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A. British Life by Anne Collins
What"s everyday life for people in Britain? Why do they talk about the weather so much? This book
will tell you everything you want to know about the interesting and traditional country．
B. Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
A sad story of two lovers. The two lovers began their secret love, but their families didn"t know．It"s
one of the famous plays written by Shakespeare in the literature history．
C. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
Robert Langdon, the hero of Da Vinci Code, which is another history thriller, tried to solve the
mystery of a century-old underground organization and save the Vatican from a tomb．If you are not
brave enough, don"t read it alone at night．This is the ancient mystery．
D. Happy Christmas by John Escott
This is a book, but looks like a magazine．It is made out of different sections．You can learn about
the history and traditions of the western-style holidays and something else like the way of making traditional food and games．
A..The Beatles by Paul Shipton
John, Paul, George and Ringo: four young men from England were the most well-known and some
of the best musicians of the 1960s．They formed the Beatles, and their music is still popular today．
F. Silver Bells by Luanne Rice
A sweet love story happening on Christmas．Chris Byne, a farmer who sold his Christmas trees on
the streets on New York, one day met Cathy Tierney, a librarian who lost her husband on Christmas
Eve three years before．So a new love and a new hop started lasting a lifetime．
1. Randy: Christmas is coming．Randy wants to know all information about it, such as the games, the food, the stories, the music and the movies．
2. Amy: Amy has many romantic dreams．She always believes she can find her Mr. Right like the girls in the fairy stories．So she is crazy about the books with good endings only．Now she begins to bury herself in the book like that．
3. Vince: Vince, as the head of his own band, is able to play all kinds of musical instruments．But he dreams of becoming musician like John Lennon, a famous singer from a rock band．Therefore, he wants to search for a book on him．
4. Alan: Mystery and adventure are always boys" dreams. Alan, one of the boys, especially prefers the ancient ones because he always regards himself as a big man with super power, but not a small boy．
5. Lin Jie: Lin Jie, a student studying English in a university, will go to England to continue his further education．So he wants to find more information about the country he will study in．
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With the arrival of the age of "information economy", intellectual work is becoming a more
important source of wealth than manufacturing. Organizations in all walks of life are doing more
to spread their information. So people of the Public Relations are hired to speak for them. A lot
of our news is actually collected from press releases and reports of events intentionally staged for
journalists. In the information age, journalists spend their time, not investigating, but passing on the
words of a spokesperson.
2．_________________
There is a joke in the novel Scoop about the newspaper"s owner, Lord Copper. The editors can
never disagree with him. When he"s right about something they answer "definitely", and when he"s
wrong they say "to some extent, Lord Copper." It seems reasonable to suppose that, in the real
world, the opinions of such powerful people still influence the journalists and editors who work for
them.
3．________________
In countries where the news is not officially controlled, it may be provided by commercial
organizations who depend on advertising. The news has to attract viewers and maintain its audience
ratings. I suspect that some stories get air-time just because there happen to be exciting pictures to
show. In Britain, we have the tabloid newspapers which millions of people read simply for entertainment.
There is progressively less room for historical background, or statistics, which are harder to present
as a sensational story.
4．_______________
There is an argument that with spreading access to the internet and cheap technology for recording
sound and images we will all be able to find exactly the information we want. People around the world
will be able to publish their own eye-witness accounts and compete with the widely-accepted
news-gatherers on equal terms. But what it will mean also is that we"ll be subjected to a still greater
amount of nonsense and lies. Any web log may contain the latest information of the year, or equally,
a made-up story that you will never be able to check.
5．_______________
Maybe the time has come to do something about it, and I don"t just mean changing your choice of
TV channel or newspaper. In a world where everyone wants you to listen to their version, you only
have two choices: switch off altogether or start looking for sources you can trust. The investigative
journalist of the future is everyone who wants to know the truth.
to grow up to be just like his father, and every little girl thinks her father is the smartest man on the
earth. It"s not very easy to be a good father, but it"s not that difficult either. Children will truly enjoy
spending time with their fathers, not just when they are kids, but even when they are adults.
Not all children communicate well with their fathers. Communication is often left to mothers, while
fathers dispense advice as and when necessary. Don"t expect all conversations to center around the
dinner table. Go to your children"s bedrooms and talk to them about school, their teachers or their
friends. Remember that the conversation cannot be one-sided. When your children open up to you,
you also need to open up to them.
If your children come home from school feeling upset, go up to them and ask them what is the
matter And if it is something which seems to you to be a silly reason to be upset, don"t voice your
opinion. It may be silly to you, but to your children it is important enough. So don"t wave the topic
away by telling them not to bother about such stupid things. Simply discussing their problems with
them will help them feel better.
Don"t shy away from having discussions about your teenage children"s love lives. Generally speaking,
your children are definitely not going to discuss intimate details with you. Try to let them know that
you are relaxed about topics on love. ell your children how you met your wife. It is perfectly normal
for children to go through feelings for the opposite sex as they grow up, and by keeping the topic
closed for discussion, you are only shutting them off from discussing their feelings with you. All they
will do is turn to their friends.
B. great
C. serious
D. strong
B. talking with children around the dinner table is unnecessary
C.it is better for fathers to communicate more with their children
D. mothers should communicate less with their children.
B. express your opinion
C .keep silent
D. let them alone
B. personal
C. strange
D. serious
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