Collecting Barbie Dolls is a favorite hobby of many women and girls throughout the world. Since Barbie first appeared (出现) at the American International Toy Fair in 1959, she has become the most popular doll in the world.
Many collectors of Barbie Dolls collect the dolls just for fun. They often collect some dolls they like or think are special. However, there are some serious collectors. They have hundreds of dolls, and spend almost thousands of dollars each year.
Many Barbie collectors not only collect the dolls, but also collect items (部件) of the dolls. Many collections include different items of Barbie’s fashion clothes. If you become a serious collector of Barbie Dolls, you will be likely to want to join a Barbie collectors’ club. The more you know about Barbie and her history, the more you want to grow your collections. 
No matter which kind of collector you are, casual (随意的) or serious, Barbie dolls can be a fun and interesting hobby for girls and women of all ages.
【小题1】How many years of history do Barbie Dolls have?

A．More than eighty years.	B．About one hundred years.
C．Less than ten years.	D．About fifty years.

【小题2】What does the word “include” mean in Chinese?

A．包括

B．酝酿

C．生产

D．分配

【小题3】Which of the following is NOT right about the serious collectors of Barbie Dolls?[来源:学#科#网]

A．They have great interest in Barbie Dolls.

B．They sometimes even collect items of Barbie Dolls.

C．They spend much money on Barbie Dolls.

D．They don’t like Barbie Dolls from America.

【小题4】 What do we know from the passage?

A．Barbie Dolls first appeared in England.

B．Casual collectors may just collect Barbie Dolls for fun.

C．Collectors collect items in order to repair the dolls.

D．Old people didn’t like Barbie Dolls before 1959.

【小题5】What is the passage mainly about?

A．Barbie Dolls.	B．Different hobbies.
C．How to repair a toy.	D．How to be a collector.

Collecting Barbie Dolls is a favorite hobby of many women and girls throughout the world. Since Barbie first appeared (出现) at the American International Toy Fair in 1959, she has become the most popular doll in the world.
Many collectors of Barbie Dolls collect the dolls just for fun. They often collect some dolls they like or think are special. However, there are some serious collectors. They have hundreds of dolls, and spend almost thousands of dollars each year.
Many Barbie collectors not only collect the dolls, but also collect items (部件) of the dolls. Many collections include different items of Barbie's fashion clothes. If you become a serious collector of Barbie Dolls, you will be likely to want to join a Barbie collectors’ club. The more you know about Barbie and her history, the more you want to grow your collections. 
No matter which kind of collector you are, casual (随意的) or serious, Barbie dolls can be a fun and interesting hobby for girls and women of all ages.
【小题1】How many years of history do Barbie Dolls have?

A．More than eighty years.	B．About one hundred years.
C．Less than ten years.	D．About fifty years.

【小题2】What does the word “include” mean in Chinese?

A．包括

B．酝酿

C．生产

D．分配

【小题3】Which of the following is NOT right about the serious collectors of Barbie Dolls?

A．They have great interest in Barbie Dolls.

B．They sometimes even collect items of Barbie Dolls.

C．They spend much money on Barbie Dolls.

D．They don’t like Barbie Dolls from America.

【小题4】 What do we know from the passage?

A．Barbie Dolls first appeared in England.

B．Casual collectors may just collect Barbie Dolls for fun.

C．Collectors collect items in order to repair the dolls.

D．Old people didn’t like Barbie Dolls before 1959.

【小题5】What is the passage mainly about?

A．Barbie Dolls.	B．Different hobbies.
C．How to repair a toy.	D．How to be a collector.

 

7 January, 2014

A new report says more and more international students are attending colleges and universities in the United States. It also notes a large increase in the number of international students from China.

These findings are from the latest Open Doors Report. The report documents the record number of international students in the United States during 2012, 2013 school year. It says more than seven hundred sixty-four thousand four-hundred such students were attending American colleges and universities during the last two years. That represents an increase of almost six percent than one year earlier.

On the other hand, the number of Americans studying overseas (海外) increased by one percent, which reached nineteen thousand this year.

The report says one hundred ninety-four thousand students at American colleges and universities were from

China. That is an increase of more than twenty-three percent over the year before. Peggy Blumenthal, an expert(专家) of international education, described the effect of the increase in Chinese students.

"Now they have been coming for some time. But this year was the highest level ever." She says many Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children. The children mainly choose to study in America.

"We know many of them have enough income to be able to afford to send them anywhere in the world that they want to go. And for the most part, looking around the world, Chinese students still prefer to come to the United States as their choice."

