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Excellent program by Professor David Porter. It displays a whole document in Chinese [GB] or [BIG5], and gives individual word’s definition, pronunciation as well as much more information when you click on that word. If you are studying Chinese, this is a very useful tool. ● Chinese Character Visual Dictionary If you like to know more, go to the following sites on the Internet. ● The Chinese Outpost Pronunciation, Character and Grammer By Mark Andrew Baker. The best. A must-visit site. ● Learn Cantonese / Mandarin Online ● Internet Based Chinese Teaching and Learning ● Rain land Kids discover Chinese — Site is in Germany If you want to have a better understanding of China, go to this one. ● Wanfang Data As an affiliate (分支) of Chinese Ministry of Science & Technology, Wanfang Data has been the leading information provider in China since 1950s. With a wide range of database resources and value-added services, Wanfang Data has become a gateway to understanding Chinese culture, medicine, business, science, etc. 45. The underlined lines are probably some ______. A. booksB. websites C. tips for learning ChineseD. dictionaries for learning Chinese 46. If you want to know each Chinese character’s definition, pronunciation and much more information, you’d better surf ______. A. Zhongwen siteB. A Is For Love C. Clavis SinicaD. A few Chinese words 47. The underlined word “gateway” in the last paragraph probably refers to ______. A. an opening in a wall that can be closed by a gate B. a place through which you can go to another place C. the space when a door is open D. a means of getting or achieving something C ★★ Making friends is a skill like many other skills. It improves with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to take some actions. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home alone. Join a club or a group. Talking with those who like the same things as you do is much easier, or join someone in some activities. Many people are nervous when talking to new people. After all meeting strangers means facing the unknown. And it’s human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown. Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts about ourselves. We imagine other people are judging us or finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept yourself as you are and try to put the other person at ease. You’ll both feel more comfortable. Try to act self-confidently even if you don’t feel that way. When you enter a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom, walk tall and straight, look directly at other people and smile. If you see someone you’d like to speak to, say something. Don’t wait for the other person to start a conversation. Just meeting someone new does not mean that you will make friends with that person – friendship is based on mutual liking and “give and take”. It takes time and effort to develop. 48. The best title of the text may be__________. A. Friendship B. How to Make Friends C. Meeting New People D. Facing the Unknown 49. You can’t make friends if you__________. A. take some actions B. go to the people C. avoid meeting people D. won’t start a conversation 50. Friendship is based on________. A. self-confidence B. meeting more unknown people C. more talking and smiling to people D. taking from and giving to people 51. Which of the following statements is Not true? A. Making friends needs practicing. B. Making friends needs to be more active in activities. C. When meeting someone, make him feel nice and easy. D. Before making friends with someone, judge if he’s too this or too that. D ★★★ English is the most widely used language in the history of our planet. One in every seven human beings can speak it. More than half of the world’s books and three quarters of international mail are in English. Of all languages, English has the largest vocabulary — perhaps as many as two million words. However, let’s face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweet-meats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes (探讨它的矛盾), we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them. And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce, and hammers don’t ham? If the plural (复数) of tooth is teeth, shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geese — so one moose, two meese? (责任编辑：admin) |