Walking down any of Shanghai’S main shopping streets this week，newcomers might think the locals have been celebrating Christmas for centuries.Christmas may not be a customary.holiday in China，but businessmen in Shanghai know it will bring something more valuable than tradition： people willing to spend money.Most Chinese may feel little connection with the Christmas celebration，but with most shops offering discounts(折扣)，the message couldn’t be clearer—it is the season to part with one’S hard-earned cash.

Much of that marketing drive is directed towards the thousand of foreigners and foreign companies that call Shanghai home.But for Shanghai’S l 3 million locals，regardless of personal interest，there seems no avoiding the season’s commercial(商业的)greetings.Along some major roads.nearly every shop window displays some symbols to the holiday：a man—made fir tree(杉树) with lights，or a snowman.

With an increasing number of Westerners arriving in the city for work，young Shanghainese， eager to keep pace with the latest Western fashions，have begun to show their interest in Christmas.

But some people still don’t think Christmas is an important festival in China.At least it is less important than the New Year and China’S Spring Festival.

21.In the first sentence，the word“newcomers”(Line l，Para.1)probably means

A.people who are very young

B.people from other countries

C.10cal peoples

D.Shanghainese

答案：B

22.To the business people in Shanghai，Christmas will bring __________ .

A.profits

B.greetings

C.discounts

D.tradition

答案：A

23.Which of the following statements is true?

A.Christmas is the season for common people to earn money.

B.Most Chinese people think they have something to do with Christmas.

C.Christmas is the season people will hold their hard-earned money tightly.’

D.Few Chinese people feel they are connected with the Christmas celebration.

答案：D

24.Why do some young Shanghainese show great interest in Christmas?

A.They want to follow the up-t0—date Western fashions.

B.They think Christmas is more important than New Year’s Day.

C.They think themselves connected with Christmas celebrations.

D.They want to part with their hard—earned cash during Christmas.

答案：A

25.What is the author’S ideff towards Christmas celebrations?

A.Chinese young people should not celebrate Christmas seasons.

B.Young people should show their interest in Christmas celebrations.

C.Christmas is a good season for business people to earn money in China.

D.Different people have different views towards the western style celebration.

答案：D

By adopting a few simple techniques，parents who read to their children can greatly increasetheir children’s language development.It is surprising but true.How parents talk to their children makes a big difference in the children’s language development.If a parent encourages the child to actively respond to what the parent is reading。the child’s language skills increase.

A study was done with 30 three.year.old children and their parents.Half of the children participated in the experimental study;the other half acted as the control group.In the experimental group，the parents were given a tw0—hour training session in which they were taught to ask open。ended questions rather than yes.or—no questions.For example，the parent should ask，“What is the doggie doing?”rather than“Is the doggie running away?”The parents in the experimental group were aIso instructed in how to help children find answers，how to suggest alternative possibilities and how to praise correct answers.

At the beginning of the study.the children did not differ in measures of language development， but at the end of one month，the children in the experimental group showed 5.5 months ahead of the control group on a test of verbal expression and vocabulary.Nine months later，the children in the experimental group still showed an advance of 6 months over the children in the control group.

26.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A.Children who talk a lot are more intelligent.

B.Parents wh0 1isten to their children can teach them more.

C.Active children should read more and be given more attention.

D.Verbal ability can easily be developed with proper methods.

答案：D

27.What does“It”in line 2 can most probably be replaced by?

A.Parents’increasing children’S language development.

B.Reading techniques being simple.

C.Parents’.reading to children.

D.Children’S intelligence development.

答案：A

28.According to the author，which of the following questions is the best type to ask children about?

A.Do you see the elephant?

B.Is the elephant in the cage?

C.What animals do you like?

D.Shall we go to the zoo?

答案：C

29.The difference between the control group and the experimental group was __________ .

A.the training that parents received

B.the age of the children

C.the books that were read

D.the number of the children

答案：A

30.The best conclusion we can draw from the passage is that__________ .

A.parents should be trained to read to their children

B.the more children read，the more intelligent they will become

C.children’S language skills increase when they are required to respond actively

D.children who read actively seem six mont.hs old

答案：C

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