66. The first two paragraphs tell us _____ .

A.　　 Yao Ming is successful both on the basket court and in marketing deals

B.　　　 Yao Ming isn’t thought to be the world’s wealthiest endorser

C.　　　 Yao Ming is popular with the American people

D.　　 Why Yao Ming was accepted by the Houston Rockets

65. The underlined sentences　 “All of a sudden, he’s all over the place .” here means “ _____”

A.　　 he became well known suddenly　 　　　　　　　　　 B. his figure is displayed everywhere

C.He flies here and there in the USA　 　 D. He succeeded out of other’s expectation.

64.The text is mainly written to explain _____ .

A. how to win the speaking competition 　　　　　　 B.how to choose winners from participant

C.some details about the competition itself　 D.who can take in the speaking competition

C

He may not be the world’s wealthiest endorser (代言人) ,　 but he is certainly one of the tallest . That 2.26-meter height has helped NBA All-Star Yao Ming on the basketball court and in marketing deals .

The Chinese center for the Houston Rockets has already appeared in TV sports for Visa and Apple and he just signed a deal for commercials for Gatorade , the sports drink .

His quick rise has surprised some marketing experts , because many expected Yao’s court skills –and his figure as a product endorser - to take time .

“All of a sudden , he’s all over the place .”said Bob Dorfinan , business creative director for San Francisco-based Pickett Advertising . “I think it’s a little bit of a surprise to see how comfortable he is on camera and how charming he is without being able to speak more than a few sentences of English .”

　Ric Iverson , the vice president of sales for Harbrew , a beer importer and distributor (批发商)in New York , said he was in Huston in June for a restaurant trade show , which took place the same week as the NBA player pick .

A Huston radio station was throwing a party at a local bar . So Iverson gave them several cases of China’s Yanjing beer , for which Harbrew is the Sole US importer .

　 Because the Rockets were expected to choose Yao as the pick overall that day , about a third of the 3,000 party goers were Asian , Iverson said . The bar ended up selling all the Yanjing that Harbrew had offered and Iverson later got a call from a　 Rockets businessman who had seen the success of Yanjing beer and wanted to partner with Harbrew . Harbrew now has courtside ads in Huston advertising Yanjing In English and Chinese , and the beer is sold at the palace during basketball games .

　 Dorfman and Bob Williams , chief of an Illinois company that tracks entertainment marketing , said the only way Yao’s off-cut deals will improve is if his court play does , too .

63.All the contestants ______ .

A.are students from English Department 　　　　　 B.were born after May 18 , 1980

C.are good at spoken English 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.will receive some money

62.If some contestant was born on May 1, 1982 , he/ she cannot ______ .

A.get the “21st Century Ericsson Cup”　　　　　 B.be honored as the “Most Promising Speaker”

C.get the chance to study in Britain 　　　　　　 D.get the “Ericsson Creativity Award”

61.　 Which of the following is right according to the passage ?

A. The top winner will certainly take part in the annual International Public Speaking Competition held in London .

B. The top winner will certainly be honored as the ‘ Most Promising Speaker.”

C. The third-and fourth –place winners of all the contestants will be awarded a study trip to Singapore.

D. Two of all the contestants will get the chance for a two-week training course

in an international language school in Britain .

60.How long will it take each contestant to finish the competition at least?

A. Five minutes　　 B. Eight minutes　 C. Eleven minutes　 D. Thirty minutes

59.　 What might be discussed in the following part ?

A.A real Chinese banquet while the writer was on his trip to China .

B. The Chinese personally

C. The writer’s life in China

D. Chinese culture

B

The “21^st Century Ericsson Cup “Sixth National English Speaking Competition

Organizers : China Daily and Ericsson (China ) Company Ltd.

Coordinators: English –Speaking Union . China University English Speaking Association

Co-sponsors :EF Education , Times Publishing Group of Singapore , Pearson Education ( Longnm as an imprint), Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press

Date :March 30 (Friday ). 2003

Place :Beijing International Convention Center

Competition format : Each student will present a five-minute prepared speech on the given topic , followed by a three-minute extemporaneous speech and a three-minute question and answer session with the judge .

Speech topic : Beijing 2008 , the Meaning of the Bid

　 ( Topic for the extemporaneous speech will be given on the day of competition . )　

Prizes: The top winner will get the “21^st Century Ericsson Cup”. Among those born after May 18 , 1982 , the top two contestants will be honored as the “Most Promising Speakers “ and be awarded scholarships to travel to the annual International public Speaking Competition , held by the English –Speaking Union in London in May, 2003.

Among the remaining contestants , the top two will be awarded a two-week training course in an international language school in Britain , sponsored by EF Education: the third –and fourth –place winners will be awarded a study trip to Singapore by the times Publishing Group. The next six winners will receive certificates and book prized by Pearson Education and Shanghai Foreign language Education Press .

Participants : 25 students , each with a tutor from his/her coach , representing each of the 25 participating universities .

58.　 From the passage　 , we know ______ .

A. the Chinese characters renkou actually means that food is much more essential to Chinese people than those in any other countries in the world

B. the writer had never gone to China before the trip to Beijing in 1998

C. the writer had never eaten any Chinese food before

D. Chinese people think much about food , but are not fascinated with it

57.　 All of the following statements are true EXCEPT________ .

A. the writer learnt a lot from a visiting scholar about Chinese culture

B. in China food is never far from our mind

C. Chinese people sometimes do not take it serious when it comes to food

D. My first close exposure to Chinese food culture was in China in 1998