A
SAO PAULO - Brazilians like to say theirs is the country of soccer and it certainly has a strong claim for the titles of the world's greatest player, greatest team and even the greatest stadium.
In the nation that will host the 2014 World Cup, however, fewer people go to see professional soccer matches than in China or the United States.
With attendances falling further this year, Brazilian clubs are using different strategies(策略) to try to fill their grounds but they are hampered(阻碍) by antiquated(陈旧的) stadiums, a lack of respect for fans, television stations that show every game live and insufficient(不充分的) policing and security.
In the home of Pele, the legendary team that won the 1970 World Cup and Rio de Janeiro's giant Maracana stadium, just about everyone has a team and an opinion. But few actually go to support their side.
"Lots of people confuse the phenomenon(现象) of the World Cup in Brazil with a true love of the game," said Juca Kfouri, one of Brazil's best-known sports writers. "Brazil is not a country where people love football. It is a country where people love to party around the World Cup."
Brazilian clubs are trying creative solutions to remedy the situation.
In Recife, fans of the city's three big teams get tickets in return for requesting invoices(发票) for purchases in stores. The initiative is designed to raise tax revenues（收益） by ensuring businesses record transactions（交易）.
1. Which of the following problems that stopped Brazilian clubs to fill their grounds is NOT mentioned in the paragraph?
A. a lack of respect for fans B. television stations that show every game live
C. fewer people go to see professional soccer matches.
D. old stadium and insufficient policing and security
2. In Juca Kfouri’s opinion, what kind of country is Brazil?
A. A country where people love football.
B. A country where people love football and go to see professional matches.
C. A country where people love to hold parties during the World Cup.
D. A country where people hate football.
3. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Love for the World Cup in Brazil. B. Problems in the society of Brazil.
C. Not enough audience would go to see the matches in the 2014 World Cup.
D. World Cup host Brazil struggles to fill stadiums
B
WUHAN -- Chinese Nobel laureate(桂冠) Mo Yan has won a "Golden Lion" Award, for his play "Our Jing Ke", organizers said on Sunday.
Mo and 13 others won the top prize in the dramatist’s category.
His play "Our Jing Ke" was published with two other plays shortly after he was announced winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature last month.
Xia Xiaohua, president of the Changjiang People's Art Theater in Wuhan, capital of central Hubei Province, said the theater has invited Mo to attend the awards ceremony scheduled for Dec.1.
The "Golden Lion" Award for dramas is held every three years in China with ten different categories.
"Our Jing Ke" re-tells a story about Jing Ke, an assassin famous for his failed attempt to kill a king, who later moved on to become China's first emperor more than 2,000 years ago.
But the Chinese household story is told from a new in the book, where Jing's assassination（刺杀） attempt is reinterpreted（再解释） into a result of his desire for instant fame, rather than a result of chivalry（骑士精神） and altruism（利他主义）.
The Swedish Academy announced in Stockholm on October 11 that Mo would receive the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first Chinese national to win the award. He, with hallucinatory（幻觉的） realism, merges（吸收） folk tales, history and the contemporary（当代文学）.
Mo Yan, a pseudonym（假名） for Guan Moye, was born in 1955 and grew up in Gaomi in east China's Shandong Province.
1. How many people won the top "Golden Lion" prize in the dramatist’s category?
A. only one. B. 13. C. 14. D. 11
2. When will Mo Yan attend the awards ceremony?
A. On December 1. B. On October 11. C. On December 11. D. On October 1.
3. What does story in "Our Jing Ke" talking about?
A. China’s first emperor. B. A killer who didn’t complete his mission.
C. A king 2000 years ago. D. Not mentioned.
4. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A. Mo Yan is the first Chinese national to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
B. Mo Yan is not a real name.
C. The "Golden Lion" Award for dramas is held every three years in China with twelve different categories.
D. In the book, "Our Jing Ke", the Chinese household story is told from a new perspective.
5. What does the underlined word mean?
A. way B. point C. meaning D. story.
“屌丝”英语怎么说？
Plebs is short for plebians, derived from the period of the Ancient Romans. The plebeians were the general body of Roman citizens and those who were privileged were labeled patricians.
Plebs 是plebians 一词的简写形式，源于古罗马时期。Plebians 指古罗马时期的普通民众，比他们身份更高贵的被称为patricians （贵族）。
Nowadays, plebs is one associated with those in the lower class. They were often defined as members of a low-born, despised social class and a commoner, while many people who consider themselves modern-day patricians often look down and mock them.
如今，plebs 多指处于社会底层的人，即我们所说的“屌丝”。他们多被归类为出生低下、平凡无奇，且被轻视的社会阶层。而那些自认为是现代社会贵族的人经常会鄙视或嘲笑他们。
A
SAO PAULO - Brazilians like to say theirs is the country of soccer and it certainly has a strong claim for the titles of the world's greatest player, greatest team and even the greatest stadium.