Chinese students are not the only ones who want to attend American colleges and universities. After China, India sends the second largest number of students to the United States for higher education. India has about one hundred thousand students in American schools. South Korea is third with about seventy two thousand students.

Why do so many foreign students study in the United States? Peggy Blumenthal provides one reason.

"The advantage America has is that we have a huge system and a very perfect system. So there are over four thousand universities and colleges in the United States. Among them are some top ones in the world, and what that tells us is there is still a lot of room to host international students."

Foreign students represent less than four percent of the total student population in American higher education. And from Learning English, that's the VOA Special English Education Report. I'm Bob Doughty. Thanks for listening.

1.Bob Doughty seems to be ________.

A. an exchange student from the USA         

B. an expert of international education

C. a viewer of VOA                             

D. a reporter from VOA

2.Which country below has the fewest students studying overseas?

A. South Korea              B. India                   C. China           D. America

3.Which is NOT the reason why so many Chinese students go to the USA for further study?

A. Lots of Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children

B. The USA has a huge and a very perfect education system.

C. There is a lot of room to host international students in the USA.

D. The USA has some top universities and colleges in the world.

4.Which of the following statement is true?

A. China has 122,000 more students than South Korea at American colleges and universities.

B. The number of Americans studying overseas is becoming smaller and smaller.

C. The number of Asian students has an increase of 6% over the past two years.

D. Most of the international students in the United States are Chinese.

5.This passage from VOA Special English is most likely to be ________.

A. An advertisement          B. A radio programme  C. A science report           D. A tour guide

 

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Collecting Barbie Dolls is a favorite hobby of many women and girls throughout the world. Since Barbie first appeared (出现) at the American International Toy Fair in 1959, she has become the most popular doll in the world.

Many collectors of Barbie Dolls collect the dolls just for fun. They often collect some dolls they like or think are special. However, there are some serious collectors. They have hundreds of dolls, and spend almost thousands of dollars each year.

Many Barbie collectors not only collect the dolls, but also collect items (部件) of the dolls. Many collections include different items of Barbie's fashion clothes. If you become a serious collector of Barbie Dolls, you will be likely to want to join a Barbie collectors’ club. The more you know about Barbie and her history, the more you want to grow your collections. 

No matter which kind of collector you are, casual (随意的) or serious, Barbie dolls can be a fun and interesting hobby for girls and women of all ages.

1.How many years of history do Barbie Dolls have?

A. More than eighty years.   B. About one hundred years.

C. Less than ten years.      D. About fifty years.

2.What does the word “include” mean in Chinese?

A. 包括         B. 酝酿   C. 生产           D. 分配

3.Which of the following is NOT right about the serious collectors of Barbie Dolls?[来源:学#科#网]

A. They have great interest in Barbie Dolls.

B. They sometimes even collect items of Barbie Dolls.

C. They spend much money on Barbie Dolls.

D. They don’t like Barbie Dolls from America.

4. What do we know from the passage?

A. Barbie Dolls first appeared in England.

B. Casual collectors may just collect Barbie Dolls for fun.

C. Collectors collect items in order to repair the dolls.

D. Old people didn’t like Barbie Dolls before 1959.

5.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Barbie Dolls.        B. Different hobbies.

C. How to repair a toy.   D. How to be a collector.

 

Think rock, paper, scissors is a children’s game? Think again.
Top players from around the world came together in Toronto to compete for a ten thousand Canadian dollar prize and the title of world champion.
More than 500 players, including national champions from Australia, Norway and New Zealand, attended.
The simple game is often used to make decisions and solve some simple problems.
Players hold their fists closed and count to three before making a fist (rock), a flat hand (paper) or two fingers (scissors). Paper covers rock, scissors cut paper and rock breaks scissors.
Players have different ideas about the history of the game, but it is commonly believed to have been played for centuries in Japan.
The Paper Scissors Stone Club opened in England in 1842 and players could play together there.
In 1918, the name was changed to World RPS Club and its headquarters moved from London to Toronto.
The world championship has been held since 2002, which is held once every year.
【小题1】The winner of the game can get ___________ Canadian dollars as a prize.
A. 10,000                            B. 100,000                   C. 1,000,000
【小题2】The game has been played in Japan ___________.
A. since people invented it                  B. for about one thousand years
C. since several hundred years ago
【小题3】When did World RPS Club’s headquarters move to Toronto?
A. In 1842                    B. In 1898                    C. In 1918
【小题4】The ___________ world championship will be held in 2012.
A. ninth                       B. tenth                        C. eleventh
【小题5】 In the writer’s opinion, ___________.
A. the game is often used to solve big problems.
B. the game is not just a children’s game
C. the game was first played in Japan