Hello Mr. Death! A peek at Chinese rare names

Unhappy with your name? Then spare a thought for those rare Chinese families whose surnames mean "zero", "ghost" ______ even "death". A man in China's southern province of Jiangxi has spent the last 20 years compiling a list of ____（usual） family names, according to national ______ （broadcast）, the China Central Television.

Most Chinese people share a few common surnames, Zhang, Wang, Li, Liu and Chen. The Chinese expression for "ordinary people" literally _____ （mean）"the old one hundred surnames".

____ Cheng Yinglian's interest was piqued after reading a newspaper many years ago and _ （discover）a person with the surname Gui, meaning "ghost", CCTV said. ______ then, he has scoured newspapers, books and other publications to find similar rare surnames, coming up ______ about 2,000 to date.

Those he has found include Ling, or "zero", Cu, or "vinegar", Miao, or "second" and Yi, or "one". In China, many parents go out of their way to give ______ children auspicious names ____ suggest they will grow up to be healthy, strong and rich.

She owns a lot of books, most of _____ are written in English.

A. them  B. which  C. what  D. that

Only after the woman had her own child, _____ how difficult it was to be a mother.

The guy is always running ______ the other cars on the road, unfortunately he ran his car ______ a tree.

A. after; into       B. after; out         C. away; into      D. into; into

She ought to stop working. She has a headache because she ______all day long.

   A. has been reading   B. had read     C. is reading     D. has been read

“Any time! Any where! Decades ago there was no such thing” – “Communication”.

Then, September 7th 1987, the global system for mobile communication or GSM was born. And international agreements that laid out the standards, regulations and practices gave rise to a global mobile phone industry.

To be honest, the world’s first mobiles were not so attractive and the range of effectiveness wasn’t very good. But they became a must-have among those wealthy people who could afford that. However, by advantage of GSM which has many different elements to it, we can all enjoy the ability to go around the world in 217 countries, land in that country and know that a phone would work.

There are other cell phone systems using different technology in the world. The majority of the United States and parts of South America have been using something called CDMA which is very rare in Europe. In some Asian countries like China, GSM and CDMA both exist at the same time. But the GSM Association claims 85% of the global mobile phone market. They estimated there are now about 2.5 billion different users who make more than 7 trillion minutes of calls everyday, and that’s not all.

20 years later, the mobile phone is so much more than just a phone. You can use it to send text messages, take pictures, show video, even surf the internet.

“The phone itself is involved from just being a communication tool, to be a tool for round-the-clock connectivity, you can not live without it even in a minute.” Mobile consultant Nick Lane also points out with so many customized styles and features, your mobile phone will become a symbol of you.

Where will the global mobile phone industry be in another 20 years? Certainly, there will be more connections than better coverage. As for where else technology will take us, one can only imagine.

According the passage, we can know that GSM is ____________.

A. a global-used mobile phone                   B. a global mobile phone industry

C. a global mobile phone association           D. a global mobile communication system

It's most difficult to find a CDMA mobile phone in ____________.

A. the United States              B. South America               C. Europe                 D. China

From this passage, we can infer that ____________.

A. as soon as the first mobiles appeared, they became popular and many people have one

B. with a GSM mobile phone, you can make a phone call in most parts of the USA

C. there are only two cell phone systems in the whole world: GSM and CDMA

D. most of the mobile phone users in the world now are using the GSM mobile phone

By pointing out “your mobile phone will become a symbol of you”, what does Nick Lane want to tell us about the mobile phone in the future?

A. You can have a mobile phone with the unique look and functions as you like.

B. Others can find us without any difficulties if we carry our mobile phone.

C. The mobile phone can be used as a permit when you enter some places.

D. The mobile phone we carry can show others how wealthy we are.

What does the writer feel about the GSM development in the following 20 years?

A. Satisfied.　　          B. Worried.　　             C. Confident.　　        D. Confused.

Some of you may have finished unit one, _____, you can go on to unit two.

  A. If you may   B. If you do   C. If you finished   D. If so

People had to deal with the lack of food, clothing, fuel and almost everything,________ the danger from enemy action.

       A. as far as            B. as long as                 C. as well as                 D. as soon as

I wonder if ____ to come over to my family after work.

A. you are convenient                                B. it is convenient for you

C. it’s convenient of you                                   D. there’s convenient for you

單詞拼寫

The Song Dynasty c______________ three great inventions to world civilization, which have improved people’s life a lot.

A kind of friendly ____________ (氣氛) can be felt throughout the conversation.

You have been ______________ (推薦) as a typist in our company.

He lit a c_________________, got up and went off.

Doing sports r___________ will help you keep healthy.