1 . Tell us your story on“China and me, Five years from Now”
About the contest (赛事)
As China is well on its way to achieving its 14th Five-Year Plan goals, the country is more open than ever and more attractive to every member of the society. Wouldn't it be wonderful to get your memorable moments in China through your lens (镜头) or put them into words?
We would be so happy to hear your voice in this contest. Please feel free to share your memories and impressions with us by article or photo.
First prize: 10 winners HUAWEI MatePad
Second prize: 20 winners iFLYTEK Transpen
Third prize: 30 winners Bluetooth Sports Neckband
Online and offline
Works will be submitted ( 提交) for the contest online, while an offline award ceremony will be held. Also, China Daily website will set up special areas for collecting and displaying works.
Award ceremony
An award ceremony and online forum will be held in July in Beijing.
The rules
Articles and photos
Word count: Between 500 and 1000 English words.
Photo format: JPG or NPG
Photos should reflect the theme of the article, including but not limited to photos of people or landscapes. You can upload no more than 10 photos, each within 5MB. Every photo has a description of no more than 200 English words.
1. If you get the first prize, you can get| A．iFLYTEK Transpen | B．HUAWEI MatePad |
| C．Bluetooth Sports Neckband | D．Articles and photos |
| A．In the form of photos and articles. | B．In the form of online forum. |
| C．In the form of holding a ceremony. | D．In the form of advertisement. |
| A．500. | B．200. | C．10. | D．5. |
| A．To give people awards. | B．To make the country more open. |
| C．To achieve the 14th Five-Year Plan of China. | D．To share the beautiful moments of China. |
2 . This is really a very fast game, the fastest I have seen so far this year. Both sides are fighting for the ball all the time. The crowd is loving every minute of it. They are shouting at the top of their voices.
Willis has the ball now. This is only his third game for Scotland, but he’s playing so well that it won’t be his last, I’m quite sure.
Willis passes the ball to Cotton. Cotton kicks it over the heads of the waiting Frenchmen, towards the goalmouth , but he’s too far away. Dupond picks it up easily, and throws it to Patou, out on the left.
France and Scotland still have one goal each, and there are only two minutes left of the game. But during that time, anything can happen. Patou kicks the ball across to Crozat. It’s. a beautiful kick, but Steven jumps and just stops the ball with the side of his head. But Meunier is there, he passes to Crozat, and Crozat, without waiting a second, puts the ball into the back of the goal. It takes everybody by surprise. I’ve never seen a goal like it.
1. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to?| A．The ball. | B．The game. | C．The crowd. | D．The voice. |
| A．Willis | B．Patou | C．Crozat | D．Steven |
| A．France plays against Scotland. | B．Meunier’s goal is a surprise. |
| C．The score is three to one. | D．It is the last game for Cotton. |
| A．Willis’ Third Game | B．The Waiting Frenchmen |
| C．Stop the ball! | D．A Surprising Goal |
3 . This morning I was in an unfamiliar town to cheer myself up. I had stopped at a gas station to get some gas
I walked up to the entrance of the building to
She was wild with
| A．since | B．after | C．before | D．once |
| A．mood | B．place | C．mind | D．town |
| A．content with | B．suffered from | C．focused on | D．carried on |
| A．pay for | B．pay off | C．build up | D．settle down |
| A．writing | B．wrote | C．said | D．saying |
| A．outside | B．inside | C．away | D．around |
| A．sadly | B．considerately | C．kindly | D．curiously |
| A．apologized | B．behaved | C．regretted | D．convinced |
| A．might | B．would | C．could | D．should |
| A．approached | B．moved off | C．cut off | D．advanced |
| A．Because | B．Since | C．As | D．Though |
| A．inspiring | B．crowded | C．struck | D．struggling |
| A．donate | B．confirm | C．pay | D．behave |
| A．nothing | B．everything | C．anything | D．something |
| A．How | B．That | C．Why | D．What |
| A．comment | B．shine | C．show | D．represent |
| A．bulletin | B．police station | C．gas station | D．girl |
| A．handed out | B．picked out | C．gave out | D．pulled out |
| A．joy | B．gesture | C．confidence | D．kindness |
| A．smile | B．honor | C．comment | D．Thanks |
4 . I was in a strange city I didn’t know at all, and what's more, I could not speak a word of the language. On my second day I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops, then got off and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough, then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived, and even that I pronounced badly. I stopped to ask a newspaper-seller. He handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person. I asked was a policeman. He listened to me carefully, nodded and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I nodded politely and began walking in the direction he pointed.
About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the countryside. The only thing left for me to do was find the nearest railway station.
