was seen telling viewers at home about the history of the comic book poster (连环画海报). Handling the image, Laura continued: “No one’s really seen this before.”
She attempted to pick up the picture in order to “get a closer look”. “I’ve got my gloves on but I’m feeling really nervous because it is said the oils can really spoil them.” As she tried to remove the picture from the display board, it tore in half and Laura screamed: “Oh my goodness! Is this the original one that’s worth £150.000?”
The set fell silent and the presenters weren’t quite sure how to react after the awkward moment. Fellow Good Morning Britain hosts Charlotte Hawkins and Ranvir Singh, on her right, didn’t know how to react to the “mishap”.
“My heart is going ten to the dozen. Was it the gloves?” Laura cried. Completely unaware of the joke, co-host Richard Arnold threw his hand to his face and said: “We are making this up, right?” He added: “I’m a bag of nerves now, Laura.”
Meanwhile, newsreader Ranvir Singh said: “We’ve probably got some insurance that covers this.” While panicked, Charlotte Hawkins looked around the studio and said: “Can we just glue that back down again? Can we go to an advertisement?”
Clearly pleased that she had managed to fool her colleagues, Laura finally revealed: “Guys—it was a joke! It’s not really worth £150,000. It’s worth nothing!” She then took much delight in tearing the rest of the picture into tiny pieces.
1. Which is the right order of the happening according to the passage?a. Laura’s colleagues were at a loss b. the poster was completely ruined
c. Laura was blaming the gloves d. Laura tore the poster
| A．a-b-d-c | B．a-d-b-c | C．d-a-c-b | D．d-c-a-b |
| A．organized the start of a sci-fi festival London Super Comic Con |
| B．felt really nervous so she decided to wear a pair of white gloves |
| C．had bought some rare memorabilia about the Replicator Man |
| D．successfully conducted a trick on her colleagues in a program |
| A．accident | B．piece | C．girl | D．program |
| A．Richard Arnold didn’t want people to recognize him |
| B．Richard Arnold tried to hide his anxiety |
| C．Richard Arnold wanted to give himself a good beat |
| D．Richard Arnold couldn’t help laughing |
【推荐1】When lock downs began in March, the retailer (零售商) saw customer behavior go through five years’ worth of evolution in just five weeks, says White Side. Consumer needs changed on almost a daily basis early on. First, toilet paper and cleaning supplies were the focus. Then there was a shift to at-home activities and personal grooming (梳妆) and finally to home improvement. “We saw that the pandemic was changing the way that customers shop,” says White Side. “And we knew that we had to deliver something that allowed them to get access to goods quickly.”
The brand responded with innovations like two-hour Express Delivery and the Walmart membership program. Meanwhile, existing innovations like digital payment service Walmart Pay and road side pickup were more valuable than ever because they provide con tactless experiences. White Side says Walmart also considered its role in U. S. Communities during an unusual summer, which was the beginning of a virtual camp and the transformation of 160 parking lots into drive-in movie theaters. “We’re really proud to be a company that is focused on being there for our customers in any way we can, not just for their day-to-day supplies, but as a partner in their life,” she says.
This past February, Walmart debuted its first official Super Bowl ad, which showcased the convenience of road side pickup with famous faces like Buzz Light year, martins from Mars Attacks.
In April, with the pandemic darkening the national mood, Walmart launched an ad featuring Walmart employees singing the Bill Withers song “Lean on Me” as a message of hope. The company has now achieved great success, with the e-commerce sales rising 97 %.
“We’re going to continue to evolve how you engage with Walmart,” says White Side. “We’re going to continue to evolve how we tell our story through our customers and through our associates with the aim of creating those emotional connections that go beyond just buying stuff.”
