BEIJING, Sep. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- The extra-large model baby in the Spain Pavilion（馆） was “conceived”（构思）by a Spanish filmmaker, Shi Yingying reports.

Visitors admiring the 6.5-meter-high giant baby, Miguelin, in the Spain Pavilion may be surprised to realize that it was not the concept of a famous designer or a group of groundbreaking engineers. It came from one filmmaker’s interpretation of the meaning of “Better City, Better Life”.

Spanish director Isabel Coixet developed the idea after being asked to contribute to Expo 2010 Shanghai.

“They asked me to do something to tell the Chinese audience about Spain in the future and the first thing jumping to my mind was a baby,” said Coixet. “If we really fight to have better cars, better cities and better lives, it’s for them - for our children.”

Despite her Spanish heritage, Coixet doesn’t focus on making Spanish films or using Spain as the setting. Fans of her various award-winning films, including My Life Without Me, The Secret Life of Words and Elegy, may not even be aware of Coixet’s Spanish background.

“The borders between countries are just illusion（假象）,” said Coixet. “Some directors feel really comfortable telling stories that belong to their territory.”

But Coixt feels the opposite: “I'm more comfortable outside my country. It gives me a strange freedom.”

One of her favorite things about being a director is the freedom. “The thing is that the world is wide and this freedom lets you make films everywhere,” she said.

Coixet’s curiosity took her latest exploration and movie work to Japan. In the movie Map of the Sound of Tokyo, the Catalan actor Sergi Lopez is the owner of a wine shop in Tokyo, and Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi is a young woman who works both as a fishmonger and as a hired killer.

The conflict of the two people's very different worlds and the tango-like relationship they develop is just one representation of what Coixet is able to produce by mixing cultures.

While she doesn’t know if she will shoot a film in Shanghai, two things have caught her attention: Shanghainese women and crickets（蟋蟀）.

After just arriving in the city, she was surprised by the mix of old Chinese culture in a booming chief city “Behind the skyscrapers, there is a flower and bird market with heaps of crickets and birdcages in,” she said. “I'm totally amazed with the city.”

The huge baby represents the idea that ______________.

  A. our children are the new generation full of imagination.

  B. our children will develop the friendship between China and Spain.

  C. our children are our future.

  D. our children will understand the meaning of “better city, better life”.

We learn from the passage that Coixet’s award-winning films were set ____________.

  A. only in Spain.                              B. only in Japan.

  C. mainly in the countries outside Spain.      D. mainly in the countries within Europe.

According to Isabel Coixet, a flower and bird market behind the high rises_______________.

  A. shows people in Shanghai are living a rich life spiritually and materially.

  B. reflects prosperity of the market.

  C. indicates the Chinese people are leading a rich life.

  D. represents the traditional culture of China.

From the passage we can learn that ____________.

  A. Isabel Coixet is dissatisfied with the design of the extra-large model baby.

  B. A mix of different cultures is reflected in Isabel Coixet’s films.

  C. Isabel Coixet feels less comfortable while making films all over the world.

  D. Isabel Coixet designed the huge baby according to the requirement of a group of engineers.

Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need. F=A+E

94. ___________

After four years, the time has come. In less than two weeks, I will have graduated. I look back now and I can't believe how fast it all went. I can still remember the first day of classes, looking on the map on the back of the Schedule of Classes and asking where the classroom building was. Now I'm a senior, looking at freshmen with envy. Every day I wish I could freeze time, and make the next two weeks go more slowly. I know a lot of people who can't wait to graduate, but for me it's the opposite. I want to turn back time instead and cherish every day of my college experience once again.

95. ____________

For me, college has been a great learning experience, and most of the learning process has taken place outside of the classroom. My second year of college was perhaps the most remarkable year of my life. This was the year that I finally convinced my mom that I was going to be OK living on campus, and she finally let me go. This was the year that I made some lifelong friends, and through many triumphs and failures I came to know more about myself. My second year involved experimenting with new things, such as camping in mountains, attempting to present some lousy poems to newspapers and drawing cartoons of my teachers in class.

96. _____________

As I walk down the familiar routes on campus, I find myself doing a lot of soul-searching and reminiscing. I find myself wanting to start all over again and recapture the fun and excitement of my college days. I have been panicking at the idea of graduating. I have been going to school for as long as I can remember, and I feel like there is so much more that I want to learn, but instead I have to graduate. The world is enormous and the possibilities are endless. For the past four years I have been surrounded with a safety net. The student status has been a somewhat comforting feeling, giving me an escape from the realities of the world outside.

97. _____________

With less than two weeks left of school, I'm getting a queasy feeling deep down every time I think about the fact that I'm going to be graduating. For as long as I can remember, I have been a student. I feel like I'm living in denial about graduating. Every time I get asked about what I'm going to do after college I feel like screaming at the top of my lungs. I don't know what I want to do with the rest of my life. It's too difficult to even contemplate the idea that soon I will be waking up in the mornings and not have a class to which I should be going.

98. ______________________________

On a recent interview, I was asked, "Is this the profession you want for the rest of your life?" I was amused and almost laughed at the question, but I gave an honest answer. I don't know what the future holds. During the last four years I have changed my mind so many times, the idea of a lifetime commitment to a certain job seems like torture.