1. The writer preferred to walk back to his hotel because______.| A．he had no money to buy a ticket |
| B．he wanted to lose himself in the city |
| C．he tried to know the city in this way |
| D．it was late and there were no buses passing by |
| A．didn't know where the hotel was |
| B．didn't understand what the writer said |
| C．could understand what the writer said |
| D．didn't want to take the money from the writer |
| A．was kind but didn't understand the writer |
| B．told the writer where to take a train |
| C．knew what the writer really meant |
| D．was cold-hearted and didn't help the writer |
| A．The writer got close to the hotel where he stayed. |
| B．The writer got to the hotel with the policeman's help. |
| C．The writer found he was much farther away from the hotel. |
| D．The writer found the hotel in the direction the policeman pointed. |
5 . The following is the information about plays which will be on these days.
Big and Little
It is a play written by Botho Strauss and directed by Laurence Strangio, featuring (由……主演) second-year Performing Arts students. It is about a lonely woman living in a big city. From the play, we can learn how to get along well with our friends, our family, our lovers, and with ourselves.
When:15-17 March, 7:30 pm
Where: Drama Theatre, Centre for the Performing Arts, Building 68, Clayton campus (校园)
Tickets: Adults $10, Concessions (优惠票价) $5
You can get the tickets at the door.
Love Play
It is written by Moira Buffini and directed by Trent Baker, featuring Performing First-year Arts students. It follows a series of unexpected meetings that have taken place in the same place in London across 2,000 years, through the centuries from the Romans to the Elizabethans to the present day. Love Play is a comedy that challenges the reasons and ways we want love.
When: 17-19 April, 8 pm
Where: Drama Theatre, Centre for the Performing Arts, Building 68, Clayton campus
Tickets: Adults $10, Concessions $5
You can get the tickets at the door.
Smashed
It is a play written by Lally Katz and directed by Suzanne Chaundy, featuring second-year Performing Arts students. Smashed is about friendship, time travel and death. Writing for the age, Helen Thomson calls the play “a wonderful memory of childhood on the edge (边缘) of adulthood.” Smashed thinks well of invention, imagination and girl power.
When: 24-26 April, 8 pm
Where: Drama Theatre, Centre for the Performing Arts, Building 68, Clayton campus
Tickets: Adults $10, Concessions $5
You can get the tickets at the door.
1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．All the plays begin at 8 pm on Clayton campus. |
| B．The tickets have different prices but all are sold at the door. |
| C．Love Play is a comedy which has a different idea about love. |
| D．All the plays are performed by second-year Performing Arts students. |
| A．friendship, time travel and death |
| B．the life experience of a lonely woman |
| C．the life of a Performing Arts student on Clayton campus |
| D．unexpected meetings in London during the past 2,000 years |
| A．A student has started a dreamlike journey. |
| B．Love always takes place on an unexpected situation in London. |
| C．The ability of girls should be thought highly of. |
| D．We often regret what we have done in our childhood. |
6 . Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. Wide spread use of written language would not have been possible without some cheap and practical material to write on. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed and distributed. Together with the printing press, paper provided an extremely important way to communicate knowledge.
How much paper do you use every year? Probably you cannot answer that question quickly. In 1900 the world's use of paper was about one kilogram for each person a year. Now some countries use as much as 50 kilograms of paper for each person a year. Countries like the United States, England and Sweden use more paper than other countries.
Paper, like many other things that we use today, was first made in China. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. The Egyptians wrote on a kind of material made of a water plant. Europeans used parchment for many hundreds of years. Parchment was very strong; it was made from the skin of certain young animals. We have learnt of the most important facts of European history from records that were kept on parchment.