1. What’s the root cause of the retailer’s innovation?| A．Pandemic lock downs. | B．Customers’ behavior. |
| C．Supply short ages. | D．Customers’ beds. |
| A．The retailer’s rules. | B．Innovative digital payment service. |
| C．The road side pickup. | D．Walmart’s new marketing strategies. |
| A．A delivery worker. | B．A music composer. |
| C．A movie promoter. | D．A marketing officer. |
| A．Being there for the customers. | B．Focusing on changing. |
| C．Achieving commercial success. | D．Removing dark mood. |
【推荐2】Few laws are so effective that you can see results just days after they take effect. But in the nine days since the federal cigarette tax more than doubled--- to $1.01 per pack---smokers have jammed telephone “quit lines” across the country seeking to kick the habit.
This is not a surprise to public health advocates. They’ve studied the effect of state tax increase for years, finding that smokers, especially teens, are price sensitive. Nor is it a shock to the industry, which fiercely fights every tax increase.
The only wonder is that so many states insist on closing their ears to the message. Tobacco taxes improve public health, they raise money and most particularly, they deter people from taking up the habit as teens, which is when nearly all smokers are addicted. Yet the rate of taxation varies widely. In Manhattan, for instance, which has the highest tax in the nation, a pack of Marlboro Light King cost $10.06 at one drugstore Wednesday. In Charleston, S, C, where the 7-cent-a-pack tax is the lowest in the nation, the price is $4.78.
The influence is obvious.
In New York, high school smoking hit a new low in the latest surveys---13.8%, far below the nation average. By comparison, 26% of high school students smoke in Kentucky. Other low-tax states have similarly depressing teen-smoking records.
Hal Rogers, representatives from Kentucky, like those who are against high tobacco taxes, argues that the burden of the tax falls on low-income Americans “who choose to smoke”.
That’s true. But there is more reason in keeping future generations of low—income workers from getting hooked in the first place. As for today’s adults, if the new tax drives them to quit, they will have more to spend on their families, cut their risk of cancer and heart disease and feel better.
1. The passage is mainly about ________.| A．the effect of tobacco tax increase | B．the rate of teen smoking |
| C．the price of cigarettes | D．the differences in tobacco tax rate |
| A．benefit | B．remove | C．discourage | D．free |
| A．tolerance | B．unconcern | C．doubt | D．sympathy |
【推荐3】In the magnificent range of mountains of northern California, 42 radio telescopes point towards the stars, scanning for signs of life. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence （SETI） Institute has been listening for a signal here since it was founded in 1984. Jill Tarter, its co — founder, says the programmed aim is not just to communicate with remote civilisations. It is also to remind human beings of its own modest, fragile （脆弱的）place in the universe. Thus, for the first time, SETI is cocking its ear towards Earth to look for a signal that can be sent into space to represent the species.
Felipe Perez Santiago, a Mexican musician and composer, has an idea of what might work.Since songs, like the human voices, are common to all languages and nations, he and Ms. Tarter have designed the “Earthling Project”-a call to people everywhere to upload extracts （精华）of song that he plans to melt into a collective human chorus. An initial composition will be launched into space this summer, recorded on a virtually indestructible disk. Future plans and dreams include an eventual landing on Mars.
Human music has been sent to the heavens in 1977. Distant beings can in theory already enjoy Peruvian panpipes, a Navajo chant, Bach, Beethoven and more. But no previous offering, and perhaps no composition undertaken anywhere, has tried to encompass the entire diversity of human song.
Mr. Santiago says he is thrilled about bringing together contributors from around the globe. Unlike other recordings sent into space, says Mr. Santiago, “Everyone's invited. You don't have to be one of the main composers of our history like Beethoven, just someone singing in their shower.” Download the “Earthling Project" app, sing up to three songs of 30 seconds each, and your voice will be sent into the sky.
1. Why does SETI look for a signal to be sent into space?| A．To stand for species on the earth. |
| B．To scan for other liveable planets. |
| C．To respond to the call of the universe. |
| D．To stress the importance of the earth. |
| A．It is a world music organization. |
| B．It intends to create a human chorus. |
| C．It tries to develop a universal language. |
| D．It aims to search for signals from space. |
| A．Include. | B．Appreciate. |
| C．Work out. | D．Relate to. |
| A．To inspire people to become composers. |
| B．To call on people to protect our planet. |
| C．To encourage people to explore space. |
| D．To invite people to join a programme. |
