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No material may be reproduced in part or in whole without written agreement from the copyright holders. Subscription(訂閱 ) rate: Australia for one year (52 issues) . Tel: (02) 9213 6116 Fax: (02) 9267 4363 Email: globalizedwoman Website: . Box: 5252, Sydney, NSW 2022 (Postage free within Australia) 21. If you send an article to the magazine, it ______. A. should be handwritten B. should have no empty lines C. should be onesided typed D. should include your age 22. What can we learn from the passage? A. The editors will pay for loss of the authors. B. Globalized Woman is a monthly magazine. C. The readers should keep copies of their works. D. Articles shouldn’t be copied without permission. 23. How many ways can people get in touch with the magazine? A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six. B An emperor was almost eighty years old and knew it was time to choose his successor(接班人 ). Instead of choosing one of his children, he decided on something different. He called all of the young people in the kingdom together one day. He said, “It is time for me to choose the next emperor. I have decided to choose one of you.” The kids were shocked! But the emperor continued, “I am going to give each one of you a seed today. One special seed. I want you to plant it and e back one year later with what you have grown from this seed. I will then judge the plants, and the one I choose will be the next emperor!” One boy named Ling received a seed like the others. He went home and planted the seed in a pot, watering it carefully. Every day he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other youths began to talk about their plants that were beginning to grow. Ling kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew. A year finally went by and all the youths brought their plants to the emperor. Ling thought he should be honest about what had happened. So he took his empty pot to the palace. When Ling arrived, he was amazed at the plants grown by other youths. They were beautiful, in all shapes and sizes. When the emperor arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted the young people. Ling just tried to hide in the back. Suddenly, the emperor spotted Ling at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered his guards to bring him to the front. Ling was terrified. When Ling got to the front, the Emperor asked his name. “My name is Ling,” he replied. All the kids were laughing and making fun of him. The emperor asked everyone to quiet down. He looked at Ling, and then announced to the crowd, “Behold your new emperor! His name is Ling!” Then the emperor said, “One year ago today, I gave you all boiled seeds which would not grow. 24. Why did the emperor decide to choose his successor? A. He was growing old. B. He was tired of his position. C. He wanted to do different things. D. He wanted to do some tests. 25. Whom will the emperor consider to choose from as his successor in his country? A. His children. B. All of his relatives. C. All the young people. D. The bravest fighters. 26. What can we infer from the passage? A. The other youths felt angry about what Ling had done. B. Ling destroyed his seed by boiling it in the hot water. C. Ling was afraid of being punished for his failure in planting. D. The one who planted the most beautiful plant would be the king. 27. From the text we know that Ling was ______. A. clever B. honest C . famous D. energetic C He is not just a classical music superstar. He is a global superstar. Only 27 years old, the Chinese pianist Lang Lang has bee an inspiration to tens of millions around the world. Among his dazzling long list of titles, Lang considered UNICEF goodwill ambassador the most special one. Being a UNICEF goodwill ambassador is the best decision I have made and will definitely be the best experience in my life, Lang said in a recent interview with Xinhua at the UN headquarters in New York. I love children very much, and playing piano for them is my favorite, Lang said, beaming with delight. Named this year by Time magazine as one of the 100 World39。s underdevelopment and harsh living conditions surprised Lang who lande