Only three local students won Chinese Blog(博客)Competition. And 15 of the 18 awards went to students from China.

170 students’ task: to get a fully-designed blog up and running, complete with many postings based on a theme of choice—all written in Chinese.

Themes ranged from local opinions-such as the usage of Singlish, education and whether Singapore can be a cultural centre-to food blogs.

The entries were judged on Language proficiency(熟练程度)and the quality of writing, as well as the design and level of exchanging ideas with readers.

Academics(学者) from the National University of Singapore and the SIM University IT experts, and a journalist from Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao in Singapore made up the judges.

In the end, only three Singaporean students made it to the award list—the rest of the awards were swept up by students from China.

“No surprise, ” said Mr. Chow Yaw Long, 37, teachers in charge from Innova Junior College, which organized the event. “Although the topics were local subjects, the foreign students were generally better in terms of the content of the posts and their grasp of the Chinese language. ”

One of the three local students winning the first prize in the Best Language Award was blogger Christina Gao 19, from the Saint Andrew’s Junior College, who spared no effort in researching for and writing her blog. Each entry took her between five and seven days to produce, complete with pictures and even podcasts(播客).

Her advice for bloggers is: Be responsible(负责任的).

“Some bloggers out there only seek to blame(责备) the authorities and other bloggers.” Said Miss Gao. “I think they lack responsibilities and there is no value to their posts.”

1. The competition was organized by ___________.

A. the National University of Singapore    B. Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao

C. the Saint Andrew’s Junior College      D. Innova Junior College

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Not all the themes were about local subjects.

B. Chinese students won most of the awards.

C. The blogs could be written in Chinese or Singlish.

D. The judges were from universities in Singapore and China.

3. What Miss Gao said suggests that    ___________.

A. she likes to blame the authorities    B. she thinks highly of the others’ blogs

C. she has a sense of responsibility   D. she loves to read valuable posts

4. The passage in mainly about     ___________.

A. how Chinese students won the awards in the competition

B. why bloggers should take responsibility for their blogs

C. what the result of the competition was

D. how Miss Gao won the first prize in the competition

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(I) ★

Water goes around and around Earth in a never ending journey called the water cycle(循环). The sun heats up lakes, oceans, and other wet places on Earth. When the water gets warm enough, it changes into vapour. Plants also give off lots of water vapour. Some of this water vapour cools off high in the sky and becomes clouds. Then it falls back to Earth in a new place as rain or snow. This cycle happens over and over again.

The ground can absorb water like a sponge (海绵). If you could see this groundwater, it wouldn’t look like a lake or river. The groundwater is mixed in with the rocks and sand that lie in layers(层) below Earth’s surface.

Groundwater moves along slowly. How slowly? Maybe 1.5 kilometres in one century. Some of this water has been underground for thousands of years. And once groundwater is pumped out of the ground from a deep well(井) by people, it may take hundreds of years for another water to take its place.

35.In which order does water go around Earth?

a .Fall down as rain or snow.

b. Heated up by the sun on lakes, oceans and other wet places.

c. Cool off high in the sky.

d.  Form clouds.

e.  Change into vapour.

A. dacbe          B. becda           C. caebd          D. bceda

36. The groundwater seems to________.

A. be just on the ground        B. be pure water like that in a lake or river

C. exist in rocks and sand       D. flow along like rivers or streams

37. The underlined word “pumped” in the passage can be replaced by________.

A. run                   B. pushed

C. drawn                 D. picked

38. What conclusion(结论) can we draw from the passage?

A. Groundwater can be quickly replaced by other water once pumped out.

B. Groundwater is very valuable.

C. Groundwater has nothing to do with human beings.

D. Groundwater travel in an unknown way.

1-4 BCCB

(II) ★★★

Satellites are an important part of our ordinary lives.For example, the information for weather forecasts is sent by satellite.Some satellites have cameras which take photographs of the Earth to show how clouds are moving.Satellites are also used to connect our international phone calls.

Computer connections of the World Wide Web and Internet also use satellites. Many of our TV programs come to US through satellites.Airplane pilots also sometimes use a satellite to help them find their exact location.

We use satellites to send television pictures from one part of the world to another.They are usually 35，880 kilometers above the equator.Sometimes we can see a satellite in the sky and it seems to stay in the same place.This is because it is moving around the world at 11，000 kilometers an hour—exactly the same speed that the earth rotates.A satellite must orbit the Earth with its antennae(天线)facing the earth.Sometimes, it moves away from its orbit，So there are little rockets on it which are used to put the satellite back in the right position.This usually happens about every five or six days.

Space is not empty! Every week, more and more satellites are sent into space to orbit the Earth.A satellite usually works for about 10-12 years.Satellites which are broken are sometimes repaired by astronauts or sometimes brought back to Earth to be repaired.Often，very old or broken satellites are left in space to orbit the Earth for a very long time.This is very serious because some satellites use nuclear power and they can crash into each other.

1.Which of the following is NOT done by satellites according to the passage?

A.Sending information for weather forecast.

B.Taking photographs of the Earth.

C.Sending TV pictures.

D.Providing food for airplane pilots.

2.What’s the speed the earth rotates at?

A.35,880 kilometers per hour.     B.335,880 kilometers per hour.

C.11,000 kilometers per hour.     D.110,000 kilometers per hour

3.Why does the satellite move around the world at the same speed as the Earth rotates?

A.In order to take photographs.

B.In order to stay in a certain position in the orbit.

C.In order to move away from its orbit.

D.In order to send television pictures.

4.What does the underlined word “This” in the 3rd paragraph refer to?

A.A satellite.   B.A little rocket.

C.A satellite seems to stay in the same place in the sky.

D.The satellite puts the rockets in the right position.

5.Which is true of satellites?

A.A satellite usually works for about 10-12 years.

B.Every time a satellite gets broken，it is brought back to the Earth to be repaired.

C.A broken satellite is never left in space.

D.They often crash into each other.

1-5 DCBCA

(III) ★★★