【正文】 In the mind of Westerners, Chinese people have the closest connection to rice, basic food for the a long time, rice occupies a very important position in the Chinese is even a saying that “even a clever housewife cannot cook a meal without rice”.People in south China plant and live on rice, while people in the most parts of North China cannot plant rice due to excessively dry and cold main crop there is China, some people use flour to bake bread, while most people make steamed bread and noodles with 。構成現(xiàn)代世界基礎的許多元素起源于中國。中國現(xiàn)在擁有世界上發(fā)展最快的經(jīng)濟，并正經(jīng)歷著一次新的工業(yè)革命。中國還啟動了雄心勃勃的太空探索計劃，其中包括到2020年建成的一個太空站。目前，中國是世界最大的出口國之一，并正在吸引大量外國投資。同時，它也在海外投資數(shù)十億美元。2011年，中國超越日本成為世界第二大經(jīng)濟體。China is one of the oldest civilizations in the elements that make up the foundation of the modern world originated in now is the world39。s fastest growing economy, and is experiencing a new industrial has also launched an ambitious space exploration program which includes a space station in present, China is the world39。s largest exporter, and is attracting a lot of foreign the same time, it is also investing billions of dollars 2011, China overtook Japan to bee the world39。s second largest ，今年中國快遞服務（courier service）將遞送大約120億件包裹。這將使中國有可能超越美國成為世界上最大的快遞市場。大多數(shù)包裹里裝著網(wǎng)上訂購的物品。中國給數(shù)百萬在線零售商以極具競爭力的價格銷售商品的機會。僅在11月11日，中國消費者就從國內最大的購物平臺購買了價值90億美元的商品。中國有不少這樣的特殊購物日。因此，快遞業(yè)在中國擴展就不足為奇了。It is reported that China39。s express courier service will deliver about 12 billion packages this could overtake the United States asthe world39。s largest express package are for items ordered provides opportunities to millions of online retailers to sell goods at very petitive on November 11th, Chinese consumers bought $ 9 billion worth of goods from the nation39。s largest shopping are many such special shopping days in , the expansion of express industry is not surprising at 中國父母往往過于關注孩子的學習，以至于不要他們幫忙做家務。他們對孩子的（唯一）要求就是努力學習，考得好，能上名牌大學。他們相信這是為孩子好，因為在中國這樣（競爭）激烈的社會里，只有成績好才能保證前途光明。中國父母還認為，如果孩子能在社會上（取得）大的成就，父母就會受到尊敬。因此，他們愿意犧牲自己的時間、愛好和興趣，為孩子（創(chuàng)造）更好的條件。Chinese parents tend to be too much in thestudy of their children, so that they can not help to do the 39。s first requirement is to study hard, to get good, to the believe it is good for the children, because in China such ahighly petitive society, only good results to ensure the future of parents also believe that parents will be honored if they canachieve great success at the they are willing to sacrifice theirown time and interest to provide better conditions for their 。那里的生活節(jié)奏比大多數(shù)中國（的城市）都要緩慢。麗江到處都是美麗的自然風光，眾多的少數(shù)民族同胞提供了各式各樣，豐富多彩的文化讓游客體驗。歷史上，麗江還以“愛之城”而聞名。當?shù)厝酥辛鱾髦S多關于（人）生，為愛而死的故事。如今，在中外游客眼中，這個古鎮(zhèn)被視為愛情和浪漫的天堂。Lijiang,an ancient town of Yunnan Province, is one of the most famous pace of life is slower than that of most cities of many natural beauties everywhere in Lijiang and many ethnical minoritiesprovide tourists with a great variety of cultural is alsowellknown as the “city of love” in stories about life and dyingfor love have spreaded widely among the , for tourists home andabroad, the ancient town is regarded as a paradise of love and 。這項比賽證明是促進中國和世界其他地區(qū)文化交流的好方法。它為世界各地的年輕人提供了更好地了解中國的機會。來自87個國家共計126位選手聚集在湖南省省會參加了7月6日到8月5日進行的比賽和決賽。比賽并不是唯一的活動。選手們還有機會參觀了中國其他地區(qū)的著名景點和歷史名勝。This year held its annual Chinese speech contest for foreigners in game proved to be a good way to promote cultural exchanges between China and other regions of the provides a better understanding of China39。s opportunity for young people around the total of 126 players from 87 countries gathered in the capital of Hunan Province participated in the petition and the finals on July 6 to August 5 is not the only also have the opportunity to visit the famous and historic attractions in other parts of 功夫(Kung Fu)是中國武術（martial arts）的俗稱。中國武術的起源可以追溯到自衛(wèi)的需要、狩獵活動以及古代中國的軍事訓練。它是中國傳統(tǒng)體育運動的一種，年輕人和老年人都練。它已逐漸演變成了中國文化的獨特元素。作為中國的國寶，功夫有上百種不同的同格，是世界上練得最多的武術形式。有些風格模仿了動物的動作，還有一些則受到了中國哲學思想、神話和傳說的啟發(fā)。Kung Fu is the folk name of Chinese martial arts, which can be traced back to the need of selfdefense, hunting, and military drill in ancient is one of the China’s traditional sports practiced by both the young and the has gradually evolved into a unique element of the Chinese a national treasure of China, Kung Fu, the mostpracticed form of martial arts in the world, enjoys hundreds of various styles imitate the movements of animals, while others are inspired by Chinese philosophical thoughts, myths and ，風箏不僅僅是玩具，而且還是這座城市文化的標志。濰坊以“風箏之都”而聞名，已有將近2,400年放飛風箏的歷史。傳說中國古代哲學家墨子用了三年時間在濰坊制作了世界上首個風箏，但放飛的第一天風箏就墜落并摔壞了。也有人相信風箏是中國古代木匠魯班發(fā)明的。據(jù)說他的風箏用木頭和竹子制作，飛了三天后才落地。In Weifang, Shandong Province, kites are not only toys, but also cultural symbols of this is famous as “the capital of kites”, with a history of nearly 2,400 years in flying has it that Mozi—the ancient Chinese philosopher—spent three years making the first kite of the world right in Weifang, but the kite fell and broke on its first day of is also believed that the kite was invented by the ancient Chinese carpenter is said that his kite was made of wood and bamboo, and flied for three days before falling on the ，坐落在京杭大運河畔。這是一處迷人的地方，有許多古橋、中式旅店和餐館。在過去一千年里，烏鎮(zhèn)的水系和生活方式并未經(jīng)歷多少變化，是一座展現(xiàn)古文明的博物館。烏鎮(zhèn)所有房屋都用石木建造。數(shù)百年來，當?shù)厝搜刂舆吔ㄆ鹆俗≌图小o數(shù)寬敞美麗的庭院藏身于屋舍之間，游客們每到一處都會有驚喜的發(fā)現(xiàn)。Wuzhen is an ancient water town in Zhejiang province,which is located by the Grand Canal of Beijing and many ancient bridges, Chinesestyle hotels and restaurants, it is regarded as charming and water system and lifestyle of Wuzhen has hardly changed over the past one thousand years, which is a museum displaying ancient the houses in Wuzhen are built of stone and hundreds of years,the local people have built houses and fairs along the spacious and beautiful courtyards lie among the houses,which brings amazing findings to the tourists arriving there.第三篇：2010年12月大學英語四級考試模擬試題及答案2010年12月大學英語四級考試模擬試題及答案As a physician who travels quite a lot, I spend a lot of time on planes listening for that dreaded ―Is there a doctor on board?‖ ’ve been __1__ only once—for a w