    How time flies! One month has passed before I could take any notice of it. This is the start of my freshman year in Fudan University. At the very beginning, everything and everyone was strange to me. But now, I’m getting used to it. I’d like to tell you two important and interesting things in my university life.
    Freedom is what I am looking forward to since my primary school. Many people said to me, “Study hard, and you will get freedom when in university.” But when I really entered university, I find the real situation is different. Freedom costs me a lot. If I refuse to wash my clothes, for example, they will just lie there, unclean. So I have to do everything and take care of myself. Well, I like this life style very much though it is hard at the beginning. It is really a challenge for me.
    I appreciate a famous saying from Albert Camus, “Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.” That’s right. Real freedom comes with responsibility. Some teenagers believe that freedom means doing whatever you like. But I think that is not real freedom at all. One can have his or her own freedom, while at the same time respect others’. It’s not easy to think on behalf of others. And now I have the precious chance to practice it.
   Another thing I want to mention is love. Now, something interesting in Fudan is that love exists everywhere. For instance, the first lesson of my English class is about love. A small play at the Freshmen Welcome Party called "Turn Left and Turn Right" is about students’ love in Fudan. Some of my roommates have boyfriends. At night, while lying in bed, we always share their love stories. What’s more, even our instructor once said, “In our department, girls are more than boys. So we’ll have a party with the Chemistry Department, in which the situation is just the opposite.” I was surprised about the attitude towards love here. Is she encouraging us to find someone to fall in love with? I cannot understand it quite well.
   The above are the two things that impressed me most at the very beginning of my freshmen year, and surely I’ll get more out of my university life in the future.
68. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
   A. It is nearly a year now since the writer entered Fudan University.
   B. The writer doesn’t have a good understanding of freedom.
   C. Three interesting things are mentioned about the writer’s life in this passage.
   D. The writer is getting on well with the life in Fudan University.
69. The writer is likely to agree that_________.
   A. freedom means doing whatever you like
   B. freedom and responsibility go hand in hand in reality
   C. freedom means respecting others’ responsibility
   D. others must sacrifice anything for one’s freedom
70. Based on what the instructor said, we can learn that _________.
   A. love among students is still forbidden in Fudan University
   B. students are encouraged to find someone to fall in love with
   C. students are encouraged to communicate with the opposite sex
   D. there are more girls than boys in the Chemistry Department
 

BEIJING, Sep．10 （Xinhuanet） -- The extra-large model baby in the Spain Pavilion（馆） was “conceived”（构思）by a Spanish filmmaker, Shi Yingying reports．

Visitors admiring the 6．5-meter-high giant baby, Miguelin, in the Spain Pavilion may be surprised to realize that it was not the concept of a famous designer or a group of groundbreaking engineers．It came from one filmmaker’s interpretation of the meaning of “Better City, Better Life”．

Spanish director Isabel Coixet developed the idea after being asked to contribute to Expo 2010 Shanghai．

“They asked me to do something to tell the Chinese audience about Spain in the future and the first thing jumping to my mind was a baby,” said Coixet．“If we really fight to have better cars, better cities and better lives, it’s for them - for our children．”

Despite her Spanish heritage, Coixet doesn’t focus on making Spanish films or using Spain as the setting．Fans of her various award-winning films, including My Life Without Me, The Secret Life of Words and Elegy, may not even be aware of Coixet’s Spanish background．

“The borders between countries are just illusion（假象）,” said Coixet．“Some directors feel really comfortable telling stories that belong to their territory．”

But Coixt feels the opposite: “I'm more comfortable outside my country．It gives me a strange freedom．”

One of her favorite things about being a director is the freedom．“The thing is that the world is wide and this freedom lets you make films everywhere,” she said．

Coixet’s curiosity took her latest exploration and movie work to Japan．In the movie Map of the Sound of Tokyo, the Catalan actor Sergi Lopez is the owner of a wine shop in Tokyo, and Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi is a young woman who works both as a fishmonger and as a hired killer．

The clash（冲突）of the two people's very different worlds and the tango-like relationship they develop is just one representation of what Coixet is able to produce by mixing cultures．

While she doesn’t know if she will shoot a film in Shanghai, two things have caught her attention: Shanghainese women and crickets（蟋蟀）．

After just arriving in the city, she was surprised by the mix of old Chinese culture in a booming metropolis．“Behind the skyscrapers, there is a flower and bird market with heaps of crickets and birdcages in,” she said．“I'm totally amazed with the city．”

1．The huge baby represents the idea that _________________________．

      A．our children are the new generation full of imagination．

      B．our children will develop the friendship between China and Spain．

      C．our children are our future．

      D．our children will understand the meaning of “better city, better life”．

2．We learn from the passage that Coixet’s award-winning films were set ________________．

      A．only in Spain．

       B．only in Japan．

      C．mainly in the countries outside Spain．

      D．mainly in the countries within Europe．

3．According to Isabel Coixet, a flower and bird market behind the high rises_______________．

      A．shows people in Shanghai are living a rich life spiritually and materially．

      B．reflects prosperity of the market．

      C．indicates the Chinese people are leading a peaceful life．

      D．represents the traditional culture of China．

4．From the passage we can learn that ____________________________．

      A．Isabel Coixet is dissatisfied with the design of the extra-large model baby．

      B．A mix of different cultures is reflected in Isabel Coixet’s films．

      C．Isabel Coixet feels less comfortable while making films all over the world．

    D．Isabel Coixet designed the huge baby according to the requirement of a group of

engineers．