In the nation that will host the 2014 World Cup, however, fewer people go to see professional soccer matches than in China or the United States.
With attendances falling further this year, Brazilian clubs are using different strategies(策略) to try to fill their grounds but they are hampered(阻碍) by antiquated(陈旧的) stadiums, a lack of respect for fans, television stations that show every game live and insufficient(不充分的) policing and security.
In the home of Pele, the legendary team that won the 1970 World Cup and Rio de Janeiro's giant Maracana stadium, just about everyone has a team and an opinion. But few actually go to support their side.
"Lots of people confuse the phenomenon(现象) of the World Cup in Brazil with a true love of the game," said Juca Kfouri, one of Brazil's best-known sports writers. "Brazil is not a country where people love football. It is a country where people love to party around the World Cup."
Brazilian clubs are trying creative solutions to remedy the situation.
In Recife, fans of the city's three big teams get tickets in return for requesting invoices(发票) for purchases in stores. The initiative is designed to raise tax revenues（收益） by ensuring businesses record transactions（交易）.
1. Which of the following problems that stopped Brazilian clubs to fill their grounds is NOT mentioned in the paragraph?
A. a lack of respect for fans B. television stations that show every game live
C. fewer people go to see professional soccer matches.
D. old stadium and insufficient policing and security
2. In Juca Kfouri’s opinion, what kind of country is Brazil?
A. A country where people love football.
B. A country where people love football and go to see professional matches.
C. A country where people love to hold parties during the World Cup.
D. A country where people hate football.
3. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Love for the World Cup in Brazil. B. Problems in the society of Brazil.
C. Not enough audience would go to see the matches in the 2014 World Cup.
D. World Cup host Brazil struggles to fill stadiums
B
WUHAN -- Chinese Nobel laureate(桂冠) Mo Yan has won a "Golden Lion" Award, for his play "Our Jing Ke", organizers said on Sunday.
Mo and 13 others won the top prize in the dramatist’s category.
His play "Our Jing Ke" was published with two other plays shortly after he was announced winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature last month.
Xia Xiaohua, president of the Changjiang People's Art Theater in Wuhan, capital of central Hubei Province, said the theater has invited Mo to attend the awards ceremony scheduled for Dec.1.
The "Golden Lion" Award for dramas is held every three years in China with ten different categories.
"Our Jing Ke" re-tells a story about Jing Ke, an assassin famous for his failed attempt to kill a king, who later moved on to become China's first emperor more than 2,000 years ago.
But the Chinese household story is told from a new in the book, where Jing's assassination（刺杀） attempt is reinterpreted（再解释） into a result of his desire for instant fame, rather than a result of chivalry（骑士精神） and altruism（利他主义）.
The Swedish Academy announced in Stockholm on October 11 that Mo would receive the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first Chinese national to win the award. He, with hallucinatory（幻觉的） realism, merges（吸收） folk tales, history and the contemporary（当代文学）.
Mo Yan, a pseudonym（假名） for Guan Moye, was born in 1955 and grew up in Gaomi in east China's Shandong Province.
1. How many people won the top "Golden Lion" prize in the dramatist’s category?
A. only one. B. 13. C. 14. D. 11
2. When will Mo Yan attend the awards ceremony?
A. On December 1. B. On October 11. C. On December 11. D. On October 1.
3. What does story in "Our Jing Ke" talking about?
A. China’s first emperor. B. A killer who didn’t complete his mission.
C. A king 2000 years ago. D. Not mentioned.
4. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A. Mo Yan is the first Chinese national to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
B. Mo Yan is not a real name.
C. The "Golden Lion" Award for dramas is held every three years in China with twelve different categories.
D. In the book, "Our Jing Ke", the Chinese household story is told from a new perspective.
5. What does the underlined word mean?
A. way B. point C. meaning D. story.
“屌丝”英语怎么说？
Plebs is short for plebians, derived from the period of the Ancient Romans. The plebeians were the general body of Roman citizens and those who were privileged were labeled patricians.
Plebs 是plebians 一词的简写形式，源于古罗马时期。Plebians 指古罗马时期的普通民众，比他们身份更高贵的被称为patricians （贵族）。
Nowadays, plebs is one associated with those in the lower class. They were often defined as members of a low-born, despised social class and a commoner, while many people who consider themselves modern-day patricians often look down and mock them.
如今，plebs 多指处于社会底层的人，即我们所说的“屌丝”。他们多被归类为出生低下、平凡无奇，且被轻视的社会阶层。而那些自认为是现代社会贵族的人经常会鄙视或嘲笑他们。