1. What's the meaning for the word 'parchment'? ________| A．The skin of young animals. |
| B．A kind of paper made from the skin of certain young animals. |
| C．The paper used by European countries. |
| D．The paper of Egypt. |
| A．More jobs could be provided than before. |
| B．More people could be educated than before. |
| C．More books could be printed and distributed. |
| D．More ways could be used to exchange knowledge. |
| A．Around 1400. | B．Around 1900. | C．Around 400. | D．Around 900. |
| A．China. | B．Sweden. | C．Egypt | D．Japan. |
7 . In New England, watching falling leaves is an eagerly expected yearly delight. The changes
One spot in Maine—Acadia National Park—is a unique leaf-watching
This national treasure
In the early 1900s, John. Rockefeller, Jr., a supremely wealthy man, purchased a summer home in Seal Harbor, Maine, and fell in love with the natural
One of these was
This story shows the lasting
A century later, each of us can
| A．end | B．start | C．quit | D．belong |
| A．country | B．river | C．mountain | D．destination |
| A．shining. | B．short | C．diverse | D．crazy |
| A．harvests | B．rains | C．leaves | D．sculptures |
| A．comes out | B．stands out | C．comes up | D．stands up |
| A．faith | B．pity | C．competition | D．generosity |
| A．warning | B．habitat | C．beauty | D．reaction |
| A．concentration | B．back | C．problem | D．tool |
| A．attached | B．limited | C．owned | D．gave |
| A．closing | B．checking | C．protecting | D．measuring |
| A．repaired | B．bought | C．returned | D．appreciated |
| A．ignore | B．notice | C．develop | D．reduce |
| A．same | B．missing | C．unknown | D．impossible |
| A．ability | B．importance | C．influence | D．dependence |
| A．polluting | B．holding | C．visiting | D．gathering |
| A．land | B．peace | C．credit | D．culture |
| A．largest | B．best | C．richest | D．newest |
| A．result | B．differ | C．benefit | D．separate |
| A．approaches | B．features | C．problems | D．necessities |
| A．desire | B．fairness e | C．contribution | D．kindness |
Every Saturday, 73-year-old Zhao Guihua takes a special course. In a classroom located in a residential community in the city of Hefei, Anhui, Zhao and her classmates, all seniors, most
“We offer a course
Liu has been providing services for the elderly for 10
Official data show that by the end of 2019, some 150 million seniors at or above the age of 60 in China hadn't had the opportunity
“During COVID-19, scanning a health-tracking QR code
Instructor Huang Zhen said the course started with the basics of smartphones and that the learners were all crazy about it. Over several months. The number of learners grew rapidly, with ages ranging
“Now I can read news, buy train tickets and book tickets for tourist attractions on my smartphone,” Zhao said
9 . Join people around the world in a global celebration of Burns Night, honoring the poet Robert Burns. Burns was born in Alloway in 1759. More than 200 years after his death, the work of Scotland's national poet lives on through his poetry and songs, including: Auld Lang Syne and To A Mouse, Each year, communities around the world with a Scottish connection mark Burns Night with songs, dancing, poetry and a Burns Supper.
What is Burns Night?
Burns Night is a yearly celebration held on or around 25th January, the day when Burns was born. A Burns Night celebration can have many different elements and each community has its own traditions. The most important item is a Burns Supper.
What food is eaten at a Burns Supper?
A Burns Supper can be formal or informal and guests are traditionally invited to take turns in reciting Burns' poems or songs. Burns Supper special foods include Cock a Leekie Soup, Clootie dumpling and Scotch whisky.
Sites connected with the life of Robert Burns
If you'd like to find out more about the life of Robert Burns and the places he lived in, there are several museums devoted to his life and work, and you can also explore towns and villages with Burns connections. Click here to explore the website for more information.
1. Why do people celebrate Burns Night?| A．To share an animal tale. | B．To honor a Scottish poet. |
| C．To enjoy traditional food. | D．To improve Scotland's fame. |
| A．Recite Burns' poems or songs. | B．Invite guests to cook together. |
| C．Watch a video about Burns. | D．See a short film about museums. |
| A．A magazine. | B．A guidebook. | C．A website. | D．A newspaper. |
10 . In 2021, Father’s Day falls on June 20. Before you go sopping for a gift, you can learn a little more about this special day.
There are a series of events, which may have
Now. Father’s Day is celebrated all over the world and wearing flowers is a
| A．respected | B．inspired | C．rejected | D．protected. |
| A．in memory of | B．in charge of | C．in need of | D．in search of |
| A．gathered | B．disturbed | C．killed | D．employed |
| A．Some | B．Other | C．Others | D．Another |
| A．giving birth to | B．having fun with | C．getting close to | D．watching out for |
| A．turning up | B．bringing up | C．relying on | D．spying on |
| A．unusual | B．unnatural | C．unfair | D．untrue |
| A．deserved | B．reduced | C．gained | D．approached |
| A．frequently | B．gradually | C．actually | D．finally |
| A．told | B．mixed | C．pulled | D．hit |
| A．honor | B．amuse | C．greet | D．convince |
| A．jokes | B．functions | C．roles | D．performers |
| A．Approximately | B．Fortunately | C．Particularly | D．Truly |
| A．award | B．independence | C．support | D．belief |
| A．permitted | B．represented | C．ranked | D．chose |
| A．if | B．unless | C．because | D．until |
| A．misunderstood | B．admired | C．spotted | D．recognized |
| A．natural | B．seasonal | C．national | D．central |
| A．unbelievable | B．common | C．modest | D．entertaining |
| A．must | B．may | C．can | D．should |
