8. Which of the following is the best title for the news ?

A. Film Rating System A Must　　　　　　　　　

B. China Motion Picture Industry Promotion law

C. New Film Rating System and Old Regulation

D. New Film Rating System Against some Unhealthy Western Films

C

A historic journey across the Solar System reached its end on Friday as a little probe (探测器)took a big step for human knowledge.

The US $ 3 billion Cassini-Huygens mission(使命), a joint project of NASA and the European and Italian space agencies was launched in 1997 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to study Saturn, its rings, its moons and its magnetosphere(磁层) - which surrounds it.

Huygens was named after the Dutch scientist who discovered Titan in 1655, NASA officials said. Some science team members monitoring the flight at the European Space Agency's Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, have waited tens of years to see the first of 750 pictures and other scientific readings from the yellow- skied moon.

" I have been in this mission almost 21 years and I' m very excited," ESA mission manager Jean -Pierre LeBreton said at a news conference on Thursday.

“I’m also quite sure we arc going to see something very special tomorrow (on Friday) "

Timers inside the probe will awaken it just before it enters Titan's atmosphere. Huygens is shaped like a wok(锅) and covered with a heat shield(防护装置) so that it can survive the extreme heat that it will face upon entry. It will then unfold a series of parachutes to slow its fall to the moon's reddish surface, expected to take about 2.5 hours.

As it goes down, the probe will lose its heat shield and unfold its special camera and instruments to

begin collecting information on wind speeds and the makeup of Titan's atmosphere. This is the moment

scientists have been waiting for. This data will then be sent back to Cassini, which will relay it to NASA’s Deep Space Network in California and on to ESA controllers in Darmstadt　 German. Scientists believe the organic chemical reaction taking place on Titan are similar to the process that gave rise to life on Earth.

Its atmosphere is mostly nitrogen, like Earth, but its surface temperature of about minus 180℃ makes it improper to life.

Titan, believed to be the only moon in the solar system with an atmosphere, is larger than the planets Mercury and Pluto.

7. The film rating system is vital because 　　　.

A. it is very common worldwide and many countries and regions have adopted it

B. it can solve all the problems that the Chinese film industry has had so far

C. it is a powerful weapon against some unhealthy Western films coming into China in large numbers

D. the old regulation is out of date and couldn't clearly tell the difference between the suitable and the unsuitable films

6. According to the article, which of the following statements is true?

A. China Motion Picture Industry Promotion Law, with the film rating system in it, has been put into practice.

B. China Motion Picture Industry Promotion Law has been put into practice without the film rating system

C. Both China Motion Picture Industry Promotion law and the film rating system are still under

discussion and revision.

D. The film rating system puts Chinese films into categories according to their subject matters.

5. The passage tells us that _　　 .

A. everyone gets education from the day lie or she is born

B. different education trains different classes of people

C. school is absolutely necessary if one wants to understand the world

D. everyone will find out what he or she is good at

B

Among the most heatedly discussed issues about the Chinese film industry in 2004 was probably the absence of a film rating system - claimed to be a vital part of the upcoming China Motion Picture Industry Promotion Law.

The law is expected to offer a legal basis for a wide range of issues that worried the local film industry including copyright infringement(侵犯), online piracy(侵权) of films and pirated films in such forms as VCDs, DVDs, and most recently the so - called compressed DVDs.

"The film rating or classification system is very common for film producers, distributors and exhibitors worldwide, as many countries and regions adopted such systems decades ago," said Li Ershi, a Chinese film historian with the Beijing Film Academy.

"The Chinese public and film industry have long called for the establishment of such a law," he added.

Over the years, Chinese films have been put into categories according to their subject matters such as rural, military, industry or urban themes.

On March 1, 1989, the former administration of the Ministry of Radio, Film, and Television issued the Circular Concerning the Examination and Rating System for Certain Films that roughly specified(指定)four types of films as "unsuitable for child audiences."

The regulation was first applied to a controversial film entitled "Widow Village", which features some love scenes.

But this rating system didn't work very well in protecting child audiences at local level.

Over the years, it has often been reported that some film distributors and exhibitors even label some films as "unsuitable for child audiences" in a bid to attract curious viewers.

Since 1994, China has introduced many Western popular films, many of which were rated "PG'' for "Parental Guidance" in the USA but shown in Chinese cinemas without any labels, especially for teenagers or younger children, because China does not have a film rating system. Li said.

4. How the writer looks at the role of school is that 　　　.

A. school is not so important as our living places

B. school enables us to understand the world in other ways

C. school teaches us something useless at home

D. school cannot prepare us for our daily lives

3. One can find out what lie is good at by 　　_ .

A. the encouragement of people around　　 　　　

B. the teachings of those lie or she meets

C. thinking of it when growing up　　　　

D. trying mid practicing it

2. In the eyes of the writer 　　　.

A. we have to learn from the people around us　

B. school is not important at all

C. only the people caring for us can teach us　　　　　

D. education takes place everywhere

1. The writer takes the African boy as an example to show that _______.

A. African children are very poor　　　　 　　　　　　

B. some children are unlucky

C. education takes many ways　　　 　　　　　　　　　　

D. schools are of great importance

20. Both Gray and Laing agree that ______.

　　 A. sportsmen should be allowed to advertise on TV

　　 B. TV sport should allow advertising except for drink and cigarettes

　　 C. TV companies must get rid of their "double standards"

　　 D. sports commentators should be allowed to advertise

19. Mrs. Laing believes that ______.

　　 A. sportsmen should be allowed to carry advertising on TV

　　 B. advertising cigarettes should be officially forbidden at football matches

　　 C. advertising on television should be forbidden

　　 D. golf tournaments should not be sponsored by banks